What do you all think? Will it last?
Don't get me wrong--I hope for peace; however, "take your ball and go home" knowing they will return, is not peace! If it were peace there would not have been decades of strife in the Middle East; after all how many of these "take you ball and go home" agreements have there been. Whatever you call it ceasefire or peace I don't believe it should restrict Israel while Hizbollah rearms with supplies from Syria and Iran.
Ceasefire agreed for MondayBEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations said Israeli and Lebanese leaders had agreed to a ceasefire to take effect at 0500 GMT on Monday, as Israel reported its worst death toll yet in the month-long war against Hizbollah guerrillas.
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Thomas Sowell give a nice explanation why increasing minimum wage is bad....
A survey has shown that 85 percent of the economists in Canada and 90 percent of the economists in the United States say that minimum wage laws reduce employment. But you don't need a Ph.D. in economics to know that jacking up prices leads fewer people to buy. Those people include employers, who hire less labor when labor is made artificially more expensive.
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There is no free lunch. Higher labor costs mean fewer jobs.
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Well which is it? A massacre or not?
Lebanese PM: Israeli air raid killed only one The Lebanese prime minister now has said only one person died in an Israeli air raid on the southern village of Houla, after telling Arab foreign ministers on Monday that many more Lebanese had died. Saniora had previously claimed that more than 40 people were killed in the strike. Local TV stations had also reported that the same number of people were buried under the rubble of houses that collapsed after being targeted by Israeli airstrikes.
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Well Reuters is going all out to show their true colors, well maybe they are trying to hide them...
Reuters employee issues 'Zionist pig' death threat A Reuters employee has been suspended after sending a death threat to an American blogger. The message, sent from a Reuters internet account, read: "I look forward to the day when you pigs get your throats cut." It was sent to Charles Johnson, owner of the Little Green Footballs (LGF) weblog, a popular site which often backs Israel and highlights jihadist terrorist activities
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This is old news but worth posting--
Reuters admits altering Beirut photo Reuters withdraws photograph of Beirut after Air Force attack after US blogs, photographers point out 'blatant evidence of manipulation.' Reuters' head of PR says in response, 'Reuters has suspended photographer until investigations are completed into changes made to photograph.' Photographer who sent altered image is same Reuters photographer behind many of images from Qana, which have also been subject of suspicions for being staged
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Waitress gets own ID when carding patron WESTLAKE, Ohio - A bar waitress checking to see if a woman was legally old enough to drink was handed her own stolen driver's license, which was reported missing weeks earlier, police said.
This is really neat--who needs a new phone with directions when you can get it for free!
Google Maps-MobileCombining directions, maps, and satellite imagery,
Let's watch how Chicago demonstrates how to push big business out--in their effort to pushish...
Chicago City Council OKs 'Living Wage'CHICAGO — The City Council brushed aside warnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to approve an ordinance that makes Chicago the biggest city in the nation to require big-box retailers to pay a "living wage."
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Wal-Mart spokesman John Bisio said earlier that if the measure passed, "We'd redirect our focus on our suburban strategy and see how we could better serve our city of Chicago residents from suburban Chicagoland."
From
NewsBuster -- Interesting!
CNN's Robertson Now Admits: Hezbollah 'Had Control' of His Anti-Israel Piece Better late than never? On CNN’s Reliable Sources on Sunday, CNN’s senior international correspondent Nic Robertson added all of the caveats and disclaimers that he should have included in his story last week that amounted to his giving an uncritical forum for the terrorist group Hezbollah to spout unverifiable anti-Israeli propaganda.
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Challenged by Reliable Sources host (and Washington Post media writer) Howard Kurtz on Sunday, Robertson suggested Hezbollah has “very, very sophisticated and slick media operations,” that the terrorist group “had control of the situation. They designated the places that we went to, and we certainly didn't have time to go into the houses or lift up the rubble to see what was underneath,” and he even contradicted Hezbollah’s self-serving spin: “There's no doubt that the [Israeli] bombs there are hitting Hezbollah facilities.”
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After taking some time off I thought I would share some things I found interesting.
- Something that you want here much of in the MSM (Main Stream Media), because it is not 'negative' enough toward the military.
Guardsman Cleared in Iraqi's DeathBAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military has dismissed all charges against a Pennsylvania National Guardsman accused of killing an unarmed Iraq civilian near Ramadi, finding that the soldier had reason to believe the man had a weapon.
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- Jonah Goldberg pretty much pegs the UN for the failure it is!
The Great U.N. Delusion::By Jonah GoldbergNo, the failure comes in precisely the arena that supposedly justifies the U.N.'s existence: global peace and security. And that's where the delusion comes in. The folks at United Nations Plaza have proved themselves to be either well-intentioned incompetents or cagey, crapulent kleptocrats. The list of their biggest failures is spelled out in blood: Somalia, Rwanda, Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo (where peacekeepers reportedly raped the local girls), Iraq (where the U.N. bugged out after a bombing in 2003), Darfur and, in what was supposed to be the model for U.N. peacekeeping, East Timor, which, after seven years of exemplary U.N. stewardship, recently became the ideal location to film a reality-show version of "Mad Max."
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- Can't help but to think what might be in Mogadishu had Clinton not cut and run!
Somali Islamists declare holy war against Ethiopia - Yahoo! NewsMOGADISHU (AFP) - Somalia's powerful Islamic council has vowed a "holy war" against neighbouring Ethiopia, which has moved troops into its lawless neighbouring state to protect its weak transitional government from a feared Islamist advance.
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Tiger Woods
successfully defends his British Open title. Looks like he isn't all washed up, which many said when he missed the cut at the last major, after all! Congratulations--enjoy it!
The current 'media dogpile' of Israel it is easy for them to ignore news of progress in Iraq--note
Iraqi forces, insurgent leader captured, and insurgent leader killed.
Iraqi Forces Capture Insurgent Leader, Kill Another WASHINGTON, July 17, 2006 – Iraqi forces captured an insurgent cell leader in Baghdad July 13 and killed another insurgent leader in northern Iraq July 14, military officials reported. The Iraqi forces captured an insurgent cell leader, planner and organizer in a southern Baghdad mosque compound during a security operation July 13.
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This is interesting...
In an About-Face, Sunnis Want U.S. to Remain in Iraq July 16 — As sectarian violence soars, many Sunni Arab political and religious leaders once staunchly opposed to the American presence here are now saying they need American troops to protect them from the rampages of Shiite militias and Shiite-run government forces.
Not to worry the NYT still gets to take it's shots
The Sunni Arab leaders say they have no newfound love for the Americans. Many say they still sympathize with the insurgency and despise the Bush administration and the fact that the invasion has helped strengthen the power of neighboring Iran, which backs the ruling Shiite parties.
You know the old--we hate you but need you!
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We see that the suicides may have accomplished their goal and in the process made fools of the US Media and 'bleeding heart' liberals. The suicides were meant to sway public opinion and many Americans one the left are to simple minded to see that and are falling right into the trap! Common sense folks; use just a little common sense in your on extreme hatred of President Bush so you don't hurt the country anymore then you already have--please!
Gitmo suicide probe finds hints of plot Authorities who searched other detainees' cells after the three were found hanged discovered instructions on tying knots, along with several notes in Arabic that were "relevant" to an investigation of a possible broader plot, officials said in court papers filed late Friday in Washington.
The detention center's commander, Navy Rear Adm. Harry B. Harris, said in an affidavit that investigators believe "the suicides may have been part of a larger plan or pact for more suicides that day or in the immediate future."
