While impressing/freaking the kid with Chris Angel on YouTube I learned that Coruscus Design, which site I released yesterday in its new single-pager CSS incarnation has been picked up by Netdiver and has now his own spot in Netdiver's Portfolios section. It is a pleasure and honor to be picked up in such high consideration by one of the most focused person in contemporary Design. We were taken in with equal consideration in recent past on PixArtisan, an Online Art Gallery, but having our firm's website linked permanently is there for a double toss. Very rewarding of much sweating, listening, talking, emailing and eps-ing. Equally rewarding to know that there is somebody that everyday, with little return, takes care to listen, advise, promote if you just email and politely ask and has the patience to email back with properly wise feedback. Thank you Carol.

Now, as you know if you were heading to the white beaches of Tel Aviv this summer, your reservation may be in danger and a refund possibly on the way. Why? Why, kids know better, is often the appropriate question. Remember things happen for a reason, war, peace and even the rain and life is not the crazy chaotic gothic novel you were dreaming about at 16. Those who ask Israel for moderation have not idea what this is about. Do we? Jump to the always excellent Belmont Club [July 15 post, Israel's Strategy, has 469 comments] for a refresh but after that please read this and after that sit down and take a deep breath.

The ultimate threat, though, isn't Hezbollah or Hamas but Iran. And as Iran draws closer to nuclear capability--which the Israeli intelligence community believes could happen this year--an Israeli-Iranian showdown becomes increasingly likely. According to a very senior military source with whom I've spoken, Israel is still hoping that an international effort will stop a nuclear Iran; if that fails, then Israel is hoping for an American attack. But if the Bush administration is too weakened to take on Iran, then, as a last resort, Israel will have to act unilaterally. And, added the source, Israel has the operational capability to do so.

For Israelis, that is the worst scenario of all. Except, of course, the scenario of nuclear weapons in the hands of the patron state of Hezbollah and Hamas.

After which, and we're almost there, conclusion: The US have all good interest to cover a potential escalation, once again, and let it go as far as it gets, Syria and then Iran, but since they are partially behind this operation may the case be they will run in support, openly, without license from the over-confused and inter-competitive EU block. This confrontation was planned, clearly months in advance and it fired just days before strict cooperation (followed by mutual agreements) between Iran and China was officially inked. The financial consequences may soon be visible with massive dis-investment on the part of China of US debt which could trigger a second bubble burst of US stocks, a clash some fear inevitable.

This scenario, which gets more and more legible by the hour, reminds me how blind the Europeans must be when they publicly request Iran to mediate between Israel and Hezbollah, ahem... Iran.

I received a link to a romantic post from an Egyptian blogger that you can read here. The smell of human is of course welcome, Sandmonkey digs the "med" part.