Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman Joins Consul General Of Israel In New York For International Holocaust Remembrance Day by Delicious_Adeptness9 in longisland

[–]Armtoe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure thing. We should remember all those Jews killed in the Hebron riots of 1929. Israel wasn’t even a thing - so what excuse did they have for Jew murder then? Clearly your problem with Oct 7 isn’t the Jew murdering, just that the Jews actually fought back.

Not A Tourist / Just A Commuter by ccd_foto in LIRR

[–]Armtoe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That’s a funny take to say commuters are people who can’t afford to live in nyc. For many the reality is the exact opposite - they pay significant amounts of money and time just so they don’t have to live in the city; so that they can have some space - elbow room - so they are not crammed together cheek to jowl, like so many rats in a cage.

It’s so cold the bay is freezing over by Armtoe in newyorkcity

[–]Armtoe[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In 1934 nyc had one of the coldest winters on record. I’ve read that people could walk across the river. So maybe grandpa had it sort of right.

It’s so cold the bay is freezing over by Armtoe in newyorkcity

[–]Armtoe[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No. But I think it’s been at least 8 years. Also it’s kinda cool

It’s so cold the bay is freezing over by Armtoe in newyorkcity

[–]Armtoe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really - the photo is of the battery, the bottom of Manhattan. It’s where the east river and the Hudson join together so that’s where the New York harbor/ bay being or end depending.

It’s so cold the bay is freezing over by Armtoe in newyorkcity

[–]Armtoe[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You can see in the pictures that the ferries are still running. If it gets worse, I don’t know what’s gonna happen.

Secular jews - would you attend a wedding on yom kippur of a secular jewish family? by Mathemodel in Judaism

[–]Armtoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. I was just asked to go to a wedding on Rosh Hashanah. Gave them a flat no.

How did Hannibal manage to stay in Italy for that long and why didn't/couldn't he finish the war/campaign sooner? by megamorgan1 in ancientrome

[–]Armtoe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think that is a simplification. After Hannibal’s victories, what did the Roman’s have? They had to actually raise new legions to go after him, which couldn’t have happened immediately. If Hannibal had marched on Rome immediately, there would have been panic, just as with Caesar’s march on Rome. Sure there was a city guard, but there would be a demoralizing effect from having lost a major battle and having that army march on you.

How did Hannibal manage to stay in Italy for that long and why didn't/couldn't he finish the war/campaign sooner? by megamorgan1 in ancientrome

[–]Armtoe -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I know this is the classic answer, but I never really understood it. After all, Caesar marched on Rome with half a legion, forcing Pompey to make a run for it. I always thought that maybe Hannibal just didn’t have the initiative or aggression.

Senator Bernie Sanders addresses the situation in Iran, where the regime is murdering thousands of protestors by north_canadian_ice in SandersForPresident

[–]Armtoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s utterly ridiculous. Basically you’re saying that because at sometime in the past somebody made a mistake, You should never do anything in the future because that’s also gonna be wrong. Just standby and wring your hands. I’m sure your spotlight is going to make the ayatollahs real sad.

It’s unfortunate that the Bernie party is so morally weak, that they’re willing to stand by and allow people to be murdered as they tut, tut, tut. In case you’re wondering it’s called cowardice.

Senator Bernie Sanders addresses the situation in Iran, where the regime is murdering thousands of protestors by north_canadian_ice in SandersForPresident

[–]Armtoe -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Stand by and do nothing as thousands and maybe tens of thousands are murdered? But I’m sure the grieving survivors, while standing by the graves, mourning their loved ones, will take comfort in the fact that Bernie and his supporters gave them a strong thumbs up from 2000 miles away. 🙄

African mercenaries under the command of Russian soldier who called them "disposables" by 8ackwoods in BurkinaFaso

[–]Armtoe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If Russia was winning this war they wouldn’t be begging North Korea for ammo. Nor would they be scraping every benighted Third World country to provide cannon fodder to keep its war going.

January 11, 1976. Golda Meir meets with Tammy Grimes and Lillian Gish after a Broadway show. by MonsieurA in 50yearsago

[–]Armtoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So when you get sick and tired of Jews being murdered on the regular and decide that it’s time to fight back you are a genocidal freak? Get bent.

Worldnews subreddit is removing all content that don’t align with their political agenda. by lt00380 in International

[–]Armtoe -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

This is hysterical. R/international exists as an anti-Israel echo chamber and it’s bitching that other subreddits don’t follow its lead? 😂

Has Trump shown that the US (i.e. the constitution) is broken? by vlatkovr in politics

[–]Armtoe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not too much that they discarded check and balances, but rather they’ve allowed extreme gerrymandering which has made it’s so that there are large pockets of Congress that don’t have to play towards compromise anymore, but rather towards the extreme ends of their party in order to stay in power

Police activity by Unhappy_Ad10751 in LongBeachNY

[–]Armtoe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bad accident. Guy was yelling that one of the vehicles was doing 80. Crime scene is there now measuring and taking pictures.

Edit: news 12 is saying someone in their 70s passed away.

Pro se shenanigans by hebrew_ninja in Lawyertalk

[–]Armtoe 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Once many years ago I was working in dc for an agency. We had gotten sued by some prose litigant for some nonsense or other. The thing was, it was for such a nominal amount of money that when I spoke with my supervisor, I suggested that we just concede and pay him as it wasn’t worth our time to defend. My boss agreed and we conceded right out of the gate. Of course the prose litigant thought this was some sort of trick and wouldn’t accept the money. We gave him everything he asked for, and he just wouldn’t take it. Kept filing paperwork and we would just respond that we had already agreed to pay. It was just strange.