Careful Thought

Now is a perfect time to send pizza or burgers to Israeli Defense Force (IDF) troops. You can send enough for a patrol or for an entire company. Here’s the link: PizzaIDF.org.  

AP Photo of Israeli attack in Lebanon (a good place not to be right now). 

From Paula Poundstone: “Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas.”

Here’s one you didn’t see on the nightly news. From Haaretz - Israel News:

Dozens of armed men try to forcibly open Gaza-Egypt border crossingBy Avi Issacharoff and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents

A confrontation developed Thursday at the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt when a few dozen armed men tried to open the crossing and allow thousands of Palestinians waiting on the Egyptian side through.

The Palestinian Authority’s Presidential Guard stopped them.

In the past several days, eight Palestinians have died at the Rafah crossing, waiting for days with no shelter and an inadequate water supply.

Israel offered to open the Kerem Shalom crossing to allow those waiting to cross the border, but the PA refused, fearing that Israel would force the travelers to undergo security checks - which they do not at the PA-controlled Rafah crossing.

A family member sent along this quote of the day, allegedly by a software developer named Brault, “Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.”

Here’s a loose paraphrase: “I lied and it felt good.”

Mr Brault isn’t too keen on the idea of knowing the truth, so I’m guessing that he writes terrible code.

Nuff said.

Cartoon by Dave Walker, by way of Roy at Outland. [Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.]

Photo courtesy of Karen. Extra wing courtesy of Gil the Arm. 

Hugh Hewitt has an excellent piece on why Israel has gone to war against Hezbollah-stan.

By Perry Swanson - THE GAZETTE
For the past two weeks, pedestrians in downtown Colorado Springs have been strolling past gay-rights signs and posters, probably without even knowing it.

A puppy named Norman who says “moo” instead of “woof” is the star of an advertising campaign targeting Colorado Springs. On television, the ads say Norman can’t help acting like a cow, he was just born different.

The downtown signs, though, are more cryptic, showing only Norman and the word moo.

But backers of the [Born Different] ad campaign said Norman’s story is a metaphor for gay people. They argue everyone is born with a sexual orientation.

The problem is that dogs don’t moo and there is still no credible evidence for a genetic basis for homosexuality. Can we move on now? 

Your word of the day is greeble. A greeble is a small piece of detailing added to break up the surface of an object to add visual interest to a surface or object, particularly in movie special effects. Greebles are closely related to nurnies.