You may recall my link to this story. My take at the time was, wait, how can distributing pamphlets be illegal??? Are we back in the Schenck Universe? What was even more amazing was the the university president here- in a different town and a different county- felt it important to make an official statement and set up counseling for frightened and traumatized students. Holy shit.

Well, here we are several months later, and the Hillel house in our town decided to sponsor a rally and a march to make sure everyone knows that we are OUTRAGED and are coming together as a community to stamp out Hate.

In July 2022, Neo-Nazi literature (with skull and swastika emblems) was distributed to three houses of worship in Hornell targeting a Roman Catholic church, a predominantly black congregation church, and a Jewish synagogue.

• What is our response?
To march in unity to each of the three targeted houses of worship and rededicate them to their sacred purpose of worship.

• Why should you participate?
This is an opportunity for us, who are opposed to religious and racial intimidation, to encourage one another by coming out and lending our presence and voice. By participating, you will be saying that Neo-Nazi intimidation is not okay in our community.

“Not okay.” Thank god they cleared THAT up. The march was supposed to start at one of the churches, proceed to the next church, and then end at the synagogue. As you might expect, I’d be more inclined to contribute to a First Amendment defense fund than engage in a moral preening display validating the fright and intimidation caused by these three insignificant trailer park losers dangerous desperados.

During our weekly Shabbat get-together, everyone started planning and arranging transportation and signage. I stayed silent, not wanting to go out of my way to alienate what few Jews we have here, not to mention getting a personally and professionally destructive reputation as a “Nazi sympathizer.” Of course, the questions began. “Why aren’t you going? Don’t you want to protest?” Much ducking, dodging, and in the end, lying. I’ll have to make sure that neither I nor my car are seen around here next weekend since I, ahem, am unfortunately traveling.

I also will not protest today’s birthdays which include my kinda guy; one of our intellectual forefathers; a guy who was a bit of a space cadet; an early victim of police violence; a truly forgettable Chief Justice named after a truly ineffective DA; an exception to the “dynasties suck” rule; Daryl Dragon’s spirit guide;  a guy whose career peaked in a monkey suit; an astronaut who didn’t punch anyone– that we know about; a woman who fucked Dustin Hoffman; one more argument in favor of term limits; a mediocrity famous for something or other, maybe hanging out with actual talents; a guy who had more wood than Peter North; and another truly forgettable Supreme.

Let’s move on to Links.

 

Now do the CIA black sites in Ukraine.

 

Man, I truly picked the wrong area of science to work in.

 

I hope they have a Unity March.

 

It’s wonderful to see politicians working so hard to convince the citizenry that our government is a corrupt and retarded enterprise. This is how libertarians are created.

 

It’s wonderful to see politicians working so hard to… oh wait. God, I love this woman. Along with MTG and Boebert, she has succeeded in so many ways where we have failed.

 

If there were human sacrifice involved, this story would be complete.

 

One more reason I avoid Atlanta as the plague that it is.

 

Old Man Music features one of our birthday boys playing with his organ. And to be fair, this is a song that, every time I pick up my flute, I can’t help but start to play.