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Those Wacky Muslims

“Hundreds of Turks spent the first day of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha holiday in emergency wards on Sunday, after stabbing themselves or suffering other injuries while sacrificing startled and agitated sheep and other animals.

Muslims sacrifice cows, sheep, goats and bulls during the four-day religious holiday, a ritual commemorating the biblical account of God's provision of a ram for Abraham to sacrifice as he was about to slay his son. They share the meat with friends, family and neighbors and give part of it to the poor.

In Turkey, at least 1,413 people — called "amateur butchers" by the Turkish media — were treated at hospitals across the country, most suffering cuts to their hands and legs, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Four people were severely injured when they were crushed under the weight of large animals that fell on top of them, the agency reported. Another person was hurt when a crane, used to lift an animal, tumbled onto him, the agency said.”

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This Bud's for You!

Good Riddance!

Saddam Dead!

“Three years after he was hauled from a hole in the ground by pursuing U.S. forces, Saddam Hussein was hanged Saturday under a sentence imposed by an Iraqi court, al-Hurra TV, al-Arabiya and Sky News TV reported.”

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Hat’s Off to Harry!

Did they really have to reveal exactly where he is heading?

“PRINCE Harry is going to Iraq, reportedly heading there with his unit in May.

Harry will be stationed near the southern port city of Basra and will likely be assigned to patrol the border with Iran.

London's Daily Telegraph said Harry, 22, is determined to go, despite reports of resistance from many in the military who fear he would be a fat prize for terrorists.

They're also worried he would attract attention and put his fellow soldiers in greater danger.”


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How to Wage War

“The Islamist forces who have controlled much of Somalia in recent months suddenly vanished from the streets of the capital, Mogadishu, residents said Wednesday night, just as thousands of rival troops massed 15 miles away. In the past few days, Ethiopian-backed forces, with tacit approval from the United States, have unleashed tanks, helicopter gunships and jet fighters on the Islamists, decimating their military and paving…”

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More Deep-ish Thoughts (Sorry SNL)

Welcome, Dr. Sanity readers!

If someone prefaces a remark to you by saying, “With all due respect…”, he means that you are due no respect.

To Democrats Mitt Romney being a Mormon is a very bad thing, but Harry Reid being a Mormon doesn’t matter.

It must have been a Democrat who decided that “flammable” and “inflammable” mean the same thing.

I wonder what would have ensued if Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin had ever collaborated on some idea for an invention?

New Jersey has two professional football teams that have home fields within the Garden State, the New York Giants, and the New York Jets. Go figure.

I’m confused. In football, why isn’t the quarterback “spiking” the ball to stop the clock considered “intentional grounding?”

I like rabbits. They are cute, furry, cuddly looking and make a stew taste great.

Plasma TVs are bloody awful.

How come one can say…Kike, Wop, Mick, Polack, Cracker, Jap, Heeb, Kraut, Dago, Peckerwood, or Injun, without being significantly ostracized, but if one says Rag-head, or God forbid, the “N-word”, suddenly he becomes the object of scorn and labeled “Racist”?

Never, ever trust anyone who uses the word “veggie”, unless of course he is admonishing you not to trust anyone who uses the word “veggie”.

I watched the movie, “Groundhog Day” yesterday and also today. I think I’ll watch it again tomorrow.

I wince every time I hear the phrase “Earned Income Credit”.

Whoever came up with the phrase, “less is more”, is an idiot.

Why doesn’t awful mean “full of awe” and awesome mean “some awe”?

Here’s an easy way to remember how many days are in each month:

Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November.
All the rest have thirty-one, except Black History Month (February) which has twenty-eight, unless it is a leap year (which is every year divisible by 4, unless the year is divisible by 100, in which case it is NOT a leap year, unless the year is also divisible by 400, then it is still a leap year.), then it has twenty-nine.(source)

HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR!

Gerald Ford, R.I.P.

Gerald Ford was a mediocre President, at best...but by today's standards, a giant!

Blogging Blues

Please forgive the light blogging. My new medication is making me feel lethargic, lazy, and stupid(er) than before. Bear with me.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Computer Woes

Could not post anything today (other than this) because the idiot who runs my computer screwed it up...again.

Science Shocker: Full Bellies May Harm School Performance!

“Regular listeners to my radio show already know that I proudly nurture, indeed cherish, a long list of idiosyncrasies: the single most consistent element between my life today and my earlier incarnation as a 1960’s liberal involves my refusal to conform to convention. In that regard, it’s always great to see scientific confirmation that one of my personal quirks, frequently derided by friends and colleagues, has received unexpected scientific backing from authoritative research.

Since my college years, I’ve always avoided eating anything substantial before some significant intellectual challenge – like a big exam or, more recently a speech or TV appearance. Every day, I eat next to nothing before my radio show – limiting myself to a muffin or a piece of fruit or, at most, an early morning bowl of cereal before I finish with the broadcast (at 3 PM Pacific Time). It’s always seemed to me that the hunger associated with this habit gave me an “edge” that helped my performance – and now a new study from Yale Medical School supports that idea.”

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Extolling the Female Tongue

“A long time ago I read a short online piece about how women could get their men to put the toilet seat down. Inherent in it was the idea that this was an example of men’s lack of consideration and that the task at hand was one of disciplining these bad boys.

I don’t know, my attitude is that if women can leave a toilet seat down, men can leave it up.Of course, this is just a silly, pebble-in-the-shoe issue, but I see it as a metaphor for a modern phenomenon: The casting of women’s characteristic behaviors as the norm and men’s as dysfunctional deviations.”

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Bravo to the Brave!

“COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Danish art group that pokes fun at world leaders targeted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday by placing an advertisement in a Tehran newspaper with an insulting hidden message.
Beneath a picture of the president, a series of apparently sympathetic statements were arranged such as “Support his fight against Bush” and “Iran has the right to produce nuclear energy”. The advert was attributed to “Danes for World Peace”.
However, the first letters of each phrase, when read from top to bottom, spell out “S-W-I-N-E”.”

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Islam and Tsunami Victims

“WHEN people around the world sent millions of pounds to help the stricken Indonesian province of Aceh after the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004, few could have imagined that their money would end up subsidising the lashing of women in public.

But militant Islamists have since imposed sharia law in Aceh and have cornered Indonesian government funds to organise a moral vigilante force that harasses women and stages frequent displays of humiliation and state-sanctioned violence.

International aid workers and Indonesian women’s organisations are now expressing dismay that the flow of foreign cash for reconstruction has allowed the government to spend scarce money on a new bureaucracy and religious police to enforce puritan laws, such as the compulsory wearing of headscarves.”

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Hat tip: Blonde Sagacity

Cruel and Unusual Punishment?

“Which of the following scenarios constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, as prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution: (1) aborting a baby with a fully developed nervous system and probably inflicting great pain; (2) murdering a nightclub manager in cold blood; (3) taking 34 minutes - twice the normal time - to execute the murderer of the nightclub manager?

Anti-death penalty forces want us to believe number three. They claim the Dec. 13 execution in Florida of Angel Nieves Diaz took too long and required a second injection, thus, violating the Eight Amendment. Florida's outgoing governor, Jeb Bush, has suspended all executions in his state pending an investigation into the state's lethal-injection process. In California, U.S. District Judge Jeremy D. Fogel declared California's execution procedure unconstitutional and lethal injections - the preferred execution method in 37 states - an offense to the ban on cruel and unusual punishment.

One wishes such considerations were available to relatives of the deceased, and to the deceased, themselves, who are not given a choice in the method of their execution, much less the option of continuing to live. Diaz spent more than two decades in prison before he was executed. That probably inflicted cruel and unusual punishment on the relatives of his victim.”

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A Modest Christmas Wish List

Welcome, Dr. Sanity readers!

A candlelight dinner with Ann Coulter, who would later reject my advances because she has good sense.

Season tickets for the Philadelphia Phillies so that I can be humiliated by something other than the Philadelphia Eagles, Seventy-Sixers, Flyers… ad infinitum.

Piece and love (love of course is optional).

Learning how to not put a period at the end of clauses.

Someone to explain to me how “homophobia” doesn’t translate to “fear of man”, but does mean “hate of guys who like other guys and not women.”

A load of crap and Jimmy Carter, because I’d like to see if there is a discernible difference.

A “MERRY CHRISTMAS” for everyone!

A Pretentious Traitor

“Sen. John Kerry, on a Mideast tour taking him to Damascus for talks with President Bashar Assad, said Friday that the Bush administration’s rejection of dialogue with Syria and Iran to try to calm Iraq is a mistake.

Kerry’s trip is the latest in a growing tussle between the White House and Congress over the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan panel that called for talks with Iran and Syria to win their help in stabilizing war-torn Iraq.”

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Er...No it won't!

Quote of the Day

Veni, Vidi, Velcro....("I came, I saw, I stuck around")

From a guy named Bob Read on the Armorama site.

The New Porn Shop

Did Kirsten Powers undergo some kind of metamorphosis, or had I in the past misjudged her as another stinking liberal. Anyway, read this thoughtful article by Powers.

“WHEN did the doll section turn into a porn shop?

I'd gone to FAO Schwarz with a friend and her three small children; while they shopped for stuffed animals, I wandered over to recapture some of the innocence of my childhood. What a mistake.

Just feet from the Etch-A-Sketches and paint-by-numbers were dolls dressed in garter belts, bustiers, fishnet stockings and high heels. "Ella" was in a teddy; "Justine" in an evening gown with her breasts overflowing. Cleavage and lingerie were the order of the day.

As small children filed by, I felt myself panicking, wanting to cover their eyes or steer them away, as if they were going to be exposed to something they weren't meant to see. Never mind that they were the target audience for these hyper-sexualized dolls. I was, after all, in a toy store.”

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Mr. President, If I May Be So Bold...

“Most of our readers know the story of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at Gettysburg. Ordered to hold Little Round Top at all costs, Chamberlain's 20th Maine fended off one attack after another. Finally, Chamberlain's men were nearly out of ammunition and it was clear they would not be able to withstand another assault. Prudence counseled retreat, but Chamberlain's orders forbade it. The Maine regiment could neither fall back nor stay where it was, so Chamberlain took the only course open to him: he told his men to fix bayonets and prepare to charge.
It strikes me that you, President Bush, are in a similar situation in Iraq. You know (if many liberals do not) that retreat is out of the question. Yet the status quo is untenable. Support for your administration's policy is evaporating. Iraq is being pacified too slowly if at all, and minor tinkering around the edges--a few more men, some more training of Iraqis--won't make much difference. You need a decisive stroke. You need to tip the table over. You need to attack”


This is an important read.

The Ann Coulter Truth (as usual)

“How did we go from winning the war in Iraq to losing overnight? Was this decided by the same committee that changed "Peking" to "Beijing"?

These word changes are a fortiori evidence that liberals are part of a conspiracy. On what date did "horrible" and "actress" vanish from the English language to be replaced with "horrific" and "actor"? Who decided that? (Meanwhile, I'm still writing "Puff Daddy" in my nightly dream journal when everybody else has started calling him "Diddy.")”

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FAQ - The Shiites and the Sunnis

“1) Who are the Sunnis and the Shiites?
They are the two main sects of Islam. And generally speaking, they’re not crazy about each other.

2) What are the differences between them?
Historically, they suffered their fissure 13 centuries ago when they differed over who the rightful heir to Muhammad was. Beyond that little nugget, the typical congressman shouldn’t have to worry his pretty little blow-dried head about the origins of the two sects.
The Sunnis historically were much more political than the Shiites. Devout and fundamentalist Sunnis felt (and feel) that there can be no law above the Koran. That means they feel that government by necessity must be a theocracy. Also, fundamentalist Sunnis consider Shiites to be apostates. An apostate is an even worse thing to be than an infidel.
Shiites traditionally were relatively non-political. You’ve seen this kind of Shiite philosophy in action in Iraq where Ayatollah Sistani supported the formation of a secular government and declined to claim the reins of leadership himself.”

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R.I.P. Peter Boyle

“LOS ANGELES - Peter Boyle, the actor who transformed from an angry workingman in Joe to a tap-dancing monster in Young Frankenstein and, finally, the comically grouchy father on Everybody Loves Raymond, has died. He was 71.
Boyle, who had been suffering from multiple myeloma and heart disease, died Tuesday evening at New York Presbyterian Hospital, said his publicist, Jennifer Plante.”

More

It never occurred to me that Peter’s dad was “Uncle Pete” on early Philadelphia TV for kids. He was a terrific quick sketch artist and introduced many young ones, like myself, to the “Little Rascals” of “Our Gang” fame.

Time truly is a thief.

Quote of the Day

“Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.” —Jean Francois Revel

Hat tip: The Patriot Post

Ohio Rep. Kucinich to Run for President

Welcome, Dr. Sanity readers!

“CLEVELAND - Rep. Dennis Kucinich, an Ohio Democrat who unsuccessfully ran for president in 2004, said Monday he is planning to run again because his party isn't pushing hard enough to end the war in Iraq.
The liberal, anti-war congressman said he was inspired to run because he disagrees with the way some of his fellow Democrats are handling the war in Iraq, including approval of a proposal to spend $160 billion more on the conflict.”

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In a related story, pop tart Britney Spears once again apologized for exposing her kucinich in public.

Congressional Intelligence

“WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rep. Silvestre Reyes of Texas, who incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tapped to head the Intelligence Committee when the Democrats take over in January, failed a quiz of basic questions about al Qaeda and Hezbollah, two of the key terrorist organizations the intelligence community has focused on since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
When asked by CQ National Security Editor Jeff Stein whether al Qaeda is one or the other of the two major branches of Islam -- Sunni or Shiite -- Reyes answered "they are probably both," then ventured "Predominantly -- probably Shiite."
That is wrong. Al Qaeda was founded by Osama bin Laden as a Sunni organization and views Shiites as heretics.”

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Hat tip: Lucianne

Compromise

“To most people a compromise is an agreement. Two or more parties sit down and they each give up something for a greater agreement. Thus they end up with a part of what they want but not all of it. The misery/goodness is spread equally.

Enter the Baker Report. It's been out two days and the left is celebrating. I haven't seen them this happy since the election of Bill Clinton and the Democrat Congress. Katie Couric was almost wetting her panties the other night in excitement. Lefty bloggers are going crazy with happiness.”

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Cynthia McKinney Discusses Impeachment Bill

'On the day after she introduced a bill to impeach President Bush, soon-to-be-ex Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney was back to her training at a Georgia Burger King. While serving customers, McKinney spoke to TNOYF.

TNOYF: "Cynthia, thanks for agreeing to talk to us. Last time we spoke, you were training at a local McDonalds. Why the switch to Burger King?"'

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A Simple Conclusion

“Is there a more obvious product of heterosexual behavior than the creation of children? If so then isn't it somewhat peculiar that those who shun the behavior of heterosexuality so deeply crave the product that it brings?

This week as I read the news that Mary Cheney, the 37 year old daughter of the Vice-President, was pregnant, I had many such questions running through my head. I'm not supposed to mind you.

I'm not supposed to be allowed to think such things.

I'm not supposed to openly wonder what such conclusions might mean. Such wondering might bash the belief structure that men and women are completely interchangeable with one another. Yet I wonder them nonetheless. (Call it an ever growing desire to know the truth of the matter.)”

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James Baker…Another Dolt!

“The members of the Iraq Study Group hope that their collaboration will, among things, help usher in a new spirit of bipartisanship. So as a Republican, I'll offer this bipartisan thought -- other than Jimmy Carter, I can't think of a major public figure I like less than James Baker.

The two share a strong desire to stick it to Israel. I've always thought that Baker's is less pathological than Carter's, but after reading the ISG report (and Scott's post below), I'm no longer certain. Baker's position as head of the ISG has provided him with one last chance to exert pressure on Israel to make territorial concessions, and Baker has seized that opportunity with gusto.
Yet the Israeli-Palestinian question has nothing to do with our problems in Iraq, and the ISG report presents no evidence or argument to the contrary. The Sunni insurrection is unrelated to Israel -- it's an attempt by those who had power under Saddam to seize back that power, or as much of it as they can. Al Qaeda didn't join that insurrection because of Israel. It wants to kill Americans, deal the U.S. a defeat, and establish a new territorial base of operations. The Shiite militias aren't in business because of Israel. They're interested in obtaining power and dishing out revenge on the Sunnis. Iran isn't meddling because of Israel. It wants influence in Iraq or, short of that, to make sure its old adversary remains weak.”

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She should have been President

Jeane Kirkpatrick Dies at 80

“Former U.N. Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, a one-time Democrat who switched to the Republican Party and warmly embraced Reagan era conservatism, has died. She was 80.

Kirkpatrick's death was announced Friday at the senior staff meeting of the U.S. mission to the United Nations, said spokesman Richard Grenell, who said that Ambassador John Bolton asked for a moment of silence. An announcement of her death also was posted on the Web site of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative-oriented think tank in Washington, D.C. where she was a senior fellow.

Kirkpatrick's assistant, Andrea Harrington, said that she died in her sleep at home in Bethesda, Md. late Thursday. The cause of death was not immediately known.”

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Cape Canaveral, an Idiot’s Launch Site

I’d like to know who the rocket scientist(s) was/were that chose Cape Canaveral as the ideal place to light a gigantic firecracker under the a$$ of human beings hell bent on being shot out of the influence of gravity.

The climate of central Florida is called sub-tropical for a good reason. In minutes the weather can go from sunny and bright to pouring rain.
Most of you know that rain and clouds are inconsistent with flying objects that are propelled by exploding gases.

Wouldn’t Arizona or some other state that nobody cares about have been a more thoughtful choice? In Arizona you can open a bag of Lay’s Classic potato chips in February, and by October they’re still fresh!

Did these morons ever hear that “it never rains in southern California?”

“But wait,” you say. “If the rocket crashes and burns, we don’t want it to land on a populated area. Better the shrapnel and poor unfortunates land in the ocean.”

If I were an astronaut this would not be a confidence building reassurance.
If NASA relies on the lowest bidders to build these enormous Roman candles, at least they should ensure that the weather gives a reasonable shot at continued living.

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“Go to Hell, Israel”, says Baker

“The White House has been examining a proposal by James Baker to launch a Middle East peace effort without Israel.
The peace effort would begin with a U.S.-organized conference, dubbed Madrid-2, and contain such U.S. adversaries as Iran and Syria. Officials said Madrid-2 would be promoted as a forum to discuss Iraq's future, but actually focus on Arab demands for Israel to withdraw from territories captured in the 1967 war. They said Israel would not be invited to the conference. ”(emphasis mine)

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Hat tip: Right Wing News

American Soldiers are not just Smart…They are Brilliant!

"In an age of multimillion-dollar high-tech weapons systems, sometimes it's the simplest ideas that can save lives. Which is why a New Jersey mother is organizing a drive to send cans of Silly String to Iraq.
American troops use the stuff to detect trip wires around bombs, as Marcelle Shriver learned from her son, a soldier in Iraq.
Before entering a building, troops squirt the plastic goo, which can shoot strands about 10 to 12 feet, across the room. If it falls to the ground, no trip wires. If it hangs in the air, they know they have a problem. The wires are otherwise nearly invisible.
Now, 1,000 cans of the neon-colored plastic goop are packed into Shriver's one-car garage in this town outside Philadelphia, ready to be shipped to the Middle East thanks to two churches and a pilot who heard about the drive."

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Remember Pearl Harbor!

Neanderthals Were Cannibals, Study Confirms

'Neanderthals suffered periods of starvation and may have supplemented their diet through cannibalism, according to a study of remains from northwest Spain.
Paleobiologists studied samples from eight 43,000-year-old Neanderthal skeletons excavated from an underground cave in El Sidrón, Spain since 2000. The study sheds light on how Neanderthals lived before the arrival of modern humans in Europe.
Researchers found cut marks and evidence that bones had been torn apart, which they say could indicate cannibalism.
"There is strong evidence suggesting that these Neanderthals were eaten," said the study's lead author, Antonio Rosas of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid. "That is, long bones and the skull were broken for extraction of the marrow, [which] is very nutritious."
According to Rosas, there is evidence of cannibalism in Neanderthal remains from other European sites.
"I would say this practice… was general among Neanderthal populations," he said.'

Maybe this will shut up that annoying, effeminate, Geico guy…er, Neanderthal.

Common Sense from ABP

“What a cowardly display of total ignorance of the World at large James Baker and company display in this report. At no time in the last 30 years has there been either a negotiation or agreement with the Palestinians, Iranians, and Syrians that has worked in any meaningful way. The Palestinians have violated every ‘treaty’ they’ve ever reached, the Iranians don’t negotiate, they threaten and create terrorism Worldwide, and the Syrians just follow Iran’s lead while holding a death grip on Lebanon in violation of yet another ineffective resolution from the UN. What’s worse: all three groups are getting increasing support from Russia and China, who both would like nothing better than to make life hell for the US without having to do it themselves. In a world that increasingly requires the aggressive threat and/or use of force against people who have only death and destruction in mind, this report is an absolute prescription for suicide. The President shouldn’t even bother to use this report as toilet paper: it’s complete rubbish.”

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Quote of the Day

“It is losing that Americans have no patience for—not casualties or a protracted war. Let Bush make it clear that he is serious about victory, and that he will do whatever it takes to achieve it. The political support he needs will follow.” —Jeff Jacoby

Beer Banned in US over Santa Logo

A Christmas beer brewed in Oxfordshire has been banned in parts of the United States because it has a picture of Father Christmas on the label.

Officials in the state of New York told English brewers Ridgeway Brewing that the image on bottles of Santa's Butt could encourage under-age drinking.
The beer, a 6% winter porter, is brewed in South Stoke for the US market.
The ban was challenged by the beer's American importer and lifted, but has now been imposed in the state of Maine.

Peter Scholey, of Ridgeway Brewing, called the decision "ridiculous".

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Mince Pie Danger to be Assessed

“Organisers of a village Christmas party have been told they must carry out a risk assessment of their mince pies - or their festivities will be cancelled.”

“Council bosses say posters will have to be displayed at the party in Embsay, in the Yorkshire Dales, warning villagers the pies contain nuts and suet pastry.”

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Another Lesson on How to Lose a War

“JERUSALEM – The Israeli Defense Forces has been instructed by the government here not to open fire or take any action against militants who are discovered launching rockets into the Jewish state, senior military officials told WND today.

The officials said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's security cabinet changed the IDF's rules of engagement after a cease-fire went into effect Nov. 26. Now, if Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are caught launching rockets at Jewish cities, the Israeli military is forbidden to respond, the military officials said.(emphasis mine)
Previously, the IDF used artillery units and aerial strikes against militants discovered in the process of launching rockets.”

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Why Newt is Right

“What does Newt Gingrich have in common with two accomplished nuclear strategists?

Philip Bobbitt has served in national security positions in the US Senate and the Clinton administration. He teaches constitutional law at the University of Texas and strategy at Oxford. At a recent Bradley Lecture at the American Enterprise Institute, Bobbitt discussed the future of terrorism and the state. One of his recurring refrains was the need for states to "stockpile laws" just as they might stockpile vaccines in the instance of biological attack, except the laws would provide for actions the government might legally take to restore itself, or to defend itself and the country, in the aftermath of an attack using weapons of mass destruction. Bobbitt is releasing a new book, discussing terrorism and the evolution of the state, early next year.”

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Hat tip: Instapundit

Supremacy Over the Constitution

“Justice Stephen G. Breyer says the Supreme Court must promote the political rights of minorities and look beyond the Constitution's text when necessary to ensure that "no one gets too powerful."
Breyer, a Clinton appointee who has brokered many of the high court's 5-4 rulings, spoke in a televised interview that aired one day before justices hear a key case on race in schools. He said judges must consider the practical impact of a decision to ensure democratic participation.”

Look beyond the Constitution? Hope you enjoy the next couple of years (decades?) of liberal rule, folks!

Read the rest of Breyer’s blather.

Tiger Rips Off Man's Arm in Spain After He Tries to Take Cell-Phone Photo

Golfer Tiger Woods in a fit of pique tore off the arm of Julio Estrada as the man demurred when Woods attempted to snap a photo of him prior to play at the Madrid Classic.
Mr. Estrada stated, “I told Mr. Woods that I wanted no part of his photographic fantasies, whereupon he grabbed my left arm and spun it in a perfect arc then yanked it out of the socket. He then tugged on it, and it was no longer attached to my body!”

Woods explained that he was sorry if anyone was offended by his actions and that he would enrol in anger management classes at his earliest convenience.

Source:
Donald Stott, Associated Press correspondent

Oops! I misread the headline. Here is the real story.

Governmental Priorities

“MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Festivus just isn't the same this year for self-professed Seinfeld fanatic Governor Jim Doyle.

In fact, Doyle says he won't be recognizing the made-up holiday after Michael Richards, AKA Kramer, unleashed a string of racial slurs at black patrons during a recent comedy club appearance.”

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Hat tip: Lucianne

Lies, Damned Lies, and Patriotism

“The Associated Press is standing by its report that six Sunni men were burned to death in Baghdad Friday by Shiites, even though U.S. military officials have accused the wire service of relying on a source who "is not who he claimed he was," an Iraqi police captain.
Military officials also say they cannot confirm that the incident took place and have asked AP to retract or correct the story, which was repeated by media around the world and cited as a grim example of Shiites taking revenge for a deadly bombing that killed more than 200 people a day before.”

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