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Try asking for “adjoining rooms” rather than “suites”. Typically they are configured with a single king/queen bed in one room and two queen/double beds in the adjoining room which is the most commonly requested configuration for families where the parents stay in one room and the kids in the other.
Joe Biden will be president at 12:01 PM on January 20th only because hashem wanted him in the Oval Office. Thats the way it was determined to be whether you call it a “democracy” or “autocracy” or just a country temporarily under the control of a lunatic.
Common Saychel: While I respect much of your offerings here, I think the biggest mistake many of us made over the past 4 years was to somehow expect that once elected President, there would be a “pivot” towards civility and normalcy, that NEVER came. This guy was always a vile, narcissistic bully in his business dealings were never conducted with “respect’ or in accordance with commercial “norms”. He is going out the same way he went in, and a lot of us (myself included) were fools for believing in some “pivot” that never came. Indeed, I will leave it to those with professional training as to whether the Oval Office actually worsened an already self-destructive downward spiral.
Today’s mindless rants of Repubicans accusing their political opponents of being “radical socialists” are a pathetic shadow of their 1950s predicates accusing political opponents of being “Communists”. Today’s Senate has perhaps 2 or 3 Dems out of 50 who at times have advocated economic policies akin to some of those in “socialist” economies. On the House side, the number is about 10 to 15 out of roughly 225.
As to those who tonight have somehow argued that the Trumpkopf asked for a “peaceful protest” after first ordering his followers dressed in military lvush to “march to the Capital” and then waiting for over an hour after they broke into the House and Senate chambers to issue his plea for peace, look in the mirror and try to keep a straight face. Again, a bleated kol hakovod to Republicans like Pence, Graham, Mike Lee, Chip Roy etc. who decided that they did not want to be remembered in the history books as servile sycophants to Trump.If you could have a private dinner with one living person (not a politician to conform to the terms of the OP) who would it be? Just to be mindful of tzinius concerns, if the person you have in mind is of the opposite gender, who would you suggest to your spouse or friend?
Also, Kol Hakovod to VP Pence for belatedly finding his backbone and finally saying ITS OVER and pushing back on the insanity of the Trumpkopf and Crazy Rudy and saying enough is enough and allowing the elector verification process to move forward (albeit delayed by the required debate for the objections I suspect will be raised against verification for 6 or 7 states). Its never to late to do political tshuvah.
Mazel tov to the NEW SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, SEN. SCHUMER (excuse all caps) While the dirtbag in the WH was tweeting his lies and his vermin were rioting on Capital Hill, the vote count in Georgia was complete and with two new Democratic Senators, Schumer is now the Majority Leader. In two weeks, we will have Democratic President, Democratic House and Democratic Leadership.
Another vote for the Hilton…We stayed there 2 years ago for a simcha and it was clean and reasonably priced. I was surprised how few good options there were.
I’m as “progressive” as anyone else in the CR but this meshugaas about referencing a specific person in a conversation among many people as “they” rather than “him/her” is a bit crazy and frequently results in confusion, especially now on Zoom conference calls where you are referencing the negotiating position of a specific party versus another group. Most major law firms and investment banks have adopted rules similar to those in the House but with all respect, they are VERY confusing even though the objective of inclusion is laudatory.
Syag: I’d probably learn to sew.
Well, the big evening “Stop the Steal” rally is over. You can easily find some early video on Utube and the right wing websites. As the Trumpkopf would say “it was Huuuge”.
Several hundred attendees, 95 percent guys in their late 20s to early 40s dressed in camo jackets listening to one right wing nutcase initially leading a chant whose only intelligible lyrics were “XXX Antifah” followed by an even more bizarre “medical expert” claiming that Covid was “fake” but then touting his own magical drug that cured 100% of the (fake) cases he treated. (And no, it was different from Reb Zelko’s HCQ Coctail). He ended the spiel with an impassioned demand that all the ehrliche (maskless) Trumpkopfs shivering in front of the stage “hug someone you don’t know so we can make tonight a MASS SPREADER EVENT” like lhe ones they have at the White House. Sadly, most of these camo dressed guys looked to their left and right and seemed very uncomfortable with the directive to get “up close and personal” with a fellow Trumpkopf. As the music started playing, the headed off into the night excited about the BIG WILD EVENT tomorrow AM a few blocks away on the elipse where the TRUMPKOPF himself will be the major attraction.
Sadly, we will miss this type of SNL level comedy once BORING Joe moves in to the WH in about 3 weeks, after fumigation and disinfection are completed.Syag: Too bad you still cannot understand that many parents absolutely need some level of child-care assistance and there simply aren’t that many frum bnos yisroel willing to step forward to do this kind of work on a regular basis at near-minimum wage. I suspect those parents would be thrilled if they had the option of hiring a young Jewish woman who would care for their kids while offering a model of torah and hashkafah.
“Trying to figure out why Jews should have any opinion regarding the text of a prayer given by a Christian minister….”
Charlie: Your missing the point. If he had finished the prayer with a a simple “Uuumein”, he would have locked in support from all the Litvishe members of the House. Instead, he offended everyone except for the more progressive Dems.If he had just said “Uuumiiine v’ Uuumiiine” no one would have been offended.
I also think there are two entirely separate tracks being addressed in respond to the OP. There are non-Jewish “nannies” placed by specialized agencies, many of whom are live-in and care for children on an as needed basis, assist in virtual learning etc. such while the parents are at work or on travel. They are fully documented, well-trained and well-paid. There are also non-jewish child-care aides who come to the home a few hours a week to help clean, take the younger kids for a walk etc and generally earn a minimum wage. Two totally different worlds and raise totally separate issues.
Agree, if either of us had known about whatever incident you are referencing or if the OP had used the incident as the basis for the thread. I presume the Mods thought it was OK or maybe they too weren’t aware of the connection you are making.
DY. I certainly wasn’t aware of any recent news page story linked to the OP and I suspect others weren’t either. I don’t think anything said here was meant to target or in any way criticize the behavior of any family suffering a tragedy such as you suggest.
CA: Again, in a perfect world, a nanny or child care assistant wouldn’t be necessary and parents could take of all their kids’ needs. A loving mother and father are ALWAYS the best nanny. However, in many cases thats not today’s real world (we could debate why on another thread) so for many families help is necessary. Likewise, relative few frum young women seek out the formal training for child care (not a college degree) which are prerequisites for most agencies who do the background checks on child care assistants they place. If you are talking about simply hiring a young woman off the street with no training, than obviously thats a problem whether she is jewish or non-jewish.
” why would you trust your precious nechomas to a shiksa?”
Because many of those “shiksas” as you mindlessly refer to non-jewish women, are much better trained in child-care and willing to work hard to assist working parents or those with large families. They are not substitute parents but in many cases are critical to the ability of those parents to earn a parnassah and give individual time to each of their children. Obviously, if there is a responsible baas yisroel who is equally well-trained and willing to work the long hours, than that would be ideal.Bored Guy:
Now we know why you are so bored. You must still be living in a time warp. Rod Rosenstein resigned back in May 2019 and is now a partner at K&S. Jeff Rosen (who replaced Rosenstein as acting AG) became acting AG on Christmas Eve when Barr “went back to spend more time with his family” (or to avoid being fired by the Trumkopf for not finding evidence of systemic election fraud). If you don’t even know who is the Acting AG, not sure we should have any confidence in your constitutional scholarship.UJM: I guess you get some perverse pleasure in knowingly flaunting your ignorance of constitutional law (or any “legal” issue for that matter). In addition to the points made by CT lawyer above, perhaps the most breathtakingly stupid comment is that the “AG gets to determine” the constitutionality of any law. Nope. He (or any aggrieved party that can demonstrate standing) can ask a court to make such a finding but cannot unilaterally make such a determination. Otherwise, it would render the legislative branch a nullity. SCOTUS gets to revisit a prior decision and decide it was “wrongly decided” but Presidents don’t have that option.
“Alexander was an alcoholic and a retarded nut job”
Azoy, but there is no evidence that he was also a narcissistic and adulterous deviate.Coffee Addict: If you are so worried about the Fed printing money to pay for this giveaway, than send it back to Treasury and the taxpayers from whose pockets the money is coming from and who are not getting a dime. We will gladly accept your patriotic and contribution. As a principled citizen worried about devaluation of the dollar, you would be setting a great example. Remember when Obama talked about “share the wealth” and was condemned for socialism and worse.
Syag: If someone is asking whether riding a bike through traffic on congested city streets is “dangerous”, than you have to find your own analogy to convey the level of risk.
CatchYourself: Point well taken since most litvish are peace-loving, non-violent and ohev yisroel metchen, even when it comes to a moishichist invasion of their space. An alternative risk assessment analogy would be “about as safe as wearing a Hillary 2024 teeshirt at a MAGA rally”.
“Is biking on streets congested with moving vehicles dangerous?”
Coming from our resident Troll-in-Training, not sure if this is a serious question?
Giving you the benefit of the doubt, the simple answer is no more dangerous than running into a litvish shul waving a yellow flag and singing “Yechi Hamelech H’Moishiach”.“I have known people who seek to casually have such encounters that appear to be fully innocent, but, at least to that individual, are not”
With all respect, not many frum yidden (or even goyim for that matter) go to Costco hoping for an “inappropriate” finger touch with the cashier or an arm touch with the guy helping you load 2x4s at Home Depot. If you are talking about someone with some “emotional” or “mental health” problems deliberately seeking to make an inappropriate physical contact in the context of some normal social or commercial interaction than I guess the OP didn’t make that clear. Obviously, the latter could be a matter of negiah or tzinius (as well as violation of secular criminal law if the touching goes beyond a certain level).Obviously its “possible” although hopefully doesn’t happen with any frequency. Many of these “gadolim” are elderly, hard-of-hearing, may not be fluent in English (in most photos they have one of their gaaboirm whispering in their ear) etc. All of these factors give rise to the risk of questions not being fully heard and understood, or the subject matter may be highly technical to a “lay person” (even though a gadol, not all are experts in highly complex technology, medical or business issues). We have to assume that when uncertain, they ask for more information, for the question to be repeated or clarified or referred to another rav more expert in the subject matter. But we have to assume that someone intent on getting a certain answer may occasionally be able to frame their question or withhold crucial information to get a desired outcome.
How is handing a dollar bill or a credit card to another w/o ever touching that person or engaging any inappropriate looks or socializing a matter of tzinus? The cashier simply wants to take your money, give you change and move on as quickly as possible to the next person on llne.
“It is a HUGE NES , that somehow ” MONN” ( MONEY) falls from shomayim and lands on your shabbos table.”
Yes, we all believe in neis m’shamayim, like having your shvigger win the lottery and give all the money to you so you can continue learning or you take a day or two away from your shtender and invent an App for to find the best Thursday night chulent joint and then sell the App to a Lakewood startup for a gazillion dollars and then return to your shtender with no concerns about a parnassah.
A candid summary would result in immediate suspension, and likely expulsion from the CR, so invoking my rarely used level of restraint,I respectfully decline to offer my views on the Trumpkopf’s bizzare performance and mediocre legacy. And a goiyeshe “Shana Tovah” to all those who have disagreed with me and a plea for mechilah if I have offended your right wing sensibilities.
You cannot ever go wrong saying a kapital tehillim for a worthy cause, but if you go out and give $13 to 13 homeless people on 13 consecutive freezing days in the winter, you are more likely to find your beschert. I’m not sure where these so called “segulahs” originate and there is no end to the number of “verified” outcomes posted on various social media sites promising “similar results” for a small donation but the best likelihood of success is always rooted in your own effort to get out and meet people (virtually for now) and engage in whatever activities that will help others in need.
Much hatzlacha (unless you were just inquiring for “a friend”.)UJM: NO ONE “expected” Barr to extend Pollard’s parole and he had already indicated that he was disinclined to do so, notwithstanding opposition from some of the intelligence community lawyers.
“What will trump haters do after he leaves office”
We are going to Disney World in Orlando, and then drive down to West Palm to watch some deranged [and homeless] man with a fake tan and orange dyed hair sitting on the side of the road on A1A/Ocean Blvd.with a cardboard sign saying “will lie for latte'”.
“Pence might just declare Trump the winner when he constitutionally presides over the Joint Session on January 6”
UJM: DO you really think you are being entertaining with your mindless posts. The lawyers for that other Trumpkopf nitwit Cong. Louie Gohmert just told a Federal Disctrict Court Judge in Texas that Pence had refused to cooperate with their lawsuit that would allow him to unilaterally select electors from disputed states and that he would not be willing to submit any responses to the Court on an expedited briefing schedule in order to have a decision in time for the January 6th electoral vote count.
Why is EY able to vaccinate its population 6x or 7x faster than the Trumpkopf is able to get the ‘miracle” vaccine into the arms of Americans?? At the current rate, it won’t be until late 2024 or early 2025 until all Americans are vaccinated. Even most Veterans hospitals, which are directly under Trump’s control, have still not vaccinated significant numbers of their most at-risk patients
Each day he plays a round of golf in Florida, which is all he has done in a week other than Tweet his mindless “election steal” rants, about 3,000 Americans die of Covid. Thats about 166 niftorim for each hole while tens of thousands are hospitalized. Sadly, thats what he and Pence (who is supposed to be managing the vaccine rollout) will be remembered for. I wouldn’t count on Pence since he appears incapable of even counting without obsequiously genuflecting to the Trumpkopf every other word.
Four Seasons Landscaping is one of the few small businesses that Trump has helped.
Charlie: Actually, the “adult” book store across the parking lot from Four Seasons Landscaping has reportedly become a local “landmark”. Scheduling that news conference will go down in the history of American politics as “Crazy Rudy’s Greatest Moment”,where the battle to restore America’s soul was won.
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You gotta give credit to these Trumpkpf Repubicans for choosing one of the dumbest member of the House to sponsor the dumbest piece of litigation in the 247 year history of our constitution. (Note that I say “one of the dumbest” since that honor belongs to one of the Dems who several years ago questioned Air Force officials at an oversight hearing about moving a new B-52 squadron to a Pacific Air Base on Guam and whether the “massive weight” of the planes might “unbalance” the island).
All of this craziness is great news for the Dems since it will likely result in a small percentage of the Trumpkopfs realizing how crazy he really is and revert to some sense of normal for the next election cycle. Sadly, this percentage at best might be 5-10 percent but that is several million voters, enough to make a bid difference in the 2020 election cycle.” But I don’t think Dr. Fauci can take any credit for the Pfizer vaccine”
Unless I’m missing something, neither Fauci or any of the other NIH or FDA scientists ever took any credit for the Pfizer (or Moderna)_vaccine. Actually, Fauci has frequently praised the Pfizer researchers who were the ones who made it possible. The new platform used in the development of the Moderna vaccine actually does have some significant input over a decade from government scientists although again, the vaccine itself was entirely the product of Moderna.
UJM: You are going downhill faster than usual tonight. Facui has NOT done any “clinical research” at Trump’s behest and has actually spent much of the past year contradicting just about everything Trump has said about Covid and the Vaccine w/o getting fired. He is open and transparent about how much we don’t know about this virus and updates his prior positions frequently as we learn more (unlike that idiot Atlas who is back with his herd of morons). He could have retired 10-15 years ago and made a fortune as a “consultant” or serving on corporate Boards like Gottlieb and others but truly is dedicated to public service.
“President Trump should be added to Mount Rushmore as he takes his place among the great presidents such as Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln…”
UJM: A fairly transparent and pathetic effort at trolling. The only place where the Trumplkopf’s image is likely to appear is on a “Top 10” list maintained by the FBI once the state AGs get access to his tax records. As Charlie noted, one of the two vaccines was developed w/o federal funding although Pfizer did sign an advance production contract with the government to shorten the lead time for distribution once an EUA was granted.
P.S. If you need some tips on how to structure a good trolling post, go back into the archives and search for older posts by some of the legendary CR trollers such as Reb Yosef, Millstone, etc. The key point is that the reader initially has to believe that the poster actually believes in the substance of hia/hwe OP (versus transparently being outrageous or just childishly silly )So after trying to make a reality show over signing the Covid relief bill, the Trumpkopf just said he will sign it after making a fool of himself and Treasury Secretary Munchkin who negotiated the deal. Just 3 more weeks of this meshugaas before he is dragged out of the WH and shipped down to Florida where his neighbors have already gone to court to prevent him from moving in.
“There are only about 2 million frum jews worldwide”
Yup….but many goyim believe our numbers are much higher, given the media attention we seem to attract. Given the events of the past year and the global suffering from the pandemic, any verified episodes of yidden gaming the vaccine priority lists will become the new “blood libel” of our time.
If this story is true, whether a clinic is owned by yidden or goyim, the state should immediately revoke their licenses and prosecute the owners to the maximum degree the law allows. Otherwise, this will become the wild west where those who are willing to pay the most or know the “right people” will cut to the front of the line
There will always be those idiots who are in denial of prevailing medical and public health findings regarding the efficacy of drugs and therapies. Sadly, their own reckless behavior has really negative consequences for others but there is little the government can do in a democracy to force compliance.
Because it is important that our frum doctors and lawyers and other professionals also be offered the opportunity to become equally accomplished in limudei kodesh. Within a few years, more than 50 percent of new professional degrees will be awarded to women. That is not meant to reflect negatively on those young Jewish women who prefer to spend a year in seminary and then marry, stay at home and have a family. But although the numbers are still relatively small, they are growing rapidly both in EY and here in the U.S. Denying them the opportunity to have grown in limudei kodesh at a younger age makes no sense.
Charlie: You are wasting your time seeking to respond on a rational basis to an irrational edited . The regular government funding bill was combined with the Covid relief bill to assure that both would have the votes to pass both House and Senate. As you note, all the foreign aid funding was part of HIS original FY21 budget request submitted back in September. He is simply trying to find some reason to have the attention focused on him so he can claim credit for either an increased relief check or for even signing the original bill he threatened to veto. Fortunately, this choleria will be gone in 26 days. If people die because of his delaying this bill, I suspect Air Force One may just have to drop him in the Swamp (Everglades) on a long roundabout approach to West Palm Beach Airport since his neighbors have invoked his agreement never to use Mar a Lago for a permanent residence. At that time, we can all unite under the common theme of DRAIN THE SWAMP (and hopefully cheer as he goes down the proverbial drain).
Since there is considerable uncertainty and disagreement among legal scholars as to whether the Trumpkopf can pardon himself, he will likely resign the morning of January 20th, fly back to Mar a Lago, and while he is in the air, President (for 3 hours) Pence will issue a full and complete pardon of the FORMER President.
The train has left the station. As others have noted, there are motion activated lights, surveillance cameras everywhere. Unless you live in a totally rural area with no nearby neighbors, you are 99 percent certain to trigger one or more of these motion detectors when you walk down the street. Most rabbonim/poskim recognize this reality and have not prohibited one from leaving their home on shabbos for fear of mechalel shabbos