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"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff) LATEST POSTS:
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- What is a ‘Received Idea’?
- Jordan Bardella: The Manufacture of Normality
- Everyone Became Television: Bourdieu’s Warning and the 2026 Iran War
- Marine Le Pen
- The Coalition-Proximity Rule
- Nigel Farage
- Bernard Haykel: A Life Between the Text and the Gun
- Walker Connor (1926-2017)
- Benedict Anderson and the Nation as Imagination
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- Dominic Cummings: A Biography
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- Stephen Kotkin: A Life in Power
- William T. Vollmann: An American Life in Excess
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* People Leak To People Who Are Fun (6-11-26)
* Why Does Australia Produce So Many Great Journalists? (6-11-26)
* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
* Sheldon Adelson and the Journalists (6-3-26)
* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
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Tag Archives: money
To Heaven And Back
It’s official: my female friends love Clothes Heaven (www.clothesheaven.com), the designer resale store in Pasadena that I spotlighted recently. My friends tell me the place is amazing — great staff and an incredible range of clothes and accessories. From Gucci … Continue reading
Posted in Clothes
Tagged Clothes, designer resale, female friends, gucci, hard core, heaven, jil sander, Love, money, place rocks, ralph lauren, resale store, shoppers
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I’m Nuts This Morning
Just completely bonkers. I have kangaroos running loose in my top paddock. You don’t want to miss this. It’s streaming live on my cam: CraigsList: Good morning CraigsList: I can’t believe you make money off of this that justifies your … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged craigslist, elvis, faith, jesus, jew, Jews, kleim, minimum wage, money, mother ship, motto, nbsp, nuts, paddock, persia, romans, time investment, tv show, worry
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What Women Want
Neil Strauss writes in The Game: "The right lifestyle is something that is worn, not discussed. Money, fame, and looks, though helpful, are not required. It is, rather, something that screams: Ladies, abandon your boring, mundane, unfulfilled lives and step … Continue reading
Posted in Dating
Tagged decade, dreams, fame, game, good times, lifestyle, money, Neil Strauss, new experiences, social proof
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I’m Finetuning My Cam Description
Currently it is: "Are you a sinner in need of G-d’s grace? I’m Luke Ford and I want to be Your Moral Leader! Watch me wrap tefillin, study Torah and engineer sweeping moral change. I write the website Lukeford.net and … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged Acupuncture, acupuncturists, Brooklyn, dogs, dumb questions, Emma, engineer, faith healing, false prophet, Google, healer, how do you mend a broken heart, love song, luke ford, money, moral leader, nbsp, needles, porner, self belief, shiksas, sinner, superstition, tefillin, Torah
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The Man Who Brought Down Ehud Ohlmert
Joe emails: Meet Morris/Moshe Talansky http://www.nypost.com/seven/05062008/news/regionalnews/israel_scandals_li_link_109573.htm He splits his time between Woodmere, NY (the "Five" towns) and Wolfson Towers in Jerusalem. Divorced http://www.davefox73.com/wc01_157.html He is a major financier. here is one of his projects http://www2.nysun.com/article/58352 … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged amp, ehud ohlmert, financier, Google, html nbsp, http www google com, Israel, Jerusalem, jewish life, money, moshe, nypost, profit ventures, raphael, scandals, wolfson, woodmere ny
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I Spent $50 Today To Be Alone With A Beautiful Woman For Two Hours
It was money well spent even if it was on a doctor of acupuncture. I feel confident that wherever I go this week, women will sense that I have not been without the company of the fairer sex. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged abstinence, acupuncturist, beautiful woman, elbow problems, ergonomic keyboard, ergonomic mouse, evenings, fairer sex, feelings, Google, helicopter rides, hovel, lashon hara, manly man, monetary problems, money, oriental massage, photos, pre selection, s college, Santa Monica, saturdays, social proof, tendons, vicious cycle, wimp
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I’m Live On My Cam
Click here to join the fun. guest16: Emma should start searching for a cheap flight now… guest16: so she could spend her cash wining and dining you guest16: and buying you little trinkets YourMoralLeader: yay YourMoralLeader: her sis’s a travel … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged breed horses, bride and groom, cheap flight, domestic goddess, Emma, futon, futton, groomer, hiya folks, horse breeder, hovel, jew, little trinkets, loughlin, money, nbsp, np, sleep, travel agent
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I’m Used To Keeping The People In My Life In Separate Compartments
I’ve never been one who wants to bring most of his friends together. I have friends in Orthodox Judaism. I have friends who are secular writers. I have exes. I have squeezes. I have dolls. I have playmates. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged backup singer, ball of fury, chat room, conversion to judaism, def leppard, Emma, jewish men, money, nbsp, new york dolls, onan, orthodox judaism, pets, playmates, queen bee, stooges, synthesis, Torah, youknow
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Chabad Politics
Satmarer Chosid emails: There are three elected rabbiin the Chabad community in Crown Heights Brooklyn. Traditionally every year the three rabbis shared the "business" of selling the Chometz where the community members give money to the rabbi as a service … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad
Tagged Brooklyn, chometz, cli, community members, congregation lubavitch, court of appeals, Crown Heights, farbrengen, jealousy, merkos, money, nbsp, rabbi, Rabbis, reply, schwei
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