Monday, February 11, 2019
A column in Sunday's New York Times
offers a passionate defense of Israel against the "progressives" who
are now succumbing to the rhetoric of the boycott, divest, sanction
(BDS) movement. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/
While
in many respects I am as progressive as those folks referenced, I
oppose BDS, consider myself a Zionist and have visited Israel three
times in the last 5 years. On the other hand, I strongly oppose many of
the signature policies of the present Israeli regime.
It
boils down to this -- before June 1967, no Jews lived on the West Bank
(with the possible exception of a vestigial remnant in the Old City of
Jerusalem, under the control of Jordan); today, more than 400,000 Jews
are settled in communities that provide reasonably-priced,
conveniently-located housing outside Israel's recognized borders. This
influx is not a recent phenomenon. While it started slowly after the
Six Day War, it gained momentum under both left wing and right wing
governments, including those of Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres. https://images.search.yahoo.Some of these settlers are fanatics who provoke and abuse their Arab neighbors (see https://www.nytimes.com/2019/
. . .
Today's
headline: "Trump to Sign Executive Order Promoting Artificial
Intelligence" This is necessitated by the absence of the real thing.
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Today was the happy confluence of Lincoln's Birthday and the Chinese New Year, the year of the pig. To celebrate, a plenary session of the Boyz Club was held at Shanghai Asian Cuisine, 14A Elizabeth Street. It's a sister to Shanghai 21, 21 Mott Street, f/k/a Shanghai Asian Manor, which I found to have consistently the best scallion pancakes and cold sesame noodles in the Western Hemisphere.
Today was the happy confluence of Lincoln's Birthday and the Chinese New Year, the year of the pig. To celebrate, a plenary session of the Boyz Club was held at Shanghai Asian Cuisine, 14A Elizabeth Street. It's a sister to Shanghai 21, 21 Mott Street, f/k/a Shanghai Asian Manor, which I found to have consistently the best scallion pancakes and cold sesame noodles in the Western Hemisphere.
We
began with those items, followed by soup dumplings, tangerine beef,
Shanghai lo mein (thicker-than-usual noodles) with shrimp and mixed
meat, and sliced chicken with eggplant. It was a privilege to pay $20
each for this outstanding lunch. My only regret was the bad weather,
snow and sleet, that kept the celebratory dragons off the streets
instead of welcoming the new year.
. . .
. . .
The following is a public service announcement:
Proceed immediately to the 99 favorite chocolate recipes of The New York Times. https://cooking.nytimes.com/
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Columnist Frank Bruni writes: "The rapidly growing field of Democratic candidates is
packed with impressive talent. But right now it’s also lousy with
obsequiousness."
. . .
Hearing loss usually begins with weakened ability to hear women's voices.
https://www.audioclinic.com.
https://www.audioclinic.com.
So, it may be a miracle that so many Republican legislators have been able to hear the anti-Semitic comments of Ilhan
Omar, Congresswoman from Minnesota, loud and clear while unable to
recognize the spoken endorsement of domestic Nazi conduct at
Charlottesville, Virginia by the president. Did it take a trip to
Lourdes to accomplish this?
. . .
. . .
I
don't claim to have the inside dope on many things, but I have gotten
wind of the forthcoming deal between Congress and the president to avoid
another shutdown of the US government. The Bar Mitzvah of Jared Kushner's older son in 2027 will be paid for by Mexico., that's the band, that's the choice of beef or salmon, that's
the flowers, that's the Viennese table, that's the photo booth, that's
the imprinted yarmulkes, nothing left to chance. Mazel tov!
Thursday, February 14, 2019
My
birthday is upcoming and I
received this marvelous gift, handmade with loving care by my loveliest daughter-in-law, on Valentine's Day. It may be a few days early, but it is exactly what is required to help me through the aging process.
Friday, February 15, 2019
Let's close the week with a tale of stupidity at work. https://www.npr.org/2019/02/15/695184555/americans-who-were-detained-after-speaking-spanish-in-montana-sue-u-s-border-pat
Says the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, a federal employee paid by you (well, not you Brodie, you're an Englishman) to the two women in the grocery store in Havre, Montana: "Ma'am, the reason I asked you for your ID is because I came in here
and I saw that you guys are speaking Spanish, which is very unheard of
up here."
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