I’m one of many (republished)
My mother is a Holocaust survivor. Her story, as unique and terrible as it is, is unfortunately one of so many. My mother’s entire family was murdered by the Nazis. The only survivor other than my mother was her uncle. When troubles in Europe just began, her uncle was “crazy” enough to immigrate to Israel … Read more
Know who is your enemy – repost
Originaly posted on July 24 2014 This is true today as it was almost ten years ago. Or even more so. – minor typos /text corrections from the original. I’m calling all peace-seeking residents of Gaza. Know your enemy. It should be obvious. Hamas, as we now clearly know, does NOT want peace. If the … Read more
Gameplan
A friend asked me “what would Trump do right now?”. Here’s my answer (and then some). Trump would not get into this situation. But if you asked… IThis is what I think should be done: Get the US to the highest level of oil/gas production ever. Supply oil/gas to Europe. Suffocate Iran and Russia by eliminating the … Read more
Israel / Gaza /Hamas facts only
There has been and still is a lot of confusion, misinformation and ignorance with regard to the facts and the situation in Israel. This post will try to present facts and will be updated if needed. Practical and civil comments are more than welcome, and any fact-based corrections will be immediately corrected. Updated Nov 6. … Read more
Customer No-Service & Wasted Time and Money
I would like some economist to calculate the amount of time spent by people on trying to get customer service from companies and government agencies. Then extract how much of that is done during work hours (mostly because that’s when customer service is available). Then calculate how much money this wasted work time cost the … Read more
Smoked Chicken Thighs
Ingredients: 10 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs 3 tbsp tomato paste 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper 1 tsp turmeric 1 tbsp onion powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp to 1 tsp cayenne pepper (depending on how spicy you like it) 1 tbsp paprika 1 … Read more
Smoked Picnic Cut Pork Shoulder
Ingredients: 1 picnic cut pork shoulder 1 tbsp salt 1 tbsp black pepper 1/2 tbsp white pepper 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1 tbsp paprika 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tbsp onion powder 1/2 tsp allspice 1/4 tsp Chinese five spice 1 tbsp ground mustard 5 TBLS maple syrup 1 tbsp molasses Directions: … Read more