Pataki Increases Penalties For Swastikas, Hate Graffiti

New York Gov. George Pataki has signed legislation increasing the penalties for people putting swastikas on public property or on a private building without the owner's permission. The legislation also covers burning a cross without the property owner's permission. The law makes the swastikas and cross burnings more serious crimes than simple graffiti or vandalism. The governor said the swastika and burning cross have been used to threaten and intimidate members of ethnic, racial and religious minorities.

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Hamas offers to renew cease fire with Israel

So, they're willing to reinstitute a "cease-fire" that they broke after inventing a story about an Israeli attack.  Now they're promising to get the other  terror groups to stop sending Qassam rockets into Israel even though they had the power to do this before the "Israeli genocide".  I guess they need a cease fire so they can concentrate on killing other Palestinians.  Can't fight a two front war you know.

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The Mets are kicking ass.  I just thought I'd say that.  They're going for their 8th straight win (on the road!) in Philadelphia as I write this and are winning 5-2 in the 5th inning.

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Elder of Ziyon thanks the BBC for their diagram of how much of Israel can be reached by Palestinian rockets fire.  He gives us the added insight though of showing where these missiles could hit if they began to be launched from the West Bank and Lebabnon as well.  Not too much of Israel's population would be safe from rocket fire.  If you think you haven't heard of the longer-range Katyushas being fired from Gaza, it's not for lack of trying.

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Girls can marry at 15, Colorado court finds.  Then can go straight to jail after the post-coital run to buy cigs at the 7-11.