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Tag Archives: Adultery
When Your Friends Burn You
A woman called in Friday to Dennis Prager’s radio show and said that three friends over the past 15 years had burned her and therefore she now only has acquaintances. Dennis: “I don’t get it. Do people do bad things … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager
Tagged acquaintances, Adultery, Dennis Prager, radio show, school news, three friends
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TV Pundit S.E. Cupp Is ‘Disgusted’ When You Look At Her With Lust
From my Monday interview: Luke: "How do you react when you feel that a man is looking at you with lust? Are you horrified, disgusted, appalled?" SE: "Yeah. Disgusted. This is not a unique situation. Women in Manhattan are objectified … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, S.E. Cupp, Sex
Tagged Adultery, broad spectrum, cupp, Greg Gutfeld, New York Times, walking down the street
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Without His Mistress Margaret, There Would’ve Been No Great Naipaul Novels After 1970
Was Naipaul’s great writing worth the sin of his passionate illicit relationship with Margaret of Argentina? Perhaps what I need to spark my writing is a good affair. Such a shame I am so moral, so corralled by the Holy … Continue reading
Posted in Adultery, Literature, V S Naipaul
Tagged Adultery, carnal desires, catherine watson, fantasy life, friend marisa, holy torah, illicit relationship, mistress, patrick french, quot, thomas hardy, V S Naipaul, vidia
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Don’t Go To Glatt Mart!
It’s erotic. Sunday afternoon, I’m shopping for some meager Succoth necessities (two bottles of vegetable pasta source, six apples and six bananas). I’m a simple Jew who wants to live by Torah and high speed internet. As long as I … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pico/Robertson
Tagged Adultery, high speed internet, necessities, shopping carts, succoth, vegetable pasta
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Sotah – The Wife Suspected Of Adultery
The Torah has a great way for dealing with such women and such troubled marriages. They have this nifty ritual to be done in front of God and the High Priest where the woman drinks muddy water. If she’s guilty … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Adultery, Torah
Tagged Adultery, drinking muddy water, high priest, jealous husbands, jewish law, troubled marriages
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