Israel Mediating Between Russia and Ukraine

My Blood Pressure is normal and finished two projects, one already got paid and the other, as usual, has to be approved by a higher-level boss whose existence was unknown till the very moment they have to pay me. The Tel Aviv bourse finished lower, but I ended with a large profit. I am starting tomorrow to send money to pay my debt. Bennet is mediating in Russia - it is amazing how we Jews have climbed the world political-financial-social pyramid. I assisted in Course of Leadership and Peacemaking (Mediation) with Latin American participants, but I thought "What we know of peace mediation that we are training Latins?" It appears that I was underestimating our capabilities and international standing.   

America Prospering under Biden

 Democrat Biden's Presidency is going well. It is unexpected because I am seeing ignorant, unqualified people pushed to powerful positions, like the Vicepresident and the recent Supreme Court nominee. On American TV and news, I am seeing brutish faces and many diverse females debating with titans of industry and science. It is difficult for me to get used to the new American faces. The WASPs have abandoned visible positions and went underground. But it doesn't seem to import. 

Demand/Price Curve Failing

Brazil is worried that their stock of fertilizers is insufficient and their suppliers - Russia and Ukraine - are inoperative. The remaining exporters - Israel and Canada - should be enjoying the unsatisfied demand. But no, their share prices are falling.   

How does this work? 

Guide for the Perplexed

 

The graph left shows TASE 35 index along the trading day. No direction at all. No one knows if we are into the recession (petrol over 110 US$, inflation 7%) or the renewed Cold War will harm us. I have to pay a large debt and don't know if to sell or to wait a week. The weekend is on us and my mood is grey. Tehila and Noya are here, they ignore me.  

Putin's Mistake

Putin menaced Western Europe with nuclear weapons, and all the West fell in line.  Finland immediately asked for NATO protection and so many others. Commentary writes: 

Germany has abandoned pacifism. The German chancellor announced this weekend that his country would raise defense spending to two percent of GDP, scuttle the Nord Stream II pipeline, invest in liquid natural-gas terminals, and export lethal armaments to Ukraine. Sweden and Switzerland have abandoned neutrality. Bern will join the West’s sanctions regime, denying Russia a financial haven and an avenue to launder money, and Sweden is sending thousands of anti-tank weapons to the Ukrainian front. Passive actors like Denmark and Belgium are dispatching weapons and even irregular fighters to the frontlines. Putin-friendly figures like Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Turkey’s Recep Erdoğan have fallen in line with the West. The European Union is finally acting on its ambitions to serve as a defense force by shipping fighter aircraft across the Ukrainian border. And non-aligned states including Sweden, Finland, and Kosovo are making noises about seeking NATO membership.

History did not end, war-loving Nordics will not settle in their huts but keep looking for a fight. 

 

War Sentiment

 

Yesterday. the German Chancellor announced a large budget for weapons, and today he is making a surprise visit to Israel. Elbit, a weapons manufacturer, became suddenly 7.5% more expensive, yet - or because - I bought. Also, South Korea is equipping its new Red Back vehicle. It is a bad day in the bourse, yet I am 5000 shekels ahead. Wars are good: America will focus on what is important, and forget its sick fixation with felling horseback statues. Welcome, Olaf. 

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Feeling unsettled

 I accepted a project of a gym studio that became a full country club and then gradually expanded with a swimming pool, a technical building with pumps and heat exchangers, and then the drainage of a large park and so on. I had invested months of hard work for three months and they were harassing me every day for more and more urgent changes. I gave up, having lost my time and my expected remuneration. I feel unsettled, from now on I shall accept only small projects (but this was a small project!) and define strict payment schedules. I am an old man and these failures make my BP rise. 

Salt makes the body hold on to water, putting extra stress on the heart and blood vessels. Salt -- and worry, and anger -- aren't the only things that can raise blood pressure. Although temporary "spikes" aren't necessarily a problem, numbers that remain high over time can cause serious damage.