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Sher-i-dan! How thoughtful of you to call Mummy, Dear. You're staying with an old queen where, Dear? St James's Palace? Oh my word! Now do be careful, Sheridan. Don't step on the corgis. And wear your rubbers, Dear. You know how Mummy worries. Yes, I'll ask Daddy to send an extra fifty pounds. By-ee!

How can they not have had "putz?" And one my sister and I came up with is Schlockeria - A store that sells schlock. My Mom who passed away this February and grew up speaking yiddish at home always used the word "petrave" as a mixture of different things. For example, heating up a pot of a mixture of leftovers from the fridge. Or the leftovers mixed together from the remnants in a few bottles of salad dressing mixed with whatever else.

Carter unhappy with Obama’s policies in Middle East By Jim Jones Special to the Star-Telegram Posted Wednesday, Oct. 08, 2014 FORT WORTH — Former President Jimmy Carter put down his hammer at a Meadowbrook Habitat for Humanity project Tuesday for a wide-ranging interview that touched on subjects such as the Obama administration’s use of drones, women’s rights and faith. “I really object to the killing of people, particularly Americans overseas who haven’t been brought to justice and put on trial,” he said. “We’ve killed four Americans overseas with American drones. To me that violates our Constitution and human rights.” In May 2013, the Obama administration acknowledged that it had killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2009. Carter said it was hard to figure out exactly what President Obama’s policy is in the Middle East. “It changes from time to time,” Carter said. “I noticed that two of his secretaries of defense, after they got out of office, were very critical of the lack of positive action on the part of the president.” Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was the most recent to criticize Obama, in remarks he made to USA Today while promoting his new book, Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace. Carter acknowledged that the ISIS situation is complicated and he thinks the U.S. waited too long to respond. “First of all, we waited too long. We let the Islamic state build up its money, capability and strength and weapons while it was still in Syria,” he said. “Then when [iSIS] moved into Iraq, the Sunni Muslims didn’t object to their being there and about a third of the territory in Iraq was abandoned.” Carter sees some hope for the current American policy against ISIS in Iraq where troops on the ground will follow up after air strikes. “If we keep on working in Iraq and have some ground troops to follow up when we do our bombing, there is a possibility of success.” No such ground troops are available in Syria at the moment, he said. “You have to have somebody on the ground to direct our missiles and to be sure you have the right target,” Carter said. “Then you have to have somebody to move in and be willing to fight ISIS after the strikes.” On politics The former president said he and other members of the Carter family supported President Obama’s run for the presidency. “It’s too early to speculate about the next presidential election,” he said. “I think Hillary [Clinton] is a real possibility. Whoever the Democratic candidate is, the Carter family will vote for them.” On Ebola The Carter Center in Atlanta, the human rights organization that Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, founded, hasn’t been working directly on the Ebola crisis, Carter said. “We are working all over Liberia with local chiefs,” he said. “There are about 440 village chiefs very close to the Carter center. So we’ve been getting the chiefs to spread the word [about Ebola] accurately.” Carter said his faith played a big role when he was president and in his present humanitarian work around the world. “My Christian faith has been the foundation of my life,” he said. “I don’t find any real incompatibility in my faith in being a Naval officer, or a farmer, which I was for 17 years, or serving as president.” On women’s rights Carter’s latest book is A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power. “Women are persecuted around the world,” he said. “I think it’s the worst human rights violation on earth right now.” Some verses in the Bible and in the Koran, the Islamic holy book, have been used to affirm that women are not equal to men and that often leads to unequal treatment and abuse, he said. “There are thousands of verses in the Bible,” Carter said. “If you want to believe in slavery you can find verses to support that. If you believe in women not being equal to men you can find that.” In the United States, said Carter, women get less pay for doing the same work and are often deprived of the chance to be leaders of corporations. Women are sexually abused in many areas, including on college campuses and in the military, he said. “Universities don’t want to admit it happens on their campuses,” he said. “So if a girl does report that she’s been raped, they counsel her not to make a big deal of it.” The same problem occurs in the military, Carter said. “The Department of Defense reported last February there were 26,000 sexual assaults [in the military] reported in 2012 and only 1 percent of the accused were brought to justice. They just kind of look the other way.” DFW ‘harmony’ Before talking about world affairs, Carter praised Fort Worth volunteers and others for supporting the Habitat for Humanity project in central Meadowbrook. He noted that contributions mean that 64 homes are being constructed here. The Carters ended their participation in building homes in Fort Worth on Tuesday and will move into Dallas’ Oak Cliff for the rest of the week. Although he recently celebrated his 90th birthday, Carter worked on siding during his two days here, not taking many breaks. “One of the most attractive things I’ve seen in this project is the close harmony I’ve seen between Fort Worth and Dallas,” he said. “Quite often cities so close together are in competition and don’t get along well, but the Habitat groups in both cities seem to be forming a real team.” http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/10/07/6182968/carter-unhappy-with-obamas-policies.html?rh=1

Chazerai would have made my list too. Literally pig food, but useful for just about anything disgusting. I like the visuals conjured up by Yiddish words. I could carry a bag of groceries home easily enough, but it packs a lot more punch if I shlep it. Plus they're fun to say. As Ihpguy says, putz should be on the list and it's much more fun to say than plain old penis or dick. Even dickwad isn't as much fun. And chutzpah! If you have any phlegm in your throat before you say it, you won't when you're done.

Hmm...who gave us the Karzai kleptocracy in Afganistan, Maleki the Magnificent in Iraq and gave Netanyahu the ole wink and nod to expand colonization of the West Bank? Not to mention left it to the inmates to run our finantial asylum? Don't ya think he might just squeeze ahead of the other two? And yes I suspect both Carter and Obama will rank among the most hapless of the presidents since Lincoln and both for much the same reason: neither is comfortable with or really understands the exercise of power.

Fair question. When I post news without comment, I guess generally it means... - I think it's interesting for one reason or another. - I likely agree with part or all, if it contains opinion/editorializing. Here, I thought: - Generally interesting whenever Carter says something publicly, as he is usually -- a reasonably shrewd observer of people and things -- who tends to speak his mind bluntly, without much concern for the amour propre of whomever he may be discussing. - And I like to look for what the fairly right-leaning Economist 15 or so years ago termed, with strong approval, his post-presidency penchant for comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.

US appeals judges strike down same-sex marriage bans in Nevada and Idaho Gay marriage becomes legal in two conservative states in first ruling since supreme court decided not to hear appeals on bans in five other states http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/07/appeals-judges-strike-down-gay-marriage-ban-idaho-nevada Federal judges struck down same-sex marriage bans in Idaho and Nevada on Tuesday, one day after the US supreme court, by opting not to hear several appeals, essentially allowed bans to be overturned in at least five and as many as 11 other states. A three-judge panel of the ninth circuit US court of appeals ruled that the bans violated the fourteenth amendments equal protection clause. The decision could be a catalyst for same-sex marriage to become legal in Montana, Arizona and Alaska, which also fall under the ninth circuits jurisdiction... ...Writing for a unanimous panel, Judge Stephen Reinhardt sharply criticized the defendants in a 34-page opinion that called state bans on same-sex marriage cruel and repugnant. "Plaintiffs are ordinary Idahoans and Nevadans," said Reindhardt. "One teaches deaf children. Another is a warehouse manager. A third is an historian. Most are parents. Like all human beings, their lives are given greater meaning by their intimate, loving." "Classifying some families, and especially their children, as of lesser value should be repugnant to all those in this nation who profess to believe in family values," Reindhardt wrote. As for the argument that same-sex marriage could negatively affect heterosexual marriages, Reindhardt said: "We seriously doubt that allowing committed same-sex couples to settle down in legally recognized marriages will drive opposite-sex couples to sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll."

Jimmy Carter, on the outcome of his efforts as a Georgia state legislator to repeal a law that let people cast votes on behalf of recently deceased relatives: ...Come the next election, I failed to carry A single district with a cemetery. -- Jimmy Carter, Always a Reckoning

...like your response here, Pauleiro! And ihpguy, I do wish you a very speedy recovery! Nothing like being sick and having to recuperate over a long period of time. I can relate when I was "laid up" for six weeks from knee surgery as a result of a seriously torn ligament after falling between sidewalk and drainage area while in Santo Domingo in 2005. ...could not drive at all but did manage to get gloriously fucked twice by one of my favorite men who drove down to Monterey, CA to see me!!