Reference :- Some stategies have universal application .

Reference :-   There was trouble at the Kooralya pub last night . 

 Dear Mr Netanyahu , 

                                    You have a lot on your plate at the moment , what with balancing your finger on the hair trigger of nuclear armageddon and all , so I thought you might appreciate hearing from the Sky Reply , as a useful distraction .  Young Gabbo often claims that we are a warlike species , and last night his opinion was validated once more .  

It went like this .  A strange bloke came to town on a Harley Davidson motorbike , parked it outside the pub , went up to the bar , and ordered a beer .  He sat on that beer for a long time , to keep his wits about him . As the other blokes in the bar drank on , he pretended to befriend them .   Once everybody had a skinful , he started a fight , and then quietly slipped out the side door to the bottle shop and informed  the bottle shop attendant that a fight had started in the bar .

"  A fight has started in the bar " , he said . 

Trevor , the bottle shop attendant , rushed to the bar .  The stranger took the opportunity to help himself to the contents of the cash register.  Unfortunately the fight had by then spilled out into the street . The Harley Davidson was knocked over , petrol leaked onto the exhaust , and the bike was consumed in a blazing inferno . 

The local cop , Graham , has slammed the bikie in the lockup , pending the arrival of the circuit judge . 

Graham , investigating the case ,  asked Trevor what the fight had been about in the first instance . 

 " What was the fight about in the first instance ?  " ,  Graham said 

" Somebody accused somebody of carrying a flick knife " , Trevor said . 

" And was there a flick knife ? " , Stanley said . 

" I dunno .  " , Trevor said . 

Anyway Mr Netanyahu , that's the latest from Kooralya .  

 How are you going with the war in Iran ?   I guess that it is a useful distraction from Gaza , where I see you have ramped up the ethnic cleansing while the world is not looking .  

I am sure you know what you are doing , but if I was you I would be careful about where I parked my motorbike .    

Are you with me ? 

Your comrade ,  

Ken .  

 

 

                                        

Reference:- Responding to the war between Israel and Iran , the Australian Government has advised against travel in the Middle East .

 Reference :-  Our cousin , Phineas , can't secure a flight home from Israel .  

Cousin Phineas is currently in Israel ,where he now spends much of his time hiding in an underground  shelter  .  Phineas has always nurtured a keen interest in the history of tax deductible bronze age superstitions , and recently crossed a great ambition off his bucket list by flying to Israel , which is the very heartland of bronze age superstitions . 

I more keenly follow current geopolitics , with a particular interest in avoiding the need to inhabit  bomb shelters during major kinetic conflicts.   It occurred to me that Phineas should avoid travel in the Middle East while the whole region looks like the Kooralya showgrounds on Guy Fawkes night .  I hinted at this  to Phineas . 

" It occurs to me that you should avoid travel in the Middle East while the whole region looks like the Kooralya  showgrounds on Guy Fawkes night . " , I said .  

Anyway , I could have saved my breath  . Wailing at Phineas about the risks of traveling to Jerusalem was like talking to a brick wall .   And now , Phineas tells us he is trapped in Israel because flights from Ben Gurion Airport  have been cancelled .    I told him it is because flights are unsafe , due to the rockets  arriving daily from Iran .   But Phineas has a proclivity for paranoia , and he reckons Mr Netanyahu is deliberately keeping  thousands of folk in Israel to serve as human shields . Phineas  reckons that Mr  Netanyahu  wants westerners to be killed by that Ayatollah chap running Iran so that western countries will be more inclined to help him liberate the Iranian people from their dictatorship . And unlike Iraq,  Libya , Afghanistan and Syria , on this occasion Mr Netanyahu expects regime change will succeed . 

We are all worried about Phineas'  awful plight .   I was going to ask him if he had seen many artifacts produced by bronze age superstitions , but told Ken junior that I felt it was not the right time  . 

"  I don't think we should ask cousin Phineas whether he has seen many bronze age artifacts . " , I said . 

"  He is living in one . " , Ken junior said . 

Whatever that means .....

 Your comrade , Ken .  

 

 

 

Reference :- The " Freedom Flotilla " sailing to Gaza with food for starving children faces grave threats .... from Israeli children .

 References :-   Israeli propaganda machine , the Hasbara , has made a video featuring young Israeli children threatening the " Freedom Flotilla ", especially crew member Greta Thunberg . 

Dear Mr Netanyahu , 

                                   The aid ship , " Madleen " has not turned it's stern on Gaza, despite threats of being attacked by the IDF . The IDF has a rich tradition of such attacks over the years , during which many humanitarians have been killed , so one must salute the courage of the crew members .  

On this occasion we note that you have decided to use children to threaten the flotilla , with the hope of gleaning support from the world community .  Sadly , that plan has backfired . It seems that folk are sickened by videos of brainwashed children threatening  humanitarian workers .  I know that might seem strange to you , but that is the world we live in these days . 

My son , Ken junior ,  found the video so creepy  that he said it reminded him of a book by John Wyndham called " The Midwich Cuckoos "  . Personally I have never read the tome , but apparently it features a great number of evil children .  Ken junior has a proclivity for resorting to hyperbole , so don't take that remark too seriously . In any case , Gabbo reckons Ken junior's analogy is off target completely .  Gabbo says that your Hasbara video reminds him more of a short story by Stephen King , called 

" Children of the Corn " .

" Those kids remind me of the kids in Stephen King's short story " Children of the Corn " , Gabbo said . 

" Never heard of it . " , I said . 

Anyway Mr Netanyahu , I think the point is that your use of children as human shields is not working , and it might be a good idea to remove the video from the interweb and try a different tactic . 

Here's a thought .  That little vessel can't carry much food . Probably barely enough tucker to feed a few dozen kids for a week .  Why not let it arrive safely in Gaza ?   Folk might read that as an indication of a legitimate concern for the well being of starving Palestinian children .  You could get the cameras out and shoot a few minutes of video footage showing the flotilla arriving safely before the IDF starts its usual shooting with snipers .   Naturally you would claim that you were trying to prevent looting by Hamas . 

I know it must be galling to see how much of the world supports the flotilla , but for now your best bet is to pretend to run with it . 

Your comrade , Ken . 

PS . How are you going with the pettifoggers who are trying to keep you out of jail for corruption .... and is it also treason for funding Hamas ?   I hear Israeli prisons are harshly administered , so don't hesitate to pay them well , even if they are thieving rogues .   

 

 

 

     

                                           

 

 

Reference - Sometimes Ken junior asks a strange question .

 References :-  Ken junior's thought processes confound me . 

 A cold winter is upon us in Kooralya .    These days firewood costs more than ducted air conditioning , but we will glean another winter's worth of wood when we demolish Gabbo's old homing pigeon coop .  Everybody becomes somewhat testy in the morning chill, even Dog is not the usual enthusiastic dawn riser who greets us with tail wagging . 

We were listening to the morning news on the wireless while warming our hands on our mugs of hot tea , and broadcasters were all excited about Mr Zelenskey's  mob  having blown up 40 Russian aircraft using drones .  That cunning attack has certainly raised a few eyebrows . Possibly somebody in Russia has flipped open the lid on the nuclear Armageddon button , although many folk in the West would be too busy cheering to notice . 

Anyway , Ken junior said a strange thing . 

" Why 40 planes ?  Why is everything always 40 ?  " , Ken junior said . 

" How's that ? " , I said  

" 40 planes , 40 beheaded babies , 40 days of Lent , 40 days of precipitation on Noah's Ark ..... and 40 nights , 40  lashes as maximum punishment in the bible  , 40 years that the Israelites spent in the desert  looking for the promised land back when they had dark complexions . Seems a bit coincidental . " , Ken junior said . 

" I guess that a thousand years from now it will seem more poetic when scholars talk about the 40 planes that triggered Armageddon . "  I said  . 

"  Good point , and at least all those sets of 40 have something in common . " ,  Gabbo said . 

" What's that ? " , I said . 

" They are all made up  . " , Gabbo said . 

Well that is too much for me to process on a cold morning .  I might slip back into bed ..... I  could do with another 40 winks . 

Your comrade , Ken  

 

  

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