Die Goldene Medine

Israel has demonstrated that its Iron Dome anti projectile system is effective. America is building a Dome for itself. For us, it is existential. For America, it is a sign of retraction, of isolationism. 

The future is up for grabs. Carl Bildt.

The future is ours. At least, a part of it. 

Making Order at Harvard

Over the years, Harvard had evolved to be judenfrei, rejecting and hunting down Jewish students and "diversifying" to colored, Third-world, violent trash. They elected an unqualified Haitian female as President of the University. The idiots held pogroms in the campus, making life for Jews dangerous. I am happy that the reaction is coming. 

"As a result of your refusal to comply with multiple requests to provide the Department of Homeland Security pertinent information while perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that is hostile to Jewish students, promotes pro-Hamas sympathies, and employs racist 'diversity, equity, and inclusion' policies, you have lost this privilege." 

Mala Suerte

The Economist has a clear table of economic and financial indices. Raw material prices, including oil, and most industrial products are falling. GNP growth is negative in almost all countries except India and Israel (7% growth in the last quarter! *). The US dollar was devalued 10% in the last three months. Nvidia and other shares are falling. Not good.

The war against Hamas is unending. I and the rest of the world are tired of it. The Houthis fired two or three missiles today, I heard the explosions. TASE is falling. I had a "misunderstanding" with my oldest client. Not good. 

The bank sent a SMS that someone changed my keyword and should notify. It seems to be fake. Not good.

I am sleeping well and have low BP. Auntie N. sleeps better, and her BP is even lower, since she died today. She was 101 and wanted to die. 

(*) It was corrected to 3%.

The Water Gamal (Camel)

This is the water camel of my current project.

Arrival of the Swallows

 

Looking out from my window, I see hundreds of agile, fast swallows crossing the sky. The last time I saw them was in Hungary, where we called them fecskek and they built their mud-nests under the roof. Here they are transients. 

Last night there were no mosquitos, maybe the hungry swallows finished them. 

You shall wage war with deception

An Israeli special forces unit in civilian clothing infiltrated a site in central Khan Yunis, assassinated a man, and arrested his wife and children.

Photo of a camouflaged bag left behind by the special forces, containing weapons disguised as displacement materials.

Amphidromia

The Economist's Word of the week: amphidromia, an ancient Greek ceremony during which the father decided whether to keep a baby or abandon it on a hillside.

I tried to look up the word on the internet, and I got other definitions: It was a name-giving ceremony five to seven days after birth. At the amphidromia, friends and relatives would arrive with gifts for the child. Decorations adorned the outside of the house: olive branches for a boy and fillets of wool for a girl. A feast was prepared for the guests, followed by the child being carried around the hearth by a nurse or one of the parents.

No mention anywhere of abandoning the baby on a hillside. The meaning of the ceremony is running around a fire, that is, the father ran around. The newborn was declared legitimate and given a name, or illegitimate and abandoned. It is well known that Spartans killed weak or malformed babies, and all Greeks abandoned most of the newborns. Conclusion: The internet is incredibly censored and softened to present an infantile, saccharine reality. Like the ancient folk tales, where the Big Bad Wolf ate the grandmother and the girl too, while contemporary versions tell some sweet nonsense. 

Pic.: Yoruba naming ceremony.