@No5mallf3at Insisting that it must, or that it's wild or weird for people to talk about Judaism and Jewishness on its own terms, often seems to me like a product of an understanding of religion that takes Christianity as a paradigm.
@No5mallf3at Judaism is an ethnoreligion. To be a Christian, you have to believe in certain doctrine (with certain additional requirements depending on the denomination); to convert to Islam, you have to affirm the Shahadah in the proper mindset. Judaism doesn't operate like that.
This Blue Jays season has had a lot of disappointing moments, but watching Louis Varland become the best closer in Baseball fills me with that Ken Burns magic.
I honestly wonder who thought it was a good idea, on the anniversary of D-Day, to have a speech in which the Secretary's own ideology is set in metaphorical parallel to the Nazis opposing the beaches being stormed on D-Day.
Wow, it sure would be great if we could bring in international students to fill that gap, since they pay full freight and so subsidize American students while sustaining research.
I hope nobody launches an anti-immigrant progrom wrecking this obviously beneficial arrangement.
For Karl Marx's birthday, here's G.A. Cohen, the funniest Marxist philosopher — and quite possibly the funniest philosopher — of all time doing his impression of a British philosopher. This is one of his lesser-known, but is also one of his funniest, bits.
'HE'S ARGUING WITH THE ROBOTS, YOU CAN'T DEFEAT THE ROBOTS' god ABS fucking rocks, we're going to have managers and umpires declaring Butlerian Jihad by May
Well, I am not sure what my analysis here is worth, but here is my 7,500 word primal scream of a military historian's take on the War in Iran.
My best summary: this war is dumb as hell.
https://t.co/KyKLgCIq3k
wait, this approach to getting heckled is pretty good, but I'm surprised he didn't take the time-tested approach of looking mortally offended and flatly saying "I'm speaking" over and over
Look, its an entirely new regime! After all, it isn't led by Supreme Leader Khamenei anymore.
Instead, they're lead by Supreme Leader Khamenei.
Totally different!
This is sad. I know as a politician these companies are going to spend a billion dollars against me for saying it but 🤷🏽♀️
Pervasive gambling is not good for society. It turns life into a casino, traps people in addiction & debt, surges domestic violence, and fosters manipulation.