After listening to the former Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. E. Olmert, the priority concern of the Israeli Government right now is to eradicate Hamas.

The UN's major concern is to protect the lives of the Palestinians and to assure their children will survive the War.  The US under President Biden's leadership is urging the Israeli Government to aim at preserving life of those caught in the web woven by the Israeli troops.

Meantime, the Israeli government has received communications from NGO groups in Gaza, that aid to those in need is a trickle of what it should be.  Time is of the\essence, if the Palestinians will be enabled to survive.  But the Israeli Government's major object in its war plans is to inflict retributive justice; and thus condemn the Hamas.  Their goal is unitary: wipe the Hamas off the face of the earth!

Accordingly, those who call for a difference in the priority of war objectives of the Israeli leadership appear to me to be right in altering immediate battle strategy.  I urge, along with the UN, an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.  And I refer to today's NBC "Amanpour" Program, the former Prime Minister's serious statement implying that the present leadership has the wrong set of priorities among its war objectives.

My opinion.     

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Evidently, Prime Minister Netanyahu believes he is acting on God's behalf!

For God has said, "Vengeance is Mine." 

The UN agencies, some 5 of them, has called for a humanitarian ceasefire.  Likely, President Biden in private conversations with the Israeli Prime Minister, has suggested the same to him.

There can be only one reason why the Prime Minister insists for a long war without much chance for innocent Gazans to survive.

Then, could the Israelis show through their demonstrations of concern for human life of those caught in virtually a prison encampment of the Gaza Strip?         

Climate Change Effects taken as they come upon us!

It looks like no country--well, further along is China--opts to installing wind and solar sources of energy without their people experiencing pain.  

But countries must, painstakingly. determine for themselves how much they can do to withstand the devastation or to correct the infrastructure problems caused by climate changes, as high winds for multiple days bringing pounding rains onto their shores and over their land plateaus--storms twice the size of those witnessed heretofore, now with greater frequency.

Decarbonizing the atmosphere, going green, will proceed from correcting one disaster on the planet to the next.  And meanwhile, adjusting to green energy sources over time in accord with their budgetary practicalities. 

Thus, UK's Prime Minister Sunak is delaying in England the sale of electric cars.  Similarly, there's leaders in France who are favor of slowing down the entire project of turning to the new sources of energy for electric vehicles. 

But few countries refuse to decarbonize.  So, it's merely questions of when, how long will it take; and how disruptive a procedure will we have to undergo?

My opinion.

     

Federal government has adopted the policy of "meshing national security and economic policy"

Economics October 7 issue, special report p.4.

The policy is called by some "de-risking":  Keeping the good practices of globalization and adding the Administration's concern for the security of US manufacturing methods.

No longer are the nation's strategic industries coal and steel but "computer chips, electric vehicles and AI."  Climate Change is making this statement emphatically!

My opinion. 

Ukrainians have shipped some of its harvested grain from Odessa.

They have kept cargo ships close to shore near Romania territory, a NATO member, hoping they won't be attacked by Russia.  The Ukrainians are also shipping via the Danube River, I understand.

Anyway, Ukraine is trying its best to ship its harvested grains over to the African poor.

My opinion.

 

Already noted: African nations turning their backs on democracy.

It's so obvious: the reason--you need some education, at least, in order to make it work for you, the citizen.

Another way of putting it: the "democracies" established in African countries are in name only.   Mauritius is acknowledged as about the sole one that qualifies for the title.

Kenya is close and Zambia.  

What replaces some are military juntas like the one in Asia, Mayanmar (formerly, Burma).  

Many Americans are dissatisfied, according to the Economist, October 7th issue, p.10.  I think that's why former President Trump is still popular, because he wants an autocracy, it would seem.

My opinion.  

  

Good News! Bidenomics is already working!

The major feature: AI technology.  The worker is in charge  and automated robots are his and her helpers!  Management is the product designer.  All done by American companies using American and international manufacturing technologies, distributed through centers here and internationally.

These are not political promises; it's happening right now with manufacturing American companies aided by boosts from government in the form of subsidies and tax breaks altogether--dedicated to make America a booming industrial mecca for exporting, but meeting import demands, too.

The show already started last November with brand new AI platform systems.  We're waiting for Congress budgetary input, I understand.

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What we're seeimg happening the world over is an attempt to return to tribalism. The tendency must be fought and resisted!

United States is backing Israel, which it of course must do.

But that is reinforcing Jews to seek out their own.  We see it at work in Central Asia, where Armenians are being forced out after decades of peaceful coexistence with their neighbors.

It is good that the EU countries have accepted so many refugees fleeing Ukrainian battles.  They serve as a model of integration of peoples of different cultures.  The United States, too.

But the tendency towards protectionism must be withstood; and the peoples of the world need to rely on one another for the sake of the planet's stability and acceptance of change, a condition that can lead to world prosperity, if we work together through supply chains!

My opinion.  

It looks like the Palestinians may lose housing, and living on the Gaza Strip!

Hamas fighting nets losing domicile on the valuable piece of land, viz., their living in Gaza City and environs.  Likely, the Palestinians of Gaza will no longer want Hamas in charge of their welfare.

It is sad: so many lives have been extinguished--both Israelis and Palestinians.

Probably, the Israelis will settle in Gaza as well as the in the entire West Bank region.  

Will the displaced Palestinians find refuge in nearby Muslim countries?  Jordan is probably laden with the numbers of Palestinians there already.  Syria has so many immigrant camps.  Where will the migrants of this Palestine displacement be accepted?  Teems of human beings from Gaza seeking already to leave for good but they are not allowed out.

And where would migrating Palestinians of Gaza go?  And more urgent, when will they be allowed out from the ruins of Gaza?  JUST TO GET AWAY, FAST!

My opinion.  

I'm trying to hold on to my health aide!

We're back fighting with her contract organization about the hours!  They don't want to pay!

I'm trying to keep a low profile.  The future plans for me that I've heard I'd be most thankful for.

We're scheduled to meet with her health agency tomorrow.  Anything you can do.

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