Blinken said President Biden will focus on securing the release of hostages taken by hamas while underscoring the need to minimise civilian casualities in gaza in the announcement that camejust after 3am injerusalem. On wednesday President Biden will visit israel. He is coming here at a critical moment for israel. Forthe here at a critical moment for israel. For the region and for the world. And he is coming here to do the following. First, the president will reaffirm the United States s solidarity with israel and our ironclad commitment to its security. President biden will again make clear as he has done unequivocally since hamass slaughter of more than moo people slaughter of more than m00 people including at least 30 americans at that israel has the right and, indeed, the duty to defend its people from hamas and other terrorists and to prevent future attacks. The president will hear from israel of what it means to defend its people as we continue to work with congress to meet thos
you can smell the snowfall on 42nd street in new york. that was the fictional odorifics machine, but human beings really do love tinkering with the olfactory bandwidth in real life. this is the eye smell machine, that can fit on a stack of books by your bed. it was supposed to let you smell things on the internet, the way you can smell perfume ads in a magazine. and for about 15 minutes in 1999, the ismell was going to launch the new revolution. they got a spot in the tech fail hall of fame. then there was the aeromet jet company. they made this cute prototype for smelling your video game. you could wear it with your neck with the business end pointing to your nose. i think it s called the pin oak, but it might be the pin oake. when we wrote to the company yesterday, the e-mail bounced. in 2004, we got the scent dome. it came in red, blue, and lime green. it was supposed to let you e-mail a scent to someone. well, that went away.