[guest post by JVW]
Behold.
I would like to wish Jewish people in Britain and across the world a very happy #Hanukkah. pic.twitter.com/J49mD0I06Q
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) December 2, 2018
I can’t wait to see the holiday greetings from Linda Sarsour, Ilhan Omar, and Louis Farrakhan.
As for me, I have no issue with wishing חנוכה שמח to the Jewish people all over the world.
– JVW
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Notice how the socialist Corbyn recasts the Hanukkah story as being a message that “just enough can be plenty” rather than acknowledging that the Maccabees were revolting against an oppressive government that drove them from their lands and desecrated their holy temple?
JVW (42615e) — 12/2/2018 @ 2:09 pmThe Tories in Britain better seize on the Corbyn message that “just enough can be plenty” and make sure that becomes the unofficial slogan of British socialism and the Labour Party.
JVW (42615e) — 12/2/2018 @ 2:10 pmBut there’s never enough other peoples’ money…
Dave (1bb933) — 12/2/2018 @ 2:32 pmhe is the british Bernie sanders, and may is just incompetent enough to hand the country over to him,
narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 2:46 pmThat’s a good point, Dave. I was considering “just enough” in the context of that is what socialists intend to leave the citizens with after they are done confiscating the rest. You have just enough money to pay for rent in public housing; you have just enough to pay for a metro transportation card to take the bus and subway; you have just enough to buy enough home-sourced organic food to have a 2,000 calorie daily diet; you have just enough to afford enough mindless entertainment to keep you occupied.
But you can also see “just enough” as the goal we should be aiming for in terms of funding government. Just enough so that they can keep the roads safe and navigable; just enough so we can have the best-trained and best-equipped military; just enough so we have well-functioning public schools that educate our youth. But as Mrs. Thatcher pointed out, with progressive government you never reach that point where everyone agrees you are spending just enough.
JVW (42615e) — 12/2/2018 @ 2:48 pmhe is the british Bernie sanders, and may is just incompetent enough to hand the country over to him,
Except that Senator Sanders, as ridiculous a buffoon as he is, doesn’t strike me as a virulent anti-semite and apologist for political terrorism of all stripes, so long as it is directed against a Western capitalist government.
JVW (42615e) — 12/2/2018 @ 2:50 pmFrom the river to the sea, baby!
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 12/2/2018 @ 2:56 pmToo bad he chose anti-Semitism prior to this Hannuakh message instead of “Choose Love”.
Paul Montagu (8afb2a) — 12/2/2018 @ 2:56 pmPublic service message… no better use for a Smart car! https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/12/01/17/6886990-6449407-A_Yellow_Vest_protester_stands_in_front_of_three_burning_cars_af-m-36_1543686850566.jpg
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 12/2/2018 @ 2:58 pmOy vey.
He’s from Islington. Spent nearly every Saturday morning back in the day w/t family at Camden Passage in Islington years before it got all yuppied up. You could find anything there then; $20 worth of loose American change for $5; thousand year old Roman coins for a dollar; boxes and boxes of naughty Victorian postcards [the likes of which Terry Gillam animated through Monty Python episodes;] ornate, gob-smacking jewelry; Old West Colt 45s at $125; nearly any old British military uniform; Ken Kearsley’s immaculate stamp and toy lead soldier stall… even kegs full of pristine Confederate uniform buttons -at 25 cents a piece- blockaded, lost and re-discovered in some old warehouse.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 12/2/2018 @ 2:59 pmPLO IRA, Hamas, (the fellow behind the most brutal bombings, long standing kgb and stb (Czech secret police) ties, he was probably baader meinhof in spirit, a fossil of the late Trotskyite era,
narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 3:00 pm“Hey, ninety seven point seven” just doesn’t sound right… https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/normal-body-temperature-is-surprisingly-less-than-98-6/
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 12/2/2018 @ 3:02 pmmind you this fellow saw capitalist conspiracies in scrooge mcduck:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/dec/02/george-hw-bush-family
he never understood Allende’s embrace of castro operatives sealed his fate,
narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 3:18 pmI couldn’t make this up, you think more would be made of this:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/corbyn-met-with-hamas-boosters-in-uk-parliament-in-2015-report/
narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 3:40 pmAh, yes, Hanukkah. The eight days during which Jewish children wake up and say, “I hate Greeks and so does God”, and they get a present for it.
nk (dbc370) — 12/2/2018 @ 4:30 pmWhereas the rest of us say it every day, and get no present.
Life is so unfair.
🙂
Dave (1bb933) — 12/2/2018 @ 4:52 pmDude, it ain’t campus anymore, GDI…or as someone might have told my late Uncle who held similar sentiments “then stop stuffing your face at the diner every day!”
urbanleftbehind (380f76) — 12/2/2018 @ 4:57 pmThe Tracy Ullman spoof of Corbyn JVW posted a little bit back.
nk (dbc370) — 12/2/2018 @ 4:58 pmAnd in other ranch news:
https://m.jpost.com/Opinion/Europe-beats-Irans-war-drums-573170?fbclid=IwAR2CqiRzZqR_9vEjcKu5tl6uVt1woQ5OIkhiAsTPoVsHfRPptD_DhgVssTg
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 5:24 pmAspie eye for details. Corbyn wishes “Jewish people” Happy Hannukah, as if he is only wishing some Jewish people a good holiday, and not others. His kind of Jews,
(Compare JVW’s use of the definite article, which is how most people do it.)
The eight days during which Jewish children wake up and say, “I hate Greeks and so does God”,
In fact the Greeks involved were not really Greek. Macedonians, pagans from Syria and Lebanon, the local pagan community, and most important Hellenizing Jews who were fine with living like the Gentiles. It’s not really fair to compare the Maccabees to the Taliban, but not it’s not unfair either. Perhaps the Puritans might be a good parallel.
And we are not taught to hate the Greeks.
Kishnevi (53ba3f) — 12/2/2018 @ 5:27 pmIt is the Romans who were responsible for genocide.
BTW, a good and fruitful, spritually advantageous Advent to all of you who do Advent.
Kishnevi (53ba3f) — 12/2/2018 @ 5:32 pmLike the amalekites:
https://mobile.twitter.com/HSajwanization/status/1069313592825122817/photo/1?fbclid=IwAR0D9dG0dxqP3MQgQra-cqg6ebTo7KwXnXyafzg8Qt2o0pqWx-rh1zYwU8o
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 5:36 pmToday’s sermon was about the siege of Jericho, the scene depicted in raiders
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 5:38 pmKishnevi (53ba3f) — 12/2/2018 @ 5:32
Thank you, Kish, I do.
felipe (023cc9) — 12/2/2018 @ 5:55 pmWe have Small Lent, from November 28 to January 6. There are some fasting days, and a period during which christenings are performed but not weddings, and another during which not even christenings, if I remember it correctly.
nk (dbc370) — 12/2/2018 @ 6:02 pmIs that an orthodox thing. I thought the thing about the lords birth was how his humble circumstances punctuated his conflict with the pomp of this world
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 6:07 pmYes. St. Nicholas Day on December 6 is a festive holiday, for example. St. Spyridon Day on December begins the solemn period. Christmas is religious, no presents. January 1 is St. Basil Day and the Circumcision of Christ, that’s when presents are given and the Greeks go wild in the streets. January 6 is Epiphany, the Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist, not the Three Kings as I understand is the case with the Western denominatiso.
nk (dbc370) — 12/2/2018 @ 6:15 pmSt. Spyridon Day on December *12*
nk (dbc370) — 12/2/2018 @ 6:17 pmMeanwhile, across the Channel:
“There are parallels between what is happening in France and almost every other developed country, including Canada, as comfortable urban elites seek to impose their climate change agenda on a broader population just struggling to pay its bills and earn an honest buck. No amount of hand-wringing over the fate of the planet, be it by the IPCC or by the likes of Ms. Binoche, is going to resonate with people who do not feel the elites have their interests at heart.“
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-emmanuel-macrons-carbon-tax-collides-with-frances-forgotten/
harkin (a53154) — 12/2/2018 @ 6:21 pmThis is the globe and mail?
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 6:33 pmHow come someone can complain about a neighborhood getting “all yuppied up” and they aren’t racist bigots, but if someone were to complain about a neighborhood “becoming Paki” they call the police.
Kevin M (a57144) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:06 pm@31. Odd. You characterize a place as ‘getting all yuppied up’ as a “complaint”.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:12 pmTimes change; so do neighborhoods- especially when geared to market and cater to tourists.
Because the former is more about a mindset, there is the subset among Hispanics which inspired a terrible niche restaurant yuca.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:14 pmBecause it’s where Great Britain used to be and the people have no freedom of speech?
nk (dbc370) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:15 pmDon’t you know? Hipster types and others looking for less expensive property who move into predominately minority neighborhoods are practicing that form of white supremacy known as gentrification.
Kishnevi (532e68) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:23 pmIs that what are called Sloane rangers over there.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:28 pmIlhan Omar has reason to be happy. A federal court in Michigan just ruled the federal law against female genital mutilation unconstitutional. Minnesota’s sub-Saharans were avoiding Minnesota’s law against it by shipping the girls to Michigan which does not have such a law.
nk (dbc370) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:29 pmThis is how they retconned the cybermen:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/02/chief-mi6-calls-new-era-spying-using-ai-robots-combat-rogue/
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:38 pmIt is not easy being the chosen is it
Steve57 (5d903c) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:46 pm@31. Google Camden Passage, Kevin; what is imaged today- the ‘yuppied up’ touristy sidewalk cafes, bistros and storefront facades- were not there back in the day. It was lesser known than the more popular Portobello Road/Petticoat Lane. People only went there early for the Saturday flea market. There was one ‘snack bar’ – literally little more than a hot plate, on the second floor of an old building, that served cheese sandwiches and tea on card tables for a few hours. Now it’s a more fashionable stop. Times change.
DCSCA (797bc0) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:50 pmIsrael is a light to the world. I am in on the joke. I should be happt that I do not have to obey 600 laws.
Steve57 (5d903c) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:52 pmPortobello plays a part in the lovecraftian tale I mentioned a month or so ago, which borrowed a theme from that angelheart film
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:53 pmYes there is such a thing as spelling things out too thoroughly.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 7:54 pmHappy.
I would be a lot happier if my computer worked.
Just curious. Did any of you
Steve57 (5d903c) — 12/2/2018 @ 8:01 pmThink it was a good idea to
Need a password to log on to
Your own computer? I cant log
On despite using all the swear
Words I know.
34… that’s worth a deep blue check for honesty.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 12/2/2018 @ 8:01 pmI also hear a port visit to Haifa
Steve57 (5d903c) — 12/2/2018 @ 8:04 pmIs a little bit of heaven.
It’s supposed to be a security measure. Ha,
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 8:06 pmMom: who are you knitting
That sweater for? It is way
Too tight for you.
Daughter: oh its not for me.
Its for the American Sailors.
Steve57 (5d903c) — 12/2/2018 @ 8:10 pmIlhan Omar Verified account @IlhanMN 5h hours ago
Golly, that’s sweet. I can’t wait until the start of the next Ramadan so I can remember to wish her lots and lots of tasty bean pies.
JVW (42615e) — 12/2/2018 @ 8:20 pmTwitter: Just Say No.
Kevin M (a57144) — 12/2/2018 @ 8:23 pmJVW,
Her Yom Kippur blessing should be good, too.
Kevin M (a57144) — 12/2/2018 @ 8:24 pmHipster types and others looking for less expensive property who move into predominately minority neighborhoods are practicing that form of white supremacy known as
Kevin M (a57144) — 12/2/2018 @ 8:27 pmgentrificationbuying from a willing seller.What’s that new hummus frappe (winning the future?]
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/2/2018 @ 8:28 pmWhat are the major Jewis holidays?
I dont believe Habbukah is one of them.
In any case happy Hannukah.
Steve57 (624a5e) — 12/2/2018 @ 10:24 pmI just have to laugh. as I told micro
Soft support. Life is one big joke.
And its on me
Steve57 (624a5e) — 12/2/2018 @ 10:34 pmI say Happy Hanukkah, too, but the original Hanukkah story isn’t about “Choose Love”.
I wouldn’t light even one candle to celebrate that, let alone eight, but it’s their heritage.
Paul Montagu (8afb2a) — 12/2/2018 @ 10:39 pmThe funny part? Well first they
Answrw. Then every solution
Involves logging in.
Hello!
Steve57 (624a5e) — 12/2/2018 @ 10:42 pmMore good news for our jewish friends israeli police have turned over evidence of bribery and fraud to israeli prosecutors who have recommended that bibi netanhayu and his wife be prosecuted for corruption to the attorney general of israel despite netanhayu’s threat to start a war with iran as israeli law shields prime ministers from being tried while their is a war on.
lany (bb9fa8) — 12/2/2018 @ 11:49 pmI am not joking about Hannukah.
Steve57 (685a3a) — 12/3/2018 @ 2:07 amJesus. Sweet Jesus. Which BTW
Steve57 (685a3a) — 12/3/2018 @ 2:10 amIs not the password to my account.
I bet some of you are wonderering how I can pretend to be
Steve57 (685a3a) — 12/3/2018 @ 2:25 amReligious. The third commandment prohibits doing evil in the name of God.
So I am good.
Steve57 (685a3a) — 12/3/2018 @ 2:27 amI think it is the third one.
Steve57 (685a3a) — 12/3/2018 @ 2:39 amlying Jim Comey will only testify if he can have a sleazy corrupt fbi lawyer babysit him
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/3/2018 @ 2:56 amSenator Mark Warner looked the other way when Hillary lied to Congress but when they bagged a jew for it he got our his pom poms and did a rousing cheer
this is just one viciously anti-semitic senator among many that this Congress can boast of (Bob Corker = gold standard)
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/3/2018 @ 3:02 amoops got *out* his pom poms i mean
ugh i came back from texas with a cold from argentina
someone had set funeral wreaths all about the statue of the George HW at IAH
that was very thoughtful, though i’d have executed it a bit more artfully…. it looked like it was done by dumb-ass illiterate airport union thugs
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/3/2018 @ 3:07 amWell that’s what Mueller did to aipac.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 5:47 amFor reporting al queda in iraq.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 5:56 amRobert Mueller is like his uncle, Gestapo Müller*, who would promise German Jews that if they signed all their properties over to him, he would allow them to emigrate, and then “emigrated” them to Auschwitz.
*Really, that’s what they called him to distinguish him from the other Heinrich Müller who was already an Oberstechschritter in the SS and had dibs on Heinrich.
nk (dbc370) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:02 amGrandpa owned the lackawanna railroad pop was a Dupont exec, junior protected the Orlando shooter’s family.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:21 amNobody is all bad, narciso.
nk (dbc370) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:31 amthis is why everybody hates the disgustingly fascist mueller klan
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:37 amYes he oversaw the running of effendi Mateen, hows that, he protected terrorist communications that’s what that March 04 kerfluffle was about he refused justice for victims of whitey bulger,
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:47 amSo Corbyn is a deeply disreputable person who should not only be driven from leadership had the Soviets won he would have been in charge f the UK, well if Michael foot was unavailable
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:54 amJVW, there is nothing wrong with her saying eat plenty of latkes, as that’s the tradition:
Emphasis added.
You are obviously not Jewish and only want to fuel the ugly fires of bigotry.
Tillman (61f3c8) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:58 amBut the New York times says latkes are bad for you.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:00 amDoes Mueller brag about grabbing women by the privates? If not what kind of a man can he really claim to be? I bet Donald Trump could take him in a fistfight. Grade a WIMP.
JRH (f51cae) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:13 amHe’s never even tweeted. HAHA Loser.
JRH (f51cae) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:14 amHe doesn’t need to, he has the entire press Corps to sing his praises,
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:16 amThe lengths Trumpalistas will go in smearing their perceived opponents in defense this con man commander-in-chief. As it turns out, Senator Warner never said “If you’re a Jew…”, even on Newsmax, and the Special Counsel’s uncle actually wasn’t Gestapo Muller.
Paul Montagu (8afb2a) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:36 amBUSTED
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:42 amMontagu, you live in a charming one party state where they run the likes of Tim eyman to ground because he has spoken truth to power, much as in the Chisholm Earle and other matters
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:45 amNo, Paul. It’s not “[t]he lengths Trumpalistas will go in smearing their perceived opponents in defense this con man commander-in-chief”. It’s the lengths we’ll go to, to yank the chains of the humorless.
Which maybe we shouldn’t. I mean it’s not their fault they were born without a sense of humor, is it? Would we be teasing them if they had been born blind or deaf or crippled?
Thanks, Paul! You’ve given me something to think about.
nk (dbc370) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:46 amYes they note Mueller was in Vietnam, as they occasionally mentioned with John kerry, but it’s been 50 years since just like they would dismiss dole for his service then (Dan ackroyd then) just double standards
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:50 amWell, I don’t think a person lacks a sense of humor just because said person doesn’t find your comment funny, or even amusing, but thanks for making it personal. It was like having a 3rd cup of joe which, for me, is fairly useless.
Paul Montagu (8afb2a) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:51 amthanks for making it personal.
You’re welcome.
nk (dbc370) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:57 amA strange, new respect shown by the mutts on the left…
Colonel Haiku (5b7649) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:04 amEyman did some good things, like $30 car tabs and three-strikes-you’re-out, but he started as a citizen crusader, the at some point made a career of it and ended up being just another corrupt politico.
Paul Montagu (8afb2a) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:06 amI checked Snopes, teh Puffington Host and Politifact and it doesn’t look like any of them back what you’re contending in number 70, nk.
Colonel Haiku (5b7649) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:07 amNk was being tongue in cheek, hes more like the sheriff of Nottingham in that terrible Robin hood remake.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:10 amYes, I know, just thought I would cut to the chase…
Colonel Haiku (5b7649) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:18 amOh, come on, Haiku! It’s a fact, it’s been in all the news, our fellow commenter Dave has been mentioning it at every opportunity, that Mueller got Manafort to turn over his assets, in the amount of $40 million, to him. And we’ve been reading, here, just this past week, that Mueller is still looking for any way he can to get the judge to throw the book at Manafort.
nk (dbc370) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:24 amSo like the sheriff of Nottingham or the tool of the cylons from classic battlestar.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:26 amFact check: True!
Dave (1bb933) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:27 amAre you talking about “Men In Tights”, narciso, or the very similar short-lived TV show? Cause, I’ll tell you, I liked them both better than the “serious” versions.
nk (dbc370) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:30 amNo this latest one with taron egerton which is so edgy one needs bandages, either Jamie Foxx, I relate things others might consider a rumor.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:35 amYou are obviously not Jewish and only want to fuel the ugly fires of bigotry.
She reduces a holiday celebration commemorating a historical event important to a venerable religion to just an excuse to gorge on a certain type of food. If you don’t see that as shallow and insincere then I guess I won’t be too surprised. But that was why I suggested that perhaps to her Ramadan is all about the tasty bean pies.
JVW (42615e) — 12/3/2018 @ 12:23 pmthe oil lamp burned brightly for many long time it was a christmas miracle!
plus you can cut the calories and fat in your festive latkes by using an air fryer which is good cause it makes your latkes more healthy
but don’t use twitter unless you’re some kind of malevolent buttwipe cause it’s too gay (malicious social media platform)
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/3/2018 @ 12:43 pmLatkes are not latkes if they are not pan fried in vegetable oil. You can call them latkes but they’re really just a vegetarian burger patty.
nk (dbc370) — 12/3/2018 @ 5:44 pmi’m inclined to agree but they might could be serviceable
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:08 pmSomething I miss up here:
https://burgerbeast.com/frita/
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:12 pmthat looks special
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:36 pmtrying to watch Nightflyers
dreary slog and i’m just 21 minutes into the first one
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:37 pmThis was back when Martin wasnt into ritual slayings and dragons not in that order.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:43 pmthis little show’s simply all kinds of unkind to gretchen mol
and the estimable and multi-talented Mr. Andrew McCarthy’s on the production team here
not looking to be another feather in his already impressively beplumed hat
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:54 pmOh that’s cruel, st Elmo’s was a long time agi.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:56 pmnonono he’s had a fascinating career
he’s by far the most impressive of the pack, including sean penn for my money
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/3/2018 @ 6:58 pmNow wild cards that would be an interesting adaptation
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:05 pmSo let’s review, the other broke girl has no understanding of the value of the us military and our president is quite cognizant
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:13 pmNightflyers: 28% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is fairly rotten. OTOH, GRRM has finished it.
Kevin M (a57144) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:24 pmYes about 30 years ago, the previous adaption was that premiere outer limits episode sand kings
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:27 pm1983 on Netflix is interesting. Dubbed from the original Polish, it’s an alt-history:
Suppose terrorist events in 1983 destroyed support for Solidarity, and the democarcy movement was rolled up with popular support. Then the Berlin Wall never falls and come 2003, Poland is still living under communism as a new generation seeks freedom.
Plus a number of subplots. The dubbing can wear at times, but the production values are good and it kept my interest.
Kevin M (a57144) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:27 pmUnless the Soviets were involved (see Kirov plot) the scenario seems unlikely also the Czech takeover in 1948, was about a regional failed uprising
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:42 pm“Patriot” is kind of fun…
Saw this guy in ’82, good show… https://youtu.be/6gRnM9CoBlI
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 12/3/2018 @ 7:46 pmI’ve just started on 1983 tonight… I dunno… we’ll see.
Colonel Haiku (2601c0) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:30 pmSeems more plausible than high castle.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:33 pmMy only question is what held up the Soviet economy which Reagan and Shultz did their best to destroy with their arms race. At the end, the Soviets were spending north of 50% of GDP to keep up and, lacking credit, were doomed.
Kevin M (a57144) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:36 pmI found the judge’s dubbing to be annoying, but *spoilers*
Kevin M (a57144) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:37 pmWell assume that chernenko gives way to not Gorbachev but a hardliner like romanov, perhaps Reagan is defeated in 84 or there is a expansion of the Nicaraguan proxy conflict.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/3/2018 @ 8:39 pmThe name of our rec-league softball team in college (ca. 1984) was The Dead Chernenkos.
True fact.
Dave (1bb933) — 12/3/2018 @ 11:16 pmWell assume that chernenko gives way to not Gorbachev but a hardliner like romanov, perhaps Reagan is defeated in 84
That just leads to “Red Storm Rising” (far and away Clancy’s best book).
Kevin M (a57144) — 12/3/2018 @ 11:41 pmperhaps Reagan is defeated in 84
By Mondale? Really?
Kevin M (a57144) — 12/3/2018 @ 11:42 pmOr by an upstart Manhattan real estate developer with a glamorous wife?
Dave (1bb933) — 12/4/2018 @ 12:31 amOr by an upstart Manhattan real estate developer with a glamorous wife?
If you give people a choice between a real Reagan and a fake Reagan, they’ll vote for the real Reagan every time.
Kevin M (a57144) — 12/4/2018 @ 1:55 amHe could have taken the Berlin Wall off Gorbachev’s hands for kopeks on the ruble and put it to good use, believe me.
Dave (1bb933) — 12/4/2018 @ 2:21 amHeh! And there I was laughing at the Feminazis at HuffPo for talking as though The Handmaid’s Tale was a real thing and not half-baked science fiction.
nk (dbc370) — 12/4/2018 @ 2:38 amNo, I don’t read HuffPo. I saw the twits’ tweets about the White House Christmas decorations.
nk (dbc370) — 12/4/2018 @ 2:39 ami bailed on nightflyers after we meet the cartoonishly psycho kid in the box
that was just bad
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/4/2018 @ 3:58 amI was trying to make the scenario work, the Soviets were in late ottoman stages at that point, but that didn’t mean they werent willing to clash. Remember day after began with an uprising in east germany.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/4/2018 @ 5:41 amI realize how derivative handmaids Is of ‘if this goes on’
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/4/2018 @ 5:53 amThere was no gladio affiliate in Poland, so that couldn’t be a source.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/4/2018 @ 5:57 ami can’t process how stupid this is
happyfeet (28a91b) — 12/4/2018 @ 6:26 am133, that functionality could have saved lives in Manchester, UK circa May 2017.
urbanleftbehind (380f76) — 12/4/2018 @ 6:39 amhappyfeet (28a91b) — 12/4/2018 @ 6:26 am
say your wife goes into labor – say the people next to you are obnoxious – say you get an urgent text – say you remember you forgot the pets – say you have to leave against you wishes. Say you are mistakenly escorted out.
felipe (5b25e2) — 12/4/2018 @ 6:42 amWhatever happened there, Lego palace and the box missed the mark
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/4/2018 @ 6:43 amI am waiting until they merge Oculus rift with Disney’s “nine-eye” and live concerts.
felipe (5b25e2) — 12/4/2018 @ 6:44 amThere had been two uprising previous 1956 in concert with Hungary and 1970 that did not catch fire.
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/4/2018 @ 6:52 amHistory doesn’t repeat but it does rhyme:
Narciso (d1f714) — 12/4/2018 @ 7:10 amhttps://amgreatness.com/2018/12/03/from-bush-to-trump-the-hard-left-deep-state-alliance-endures/
By the by; the eight presents for eight days thing is also a recent thing cooked up by wealthy New York Jews whose kids were getting jealous of their little friend’s Christmas presents. Apparently they needed something one-upsmanship to boast of.
The previous tradition was ‘Hanukkah gelt’ – an envelope with some spending money for the kids to go with the latkes, the sufganiot (jelly filled donut holes), and whatever they might win at dreidel, which if you check the rules requires the parents to freshen the pot pretty regularly.
(The Hanukkah gelt tradition arose out of a previous tradition where the parents would send their kid to Hebrew School with an envelope of money for the religious teacher or rabbi around Hanukkah time, and it morphed into giving some money to the kids too.)
Ingot9455 (fb3b09) — 12/4/2018 @ 10:05 ami can’t process how stupid this is
I was at the 1988 WS, Game 1, when Kurt Gibson hit his walk-off home run. About a third of the crowd had left by the end of the 8th inning. I bet they were happy they could hear the event on their radio on the way home.
Kevin M (a57144) — 12/4/2018 @ 10:17 am