Reading an old cookbook in a German library archive brought this soupy gem to light. Berlin Reform-influenced Jewish bourgeoisie were well-integrated into German civic vocabulary. They kept a Hebrew anchor visible when they said happy Easter.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
The FBI director was arrested twice in his youth for alcohol-related incidents that he said were “not representative of my usual conduct.”
Talk about a low bar.
Monterey locals are buzzing like a hornet nest.
Significant historical research has gone into this question over the years. And all of that research leads to the conclusion that it’s always been called Lovers Point. And it got that name because it was and is a famously popular smooching and hoochie-cooching location for young romantics.
A description of Lovers Point published in the American Guide Series’ Monterey Peninsula said the place was “named by legend and designed by nature as a trysting place for sentimental youth.”
The confusion comes, I guess, because some people mistakenly thought that a lot of religious services were conducted at Lovers Point, back in the day. But researchers say that, while some occasional services were held at Lovers Point, most of the religious stuff actually happened at Jewell Park, just down the road from Lovers Point. In fact, a “preacher’s stand” had been erected at Jewell Park for the convenience of pastors holding services there.
Well, the point seems to be that you could find Jesus at the Jew Park in Monterey. Makes sense when you think about it.
In fact, a true adherent to the teaching of a Jew might say Lovers Jesus Point is redundant. Like saying Point Point or Park Park.
A reliable reference book about Monterey place names, Monterey County Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary, by Donald Thomas Clark, cites several authoritative sources on the matter. As far back as 1885, the rocky outcrop was referred to simply as Lovers Point, according to Clark.
Clark and McCombs also pointed out that the location had a bunch of other names over the years, including Point Aulon, Laboratory Point, Organ Point, Spooney’s Point and simply The Point.
The Point. I like it.
Apparently blame for attempts to inject Jesus where he doesn’t belong goes to Santa Cruz in 1968, which is a notable place and time, let alone their more recent campaign “save the Swastika“.
“You can’t regulate what’s on the inside of somebody else’s house,” said police spokesman…. The man apparently rotates the swastika flags with other, less controversial banners, and Friend said police started receiving complaints of Nazi flags about a month ago. Over the weekend the resident hung America’s Old Glory and Britain’s Union Jack under two Nazi flags. Monday, he hung a modern German government flag between the two flags of the Third Reich.
Notable the Santa Cruz police openly admit they don’t know how laws work. An ideologically permissive zone in the direction that flows all the way to Monterey.
We all know which way the baptismal waves go in the bay.
Nazi surf’s up!
Not surprised. It’s what I’ve said since at least 2016.
In San Francisco, where Waymo began operating in June 2024, traffic injuries actually increased by 2.6 percent from 2,896 in 2023 to 2,907 in 2025, according to data tracked by the city. …the wrong direction for a company that has argued it will make cities safer.
And Phoenix, where Waymo has operated since 2020, remains one of the most dangerous places to be a pedestrian in the country: In 2019, 80 pedestrians died in crashes there; by 2023, that number increased to 109, a 36.3-percent increase.
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Waymo’s future is easy to predict from their past: unaccountable robots blocking humans, then killing them.
If you think analysis of 2025 incidents is just speculation, Waymo has officially announced in 2026 the things that have been causing harm are now “normal practice”.
Nothing like lowering the bar until you find success. It’s how I pump my tires down before every ride.
After all, bicyclists are the top business threat to the company. Anyone who knows how to ride a bike, and hasn’t yet been murdered by Waymo “normal practice”, isn’t likely to get in one to experience the murder of their fellow cyclists.