The Weekly Flail — April 13, 2024

Winnowing the Media

Overview

Interesting scientific developments this week are countered by continued stupidity in politics and economics. Elon Musk insists that a million people will move to Mars on his Starship, which finally managed to launch last week.

WAR — GAZA

While the killing has slowed, there is no progress toward a ceasefire or reconstruction of Gaza. Israel and its criminal government are still being provided massive weapons and funds to annihilate the Palestinians.

Not long ago a picture circulated from inside Gaza showing smoke billowing from the explosion of a US-supplied bomb, and discernible in the background was the outline of eight black parachutes dropping US aid in precisely the same neighbourhood. It was suggested that the picture would make an ideal cover for any book about the confused world disorder that the six-month war in Gaza have spawned — a disorder that as yet has no dominant player, value system or functioning institutions.