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Published in The Judean People’s Front

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End of Year Round Up — The Best of Salsa

Indulge me one last listicle. My best of 2022. Here are my personal favorites from each month. Click on the links for those undiscovered gems. January A year that began with a certain influencer crying about abusive comments and comparing that to the holocaust, you knew the shark had firmly jumped…

Best

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End of Year Round Up — The Best of Salsa
End of Year Round Up — The Best of Salsa
Best

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Published in The Bad Influence

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What a Granny in a Checkout Line Taught Me That Buddha Couldn’t

All of humanity can be viewed in a checkout on a busy midweek lunchtime. Where Buddha taught patience dealing with the old and infirm, two old grannies were about to ruin my day. Some days I just run out of luck. The milk had been guzzled by the kids and…

The Bad Influence

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What a Granny in a Checkout Line Taught Me That Buddha Couldn’t
What a Granny in a Checkout Line Taught Me That Buddha Couldn’t
The Bad Influence

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Published in Microcosm

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God Save Our Queen

“I got a present for you, Luv. It was from your Nan. She meant to give it to you before…you know. She couldn’t wait for today.” Nan passed away last week. Nothing dramatic. She was old and died in her sleep. She was looking forward to the Jubilee. She loved…

Queen

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God Save Our Queen
God Save Our Queen
Queen

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Published in Fanfare

·Jan 22

What Makes an Actor Legendary?

Greatness is in the eye of the beholder. Your peers deem you worthy of greatness. Without recognition, you are simply a talented artist struggling for a living, no matter how awe-inspiring your work may be. If your peers elevate your status, what role does the public play? Are bums on…

Film

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What Makes an Actor Legendary?
What Makes an Actor Legendary?
Film

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Published in The Judean People’s Front

·Jan 22

The Morally Corruptible Lot and his Journey to Incest

Poor Lot. His wife was turned into a pillar of salt. His adopted homeland was razed to the ground. And his daughters took turns seducing him after they got him blind drunk. How did one man become the footnote for all that is evil in the world? Was Lot a…

Jewish

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The Morally Corruptible Lot and his Journey to Incest
The Morally Corruptible Lot and his Journey to Incest
Jewish

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Published in The Bad Influence

·Jan 21

When ‘Casual Racism’ isn’t a Conscious Act

It’s okay. He wasn’t consciously being racist. Ex Football Manager of Crawley, John Yems, isn’t a racist according to an independent panel that declared Yems innocent of racism. In order to be a racist (according to the independent ruling panel), you need to be deliberately racist. Microaggressions don’t count. Casual racism…

Racism

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When ‘Casual Racism’ isn’t a Conscious Act
When ‘Casual Racism’ isn’t a Conscious Act
Racism

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Published in Lessons from History

·Jan 17

A Brief History of the Yellow Star

Centuries ago, the Jewish population thrived in the Middle East and North Africa. Countries such as Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia, and Algeria all had large Jewish communities. יהודי המִזְרָח — Mizrahim Jews was a political sociological term that was coined with the creation of the…

Jewish

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A Brief History of the Yellow Star
A Brief History of the Yellow Star
Jewish

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Published in Fanfare

·Jan 16

Marlon Brando was Over-Rated

The grumbling, mumbling presence of Marlon Brando. An unmistakable actor who had built a career on being incomprehensible. The world’s number one master of method-acting and mumblecore. How does one get away with doing so little and becoming so huge (literally)? Was he really that good in Apocalypse Now? It…

Film

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Marlon Brando was Over-Rated
Marlon Brando was Over-Rated
Film

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Published in Font Devourer

·Jan 16

Fancy A McDonald’s? — #RaiseYourArches

It’s a fun spot for Mcdonald's. Utilizing Yello’s classic 80s theme tune, ‘Oh Yeah’ (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), the short ad takes you through an office with everybody shutting down for lunch as they all head off to Maccas. By raising their arches/eyebrows, the not-too-subtle signal is sent out to…

Mc Donalds

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Fancy A McDonald’s? — #RaiseYourArches
Fancy A McDonald’s? — #RaiseYourArches
Mc Donalds

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Published in The Judean People’s Front

·Jan 16

UK Home Secretary Confronted by Holocaust Survivor

What more can you say? How do you answer a Holocaust survivor who questions your choice of rhetoric? Do you stick to the party line? If you were the Home Secretary of the UK, how would you choose to answer “Why do you find the need to use that kind…

Holocaust

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UK Home Secretary Confronted by Holocaust Survivor
UK Home Secretary Confronted by Holocaust Survivor
Holocaust

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