Friends, Joe Biden recently celebrated his 81st birthday in the White House with a cake festooned with a truly irresponsible number of candles (presumably, 81). My question is: how was climate change impacted by this grossly self-indulgent display??? More to the point, is it wise for President Biden to draw attention to his birthday, when almost everyone agrees that he's steadily sinking into senility? Come to think of it, if he is senile, I suppose he'd be pretty indifferent to the public reaction, wouldn't he? He seems equally indifferent to the polls!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz43szWtuww/
In a slightly surprising twist, the Israelis have agreed to a ceasefire with Hamas, in exchange for the release of dozens of hostages. Is this a savvy move on Israel's part, or does it telegraph weakness and indecision? More to the point, will it possible to resume the war, in full force, after this pause? We shall see.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-11-21-2023-39f5ae0bdb4e32f0e69115aa43446132
As you know, the establishment and the Deep State are "all in" when it comes to efforts to vilify and ultimately destroy Twitter/X. It is being subjected to levels of (deceptive) scrutiny that no other social media company has to deal with. Musk is responding with a "thermonuclear" lawsuit against his attackers. Will it work? That probably hinges on the venue and the judge...
Finally, along with President Trump, I congratulate the victor in Argentina's presidential election, Javier Milei. Milei is a libertarian bomb-thrower (rhetorically speaking) who favors, among other things, the adoption of the U.S. dollar as Argentina's currency in order to tame inflation. You read that right!!! There's a country out there with inflation much worse than ours, which feels that cleaving to the dollar would bring it financial stability (relatively speaking). As down on the dollar as we Americans appear to be, a lot of people around the world rather like it, and it remains the global reserve currency. Long may it last!
Dr. Waddy from Jack: It appears that socialism usually generates disgust and disillusion in those saddled with it. Luckily some, like Argentina if no coup manifests,are able to rid themselves of its onerous sway. What indescribable tragedy for those captured by it and its voluptuary cadre.
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: I hope the Israelis have agreed to this out of tactical concerns. I hope a disdainful detached multitude, with no experience of Auschwitz, has no say in it.
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: By " . . . detached multitude. . . " I mean those outside Israel who cannot understand or who dismiss the historic Jewish experience. Some of them wish continuing diaspora on those Jews who might escape their murderous cleansing of the "Jewish entity." This of course old hat to Israel.
ReplyDeleteDr. Waddy from Jack: Also I do not mean to suggest any lack of Israeli compassion for the hostages; heaven forbid! Israel is used to making choices the rest of us, not surrounded by atavistic barbarians, cannot fully understand.
ReplyDeleteIf only it were that simple! I've read that government spending has already gone from 22% to 38% in Argentina, and in short order. It would be a MIRACLE if Milei could get it back where it started (and I wouldn't hold your breath). Disencumbering oneself of socialism is about a thousand times harder than succumbing to it.
ReplyDeleteYes, Israel is between a rock and a long list of hard places. I'm happy to see some of the hostages now at liberty.
Dr. Waddy from Jack: It is a maxim for prison staff that once you give something to criminals its very hard to take it back. I see a good many similarities between the lawless and the antiamerican radical left ; I know the dem party is very popular with incarcerated thugs.
ReplyDeleteJack, I think what you see as a part of criminal nature may simply be human nature: we all feel entitled to keep what we've already got.
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