Plus an overnight in Budapest that gets in just too late to make it worthwhile to go into the city. So that's going to be an exciting layover which will remind me exactly why I hate multi-city trips. BUD is actually not a terrible airport to get stuck in - it's certainly not Da Vinci, where I once came within 15 seconds of unplugging a fire alarm just to get an outlet - but it's not exactly going to be the highlight of the trip.

Still: I'll be in Bulgaria through New Years, London through the middle of January, and Israel in between. My most extended stay is in London - part of my "see Westminster again before it gets turned into a mosque" nostalgia tour - but I've got around a week in each of the other two destinations. I've even worked things out such that there won't be much disruption in posting and no disruption at all in TOCS broadcasts. And to think - conservatives say funemployment is just liberal propaganda

Relatedly: if any groups want to book a scholar/journalist to speak knowledgeably about the geopolitical, economic, and cultural dynamics of the global war between the West and political Islam, Victor Davis Hanson's contact info can be found here. But I hear his honorarium is commensurate so if you want to book me instead let me know. Transportation and lodging costs are already covered.

For everyone else who reads MR: it's the end of the year, so please consider this your official holiday appeal for donations. I'm staying with friends and the trip was created entirely with oneworld miles - details posted on Jaunted if you're curious - but food and transportation still cost money and the dollar is awash in hope and change. Especially change. Plus there's the more pointed matter of expenses like rent and debt. Especially debt.

So if you can spare anything and you've appreciated the work that goes into MR, please drop some coins into my tip jar. I will thank you, as will VISA, Mastercard, and the US federal government. And if anyone's going to need money soon, it's the US federal government.

References:
* We're Going To Miss Westminster Abbey - No Really, We're Going To Miss It [MR]
* The Omri Ceren Show [Official Site]
* For the 'funemployed,' unemployment is welcome [LAT]
* Use AAdvantage One-Way Bookings To Create A European Vacation [Jaunted]
* Gold Sales Boom as U.S. Government Debt Multiplies - FDIC Broke [Before Its News]
* CBO: Real 10-Year Cost of Senate Bill Still $2.5 Trillion [Weekly Standard]

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* Life In Israel
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