The U.S. is sitting on its hands.
NATO is in total disarray.
The United Nations is a joke!
As Russia looks mighty, we look ever so weak!
Total body blow to world democracy and human rights.
Russia is free to murder, take what it desires, do whatever it wants.
And China is gearing up for Taiwan next. ;-)
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Our Deterrence Is Lost
Patience my dear, patience! ;-)
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Lots of Green Beans
Israel is a small, but powerful nation that wants to stop attacks before they get to their door, and indeed, their lives depend on that. We can learn from Israel's military doctrine of deterrence through overwhelming strength, unity, and disincentivizing the attackers to inform other security issues, such as ransomware attacks. I believe that the answer lies in a public-private security partnership financially backed by the government.First, companies voluntarily join a public-private security partnership in which they adhere to higher security standards and oversight as well as pledge not to pay ransomware. Additionally, these companies are placed on a public list and given a badge or seal of approval/logo like Brink's Home Security or ADT to display that indicates they are "fortified," and in this case, that they won't pay any ransom, and are backed by the government.
(Source Photo: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/ransomware-cyber-crime-malware-2321110/)
Lessons From Israel In Stopping Ransomware
Can you feel it?
It's a nostalgia to get away from our big cities.
And to live in the land and nature at peace with ourselves and our Maker. ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal, Painting by M. Sipp Green)
Country Landscape
Blows up.
Has spikes.
And teeth.
Many are poisonous.
Some species are a delicacy in Japan. ;-)
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Crazy Blowfish
They have so intimidated Ukraine that Russia will be able to install a new government in Kyiv or just pull the strings on the puppets in place without ever firing a shot.
Moreover, Ukraine won't be considered by NATO for membership ever again knowing that Russia will go to the mat over it.
Scare tactics can work if you carry a big enough gun and have the gumption to hold it to your opponent's head! ;-)
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Russia Wins This Hands Down
Everybody's getting into Super Bowl Sunday.
Go Team Go!
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Super Bowl Sunday
While anti-Semitism and persecution for being Jews is horrible and should never happen, in a sort of obscene and ironic way, it ends up making us stronger as Jews. In short, testing our faith, ends up solidifying our faith!No one likes adversity, suffering, or persecution, and G-d only knows that we as Jews have known our deeply painful share. Yet whether from Egyptian slavery to the Inquisition, the Holocaust, and more, it’s our test as Jews to survive, and to learn and grow from it our faith in Hashem.
Overcoming The Inquisitor
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Beautiful Shabbat Flowers
Amazing how the hats and robes give them the oriental flair.
Not sure what the dirt is on the arm of the one on the left (maybe it just wipes off).
But they each cost $14,500! ;-)
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Oriental Glass Sculpture
Red fish, blue fish.
Swarms of the sea.
They swim and they churn.
How many can there be? ;-)
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Red Fish Blue Fish
Your goose is cooked.
Eat crow.
Proud as a peacock.
An ugly duckling.
The early bird catches the worm.
One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
Kill two birds with one stone.
What's with all the weird bird sayings? ;-)
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Don't Be Chicken
They are a perfect couple.
Look like brother and sister.
In the dark, with a flashlight on their faces, I think I'd take some fright.
And the pitchfork would give me a sharp little pause as well. ;-)
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Farmer Folk
Clearly, the mobile sanctuary and later the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and now our synagogues are “Houses of G-d,” where we go to pray, learn Torah, and worship Him, and where He resides among us. Sure, G-d is everywhere, but the synagogue/Temple is a unique, special, and spiritual place where we as community dedicate ourselves to G-d and worship Him. It should go without saying that the synagogue is not a place for petty politics, protests, or other antics.
As Jews, we are supposed to make a “Kiddush Hashem” (sanctification of G-d’s name) and not Chillul Hashem (desecration of G-d), and so my hope and prayer is that people in this synagogue and in every synagogue, can “let go” and instead “let G-d.”
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Synagogue Politics
As they say, "adapt or die."
Of course, you can change when you stop:
Take control of your life: change yourself before life bites back at you (and maybe hard).
We've got to slay our own demons not only outside, but inside. ;-)
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Stop The Excuses
Goldberg had the stupidity and audacity to bellow that the Holocaust was "not about race," after Hitler systematically murdered six million Jewish men, woman, and children just because they were Jews, which he believed was an inferior race to the Aryan nation.
"Hitler promoted a racial ideology that identified Whites (he called 'Aryans') as superior and everyone else as inferior. Since Jews in Europe were considered White he classified them as a different race – a race of people that he said was not only inferior but 'dangerous' and needed to be destroyed." - Museum of Tolerance
Instead of Goldberg being completely ashamed of herself for her racist, anti-Semitic remarks desecrating the memories of millions of innocent people genocidally murdered, the narcissistic Goldberg is angry that she got suspended for a measly two weeks.
Whoopi Goldberg is a disgrace and has-been, and should not only be wholly condemned, but fired and put into the trash-bin of Hollywood history! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Adapted by Andy Blumenthal from Sandra Fauconnier via Flickr)
"Whoopee" Goldberg Is Full Of It
With silver dragon spout and handle.
I bet the tea tastes better from it any day of the week. ;-)
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Royal Tibetan Teapot
What happened with that?
It often still seems pretty dirty, dark, dank and swampy!
We need real democracy, freedom, human rights, and justice for all people. ;-)
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Drain The Swamp
