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Hi again!

This week we had the poor-cousin of the Biblical holidays, the seventh-day of Passover. I say "poor-cousin", because it has no special celebrations or anything to distinguish it from the first day of Passover -- and by the end of the week, many of us are ''not'' really interested in eating more ''matsah''. However, it is still a ''yom-tov'', and ours was pleasant and quiet. After ''fressing'' all week long, we toned down the quantity of food, which made all of us a bit happier. And just in time for the end of Passover, the Israeli satirical site [http://www.latma.co.il/ Latma] posted an [http://www.youtube.com/user/LatmaTV#p/a/8B99644BD8FE4070/0/lmSXhLu9fNU updated version of Chad Gadya] (the original [http://www.youtube.com/v/EX1fbXp1_KA&hl=en_US&fs=1&border=1 Hebrew version] is better for those of you who understand Hebrew).

All in all it was a quiet week for us. The weather was fantastic. Sarah made progress with her final art project. Daniela spent quality time with her mother and sister and friends. She also did homework. Esther did tax work for her boss. And I started training one of the other people at work to do much of the 'grunt work' I have been doing.

Last week there was a daughter-imposed blackout on politics, but ''this'' week I didn't ask their input, so my pent-up frustration can be expressed. You have been warned!

I wish I didn't have to say this, but the biggest threat to world peace is not [http://drybonesblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/survivors.html "Mad-dog Ahmedinijad"] but the [http://article.nationalreview.com/430228/parochially-post-american/mark-steyn parochial president] of the United States of America. For someone with absolutely no practical experience of any kind, he has brought more change more quickly than any prior president. He has ruled-out the use of nukes [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304620304575166263632513790.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories even in self defense] (though how that policy holds after al-Qaeda manages to level NYC remains to be seen). He has revamped the US health-care system, causing [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704100604575145981713658608.html AT&T and others to make billions of dollars in charges on their financial statements] to offset losses related to the sweeping health-care law. He has intimidated [http://article.nationalreview.com/430188/barack-and-bibi-c/jay-nordlinger friends and allies] and given comfort to enemies like no president before him has ever done. He's got poor Bibi so cowed, he won't even accept [http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=172307 a gift of roses] from Christian supporters of Israel!

And make no mistake: the enemies (whom Obama has [http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=172576 prohibited naming in the US security strategy document]) are indeed taking comfort. Fatah (aka the PLO, aka the "Palestinian Authority", aka "our partners for peace") calls to [http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=172188 escalate the 'popular intifada']. Our neighbors refuse to consider [http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=172314 normalization of relations with Israel] ... I'm talking about those who have actually ''signed peace treaties'' with us! Taking his signals from the pusillanimous Putz-in-Chief, the US Head of Central Command, General Petraeus [http://article.nationalreview.com/430708/petraeuss-israel-problem/andrew-c-mccarthy has gone 'native'] in assigning Israel as the official reason the Arab/Muslim world hates the United States. And here I thought it all began with the {{wiki|First Barbary War}}! Naïve of me, I know.

Let's see, what else is rant-worthy? Well, ironically, it's a good day for [http://2jk.org/english/?p=197 civil liberties in Israel]. The [http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/mar/29/james-lovelock-climate-change eco-fascists] declare that in order to prevent the (widely discredited, but still current in their world-view) disasters associated with 'global climate change', "It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while" (yes, that's a quote). And the behemoth called Google has become a [http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/04/07/1546221/Google-Gives-the-US-Government-Access-To-Gmail?from=rss privacy nightmare]. Once again I must mention that if you want something to be actually ''private'', you need to use [[Privacy|strong encryption]].

Odds and ends:
* Too funny! [http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62T06520100331 Obama ok's drilling for oil] -- do you remember how Bush was excoriated by the Left for much the same?
* Muslim [http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2745449 credit cards]. No, they don't explode or anything like that...
* Poor King Abdallah II [http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=172487 is disappointed] with Israel. That and seven ₪ will get him a small espresso at [http://www.aroma.co.il/Default.aspx?alias=www.aroma.co.il/en Cafe Aroma].
* Whoa! A modern day [http://muqata.blogspot.com/2010/04/amazing-palestinian-ressurection-killed.htmlp resurrection miracle]! And just like the first one, the Jews get blamed! Shockingly, it took [http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/07/news-agency-palestinian-boy-who-was-reported-killed-is-alive-and-well/ the MSM] (main-stream media) a while to report this. I'm surprised it was reported at all, to tell the truth.
* Make sure you [http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/04/06/Sleeping-professor-left-on-plane/UPI-40281270584775/ don't fall asleep] on a plane.
* Israeli Arabs [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/136835 like ''matsah'']. Maybe there's a piece (of ''matsah'') plan in the offing?

This ''shabbat'' we're going for fish in tomato sauce, lentil salad, potato salad, spicy kohlrabi, ''sheseq chicken'' (the ''sheseq'' being loquats from our own tree), homemade ''Hummous'', beef goulash, and BREAD (yay!).

Until next week,<br>
Shabbat shalom !<br>

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Ron at 11:55, 16 April 2010

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