6 Years now since the pathetic BDS block the boat joke in Oakland California

ZIM north bound on 880 toward Port of Oakland

So here we are in 2020 and commerce between Israel and The West Coast is still flowing through The Port of Oakland as much as it ever was. The BDSholes who pulled that shit at The Port of Oakland 6 years ago took a bunch of selfies with palestinian flags and some stupid signs and just made up any kind of "success" story to go with the photos. That's pretty much the extent of a typical BDS victory. But even in the midst of this Covid-19 nightmare you can still see ZIM cargo containers every day being hauled to and from The Port of Oakland as seen in the photo above. And every time you do it's another BDS fail.

 Speaking of all things Oakland, even in the midst of this God awful shitty Covid-19 pandemic shit storm there may be a silver lining aside from mother nature getting a bit a of reprieve from the impact of human activity. Reem's (Arab bakery with palestinian terrorist mural) appears to have seen better days. Any time of day and on any day of the week this is pretty much all you see there now. No signs about take out, delivery or about a temporary closure. Does this mean we've seen the last of Oakland's Bakery of Terror?

August 3rd Update: In other BDS fail news, English football club Luton Town switched it's kit provider from PUMA to Umbra. BDS was quick to claim it was a victory even though that there was no evidence that the switch had anything to do with politics. Based on an official club statement indeed it was just a business decision that had nothing to do with politics or the BS from BDS. Just another BDS fail, a BDS hoax from those desperate losers clamoring for some kind of victory. Just absolutely pathetic.
https://www.lutontown.co.uk/news/2020/july/puma-announcement/

 Product of Israel and BDS fail at distribution center in Hayward.

Yom Haatzmaut from San Francisco City Hall

Thank you Mayor London Breed! I think it's safe to consider San Francisco honoring Israel's birthday another BDS fail for 2020.

What a sight! All that blue and white sure looks good on city hall.

On something of an interesting side note, ZIM is featured for a few seconds in a Rimini Street TV commercial. And it's not just the cargo container on the truck you can also see another container in the top right corner and a couple more in the back ground. You can watch the commercial here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PbwIkTvfMo

April 30th Update: When it comes to all things Israel/Jews in comics here's something. I recently discovered a fantastic story line that involves Israel in issue 2 of G.I. Joe Special Missions (1986). The Joes are forced to make a deal with a nazi war criminal (doctor otto totenschadel) after a WW II German bomber loaded with a deadly nerve gas is discovered stuck in a glacier in Greenland. Unfortunately they come into conflict with a Mossda (Israel intelligence) that are hunting  totensdachadel.

 We learn for the first time as far as I know that a team member of the Joes is Jewish. G.I.Jew Lance Steinberg code name Clutch.

 Fortunately as it turns out The Joes manage to deal with the nerve gas with out any assistance from totensdachadel despite Cobra making a play for the nerve gas for their own insidious reasons. Meanwhile in the jungles of Brazil, The Joes and Mossad manage to work together and storm a neo-nazi compound where totensdachadel's sorry ass is using as a hide out.

In the end neither The Joes or Mossad take totensdachadel into custody but instead simply decide to divulge some rather inconvenient and self serving secrets totensdachadel had been keeping from his nazi buddies that proves to be quite fatal for him. A great story full of WW II history, politics and poetic justice.

Israel prevails and BDS fails in early 2020 all over The San Francisco Bay Area

Highway 880 Hayward

Total Wine in Pleasanton

Safeway in Castro Valley

Target store in San Leandro

BioCare Medical shipping dept in Pacheco

Port of  Oakland

Random good folks through out The SF Bay Area

Outlets in Livermore

Why I hate rashida tlaib in exactly 3 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3CLvhY_b34

Happy 2020, Israeli ZIM to USA since 1950

Back in the early 2000s I went to this vintage poster advertising exhibit at The Jewish Community Center in San Francisco for all manner of things Israel related. This one was always one of my favorites and I'm surprised I never thought to post it here consider all the ZIM photos I've shot and posted here over the years.

And here we have some more vintage ZIM. As you can see this photo was shot in New York in what I what I believe was the 60s. But let's get back to more current stuff in The Bay Area . . .

San Leandro CA

San Leandro CA

2019 was another shit year for all the BS that is BDS and I'm going to do my part to make sure 2020 is another shit year for those BDSholes. I hope you'll join me.

Castro Valley Trader Joes

And just as a reminder, Wonder Woman 1984 comes out in June. This is the sequel to the smash hit 2017 film starring Jewish Israeli actress Gal Gadot. If you recall, BDS launched quite a smear campaign against Gadot back then in a pitiful attempt to harm ticket sales but that turned out to be yet a another epic BDS fail. Those BDS fools didn't learn their lesson with Trader Joes who they've gone after more then once so let's see what happens if they mess with Wonder Woman again.

Thanks PUMA for handing BDS yet another fail

If you live in The Bay Area and want to thank PUMA for standing up to BDS then come shop at their store at the San Francisco Premium Outlets in Livermore. If you go on the weekend just get there early it's the only shopping outlets center I've ever known to have valet parking that's how crazy busy it gets there.

You didn't think I was gonna forget to post a photo of a ZIM cargo container full of Israeli goodies here in The Bay Area did you?

November 20th Update: As you can see, just because the game ended in a 2 to 2 tie that doesn't mean that there wasn't a winner (Israel) and loser (BDS) yesterday.

Castro Valley Trader Joes

December 20th Update: By now most of you no doubt have heard about the latest Trader Joes BDS campaign fail over Israeli Feta cheese of all things. Keep in mind BDS has had a really shitty year and are now really desperate for anything they can claim as a "victory" as 2019 comes to a close.

Be sure to dress for the part if you're going to the Israeli embassy in Washington DC

Just got back from a vacation in Baltimore. While there I wen to DC a couple of times and made sure to stop at the Israeli embassy where by a small miracle i was able to sweet talk one of the personal there to take my iphone and take a photo of me.

September 25 Update: Meanwhile back in The San Francisco Bay Area there's no sign of BDS winning anything when it comes to the real. World here's some of what I saw yesterday alone in and around The port of Oakland.

October 6 Update: I like how The Castro Valley Forum used and Israeli flag instead of just a star of David.

The sweet taste of BDS FAIL

A friend of mine in Israel told me after the first time I found these chocolate hazelnut wafers (Manamim Metzopit found in certain specialty delis and groceries) here in the U.S. that these weren't considered to be top of the line desserts in Israel. But I don't care, they taste good to me and the back of the box reads "Product of Israel" which always leaves a foul taste in the mouths BDSholes. Money well spent!

And on something of a side note. Bamba, one of my favorite Israel snacks still readily found at your local Trader Joe's. Just as a reminder, years ago those BDSholes went after Trader Joes here in California. It completely back fired on them. Not only did Trader Joe's refuse to stop carrying Israeli products but they also saw an bump in sales. It was a beautiful BDS fail.

As BDS keeps on failing ZIM keeps on truckn in The S.F. Bay Area