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Hi again!

Help [[tsedaka|feed the hungry]] in Israel!

This week was pretty calm in our part of the world.  I spent a fair amount of time getting used to working with a Mac -- and compiling a [[MacinWoes|list of grievances]] against Apple and their designers.

Calm for us, that is... but our trusty local newspaper reports in the "police blotter" section about a husband whose wife threatened to "burn him up".  This in a "city without violence", as the sign boldly posted at the entrance to the city proclaims.  And don't even mention the increasing number of women I've seen [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=packing+heat packing heat].  Don't mess with 'em, boys, you don't want to get burned!

While Israelis celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the peace treaty with Egypt, [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727542652&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull the Egyptians studiously avoided] any mention of it.  And despite the fact that the [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130616 supposed Israeli war crimes] were proven to be a fabrication, [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727540314&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull our favorite Useful Idiot] continues with the same tired claims.  Maybe he should move to Gaza and increase the overall IQ of Israel?

Friends still in the US -- you've been put on notice that [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727546890&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull anti-Semitism is acceptable] in the US, although [http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/sns-ap-un-un-free-speech,0,5428444.story criticism of Islam] is not.  Come home now, while you can!  After all, you can already here the {{wiki|muezzin}} calling from here -- why wait till you here them there?

On that topic, the Wikipedia article states: ''The acts of the muezzin are also considered an art form, reflected in the melodious chanting of the adhan''.  Excuse me?  Melodious?!?  If you took a dozen cats, and gave them all electric shocks while they were on a tin roof, you wouldn't achieve ten percent of the "melodious chanting" we get from our local half-dozen ''muezzins'', may they quickly ascend to Heaven and leave us in peace and quiet!


'''Note''': today we switched over to "IDT" (Israel Daylight Time), so we are at GMT+3 until the Friday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, which falls out this year on September 25th.


Until next week,<br>
Shabbat shalom!

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