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  • in reply to: Nittel Nact #1931922
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    Nittel starts at noon or 4 pm and goes till midnight

    in reply to: Limiting Presidential Pardons #1931829
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    @ujm, Title 18 of the USC and the fifty state penal codes to what governs the Criminal Justice system in the US, the rest is irrelevant

    in reply to: Limiting Presidential Pardons #1931630
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    @ujm, I am usually in agreement with most of your comments, I disagree on this one, Frum white collar criminals make it a lot harder for frum people play in a level playing field because they are viewed as dishonest people. I had to work twice as hard to show people that I am a honest person because I am a visibly frum person.
    One of the main reason jails exsist is as a deterent, knowing you may end up spending 10 years locked up makes a thinking person think twice before they commit a crime.

    in reply to: Bob Grant #1931353
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    Written by Ray Rossi:
    There are going to be many platitudes over the next few days or so dedicated to someone who should definitely be known as the “father of modern talk radio.”
    Bob Grant – who, after a lengthy illness, passed away New Year’s Eve at the age of 84.

    Born Robert Gigante, Bob came up in a radio era where it wasn’t acceptable to be thought of as ethnic.

    But that never stopped him from showing his ethnic roots. Or, for that matter, being able to appreciate the ethnic roots of others.

    Bob could hold court in his favorite eatery, the Reo Diner in Woodbridge, conversing in Greek to the owners, just as much as he was able to appreciate a good many foreign expressions he’d hear in daily conversation on his radio show.

    I worked with Bob when I was still “Bobby Valentine” at WPLJ; and when my tenure there ended, was able to scoot across the hall to WABC where I was able to do some tech work for both Bob and Rush.

    Bob’s show was especially adventurous. Rather than have his producers screen out calls thought to be cranks, he seemed to relish them. It gave him an opportunity to use some of that dry wit and bile (“get off my phone, you fake, you phony, you fraud”) of which he was so well known.

    And if there was one thing in particular that was his stock in trade, it was tweaking politicians. Some of his favorite targets were Jim Florio (“film flam Florio”), Bill Clinton (“slick Willie”); and former NYC Mayor David Dinkins (“the men’s room attendant”).

    But the best of all was his ribbing of Mario Cuomo.

    Bob would sing a song in the Neapolitan dialect of Italian to the former Governor that went something like this: “Mario asentta mme. Tu sei propio nu’ sfaccime!” (trans: Mario, listen to me, you’re a real ‘sfaccime!’)

    Fact is, despite his grasp of the dialect, he never knew what “sfaccime” meant.

    And one day, some of the Governor’s people who heard his remarks called the station to say how impolite his using the phrase was.

    So he asks me what it means, and I tell him, “Bob, my grandmother always called my father that, but anytime I tried to ask her what it meant, she’d always tell me “mala parola!” (trans: It’s a bad word!)

    But, just to satisfy him, I called my uncle back in Brooklyn to find out. I get my uncle on the phone and ask him, “”O’zi (“uncle” in Neapolitan), I’m with Bob Grant.”

    He then says, “who, the guy who changed his name?” I replied, “yeah…he wants to know what ‘sfaccime’ means.

    “No Ray, quell’ e’ mala parola!” (trans: That’s a bad word!).

    “But O’zi”, I insist, he’s calling Mario Cuomo a ‘sfaccime’.

    To which my uncle says, “e giust’….essi e’ propio ‘sfaccime’.” (trans: He’s right….he IS a sfaccime!)

    “So then,” I ask again, “what does it mean?”
    Upon which, in very graphic terms he describes the words meaning, which I come to understand as “scum”.

    I relayed the message to Bob, who at that point decided “no harm, no foul” – and the expression lived on in Bob Grant lore.

    It was always funny that by the end of his show he’d express feigned disgust and exclaim to then program director John Mainelli, “hey Mainelli, I gotta get outta here!”

    Which unfortunately came one day in 1996 for having made comments about then Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. I was there when his firing was announced and could honestly say there wasn’t a dry eye in the studio.

    Sharp witted, never politically correct, extremely well-read, some might go so far as to say racist, but never predictable – that’s the Bob Grant (Gigante) I’ll always remember

    in reply to: Raphael Warnock #1931206
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    @Charlie Hall, please let me know how much you gave to Warnock so I can give the same amount to Loeffler, are you arrogant enough to think you have a better feel for who is more pro Israel then two local respected Rabbis? I know the MO crowd has distain for a Rav’s opinion [except for the ilk of Avi Weiss and company] but this takes the cake

    in reply to: Bob Grant #1930974
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    @CTLawyer, He never ran, it was all show biz stick like Howard Stern running for Governor

    in reply to: Raphael Warnock #1930954
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    @ Reb E, even if that is that case[ and its not] Warnock HIMSELF was saying all those anti Semitic/ anti Israel statement and now is trying to walk back on.

    in reply to: Bob Grant #1930896
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    @CTLawyer, he was very proud of his Italian heritage he just DISPISED certain Italians who were jerks like Cuomo and Florio.
    As to his stage name just about all the people in show biz used stage names, Sholmo Karkovsky was Steven Hill, Benjamin Kubelsky was Jack Benny, Allen Koiengsburg is Wood Allen, Lawrence Harvey Zeiger is Larry King, does that make them self hating Jews because they use a stage name? No [ with possible exception of Woody Allen].

    in reply to: Bob Grant #1930813
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    @huju, he called David Dinkins the Men’s room attendant because he saw a picture of him wearing a tux and he looked like a men’s room attendant, and btw he was right, Dinkins was in over his head and never was man enough to admit why he let the Crown Heights riot run for 3 days.
    He had a lot of names for politicians
    the scvfachim up in Albany
    Flim Flam Florio
    Evita Peron in her present reincarnation = Hillary Clinton
    Slick Willy
    Just about all the nicknames he used were will deserved

    in reply to: Trumpism is here to stay. #1930074
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    @Red A, if your going to use the formal names its James Earl Carter and William Jefferson Clinton, not saying this with rancor just because you use nickname by this two

    in reply to: Raphael Warnock #1930088
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    Two prominent Orthodox rabbis from Georgia are speaking out about their concerns over Rev. Raphael Warnock and past statements he has made about Israelis and Palestinians.

    “We are concerned and hurt by the manner in which the Reverend brushed aside his past rhetoric against Israel and the Jewish community, and even blamed his opponents for ‘trying to use Israel as yet another wedge issue,’” Rabbi Ilan Feldman from Atlanta’s Congregation Beth Jacob and Rabbi Avigdor Slatus from Congregation Bnai Brith Jacob in Savannah wrote in a letter to the Warnock campaign this week.

    Rabbi Feldman sad in an interview “This is not about politics,” he said. “This is about a danger sign.”

    Specifically, Feldman said he is worried about a letter that Warnock signed in 2018 after a trip of international clergy to the Middle East. In the letter, the clergy compared the military presence of the West Bank to “military occupation of Namibia by apartheid South Africa.”

    Feldman also pointed to Warnock’s 2018 sermon in which the pastor said the Israeli military shot down “unarmed Palestinian sisters and brothers like birds of prey.”

    “I can’t characterize what’s in a man’s heart,” Feldman said of Warnock. “I can only say that certain comments provide a safe haven for those that do have anti-semitic views.”

    But Rabbi Feldman maintained the statements Warnock made before the 2020 Senate campaign ever began are what he is focused on.
    “That, to me, means more than what somebody says when they’re trying to get my vote.”

    in reply to: Trumpism is here to stay. #1929866
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    @Ct lawyer add TR and William Howard Taft, my knowledge of number is equal or better then your knowledge of law.

    in reply to: Trumpism is here to stay. #1929831
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    Fact is that in the past 125 years 12 out of 19 presidents were from the GOP, fads come and fads go, i would not hold too much faith that this fad will stay.

    in reply to: to tip or not to tip that is the question #1929770
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    @always ask questions “changing gears somewhat” that is a gross understatement, it has zero to do with tipping, start your own topic about this

    in reply to: to tip or not to tip that is the question #1929509
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    @abukspan, does that apply to the Rebbes and Teachers as well?

    in reply to: Trump ruined the GOP #1928468
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    @CTlawyer: Jan 21 Joe Biden will raise his right hand and take the oath.
    Jan 1 2021 fifty GOP senators will take the oath as will 213 GOP congressmembers
    most state legislatures are GOP controlled, live goes on with or without DJT

    in reply to: Gedolim vs. Cats and Dogs #1928400
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    @Gadol, I was going to use cornish hens but the taste is nothing like squab, I found a goose at the meat market [ btw from Pelleh] and use that instead for Shabbos Chanukah

    in reply to: Working Bochurim Shidduchim Corona #1928397
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    @dass yochid,
    “Read the OP again
    Why?”
    because your debate with Reb E about the Rambam has nothing to do with status of pt working boys and shidduchim

    in reply to: humor #1928305
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    In Internet slang, a troll is a person who starts flame wars or intentionally upsets people on the Internet by posting inflammatory and digressive,[1] extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat room, or blog) with the intent of provoking readers into displaying emotional responses[2] and normalizing tangential discussion,[3] either for the troll’s amusement, or to achieve a specific result such as disrupting a rival’s online activities or manipulating a political process.
    Yup you fit the bill

    in reply to: Chanukah Thoughts #1928177
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    my thoughts? to tip or not to tip that is the question.

    in reply to: Trump ruined the GOP #1928176
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    @Charlie Hall, Really now? NJ redistricting in 2010 was controlled by a ten member bipartisan commission with the 11th member being a democrat, the combined district was Steve Rothman and Scott Garrett, the rest of the state was gerrymander heavy democrat.
    Massachusetts is gerrymandered heavy democrat’s, after all that was the home state of Elbridge Gerry.
    None of the NY state senate districts approach the absurdity of the state assembly districts, when you have 2/3s of the assembly districts south of the Tappan Zee Bridge you know something is messed up

    in reply to: Working Bochurim Shidduchim Corona #1928150
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    I am giving my own personal prospective, I was a working boy who was kovah ittim and going to college at night, I married a BY Girl and I am bh a grandfather several times over.

    Fast forward to when my daughter was in the parsha every single boy who worked part time that was redt for her was not on the same page as her haskafawise.
    When she met my Son in law she asked about him about his plans and he said I love learning and want to learn as long as a I can, then she asked him if he wanted to go into business or chinuch like his father he answer I will do whatever is best for my yiras somayim, he has now a successful architectural business.

    in reply to: Working Bochurim Shidduchim Corona #1927813
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    @arihalevi, let me guess you are one of the aforementioned bucherim.

    “They continue to learn every day, just curtailing one or two sdarim in order to get a head start when the big bills come along after marriage. How else will these boys be able to afford tuition and Shmura Matza for their future families?”
    Working in a warehouse part time will get you nowhere fast, the money you save will be eaten up in two years, there only way you are going to get ahead in the long term is by getting an education not a part time job.

    in reply to: Satmar Rebbe criticizes election engagement. #1927592
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    @yytz, Chasidim in general and Satmar in particular had an issue about being called a cult, people with glass houses should not throw stones.
    maybe its people thinking and acting on the own, the support Trump was ground up movement

    in reply to: Working Bochurim Shidduchim Corona #1927588
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    you want logic by shidduchim? why does everyone go gaga over “top boys”?, why do people demand 5,10, 20 years of support? why do people want a gelt shidduch? why do heavy girls have a hard time? why this stigma of illness, mental issues, divorced homes? etc.etc.etc.

    in reply to: Gedolim vs. Cats and Dogs #1927467
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    I have heard of people using minks for pest control

    in reply to: Gedolim vs. Cats and Dogs #1927333
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    GH: you must have been on the wrong website, it was more then likely a distributor of Pelleh products, the farm is located in Bethel NY in Sullivan County and is run by a Frum father and son and only deals with Kosher products.
    Father himself has a very interesting story, grew up secular and live in Montana for a number of years worked as a park ranger, a logger and number of other none typical jobs, became frum and was a talmud muvak of Rav Shlomo Friefeld ZTL, he built up the farm from scratch.

    in reply to: Satmar Rebbe criticizes election engagement. #1927334
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    @emesnishtsheker, oh please, that’s pure hogwash, the MO crowd always meshed social justice with religion.

    in reply to: Gedolim vs. Cats and Dogs #1927255
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    Ghathotah Pelleh has chasidisher shichita under Rav Dovid Miller

    in reply to: Gedolim vs. Cats and Dogs #1927250
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    Ghatorah: Pellah poultry produces squab with a good chasisisher shechita, they also sell duck [not frozen] and goose.

    in reply to: Gedolim vs. Cats and Dogs #1927227
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    @charlie hall, actually man is the biggest predator of pigeons, squab is delicious.

    in reply to: Trump ruined the GOP #1926985
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    @Benny, really now? Democract Gerrymandering does not exist??? look and the Mass. NY and NJ maps and tell me it does not exist.
    PS you never looked up the 98 NYS assembly district map that is over 70 miles long

    in reply to: Trump ruined the GOP #1926813
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    Rating: 100 out 222 dems in the 117 congress are members of the progressive caucus need I say more?

    in reply to: Trump ruined the GOP #1926782
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    UJM:
    Woodrow Wilson Democratic 435 electoral votes popular 6,293,454
    Theodore Roosevelt Progressive (Bull Moose) 88 electoral, popular 4,119,207
    William Howard Taft Republican 8 electoral votes popular 3,483,922

    in reply to: The REAL Logic Behind the Election Fraud Dispute #1926669
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    This getting stale already, give it up

    in reply to: Trump ruined the GOP #1926629
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    Third parties in the US don’t have a very good track record, last serious 3rd party attempt was 1992 in Ross Perot with 18.9 % of the vote and not a single vote in electoral collage. The only serious 3rd party was Teddy Roosevelt in 1912 who came in second.
    Conversely why don’t the moderate and blue dog democrats jump ship now that the party has been hijacked by the AOC and alike.

    in reply to: The REAL Logic Behind the Election Fraud Dispute #1926320
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    There may a been a little bit of fraud here and there but not enough to overturn an election.
    THE ELECTION IS OVER, YOU NEED TO GO ON WITH YOUR LIFE, הבחירה הסתיימה, אתה צריך להמשיך בחיים שלך, Wybory dobiegły końca, musisz kontynuować swoje życie, LA ELECCIÓN TERMINÓ, NECESITAS SEGUIR CON TU VIDA, די וואַלן איז איבער, איר דאַרפֿן צו פאָרזעצן מיט דיין לעבן. A VÁLASZTÁS VÉGRE VONATKOZIK, ÉLETEHEL FOLYTATNI KELL

    in reply to: Deep trouble ahead for the yeshivas under Biden #1925911
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    go back to the Bais Medresh and open up a sefer

    in reply to: Deep trouble ahead for the yeshivas under Biden #1925886
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    From the Foward
    “Under President Donald Trump, Orthodox Jews, who have long sought government funding for one of their highest priorities, their schools, loved what they heard from the administration.

    Education Secretary Betsy Devos, a mega-donor to conservative education reform efforts, championed private and religious schools at every turn, and federal lawmakers paid them renewed attention.

    “School choice has been so important to the Orthodox Jewish community, and finally got its due not only among the administration but also in Congress,” said Rabbi Abba Cohen, vice president for government affairs at the umbrella Orthodox group Agudath Israel.

    Now, that’s likely over.

    President-elect Joe Biden expressed skepticism about public charter schools on the campaign trail and is expected to name an education secretary close to the labor movement, which generally opposes charter schools and programs that send public dollars to private schools.”

    in reply to: Trump ruined the GOP #1925867
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    @Benny ” Besides Maryland and maybe Illinois, what deep blue gerrymander can compare with Texas, Ohio, or any of the other Republican ones?” Ok How about Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, California, Washington State, BTW Illinois wrote the book on gerrymandering going back to the Richard Daley. If you want to see fine example of NY gerrymandering look up the 98 Assembly District map, it is 60 miles long in meandering in suburban NY.
    “Democrats won the overall house margin by about 3% but still lost a bunch of seats.”
    That’s because the urban voters voted without brains, no matter who is on the GOP line they would not vote for them therefore they win districts 90-10.
    “Also, it’s not just “high tax” states projected to lose representation. Alabama, West Virginia, Minnesota, Ohio, Michigan all might lose a district.”
    Minnesota ranks #5 in tax burden, Ohio #12, WV and Michigan lost population thanks to Obama’s policies that dried up jobs. Of course NYS is proudly number one as the highest tax burden.

    in reply to: Unity #1925735
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    Quack in quaking for the sake of quacking

    in reply to: why did our conservative news site go liberal? #1925733
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    And therefore….? I never saw anyone asking a Godol to sign a thank you for a president before.

    in reply to: 6 new moetzes members – einay haedah #1925716
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    @always, if you have 10 % of the brainpower of the Noverminsker Rebbe ztl, your opinion maybe worthy of serious consideration.

    in reply to: 6 new moetzes members – einay haedah #1925706
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    @always ask “I don’t know though how to express the sentiment in a nicer way.”
    Ditto

    in reply to: why did our conservative news site go liberal? #1925625
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    for 90% of the Gedolim they think long and hard before they put a signature to something, in this case being that the letter was in English and went to the President I am sure they weight all the pros and cons, I am sure if Moshe Margetten would have asked them to sign a letter that the federal government should dictate the secular education to be taught in the yeshivas he would have been shown the door.

    in reply to: Trump ruined the GOP #1925596
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    @Benny, some of the worse gerrymandering is done in the deep blue state, the health of the democracy survived when the Democrats controlled the map in the the 70s, 80s and 2000, I guess it depends on whos ox is being gored.
    The problem for the dems is there has been a population shift from the high tax states such as New York, California and Illinois to business friendly states such as Texas and Florida , The Democrats hold a 10 vote margin in the house with shift in the new seats its more then likely the the GOP will control the house in 2022.

    in reply to: 6 new moetzes members – einay haedah #1925439
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    @always ask, I propose a penalty term, if a CR member posts an imbecilic remark, they should be banned from the board until they do teshuvah

    Be careful what you wish for 😉

    in reply to: Trump ruined the GOP #1925412
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    Unlike Godalhaorah, CrazyKoniy and RatingS I am a Republican who was active before Trump and now, the GOP has fresh energy, the 117 congress had GOP men and women of of shapes and colors, the GOP controls most state houses and will control redistricting, The GOP was alive before Trump during Trump and after Trump

    in reply to: go learn torah #1925408
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    so stay there

    in reply to: why did our conservative news site go liberal? #1925409
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    Jackk, obviously the Gedolim felt the Trump took the needs of what the Gedolim felt was important to a whole other level hence the letter.

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