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Cell Phone DWI

Cell phone talking worse than driving drunk – study | TG Daily:

Researchers at the University of Utah have published a study that claims drivers on cell phones are prone to more crashes than drunk drivers. Two psychology professors, David Strayer and Frank Drews, along with toxicology professor Dennis Crouch, conducted the study. 40 test subjects drove a simulated highway while undistracted, drunk and talking on a cellphone. The cell phone using drivers crashed three times, while the drunk drivers surprisingly did OK.

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Cutting and Running

Here is an animated satirical toon which takes a shot at some of our political deep thinkers courtesy of Mark Fiore. I will leave the editorial comments up to you…
Thanks Mark….

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Nancy Pelosi: Victory for Terrorist Rights!

Wizbang predicts the new slogan of the Democratic Party, “Vote Democratic: The Party of Terrorist Rights!”, as Nancy Pelosi jumps for joy on hearing of the recent Supreme Court ruling. The ruling has produced a speed bump for the Bush Administration regarding the prosecution of inmates at Guantanamo under military law. The champaign corks were a pop’in on the Democrat side of the aisle! Here is a solution: Deport them to Israel and prosecute them under Israeli law! Or better still, perhaps the Russians would like a crack at some of those captured in Afghanistan. The new Iraqi gov’t, and maybe even Pakistan, might like a piece of this. It just seems that the fair thing to do is to spread the joy.

Wizbang:

Nancy Pelosi is thrilled with the Supreme Court’s ruling that the terrorists can not be tried in military tribunals and that, as they plot to attack the US, they can do so with the knowledge that, should they be captured, their rights will be protected by the Geneva Conventions:

WASHINGTON, June 29 /U.S. Newswire/ — House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today following the United States Supreme Court decision that trying Guantanamo detainees before military commissions violates U.S. law and the Geneva Conventions:

“Today’s Supreme Court decision reaffirms the American ideal that all are entitled to the basic guarantees of our justice system. This is a triumph for the rule of law.

“The rights of due process are among our most cherished liberties, and today’s decision is a rebuke of the Bush Administration’s detainee policies and a reminder of our responsibility to protect both the American people and our Constitutional rights. We cannot allow the values on which our country was founded to become a casualty in the war on terrorism.”

That sounds like a great slogan for November and on to 2008: Vote for the Democrats. They’re the party for terrorists’ rights.

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Hamas Leaders Arrested; Israeli Executed

Watch how the U.N. will attempt to pass a resolution condemming Israel for the invasion of the state of Palestine. Afterall, the Hamas Islamo-nazi government was duly elected by western democratic elections, weren’t they? These events will unfold just as sure as the sun will be rising in the east tommorow morning. More than likely it will lead to a confrontation with Syria that will draw Russia back into aliging with Syria and Iran. Just a gut feel. De ja vue all over again? Or will Russia align with the West this time to put an end to Islamo-facist terrorism…? Observe events in Chechneya closely and aliances with China and North Korea! The world has become one dangerous place in an aweful hurry. Does anyone still doubt that the world is at war aside from the New York Times??

Forbes.com:

Israeli forces rounded up Palestinian Cabinet ministers and lawmakers from the Islamic Hamas, increasing pressure on the Islamic militants to release a captured Israeli soldier, and witnesses said tanks moved into northern Gaza, widening Israel’s largest military operation in the year since Israel pulled out of the seaside territory.

Adding to the tension, a Palestinian militant group said it executed an 18-year-old Jewish settler kidnapped in the West Bank. Palestinian security officials said they believed the body of Eliahu Asheri had been found in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Palestinian security officials said Israeli forces detained the Palestinian deputy prime minister, Nasser Shaer, and three other Cabinet ministers, as well as four lawmakers in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Two others were arrested in the town of Jenin, they said, and Israeli media reported a roundup of Hamas lawmakers in Jerusalem and other locations.

The military refused to comment. Israel blames Hamas for the attack Sunday in which two soldiers were killed and a third captured when militants tunneled under the border and attacked an army post, setting off the invasion.

Before daybreak Thursday, witnesses said Israeli tanks and bulldozers moved into northern Gaza, stopping about 200 yards inside Palestinian territory across from the Jebaliya refugee camp. No clashes were reported. However, the miltiary denied its forces had moved into northern Gaza. More…

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Israeli Raid Arrests Duputy Palestinian PM

It seems Israel is looking to do a clean sweep. The old saying is, if you want a job done right you have to do it yourself. So much for the value of the UN and other peace keeping agencies. Watch now how the U.S. Security Council springs into action to sanction Israel!!

Chron.com:

Israel Arrests Deputy Palestinian PM

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Israeli forces early Thursday arrested the deputy prime minister of the Hamas government, two other Cabinet ministers and four lawmakers in a raid on a complex of buildings in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian security officials said.

The deputy premier, Nasser Shaer, had called for release of the captured Israeli soldier, Cpl. Gilad Shaer, taken in a Hamas-led attack on an Israeli border post outside Gaza on Sunday, setting off an Israeli invasion.

Earlier, Israeli forces arrested Labor Minister Mohammed Barghouti. All those arrested were from Hamas.

The Israeli military refused to comment, saying the operation was still in progress.

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Syria Fires on Israeli Warplanes

We did say hours on the last post! I certainly appears that the world might be witnessing the first stages in an all out war between Syria, Palestine and Israel. No doubt Iran will want to join in the action sooner rather than later. It will surely perceive Israel’s fly over in Syria as reason enough to pursue its race to become a nuclear power in the area likely labeling Israel a renegade by subscribing to the U.S.’s “Preemptive Doctrine”. I’ll suspect we will hear from Tehran within hours as well.
CNN.com :

JERUSALEM (CNN) — Syria said it fired on Israeli warplanes Wednesday as they flew over the home of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, heightening regional tensions over the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier.

“The overflight by two Israeli planes near the Syrian shores is an aggressive act and a provocation,” The Associated Press quoted Syria’s television news, which quoted an Information Ministry official.

It said “national air defenses opened fire in the direction of the planes, and they dispersed.”

Israel Defense Forces confirmed that Israeli planes had flown over the Syrian president’s country home and Israeli television reported al-Assad was at home at the time.

The flyover occurred three days after Israeli Cpl. Gilad Shalit was kidnapped inside Israel. He is believed to be held captive by groups linked with Syria.

Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres has complained that Syria allowed Hamas political leaders based in Damascus to order Shalit’s kidnapping.

Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon told Army Radio Wednesday that Israel sought to assassinate Hamas’ Syria-based political chief, Khalid Meshaal, according to The Associated Press. More…

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Non-Negotiable

Coming soon at a Middle Eastern battlefield nearest you…

Hamas leadership, if you can call it that, has painted itself into a very deadly corner playing a dangerous prisoner swapping game with Israel. They are now on the door step of receiving a very rude awakening… just a matter of days if not hours!

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