Day 4...

Good evening everyone.

The Russians are unleashing quite the arsenal on Ukraine even as we speak.  I commend the plucky Ukrainians for putting up such a fight.

The West, in its wisdom, has finally cut off select Russian banks from SWIFT.  SWIFT simplifies much of the process for international banking and commerce.  Please note that the decision on these sanctions only affects select Russian banks, and not all of them.

I believe a sense of proportion is important.

*Last week, an Ontario government employee lost her job.  She had donated $100.00 anonymously to the trucker strike that paralyzed Ottawa for several weeks.  Her identity was revealed in a hack of the funding organization.

If it takes until Day 4 to do something substantial, and if the Russians still have some access to SWIFT, a question seems glaringly lacking in an answer:

Can the woman have her job back?

Have a good evening.

R/SCG

*Please do not attempt to tease out my opinion regarding the truckers from this blog entry.  I have not stated any opinion in this blog.

Said to No One in Particular....

Top of the evening Ladies and Gentlemen...

The events of the last few days brought the following to mind.

"You were given the choice between war and dishonour.  You chose dishonour and you will have war." 

     - Sir Winston Churchill to Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, 1938

Have a calm evening.

R/SCG

Who Knew It Was So Easy??

 Good morning to all...

From the New York Post: "Every single adult New Yorker can go get a vaccine as easily as they can get a bagel, and since we know that drastically reduces severe illness, then hooray, the COVID crisis is over."

Pfizer?  Moderna?  J&J?  Billions of dollars of research...and we finally come to the simple truth.  Bagels drastically reduce severe illness.

I like either sesame seed or pumpernickel.

May you have a wonderful, holy day.

R/SCG

***DISCLAIMER***

I am a rabbi, not a doctor.  Please do not take the above as medical advice.