BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

WHAT. THE. F***?!?!?!? I'm trying to think of an award "worthy" of this judge in Maryland. Or perhaps a combo of awards... I used to paralegal and believe me, I met more bad lawyers than I did good. But this? Well, this kinda judge is in a class all his own! Please let me know what you think after reading this: Deluded Judge Suggests Domestic Violence Victim: Wanted to Be Hit By Karen Houppert Domestic violence cases are notoriously difficult to prosecute. But every once in a while, prosecutors get handed the tools for a conviction on a silver platter: An impartial eyewitness who just happens to be a police officer. Such was the case in a domestic violence trial that made the local papers here in Maryland last week. A cop pulling into an Exxon station saw a man hit his girlfriend in the face three times, called in back-up and had the man arrested. But according to Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Paul Harris, who is "probably as against domestic violence as anybod...

MY MAN GOT HIS OWN STAMP TODAY Pleased for him I am. Yoda stamp the post office does release today Postal Service releases new stamp with Star Wars Jedi Master Yoda WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service sought to harness the force Thursday, releasing a new postage stamp featuring Star Wars’ enigmatic Yoda, known for his odd syntax as well as his wisdom. The Jedi master’s stamp was originally part of a multi-stamp Star Wars set and is now available as an individual stamp following a public vote on which of that set should receive special attention. Also on Thursday the post office released its annual Christmas and holiday stamps. The set of four holiday stamps features classic wintertime knitting design imagery. “The new holiday stamps provide another way for people to express warm winter greetings on all their mailings sent this season to family, friends or customers, “ said Katherine C. Tobin, a member of the post office’s governing board. Inspired by traditional Norwegian sweaters, th...

WHOOPEE!! NOW WHEN ARE YOU LEAVING? Isn't U.N. translated from Islamofascist as "bend over? " "We will be judged in the future on the actions we take today -- on results. On this United Nations Day, let us rededicate ourselves to achieving them." Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General Pardon my Pukin' - Talk about something that has really outgrown its usefulness and turned into a hateful bastion of anti-semitic, pro-terror BULLPOCKY!!! Oh, did I mention its U.N. Day? I hope that explains my total lack of enthusiasm. I call on Donald Trump or Barbara Corcoran to take over that real estate and turn it into something that MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE: A massive housing shelter for abused persons & children with medical, legal and mental health care on site? Or the world's biggest Starbucks? Someone please get the "diplomats" who drive like maniacs, leave the scene of accidents, park illegally, run people down and then leave the country, treat waiters ...

Make a Promise For generations, the Jewish people have fought bravely to end injustices inflicted on us by others. But we have also remained silent about the injustice of violence we inflict on each other. The ethical teachings of our tradition insist on certain values: B'tzelem Elokim, all human beings are created in the image of the divine; Shalom Bayit, safety and peace in the home; Tzedek, justice and accountability; Hesed and Rahamim, loving-kindness and compassion; and Teshuvah and Tikkun olam, healing and wholeness, on individual, communal and universal levels. And yet, domestic abuse remains a very real problem in the Jewish community. We call upon one other and all of the Jewish community to: Replace fear with courage by acknowledging that domestic violence does exist in the Jewish community. HEAR and BELIEVE those brave victims/ survivors who come forward with their stories. Think twice about those who accuse someone of Loshan Hara; are they an abuser who's really...

I SRAEL: A NARCISSISTIC COUNTRY? I didn't think a country could get more narcissistic than the U.S.A. but I have to agree with this author: SOCIETY as a whole is becoming more narcissistic. Narcissism is a healthy trait for human & social development. However, Destructive Narcissistic Pattern (DNP) or Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) are horrible personality disorders that exploit and ultimately destroy everyone and everything around the person with the disorder. There is no cure and only long term therapy makes any dent, if at all. Narcissists lie, cheat, exploit, blame, and rage at anyone who tells the truth about them. Is this where our society is going? I had hoped it was just me seeing things through the lens of my own experience; growing up raised by someone with DNP and then being involved with one after the other. I thought being a magnet for one colored my thinking. But after reading this article I have to agree, society is headed this way. Supporting I...

I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE BLUES What is the most powerful means to understand the importance of something? Personal experience. My battle with post-partum depression started about 5 days after my cesaerean. I had gone first into shock in the operating room and was fully awake, hearing my newborns cry while my body convulsed uncontrollably. My ex-husband and obstetrician laid over my torso; the latter kept talking to me so I would stay concious. My recovery was slow. My disability returned with a vengenance and I bled out for many months after the delivery. It didn't help that my ex-husband returned almost 2 months later to a full schedule. Work I would understand. However, all his other activities resumed without so much as a blip. I would get calls during the day from his buddies from these outside activities saying "why is he back? isn't he helping you? do you have help?" The answers were 'I don't know' and 'NO.' Coupled wit...

POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS RUNNING AMOK! This article was the first good laugh I had all week (aside from my child putting a princess crown gently on a friend's cat and the cat sitting still for it!) What the heck is wrong with us? We can't talk, walk or breathe without offending someone? Give me a break! I live in NYC so I thought my name was changed to "YO" for a while there. Was I offended? No! Enjoy: Halle Berry Said "JEWISH!" Is She out of her Half-Black Mind?! by Michael Seitzman "If you watch the clip, you can see Halle saying the word Jewish....[she] should be ashamed of herself!" I'm not sure who is a bigger douche, the Leno audience member who said that, or Richard Johnson, who quoted her on Page Six, under the headline , "Berry Nose Better Than That." Are we really such a nation of pussies now? Someone says the word Jewish and we call 9-1-1? Excuse me, but my tribe has been run down by every small-dick thug since cro-mag...

AND WHITHER GOETH GILAD SHALIT? With Goldwasser and Regev most probably dead, hopes for the safe return for Gilad Shalit remain. Barghouthi's ego continues to see his release as the best hope for the Palestinians. I continue to pray for Shalit and his parents. An interview with Marwan Barghouthi in Yedioth Ahronoth ‘The moment that Abbas officially announces his resignation, even if I am in prison, I will put forward my candidacy for President (of the Palestinian Authority) and I will win.’ This is what Marwan Barghouthi said from his cell - number 28, section 3 - during an exclusive interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, later republished in the Al-Quds newspaper as its lead story. The imprisoned Palestinian leader has spent 5 years in an Israeli prison and there are many awaiting his announcement [to run as President of the Palestinian Authority]; not just in Ramallah, Gaza or Nablus, but in wider circles, including within the office of Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister of Israel. Barghouth...

SNAP OUT OF IT! Often I have said that being an emotional, psychological and sexual abuse victim and now an anti-abuse advocate has forever colored my thinking. I know it - and unfortunately what I read in the newspapers and blogs just confirms my thinking. I look at the U.S. and Israel as abused women. There are people in both countries (particularly the latter) screaming to be heard. Screaming that their attackers are near, there is no negotiating with these terrorists who want the annihilation of Israel. And yet, many still are complicite with the abuser/attacker/terrorist. "give them a chance", "no really - they've changed", "they want peace." No, they don't. Once again - the blind are going to lead us towards disaster by listening to rhetoric instead of the ACTIONS of everyone involved. CLICK HERE & READ THROUGH THIS FROM MY OTHER BLOG - AND SEE IF THE THINGS THAT COULD APPLY TO HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH & AlQueda HAVE REALLY HAPPENED? I f...

Gifts of a Convert The metamorphosis of Ahuvah Gray, a black American who was once a Christian minister and is now an Orthodox Jew. The following is the introduction to Ahuvah Gray's new book, Gifts of a Stranger: A Convert's Round-the-World Travels and Spiritual Journeys . As I follow Ahuvah Gray along the narrow stairway leading to her apartment, and step up into the little light-filled penthouse that is her home above the rooftops of Bayit Vegan, what comes to mind is the childhood classic, A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. In that famous tale, the heroine dwells cozily in an attic room above the rooftops of London, and looks out from her oasis upon the world below. Here, through windows on every side, it's the fast-moving clouds of a rainy winter morning in Israel that adorn the horizon, and the branches of a Jerusalem pine tree that brush up against the opaquely luminous rectangle of skylight. Ahuvah Gray herself -- a black American who was once a Christia...