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  1. Jayhawker Soule

    Leviticus 13:13-14

    Any informed thoughts would be appreciated.
  2. Jayhawker Soule

    Israel-Gaza : A must read!

    Please read I'm Jewish, and I've covered wars. I know war crimes when I see them. Thank you.
  3. Jayhawker Soule

    Arson attack at Bernie Sanders' Vermont office

    It will be interesting to see how this develops. NBC NEWS : Fire at Bernie Sanders' Vermont office investigated as arson Fortunately they appear to have at least one reasonably good picture of a suspect, and even more fortunate that no one was hurt.
  4. Jayhawker Soule

    You shall not boil a kid in its mother's ?????

    The law: The mixture of meat and dairy (Hebrew: בשר בחלב, romanized: basar bechalav, lit. 'meat in milk') is forbidden according to Jewish law. This dietary law, basic to kashrut, is based on two verses in the Book of Exodus, which forbid "boiling a (goat) kid in its mother's milk"[1] and a...
  5. Jayhawker Soule

    Israel-Gaza : World Bank Estimates

    Excerpts from Barron's & AFP News World Bank Estimates Damage to Gaza Critical Infrastructure At $18.5 Bn This is equivalent to 97 percent of the combined economic output of the West Bank and Gaza in 2022, ... The report, produced with the United Nations and the European Union, found...
  6. Jayhawker Soule

    Israel-Gaza : Air strike kills World Central Kitchen heroes

    From The Times of Israel: IDF acknowledges strike that killed aid workers as home countries demand explanation Faced searing criticism on Tuesday, Israel acknowledged mistakenly carrying out a strike that killed seven staff members of a US-based charity group who were unloading food brought by...
  7. Jayhawker Soule

    FWIW: Linen in Leviticus - an historical context

    By way of introduction, this week's Torah portion is Parashat Tsav which begins at Leviticus 6. The JPS Torah Commentary: Leviticus introduces the parsha as follows: Chapters 6-7 ... focus on the role of the priesthood as officiants in the sanctuary and detail the special care that must attend...
  8. Jayhawker Soule

    She's Back!

    Let the world rejoice ... Kellyanne Conway considers return to Trumpworld Kellyanne Conway, the former Trump campaign manager-turned-spokesperson who made the phrase "alternative facts" famous, is considering a return to Trumpworld. Then there's Claudia ... During an appearance on Fox News'...
  9. Jayhawker Soule

    The Comstock Act and the current mifepristone debate

    From Axios : Why a 19th-century law matters in the Supreme Court abortion pill fight The 1873 Comstock Act banned the mailing of materials that were deemed "obscene, lewd, lascivious," which included things like contraception, abortion drugs and pornography. White the law has been narrowed...
  10. Jayhawker Soule

    The growing repudiation of NBC's hiring of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel

    From Politico: NBC's McDaniel mess threatens to explode The uproar inside NBC over Ronna McDaniel’s hiring spilled into Monday morning as more of the network’s top personalities denounced the deal with the former RNC chair, escalating a battle over the relationship between powerful media...
  11. Jayhawker Soule

    So sad to watch ...

    Even the judge seemed to feel sorry for the great-grandmother standing in front of him. She had just pleaded guilty to shoplifting a can of peaches, and now he had to figure out an appropriate punishment. "Please tell the court again what was taken." "One can of peaches, your honor." "And how...
  12. Jayhawker Soule

    The Bible, Purim, and Peoplehood

    The Jewish holiday of Purim began last night, and earlier today I happened upon an interesting interview with Professor Jacob L. Wright in The Times of Israel under the headline: How the Bible - and the Purim story - helped form a nation from an exiled people Excerpting ... In my opinion...
  13. Jayhawker Soule

    Trump's world-class legal team quotes Justice Brett Kavanaugh on immunity

    The Washington Post is running an analysis with the headline Trump lawyers' head-scratching legal filings just keep coming The following are a couple of excerpts ... What Trump's legal beagles seemed to overlook was ... So sad. If only Trump had the liquidity to pay for better legal...
  14. Jayhawker Soule

    The average forum member

    On a scale of one to ten, how aparently intelligent is the average forum participant? If you've been here for more than a couple of years, is tis average inching up or declining. My view: 6 | declining
  15. Jayhawker Soule

    Trump can't post $464M bond

    See Axios: Trump can't post $464M bond to appeal New York fraud case, lawyers say It couldn't have happened to a more malignant narcissist. Still, by seemingly validating the "they're weaponizing the Justice Department" narrative, we may well be doing more to energize Trump's base than eo...
  16. Jayhawker Soule

    Thread length

    While I suspect that many exceptions can be found, it seems to me that, after the first few pages, a thread's value is (roughly) inversely proportional to its length. Come to think of it, would it not be great if thread initiators received royalties for each response? I'm thinking of something...
  17. Jayhawker Soule

    Israel-Gaza : Senator Schumer denounces Netanyahu

    See Axios - Schumer calls for Israel Elections and slams Netanyahu This is altogether remarkable.
  18. Jayhawker Soule

    Trump's Tik-Tok Pivot

    See, for example, Why Trump is now against a Tik-Tok ban Trump is a thoroughly unprincipled narcissist. He can be bought, he can be played, and both Xi Jinping and Putin are more than capable of leveraging this obvious defect.
  19. Jayhawker Soule

    An anti-YouTube reaction ...

    I find that I have little or no interest in pursuing a post which is little more than a YouTube presentation. I'm not entirely sure why this is the case, and I'm certainly not trying to justify this reaction. Do any of you share this aversion?
  20. Jayhawker Soule

    Baha'i Nineteen Day Fast Greeting

    Is there one (other than Alláh-u-Abhá)?
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