The UN has just, once again, given the world a large serving of Red Herring. For anyone who might not be familiar with the term, a Red Herring is not a fish. A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question. In this case. it’s talking about the Arab-Israel … More Red Herring at the UN
I grew up in America in the immediate post World War Two era. Zionism and the Korean War were the main events in the outside world. By the time I was in High School The Israeli War of Independence had already been followed by round 2, the Sinai campaign of 1956. There was still compulsory … More Looking Back
Amnesty International, founded in 1961 to help protect human rights, has failed completely to follow the guidelines claimed in its’ own statement of purpose. “We are independent of any political ideology, economic interest or religion” “We investigate and expose the facts, whenever and wherever abuses happen. “ But look at what their latest report, released last … More Another Idol Topples
In Many parts of the US people have swimming pools in their back yard. We have one on the front porch. We didn’t build it. It occurs naturally when we have big rain storms in the winter. This time. it came because of a snow storm. We don’t get much snow in the mountains south … More Our Front Porch Swimming Pool
For the past week we have been having miserable weather. Oh, it’s not like we’re snowed in or anything like that. It’s just been constantly cold. Our temperatures range between 8 and 13 degrees /Celsius. That’s not really very cold compared to Europe or America. But it FEELS cold to us. The heavy layers of … More A Break in the Weather
Our two dogs are often a great source of entertainment. Yesterday was a cine example. We had let them out in the early afternoon for some fresh air and exercise. A little while later we heard the two of them barking like mad. They often bark at anyone who passes the house. When that happens … More Dogs and Friends
It has been a while since I posted. I wrote something, but was hesitant because it was borderline inappropriate, and used some language that I wrote in the heat of the moment. I set it aside for a week before reviewing it. Then I decided it was really not something I should say. So I … More Best Nest – part 2
Despite the declarations and posturing, the United States is NOT preventing Iran from making a nuclear weapon. The Mullahs have increased their level of making weapon quality Uranium (much more concentrated than what is needed for civilian applications) and current estimates are that Iran already has enough to manufacture at least 2 nuclear weapons. Having … More Bomb, Bomb, Who’s got the Bomb?
When an apartment building in Florida collapsed Israel sent a rescue team to help find survivors. Recently, a 15 man team from the Miami-Dade County Fire and Rescue came to Israel to meet with the Israelis who had come to their aid, and to spend a little time training and discussing rescue and search techniques. … More A Sincere Thank You
Many years ago I was a better than average chess player. When I was in the Israeli Navy I was the Navy Champion for the years 1973-76 and came in third in 1978. As you can see, that was a long time ago. After I was released from the Navy We moved to our present … More A Friend Visits
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