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otI have noticed how the South Dakota Democrats have taken offense to the conservative?s position on issues like abortion. Their approach is that politics should be void of moral values. That is probably why they lie so much. Lying is...

Clickety-click, my loyal readers. The American Cancer Ablation Center is nearing the 200,000 hit mark. [See this post for background.]...

Quentin noted earlier the South Dakota Democrat's new Communication's Director (hired with money from Howard Dean), Elesha Carr, a self-proclaimed vegetarian and animal activist (which is about as aberrant as transplanting African animals here). Now, I have no qualms against...

And so it begins: NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Jewish settlers blocked Gaza's most hardline enclaves on Monday to stop soldiers delivering eviction notices launching a pullout that Israel says will end its 38-year occupation of the coastal strip....

Canada flexes its muscles in dispute over Arctic wastes

While the US is busy taking on global Islamofascism, Canada is also busy sticking up for it's interests:

Canadian warships were sailing towards the Arctic yesterday in the latest act of gunboat diplomacy over control of the frozen wastes there.

Amid diplomatic arguments over territorial rights, Canada's defence minister recently clambered on to a frozen rock, tiny Hans Island, triggering protests from Denmark. The Canadian programme hit high gear yesterday as the frigate Fredricton sailed towards the contested Davis Strait separating Greenland and north-east Canada.

Denmark was not going to take this lying down - but the brink of disaster has been averted with the prospects of meetings at the UN.

Denmark dispatched the naval cutter Tulugaq and threatened to land more men. However, as tensions rose, the two Nato allies had second thoughts, and the rival claimants agreed to discuss the dispute at the United Nations next month.

(Phew! Close call! Another world war averted!)

Still, this whole thing threatens a new arctic arms race, since the Canucks apparently need a bit more guns and less butter:

Critics of the Canadian policy argue that if the government is serious about pursuing a robust "northern strategy" it will have to start investing.

A C$700 million (£322 million) road to Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Sea has been proposed, but the money has not yet been pledged.

Maybe the Martin government can pitch in some of its political slush fund money to help repay from the "Ad-scam" scandal, which has been fully documented by Captain's Quarters, among others.

The military, meanwhile, is not ideally equipped for the brutal conditions of the far north. Although it is expanding its Arctic command base at Yellowknife, the navy lacks sufficient capacity to plough through the pack ice. Critics say that this explains why the Canadian authorities have chosen the summer months to undertake their sovereignty patrols.

This situation will bear close watching, what with World Peace on the brink and all.

Shane Osborn is eyeing a senate run. His connection to South Dakota? He was born in Mitchell. From the 7/17/05 Mitchell Daily Republic:A Senate run could be in the future for former Navy aviator Shane Osborn. Osborn, who now lives...

Chuck Hagel has been immensely quotable the last couple of days. Is he running for something? In an interview with Reuters during a trip across his home state on Wednesday, Hagel said the United States should greet the new Iranian...

'Fantasy' of the 48-hour wait to see a GP

The UK is held up by the Social(ist) Democrats as one of the examples of progressive European healthcare that we should emulate. Based on this, pray that this never happens!

Ministers have been accused of living in "a fantasy world" after new evidence contradicted Government claims that almost everyone can see a GP within 48 hours. A YouGov poll for The Daily Telegraph suggests that almost half of patients cannot get an appointment to see a family doctor within two days, despite the fact that this is supposed to be a key Government achievement.

Note: the GOAL is to get into a doc within 48 hours - seems to the Chief to be a rather non-ambitious goal - but apparently beyond the UK National Health Service's capability.

The waiting time results are particularly embarrassing because Lord Warner, a health minister, issued a news release in May saying that "almost everyone in England can now see a GP within 48 hours". He put the figure at 99.98 per cent. YouGov found that only 44 per cent of respondents said they were able to see a GP within that target.

These survey results are at variance with "official" surveys, but not to fear, there is a reason for the difference:

The official figures are compiled by primary care trusts and Mr Lansley said that some trusts were alerting surgeries when surveys were going to be carried out, so that doctors could make sure that backlogs were cleared.

There's more in the article. This is tantamount to the proposed Hillarycare that (justly) was shot down in flames, may it always be so!

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