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Q: What did capitalism accomplish in one year that communism could not do in seventy years?

A: Make communism look good.

(From Wikipedia’s page on “Russian political jokes“.)

Another funny one:

A regional Communist Party meeting is held to celebrate the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. The Chairman gives a speech: “Dear comrades! Let’s look at the amazing achievements of our Party after the revolution. For example, Maria here, who was she before the revolution? An illiterate peasant; she had but one dress and no shoes. And now? She is an exemplary milkmaid known throughout the entire region. Or look at Ivan Andreev, he was the poorest man in this village; he had no horse, no cow, and not even an ax. And now? He is a tractor driver with two pairs of shoes! Or Trofim Semenovich Alekseev–he was a nasty hooligan, a drunk, and a dirty gadabout. Nobody would trust him with as much as a snowdrift in wintertime, as he would steal anything he could get his hands on. And now he’s Secretary of the Regional Party Committee!”

If a male couple uses IVF (even assuming outside supervision or a paternity test), this means the son has feelings and loyalty (mainly) to his biological father.

The same for a female couple. The son has feelings and loyalty (mainly) to the woman who actually bore him.

The other adult is a step-parent. How short-sighted!

(Also, females are more “precious” than males)

If, on the other hand, the couple chooses not to reproduce, this is a form of generational\societal suicide. Of course, regular secular couples aren’t much better. I guess they want the religious to inherit the earth…

By John & Nisha Whitehead The Rutherford Institute

For those who enjoy reading another classic Whitehead piece: documented evidence to frighten and enrage in equal measure, go here…

Regarding the Aruch Hashulchan’s excuse for neglecting the prayer recited before Torah study.

… while the Sanhedrin was open to the public.

“Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.”