Sunday, August 31, 2014

Weather It Is (The Weather Knows)

Good Evening:

It is said (or at least thought) that the weather knows the calendar date -- as the sky takes on a more winter appearance.  In fact, my youngest daughter even concurs.

As I write, relatively cool fall air is streaming southward and will overspread our area tonight and tomorrow (Monday), reaching its peak (cool level) Tuesday morning.  Moisture amounts will also be on the increase as the night progresses, and light rain will break out over coastal areas, possibly spreading into the centre as well.

On the other hand, we've heard this story before -- a possibility of rain.  But that was summer, and now we're heading into fall, and "like" I wrote: "The Shadow Knows."

Speaking of what we should know, you might have heard that we won the war.  In fact, we're being told this so strongly we might even come to believe it (unless you hold by the maxim: ""The lady doth protest too much, methinks"). Yet, if we go by my definition: we didn't win because there was still someone (actually a lot of someones) on the the other side who stood up and said they won.  This bothers me, and apparently I am not alone in being bothered.

Despite the supposed ending of the war, we are still selling our special umbrellas: they can be used to fend off the rain or (God forbid) something worse.

Barry Lynn

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Weather It Is (Win Won For the Gipper)

Good Evening:


The weather will be warming up a bit as low pressure to our east strengthens.

However, it won't strengthen too much, or possibly to strongly. Hence, it will feel hot, but not oppressively hot.

Otherwise, we can look ahead and see the more summer-like weather holding on for a week or so.  Beyond that we see very little.

I've noticed that many of our political and media leaders cannot see beyond the horizon. For example, one newspaper editor wrote:

"But only if Hamas believes its survival is in danger, its capacity to live to fight Israel another day in doubt, will it call a long-term halt to the fire."  

One has to wonder: why would we want a long term ceasefire when with a bit more effort we can finish them off.

Why are we afraid to win!?

I say our goal needs to be to win.  Maybe our victory will inspire others to go out and win the war against the evil Islamic ideology, and something good just may come of it.


Shabbat Shalom,


Barry Lynn

Friday, August 8, 2014

Weather It Is (Mr. Ban says)

Good Morning:

It's pretty obvious that our weather is going to cool down quite a bit by late tomorrow (Shabbat) afternoon.  But. then, temperatures will head sharply upwards, like a rocket from Gaza, descending slowly thereafter, only to plunge towards unseasonably cool summer weather as we head into the month of Elul.

In fact, we are seeing some instability in the weather pattern, meaning that the weather may be noticing that fall is right around the corner.

This morning we read that one of the Hamas missiles didn't make it very far off the ground. In fact, it exploded, killing at least five people (Hamas or Islamic Jihad members?).  The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, was quick to condemn Israel.  "It is a TRAGEDY. yes, a TRAGEDY, for Hamas and the Palestinian people.  Had the Israelis agreed to the Hamas terms for a ceasefire, then none of this would have been necessary.  Hamas would have no reason to fire missiles,  and I would not be standing before you today, with this sad, sad news."

Shabbat Shalom,

Barry
P.S. I've been asked, so I must say:  Mr Ban's quote is sarcasm (on my part) -- but unfortunately, probably, true.

Friday, August 1, 2014

Weather It Is (Cease-Friers)

Good Afternoon:

While one might have expected the weather to cool off -- following the ceasefire agreement -- it was not to be.  It might be better for our leaders to pay more attention to the weather forecast, than try to make any intelligent decisions on their own.

It seems that they agreed to a "cease-fire," with drastic results.  Hamas took advantage of the break in hostilities to kidnap one of our soldiers; in the process, we became (for the umpteenth) time "cease-FRIERS."

Along with the dithering, comes the staging of troops just outside Gaza, where many have died just sitting, while being serenaded with mortar-showers.

The weather will cool off again in a few days.  Time is passing, and we're losing the war because we're not trying to finish it in victory.

Shabbat Shalom,

Barry Lynn