Levantine
@levantine18.bsky.social
Public Diplomacy Knight-Errant. Gastrodiplomacy Maven.
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Thank you, uh, Bill Kristol.
“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.”
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We Have No Supreme Court
The philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court.
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October 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Thank you, uh, Bill Kristol.
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I mean, it's not like defeating the Nazis is considered a big one for the WAR DEPARTMENT or anything, understandable he'd skip over that.
Hegseth: "Send me to right the Redcoats, send me to fight the communists, send me to fight the Islamists. Send me."
October 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM
I mean, it's not like defeating the Nazis is considered a big one for the WAR DEPARTMENT or anything, understandable he'd skip over that.
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Sure hope the ADL is feeling good about going out of their way to defend this guy against charges of antisemitism.
April 12, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Sure hope the ADL is feeling good about going out of their way to defend this guy against charges of antisemitism.
Happy Passover! Enjoy the No Pharaohs rally!
April 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Happy Passover! Enjoy the No Pharaohs rally!
I have an oped in the #Taipei Times today on #Taiwanese #gastrodiplomacy to #Arizona
www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...
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Taiwan could use more food diplomacy - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I have an oped in the #Taipei Times today on #Taiwanese #gastrodiplomacy to #Arizona
www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...
www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...
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‘Taiwan could use more food diplomacy,’ by Paul Rockower (@levantine18.bsky.social)
#GI7100 #GI5052 #gastrodiplomacy
#GI7100 #GI5052 #gastrodiplomacy
Taiwan could use more food diplomacy - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
www.taipeitimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
‘Taiwan could use more food diplomacy,’ by Paul Rockower (@levantine18.bsky.social)
#GI7100 #GI5052 #gastrodiplomacy
#GI7100 #GI5052 #gastrodiplomacy
Rabbi Hayyim of Brisk was asked by his disciples to define the task of a rabbi:
"To redress the grievances of those who are abandoned and alone, to protect the dignity of the poor, and to save the oppressed from the hands of his oppressor."
All the rest is just commentary.
"To redress the grievances of those who are abandoned and alone, to protect the dignity of the poor, and to save the oppressed from the hands of his oppressor."
All the rest is just commentary.
December 24, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Rabbi Hayyim of Brisk was asked by his disciples to define the task of a rabbi:
"To redress the grievances of those who are abandoned and alone, to protect the dignity of the poor, and to save the oppressed from the hands of his oppressor."
All the rest is just commentary.
"To redress the grievances of those who are abandoned and alone, to protect the dignity of the poor, and to save the oppressed from the hands of his oppressor."
All the rest is just commentary.
“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressors is the mind of the oppressed.”
-Steve Biko
-Steve Biko
December 14, 2024 at 9:27 PM
“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressors is the mind of the oppressed.”
-Steve Biko
-Steve Biko
“There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.”
-Vaclav Havel, “Summer Meditations”
-Vaclav Havel, “Summer Meditations”
November 23, 2024 at 5:31 PM
“There is only one thing I will not concede: that it might be meaningless to strive in a good cause.”
-Vaclav Havel, “Summer Meditations”
-Vaclav Havel, “Summer Meditations”
“Without informed citizens, democracy is an empty ritual.”
-Jackson and Karen Parker Lears
-Jackson and Karen Parker Lears
November 19, 2024 at 2:57 AM
“Without informed citizens, democracy is an empty ritual.”
-Jackson and Karen Parker Lears
-Jackson and Karen Parker Lears
So this is where all the cool kids are now hanging out? Just get me off the Twitter cesspool.
November 18, 2024 at 1:46 AM
So this is where all the cool kids are now hanging out? Just get me off the Twitter cesspool.