Good old days?

Was watching live streaming of the demonstrations in Hong Kong last night. Unbelievable. What would be the solution? It's a standoff of sorts.

And then there is Singapore: MTR system breaking down every week, Internet service breaking down, road rage, mainland chinese abusing locals .... LKY would never have stood for this. He'd kick them all out. What's happening?

And Israel saw it's share of demonstrations by ultra-orthodox jews in several cities. They were demanding the release of one of their members who did not show up for compulsory military draft. The police had arrested him. The ultra-orthodox jews do not want to serve in the army. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4875492,00.html

Rusted iron motorbike with sidecar

What a dismal start to the week. Makes you want to go back to the good old days. It wasn't really that good but human memory plays tricks. It's always the good old days ... and we forget how nasty it was back then. Reminded me of a rusted remake of a 1940s motorbike with sidecar I saw in Jaffa last week. Must have been dreadfully uncomfortable to sit in back then ... but today it looks excellent for show. No one remembers how uncomfortable it was.