tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post4856582413927151418..comments2024-02-28T20:56:23.768-06:00Comments on Sipsey Street Irregulars: A Heart-Warming Ecumenical Valentine's Day StoryDutchman6http://www.blogger.com/profile/09935420042995679958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-6145788475339637982009-02-08T11:35:00.000-06:002009-02-08T11:35:00.000-06:00Ah, umm, ... Valentine's Day isgenerally not empha...Ah, umm, ... Valentine's Day is<BR/>generally not emphasized in<BR/>yeshivas... but I get the picture.<BR/><BR/><BR><BR/>And "Cast Lead" operations at least<BR/>some of them did start on Shabbat<BR/><BR><BR/><BR/>To j3maccabee: the new words<BR/>start out <B>Mum-bai-yah</B> <BR/>and it's not a huggy type song.<BR/>I haven't quite caught them all<BR/>yet.<BR/><BR/><BR><BR/>Here's something to tell all<BR/>school kids:<BR/><BR/>Lockdown, lockdown, lockdown. No, no, no. When the terrorists began their assault at Beslan, around 40% of the students and staff ran like cuh-razy to get away from the school. A few hid in the boiler room. Every single one of those children and adults lived. from: http://freemendo.typepad.com November 2007 <BR/><BR/><BR><BR/><BR/><BR/>once again: Lockdown is nothing more than an attempt to keep collateral damage to a fixed number. Its their (failed) hope that the maximum number of students who will die will be the number locked inside the room or hall with the shooter. from the prolific computer book author Greg Perry<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR><BR/>The martial arts got discussed<BR/>recently in one Jewish forum, and<BR/>the following were recalled:<BR/><BR><BR/>Dhu Nuwwas had a Jewish monarchy in southern Arabia, and the Bene Israel of India have always been involved in the Army. <BR/><BR/><BR><BR/><BR/>The great talmudic scholar Shmuel haNagid (Samuel the Prince) (993-1056 CE) was the commander of the army of the ruler of Granada. <BR/>That raises some fascinating questions as to who was fighting<BR/>whom. Then there's the tantalizing<BR/>story of Mar Zutra II, who was Exilarch (Chief of the Jewish Community) in what is now Iran c. 500 CE, who armed and led the Jewish Community there after Kavadh I (The ruler of Persia) allowed Mazdak, a proto-Communist to incite mobs who were destroying Persian businesses, Jewish and Gentile. Mar Zutra II died in the battles that followed. (Kavadh I later turned on Mazdak) This is taken from Rabbi Marvin Antelman's To Eliminate the Opiate (1974) which has some differences with the episode as described in Wikipedia, IIRC. <BR/><BR/>all the best, cycjecAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-19073083168008629892009-02-02T19:40:00.000-06:002009-02-02T19:40:00.000-06:00I am wiping away the tears and find myself softly ...I am wiping away the tears and find myself softly humming Kum-Ba-Yah...jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850395662800864408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-3243395257454638102009-02-02T19:05:00.000-06:002009-02-02T19:05:00.000-06:00LOL LOL!!! I KNEW the ending would be something li...LOL LOL!!! I KNEW the ending would be something like that.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting, that was an EXCELLENT one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7575061201749703300.post-83006272807160926552009-02-02T15:21:00.000-06:002009-02-02T15:21:00.000-06:00'I know, ' Melissa says, 'and once that gets him o...'I know, ' Melissa says, 'and once that gets him out in the open, the Marines could shoot the bastard.'<BR/><BR/>Now, *that's* the most wonderful thing I've heard... =)<BR/><BR/>bobcatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com