Noodles Dispatch

I was not surprised to see the 750 journalists signatures under the letter condemning Israel. Most of the scribblers claim to be independent. Some of them represent big outlets such as The Washington Post, The LA Times, The Houston Chronicle, The Boston Globe, HuffPost, The Guardian, etc… They’ve made history together with my day, my week, my month - stretching (hopefully) into the future that looks so bright that I should wear shades....

Thank G-d we have names - Noodles Dispatch I was not surprised to see the 750 journalists signatures under the letter condemning Israel. Most of the scribblers claim to be independent. Some of them represent big outlets such as The Washington Post, The LA Times, The Houston Chronicle, The Boston Globe, HuffPost, The Guardian, etc… They’v...

There will be no header and/or preface to this text outside of one paragraph below. I love excuses. Especially, when it comes to Israel. Especially, the ones related to the words “peace”, “civilian population concerns”, “escalation”, “regional war” and “first amendment.” There are three issues that come to mind when assessing the White House stance on the situation in Gaza....

- Noodles Dispatch There will be no header and/or preface to this text outside of one paragraph below. I love excuses. Especially, when it comes to Israel. Especially, the ones related to the words “peace”, “civilian population concerns”, “escalation”, “regional war” and “first amendment.” There ar...

By Mitya Indursky

In reality, we are so badly divided that the good news is going away rather than coming in. They aren’t like December-speedy Santa, people created to sweeten the bitter pill of surviving another “glorious” year. Thus, pretending to be amused, when receiving NORAD’s daily updates of the Old Man’s movements.

He’ll be here on time, thanks to Rudolph’s facelift and upgraded engine, the media yells into our ears, alerting Budweiser and Mercedes to take their “horses” out of the stalls....

https://noodlesdispatch.com/the-good-news-arent-coming-in-droves/

The Good News Aren’t Coming In Droves - Noodles Dispatch By Mitya Indursky In reality, we are so badly divided that the good news is going away rather than coming in. They aren’t like December-speedy Santa, people created to sweeten the bitter pill of surviving another “glorious” year. Thus, pretending to be amused, when receiving NORAD’s daily up...

The Vegetarian West

“Today you should eat the veggies”, my Mom used to tell me when I was a kid, “If you do it, tomorrow I may give you a steak with potatoes.”

The elite in Moscow will take care of Putin, whether the Russians will raise their bloody banner in Kyiv, or the Ukrainians will send them where they sent the Russian Navy ship couple of weeks ago (GFU and jump off the cliff). So the pundits in Washington, and the burbs in Virginia, do say. Putin has lost the war, either way, they insist, it’s only a matter of time.

Difficult to disagree with the latter notion. Everything is a matter of time, and even time itself is a matter (unless one is a hermit in a well prepped Altai bunker dealing with the tranquilized-by-fear in Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Rome, and Washington).

Time is what the Kremlin dictator has despite all the sanctions and overwhelming verbal support of Kyiv coming from the enlightened West. Putin is a murderer, Mr. Biden said when asked a few months ago. Putin is a war criminal, the former basement dweller insisted today.

For once, Mr. Biden is correct, but it took him and his mighty NATO allies exactly 21 days to figure it out. Not without difficulty if we recall the multiple arms twisting. Remember Germany, Italy, Hungary, and others?

Ukraine paid with thousands of killed and starved to death women, children, and elderly, not to mention the destruction of her cities and hamlets while waiting for the very free world and its White House leader to overcome disagreements and BUREAUCRATIC hurdles.

With the speed of a mortally wounded turtle, the mentally old and crippled West schlepped to its communal kitchen to (largely) serve Kyiv the molecular cuisine instead of a steak!

No, I’m not a proponent of the NATO troops on the ground. Neither will I be in ecstasy seeing the NATO planes in the Ukrainian sky. (Honestly, when it comes to NATO I don’t think that outside of our, British and Canadian troops-any other “important” members of the military alliance can really fight! Definitely neither the Germans nor the French. Beer and wine suit them better than carbines and drones.)

I’m talking about the old Russian MIGs and the Patriot air defense systems that should have been delivered to Ukraine within the first week of the Russian invasion.

Please, don’t insult my intelligence when it comes to the NATO voting procedure and/or the logistics. Such a powerful military alliance (as it presents itself) should have been able to figure it out. Of course, only if it wasn’t scared to see the Russian war against Ukraine as a matter of urgency, and NOT a matter of time!

Going back to my Mom forcing me to eat vegetables. I hated them then and was too young to understand the long-term strategy. The only thing that came to my mind was “how about the veggies with the steak now.”