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14 minutes ago, YChang said:

It’s ok it’s ok! My family belongs to an ethnic group that has been referred to as the Jews of China. So Yiddish totally comes naturally. It’s cool. 

I spent some time around the Jewish Quarter of Shanghai whilst doing business.  Fascinating story, architecture, and history there.  I don't know what I was expecting, like a Northwest Hills sized neighborhood, but it was robust and rich with legacy.  Hope to take a deeper dive someday with the whole family.  Pos rep.

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2 hours ago, Bama Chick said:


I rarely bring up football but if someone is going to insult me and my university, I’m going to fire back.
 

Welcome to the club....   

 

1 hour ago, Lobo said:

Kvetching?  Suddenly you speak Yiddish?  You won't have time to Kvetch when my Jewish Space Laser takes out your village.  

My grandfather spoke Yiddish.   

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37 minutes ago, NorthTexasCougar said:

Welcome to the club....   

 

My grandfather spoke Yiddish.   

Ah, mishpocheh! My dad was always telling my younger brother not to be a nudge. 

 

Hebrew is the common language in Israel; still, Orthodox Jews reserve Hebrew for the synagogue, and speak Yiddish day to day. Or, so I’ve read.

Those schtup-ers had a keen eye for character.

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10 hours ago, Willfully Horn said:

Ah, mishpocheh! My dad was always telling my younger brother not to be a nudge. 

 

Hebrew is the common language in Israel; still, Orthodox Jews reserve Hebrew for the synagogue, and speak Yiddish day to day. Or, so I’ve read.

Those schtup-ers had a keen eye for character.

I had no idea.  I just know my great-grandparents were Polish-speaking Jews from shtetls in Lithuania (great-grandfather) and Poland/Belarus (great-grandmother) who immigrated over  to the states right before 1900 just like in Fiddler On The Roof and changed their name (whatever their previous last name was is my real last name).   

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On 2/8/2021 at 11:55 PM, washparkhorn said:

I respect you bunch of blueberries living in raspberry soup. It can't be easy, but I hope it is getting better.

Hook 'em.

 

There's actually nothing to it. Being cantankerous is easy, if you're cantankerous. On the other hand, throw me in a blue area, like say a white hippy party in Berkeley circa 2003, say, and I was ready to jump out of my skin, couldn't say boo without the room clamming up probably wondering if I was fixing to skin a squirrel. Only thing that saved my skin was a black lesbian veteran showed up, we hit it off telling Army stories and singing obscene Army marching songs, well, the two of US had fun.

thenlateriendedbackupwithmyhippygirlfriendbutitwasashamethatthearmywomanwasntintodudes

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3 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

I’ve posted it before, but AOC has come to Texas quite often and attended the most Leslie Knope kind of student government summer camp you could think of in Maxwell Texas.

https://www.expressnews.com/politics/texas/article/texas-home-for-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-tx-15485656.php

 

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Starting in 2005 as a teenager, Ocasio-Cortez participated in the National Hispanic Institute programs that Nieto and his wife Gloria de Leon created 41 years ago this summer. That program, now headquartered outside of San Marcos in Maxwell, was designed to help promising Latino students develop leadership skills and public policy knowledge to help them become lifelong leaders.

Its alumni include Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, U.S. Rep. Xochitl Liana Torres Small, D-New Mexico, and New York City Councilman Carlos Menchaca, along with an estimated 100,000 other Latinos.

But of all the students, Nieto saw something very special about Ocasio-Cortez, who was a sophomore in high school when she enrolled.

 

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5 minutes ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

The texags thread about her raising money for Texas is fucking disgusting. What a sorry ass group of people 

but I bet they'd take the money. 

Disingenuous right wingers always take the socialism money. 

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14 minutes ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

The texags thread about her raising money for Texas is fucking disgusting. What a sorry ass group of people 

I saw it this morning and was a little sad. How hard it must be to say--'hey, that's a great thing to do, I hope other politicians do likewise.' I wouldn't have thought all that hard, really. I'm much more angry when politicians divert money into their own pockets, but it didn't look like this was the case. The Mattress guy has been helping, I remember JJ Watt doing a lot during Harvey. When people are helping, the response is, "thank you, I hope to return the favor for others in need someday."

But  some folks just get more and more bitter.

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15 minutes ago, elfenix said:

mattress mac, a furniture store owner, has done more to help the average texan in the last week than ted cruz has during his whole political career.

And he should be your Republican candidate for Senator. He gives a shit. That makes him better than the rest. 

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6 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

The texags thread about her raising money for Texas is fucking disgusting. What a sorry ass group of people 

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I feel like a lot of *actual* current/former military folks would be disgusted by fake army's representation on that board.   

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21 hours ago, sasquatch69 said:

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I feel like a lot of *actual* current/former military folks would be disgusted by fake army's representation on that board.   

That quote sums up the current republican mentality perfectly. If you are in dire straits it’s your own fault and you should be left to your own devices to figure it out 

 

A safety net is necessary. Argue about how extensive or limited to make it to take care of folks without disincentivizing their productivity, but to argue there shouldn’t be one is straight up evil

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The thing about Ocasio-Cortez is that even if one adopts a cynical view that her appearance in Texas was political theatre, there's no credible argument to be made that she is not sincere. That's the difference between pols like her and dickholes like Ted Cruz. She's an empath where Traitor Ted is a soulless garbage troll. 

Helping people in need has long been a political ploy. It’s not a bad thing. Beats the fuck out of just finding someone to blame.
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That quote sums up the current republican mentality perfectly. If you are in dire straits it’s your own fault and you should be left to your own devices to figure it out 
 
A safety net is necessary. Argue about how extensive or limited to make it to take care of folks without disincentivizing their productivity, but to argue there shouldn’t be one is straight up evil

Well just be thankful that if they are right about the invisible deity, know that deity will hate them.
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1 minute ago, Tuco said:


Helping people in need has long been a political ploy. It’s not a bad thing. Beats the fuck out of just finding someone to blame.

Of course, it's politics 101. But in her case it has more impact because she is obviously more genuine. Her adversaries will disagree with her politics, but she fuckin walks the walk. 

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What  politician has not engaged in Politics 101?

It's like criticizing the average Joe for breathing.  They wouldn't be politicians if they weren't wired to be political.  The judgment needs to start at "political", not stop there.  Which ones do good things, which ones don't?  AOC is absolutely on the "does good things" list, regardless of her motives.  

This isn't difficult.

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This is going to be a lot more important than people think. There is a lot of emotionally fragile right wing Texans right now that are looking at what she’s doing and wondering why they’ve been told she was so terrible for the last 2 years. I’m related to one of them. People are seeing the truth at a very emotional time. This is going to matter in Texas politics.

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3 hours ago, Homesickhorn said:


This right here. I was absolutely not a fan for a long time, and even got in trouble a while back for a shitty, tongue in cheek post (on this thread I believe).

She’s fucking doing something. Regardless of whether or not there’s an agenda, she’s fucking doing something.

Call me a fan of hers at this point.

I've also been a critic at times, and I still think she's earned some of that.  But she's busting her ass to DO something when we need it.  Much respect.

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