Rocket after 2000 km trip

 

One of the 180 Iranian missiles landed in the Negev in one piece. 

Iran Attacks with Ballistic Missiles

 Sharpshooters, no doubt.

Aboriginal Battle

 

The battles in the plain before Troy must have looked similar. Below: Zahal enters Lebanon, today.

A small primitive tribe in Yemen has closed down an important international sea route. Open and free seas are a sacred law. Egypt - the most affected - and the European countries are impotent. Israel, 2000 km afar, has to do their work. 

Thames Water's Likely in the Coming Default

 Thames Water’s €1 billion ($1.1 billion) of bonds due January 2031 are indicated at 72.8 cents on the euro. A debt restructuring — and consequently a default — is likely in the coming 12 months. BlackRock and Elliott Investment have been working on a plan to address the need for new funds and the unsustainable debt pile. The regulators keep demanding less pollution and do not allow a price rise.  It is a political dynamite. 

 It is an interesting situation for speculators. It's too complex for me. 

The Upcoming Hegemon of the Middle East

 
HaAretz writes today that there is a competition between Iran and Israel for the Middle East hegemony. We are focused on building a Jewish state and only wish nothing to do with the natives, but Iran's aggression does not leave us an alternative. I don't like it since close relatives have been called to reserve duty. They must be now manning the front line. I am too old to volunteer.

Hizballah decapitated

The Lebanese political-military-religious organization, the Hizbullah, has been decapitated.  Originally, civilized, Christian Lebanon was hoped to become our friendly neighbor. It was not to be. Lebanon was dominated by the Islamic minority, the Christians emigrated and Lebanon engaged in permanent hostilities. General Sharon tried to intervene and restore Christian domination but failed. We were left with an enemy in the North. We have destroyed it twice and are on it the third time. 

Dr. Francia, Dictador Perpetuo

 "El Supremo" or "Karai Guasu" was born on January 6th, 1766, the son of a Spanish soldier and daughter of the colonial governor. His doctorate was in Holy Theology from the University of Tucuman. He returned to Paraguay and became a teacher and a lawyer. He was elected First Councilor in the Spanish Colonial Government and after the fall of Spain, he changed the title to Perpetual Dictator. 

The White caste needed access to the sea and foreign markets. Dr Francia failed to establish good relations with Argentina, so the leading caste conspired. The Dictator decided to destroy it and started by establishing a register of Whites and forbidding the marriage of Whites with Whites. 

In 1864  Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay invaded Paraguay, killing 90% of the male population. These events resulted in a homogeneous mixed population, that speaks Guarani and Spanish. Paraguay never reached the level of other South American countries that conserved the strict racial stratification of the colonial era, like Peru, Brazil, and Argentina.