'Changing border will be dangerous'

The defense establishment is fiercely opposed to a United Nations initiative to redraw Israel's border with Lebanon and ultimately revoke Israeli sovereignty over the Shaba Farms. A UN cartographer is expected to visit the Shaba Farms, also known as Mount Dov, in the coming weeks, sent by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to review the current border route along the 25-square-kilometer area located between Lebanon and the Golan Heights.

[betrayed again: it's elevated land, previously used to shell Israel]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1187502427231&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Chinese see [US] military dependence on computers as weakness

Beijing - Diplomatic tension this week over reported Chinese computer attacks on German government networks comes as security experts warn that China is expanding its capacity to wage cyberwar as part of its rapid military buildup. U.S. and other foreign military analysts say that Chinese defense planners have identified the heavy dependence on computers of most modern military forces as a potential weakness that could be exploited in a conflict.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/29/news/cyber.php

Britain’s Anti-Semitic Turn

In August 2006, as the war in Lebanon raged, a gang of teenage girls confronted 12-year-old Jasmine Kranat and a friend on a London bus. ''Are you Jewish?'' they demanded. They didn’t hurt the friend, who was wearing a crucifix. But they subjected Jasmine, a Jew, to a brutal beating—stomping on her head and chest, fracturing her eye socket, and knocking her unconscious. (Snip) According to the police, Jews are four times more likely to be attacked because of their religion than are Muslims.
http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_4_anti-semitism.html

Forget about songs under Sharia

Marc Sheppard adapts a beloved song from The Sound of Music to discuss Sharia Law. But he missed one particularly apt element of that code of behavior. Sweetness & Light calls our attention to the prohibition of music itself, at least north of te border.

Today’s lesson comes from the Ifta Department of the Canadian Council of Muslim Theologians:

Is it permissible to play music/instruments and songs?
Answer [snip]

The use of the drum is allowed on the occasion of a wedding, wedding feast (walimah) and both days of Eid. This is concerning the drum which has no tinkle. The drum which has the tinkle is not permitted to be used. Playing of all other instruments is not allowed.

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5854

Iraqi civilian killings drop sharply in November

BAGHDAD - The number of civilians killed in violence throughout Iraq fell this month to the lowest level in nearly two years, according to government statistics obtained by Reuters on Friday. The data showed 538 civilians were killed in November, down 29 percent from October. The statistics are compiled by the health, interior and defense ministries, and represent the best Iraqi count of the bloodshed.
http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSL30676226

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     The Pew Research Center finds there has been a dramatic, double-digit jump in the percentage of Americans who believe that the military effort in Iraq is going well. You are the Washington Post. How do you play the story?:

a. You run a front-page story headlined "Study Finds Surge in Positive Public View of War Effort"; or

b. You run a story on page A10 headlined "Military Progress Doesn't Make War More Popular."

     Of course the correct answer is "b." As Ed Morrissey at Captains Quarters noted, WaPo managed not only to bury the story, but to put a gloomy headline on the news. Jules Critteden details how MSNBC spins the Pew story in similar fashion [follow links]
     Both organizations are marching in the proud MSM footsteps of the New York Times. When earlier this month news came that the US-led MNF had successfully routed al Qaeda completely out of Baghdad, the Times buried the story fathoms deep . . . on A19.
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The Pew Research Center finds there has been a dramatic, double-digit jump in the percentage of Americans who believe that the military effort in Iraq is going well. You are the Washington Post. How do you play the story?:

a. You run a front-page story headlined "Study Finds Surge in Positive Public View of War Effort"; or

b. You run a story on page A10 headlined "Military Progress Doesn't Make War More Popular."

Of course the correct answer is "b." As Ed Morrissey at Captains Quarters noted, WaPo managed not only to bury the story, but to put a gloomy headline on the news. Jules Critteden details how MSNBC spins the Pew story in similar fashion [follow links]

Both organizations are marching in the proud MSM footsteps of the New York Times. When earlier this month news came that the US-led MNF had successfully routed al Qaeda completely out of Baghdad, the Times buried the story fathoms deep . . . on A19.

[also smallest above, small here {albeit Times v Ariel]

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2007/11/28/msm-spins-surge-publics-positive-view-war-effort#comments

Safari two-step post [4 with links]

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The Pew Research Center finds there has been a dramatic, double-digit jump in the percentage of Americans who believe that the military effort in Iraq is going well. You are the Washington Post. How do you play the story?:

a. You run a front-page story headlined "Study Finds Surge in Positive Public View of War Effort"; or

b. You run a story on page A10 headlined "Military Progress Doesn't Make War More Popular."

Of course the correct answer is "b." As Ed Morrissey at Captains Quarters noted, WaPo managed not only to bury the story, but to put a gloomy headline on the news. Jules Critteden details how MSNBC spins the Pew story in similar fashion [follow links]

Both organizations are marching in the proud MSM footsteps of the New York Times. When earlier this month news came that the US-led MNF had successfully routed al Qaeda completely out of Baghdad, the Times buried the story fathoms deep . . . on A19.

['follow links' above = smallest, this note = small - too big in Safari, others?]

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2007/11/28/msm-spins-surge-publics-positive-view-war-effort#comments

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PAULINE Hanson says she will run on similar policies to those that won her a federal election a decade ago when she vies for a Queensland Senate seat at the upcoming election. Ms Hanson said "nothing's changed" with her policies.

"We need to have a look at our immigration levels and I'd like to have a look at putting a moratorium on any more Muslims coming into Australia," Ms Hanson said yesterday. "I think that we need to look at getting out of the 1951 convention of refugees, and not being forced into taking refugees in this country who are incompatible with our lifestyle," she told ABC Radio.

[couldn't "quote" in Safari!!! - Fixed in Firefox.]

The 53-year-old won the seat of Oxley as an Independent at the 1996 election after being expelled from the Liberal Party because of her views on immigration [how 'tolerant']. She went on to launch One Nation, which grabbed a swag of seats at the Queensland state election.


[but don't people have a right to move to Australia if they want to?]

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22250746-953,00.html

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PAULINE Hanson says she will run on similar policies to those that won her a federal election a decade ago when she vies for a Queensland Senate seat at the upcoming election. Ms Hanson said "nothing's changed" with her policies.

"We need to have a look at our immigration levels and I'd like to have a look at putting a moratorium on any more Muslims coming into Australia," Ms Hanson said yesterday. "I think that we need to look at getting out of the 1951 convention of refugees, and not being forced into taking refugees in this country who are incompatible with our lifestyle," she told ABC Radio.

The 53-year-old won the seat of Oxley as an Independent at the 1996 election after being expelled from the Liberal Party because of her views on immigration [how 'tolerant']. She went on to launch One Nation, which grabbed a swag of seats at the Queensland state election.

[but don't people have a right to move to Australia if they want to?]

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22250746-953,00.html

Editorial: Ditch government planners

Centralized government planning is almost always a disaster, says Cato Institute Senior Fellow Randal O’Toole, who warns of the dangers of letting government bureaucrats take more and more control over Americans’ lives. A generation ago, we laughed at the hilariously predictable failures of the Soviet Union’s five-year plans. Now we’re allowing our own public planners, two-thirds of whom work for state and local governments, to design our communities, manage our land and natural resources, design our transportation and energy grids, run our health care system and oversee much else. Big mistake.

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http://www.examiner.com/a-1029199~Ditch_government_planners.html

Iraqi civilian killings drop sharply in November

BAGHDAD - The number of civilians killed in violence throughout Iraq fell this month to the lowest level in nearly two years, according to government statistics obtained by Reuters on Friday. The data showed 538 civilians were killed in November, down 29 percent from October. The statistics are compiled by the health, interior and defense ministries, and represent the best Iraqi count of the bloodshed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSL30676226

Iraqi civilian killings drop sharply in November

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BAGHDAD - The number of civilians killed in violence throughout Iraq fell this month to the lowest level in nearly two years, according to government statistics obtained by Reuters on Friday. The data showed 538 civilians were killed in November, down 29 percent from October. The statistics are compiled by the health, interior and defense ministries, and represent the best Iraqi count of the bloodshed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSL30676226

BAGHDAD - The number of civilians killed in violence throughout Iraq fell this month to the lowest level in nearly two years, according to government statistics obtained by Reuters on Friday. The data showed 538 civilians were killed in November, down 29 percent from October. The statistics are compiled by the health, interior and defense ministries, and represent the best Iraqi count of the bloodshed.

http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSL30676226

Garnish Wages to Force People into Insurance Scheme

[love the license plate]

Sarkozy's PATCO?

[Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization]
As the transportation strike enters its second week, it's impressive to see President Nicolas Sarkozy stand firm as Ronald Reagan did in 1981. But he might need a little more resolve than was required of Reagan. Sarkozy vowed to make France globally competitive when he won the presidency this year. He was fully open about his plans if elected and explicitly said he would end featherbedding in public-sector unions, from bloated pensions for little work to permanent security regardless of performance.

[Reminder: while US private-sector labor unions continue to shrink (~18% I believe), public-sector {that would be government} unions continue to mushroom, now surpassing 60% - it looks like we'll need look to {give me a second... ok... ready...} FRANCE... for leadership in this regard. marvelous]

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=280367612364273