Jonah Bamel
@bamelawyer.bsky.social
Associate Attorney at Capua Law
Former Law Clerk, North Carolina Court of Appeals
J.D. '19, Wake Forest School of Law
Former Law Clerk, North Carolina Court of Appeals
J.D. '19, Wake Forest School of Law
I don’t think you need a test, nor does the song need to be good to make my point.
December 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I don’t think you need a test, nor does the song need to be good to make my point.
I mean sure or “White Christmas” or “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” or “Christmas Don’t Be Late” or “Santa Baby” or “All I Want For Christmas Is You” or “The Christmas Waltz” or “Christmas Wrapping” or “Christmas in Hollis” or “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” or “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”…
December 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I mean sure or “White Christmas” or “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” or “Christmas Don’t Be Late” or “Santa Baby” or “All I Want For Christmas Is You” or “The Christmas Waltz” or “Christmas Wrapping” or “Christmas in Hollis” or “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” or “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”…
This is why I fully embrace the Grinch and Rankin-Bass specials and pop songs with no theological content like “Last Christmas” - there’s a rich cultural heritage to secular Christmas that has been contributed to by people of many faiths and traditions into a new, secular, wonderful holiday.
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is why I fully embrace the Grinch and Rankin-Bass specials and pop songs with no theological content like “Last Christmas” - there’s a rich cultural heritage to secular Christmas that has been contributed to by people of many faiths and traditions into a new, secular, wonderful holiday.
I believe what happened is *Christians bifurcated the holiday themselves* into a religious holiday and a secular holiday on the same day. There are religious texts and trappings, but there are also secular texts (many contributed by us Jews) and trappings that signify the secular Christmas.
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I believe what happened is *Christians bifurcated the holiday themselves* into a religious holiday and a secular holiday on the same day. There are religious texts and trappings, but there are also secular texts (many contributed by us Jews) and trappings that signify the secular Christmas.
While I appreciate your apology & accept it, with all due respect, you went well beyond “snark” - it’s already so hard to persuade people to understand that Jews are not a monolithic community & many of us reject being used as rhetorical pawns, shooting wildly from the hip like that doesn’t help us.
December 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
While I appreciate your apology & accept it, with all due respect, you went well beyond “snark” - it’s already so hard to persuade people to understand that Jews are not a monolithic community & many of us reject being used as rhetorical pawns, shooting wildly from the hip like that doesn’t help us.
It’s your condescending attitude, Tom. There wouldn’t have been a tenth of the replies you’ve gotten if you weren’t so intent on shouting your displeasure at everyone in the gallery rather than letting people enjoy what they enjoy.
December 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It’s your condescending attitude, Tom. There wouldn’t have been a tenth of the replies you’ve gotten if you weren’t so intent on shouting your displeasure at everyone in the gallery rather than letting people enjoy what they enjoy.
It’s wild what people will say online without an ounce of reading comprehension. Friendly tip, Kat: the post to which you replied was supporting @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It’s wild what people will say online without an ounce of reading comprehension. Friendly tip, Kat: the post to which you replied was supporting @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
What cult do you think I’m a part of?
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
What cult do you think I’m a part of?
Gentiles who appeal to “talk to Jews” as support for their twisted misunderstanding of antisemitism are a particularly insidious lot, and we absolutely do not need their “help” in any way
December 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Gentiles who appeal to “talk to Jews” as support for their twisted misunderstanding of antisemitism are a particularly insidious lot, and we absolutely do not need their “help” in any way
There is no inherent superiority to the concept of starting production with every plot point already planned in advance vs. writing your way out of corners as you go. Breaking Bad - which tom also loves - did both at different times, most notably writing S3 as they went. It’s all about execution.
December 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
There is no inherent superiority to the concept of starting production with every plot point already planned in advance vs. writing your way out of corners as you go. Breaking Bad - which tom also loves - did both at different times, most notably writing S3 as they went. It’s all about execution.
Can confirm, we did this for every opinion as an appellate law clerk.
December 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Can confirm, we did this for every opinion as an appellate law clerk.
For pure ubiquity as a political reference, I think the Handmaid’s Tale is on the fast-track to this status
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
For pure ubiquity as a political reference, I think the Handmaid’s Tale is on the fast-track to this status
this ad might interest fans of @kentremendous.bsky.social and @joeposnanski.com for other reasons
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
this ad might interest fans of @kentremendous.bsky.social and @joeposnanski.com for other reasons
Oh absolutely, isn’t it something like a 40% boost for an inductees catalog?
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Oh absolutely, isn’t it something like a 40% boost for an inductees catalog?
Fortunately, the Hall has carried on acknowledging the big tent of rock & roll
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Fortunately, the Hall has carried on acknowledging the big tent of rock & roll
Ok you’re 18 years too late for this freezing cold take.
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Ok you’re 18 years too late for this freezing cold take.
I remember it was rumored that James Corden was going to follow One Man Two Guv’nors by playing Pseudolus, but then he got the Late Late Show. I think about that Sliding Doors scenario often.
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I remember it was rumored that James Corden was going to follow One Man Two Guv’nors by playing Pseudolus, but then he got the Late Late Show. I think about that Sliding Doors scenario often.
I have often said “lo siento, hablo españolito”, and often receive a polite laugh that I can only hope is understanding rather than mockery, frustration, or exasperation, but even the gesture of trying to apologize in good faith for my own limitation seems far more reasonable than projecting fear.
October 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I have often said “lo siento, hablo españolito”, and often receive a polite laugh that I can only hope is understanding rather than mockery, frustration, or exasperation, but even the gesture of trying to apologize in good faith for my own limitation seems far more reasonable than projecting fear.
“On the Dark Side” from EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS is a legit rock hit, too
September 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“On the Dark Side” from EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS is a legit rock hit, too
“Falling Slowly” from ONCE and “Glasgow” from WILD ROSE are two classic “this would be a rising artist’s break out song” but might not be legit hits in their respective universes.
I also think “The Origin of Love” from HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH is the underground-cult hit equivalent of this.
I also think “The Origin of Love” from HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH is the underground-cult hit equivalent of this.
September 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“Falling Slowly” from ONCE and “Glasgow” from WILD ROSE are two classic “this would be a rising artist’s break out song” but might not be legit hits in their respective universes.
I also think “The Origin of Love” from HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH is the underground-cult hit equivalent of this.
I also think “The Origin of Love” from HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH is the underground-cult hit equivalent of this.