Phlebotomy

 

    Around midday I received the results of my blood test taken at 800 AM. Kupat Holim is super-efficient. Everything within normal limits, except for ferritin, which is 450 mg/lt or so (300 is normal for men). What is the meaning? My body hoards iron within a protein capsule (see model left). It could be hereditary, could be some kind of anemia, could  be liver problems. The internet says phlebotomy (blood letting) is indicated. Wifey says I always had excess ferritin. I don't know, I have no iron spots on my hand, but they sure will appear with time. Life is finite. So depressing.   

Coffee

 

Coffee contains Vitamin B2, magnesium, polyphenols and other compounds that have antioxidant properties. It is therapeutic for liver disease and can reduce risk for heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. Drinking three to five cups a day “has been consistently associated with a reduced risk of several chronic diseases.”

0.7 Genetic Distance

"In no time period were there (in Egypt) populations that seemed to be even close to SSAs. Western Bantus score around 0.7 distance. This isnt races apart or even subspecies apart (using the same standards regarding genetic distance that we apply to animals, this is species apart)."

Source.

80 countries to avoid

 

The Authorities are sending an Alert to Israeli citizens showing the 80 countries to avoid. All Africa, most of Europe and South America. Even Argentina is dangerous for us.

Winter Blues

I got the winter flu and feel down. I almost did no work the last week. The war is too long, the media is overflowing with anti-Jewish hate. HaAretz and X are disgusting. Many reserve soldiers have been in Gaza for two months. 

I am planning the drainage system of a farm in Hemed, near the airport, and the internet has no information on rainfall intensity. Before this war, such data was available. Now it has disappeared. I feel a change in the internet. 

Much in the media is fake. The pic above is, they write, a tunnel shaft. It could be a rainfall drainage facility. They say the army is preparing the flooding of the tunnels in Gaza, but the pics in the media are unconvincing for this professional. The infrastructure of Gaza city must be broken and leaking. The papers say the filling the tunnels may take weeks and endanger aquifer quality. If really there are 500 km tunnels, we need 500,000 cu.m. seawater or somewhat less. But it implausible that HAMAS had excavated manually such volume of earth and sand. It is amazing that Gazans are not escaping by sea or by land to Egypt. Their Arab brothers may be shooting them on sight.  And in Gaza they are fed by the UN forever. American commenters say that the 30,000 strong HAMAS is largely intact. It has not surrendered and is fighting.   

Doing what it's got to be done

 

The world media is full of indignation against the brutal battle to erradicate HAMAS from Gaza. They said nothing (they approved) the murderous Palestinian attack against peaceful, hardworking villages in their neighborhood. The burnt, they raped, they took hostages, they exhibited naked Israeli girls in the streets of Gaza. They and the world with them, enjoyed the humiliation of the Jews. Now we are trying to make sure that those scenes can never be repeated. I approve because it shows that we are alive and our will to survive in this horrible Middle East is strong and decisive. Zahal is doing what it has to be done if we are to live. 

BLU-109 is what we needed

 The BLU-109 bunker buster hardened penetration bomb used by the USAF is designed to smash through concrete shelters and other hardened structures before exploding. The BLU-109 has a 25mm thick steel casing, filled with 240 kg of Tritonal. It has a delayed-action fuse. America has given us a few of them so we may destroy Iran's nuclear factories.