Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Strange things today -- Congress and the Prime Minister of Israel, the Supreme Court, a Republican presidential candidate, and a Chevrolet

There are days when the strange and odd seem to be begging for attention.  Today is one of those days.

That it is a day for strangeness was impressed upon me when my path was crossed by an oddly named Chevrolet early in the afternoon.  In fact, though, the strangeness began much earlier with a morning read of the newspaper.

Front-page news was the story about yesterday's speaking appearance in front of the U.S. Congress made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  There were many strange aspects to that event, but the strangest to me was his statement regarding Iran's nuclear program that "nuclear know-how without nuclear infrastructure doesn't get you very much."  (Could that be interpreted as a sly threat to attack Iranian territory?  Some might think so.)