Diane

Agreed on no lettuce, tomato or ketchup. I would limit it to mustard. If you add Russian it is like a reuben. But the corned beef in good NY Jewish delis is not neat; it’s overflowing the sides and very fatty. Holy fuck it is a gustatory gasm.

Enco,

Gefilte fish is not as disgusting as one might suspect. It is not good by any means but it is not retchworthy.

There is lots of good Jewish food. Jewish deli meats on Jewish rye to die for. And with the discoveries about processed meats that to die for line works two ways. Matzoh ball soup is good. Chicken soup is good. knishes are good.…[Read more]

After a day on the trail anything edible tastes like manna from the spaghetti monster.

It is the simple things that make life worthwhile. If your body is capable then use it. Get outside and into the outdoors away from it all. Sit by a fire in the dark and experience the wonder of our existence.

Do Jews like gefilte fish?

Do Kenyans like ugali? Do Germans like schnitzel? Do Irish like corned beef and cabbage?

Funny how the two jars of gefilte fish in my local market just keep gathering dust. Forget supply and demand. Dropping the price of the jar is not gonna move this product. You couldn’t give it away to starving Palestinians. I…[Read more]

Bagels is not a fair test. Sure bagels are Jewy food. But there is a universalism and cosmopolitan appeal that renders the test meaningless. If you are accused of being a Jew hater you can only be untarnished or tarnished depending on perspective by eating a disgusting gefilte fish with horseradish. Grin and bear it Jew hater.

Speaking of bagels…[Read more]

Enco,

Even if our economy were a great deal stronger it would not alter the landscape of good and bad fortune. Tragedy, abandonment, destitution, mental issues et. al. cause the greatest vulnerabilities and suffering.

So i ask what kind of a civilization do we want? Whatever our political leanings is it treason to modify political ideology to…[Read more]

Thanks Reg!

Enco,

Whether your prognostications/assessments as to the American economy are accurate does not change the reality of so many who suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous vicissitudes.

Should we help the needy or let them suffer and die?

Enco the sad stories are almost endless.

That is why we need to be better than libertarian. Capitalism is inherently problematic in many ways. And i am no communist/socialist. Nevertheless to offset the great advantage of the few who through any measure of fairness have not earned it dole for the unfortunate.

Yo estoy Iroquois.

Matrilineal oh boy.

That’s worse than the syntax. And that is saying something.

Davis, if i did not know you and i credited you with being an intelligent guy i would be pretty sure you are goofing around.

Here is what i wrote.

On the other hand if you use the word to denote the actual departure from ideological thinking or patterns of thought that analyze all ideas with greater or lesser objectivity then i am cool with it. Those with patterns of thought that are closer to objectivity in evaluating even beloved ideas or beliefs are freethinkers.

That line was in Chaucer.

Great article Reg.

I know or knew part of Paglia’s family. When my family moved into the ‘new street’in an affluent town in MA the Paglia’s were the first to knock on the door and make us feel welcome. I hung out with one of the boys and later went out once and should have been more with one of the girls. Nice family.…[Read more]

From Nancy…Just say no.

From Catholics…Mary says yes

So i suppose that would be characterized as fostering rape culture.

The Catholic Church ought to be taxed out of existence for crimes against humanity. That it still has so much influence is amazing. If the Church be corrupt in whom the masses trust no wonder that a common man rust. You…[Read more]

Hey Reg how about an illuminating article in Sunday School about rape culture? It is new on me so i withold judgment on whether the left is onto something valid or it is more left BS like Islamophobia.

I can say with some confidence that diminishing power of religions is a good way to reduce rape/molestation. And it follows that honoring…[Read more]

Color me ignorant on political neologisms. Rape culture is another one that i am not up on.

So here are my two cents and a stale bagel thoughts.

Rape is very likely a biological reality. Chimps are rapists too and they share most of our dna.

So i am sure rape occurs in every culture and among every group. However there are conditions that…[Read more]