A Decade and Four Days

Good day, great day to Stroock's Books readers and Israel supporters across the land. 

The temperature will be autumnal all day. 

Funny, we're not sure what we want to post on FB, 'Trump Nobel' or 'Bibi Lion of Judah'. Okay we went with the former. 

We've seen the terms of the first phase of the agreement, thank you Israel Radar. We see no issues. This is a very Israeli friendly agreement. As for releasing 2000 prisoners, it's Israel's own damn fault for setting such a precedent. And it's really not that big a deal. Germany was crawling with ex-Nazis after WWII. It is what it is. Actually, this deal is looking better all the time. 

We agree with everything Open Source Intel says. Point 1 is big. We said for over a year, 'Hezbollah, Bibi'. Point 2 is absolutely huge. Israel Radar also has a great analysis of the war and the challenges ahead. We've said for two years, not peace. Victory. No doomerism here. This is victory. 

One supposes Hamas could play games or even back track on the deal. That would be suicidal, though. Our own sense is that the Arabs are sick of this shit. Yep. The Arab world's dirty little secret is that they hate Gazans and West Bank People. 

Exit Questions...Does this mean that we must no longer begin our day by reminding Substack that Hamas chose war? Can we stop obsessing about the war? ere we wrong about Steve Witkoff? Must we still wear Israeli T-shirts to the gym? Lol, our Netanyahu T-shirt is supposed to arrive today. W

In retrospect, Operation Hatikva was crucial to bringing about an agreement. We can't get Hatikva out of our head. 

This blog will celebrate when the hostages are home and not before.

Trump should win the Nobel Prize.

Speaking of Nobel Prizes, the committee has announced the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. Once again they overlooked us. Bastards. 

Sports Wrap: Mrs. Stroock's Phillies survive another day. She's got the Phillies this afternoon and the Eagles tonight. The Toronto Blue Jays eliminated the New York Yankees. You suck, Canada. 

What can one say? We're totally unprepared today. 

Will Almost Died of a Heart Attack Week Day Four: So the next few weeks at home were kind of weird. We were under doctor's orders to take it easy for a while. Meaning do very little. As Mrs. Stroock's father was visiting and living in a local extended stay, she'd take the girls there for the evenning and leave us to our own devises. Mostly we lay on the couch and watched TV. It was during this time that we binged four seasons of Game of Thrones-which is quite the television experience. 

When we talked to the doctor about diet changes we asked, 'So no red meat?' He replied, 'Red meat is not a problem.' Huh, that's not what they used to say. So began our distrust of medical advice. Anywho...we ate a lot better, and a lot less, a lot of greens and such a lot of tofu. People noticed our complexion changed. We were about 265 the day we went in. Within a month we were down to 255. Not bad. A long weight and fitness slog lay ahead. 

During this time we noticed a throbbing in our chest, from the chest stent, pain in the left arm, and even in the jaw. As if our body was reacting to the cardiac catheterization. We found the chest pains a little disconcerting. But we pressed on.