tsimmis

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It's like Watergate all over again, if Nixon had been pressured to resign in January of 1969. another tsimmis over the seating of a maybe-Senator, Al Franken in this case.

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  • It's like Watergate all over again, if Nixon had been pressured to resign in January of 1969. another tsimmis over the seating of a maybe-Senator, Al Franken in this case. —  alicublog
  • AND roasted lamb, sweet potato, squash and prune tsimmis (basically a soft baked pudding), roasted asparagus, homemade potato knishes (I might have forgotten something). —  Once Upon A Feast - Every Kitchen Tells Its Stories
  • Side dishes ... green & yellow beans with cherry tomatoes quickly sauteed with a little garlic and oil; squash and apples (to be the tsimmis). —  Once Upon A Feast - Every Kitchen Tells Its Stories
  • Now that the bonuses have become a big tsimmis, the politicians are either running for cover or competing with each other to come up with ways to torture these folks, ranging from retroactive confiscatory taxes to threats to publish their names and addresses so their families can live in fear. —  Fool.com: The Motley Fool
  • Our sub-group got along fine, but there was a tsimmis. —  Critical Mass
 

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