Martin Goldstein : Design Argument
. . . . . . . . NOT JUST ANOTHER WHODUNIT
What can I say? Outcomes?
Never mind.
Flavour and embellish the rich stew of life as if you were another I T !
Marvels pile upon marvels,
The saints reveal that,
The Essences bewilder you,
Your throat wants freedom.
The new design argument old typewriter is now here...
Post deleted due to threat of legal action by CBC.
Content Opportunity with reports from the Argument from Bad Design and anonymous Chabad members – The Tyra Banks show continues to feature the tapeworm diet with guests that are promoting it as being good for Israel and the Jewish people.
On the latest show, representatives of the controversial religious group Chabad were praising the tapeworm diet as an essential part of their form of orthodoxy and a critical facet of their kiruv or outreach to non-observant Jews.
A Chabadnik, Menachem Mendel, on the Tyra Banks show had to travel to Monsey, New York. He had not been to Monsey before, which he described as an 18th century shtetl just north of Manhattan. It was replete with people who had the dress and mannerisms of 18th Eastern European Jews but was otherwise like a typical American suburban town.
Many different groups live in Monsey: Satmar, Belz, Ger, Modern Orthodox, Yekke (to use a mildly derogative term to describe those of German origin), people who hate Chabad and we pretend to love and so on. A wide swath of Orthodox Jewry (and a number of Conservative and Reform Jews as well). These people are raising their families with high-powered Judaism. They live in an environment where one can live an observant life, and where the community re-enforces the lifestyle by making halachic (observant) Judaism the normative way to live.
There is also a growing Jewish tapeworm community in Monsey. Either by attending one of the Tapeworm Yeshivas, going to a kiruv (outreach) event, or by being m’kareved (brought close) by a Monsey tapeworm family, there are people who are impressed with what they see in the strange Jewish tapeworm diet that pervades Monsey and want to be part of it.
“Whereas groups like Aish Hatorah and their website aish.com use a faux intellectual approach while really appealing to people who are immersed in pop culture and way too much television, Chabad appeals directly to the soul of the Jew. ” said Chabad rep Menachem Mendel. “This means that we feed them a lot of food and ply them with hard liquor. When they are all liquored up we say things that are supposedly from Chassidus and blow their minds. That is when we introduce the tapeworm.”
According to our anonymous sources the tapeworms are put into a famous Shabbos lunch item known as a “cholent” (sijmilar to Irish stew but causing a great deal more flatulence). The guest eats this dish with the tapeworm or tapeworms and then his or her soul is influenced to become observant.
The Tyra Banks show is planning to bring back members of other Jewish outreach organization who are already using the tapeworm. There is speculation that Aish HaTorah is already planning to introduce the tapeworm into the refreshments that they serve at their Discovery seminars. The Discovery seminars are sponsored by Aish HaTorah. The purpose of the seminars are to inculcate Jews regarding their religious heritage by using intellectual smoke and mirrors. What is relevant about Judaism to modern Jews that watch a lot of CSI on TV? Why should one be an observant Jew? Does God exist? Did God design the universe (design argument)? Is it appropriate to use tapeworms in order to influence Jews to become Torah observant? These are some of the questions that the Discovery Seminar takes on.
One of the topics that Discovery covers are the phony Bible codes. Some people have claimed that the codes are the only thing Discovery talks about. Wrong. It is just one of the most marketable aspects of it.
Content Opportunity, December, 23, 2009 - Martin Goldstein and the Design Argument Initiative were very pleased that Canada’s top court yesterday issued a landmark ruling giving journalists, and others – including bloggers – who are publishing public interest information, a new and broader defence of “responsible communication” in cases where they may be sued or threatened with libel.
The new defence of “public interest responsible communication” recognizes that some factual errors may occur in day to day journalism but it makes provision for them to be excused when they occur in the “publication is on a matter of public interest” and when “the publisher was diligent in trying to verify the allegation.”
The Man Who Hears Things
“The groups that Goldstein has been targeting are self-interested organizations that have deceived themselves into thinking that they are working for the benefit of their target market,” said a drunken Poetry “the Hammer” Hammer from the large indoor-outdoor swimming pool at the mansion of “the man who hears things.” Poetry Hammer claims that the actions of these missionizing groups would be completely heinous if it wasn’t for the fact that the people that they target have free will. “However, it is similar to multi-level marketing in how they get people involved. I feel ill when I think about it all. It could be that I drank too much mashka at the Chabad farbrengen at the Saint Menachem Mendel Centre for Rehabilitation and Harlotry.”
From Gawker.com:
“Incompetent flackery factory 5WPR has admitted to the internet sock puppetry we covered yesterday—posting fake comments on a blog on behalf of a client. That client, by the way, is a kosher slaughterhouse called Agriprocessors, which has long been under fire for workplace safety and immigration law violations. 5W CEO and paragon of employee satisfaction Ronn Torossian told The Forward that an investigation is underway to determine who’s responsible for the fake comments. But even though Ronn is a friend to Israel, he already has a Rabbi scared for his own safety. Shame! Incompetent shame:
Two of the postings in question were made in the name of Rabbi Morris Allen, a prominent critic of Agriprocessors and the founder of the Conservative movement’s Hekhsher Tzedek initiative, which is attempting to create ethical standards for the production of kosher food. The first of the comments purporting to come from Allen appeared with his name misspelled. The second, which was made midday on July 9, came at the same time that Allen was presiding over the funeral of his aunt in Omaha, Neb.
Grade-A flackery, that.
Allen told the Forward that the postings left him concerned for his safety and for the reputation of Hekhsher Tzedek.
“I’m increasingly concerned about my own safety because if you begin to engage in this kind of behavior, I just wonder where it ends,” he said.
Now they plan to sue 5W! And the blogger who originally uncovered the trolls spoke to a 5W VP who blamed the entire thing on a foolish intern. We’ve emailed him also, but haven’t heard back yet. We did hear back from Ronn late yesterday though, who said:
I am in mexico with my family. Just saw your note but as you have already posted, clearly my reply doesnt interest you. You seem to be obsessed with my firm.
Noted!”
This purpose of this post is to move the picture of Lauren Bacall of the previous post further down the page.
What happens when you speak lower than your vocal comfort zone for continuous periods of time?
You might adopt that Hollywood sound Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall were famous for, but you may get more than just the sound… you might get the syndrome!
On aish.com it says: “In his newest movie, “Diamonds,” Michael Douglas stars as a former boxing champion who, in his twilight years, is a widower recovering from a stroke. The movie’s title is inspired by its plot, where his character teams up with his son and grandson to recover some diamonds they suspect were stolen from him. It also stars Dan Ackroyd and Lauren Bacall.”
Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, the only child of William and Natalie (Weinstein-Bacal) Perske. Her father was a salesman from Alsace; her mother, the daughter of German-Rumanian immigrants, worked as an executive secretary. After they were divorced, her mother took the “Bacal” part of her maiden name. (Later, Bacall added another “l”, and “Lauren” was a Hollywood addition.)
Lauren Bacall Whistle
Evidence that we ignore that Impermanence is built into the design of the universe
The Content Opportunity Consortium which includes partners Aish.com, 5WPR, Jews for Jesus, and the Weird Woman’s Tea Club, is proud to announce the release of Web 6.0.
“It has been almost, but not quite, 18 months in development. We didn’t even know that we were involved in this massive project until I read this very post. That proves just how powerful Web 6.0 really is,” said Rabbi Dan Rand, managing director of Aish Toronto.
“This goes well beyond Semantic Web, Strange Web, and Lizard Web. This is Ultimate Plus Plus Plus Web. We are even considering spelling Web with two “b”s and calling it Jimmy Webb after the great composer,” said Moishe Rosen, Founder and first Executive Director of Jews for Jesus.
Weird Woman’s Tea Club was unavailable for comment. Moishe assures us that they are busy formulating a perceived need to re-label the Web yet again.
Weird Woman’s Tea Club
