Another week misspent

 I did no work all the last week. I spent no time in the gym or the pool. Took no sleeping pills and drank no wine. Did nothing worth remembering. I slept a lot and day-dreamt. Need to find a goal, like buying an apartment next to home for our little daughter. But is it realistic to plan so far ahead at age 77? If not, what? Wait for some disease and zehu! The painting shows the 5 Mast Barque Potosi. It was designed to carry guano from Peru to Germany. One of the last sailing ships built. 

Fighting Slavery

 

The British Empire sent its powerful navy to chase and sink slave carriers from West Africa to Cuba and Brazil, places where strong malaria-resistant agricultural laborers were needed. They rescued thousands. Three hundred years later, The Economist continues fighting the human trade.

This statement sets out The Economist Group's actions to understand all potential modern slavery risks related to its business and to put in place steps that are aimed at ensuring that there is no slavery or human trafficking in its own business and its supply chains. This statement relates to actions and activities during the financial year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.

As part of the independent global media and information-services industry, we recognise that we have a responsibility to take a robust approach to slavery and human trafficking, and we continue to invest into our internal risk & control structures.

Our organisation is fully committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in its corporate activities, and to ensuring that its supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking.

Observation: The autocorrect robot found 3 grammatical errors in the passage above.  

Is China collapsing? Really?

 
The world media is unanimously reporting China's accelerated crisis: demographic, economic, debts, banking, construction, etc. Yet China's GNP is growing at 5-6% this year (source: The Economist) in comparison with America's 1-2% and Europe's -1%.  Who is collapsing? 

BTW, Israel is growing at 3-4% in 2023 which is very nice. Compared with the dark prophesies of the anti-government press. The Bourse believes in the HaAretz fish wrap and is considerably behind the wonderful rise of the NASDAQ. That is in spite of the 10% devaluation of the shekel vis-a-vis the dollar.  I believe that TASE will - eventually - synchronize with Nasdaq. 

Canicula

32 Celsius and cannot work. I cannot get organized with those Hinanit clients. Tenne and Helfgott are pending. Why do I not start working on them? 

America The Audacious

The non-somnolent Biden government is showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks like the new industrial policy of offering 60% subsidy to chip fab and rare metals investments. And it is working: Taiwanese and South Koreans are moving factories to the USA. Israeli start-ups are also moving. Open borders are sucking in the workforce from all over the world. The streets show a terrible picture of drugged White youths, unpunished Black shoplifting, and diverse street prostitution, but the rot is not corroding the core. 

 

Sleeping without sleeping pills

I have stopped taking pills. I turn around in bed till 3 AM and search about the Bauchi Meat Company and Galambi Ranch. Since we left, it has been decaying and emptied. They still remember the "Argentines".

"Amina explained that the wind surge hit several residential houses in areas like Liman Katagum, Jamda, Mararaban L/Katagum, Galambi, Zungur, Luda, Baram, etc in Bauchi and some parts of Tafawa Balewa Local Governments." Those are places I used to know and visit. The pic looks like the plot I have bush cleared for artificial pasture.

 I have vivid dreams, not all nice. 

A week lost

 
This week it was so hot that practically I did no work. Grandma Asia died in the hospital and we sat shivah - 7-day mourning. Many visitors. Grandkids were here destroying the furniture, as the kindergarten are on vacation. 

I decided to get rid of sleeping pills and tonight I took none. In the end, I slept for a few hours. I am not tired.