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    Quote Originally Posted by bae View Post
    We have two designated community bulletin boards in the village designated for the purpose, one at the Post Office building complex, one at the grocery store building.
    I am sure many of my former neighbors in
    st Louis are sad that there are no posters for them to tear down.

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    Okay---I know the solution to this, but you kids would rather debate re: which came first, the chicken or the egg, until all-out war ensues, and The Good Guys have to intercede. Just like last time. See? Of course you don't. Thanks mee.

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    So Northwestern University announced a committee to combat “antisemitism and hate” on campus. It got the paroxysmal reaction you might expect. Dozens of student groups, including Womxn in Law and the Northeastern University Marching Band Clarinet Leadership deplored the “harm” such a committee would cause. The usual mass letter from faculty and staff was published. It’s surprising how many people named “Anonymous” work for Northwestern.

    George Orwell once said something to the effect that some ideas are so stupid that only Academics could believe them. I’m inclined to agree.

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    Okay--have you kids ever heard of the JAO? Google it. Thank me

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    Quote Originally Posted by littlebittybobby View Post
    Okay--have you kids ever heard of the JAO? Google it. Thank me
    Is it something George Santos has been sending money to?
    "what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" Mary Oliver

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogar View Post
    Is it something George Santos has been sending money to?
    I see the Chair of the House Ethics Committee is pushing for expulsion. I wonder if the Senate will get around to doing the same with Menendez.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
    I see the Chair of the House Ethics Committee is pushing for expulsion. I wonder if the Senate will get around to doing the same with Menendez.
    We shall see. It seems like our political system has a way of shielding it's common criminals. Or maybe it's the high paid lawyers.
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    Okay--nonya kids have ever heard of the JAO, established in the 1930's. It was supposed to be a homeland, a refuge for displaced Jews. Twice the size of present-day Israel, lots of undeveloped natural resources, and thousands of miles from their oppressors. Yup. But you kids never heard of theJAO. Not on tee-vee, not in schlemielberg movies, or while getting your masters in Word History. Figures. Thanks mee.

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    Bookcase finds:

    Vespasian's bio, from Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus' "De vita Caesarum", 121CE

    4 coins delved from the depths of my Hound Hoard:

    - Shekel of Israel, struck during Year 1 of the First Jewish-Roman War, 66-67CE.

    - Half Shekel of Israel, struck during Year 3 of the First Jewish-Roman War, 69CE

    - Bronze Putah, of Israel, struck during Year 2. Legend on reverse around the grape leaf reads, to my uneducated eye, "Cheruth Zion", or "Freedom of Zion", 68CE. This particular coin is often called the "Masada coin", due to the large number of them found atop a fortress overlooking the Dead Sea...

    - Roman coin with Vespasian, 71CE. Reverse side reads "IVDAEA CAPTA", or "Judea Captured", celebrating Rome's victory.






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    Quote Originally Posted by littlebittybobby View Post
    Okay--nonya kids have ever heard of the JAO, established in the 1930's. It was supposed to be a homeland, a refuge for displaced Jews.
    I don't think you described that correctly, I'm under the impression that since religion doesn't work well within an officially atheist form of government and communists hated the Jews probably more than KKK era Democrats, Russia attempted to entice their Jewish population to a remote area on the Chinese border where they would be forbidden any possibility of self rule but could be used as a first line of defense against any Chinese incursions. It turned out not to be very popular and functionally exists in name only.
    "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein

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