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Dr. Sanity!

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Israeli Cabinet Approves Deeper Gaza Incursion, Buffer Zone — “After Hamas fired a longer-range Kassam rocket that hit the city of Ashkelon, the Israeli cabinet has decided to respond to this escalation by pushing the Palestinians farther away. The IDF will deepen their northern incursion into Gaza and start leveling residential structures in their rocket-staging area, intending to set up a permanent buffer zone.”

Iowa Voice (Brian) So How Many Did They Launch? — “We’re quickly getting past the point of no return here. North Korea is already isolated and the international pressure is about as high as it can get, yet he’s not backing down.”

ScrappleFace (Scott Ott) N. Korea Launches Attack Against Sea of Japan — “North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il today acknowledged that he had ordered yesterday’s missile strikes against the Sea of Japan in response to what he called “threatening and provocative movements” that the body of water had made against his nation’s coastline.”

Don Surber Soldiers become citizens — “The Independence Day story of the year is from AP out of Bagram, Afghanistan, where 26 U.S. soldiers from 21 nations became U.S. citizens on the Fourth of July. They took advantage of a 2004 law that speeds up the citizenship process for those in the military.”

Ankle Biting Pundits (Bull Dog Pundit) President Finally Coming To His Senses On Immigration? — “While Karl Rove and Tony Snow say that the President believes any reform should address the status of the 11 million illegals already here one “anonymous source” close to the deliberations predicted the President would abandon the “path to citizenship” (a/k/a “amnesty”)”