Darn right I don't believe in markets
The New York Times let five prominent Republicans present their ideas on health care reform yesterday. The result could be some of the best ammunition that Democrats have to use.
View ArticleI condemn this terrorism
I have been one of the most consistent supporters of Israel among commenters here, and also among the most consistent opponents of terrorist organizations such as Hamas. I have repeatedly asked...
View ArticleRight wing group opposes property rights!
For most of the past few decades, every right wing pundit, lobby, and politician have been on a trigger-alert at any suggested restriction of the right to Do Whatever You Please with your own property....
View ArticleI apologize for my language
This is a very short diary as I have to get to work and won't be able to follow up as I have a busy day, but I thought that I should clarify something that I said in a comment yesterday.
View ArticleGustavo Rivera can defeat Pedro Espada!
Perhaps the single most important local primary this coming Tuesday is in New York State Senate District 33, where the ethically challenged repeating party switcher Pedro Espada, Jr. is facing a strong...
View ArticleJewish leaders criticize Paladino
Carl Paladino's campaign for NY Governor continues to pick up enemies. In an event that has received enormous attention among right wing Jews but little in the mainstream media, prominent Jewish...
View ArticleHorrible fire in Israel UPDATED
A terrible disaster is afflicting Israel right now -- an out of control fire that has already killed dozens and threatens a major city.
View ArticleUpdate on Israel fires UPDATED 2x
This is a brief diary to update what is going on in Israel with the tragic fires, initially reported here.
View ArticleProgress in Israel fires
This is an post-Shabat update to my two previous diaries: http://www.dailykos.com/... http://www.dailykos.com/...
View ArticleRight wing Jewish site blames Giffords for "Violent" Rhetoric
There is a particularly nasty right wing Jewish internet site called matzav.com. It typically contains scurrilous attacks on anyone departing from their particular right wing narrative along with a few...
View ArticlePigs Fly: Republicans Unanimously Vote for Millionaire's Tax
New York, like most states, is facing a large budget shortfall. Large budget cuts were made last year and there will likely be more this year. Until last week, the Democratic Governor, Andrew Cuomo,...
View ArticleOrthodox rabbis condemn violence against girls in Israel
In response to the violence against girls attending a religious school in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel, well documented in this diary, a group of mostly American Orthodox rabbis has issued a statement...
View ArticleJewish Religious Newspaper Won't Cave on Gay Issue
Last week, Mets102 wrote an excellent diary about how a Jewish Religious Newspaper, the Jewish Press, had published an op-ed article critical of reparative "therapy" for Gays -- in the face of a...
View ArticlePoetic Justice: Citizens United killing the Republicans this year
The Citizens United decision, which basically tossed out all practical limits on campaign expenditures and allowed unlimited expenses by the 1%, is having an unanticipated consequence: Newt Gingrich...
View ArticleChristian league backs down, allows Jewish school to play!
Robert M. Beren Academy is a Jewish school in Houston, Texas that has a basketball team that qualified to play in a State tournament for independent and religious schools. As mets102 diaried here, the...
View ArticleRuben Diaz Supports Gay Marriage
No, that is not a typo, and it is not a late April Fool's joke.Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., the son of anti-Gay marriage New York State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., recently came out in support...
View ArticleParshat Beha'alotcha -- with an ethical digression
This week's Torah portion is Parshat Beha'alotcha, chapters 8 to 12 of Sefer Bamidbar, usually called in English the Book of Numbers. In it the direction of the fortunes of the generation of the...
View ArticleDvar Torah: Parshat Balak
This week's Torah portion is Balak, Numbers 22:2-25:9. It is striking in that almost the entire narrative focuses on the interactions of two non-Jews, Balak son of Tzipor the King of Moab, and Bilam...
View ArticleDvar Torah: Parshat Re'eh
In this week’s parsha Re’eh we have the commandment of maaser sheni, the second tithe, in the fifth aliyah, part of chapter 14:כבעַשֵּׂרתְּעַשֵּׂר, אֵתכָּל-תְּבוּאַתזַרְעֶךָ, הַיֹּצֵאהַשָּׂדֶה,...
View ArticleDvar Torah: Parshat Pekudei/Shabat Shekalim
This week we complete the reading of Sefer Shemot, known in English as the Book of Exodus, with Parshat Pekudei (Exodus 38:21–40:38). It documents in great detail the completion of the miskan, or...
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