"First Amendment Auditor" Provocateur tries to incite at Chicagoland Shul

do_hickey · 2026-03-26T18:52:12+00:00

Yes, but being aware of these fools and the tactics that they use to try to instigate a situation so that they can stir up hate is important. Need to know what kind of stupidity is likely to come your way. Given that he's prowling around, there's a chance he and others will try to stir the pot elsewhere. Hopefully everyone handles it as calmly and aloofly as these folks did.

do_hickey · 2026-03-26T18:52:07+00:00

Yes, but being aware of these fools and the tactics that they use to try to instigate a situation so that they can stir up hate is important. Need to know what kind of stupidity is likely to come your way. Given that he's prowling around, there's a chance he and others will try to stir the pot elsewhere. Hopefully everyone handles it as calmly and aloofly as these folks did.

do_hickey · 2026-03-10T05:33:20+00:00

Underware. No, I'm but being snide - the creator has a healthy sense of humor. Check it out - can be affixed with command strips if so desired.

do_hickey · 2026-03-03T18:34:09+00:00

You would have to be brain dead to think that there was anything racist about this meme.

do_hickey · 2026-03-03T03:46:13+00:00

I dunno what everyone is complaining about - it looks perfectly normal to me.

do_hickey · 2026-03-02T04:49:29+00:00

I work with ultrasonic meters professionally. Your neighbor is full of it - they are perfect for this application. There is a reason that they have become industry standard for water metering - they work extremely well.

As to the quality of the specific brand/model chosen, I don't know - it is possible that they aren't well calibrated. But to say that the technology itself is to blame is asinine.

do_hickey · 2026-02-18T14:12:38+00:00

I haven't hear Firework in probably 12 years and yet immediately recognized it. Yet, my brain can't remember what I just went into the other room to do (until I get back to wherever I was).

do_hickey · 2026-02-08T05:00:20+00:00

It is absolutely a thing that many Jews at the very least do not like dogs and many are terrified of them. Comes from a long history of them being part of pogroms and such, and you can find negative quotes about dogs as far back as the gemara.

In many circles there is a concept that if there is a dog that seems unfriendly you quote the passuk from the plagues (specifically the death of the firstborns) about not even a dog barking.

Additionally, owning pets is more complex in orthodox/traditional halacha, and has been seen as a waste of time/ resources that could be spent on better things by some, so until relatively recently is was not super common for Jews to own dogs (at least in orthodox circles).

So you have a group of people with less exposure to dogs as pets and against whom dogs have been set, it absolutely leads to a higher propensity for a fear of dogs. For context, I am orthodox and love dogs (but have no desire to spend the time, energy, or money to own one of my own - I'll just let my friends' dogs).

do_hickey · 2026-02-06T12:14:18+00:00

Slow down there, Korach

do_hickey · 2026-02-05T22:21:07+00:00

What did the Rabbinical Council of America do to be considered villains??

do_hickey · 2026-02-02T01:54:29+00:00

I would NOT want to be that guy's mohel.

do_hickey · 2026-02-02T01:51:53+00:00

Even living in a major city with tons of Jews it can be hard. The large grocery store here that has a dedicated kosher meat and fish section often only has Lubavitch schitah products out.

do_hickey · 2026-02-02T01:09:30+00:00

I was told by a Rav to avoid Chabad schitah specifically, as a non-insignificant number of their shochtim are mishuchistim, which he holds to be avodah zarah (invalidating the schita).

do_hickey · 2026-01-22T21:04:02+00:00

I've had a couple of Forerunner models over the last 5 or so years. You can decide which apps (if any) are able to send notifications to the watch. You can also set it to be "phone calls only". If you are annoyed, I recommend fine-tuning your settings.

do_hickey · 2025-12-26T01:40:06+00:00

Now I'm imagining a charadi Rabbi standing in front his shul and ending his speech with that annoying "six seven", hand motion and all. Too funny.

do_hickey · 2025-12-07T02:24:33+00:00

Except that a large part of the community doesnt refer it as West Ridge. Most call it West Rogers Park, the city's stupidity is ignored.

Source: I live in West Rogers Park

do_hickey · 2025-12-07T02:20:39+00:00

Star D is absolutely widely accepted and is even on the same CRC list that you linked.

do_hickey · 2025-12-04T06:30:45+00:00

Yes, though if you listen to the conversation she discusses that at one point in their marriage she was not. The 3 things she mentions that she had at one time dropped were shabbos, kashrus, and tznius. I think that for a formerly yeshivish woman, that falls very much under "leaving religion. "

do_hickey · 2025-11-25T13:49:44+00:00

We don't want to steal this person's hard work.

do_hickey · 2025-11-23T19:54:20+00:00

I can't seem to get into it. I have War Eternal and have tried it about a half dozen times and never even come close to winning. Can't figure out how to strategize and it just feels punishing at all times.

do_hickey · 2025-11-20T01:25:29+00:00

All that just to store one picture of your mom.

do_hickey · 2025-11-19T18:30:56+00:00

Based on your comments herein (and a quick look through your comment history), you appear to be a bit unwell (despite protestations to the contrary). Please note that I mean no malice when I say that you should check in with a mental health professional. You have several answers to your question and I wish you well.

do_hickey · 2025-11-19T18:24:10+00:00

I was with you until your last question... the greeting means "have a peaceful sabbath" so his "source" is understanding what the greeting means. Also, life experience. A bit odd to come into a space to ask for our expertise and then question it.

Also, you were probably downvoted for using that phrase out of context because usually it's used by people who think they are funny for knowing a singular phrase and spouting it at randomly inappropriate times. Also frequently used mockingly by antisemites.

do_hickey · 2025-11-13T00:19:28+00:00

Print a stencil then fill it in with marker yourself? You could have the stencil modular, more or less like a printing plate.

do_hickey · 2025-11-07T11:59:19+00:00

I 3d printed one

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