Propaganda always has a way of defying the laws of reason — ideas weaponized, soaring Shaolin uncanny. But in this election year we are in for quite a spectacle of mental acrobatics. Now, despite the sloganeering style of the following posters — they are neither attempts at comedy, nor at pure persuasion. They are rather dialectical glimpses of intellectualizing absurdities that shouldn’t fly — but somehow seem to. What I'm trying to do here is to fast shutter speed articulate the essence of some free-floating party orthodoxy contortionist tricks circa 2024 as they loft their way knock-off Evel Knievel above the proverbial shark tank. 

—January 1, 2024

Click the images for videos. Archives of additional files are listed. 

Notes

Genocide #001

1. More files on my Archive.org uploads page. 

2. United Nations, "Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide," December 9, 1948, https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf. 

3. International Court of Justice, "The Republic of South Africa Institutes Proceedings against the State of Israel and Requests the Court to Indicate Provisional Measures," December 29, 2023, https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231229-pre-01-00-en.pdf. 

4. Republic of South Africa, "Application Instituting Proceedings," International Court of Justice, December 29, 2023, https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20231228-app-01-00-en.pdf. 

5. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in favor of some of the provisional measures indicated in the application presented by South Africa as indicated in International Court of Justice, "Summary of the Order of 26 January 2024," January 26, 2024, https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-sum-01-00-en.pdf. 

6. The full text of the actual ICJ order is International Court of Justice, "Order of 26 January 2024," January 26, 2024, https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-ord-01-00-en.pdf. 

7. Declarations and opinions appended to the ICJ order are as follows:
   Xue Hanqin, "Declaration of Judge Xue," International Court of Justice, January 26, 2024, https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-ord-01-01-en.pdf.
   Julia Sebutinde, "Dissenting Opinion of Judge Sebutinde," International Court of Justice, January 26, 2024, https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-ord-01-02-en.pdf.
   Dalveer Bhandari, "Declaration of Judge Bhandari," International Court of Justice, January 26, 2024, https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-ord-01-03-en.pdf.
   Georg Nolte, "Declaration of Judge Nolte," International Court of Justice, January 26, 2024, https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-ord-01-04-en.pdf.
   Αharon Barak, "Separate Opinion of Judge ad hoc Barak," International Court of Justice, January 26, 2024, https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-ord-01-05-en.pdf. 

8. Ongoing updates to the ICJ case brought by South Africa found at: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192. 

Time and Again #002

9. United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, "Genocide: 'Never Again' Has Become 'Time and Again,'" September 18, 2018,  https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2018/09/genocide-never-again-has-become-time-and-again.

Mowing the Lawn #003

10. The best introduction to the metaphor of "mowing the lawn" is from Noam Chomsky interviewed by Amy Goodman and Juan González, "'A Hideous Atrocity': Noam Chomsky on Israel’s Assault on Gaza & U.S. Support for the Occupation," Domocracy Now! August 7, 2014, https://www.democracynow.org/2014/8/7/a_hideous_atrocity_noam_chomsky_on.  

11. The metaphor was coined by Efraim Inbar and Eitan Shamir, "Mowing the Grass in Gaza," The Jerusalem Post, July 22, 2014, https://www.jpost.com/opinion/columnists/mowing-the-grass-in-gaza-368516.

Starvation Plus #004

12. Chomsky gives a good introduction to the diet restrictions Israel has imposed on Gaza. See note above. 

13. Jonathan Cook, "Israel’s Starvation Diet for Gaza," The Electronic Intifada, October 24, 2012, https://electronicintifada.net/content/israels-starvation-diet-gaza/11810.

14. The document described by Cook above is State of Israel, Ministry of Defense, "Food Consumption in the Gaza Strip – Red Lines," January 7, 2008, https://www.gisha.org/UserFiles/File/publications/redlines/red-lines-presentation-eng.pdf. 

15. Human Rights Watch, "Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza," December 18, 2023, https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/18/israel-starvation-used-weapon-war-gaza. 

16. B'Tselem, "Israel Is Starving Gaza," January 8, 2024, https://www.btselem.org/gaza_strip/20240108_israel_is_starving_gaza.

17. As of March 11, 2024, at least 27 Palestinians have died of starvation due to the ongoing US-backed blockade on Gaza. See "Death Toll in Gaza Tops 31,000; Israel Continues Assault as Ramadan Begins," Democracy Now! March 11, 2024, https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/11/headlines/death_toll_in_gaza_tops_31_000_israel_continues_assault_as_ramadan_begins. 

Ethno-National Liberal Democratic Settler Colonialism #005

18. Originally inspired by remarks of Keaton Weiss and Russell Dobular of Due Dissidence sometime in early January 2024, https://duedissidence.com/. 

19. Further inspired by a very similar concept — Religious Nationalistic "Liberal Democratic" Settler Colonialism — decribed by Ilan Pappé interviewed by Chris Hedges, "The Myth of Israel's 'Democracy'," The Chris Hedges Report on The Real News Network, January 5, 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1PKlV1JMBU. 

Stage of Grief #006

20. Rania Khalek interviewing As’ad Abukhalil, "Israel Vows Extermination, Ignoring World Demand to End Gaza Genocide," Rania Khalek Dispatches on BreakThrough News, November 20, 2023, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsbwUT-p8vo. 

MisInfoSec Framework #007

21. One version of a MisInfoSec framework (misinformation security framework) is the AMITT (Adversarial Misinformation and Influence Tactics and Techniques) framework of the 2019 CredCo MisinfoSec Working Group. In the name of adversarial combat against misinformation, they create a systematic plan of infrastructure to bolster their favored misinformation and disinformation — which leads members of the Party and other ideologues into the practice of crimestop. See John Gray and Sara-Jayne Terp, "The MisinfoSec Framework Takes Shape: Misinformation, Stages, Techniques and Responses," Credibility Coalition, June 19, 2019, https://medium.com/@credibilitycoalition/misinfosec-framework-99e3bff5935d. 

22. One of the clearest documentations of the use of a MisInfoSec framework is in the Twitter Files. 

23. I myself was shadow banned on X (formerly Twitter) after just a couple of weeks of activity where I was engaged in anti-genocide propogandizing, often using the artwork from this project. See https://twitter.com/flakyfarseer/status/1751770165786603743 (screenshots: X Shadow Ban). 

Sexy #008

24. Fahad (@FahadHandle), "Start a New One Levy, #GenocideIsSexy," via X, January 17, 2024, https://twitter.com/FahadHandle/status/1747664127416258845.

25. Jill or Cornel (@JenD1974), "She's Basically Endorsing Genocide," via X, January 25, 2024,  https://twitter.com/JenD1974/status/1750593663435182170.

Now, Tomorrow, Forever #009

26. TastySpaceApple, "George Wallace 'Segregation Forever' Speech," via YouTube, December 15, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C-kBVggFrs. 

27. The full text of Wallace's speech is "The 1963 Inaugural Address of Governor George C. Wallace," January 14, 1963, https://digital.archives.alabama.gov/digital/collection/voices/id/2952/. 

Churchill of Our Time #010

28. President George W. Bush called Volodymyr Zelenskyy the "Winston Churchill of our time." See George W. Bush Presidential Center, "President George W. Bush Meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy," May 5, 2022,  https://www.bushcenter.org/newsroom/president-george-w-bush-meets-with-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy. 

29. Agence France-Presse, "Zelenskyy Follows in Churchill's Footsteps — to a Point," December 21, 2022, https://www.voanews.com/a/zelensky-follows-in-churchill-s-footsteps-to-a-point/6886940.html.  

Mis-Informer-in-Chief #011

30. Though the claims were suspiciously circulated with no evidence, President Joe Biden propogated "reports of ... babies being killed," and "women raped" during the battle of October 7, 2023. Biden's false confirmation of the reports came of October 10th was used in an attempt to dehumanize the Palestinians of Gaza and thereby justify the US-backed genocidal attack by Israel on the besieged community of idigenous people. See Joe Biden, "Remarks by President Biden on the Terrorist Attacks in Israel," https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/10/10/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-terrorist-attacks-in-israel-2/. 

31. Max Blumenthal and Alexander Rubinstein, "Source of Dubious 'Beheaded Babies' Claim Is Israeli Settler Leader Who Incited Riots to 'Wipe Out' Palestinian Village," October 11, 2023, https://thegrayzone.com/2023/10/11/beheaded-israeli-babies-settler-wipe-out-palestinian/. 

32. On October 11, 2023 President Biden said, "I never really thought that I would see and have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children." No such pictures were made public, and likely did not exist. On November 16, President Biden repeated the propaganda regarding beheaded children saying, "they were cutting babies' heads off," and adding that they were "burning women and children alive." See Jeremy Scahill, "Joe Biden Keeps Repeating His False Claim That He Saw Pictures of Beheaded Babies," December 14, 2023, https://theintercept.com/2023/12/14/israel-biden-beheaded-babies-false/. 

33. According to a Haaretz report, some of Biden's claims had been proven false by December 4, 2023. Describing the Haaretz report, David Knox of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) wrote, "Chief among the claims disproved was that Hamas fighters deliberately slaughtered dozens of babies — beheading some, burning and hanging others." The Haaretz report itself said, "There is no evidence that children from several families were murdered together." See David Knox, "US Media and Factcheckers Fail to Note Israel’s Refutation of 'Beheaded Babies' Stories," March 8, 2024, https://fair.org/home/us-media-and-factcheckers-fail-to-note-israels-refutation-of-beheaded-babies-stories/. 

34. Despite the Haaretz report of December 4, 2023 (see above), on December 12 Biden said, "I saw some of the photographs ... tying a mother and her daughter together on a rope and then pouring kerosene on them and then burning them, beheading infants ...." See Scahill, "Joe Biden Keeps Repeating His False Claim That He Saw Pictures of Beheaded Babies" above. 

35. President Biden also propagating crucial piece of misinformation when he commented on the slaying of American citizen Aysenur Eygi at the hands of Israel in the West Bank. Biden said, "Apparently it was an accident, ricocheted off the ground and just got hit by accident." See Matt Viser, X post: https://x.com/mviser/status/1833611994487722195. Eye witness accounts provide evidence that the shot to Eygi's head was intentional, and part of a systematic expansion of the US-backed Israeli genocide into the West Bank. See Arvind Dilawar, "Witness to Israel’s Attack on Aysenur Eygi Tells How Solidarity Work Lives On," September 28, 2024, https://truthout.org/articles/witness-to-israels-attack-on-aysenur-eygi-tells-how-solidarity-work-lives-on/.  

36. Compare MisInfoSec Framework above. 

Rejoice Kayfabe #???

37. Andrew "Judge" Napolitano brought to light a controversy that arose in the fall of 2024 among critical analysists of geopolitics. A

38. Antisemitism. There is an antisemitism angle here. Suppose that 

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