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January 9, 2015

Shopping for Shabbat on a Friday...the timing of this is

not random. The stores fill with Jews buying for Friday Night Dinner which is a ritual in many many households, certainly in the Orthodox Households. It is the price we pay for being known as the Chosen People. Chosen to be shot, gassed, and eradicated.

January 9, 2015

Tell ya one thing about Christie here in SE Pennsylvania and South Jersey:

This guy has awakened a sleeping giant: many of these NFL fanatics don't give a rat's ass about internecine Presidential Rethug warfare. Many of them, shot and a beer types, vote Republican because, well, because people of color DON'T vote Republican, if you get my meaning. Yes they use excuses as to WHY they don't vote Democratic, but some fair degree of prejudice abounds when the surface is scratched. We all know this, some will actually have the temerity to say it. Generally, they don't really care who is in the battle for the R-Nomination and some vote, most don't, but then head to the polls in the General Election and vote Rethuglican.

Now, they're probably STILL going to vote R in the General, but all Jeb has to do is run a 30 second ad of Christie's high-five being rejected by Jerry Jones and then hugging the man to GUARANTEE that he'll win the PA and NJ primaries should he need them by that time. These people here HATE HATE HATE the Dallas Cowboys more than they hate the Commies and/or the Russkis. They will see to it that Christie loses a primary election if they have to go out themselves and round up like-minded voters. If you're not an NFL fan or come from a region where you don't have a mortal-enemy-team, you cannot imagine what Christie has done to himself here. If he went out and kicked Mother Teresa, he couldn't have more antipathy against him than he does now.

I'm not saying that it is necessarily OK to judge a politician by the team for which he roots, but in this region, and I would suppose in the NY Metropolitan region, he has made enemies for life. It is riotous to listen to the sports talk radio shows and hear both announcers and callers state that they voted for him twice but now think that he's the worst --fill-in-the-blank-- they've ever seen. and that stupid sweater on him…sheesh.

January 8, 2015

Well, this is a Big Fucking Deal in Pennsylvania...

I don't even want to begin to explain the statewide complexities of this case...staggering.



http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20150109_Grand_jury_recommends_criminal_charges_against_Attorney_General_Kathleen_Kane.html

The special prosecutor and grand jury investigating allegations that Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane leaked secret information to a newspaper have found evidence of wrongdoing and recommended that she be criminally charged, according to numerous people familiar with the decision.

The panel concluded that Kane violated grand-jury secrecy rules by leaking investigative material in a bid to embarrass political enemies, sources said.

Some of those familiar with the grand jury presentment say it recommended charges that included perjury and contempt of court.

The statewide grand jury sitting in Norristown has turned over its findings to Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman, who must decide whether to affirm its findings and arrest Kane, the state's top law enforcement official.

Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20150109_Grand_jury_recommends_criminal_charges_against_Attorney_General_Kathleen_Kane.html#Jo6kB0V080SxzQ7g.99

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