Increasing Political and Ethnic Stress in Israel

The Chief Rabbi of the Oriental Communities Itzhak Joseph has just said in public what most Oriental Jews (Mizrahim, or Sepharadim) murmur among themselves:  the Russian immigrants are not Jewish by descend or religion, in fact, they hate religion. The pic needs explanation: the strange hat and dress is the uniform of a religious officer of the Turkish Empire. The Turks recognized several religions - Jewish, Aramean, Greek Orthodox, etc. and gave to the head of each an honorific title, a dress and a salary. Under the Turks there was no sizeable Ashkenazi community in Jerusalem, so the Chief Sepharadi Rabbi was the head of the Jews. Being so, the Chief Sepharadi calls himself "The First in Zion" and wears the honorary Turkish dress of his official position. The Sultanate was dissolved a hundred years ago and the  uniform it used to grant to religious dignitaries lost all meaning, except for the Sepharadi Chief Rabbi who insists in being called "The First".
                                                                                          He accused the Socialist government of thirty years ago of allowing a large Russian immigration in order to increase its electorate - and to undermine the political power of the religious block. Already Israelis of Russian origin are feeling the hostility and naturally, tend to vote against Shas, the party of the non-European Jews. I would remind him that his father (yes, the post is hereditary), Ovadia (originally Abdallah) Joseph had declared the Ethiopian Falasha as true descendants of the tribe of Dan, a complete fantasy, and caused the Mossad to organize their immigration. To increase the number of "Sepharadim" in Israel. Ironically, Sepharadim means Spanish Jews which the Africans certainly are not. 

I hate this ugly business. 

Trump did what? ... was it an Arab or what?

Latin American papers did not notice that President Trump took a brave decision and attacked Iran and in this instant, millions are crying in the streets of Tehran and demanding vengeance. The Middle East is very far and killings there are no news. Clarin today does not even mention it. The papers report more interesting happenings.

For example, President Maduro of Venezuela surrounded the Parliament in Caracas, and its members could not enter the building and hold session. In the pic, the leader of the opposition tries to force his way in. In practice, this counts as a silent, undeclared self-Coup-d'Etat. Argentina is excited by the possibilities offered by this new, inventive political device.  

Yazidis in the White House

The Iranian paper "Tehran Times" publishes the Leader's reaction to the American ajusticiamiento of Suleimani, who - so he says - was not a person. 

"The American terrorists, who have the blood of millions of people in the world on their hands, assassinated General Soleimani, in the hope of getting rid of their nightmares. They should know that Soleimani was not a person, a culture based on resistance, defending oppressed, and roughly confronting international terrorism.

The culture has originated from the uprising of Imam Hussain (A.S.) on the day of Ashura.  As the nightmares of villainous Yazid did not end by shedding Imam Hussain’s blood and his caliphate was not stabilized, the Yazidis’ nightmare in the White House will not end and will speed up their collapse." 

The Ayatollah does not see the American action as such but as part of an inter-Mohammedan struggle. In the pic. we see Yazid, his evil nature demonstrated by his love of dogs, an impure animal, and his friendship with djinns, those powerful spirits. He identifies President Trump with the villainous Yazid, who was a Beduoin tribesman involved in the succession dispute of the Prophet. It appears that the Iranian leadership is - mentally - stuck in the Seventh Century. 

The Ayatollahs are Trembling

Leader vows harsh revenge for US assassination of Gen. Soleimani

I copy-pasted the main item of the official Iran Daily web paper. The Leader in question is so afraid that the paper does not dare to mention him by name. Good job, President Trump!  

Jewish Soldiers out in the Cold Rain

Shabbat morning and it is cold and raining in Israel. The Army is on alert because of the ajusticiamiento of the Irani general. The word in Spanish means to make justice to a criminal, execution. I remember my own soldiering times in the Northern front line, wet and freezing in the mountains, like this morning. 

Revolution coming for Central America

The corridor stretching from Southern Mexico to Panama is in its tenth year of drought. The Panama Canal, the chocking point of the world's maritime trade, is drying up and is becoming unserviceable for large vessels.  Pic. 

Millions of people in the dry corridor needed food aid due to drought between 2014 and mid-2016, which resulted in losses of the corn crop. Drought impact has been especially severe in Honduras^[ and Guatemala. 

This explains the sudden pressure of illegal migrants on America's Southern border and Trump's building the border wall. 4 million (would be) climate change migrants from Central America and Mexico are projected according to a World Bank report. The misery will cause serious political disturbances. 

Paranoia

I bought a disk-on-key and paid with a credit card. Ten minutes later appeared on my computer monitor an ad for a disk-on-key, the first time ever. This thing happens all the time. Conclusion: "They" have access to my credit card account, or the seller's computer/printer, and want to sell me a disk-on-key. If so, why are they offering me after I already bought one? I welcome surveillance when they offer me things I may need. No one "out there" ever hurt me but the idea that they are watching and studying me all the time is unsettling.