Daily Archives: 11/22/2011

(Community Matters) Youth & Beauty: Art of the American Twenties. Exhibit through Jan 29 at Brooklyn Museum. Want to see this.

(Community Matters) “God agrees to grant Hyman a wish, w/ the condition that whatever he asks for, his brother-in-law will get double. ‘Ok’ Hyman says, ‘I wish I were half-dead.'”

“At his checkup, Schwartz asks the doctor, ‘Do you think I’ll live to 100? I don’t smoke or drink or eat rich food or have sex with loose women.’ ‘So why do you want to live to 100?’ ”

“What does a Jew hope people will say about him at his funeral? ‘Look! He’s moving!’ ”

11/14 New York Magazine, “They’re Old, They’re Jewish and They Have DNA Like You Wouldn’t Believe.” Posted from my blackberry

(Community Matters) I’m not a huge fan of the death penalty because of systemic flaws in our judicial system and the inherent, resulting bias in its application. But, I could vote for the death penalty if these facts prove out – ex-Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky and details of Victim One.

(Community Matters) Egypt or Occupy Wall Street?

1) The government says the protests are illegal and has launched a crackdown.

2) People came not to protest, but rather to break laws, and in some cases, to harm others

(Community Matters) now proven twice – Fox viewers are ill informed

Fox News viewers are less informed than people who don’t watch any news, according to a new poll from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

This isn’t the first study that has found that Fox News viewers more misinformed in comparison to others. Last year, a study from the University of Maryland found that Fox News viewers were more likely to believe false information about politics.