Saturday, 09/15/07

I stopped for something resembling breakfast this morning at a kosher Noah's Bagels tucked into a grocery store. I learned it was kosher some time ago when I asked why they didn't carry asiago, my gateway bagel. Today, while standing in a long line of Washington Husky football fans engaged in varying degrees in public displays of affection (their poor team not yet having lost 33-14), I found myself confronting the store's framed kosher certification, which included these two fascinating addenda, emphasis in original:

Sliced bagels are only Pareve if sliced by machine. Hand-sliced bagels are considered dairy.

The Egg Mit Bagel and Breakfast Panini are only acceptably kosher when the customer turns on the microwave used to cook the eggs. Store clerks will direct the customer to the microwave upon request.

I wonder how often they get that request. 10:31PM «

Tuesday, 09/11/07

It's almost midnight and maybe I'm missing something, but the eighth paragraph of this article on Guiliani's electability among conservatives drops this nugget like it's nothing:

Six of 10 Republicans surveyed, including an equal number of conservatives, said they would be willing to vote for someone whose views were less conservative than their own if they believed the candidate was electable.

In other words, four in ten Republicans, and an equal number of the furthest right Republicans, tell pollsters they won't vote for someone less conservative than they are even if it means losing an election. It's the sort of tough talk that I'm inclined to dismiss as predictive of behavior, but in this case, considering the weakness of the Republican field of candidates, it's a shock just that so many ostensible voters said it. 12:01AM «

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