Tuesday, 4 February 2025

beach front property (12. 205)

Hinted at a couple weeks ago with the territory characterised as a demolition site and floated the idea of encouraging neighbouring countries to take in more refugees displaced by the war, during a meeting with Israeli president Netanyahu, Trump made clear that those comments were not idle speculation and has made profoundly clear he intends to finish the process of ethnic cleansing for Gaza—resettling all Gazans in Jordan and Egypt and taking “ownership” of the territory and transforming it into the “Riviera of the Middle East.” This vision for Gaza Lago aligns with aspirations of ultranationalist Israelis for more territorial expansion as well as Trump’s own manifest destiny and aspirations for Greenland and the Panama Canal, again not ruling out the option of military force. Pressed by reporters on whether Palestinians might return to this real estate development programme after rebuilding (unclear by what authority a long term occupation), Trump answered that the “world’s people” would live there—“an unbelievable, international place,” finally adding “also Palestinians.” Condemnation of this proposed deal was swift and global.

synchronoptica

one year ago: 1980s edutainment screen-grabs (with synchronoptica), Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1978), Goodwin’s Law, cultural genocide in Gaza plus more McMansion Hell

seven years ago: a kiss by wire 

eight years ago: the names of fingers and toes, moral relativism, consciousness as a by-product of entropy, a flat-pack solution plus a Mondrian make-over

nine years ago: the Frinkiac Simpsons image search 

ten years ago: a bit of prose plus the Christian text book publishing industry