I watched a video about the history of Christianity in Japan. I had never really thought about it before. I get offered quite a few Japanese things in my algorithm and it seemed worthy of 30 minutes. And indeed, it was a very interesting film that made me think quite a bit. Here is the…
Well this is something. I’m sitting in front of my house on a chair staring at either a possum or a porcupine who just walked right into the front area of my house and parked himself in the gap in the concrete where the cat sleeps and rolled into a ball. I have evicted him…
Just a moment from today’s baseball game. The Bay Stars are playing the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, one of the more difficult baseball names or ownerships for me to handle. I have a hard enough time following the pollution laden wealth that runs Japan and baseball. It is a relationship that could become so sour in…
From Chabad.Org, Bechukotai in a Nutshell (Leviticus 26:3–27:34)The name of the Parshah, “Bechukotai,” means “in My statutes”. G‑d promises that if the people of Israel will keep (Their) commandments, (The good people) will enjoy xxxxxxxx prosperity and dwell securely in their homeland. But (G-d) also delivers a harsh “rebuke,” warning of the exile, persecution and…
I’m putting together a volume called baseball and there is a passage that concerns Mr Trevor Bauer who is currently pitching lights out down in Mexico. You can check out the post here. A short visit with Trevor Bauer While you’re there, we have a couple of new and interesting movies available at the Utopian…
I think I’m reaching new levels of hopelessness. The ironic thing here is that the actual hopelessness comes from my relationship to people who never stop looking at me instead of listening to what I say. It’s like dealing with My 50th generation alcoholic cat who won’t stop masturbating every time he sees me because…
The president of Ukraine is pretty good about making daily videos. He is a good social media man. He is a very social man and he likes having many many connections. This is a very good thing. There was a time in my life when I thought being good to everybody was the right thing…
Hey, Russki! Oh no. Oh no no no. I’m not doing this anymore. I thought we were all finished with this a long time ago. I don’t want to talk to you, I don’t want to listen to you. Keep your opinions to yourself and let us do our war in peace. No, I have…
From Chabad.org: Behar in a Nutshell. Leviticus 25:1–26:2 The name of the Parshah, “Behar,” means “on Mount [Sinai]” and it is found in Leviticus 25:1. On the mountain of Sinai, G‑d communicates to Moses the laws of the Sabbatical year: every seventh year, all work on the land should cease, and its produce becomes free…
Vlad Putin on Greta. It is not that he doesn’t respect young people or ideas of sustainability, it is just that the world is too complex to be understood by little girls. And of course, there is the cost of things. This is the essence of what bureaucratic double talk tends to be. I could…
If you’re interested in having a look at the 1956 film, it’s available on YouTube and therefore we have it here. This is not any of the more modern takes on the subject matter. If you’re interested in authenticity, the original text is in the public domain so I have a link there so you…
Let’s start with a simple question posed to Google. What impact does war have on global warming? This from svet.charita.cz How does the military sector contribute to climate change? Militaries consume enormous amounts of fossil fuels, which have a high carbon footprint. The global military carbon footprint is the fourth highest, ranking behind the US,…
Well here is the thing, they decided to make marijuana legal in Germany. Here is what Google will get you if you can’t figure out how to do it yourself. What does this mean? It means that the children of the original Nazis have decided to decriminalize something that is a very pleasant thing to…
From chabad.org: Emor in a NutshellLeviticus 21:1–24:23The name of the Parshah, “Emor,” means “speak” and it is found in Leviticus 21:1. The Torah section of Emor (“Speak”) begins with the special laws pertaining to the kohanim (“priests”), the kohen gadol (“high priest”), and the Temple service: A kohen may not become ritually impure through contact…
Headlines are everywhere. Processed meat causes cancer. Meat is not healthy for you. The New York Times has no problem telling us about this. The evidence is quite convincing that regular consumption of processed meats is detrimental to health, including colorectal cancer, Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease,” said Dr. Frank Hu, a professor of…
There comes a time when a person must get up and do what must be done. Traditionally, just thought has to do with going to war. I am personally not of the belief that the greatest motivator to get one up is to kill your fellow man or destroy the landscape. Sometimes I think it…
Here is a message to everyone who plays baseball who might someday be asked to perform a sacrifice. I’m not talking about giving up your girlfriend for the season. I’m talking about giving away an out in the hope that something wonderful will happen. Basically playing for one run. Bunting is the best of this….
Ego death is not a vacation for egotists It’s 3:00 in the morning on another very cold night. There was a frost and it got to the leaves of the grapevines that had before then truly looked like they were ready to do something. Everything in the garden really wants to go this year. Even…
The Atomic Cafe is a 1982 American documentary film directed by Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader and Pierce Rafferty. It is a compilation of clips from newsreels, military training films, and other footage produced in the United States early in the Cold War on the subject of nuclear warfare. Without any narration, the footage is edited and presented in a manner to demonstrate how misinformation and propaganda…
According to multiple sources, the Russians have transported several nuclear warheads to the territory of Belarus. The idea is that they should be available in case the need to nuke Ukraine becomes the only viable way to get their point across. European press as always tries to diminish fear amongst the people who read their…
If you’re interested in reading the text of this week’s parsha, the weekly Torah portion, you can go to chabad.org. If you are a Russian reader or pretty much any other language, I’m sure there is a translator program available. This week’s portion is called Kedeshim (קְדשִׁ֣ים) which has the simple translation of you shall…