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  • in reply to: Tznius of the legs – Oz V’hadar Levusha #1960839
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    There are a number of YWN commenters whose screen names end in MD. Are they purporting to be physicians or residents of Maryland?

    in reply to: Here we go again! #1960838
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    To lakewhut: I am not a hack, just a liberal. (Which do you think is worse?) I have never made apologies for corruption by Democratic politicians.

    Yes, Israel had the world’s best vaccine rollout, and Bibi surely deserves some of the credit. But surely in a population of nearly 7 million Jews, there are several qualified persons who could serve as Prime Minister and are not under indictment.

    in reply to: Here we go again! #1960802
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    To lakewhut: Is one of Netanyahu’s qualifications the fact that he is under indictment for corruption?

    And consider this: Israel’s system is the most accurate reflection of the net collective state of mind of the country, more so than any other democracy. The fact is, the Israeli public is divided, and the election results accurately reflect this.

    in reply to: Downfall of Cuomo #1960673
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    To common saychel: This may be my first negative post on Cuomo, but I have had qualms about Cuomo for many years. I voted for his Republican opponent at least once. He is too much of a crony capitalist for my political sensibilities. Ironically, one of his supposed masterpieces, the Mario Cuomo Bridge – replacement of the Tappan Zee bridge, which was designed to last only 40 years but in fact lasted 70 years – was built with Chinese steel, which a knowledgeable friend of mine says is notoriously faulty and will fail in a matter of a few years. And if I were governor and wanted a bridge to be named after a prior governor who was my father, I would have left it to my successors to do the naming.

    There may be some worthy successors in the New York Congressional delegation, e.g., Gerry Nadler, Hakeem Jeffries, or Sean Maloney.

    in reply to: Downfall of Cuomo #1960294
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    We all agree: Cuomo must go. But who yuh gonna call? Can someone name some names – Democrats and Republicans, who would be good candidates for governor. And how are they going to get through the primaries and win the nominations of their respective parties.

    in reply to: Tznius of the legs – Oz V’hadar Levusha #1959979
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    If you want lots of options, you have come to the right place. If you want a correct answer, well ….

    And if you want a single correct answer, don’t ask me.

    in reply to: The Filibuster-racist?? #1958898
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    To charlieha II: I have one footnote to your comment about Republicans who opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including Reagan, Nixon and Goldwater. Barry Goldwater said, more than 10 years after his vote against the Civil Rights Act, that it was his biggest regret about his actions as a senator.

    in reply to: The Filibuster-racist?? #1958666
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    To torahvalv: You have trouble understanding what I say, so I will say it slowly. The filibuster, talking or lazy non-talking, can be used for good or evil. In your opening post, you said that the filibuster rule has nothing to do with racism. It does: it was promoted by senators of slave-holding states to strenghthen their ability to prevent the federal government from making slavery illegal. That is the connection of the filibuster to racism.

    As I said, I am not sure the filibuster is good or bad for democracy or protects any particular political point of view. But the origin of the filibuster rule is tied to the protection of slavery in the early American republic. Do you think slavery is unrelated to racism?

    in reply to: Real estate #1958394
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    Try to become a partner with Donald Trump. That will show you that investing in real estate is not something any jerk can do.

    in reply to: Need ideas for a poster #1958393
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    How about: “Buy an English sefer – stop pretending you are fluent in Hebrew”.

    in reply to: The Filibuster-racist?? #1958392
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    To torahvalv: You clearly do not know the history of the filibuster rule.

    I am not sure whether the filibuster is good or bad – for the Jews, for Americans, for blunjet – but, yes, the history of the filibuster is tied to racism. Learn some American history.

    in reply to: Why Rabbeinu Tam Tefillin Is Pasul #1956616
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    Chabadniks put on Rashi tefillin first, then, near the end of Shachris, put on Rabbeinu Tam tefillin. I know this practice as encouraged by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, but I do not know whether it started before he became Rebbe.

    in reply to: is coffee kosher? #1956432
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    To ujm: I have seen restaurant kitchens. Many look filthy. But the fact is, very few people get sick from eating in restaurants. In the US, restaurants don’t make people sick. In fact, the only restaurant that ever made me sick was a kosher one in Israel. But I got over it and, when in Israel, continue to enjoy Israeli restaurants.

    in reply to: is coffee kosher? #1956106
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    All commercially prepared foods, i.e., everything we don’t grow, havest, kill and gut ourselves, has low levels of impurities. Any kashering authority who does not understand this is kidding himself. Any Jew who doesn’t understand this is kidding him/herself, or is ignorant.

    in reply to: Who is the Real President? #1955583
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    I don’t completely agree with Sam Klein, but of the first 8 posts, his is the only one that is not substantially stupid.

    in reply to: Is Flatbush Still In-town? #1955296
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    To CTLawyer: What??? Dodgers OOT??? When did that happen???

    Seriously, folks, I have a friend from Southern California who was and remains a big baseball fan, and explained that he took a job in Brooklyn to be near the ancestral home of his beloved Dodgers. Dodger games against the Mets in Flushing are the hardest Mets tickets to get, and will remain so for at least another half-generation.

    in reply to: Downfall of Cuomo #1954693
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    Re common saychel’s comment of 3/5/21, 1:04 pm: Nice to see a Coffee Roomer sourcing facts from the New York Times.

    in reply to: stimulus- food for thought #1954690
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    The “stimulus” checks are primarily intended as “relief” checks to help people who have lost income and businesses that have lost revenue. Better to call those checks “relief” checks.

    in reply to: Dr Seuss: anti-Jewish and anti-Black racism #1954113
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    To mobico, re post of 3/4/21, 12:10 pm: First of all, there are no “official” definitions of English words. There are lots of dictionaries, but none of them are “official.”

    Second of all, “stereotype” in most contexts carries a negative implication.

    Jews do not stereotypically study Talmud, any more than they are stereotypically liberal, or stereotypically smart, or stereotypically love money. I am liberal and love herring, for your information.

    As for BJJ girls and Brisker Bochurim, ask them if they like being called stereotypical.

    in reply to: Foolish Democrats #1954108
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    To lakewhut: Are you sure you want the government rounding up people with Covid? Do you want to start in Boro Park, or Williamsburg? Or Texas? Or Mea Sharim?

    in reply to: Dr Seuss: anti-Jewish and anti-Black racism #1954062
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    To the Mods about mobico’s comment of 3/4/21 at 9:36 am: Maybe you should not allow the posting of a comment by someone who thinks “non-derogatory sereotype” is a real thing.

    And, on an unrelated note, could you consider numbering all comments, so that we can easily reference them. Some of us bigmouths make more than one comment on a single article or thread, e.g., me. And maybe “bigmouth” is the wrong word, since we do not make our comments with our mouths. Maybe “bigfingers” is more accurate.

    in reply to: Anti Semitism Within #1953692
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    Re charlieha the second’s comment: Never mind what they say about Rabbi Avi Weiss. Consider what some coffee roomers say about you, or, even more important, me.

    in reply to: Dr Seuss: anti-Jewish and anti-Black racism #1953689
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    The YWN article on the decision of the Seuss publisher to discontinue certain books did not report on the language and contexts that the publisher recognized as offensive. I read an additional report about the matter, and that report sited the portions of the books that the publisher deemed objectionable. I suggest everyone get more information before jumping to conclusions about the wisdom, or lack of wisdom, of the Seuss publisher.

    in reply to: How do airlines ban customers? #1953688
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    People who cannot behave on airlines are a threat to the life and safety of all people on the plane, with or without a pandemic. I hope the airlines keep banning uncooperative passengers. If you have special requirements while in flight, e.g., kosher food or need to stand or face east to daven, make appropriate inquiries about the rules before you book the flight.

    in reply to: orthodox Jewish democrat? #1953415
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    Well, bored guy, we know you have never suffered a flooded basement. If you are correct about the Talmud’s saying Hashem told the water not to go over the land, you have interpreted those words to mean that oceans cannot rise or cause flooding. Your interpretation is clearly wrong. Try living in Far Rockaway (Queens, New York) during hurricane season.

    in reply to: The Golden Trump #1953139
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    To all of you wondering what my brilliant opening post was meant to say: Read it carefully and intelligently. It says what I meant to say, nothing more, nothing less.

    in reply to: The Golden Trump #1953006
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    To smerel: Let me put this in terms you might understand: Idols are a subset of statues. If someone makes a statue, and people bow down before it, the statue-maker unintentionally made an idol.

    The intent of the brilliant opening post is to imply that Trump is a false god, and that Hashem will punish those who bow before Trump or a statue of Trump. You are free to disagree, but not by pretending that the golden statue is not an idol. (You are also free to bow down before it.)

    in reply to: Dr Deuss Purim drashos/shpiels #1952444
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    I would rule out green eggs and ham.

    Sam I am? Shmuel the jewel.

    Horton hears a Megillah?

    For Pesach, did the Lorax clean with Borax?

    The cat in the black hat?

    One fish, two fish, red fish, gefilte fish.

    Horton roasts an egg?

    in reply to: Joe Biden orders attacks on Iranian-backed militias ON PURIM!!! #1952443
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    Biden has a sense of a lot of things, as distinguished from his predecessor, who had a sense of nothing except himself.

    in reply to: Thomas Webster arrested #1951914
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    To MadeAliyah: Please post a list of Biden’s failures to date, and if you don’t mind, do so every month for the balance of his term.

    And, if you can, make a distinction between political failures and policy failures.

    in reply to: The Last Decent Democrat #1951291
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    To ujm: You want smarts, and experience? Consider that Clinton was a Yale law graduate, and served as Arkansas governor for many years. Obama was a Harvard law grad, president of the Harvard Law Review. Carter was an Annapolis grad in nuclear engineering. Listen to their public speeches, they all demonstrate the power to think. And to think about something other than themselves.

    in reply to: The Last Decent Democrat #1951258
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    The last Republican nominee to run for president, i.e., one with the smarts to do the job right, was Gerald Ford, and he was not even a party-wide selection. Ford stumbled into the job because of Watergate and Nixon’s need to appoint a vice president who would sail through Congress. George HW Bush and John McCain, by themselves, had the smarts, but I disqualify them because they selected nudniks as their running mates.

    in reply to: Ted Cruz – Hyporcite par excellence #1951253
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    To Gadolhadorah: You seem to think that the hypocrisy is excusable if others are also hypocrites. No one thinks Ted Cruz invented hypocrisy (or even hyporcosy, which the opening poster invented), but his hypocrisy is nevertheless bad. Lots of Jews drive on Shabbos (including a few otherwise frum), but I bet you don’t, and you would not consider it notwithstanding the Jews who do drive on Shabbos.

    in reply to: Talk Radio #1950974
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    To ujm: How do you know why Che was hired?

    I used to think Che was funny, but that joke got him kicked off my “funny” list. Let’s wait to see whether he apologizes properly.

    in reply to: Bitcoin Going Mainstream #1950493
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    To Shady Chareidi: Where did you get the information about the use of Bitcoin by people with nothing to hide?

    in reply to: Ted Cruz – Hyporcite par excellence #1950490
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    To all you folks who think some Democrats are hypocrites: I agree, some are. But you evidently don’t need me to provide you with a list.

    in reply to: Ted Cruz – Hyporcite par excellence #1950370
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    To Shady Chareidi: I gave Ted Cruz a pass based on the same information you cited. It turns out it was mostly untrue, as revealed by his wife’s e-mails and other information, like the ticket he first booked for a return from Cancun several days later than his arrival.

    That makes him a hypocrite and a liar. Will it hurt his re-election chances in Texas? I don’t know, but I suspect it would not.

    Someone – I think a US senator, said Cruz is so thoroughly despised by his Senate colleagues that someone could shoot him dead on the floor of the Senate, and not one US senator would want the shooter convicted.

    in reply to: Climate Change and the Environment #1949985
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    If you don’t live on Planet Earth, climate change is not a problem. And a lot of Coffee Roomers seem not to live on Planet Earth.

    in reply to: Bitcoin Going Mainstream #1949669
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    A respected economist (formerly of MIT and Princeton, now of CUNY, Nobel laureate) says he is skeptical of Bitcoin in part because its primary users (i.e., not investors or speculators) are people who want to hide their transactions, which means they are drug dealers, smugglers, tax cheats and others of marginal trustworthiness. Should a synagogue or Jewish charity accept or spend Bitcoin? Let’s hear from a Halachah maven.

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    To lakewhut: Crime rates among illegal immigrants are lower than among US citizens. More immigrants means lower crime rates. Sorry to confuse you with facts.

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    To ujm: An 8-year old immigrant takes about 10 years to become eligible to vote. And 18-year-old eligible voters take several more years before they actually exercise their right to vote.

    Does anyone have reliable data on voter participation by new immigrants? I am sure that lakewhut does not. Is it possible, maybe, that immigrants, even Hispanic ones, have something valuable to contribute to America. And, lakewhut, how far up your family tree must we climb to find immigrants?

    Fixed that for you. Must be your autocorrect is broken.-29

    in reply to: Sick of the name calling! #1948827
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    Name-calling is the first resort for some Coffee Roomers. I wear those names proudly, so, please, keep it up.

    in reply to: Too Many Bank Branches #1948825
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    A. I have not noticed.

    B. Why do you, opening poster, think there are too many bank branches?

    C. In the browner minority neighborhoods, their political leaders complain of not enough bank branches, too many low-quality high-priced financial service shops (e.g., check-cashing services), and too many liquor stores.

    in reply to: How Was Vashti Killed? #1948727
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    Correction: COVID-1

    in reply to: How Was Vashti Killed? #1948705
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    I thought she died in a skiing accident in what is now Turkey.

    in reply to: Lindsey Graham’s Stupid Argument #1948377
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    I misunderstood the title of this thread. I thought it was an argument about whether or not Senator Lindsey Graham is stupid. I don’t think he’s stupid. I disagree with him about Trump, but that does not mean he is stupid. I do think that he is being black-mailed by Trump or Trump’s allies.

    in reply to: What Hebrew font should I use for my English sefer? #1947545
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    Have you considered Helvetica Schlemiel?

    in reply to: Gedolim who went to public school #1946723
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    I know that one member of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s secretariat went to Boston Latin, a public school in Boston (!) for outstanding students. He said he could not have performed his job for the Rebbe if he had not attended that public school.

    in reply to: Problems with the Covid vaccinations #1946396
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    To Yt: Sorry, I misread your post. I guess I’m the fool.

    in reply to: Problems with the Covid vaccinations #1946249
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    Problems with Covid vaccinations is a topic for discussion among epidemiologists, physicians and similar experts, unless, of course, you want to hear yentas and kibbitzers offering bubbameintzers, in which case the YWN Coffee Room is the ideal place.

    And, Yt, what kind of fool drinks alcohol before any medical procedure, whether it’s an injection, a routine check-up, or surgery.

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