Will's Good Idea for the Week of 4/21/24

Good Sunday morn, Stroock's Books weekend enthusiasts. 

We walked seven miles yesterday. We over did it. 

The house passed the Ukraine money laundering bill yesterday. The legislation includes $17 billion in goodies for Israel. The Times of Israel tells us, 'Of the aid to Israel, some $5.2 billion will go toward replenishing and expanding Israel’s missile and rocket defense system; another $3.5 billion will go to purchasing advanced weapons systems; $1 billion to enhance weapons production; $4.4 billion for other defense supplies and services provided to Israel; and some $2.4 billion to US operations in the region amid the Gaza war.' [Why is aid to Ukraine money laundering but aid to Israel good-Ed?] Easy, we don't care about Ukraine but care very deeply about Israel. Any questions? 

Israeli patience is paying dividends. 

Passover begins tomorrow night. We expect bad things. An anti-Jewish pogrom in New York City or London, an Iranian missile barrage. This is the most dangerous Passover in living memory. 

Will's good idea for the week of 4/21/24...

We spent a lot of time yesterday and Friday night thinking about the Red Dawn Thingy. Remember that? Recall, D-Day fails, the Soviets sweep Europe. FDR loses the 1944 election to Thomas Dewey. By August of 1945 the United States has nuked Berlin, and the Red Army is on the Rhine. Forty years later the Reds invade America via communist Mexico. 

We see great world building potential here. Imagine, a communist block that includes all of Germany. Western Europe Finlandized. Great Britain run by communist union honcho Arthur Scargill. President MacArthur in the 1950s. A 1960s insurgency in Mexico. America loses the race to the moon. 

We've got some good characters. We especially like Mexican Qadhafi, kind of an ideological maniac but a loving husband and family man. Through him and some American characters, reader will learn about the Mexican Insurgency and how America lost it. The nation's been in a funk ever since and is pessimistic. This is not Ronald Reagan's America. At this moment we've no idea who the president is.  

When we picked up the Indian takeout last night, we realized this concept is handicapped by the fact that the United States would never accept the buildup of Soviet and Soviet allied forces in Mexico before an invasion. Another problem, even though the Reds could build up Mexican infrastructure to supply a massive army, they'd still have to transport troops via a long vulnerable seaway across the Atlantic. 

Maybe something else. What's doing with War Night?