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Consensus requires compromise, which one side has said it will not do on matters of importance to its constituents and the other side has said it will not accept the status quo. Thus, the short term option is to continue efforts to “win”.
Health: Until now, most of us believed that the only Trumpkopfs more demented than Sidney Powell and Crazy Rudy was the Pillow Guy…(aka Meshugah Mike). Do you really want us to believe you are competing with Lindell for that title??
I was listening tonight to the Siyum on Pesachim being livestreamed here on YWN by a group affiliated with Agudah. Several speakers spoke of how we have “squeezed out” or equivalent terms, the “joy” of pesach among our children by fixating on some of the minutiae of how we celebrate yetzias mitzrayim at the seder and not allowing children to be children. I can imagine kinderlach after this past year who might have learned a vert and are bursting with enthusiasm to share it with their family as the seder begins and there being shouted down to WAIT!!, NOT YET!! or OFF TOPIC!! Most parents would be thrilled if their kids were so anxious to share a DT at any point in the seder. I guess we just disagree.
A gutten and kosher yom tove.There has always been a contradiction in the underlying drivers of anti-antisemitism in terms of a combination of envy/jealousy of yidden being the “smartest guys in the room” and at the same time, “the guys who killed Cheesaws”.
Just think if we could do a genetic cross between Cuomo and Trump, what the outcome would be? Would certain pose a challenge to the political pundits.
Focus on the roots of your boredom and why you have such low virtual esteem that even your computer freezes up when you sign in
Larry: You obviously are looking in the mirror. This thread is about the new AG, not about you. Even the Republicans who voted not to confirm, voiced support for his intellect and legal scholarship but indicated that their votes were more “political” and were meant to protest new administration policies.
As others have correctly noted, if you found a WHOLE cockroach in your pre-ground mocha, you can probably sue and settle for enough to buy your own coffee plantation and find some qualified rebbelah to start your own hashgacha (no roaches allowed). I sometimes wonder if there are yidden with so much time on their hands working from home, that they are constantly searching for these kind of “breaking news” events on Tik Tok which form the basis of a kashruth alert. Headline in the British Tabloids tomorrow will not be about the Royal Family but rather with the mishpacha of the bug who drowned in someone’s grande mocha latte.
Sadly, there is a fringe segment of the political FAR right evangelical wing that truly believes that the Orange-haired melech h’malachim came down the escalator in a Fifth Avenue condo building with red and white flags (rather than riding white donkey down Eastern Parkway with yellow flags leading the way). I’ll stipulate that Joe makes no pretense of being moichiach but will make z’man moishiach more likely in our time.
As a reforming economist, I think it is fair to say that in the current environment, you could justify just about any economic program or government policy by manipulating the discount rate plugged into your economic model. That is the case whether you are debating the “social cost of carbon” in energy related investments or the “savings rate” in allocating stimulus funds across income groups. At a time of sustained historically low or zero interest rates, the absence of significant discounting of future cash flows is the “new math” of public policy. Even this AM, with the Feds about to drop $2 trillion in new cash from helicopters, the inflation rate is flat and gold prices relatively flat.
Who is the Real President??
Well, the one thing we can all agree upon (except perhaps for any former CR posters now being held in Federal housing pending trial) is WHO IS NOT PRESIDENT.
The former occupant of the WH had no clue what was being done in his name in the vast federal bureaucracy. He mindlessly delegated most day to day agency decision making to a bunch of right wing sycophants who had no about what their job was (aka HUD Secretary etc) or smart opportunists who were focused on making money for themselves and their cronies and getting out of Dodge City before they were fired or indicted (aka HHS and Interior Secretaries). As some CR posters may find themselves declaring seven times before the final tekiah gedolah after Neilah on motzi Yom Kippur next year …
Biden is President??
Biden is President??
etc.
And a booming voice comes back from himmel
Yes
Yes
Yes
Any other questions??Perhaps rethink the predicate to the question as to whether in today’s “virtual velt”, locating a shtender at some greater distance from a town with several options for gourmet Thursday night chulent means that the bochur behind that shtender will be able to shteig with greater intensity and focus. That same bochur located in Minsk, Pinsk or Nowheresivlle, can still pull a smart phone out of his back pocket and be more efficient in his bitul torah than his counterpart in BMG or Monsey.
If you asked 3 frum yidden, you would get 4 inyanim as to what is “hashem’s will”. While we are fortunate to have some CR posters with nevius and always ready to tell us why the Ebeshter did ABC or XYZ, members of congress are not elected because of either their intellect or nevius.
Common Saychel: I’ve done most of my flying for the past year on United and Alaska Air….my experience has been exactly the opposite of yours. While the flight attendants have been very stressed out, especially as load factors have increased in the past several months, they’ve generally shown considerable patience and tolerance with passengers who at times sere acting like complete jerks. Given their constant close exposure to infection and low priority for vaccination (aka they are not “essential” even though the plane couldn’t take off w/o them) I have no issue with their insisting on rigid compliance with the mask requirements.
“The mods are actually very open-minded…”
That alone is subject to misinterpretation and expose you to suspension of your posting rights until z’man moishiach when all social media sites will be cancelledQuestion: ” can you please explain the purpose of this thread?”
Answer: To troll those suffering from TDS who might not have tuned in to the CPAC Circus and had an opportunity to make believe they were in living in Prague in during the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Bored Guy:
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To prevent boredom and keep it away, we need to find solutions at home that provide lasting meaning and challenge.Remind yourself why you’re posting in the CR. Chazal bring down that if not engaged in bitul torah, yidden generally prefer doing something to doing nothing. …
Find a rhythm in your head and compose a nigun
Go with the flow, unless its rising water heading into the basement at your beach house in the Hampdens
Try something new and adventurous w/o disrupting your chavrusah
Make room for guilty pleasures within the limits of tzinius
Connect with others by updating your shiduch resume with your Covid preferencesAt some point, you just have to step back and allow those who are seemingly intent on providing full employment to the chevrah kadishah to have their way. If some want to advertise their anti-vax insanity on a “shidduch resume”, one would hope that any reputable shadchan would tear it up and never return their calls.
Thread removal is the torahdik way of protecting the OP poster from exposing himself/herself to ridicule, abuse and and all sorts of painful virtual afflictions by virtue of the content and timing of their posting. Its pre-cancellation culture in a loving and caring way.
So you are saying that R’ Chaim is being manipulated and will say whatever some gabbai will whisper in his ear?? If thats the case,, why would anyone feel any obligation to listen to anything that comes out in his name??
I don’t think so. I’m sure if you search long enough, you can find some rebbelah somewhere who is anti-vaxer. Chabad found one and promptly cut off his affiliations . The vast majority of rabbonim who have spoken on the issue as well as frum medical professionals are strongly urging everyone to be vaccinated.I find it breathtaking that some of those CR posters who routinely bash anyone who goes against daas torah and flames anyone who disagrees with gadolei yisroel as apikorsim, somehow have given themselves a special heter to contradict those same gadolim about whom we read here on the news pages almost daily, have demanded all their talmidim get the vaccine.
Trump: “We reject cancel culture….now lets begin the political cleansing of all the RINOS, never-Trumpers, establishment, impeachment sympathizers ..etc. primary every last one of those treasonous XXXers who denies that Trump is Moishiach”…..
” It has not been proven to NOT affect fertility and there is reason to believe that it might affect them based on some anecdotal stories coming out so…”
Hey Tristate: Its also NOT been proven that yidden who have not been vaccinated and exposed to Covid will NOT suffer long-term mental health affects as exhibited by unnamed individuals posting such stupidity about fertility etc. A baas yisroel who has been vaccinated will be very fortunate not to even have to deal with some idiots who are vaccine skeptics since THEY are the ones who will sadly suffer long-term adverse consequences.Very well done. Linking 3 of the most timely issues of the day into a single thread…..vaccines, the fake “shidduch crisis” and the power hungry government bureaucrats who want to take away your personal freedom. Now, if you could only find a way to blame the shidduch crisis on Gov Cuomo.
Although best known for rhyming “cat” with “hat” and “one fish, two fish” with “red fish, blue fish,” “Dr.” Theodore Geisel ― better known as Dr. Seuss ― was also an incredibly talented politicla cartoonist. A decade before his more well know children’s books, he had published hundreds of cartoons during WW II rendering Hitler, Y’S as a mad scientist and castigating the American governments growing ambivalence to the evolving genocide in Nazi Europe even before the true extent of the horror was fully understood.
I guess this is not a great posting for Purim but every time I hear Suess mentioned, I feel compelled to remind folks of his greater contributions than iconic children’s books.Tristate: For every news story (credited to source) they post on the news site related to recent developments in Covid vaccines, testing or treatment, there are probably 3 or 4 what I call heartbreaking about some rav or askan or poishete yid who died from covid. Do you think they are are getting “commissions” from the funeral homes, makers of the arons and even the chevrah kadishas???? I find your question totally offensive.
Perhaps if we ever were able to agree on the metrics of a “good economy” or “good public health outcomes” or what was “good for the Jews”, the exchanges here would somewhat more focused. I think 90 percent of the exchanges are well meaning talking points addressing different predicates. Elon Musk can create a quarter trillion dollars of increased value in Bitcoin and other cyrpto-currency with a 5 word tweet. I’m not sure that makes him a great patron of the American Working Class.
“….we elect a president to get stuff done, not to be an academic. I’d rather have a simpler man with a good plan”
MDG: Depends on what you mean by “stuff”. There was a lot of “stuff” done the past 4 years, some of which I agree with (and the new administration will retain) but more stuff which has resulted in long-term harm to the U.S. and will take much time and effort to recover from.
P.S. A simpler man with a good plan to do “good stuff” is the ideal but sadly, our political system doesn’t always deliver that outcome. After 4 years, boredom seems good and not waking up every AM in fear of the morning tweetstorm or the Fox News barfstorm is refreshing.Was watching a bit of the FED/Powell economic testimony during a really boring WebEx call this AM and was reminded there are still some really principled politicians but sadly they are a nearly extinct species. Specifically, I was listening to Pat Toomey (R-PA) who is sadly not seeking reelection. He has always been true to his small government libertarian principles and this AM was no exception as he very respectfully pushed back on Powell’s insistence that the Federal Reserve needed to continue expanding its mission statement into areas more appropriate for congress/fiscal policy than for a central bank. I find him to be a real mensch and also reminded myself of his recent vote on impeachment. I don’t agree with him on many policy issues but respect him more than many of the Dems.
Huju: Exactly the opposite. The term “political hypocrisy” is a bit of an oxymoron. All politicians have some standard deviation between their “stated” positions and their words and actions. We’ve had a long-history of “pro-life” politicians voting against funding for a wide range of critical health and supplemental food assistance programs which unquestionably are matters of life/death to the most vulnerable populations. We have an even longer history of “green” politicians flying around in private jets, living in huge energy-efficient homes, and driving low-mileage cars. The only difference is one of degree.
In some cases, having a politician out-of-town during a major weather even is a net POSITIVE to the local population since it allows the professionals to do their job w/o political interference.And then we had that “very stable genius” who conflated his IQ with his body mass index. A degree from an Ivy League Business School (whether real or purchased) is not always a high likelihood indicator of Presidential efficacy.
Made Aliya: It must be a great relief to you having made aliyah from the land of hypocrisy to be able to live in eretz hakodesh where politicians are always 100 percent true to their words and principles.
Common saychel: Sorry but I don’t play the “the Dems are worse” game, whether with regard to hypocrisy, stupidity or simply bad policy judgements. Nor will I waste your time, or mine, listing a gazillion Republicans whose behavior at times meant Cruz look good. The OP highlighted the actions of one political hack at a point in time. After lying about his plans, throwing his wife and kids under the bus, lying again about his return plans, and then spending the weekend running around Houston getting his picture taken with constituents with broken pipes while tweeting demands for government bailouts.
Just a day in the life of Cruz. Was Cuomo’s behavior worse?? Totally irrelevant to the OP.
As to the specifics of the hupocrisy. For years, Cruz has passionately defended Texas’ decision to secede from the national energy grid decades ago and deregulate its wholesale electricity market which he called a “model” for the nation. Today, Cruz has been demanding the that Texas regulators “act swiftly” to protect ratepayers who signed up for cheap energy contracts and now want to be insulated from their decisions. He also wants FEMA money for Texas to help pay the elctricity bills. In economics, thats called “socializing” costs so that taxpayers around the country pay for the stupidity of Texans who signed “market-rate” contracts. In Texas, thats called personal responsibility.
“NOW THAT IS TEXTBOOK HYPROCACY”
Not sure what textbook you are using but this seems more like a case of hypocrisy. What is more hyprocacy is Cruz preaching small government, self-reliance, neighbors helping neighbors, etc. When the going get tough in Texas, the tough get going (to Cancun) leaving their neighbors and constituents to freeze in the Dark.
As we used to say in Willy, “All Shtreimlach, No Chasiddim” (or was that “All Hat, No Cowboys”).Common Saychel: Deregulation of the Texas energy market was indeed bipartisan but Republican-led PUCT consistently blocked efforts to require ERCOT wholesale suppliers to adopt the same NERC reliability standards (including winterization) applicable to other regional power markets which also have a separate capacity (mw) markets under which a generator must meet minimum standards to be paid and included frequent inspections for compliance. Also, the PUCT doesn’t have any jurisdiction over gas suppliers and pipelines which are regulated by the Texas Railroad Commission, creating a separate and uniquely Texas regulatory gap. Both the PUCT and RR Commission have been under Republican leadership for nearly two decades.i
RebE: The metrics of political gadlus used by the OP do not include empathy or real caring for the poor and marginalized. Other than screaming “what the hell have the Dems done for you lately’ at almost all white MAGA rallies, income disparities and (inflation adjusted)poverty levels have grown over the past several years. When nearly 55 percent of Americans (and 76 percent of minorities) have no direct or indirect (via pension plans/401ks) interest in the stock market, using new highs in the Dow Jones average as your “better off” metric is meaningless.
Needless to say, there have been lots of good Democratic leaders since DPM but won’t bother dignifying the predicate to the question by responding.Limbaugh was an “entertainer” in the Jackie Mason tradition who got his laughs through the use of racist and misogynistic stereotypes and hyperbole. There were and continue to be many outstanding conservative thought leaders who engage in civil discourse and express deeply held views on the virtues of patriotism, small government and personal responsibility without denigrating others. Limbaugh thrived on creating an “us” (aka real americans) versus “them” (liberal elites”) and a sense of belonging to the “dittoheads” who found a voice in his daily rants. The Dems have their own version of polarizing voices, although none with the “entertainment” skills of a Limbaugh.
Whenever “they” get caught, “they” quickly invoke the “the Dems did it too” defense and rationalizations. Look at Cuomo, look at the mayor of Austin (who held a big chassanah and then flew down to Mexico with the mishpacha on a private jet in the worst month of the Pandemic). As of late today, AOC had raised $6 million to be distributed to low-income families facing whose homes were made uninhabitable from water damage. Others continue to volunteer and help constituents fill out FEMA form for low cost loans. Listen to Texas Republican Congressman Mike McCall’s interview on Meet the Press today commenting on Cruz. Same from most other Republican politicians in Texas. Cruz was uniformly hated on a bipartisan basis for his self-centered, narcissistic approach to politics.
A recitation of Rush’s “greatest hits’ would likely not even be allowed by the Mods. he was entertaining in the same way as someone else we know who seemed incapable of civil discourse and resorted to name-calling and insults with frequent racists and misogynistic tropes. Many of us did not find those either entertaining or reflecting a great intellect.
CT Lawyer: I read the OP but I think the front-office staff to a large degree reflects the standards and expectations of the professionals who own the practice. However, as more and more of the previously independent practices are bought out and rolled up into large hospital-owned or regional mega-practices, the physicians no longer feel the same personal obligation for oversight of the reception staff or billing/accounting staff. In the latter case, the administrative staff may not even be onsite and when you call, you are transferred to a centralized billing office in another city or location. As these ownership changes continue and ownership is more concentrated and distant, the teflon effects will worsen as there is less accountability and oversight by medical caregivers and professionals.
Cruz and his family could have volunteered to help those of his constituents who couldn’t affortd to fly down to the Ritz Carlton. Many other Republican officials were shown working with emergency centers, food banks, etc. doing what they could to help the elderly and low-income residents of the state. Saying “Democrats are also self-centered, selfish hypoocrities too” makes it OK??
Also, during his entire tenure as a political figure, Cruz has opposed efforts to make Texas power suppliers and T&D companies in the ERCOT portions of the state, comply with the same reliability requirements as non-ERCOT Texas utilities and those in the other 47 states subject to FERC jurisdiction.The infamous “they” strikes again. I’ve had my share of interactions with younger medical caregivers and maybe I’ve been fortunate, but the large percentage of them have been caring, concerned professionals who take the time to listen and respond to questions. While the realities of modern day medical care economics doesn’t give the the luxury of spending as much time as was the case when I was growing up, they are frequently more accessible via telemedicine and at least in my experience, respond to questions on a timely basis (both via phone or text). Sure, I ‘ve had some who are curt and have zero social skills but I’m sometimes willing to put up with their personalities for the quality of care they offer. Also, the front-office staff of most medical offices needs improvement but a lot of the problem stems from the crazy overlay of government and insurance requirements. Yes, the world of medical care has changed, but so has nearly everything else.
Syag: Great News!! TDS (Trump derangement syndrome) has now been formally recognized by the American Psychological Association and has been assigned an HCPCS Code for insurance reimbursement purposes.
He whose name shall not be mentioned seems to have a sick, cult-like hold on a substantial percentage of the electorate. Not much we can do about it other than not respond to their seeming inability to accept reality (just as He whose name shall not be mentioned seems to have great difficulty accepting his new status as the “Biggest Loser”).
“I don’t think even the mods know anything about us beyond our IP and Email addresses”
I have heard from an adom gadol that the CR Mods (and certain posters) are extremely skilled in Gematria. For example, one of our most esteemed and chashuvah posters adopted the name of the author of the sefer The Baraita of the 32 Rules back in 200 CE (Reb Eliezer). This text (which is sold out on Amazon) enumerated 32 guidelines to be used by meforshim of Tanach. No.29 of 32 explained how through the use of gematria, one could discern much about a social media poster simply by studying the numeric components of his IP address.“…..and remember the One who is not fooled by screen names”
Are you referring to Mod 29??
CTLawyer: For state regulated banks, which are the large percentage, that is entirely correct. Also some local zoning regs may effectively restrict locational decisions.
Banks with federal supervision may have other rules (e.g. see FDIC regs at 12 C.F.R. § 303.40 with respect to approvals for branch locations, relocations, seasonal openings etc). Also, in federal redlining and other discrimination lawsuits against banks/S&Ls subject to Federal supervision, the lack of sufficient locations in minority neighborhoods has been a frequent issue.