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Baghdad bomb kills 51. Al Qaeda isn't defeated yet.

Hamas claims to be near a truce with Israel. What does this even mean? Hamas won't murder any Israelis for a couple months? All this is is a chance for Hamas to rearm and regroup so they can be more effective the next time they start murdering Israelis. How many times are we going to watch this sham repeat itself? This is the sign that Israel has Hamas on the run, disorganized and hurting. Israel should press its advantage, not back off. Ceasefire agreement.

Taliban prepare for major battle near Kandahar. We can only hope. They can never win a major battle against western forces. This is more likely a ruse, and they'll fade back into the woodwork.

France to rejoin NATO command. About time. You have to like Sarkozy, and it makes me wonder if the French people haven't been more reasonable all this time, just boondoggled by Mitterand and Chirac. The French were wonderful people when I was there years ago. Not like their government was.

It looks like the Darfur civil war is spreading into Chad.

Inflation, indicated by wholesale prices, jumps the highest in 6 months. Thanks, government. Banana prices skyrocket.

Reason disputes the Feds' claim that reduction in meth use is because of the war on drugs, showing a graph that meth use has been declining for 30 years. I think meth use is declining because it ruins lives and the more lives it ruins, the more people learn about it.

Democrats take the lead on stronger border security. Nice job, Republicans.

McCain is changing his stance and calling for offshore drilling. About time. It's just amazing Democrats can get away with pandering to the tiny minority of Americans who prefer high oil prices to drilling off the coasts and punishing the vast majority of us with high gas prices. Why do we allow them to stay in office when they do that? McCain should also call for ending oil company subsidies. He take all libertarian positions. McCain links Obama's windfall profits tax to Carter. Good for him. There's some good likes to be had about Obama, Carter, and the 70s. How about a cartoon of Obama with Carter's buck teeth?

How nice of Obama to visit Iraq and Afghanistan before the election, instead of just demagoguing them from a position of ignorance.

Ron Paul transforms his campaign into the next phase of education on liberty.

Road rage linked to bumper stickers and other personal modifications to car.

I just downloaded the pre-release of Firefox 3 because the actual release wasn't up yet. I'll check back later. This is a great marketing idea for Firefox.

Gay brains sized like those of the opposite sex. The study doesn't seem to address whether that is because of genetics or environment, but at least one doctor concluded it was because of genetics anyway. It would be pretty easy to find out. Check the brains of fetuses and see if you can use them has a predictor of homosexuality.

Mickey Kaus examines Obama's social security plan.

With all the whining by Europe's elites because Irish voters rejected surrendering their power to the EU, it makes you wonder how Europe survived for the last thousand years. Europe is facing a real crisis, but it nothing to do with the EU. Europeans are choosing to go extinct. A crisis of genetics that is taking the form of a crisis of culture. This is the ultimate danger of our big brains.

Quakers overcome California's loyalty oath.

Radical Muslim cleric deeply involved in 911 works the British legal system to win release. British authorities should put him on a plane to Guantanamo.

Cato explains that Bernanke's warning about rising health care costs suggested more government involvement to keep them down. Great. We have a socialist running the Fed. I have a question for Bernanke. When was the last time government involvement in the free market caused prices to drop or made any improvement? Boortz only hits the low hanging fruit about health care breaking us. He doesn't even mention Bernanke's socialist leanings.

Good for the WSJ to point out that the bull being spewed by Democrats about harsh interrogation techniques is pure political posturing after Democrats supported those same techniques after 9/11. As poorly as Republicans governed for 6 years, and as lying as Republicans are, Democrats make them look like saints by comparison. It's just stunning how no matter how sleazy and destructive Republicans are to America, Democrats are always significantly worse. Republicans are the second worst thing that ever happened to this country. Democrats are the worst.

Note to self: don't take a job at Apple. Their salaries are way too low.

The gasoline business is so bad, that Exxon is selling its corporate owned gas stations and franchises. Don't feel bad for Exxon, but recognize what's going on here. US businesses including BIG OIL are cutting their margins razor thin to keep gasoline as cheap as possible for Americans. Congress is our problem, not oil companies.