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You people ***** about how universal healthcare would raise your taxes but are happy to have forked over $200B in new taxes.

And you know, when there is a viable local resource, but the foreign product, you impose a tariff on the foreign product to price it closer to the local one. That's how tariffs work in trade. But when you impose a blanket tariff on everything from a country, it just raises prices, because there...

Tariffs are paid by the importers, to the importing country's government.

The Monroe Doctrine says that the US won't let Europeans interfere with affairs on the Americas. It also says the US won't interfere with European affairs.

Do you even know what the Monroe Doctrine is? The Monroe Doctrine, proclaimed by President James Monroe in 1823, was a U.S. foreign policy opposing European colonialism and intervention in the Americas, asserting the Western Hemisphere as a distinct sphere of influence closed to further...

She has 31 years in FDNY, working and living alongside firefighters. She has proven leadership and large scale management experience, ending her career as FDNY EMS Chief. FDNY Commissioner is a purely management/political position. She has a Fire Chief to advise on firefighting. The guy that...

Typically, not unless it falls during Hanuka

Other way around. Messianic Jews are an offshoot of Southern Baptist. Hold services with Jewish trappings. Call their Minister Rabbi. They are usually very active around campus and large immigrant Jewish communities, especially during the influx of Russian Jews. They prey on those who do not...

And poultry. Whole kosher chicken and turkey is a different level of good.

So, a Christian.

Have a good look at civil law statutes. There are tons of laws in there that can no longer be enforced. Most because what they try to regulate is no longer the norm. Tons of laws on how those new fangled horse-carriages should share the road with horse and buggy. But should the horse and buggy...

What you think you know about Jewish law would fit on the head of a pin, with room to spare. Yes, suspended. Halacha is G-d given. We cannot invalidate it. We are just bound only to the Laws we can actually observe. Should the Temple be rebuilt, those Laws would be in effect.

That's is partially correct. We don't worry about the parts of Jewish Law that we cannot apply anymore. Everything that requires the Temple is suspended.

Talmud does not say you can't. Talmud gives you the conditions under which you can. And those conditions are almost impossible to meet.

Talmud is part of Torah. Talmud expands on the terse meaning of the Pentateuch. For example, Pentateuch says to slaughter animals in the manner shown. Talmud explains what that is. To fully understand Halacha, you need both.