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CTL, I’m not that much younger than you, and I don’t remember seeing interfold toilet paper except in shuls and the like. Maybe it’s a Connecticut thing, like ketchup on hot dogs is a Chicago thing.
It would be ironic if Petraeus got it. He plead guilty to mishandling classified information after he knowingly gave that information to his mistress/biographer and lied to the FBI about it.
benignum and redleg, Nixon didn’t end the Vietnam War. The North Vietnamese ended it when they won the war. It was Gerald Ford who announced the end of American involvement in Vietnam (and under whose watch Americans were evacuated from Saigon).
CTL, I worked with a guy who used both II and Jr. Maybe his great grandfather was Ploni Almoni and his father was named Ploni Almoni II, making my coworker Ploni Almoni II Jr.
Joseph, don’t forget Nixon’s bombing of Cambodia. Many historians hold the Cambodia campaign largely responsible for the rise of the Khmer Rouge regime, which caused the death of around 2 million Cambodians.
What I don’t get is why people stopped at hydrants think it’s better to stop several feet from the curb.
I’m not sure if winning or losing reelection is a good test for how good or bad a president is. Circumstances have a major effect (e.g. the Great Depression with Hoover, the Iran hostage situation with Carter, 9/11 with G.W. Bush).
CTL, I disagree with your characterization of Nixon as right wing. He normalized relations with China and he instituted wage-price controls. Those are not right wing policies. IMHO, he was the worst president, probably ever. I don’t think it’s fair to blame Eisenhower for Nixon. Probably Johnson’s Vietnam debacle is most responsible for the rise of Nixon, and it’s a stretch to blame either of LBJ’s predecessors for the way he handled the situation.
The problem with the interfold TP is that it’s tiny. It’s also not sold everywhere.
Actually, the Republican belief in free-market capitalism is rather recent. Republicans used to be very pro-tariff. Think Smoot-Hawley.
Neville, that explanation doesn’t hold water. I think it’s only Kellogg’s that uses the K. If they wanted to, they could use the symbol of the hashgacha they’re under, namely the KVH, which none of their competitors use (Post is OK, General Mills is OU).
LuL, I looked up suicide rate in Israel and the U.S., and you’re correct: the U.S. rate is more than double the Israel rate. You mention traffic accidents as major cause of death. The rate of deaths from traffic accidents is higher in the U.S. as well, no matter how you measure it. In the U.S., adult deaths from traffic accidents are dwarfed by deaths from drug overdoses. If you think that drug use is an inner city problem, you haven’t been paying attention. America’s heroin overdose capital is Huntington, WV, population under 50,000, about 90% white.
The Torah says that conquest by other nations is effective, not that it’s allowed. It’s similar to how a thief can make a kinyan on what he steals in some circumstances. That doesn’t mean he’s allowed to steal.
We take a roll of toilet paper and a pair of gezunte scissors and cut through the toilet paper right on the roll (you obviously can’t do it in one cut, but you can easily do it in several). It’s quick but the length of the resulting strips of tissue varies depending on whether they’re from the inside or the outside of the roll.
Using tissue in place of toilet paper is not a good idea. Tissues are meant to stay together when wet, toilet paper is made to fall apart.
It’s been years since I’ve seen tissues that are connected. There may be some Brand X tissues that are, but I value my nose too much to use them.
I suspect the incidence of adultery (in the civil sense, not in the halachic sense) is vastly higher among goyim than among frum Jews. That might partly explain the discrepancy in their divorce rates.
I don’t think (real) bacon bits come in boxes because they’re too greasy. But since K is merely a letter of the alphabet, anyone can use it. In practice, it usually means that someone claims it’s kosher, whether a rabbi, a pseudo-rabbi, or the manufacturer. It’s unlikely anyone would claim that bacon is kosher.
Remember a few years ago when labels on treif meat in some random supermarket in a non-Jewish neighborhood had some Hebrew or Yiddish words on them? Apparently the store had purchased some used labeling equipment.
Joseph, could you point me to where the Torah allows this?
(Calling travel agent to cancel trip to Mars.)
Joseph, I think most CR readers know that, but some K’s have legitimate kashrus organizations behind them. For instance, Kellogg’s cereals has the Vaad of Massachusetts (weird, because Kellogg’s is based in Michigan). I seem to remember some Kraft products had a K that was the OK. Other K’s, like the one on Jello gelatin, are not backed by mainstream hashgachas.
As for the original question, I believe that today many Ralston products are under the OV, which is a St. Louis hashgacha. If you see a store-brand cereal with the OV, it probably was made by Ralston.
“The Torah permits starting a war in order to capture land from another nation.”
I don’t think this holds true for all nations. Hashem promised EY to the Jews. He didn’t promise America to the Europeans.
lightbrite, I assume you’re talking about unflavored leben. Chocolate leben with zaatar would be … interesting.
lightbrite, I think I’ve vaguely heard questions about yoga, but I think most hold it’s OK. Can you point me to information that it’s not?
Also, there’s nothing wrong with long walks on Shabbos as long as you stay in the techum. For the majority of American Jews who live in metropolitan areas, it would be possible to walk many miles without concern.
Although we’re not allowed to fast on Shabbos and Yom Tov, we’re not required to overeat.
As CTL points out, as China has advanced economically, the Chinese have developed a weight problem, partly because of the popularity of sugary drinks and fast food. There number of diabetics in China is about the same as the total population of Mexico. If you include those with pre-diabetes, there are over half a billion! Apparently Asians can develop diabetes at a lower BMI than Westerners.
I think most divorced women (at least in right wing circles) continue to cover their hair. I knew a young woman who had been briefly married who didn’t, and she said her posek had said she could leave her hair uncovered, presumably to boost her chances of remarrying.
Most divorced men continue to wear their tallis gadol. I assume the one who doesn’t made the choice himself.
I think most divorced women (at least in right wing circles) continue to cover their hair. I knew a young woman who had been briefly married who didn’t, and she said her posek had said she could leave her hair uncovered, presumably to boost her chances of remarrying.
I know one divorced man who no longer wears a tallis gadol.
So Veltz Meshugener is your real name?
Roger, that’s sarcastic, right?
“Didn’t you say e/o should vote for Hillary or that Hillary was going to win?!?”
Actually, no. But of course this is a red herring. What does the election have to do with the fires in Israel?
… or are tapping (on their smartphone) or yapping.
Since you have such expertise on how to fight fires, why don’t you hop on the next plane to Israel and volunteer your services?
When my kids were in elementary school, they got cartoon explanations of the parasha. The stick-figure avos wore black hats.
Q: How do we know that Avraham avinu wore a Borsalino?
A: Avraham was born in 1948 and Borsalino was founded in 1857.
Agudath Israel of America maintains a list of mincha minyanim in Manhattan. Perhaps they know of one in Hoboken. I suspect there are several in Jersey City, but I also suspect that won’t work for you.
Pictures of women?! Oh the horror!
MDG, except it isn’t a failing show. It got rave reviews and plenty of people are willing to shell out a bunch of Alexander Hamiltons to see it. When I first heard of Hamilton I was bemused — a hip-hop musical about a guy who died 200 years ago? Then I realized that he had a lot in common with rappers: he was born out of wedlock and he died of a gunshot.
LuL, could you sleep during the entire time allowed for mincha? Like from chatzos until tzais?
So how did Israel “treat the Goyim?” Non-Jews in Israel, especially Christians, have more freedoms than in any of the surrounding countries. Given how the medina treated Jewish refugees, especially those from Arab countries, Jews have much more to complain about than non-Jews do. And Health, before you accuse me of being a Zionist as you accused me of being a liberal, I’m not that either.
Abba_S, Broadway audiences are disproportionately wealthy, highly educated Manhattan residents — in other words, Democrats (as Trump used to be, except maybe the highly educated part).
I saw a clip of the speech, and I thought it was very respectful. Apparently Pence wasn’t offended, so it’s curious that Trump felt a need to be offended on his behalf.
“All I am saying is that there is no way for the publisher to know if the ink is or isn’t soy or vegetable based. The only one who knows is the manufacturer and the publisher doesn’t buy it directly from them.”
Printers and newspaper publishers, like other businesses, list requirements for products they purchase. If they require soy-based ink and a manufacturer lies and sells them petroleum-based ink, the manufacturer can get sued. Also, it seems that soy-based inks are cheaper. So why would a manufacturer risk a lawsuit and his reputation so he could make less money?
If the New York Times (for example) doesn’t buy their tankers full of ink directly from the ink manufacturer, whom do they buy from? Staples?
Abba_S, what’s your source for saying the EPA considers the type of ink used by newspapers toxic?
I found a recent (2016) article entitled “Is newspaper safe for your garden?” on the website of the Permaculture Research Institute. Their conclusion is that there may (or may not) be problems with glossy paper or color inks, that perhaps the pulp is bleached with chlorine which leaves a residue of dioxin (but more likely it’s bleached with hydrogen peroxide), and that if you’re concerned about GMO soybeans, you may (or may not) have a concern.
I find a lot of misinformation among people who are advocates of organic food, so I’m not surprised that some random organic blog says ink will kill you.
I think frozen cholent on a stick is a much better idea than dehydrated gefilte fish chips.
If you believe Bannon’s ex-wife, he didn’t want to send their kids to a certain school because there were too many Jewish students there. Of course, this was in the context of a custody battle, so who’s to know what the truth is.
Irreverent question: why does Bannon sport the “homeless person” look?
CTL, did you go to court before the 2000 law went into effect? Does your daughter have a naturalization certificate? That’s what we used to get our children passports.
por, it’s true that Pollard was released during Obama’s term, but it was primarily because the law stated that he pretty much had to be released on parole. Obama refused to overturn the onerous conditions of his parole (travel restriction, no internet access).
CTL, apparently you replied to me earlier post before reading my later one. While it’s true that the grandchildren won’t be American citizens, if both parents are U.S. citizens and they’re married, one just has to prove residency with no apparent minimum time. I don’t know how easy or hard this is, nor do I know if the State Department website accurately reflects the law.
As regards overseas adoption, instant citizenship is relatively recent. When we adopted in 1995, we had to apply for citizenship and bring the kids to a ceremony of some sort.
I don’t have a very high opinion of Obama (voted against him twice), but our choices in the 2016 election made me rue the 22nd amendment. That said, it’s hard to argue against all the provisions of Obamacare, especially the extension of children’s coverage to age 26 and the requirement that insurance companies cover people with pre-existing conditions. I suspect that Trumpcare will include these, else the Republican dominion will be short-lived.
And as ubiquitin pointed out, he arranged for the liquidation of Osama Bin Laden.
Thanks, Winnie. I looked it up, and it seems that if the parents are legally married and they’re both US citizens, there’s no prescribed minimum time of US residency (there is a minimum required time for “mixed marriages” — one citizen, one alien — and for out of wedlock children). Here’s what the State Department website says:
I’m not sure what it takes to “have a residence in the United States,” but I suspect that’s a pretty low hurdle.
I think your information is outdated. Today, virtually all newspapers use soy-based inks because they’re cheaper. This is from a 2001 article:
Erroneous warnings about toxic heavy metals in ink, especially color ink, date from decades ago, back when lead type was used in printing. Since then, the technology of printing newspapers has completely changed, the EPA has imposed regulations on waste and all newspaper ink manufacturers have altered their formulas to exclude heavy metals, says Brad Evans, an ink specialist with the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation in Pittsburgh.
Most pigments used today–such as the carbon black in black ink–are organic materials, says Evans. A few are minerals, such as iron oxide–rust–for red. Any pigment residue left on a printed page would be “minute” and quite safe, says Jacobson.
Winnie, it’s expatriate, not expatriot (that would be a former player for a certain Jewish-owned football team).
Joseph, thanks for what I presume is a snippet of NY law. I wonder what would happen with the grandchildren of those who were last domiciled in New York if the parents are U.S. citizens who never lived in the U.S.
lightbrite, there was no television when Hitler was alive. There were newsreels, which were movies with current events. They were shown in movie theaters. Presumably that’s what’s on youtube.
LF, how long does it take to hop there?