The Taxman took money from my account, without giving me an advance notice. It depressed me and I am thinking of closing the shop and stop working. I never planned to work till age 77, but here I am and what else is to do? People volunteer, not me. Some spend time in the club, but I prefer to hoard money and help my hardworking daughters. Traveling - did enough for one and a half lives. Sex - remind me what it was about.
Russia and China's aggressiveness has triggered a worldwide re-armament movement. Kissinger's Westphalian World Order is being shaken and a shooting war may be around the corner.
As always, I am undecided. For one, the self-elected Supreme Court protects effectively our international legality and democratic image. On the other hand, it tries to impose utopic humanitarian behavior on a community under daily, no, hourly terrorist attacks.
In 1980 Israel's gdp per person was about half of Germany’s; now it is 12% higher.
Amazing! The Soviet Jews who were left out with a visa for Israel but choose Germany... lost. Leaving Judaism means surely declassing. I learned that in Argentina.
In my adolescence, I used to spend whole days reading the latest Economist, missing out on classes, and not studying.
What did I learn today? That the world is already in a recession cycle, as Ray Dalio's book says. I have bought his book but it is so large that it cannot be read in the bed but has to be rested on a table, like the Tanach, so I just skipped around.
I am psycho.
Who is crazy?
I am crazy. I am a crazy golanchik.*
I want to be a fighter.
To fight the terrorists.
And return home in peace
To the Brigade that is a dream.
Who is a crazy golanchik?
I am a crazy golanchik!
* Golani is an infantry brigade.
The Swiss banking giant said 61.2bn Swiss francs left the bank in the first three months of the year.
68.6 Billion US dollars.
Switzerland's Foreign Currency reserves are about 800 - 1000 Billion US$. The Swiss are very rich. They could have easily saved the bank. But it was not worth saving.
