Even Bush Gets It

(or perhaps this post should have been called Why Doesn’t Olmert Get It)

A mind boggling story appeared in Haaretz of all places today. You can find the whole thing here.

For those of you too lazy too click through or even for those who will, I’ll quote the amazing part here:

“After Olmert updated Bush on Israel's indirect talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, the U.S. president demanded, "Why do you want to give Assad the Golan for nothing?" the sources said.
"It's not for nothing," Olmert insisted. "It's in exchange for a change in the region's strategic alignment."

Bush persisted: "Why should you believe him?" And to that, Olmert did not reply. “

For all his problems, even Bush realizes its pointless to give away the Golan to Syria. Why doesn’t Olmert get it?

Cool Math Show

I know some of us (and me included) think it’s cool when we multiple two digit numbers in our head, but this guy has us all beat.

Enjoy.

NASA/Life Pictures on Google

This may not actually interest you as it does me, but since I probably know way more about the various NASA projects in the ‘50s and ‘60s (Mercury, Gemini and Apollo) than is really necessary, I found this latest Google development to be fascinating.

It seems that Google is now hosting and has available for viewing all the old Life images. 

What makes this good is that Life of course has tons of pictures from their deal with NASA in the 50’s and 60’s.

For example, type in 1960s NASA and you will get to see all kinds of goodies like:

Great Headline

In today’s Headline of the Day segment, we have a classic headline. You can zoom in an read the fine print, but even so it’s still funny.

Election Thoughts

Mrs. S. mentioned how  she  was expecting some election analysis which seems to be a reasonable thought.

The truth is I don’t have much to say on the matter. I was/am not a big fan of Obama and you have to wonder how much damage he can do in four years.  For most of us, our main focus is of course how things will affect Israel and I not optimistic on that – especially with Israeli Prime Ministers who will cave in to American pressure (and unfortunately I am including Bibi in that list.)

In addition, on a more local American scene, now that the Democrats control both Congress and the White House, they will be able to appoint as liberal judges and justices as they want.

But enough on that pessimism.  The truth is by Monday night we knew that Obama was going to win.

For the past 18 elections going back to 1940, the Redskins are 17-1 in picking the winner.

It goes like this: If the Washington Redskins win their last home game before the election, then the incumbent party wins. If they lose, then the other party wins. Actually, until 2004, this had successfully predicted 17 straight elections. In 2004, the Redskins lost to the Green Bay Packers, but the incumbent Republicans (George Bush) won anyways.

But even at 17-1, it’s tough to argue with success.

And lo and behold, the Redskins had to go and lose Monday night to the Steelers – presaging the Democratic victory.

And so us Redskins fans got stuck with a double whammy this week: both the Redskins and McCain losing.

Children

Today’s Quote of the Day brings this piece of wisdom:

"Children are all foreigners." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kids may not understand this quote, but I don’t think parents need any explanation at all.