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Tag Archives: excuse
If Your Spouse Is Bipolar, How Much Should You Put Up With?
If your spouse has some kind of syndrome, how much should you put up with? I say you should not put up with any more than if the spouse had no such diagnosis or syndrome. There’s nothing that forces you … Continue reading
I’m Not Selfish, I Just Love Literature
I like this remark by V.S. Naipaul: "It’s the thing about the work. If you are travelling for material or to write a book, it isn’t that you are self-centered, it is that you are with the work. You are … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Personal
Tagged african students, ayatollah khomeini, diagnosis, evelyn waugh, excuse, fatwa against salman rushdie, literary criticism, paragraph, salman rushdie, V S Naipaul
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Bad Times In Eurabia
guest4: Did you know today is muslim-holiday, the use it as an excuse to terrorise the shoppingmalls in the part of Amsterdam where i live. guest4: because I wear a kippa I have been insulted many times an threatend 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Islam
Tagged amsterdam, excuse, kippa, muslim holiday, shoppingmalls
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Are Women The Apex Of Creation?
Monica and Jupiter don’t like the idea that women are the apex of creation. They say it is an excuse to discriminate against women, keep them out of Torah study. Complete discussion video here.
The UnJewish Journal?
Disco Duck emails: Levi, Here is my assessment of the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles. Over time I have noticed that most local Orthodox Rebbeim refer to it as the "unJewish Journal". More than one local Rabbi has given me … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal
Tagged attitudes, bathroom trips, bias, disco duck, drek, excuse, garbage, jewish community, Jewish Journal, Jewish Journalism, Judaism, laughs, levi, nickname, quot, rabbi, Rabbis, segments, smear campaigns, toilet, torah values
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Cruelty In The Name Of God
From Haaretz: The decision by three rabbinic judges at the Supreme Rabbinic Court in Jerusalem, headed by Rabbi Avraham Sherman, to annul conversions conducted since 1999 by Rabbi Haim Druckman and the conversion court system comes as no surprise. The … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged circumstances, conjunction, Conversion, conversions, converts, divorce proceedings, excuse, haaretz, harassment, Jerusalem, Judaism, Marriage, name of god, prime minister, rabbi avraham, regional court, revocation, strictures, surprise
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‘All The Sad Young Literary Men’
The New York Times writes about this new novel: Then there’s Sam, who wants to write “the great Zionist novel.” Talia, Sam’s Israeli girlfriend, tells him he doesn’t love the land enough to write the great Zionist novel. There are … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged 300s, bad character, coward, enemies, excuse, girlfriend, girlfriends, girls, Google, Journey, literary men, mdash, nemeses, new novel, New York Times, rsquo, senses, shallowness, talia, young man
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I’m Getting Spanked In My Chat Room By Someone Claiming To Be My Dad
Live in my cam chat: guest30: Luke, this is your dad, the Reverend Dsmond Ford. Attention whoring again, I see? guest30: Is Wayne Cherry under your desk fellating you? guest30: Perhaps inserting a tube of Vegemite where the sun doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged brother paul, cam chat, claptrap, clout, dalliances, desmond ford, excuse, fair dinkum, fixation, Holly Randall, Judaism, jug, kipah, lads, obsession, ponce, porn industry, quot, reverend, sorry dad, spanked, vagina, vegemite, wastrel
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