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 George Conway on Trump: “He invites people to feel as if they are superior by hating on other people. He has created a permission structure for people to be their worst selves. He has taught Americans that it’s okay to be selfish and spiteful and hateful and angry and resentful and that is the most toxic thing he has done to the country”

lunch break

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A Colombian bus driver takes advantage of his lunch break alongside his colleagues. Upon opening the lunchbox prepared by his wife, he discovers, inside, a little note written in her hand. Intrigued, one of his colleagues snatches it, takes a photo of it, then decides to read the message aloud in front of the whole group… and what is written there surprises everyone. “My love, I know you’re going through tough days and that you work tirelessly to give us a better life. Even when you come home exhausted, you always find the strength to smile and take care of our family. I just wanted to remind you that we’re proud of you and that we love you more than anything.” Silence fell around the table. Some colleagues lowered their eyes, others had tears in theirs. The driver, for his part, remained frozen for a few seconds before discreetly pressing the note to his heart. Sometimes, a few sincere words are worth more than any gift.

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America did not invent democracy

  Most British schoolchildren are taught about Magna Carta.

They are taught it was sealed in twelve fifteen at Runnymede. They are taught it is the foundation of English liberty. They are taught it is one of the most important documents in human history. They are not taught what came next. They are not taught about the eighty years between twelve fifteen and twelve ninety-five when ordinary Englishmen forced three successive kings to write down, for the first time in any kingdom in medieval Europe, what English law was, what English liberty was, and how an English king must govern. They are not taught about the Charter of the Forest, which restored the right to graze, gather firewood, and live on common land, and which remained in force for seven hundred and fifty-four years. They are not taught about the Provisions of Oxford in twelve fifty-eight, often called England's first written constitution, which placed the king under a council of fifteen and required Parliament to meet three times a year. They are not taught about the Provisions of Westminster in twelve fifty-nine, which subjected the barons themselves to the same law they had forced upon the king. They are not taught about Simon de Montfort, an earl born in France who died for England, who summoned the first Parliament in English history to include ordinary commoners alongside the great lords. They are not taught about the Statute of Marlborough in twelve sixty-seven, which is the oldest piece of statute law in the United Kingdom still in force today. Seven hundred and fifty-nine years old. If you've ever taken a debt to court in England, you've used it. If you've ever rented a home, you've been protected by it. If a creditor can't lawfully drag your possessions into the street to settle what you owe, that's because of a law signed seven hundred and fifty-nine years ago. They are not taught about the Model Parliament of twelve ninety-five, summoned by Edward the First, which became the shape of every English Parliament since. Eighty years. Three successive kings. The first written constitution in any kingdom in medieval Europe. It was not given to them. It was not handed down from God or king or Pope. It was written. By Englishmen. For England. The British write their own history. They always have. This one needed more than a thread. The full story is in our video, watch it below  

Help us remember who we are. Help us remember every British achievement.  

draw your own conclusions

 On May 7, 1960, the law establishing a 7-hour workday for all workers in the Soviet Union was approved, and 6 hours for the most grueling jobs, reducing the workweek to 30 hours before 1964.

The reduction in working hours did not mean a reduction in wages; it simply aimed to ease the lives of workers and give them more hours of rest to spend time with their families.

I worked 60 hours a week on Wall St. That's 10 hours a day. 

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 The idea that study will automatically lead to mitzvos only applies if, in the words of Rashi who cites Toras Cohanim, "You shall toil in the study of Torah in order to observe and fulfill [the commandments (Torath Kohanim 26:2)." A recent publication left that part out and went on to laud study. Thus it turned a verse which tells us that mitzvahs are so important that not keeping them will lead to severe punishment into the usual talk about study alone and that kind of talk actually minimizes observance of mitzvahs.