Epidemic Blues

I am working very slowly and constantly distracted. I have promised an important project and am unable to comply with any deadline. On the table are a supermarket permit, very urgent, yet it is taking me now three days and yet cannot see the end. Waiting is KATZA'A, two new food shops, the very large garage and the northern shopping center. And I have rejected many orders. Cannot cope. And why did I complicated myself in these jobs? I do not need the money. My daughters do not accept my money. I have retired a decade ago. My grandchildren need nothing. Each one of them seems to have a children fashion outlet at home, and a toys shop. Old Jews like me are walking in the street, exercising. Well, now, to work. Arbeit!  The medals are East Germany's Workers Medals, in their three ranks (probably gold, silver, bronze, although I can't see the difference). 

I also deserve the  Stakhanovite (стахановское) medal. 

What was going on in Toobin's head?

 Journalist Jeffrey Toobin, who was fired by CNN and The New Yorker after he was caught masturbating on a zoom call last month in full view of colleagues.

Biowarfare Ranking

 

This year there was a ferocious effort to develop fast a vaccine against this novel COVID-19. America budgeted many billion dollars to this project. The result is unknown. Russia announced two weeks ago that they have a Sputnik vaccine, and yesterday the German Pfizer reached the goal. Conclusion: Russia (and Germany) are leading. Where are America, China, Japan, Korea, Israel and other advanced countries? 

Azerbaijan's Victory

The peace has been signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan,  Armenia gave up all the territories occupied by the Azeris. The military triumph was brought by drones: the excellent Turkish drones (pic) and the Israeli observation drones and the kamikaze loitering ammunition. The Armenians had no answer to these new flying weapons.  

What now? Erdogan will be encouraged to apply his drone power in other aggressions. Israel will sell more of its battle proved products. 

First day of Biden

 

Pfizer and a small German vax company announced an effective COVID 19 vaccine. Biden won the American elections. My portfolio grew some 5% . Tech shares are out; airplanes and tourism are back. The Democrats are purging their socialist members. 

End of the Mink Industry

 Denmark is culling 17 million minks because they caught the corona virus. This was an industry that operated in secret and escaped the ire of the animal rights fanatics. Now that everybody can see pictures of these lovely animals condemned to the gas chambers, the industry cannot continue in Europe anymore. BTW, minks are sanguinary predators.  

The Left Won. Now, What?

 Trump's victory four years ago was a miracle. Could not last. Now, what? America wants to become a mixed race society, dominated by rioting Africans. The model is South Africa. It is not a totally failed country, the economy is growing, people is being fed. It has large pockets of African misery and power-water-transport and other public utilities that are unable to operate. A drought last year left Capetown without water. Phantasy projects like corn-to-fuel will again waste America's resources. America will descend to Flint's level of corruption, but much of it will start to resemble Flint - Detroit and Chicago already are. That is what there is - my grandchildren will have to deal with that.