Jim

‘Some of my best friends are black.’

That is a tell for bigotry. But i am not sure it is typically the case. Seems to me genuine friendship is an indication of lack of bigotry against a particular ethnic group. I have however seen in college how White bigots dated Black girls because they thought them inferior and there was some weird sexual…[Read more]

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.

jakelafort wrote:
Jewish deli meats on Jewish rye to die for.

Back in a heavily-Jewish suburb of Cleveland was a now-closed Jewish delicatessen named Corky and Lennie’s and they had the best corned beef on light caraway rye sandwiches, with about 2-3 inches of thinly-sliced corned beef on them.

I learned from a Jewish friend (yes, despite my…[Read more]

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]

Jake,

Gefilte fish does look unappetizing in a jar, but I think Nova Salmon in cream cheese making a lox spread is delicious as a schmear for bagels or matzo. Do give your own cuisine some credit.

I may be blaspheming here, but maybe if gefilte fish were batter-dipped or coated in panko bread crumbs and air fried, it might be more attractive…[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.

And for no particular reason other that I just stumbled upon it.….

A few years back, in Atlanta, GA, I was talking with a couple I had just been introduced to about the foods we might have on our running or hiking days. I was telling them that I put beets, a banana, some spinach and half an apple with a dash of fresh orange juice and ginger into a blender. I don’t really need it in order to be active but it is p…[Read more]

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]

@ Jake

Do even Jews actually like gefilte fish? or is it a test of faith? My widower father had a Jewish girlfriend and I remember sitting at her dinner table on some Jewish holiday and when the plate of gefilte fish was handed to me, I handed it to the next person without taking any. When a food looks disgusting and doesn’t smell appetizing, all…[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]

Unseen,

Again, so screw it.

And again, to tie it back to my original post, no system can as yet turn back time or bring the dead back to life. But at least Immortalists, Transhumanists, and Singularitarians in the remaining freer societies can rightly say:

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Unseen, You obviously haven’t read a word of Bastiat. Bastiat sang praises to the benefits afforded to humanity by trade, especially in Economic Sophisms and Economic Harmonies. Trade is the result of individuals accumulating the fruits of their labor to the point of excess and voluntarily exchanging those fruits with o…

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Unseen,

You obviously haven’t read a word of Bastiat. Bastiat sang praises to the benefits afforded to humanity by trade, especially in Economic Sophisms and Economic Harmonies.

Trade is the result of individuals accumulating the fruits of their labor to the point of excess and voluntarily exchanging those fruits with other individuals who…[Read more]

@ Enco

As for your favorite economist, Frederick Bastiat, he argues for a very limited role for government, focused solely on protecting individual rights. However, some government intervention, like building roads or regulating pollution, can benefit everyone.

He emphasizes individual self-interest as the driving force in economics, but this…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
But you’ll believe what you want to believe anyway–or what you think you’re determined to believe anyway–so screw it.

What’s good for the goose, as they say.

Unseen,

There are a lot of assumptions there, one is that reducing poverty providing living money for every adult person would somehow damage the economy, whereas more money in circulation would seem to boost the economy, especially if it comes out of the pockets of the rich who spend a greater proportion of their wealth outside the country than…

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Simon Paynton wrote:
I would agree with that.  I’m not sure what they are.

Simon Paynton wrote:

Unseen wrote:
Men and women tend to be quite different in fundamental ways, some cultural for sure but others seem to be genetically predisposed or hardwired.

I would agree with that. I’m not sure what they are.

I think most of us understand what…[Read more]

Jake,

That’s a great idea on their part and at least shows enterprise an initiative.

If it’s not being done already, someone a beat-up pickup truck, shovels, and a leaf-blower could clean the track stables, gather up Secretariat’s left-behinds, mix it with unwanted kitchen left-overs in an aerated compost bin, keep it stirred, and make…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
A look at Moral Foundations Theory (with video).

I like Moral Foundations Theory, it’s been influential, but I think it suffers from not having a theoretical basis to explain it.  It’s put together ad-hoc, which is fine, but has no theory, beyond promoting cooperation that promotes survival and reproduction.  C…[Read more]