Plumbers
We’ve put men on the moon. We’ve put tons of multi-billion-dollar stuff in low earth orbit that we can dump into the atmosphere and fry (and probably will, soon) at a moment’s notice.
We have essentially wiped out diseases that used to threaten the entire population. We have invented sanitary pads that can soak up entire lakes of substantial size.
We still can’t invent a dam’ toilet that works. The last entirely reliable toilet was a little shack sitting over a trench in the ground, with a moon-shaped cutout in the door. Sears-Roebuck catalogs and a sack of lime were the only necessary adjuncts (despite Mr. Whipple). A substantial population of flies were nice contributors, but not required.
I realize it’s a tough job. I had two wives and four daughters. If there’s something that can eff up a toilet, I’ve seen it and dealt with it. The only thing I couldn’t seem to get right was putting the seat and lid down.
I would in no way guarantee a toilet design for the space station or any rocket or shuttle. BM, et. al., trumps LM anytime.
No wonder plumbers charge so much and get away with it.
Giant Marine Life
We have giant jellyfish in Japan and giant squid in San Diego. It’s the end, I tell you, the end.
Next thing you know, we’ll have giant women. I’m waiting with bated breath. I’m ready to die if the reasons are right.
Israel
Israel is very defiant. Why wouldn’t they be? We (The U.S. and others) have supported every thing they ever wished to do, regardless of its actual rightness.
It’s been galling for a couple of decades that they demand this sort of support in the face of the inequities they impose on the grounds of some religious “rightness” that has no real base in facts.
It’s time to say, “Buck you, fuddy.” No arms deals, including items necessary for maintenance. No dollars. No nothing. Maybe some tourism, ever declining.
Stop settlements. Get entirely out of certain areas most people would like to be set up for a Palestinian state. Don’t brandish nuclear capability against the neighbors that have none, because WE still have more than you. It wouldn’t be really wise to pull the trigger. (See: Korea, North, Fig Bucking Words.)
Divvy up. Resolve to live in peace with neighbors whose beliefs you don’t share. It’ll beat the hell out of living amongst neighbors who are dedicated to your destruction (not rightfully, I’d suggest, but understandably), particularly when you don’t receive the aid that ensures your existence as a coherent group.
If it’s your desire, of course, you can return to being a dispersed conglomeration of peoples. Unfortunately, I’m guessing, you have shed the beliefs that kept you conceptually together for thousands of years when you were physically apart.
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