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Trump is now at 316 delegates, Cruz at 226, Rubio at 106.

The main concern I have is a brokered convention. Trump needs to win big if he wants to be the nominee. He needs to get over 50% in upcoming states in order to really reel in the delegates. Otherwise, the establishment will bamboozle him with the prospect of a Cruz/Rubio ticket.

Trump needs more big name endorsements, more substantive rhetoric and policies, and he needs to rally big time in states with high delegate counts. He didn’t campaign at all in Texas, Oklahoma, Alaska, or Minnesota. Texas would have been a wise choice for him to campaign heavily in. Oh well…

I think Reb Yudel Shain says that a 70 micron mesh filter takes care of all chashashos.

I haven’t drank any OJ since the whole bug issue.

We’ve lost from every free trade agreement, and we’re going to be raked over the coals by TPP.

NAFTA and CAFTA are engineered by the insiders to bring illegals to America from Mexico and Central America all as steps towards the creation of a North American Union.

The gemara does say that even the best of doctors are butchers.

I’d rather a socialist than a liar, possible murderer, and sleaze ball like Shillary.

They’re closed. It was never a place where the frum oilam shopped.

I stick to meat under OU or Star K supervision, exclusively.

My main concern is that we elect a Republican who will unleash a fury upon illegals, through whatever means necessary. As far as I see it, our laws don’t protect illegals, therefore, even if mass incarceration in internment camps like the Japanese is necessary, so be it.

We definitely do need translations in this generation. We’re dealing with more learning disabilities, more distractions, and a need to keep people away from materialism and on the derech more.

Someone should come out with a Kovetz Shiurim style sefer on the yeshivishe masechtos/limudim in English.

Cruz is the more sane choice for intellectual conservatives. He’s a brilliant attorney and statesman, and has contributed more to conservatism than any other Republican in the race.

On the other hand, Trump has a tremendous moxie and appeal to people that are otherwise politically apathetic, or who wouldn’t typically vote for a Republican. He’s a populist with mass appeal, and his positions are not typical conservative ones, such as his positions on Planned Parenthood funding, taxing the highest earners, toeva marriage, and other issues.

If Cruz were to campaign on a more heavy-handed immigration policy, he’d be ideal.

I wonder myself. Why do people have such a love affair with Muslims and illegals from Mexico and Latin America?

I think Trump’s strength is that he’s not partisan or wed to ideology. He’s a populist, and he’s pragmatic. A businessman brings a sense of pragmatism to office. He’ll work effectively with Democrats, in my opinion, and he’ll look to foster compromise, except on non-negotiables, such as immigration, the economy, and defense. Social issues are not really on the radar so much. Obergefell isn’t going away anytime soon, and neither is Roe. Conservatives need to come to terms with the fact that sadly, there’s nothing we can do to overturn Roe or undo toeiva marriage.

BTW: totally unrelated, but Chris Christie sounded very rabbinical in his answer on abortion a few weeks ago. He said that abortion can be seen as an act of self-defense in some cases, which sounds, lehavdil, like the Rambam’s citing din rodef in the context of abortion.

Anyone involved in shidduchim needs a rav who’s an expert in the halachos of lashon hara. Each situation is different and requires expert analysis.

I’d say it’s respectful and tznius to address people as Mr/Mrs, Rabbi/Rebbetzin, Hakham/Rabbanit.

Satmar has a lot of things figured out, in my humble opinion. They promote men working, the women don’t get caught up in the nonsense of wanting to be talmidos chachamim, and they’re not Zionists. In terms of learning, they learn more according to the classic derech of the Chasam Sofer. Doesn’t sound bad to me.

Donald Trump is not a jerk. He’s someone who tells it like it is. Some people can’t handle the truth and they don’t want to face the music. America is in the pits. We have record amounts of the population in welfare, we’re being overrun by illegal immigrants from Latin America and China, who are surreptitiously taking over the economy, and we’re being suffocated by the dictatorship of political correctness, which sees sexism, racism, white privilege, and gets offended if you sneeze the wrong way, especially on left wing college campuses. I see Trump as our last hope. He’s the only one with the unabashed chutzpah to take on those who are destroying the country. He wants to put America first in all things, and that’s what we need. I also do like Ted Cruz.

I’m maavir sedrah, and in addition to Rashi, learn Ramban or another mefaresh. I also started Daf Yomi with Gittin this time around, and try to learn Gemara and Rashi daily. I also learn Mishna Berura/Kitzur, and Hilchos Shabbos.

You can try the beis din with Rav Reisman on it, which has offices in downtown Brooklyn.