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jj1000 · « **Reply #1280 on:** August 20, 2013, 06:44:44 PM »

http://io9.com/the-worlds-tallest-lego-tower-ever-1171214996

DovtheBear · « **Reply #1281 on:** August 20, 2013, 07:42:42 PM »

Quote from: jj1000 on August 20, 2013, 06:44:44 PM

http://io9.com/the-worlds-tallest-lego-tower-ever-1171214996

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nice accomplishment, but can it still be called a tower if it is not a freestanding structure?

PlatinumGuy · « **Reply #1282 on:** August 21, 2013, 12:42:33 AM »

http://business.time.com/2012/01/09/billions-wasted-do-gift-cards-make-sense-when-so-many-go-unused/#ixzz2cZjWQQQv

DovtheBear · « **Reply #1283 on:** August 21, 2013, 01:09:46 AM »

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/Olive-Press/2013/0820/A-Fiddler-on-the-Roof-rabbi-whose-business-smarts-have-attracted-Google

Marco Polo · « **Reply #1284 on:** August 21, 2013, 01:58:35 PM »

Story here.

asd · « **Reply #1285 on:** August 21, 2013, 09:21:15 PM »

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/nyregion/hasidic-jews-turn-up-pressure-on-city-to-accommodate-their-traditions.html?hp

CountValentine · « **Reply #1286 on:** August 22, 2013, 01:35:43 AM »

Quote from: asd on August 21, 2013, 09:21:15 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/22/nyregion/hasidic-jews-turn-up-pressure-on-city-to-accommodate-their-traditions.html?hp

Pretty sad.

"Many members of both factions admitted they did not know whom they were voting for but had been instructed to do so by their rabbis or yeshiva officials."

henche · « **Reply #1287 on:** August 22, 2013, 02:17:34 AM »

Quote from: CountValentine on August 22, 2013, 01:35:43 AM

Pretty sad.

"Many members of both factions admitted they did not know whom they were voting for but had been instructed to do so by their rabbis or yeshiva officials."

Seems better than what most americans base their vote on.

CountValentine · « **Reply #1288 on:** August 22, 2013, 02:20:00 AM »

Quote from: henche on August 22, 2013, 02:17:34 AM

Seems better than what most americans base their vote on.

Not even close.

SamKey · « **Reply #1289 on:** August 22, 2013, 07:44:02 AM »

" talmudic hairsplitting" lol

meshugener · « **Reply #1290 on:** August 22, 2013, 09:26:29 AM »

http://nytimes.com/2013/08/23/us/bradley-manning-says-he-is-female.html?

Moshe123 · « **Reply #1291 on:** August 22, 2013, 09:33:42 AM »

Quote from: meshugener on August 22, 2013, 09:26:29 AM

http://nytimes.com/2013/08/23/us/bradley-manning-says-he-is-female.html?

Sick puppy. Should be sent to a mental institution.

MarkS · « **Reply #1292 on:** August 22, 2013, 12:21:51 PM »

http://usat.ly/13HbIoc
Circumcision rates don't include those done out of the hospital. Muslims were 69% and Jews were 1%. Hmm.. wonder if the fact that most Jews do it out of the hospital contribute to those %'s...

henche · « **Reply #1293 on:** August 22, 2013, 01:35:47 PM »

Quote from: MarkS on August 22, 2013, 12:21:51 PM

http://usat.ly/13HbIoc
Circumcision rates don't include those done out of the hospital. Muslims were 69% and Jews were 1%. Hmm.. wonder if the fact that most Jews do it out of the hospital contribute to those %'s...

Also, there are 1 billion moslems and only 10 or 15 million jews. So it quite stands to reason that there would be 70x as many moslems circumcised as jews.

MarkS · « **Reply #1294 on:** August 22, 2013, 02:15:06 PM »

Quote from: henche on August 22, 2013, 01:35:47 PM

Also, there are 1 billion moslems and only 10 or 15 million jews. So it quite stands to reason that there would be 70x as many moslems circumcised as jews.

My bad, I thought it was only in the US... from rereading the article I see that it is worldwide