Shechem or Jerusalem

I am reading the Historical Geography of the Holy Land by a Scottish religious leader, George Adam Smith, D.D.,  who explored this land in the 1800's and writes that Jerusalem is not the best place for Israel's capital. Its only advantage (in historical times) is that it is impregnable, or defensible. The natural capital is in the only pass through the Central Range of Samaria, which is between the Ebal and Gerizim mountains, occupied by the city of Shechem. Today, on Gerizim we have Har Tov settlement, overlooking the valley. Those Scott Protestants were very serious people, they knew Greek and Hebrew, and they studied and analyzed the Bible more intelligently than our rabbis. I have tremendous respect for them.   

The Flying Afghans

 

Shortly after taking off from Kabul airport, people started dropping from the American plane sent to evacuate them. Dramatic. 

What's next?

I keep working (without much energy. It is very hot.) and money is silently dripping in. Decided to buy a new Skoda Fabia. Maybe invest in stocks?  Stocks are trading well below their future hyper-inflation book values.

Kabul

KABUL International Airport at this moment. Thousands fighting to get in any airplane.Frightening. Really. 

Helicopters evacuate American Embassy in Kabul

The pic reminds me of the evacuation of Saigon. Very bad. The message is that America cannot stand against a determined enemy. Iran is taking notes. 

Twenty years of American backing made the Afghan forces overly dependant and crumbled as soon as it became known that the Americans were leaving them.  An entire Afghan army corps with its U.S. weapons, equipment, and vehicles surrendered in Kunduz city. 

Interesting that the same thing did not happen in Taiwan nor South Korea. 

How Brazil Solved Its Slave Issue

 

Long ago and far away in the barrio, Brazilians were called "monkeys" because many were descended from African slaves. A hundred years ago, Brazil adopted a policy of Blanqueamiento that is promoting European immigration. Today the average Brazilian could pass as White in America. The USA is also diluting its African population (see the numbers) with massive immigration of mestizos - Europe has no excess population anymore. Afro-Americans are being diluted even if it doesn't look like that because of the noise and disturbance they cause. I cannot know if this solution is a Government project, no one is talking about it.    

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