3/30/24

 Saturday, March 30, 2024

On the BL all night, awake at 2:30, lights on at 3 a.m., with lots of pain, especially left shoulder and right hand/wrist.  38°, rain, high of 45°, wind E at 9 mph, 3-12/20.  Sunrise at 6:36, sunset at 7:16, 12+40.

Pain, etc.  I had a lot of pain (7)?) on awakening in both shoulders, right wrist and hand, back, and hips.  I took 1,000 mg. of Tylenol at 4 a.m.  I'm not applying Diclofenac to my left shoulder because my right shoulder's ROM is too limited by pain to reach all of my left shoulder.

I'm grateful     

More random and not-so-random thoughts on Israel AT 3:20 a.m.

(1)  For 34 of the past 47 years, Israel's prime ministers have come from the Likud Party.  For half of the 34 years that Likus governed Israel, Netanyahu was prime minister.  In the last 48 years, Democrats have occupied the White House for 24 years and Republicans for 24.

(2) Likud is Israel's Republican Party.  Netanyahu is Israel's Trump.  Both have been indicted for serious crimes.  Each seeks to retain or reacquire power to shield himself from prosecution.  Each is secular and probably an atheist but each relies on religious zealots for political support. Each is a scheming conniver and views relationships transactionally, i.e., what's in it for me.  Each has little respect for the so-called 'Rule of Law.'  Each considers himself to be 'the Chosen One', the only one who can properly run his country.  The big difference between the two is that Netanyahu is really smart, much smarter than Trump.  He also has some loyalty to Israel in ways that Trump doesn't have to the U.S.

(3)  Biden has authorized another massive shipment of bombs and fighter jets to Israel including 1,800 2,000 bombs.