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prisoner of the tongue
Do I know you mean what you mean? If people think in one language, they think a given way; and in another language then another way. Or at least so thought Benjamin Lee Whorf, who asserted that our thought is … Continue reading
klein: cats running with the pack
Like a cat running after any mouse that happens to stray within view. That first reflex, the first nature in the human being, is unavoidable and inalterable. It can be mastered, it can be conquered, but it remains. But mind … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Delon, David Landau, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Franz Kafka, Joseph Losey, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Maimonides in Egypt, Maurice Sendak, Max Uhlfelder, Michael Siegel, Sultan Saladin Egypt, Theodor Geisel, Theodor Seuss Geisel, theodore geisel
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knew the Truth
He died in his favorite wife Aisha’s arms, unable to lift himself up and attend prayers in the mosque. he raised his hand, said, “with the most high companion,” and died. But the call to arms against the infidel remained… … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdul Aziz, Aisha and Mohammed, Alfarabi Muslim neo-Aristotelian, Burma Rohingya Muslims, david yerushalmi, Death of Mohammed, House of Saud, Israel Shahak, Karen Elliot House, Khalil Gibran, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maimonides, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Pamela Geller, San Suu Kyi, Sheikh bin Baz, shmuly yanklowitz
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sacred war & the prophet: keep the blade sharpened
The Prophet Armed. Rock the Kaaba.Islam is the only one of the world’s great religions to have been founded on the Sword as well as the Word. It began with The thirty-nine …. Southern Arabia was a remote and backward … Continue reading
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Tagged abu-Talib and Mohammed, Al Quds March London, Anita McNaught, bashar assad, david yerushalmi, Iran Qods Day, Isalmic Human Rights Committee, Ismail Haniyeh, John Phillips photography, Khalil Gibran, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Malik Al Kurdi, Mohamed Morsi, Mohamed Morsy, Mohammed birth and origins, Mohammed black stone Kaaba, Muslim Brotherhood Egypt, shmuly yanklowitz
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northern winds
Some of these politicians visiting Israel tend to reaffirm that the Society as a whole is racist,excessive and violent. But, its okay to admit it. The idea that citizens of the jewish state are more moral and superior, and to … Continue reading
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Tagged Brit-Am movement of the ten tribes, Dan Halloran, Dan Halloran Israel, Grace Meng, Hebron market evacuation, Israel Shahak, John Baird Canada, Kevin Kim, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Major General Gadi Shamni, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, Ron Paul GOP, Theodish Belief, Yair Davidiy, Yair Davidy
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houses of the holies: global idol
Idol worship; its always been the bane of monotheism and the source of a persistent if seemingly losing conflict. The issue always arises, or placed at the cross-hairs, particularly this year with the movement for a moment of silence for … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin Olympics 1936, Israel Olympic Committee, Josephus the Jewish War, Leni Riefenstahl, London Olympic Mascots, London Olympics 2012, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Peter Paul Rubens, Pole dancing, Pole dancing olympics sport, Robert Boyle author, Tim Trautman
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Not boyfriend material
The acorn doesn’t far fall from the tree. A date with Bashar. Appealing. Or is there something chilling about being so close to a figure with an aura of total banality and boredom, and a reputation for a seemingly unlimited … Continue reading
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Tagged Aleppo Codex, Ami Horowitz, Asma Assad, Bashar Al Assad, Christopher Hitchens, Hafez al-Assad, Henri Bernard-Levy, jody williams, Julian Assange, Maimonides Aleppo Codex, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Sergio Duarte, Vogue Magazine Asma Assad
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long winding road: cordoba to teheran
What Maimonides penned in the Medieval period still has coherence today. It is not by wiping out our neighbors, ostensibly and tangibly hostile nations that we attain peace and freedom. To Maimonides is was by conquering ourselves that the peace … Continue reading
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Tagged Boyko Metodiev Borisov, Giulio Meotti, Hatikva6, Iranian Revolution, Israel Bulgaria bombing, Jacob Bender, James Cameron, Maimonides, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Out of Cordoba Jacob Bender, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, Reza Deghati, Slavoj Zizek, UNESCO Maimonides
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winning friends and influencing people
An act of kitsch, camp taste welded to a bizarre form of performance art. By any esthetic measure it could be seen as an ethically depraved act. Even a criminal act that wills a form of radical evil. There is … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible Society in Israel, Charles Bronson, Dr. George Tiller, Levin report Israel, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Maimonides philosopher, Mark Regev, Michael ben Ari Bible tearing, Mike Huckabee, MK Michael Ben Ari, Ray Comfort, Ruben Diaz, Victor Kalisher
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pontifical indifference: amen and a hail mary pass on redemption
Its been a love-hate relationship for a long time, with the latter doing some serious destructive damage. Perhaps if we go back to Maimonides, he can be looked at as an igniter of sparks, and sparks lead to fires. Maimonides … Continue reading
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