Monthly Archives: July 2009

American So-Called Jews

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

The ambiguous title of this post is an example of the brilliant commenting that takes place on the web. The full comment reads: This article is insane, as 79% of American so called Jews. -Yigal Here’s the article, if you’re … Continue reading →

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Obama the Machiavellian

Posted on July 30, 2009 by

Ron Rosenbaum writes: I think Obama is a true Machiavellian. By abandoning “axis of evil” rhetoric, and by making that Cairo speech, however anodyne it was, and by not jumping in too soon, he turned the Iranian revolution into a … Continue reading →

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The King of Mishaguss

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

Massimo Gezzi has an interview with John Ashbery at the Best American Poetry website: MG: Once you argued that America always seemed like a foreign country to you, adding that living abroad focuses you on where you’re from. Do you … Continue reading →

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Roast Suckling Pig

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

Well, my favorite analogy of the past week is the following: A Catholic priest advising a married couple on their sex life is like a vegetarian rabbi advising you on how best to prepare roast suckling pig at your next … Continue reading →

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A Few Thoughts on Jewishness (2)

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

Allow me to repeat what the Bu-Jews I know tell me (there are a startling number of them): “You cannot be a Buddhist.” Apparently, Buddhism is not a faith, but more like a non-faith. (Non-) Buddhists out there, please correct … Continue reading →

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Close Encounters with the Terza Età

Posted on July 26, 2009 by

Ever since I turned 25 or so I’ve been making a concerted effort not to get old. I try to avoid expressions such as “Kids these days…” because I still remember what it was like to be a kid in … Continue reading →

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A Few Thoughts About Jewishness

Posted on July 24, 2009 by

Being Jewish is odd at times. For instance, one can be a BuJew (Buddhist-Jew), but a Jew for Jesus is out. Once there were Muslim Jews, but they were anomalous and eventually absorbed by Islam. The first Christians were all … Continue reading →

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Whose Catastrophe?

Posted on July 23, 2009 by

Dick Morris & Eileen McGann have a new book out called Catastrophe: How Obama is Fucking Up America. Now, I wouldn’t bother even mentioning this, but there is a humorous sidenote. Pick up the book, turn to the author bio … Continue reading →

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Adolf Hitler Was Not an Atheist

Posted on July 21, 2009 by

…but even if he were, what difference would it make? This is a ridiculous syllogism: Hitler was an atheist, therefore atheism = Hitlerism. One might as well point out that Hitler was a heterosexual, or a homo- or bisexual and … Continue reading →

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Is Holocaust Denial a Taboo?

Posted on July 17, 2009 by

Mark Oppenheimer has a four-part interview with ace Holocaust deniers Mark Weber and Bradley R. Smith (not Bradley F. Smith) in Tablet, which is the moniker Nextbook is going by now. I’m linking to the first part. If you want to … Continue reading →

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