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This insane exchange with Chomsky from a few years ago showed his amazing capacity for burying his head in the sand, or 'wilful ignorance' we in the biz call it
www.monbiot.com/2012/05/21/2...

many more connections between Calvinism and Ottoman expansionism than I realised

yes i know, i am merely being facetious for my own droll amusement. Have a wonderful evening froblivion/cow tools account!

my source, although I don't doubt there is more out there somewhere
forward.com/culture/2057...

'Bleggages' is noted as being an exclusive Scots-Yiddish word, meaning scoundrel.
Another exclusive word is 'trebblers", meaning "those Edinburgh Jews who made a precarious living as itinerant salesmen, peddling anything from sewing needles to ready-made dresses.”

“...I come here every veek and Hakodosh Borukh Hu [the Holy One Blessed Be He — that is God] kens me vell, un’ he don’t mind if I take it easy. But dese bleggages dat come vonce or twice a year — no! Dey daven or dey shot op!”

“Two men vent into a poob and ordered a glass beer. Dey hadna been in dat poob more dan vonce or twice before. Vell, day sip deir beer un’ dey sit talking un’ schmoosing. Dey sit un’ talk un’ talk. At last de barman leans over de counter and he says to dem: ‘Oot!’ Nu, dat’s how it is mit a shul..."

lots of misconception on here and on twitter (RIP) that it means "I support universal healthcare and good public transport". A cool new symbol is a great idea