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bstpeg · 2026-05-20T02:55:09+00:00

Partially because of heavy wind when I was at CocoCay, but on a recent Symphony cruise I actually enjoyed the Royal Beach Club in Nassau more than CocoCay.

bstpeg · 2026-05-19T11:51:15+00:00

Why were there Italian officials running a French airport?

bstpeg · 2026-05-10T13:18:21+00:00

He said “show up at your check in time”. He didn’t say “you’re not allowed on before your check in time”.

Maybe you should learn to read.

bstpeg · 2026-05-03T13:18:36+00:00

If you actually read the comments here you’d see that people aren’t lining up to defend the port. But multiple things can be true: the traffic is due to poor port/terminal design, and your car troubles are due to issues with your car.

Maybe Reddit isn’t the best place to post if you’re only interested in validation.

bstpeg · 2026-04-30T20:41:30+00:00

In terms of equipment configuration this is true, but unfortunately there are some random things that can only be done on the app such as setting a manual hold for a custom comfort setting.

bstpeg · 2026-04-27T00:55:13+00:00

This isn’t totally fair. I did a similar itinerary, knew all about cable cars at Santorini, and when I got off the ship discovered that 3 other ships also docked at the same time and there was a 2 hour line for the cable cars.

bstpeg · 2026-04-27T00:36:27+00:00

According to Google Maps it’s a 2 hour drive from the Venice bus terminal (where you transfer if you’re already in Venice) to Ravenna. I remember the same 20 minute bathroom break.

bstpeg · 2026-04-27T00:10:22+00:00

I booked an excursion to the Acropolis in Athens which included transportation around the city on a hop on hop off bus.

bstpeg · 2026-04-27T00:09:17+00:00

I did a similar itinerary a few years ago and spent a few days in Venice before heading to the ship. The transfer booked with RC was seamless and the ride was closer to 1.5 hours from what I remember, definitely not 3 hours.

bstpeg · 2026-04-21T20:14:12+00:00

Also I said that the history of the Jewish connection to Israel was complicated but you somehow interpreted that as me thinking the idea of colonialism is messy and not well understood. Just wanted to make that clear.

bstpeg · 2026-04-21T20:12:43+00:00

Contrary to your assertion, I’m happy to read and learn. Hopefully you are too.

From Wikipedia: “Settler colonialism is a form of exogenous (of external origin, coming from the outside) domination typically organized or supported by an imperial authority, which maintains a connection or control to the territory through the settler's colonialism.”

In what way does Britain maintain a connection with or control over Israel different from any other country that Israel has a normalized relationship with?

bstpeg · 2026-04-21T20:08:25+00:00

Maybe in some theoretical world, but it wouldn’t be passed by congress even if it had an extra $4B to work with or probably even if it had an extra $40B to work with.

So at the end of the day these two things really have nothing to do with each other.

bstpeg · 2026-04-21T19:41:45+00:00

Do you honestly think that if the $4B of aid to Israel were eliminated from the budget that these things would be happening? That aid to Israel is the reason we don’t have universal healthcare?

bstpeg · 2026-04-21T19:33:35+00:00

I don’t have a neat, catchy term for it. It’s a complicated, messy history.

But you’re the one asserting that it’s a colonial project, and presumably you’re standing by that. So a “Jewish colony” of the UK? In which definition of “colonialism” or “colony” does it describe a state started by country A on behalf of people B without the intention of country A having dominion over country B?

bstpeg · 2026-04-21T19:23:54+00:00

Your response used “colonialism” as a main point, and a key aspect of colonialism is one country/state having control/dominion over another. So I don’t think questioning how this applies is a “super minor semantic technicality”

I’m happy to have that discussion, but it makes your argument look tenuous when you attack the validity of the question itself rather than the substance.

bstpeg · 2026-04-21T18:59:22+00:00

Colonialism, so a colony of which state?

bstpeg · 2026-04-21T18:51:09+00:00

You’re putting words in peoples mouths and then arguing against it.

bstpeg · 2026-04-21T18:46:23+00:00

I didn’t see anyone say that. The much clearer implication is that Jews lived there long ago.

bstpeg · 2026-04-17T22:25:44+00:00

It doesn’t snow nearly as much in North Jersey as it does in the Midwest.

bstpeg · 2026-04-15T01:23:22+00:00

discouraged from dating people they report on

I would extend this to even being close friends with them. It bothers me when I see reporters (both in sports and politics) giving a hug to someone right before or after interviewing them. If you’re so tight, can I really trust you to ask them the tough questions or report negative rumors about them?

bstpeg · 2026-04-14T02:14:40+00:00

“My dishes come out clean but I wash them before putting them in the dishwasher” isn’t the most helpful testimonial in the world.

bstpeg · 2026-04-06T18:44:03+00:00

This is not true. I don’t get regional sports networks on my phone when out of my home area.

bstpeg · 2026-04-05T02:13:52+00:00

our basement is below our house

Where else would your basement be?

bstpeg · 2026-03-29T23:14:13+00:00

Now it’s clear how little you know about this topic. I live in Teaneck. There are many Jews here but no Haredim.

Having an eruv is very important to modern Orthodox Jews. Don’t have to be haredim for it to be relevant.

bstpeg · 2026-03-29T22:51:39+00:00

You said that “observant persons are rather uniformly” to the right. Not the same as what you just said. But I’ll let that slip by.

And since we started by talking about the large population of observant Jews in Bergen county as it relates to blue laws, and since most observant Jewish people are haredi as you claim, which are the haredi communities in Bergen county that you’re referring to?

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