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After browsing through his archives today, it's time I added a permanent link in the blogroll to Greg Gutfeld. I've read Gutfeld off and on for a while now, and have pretty much decided that he's more or less the...

Brian Maloney and Michelle Malkin have been publishing a multi-part series of "Inside Air America" pieces that will likely shed new light on some of Err America's past operations. It appears to be a very good bit of investigative blogging,...

West Bank test looms after Gaza evictions

Israeli security forcesEinsatzkommando teams moved into four settlements in Gaza yesterday as the evacuation of Jewish settlers from the areaenforcement of the judenfrei zone neared completion. They were met with burning barricades but no real opposition.

Yep, Hamas will now be able to complete it's new Gaza fire-base without any pesky jews around to see.

There will be a bigger test this week when they move to clear out two settlements in the West Bank manned by 2,000 hard-line opponents of the pullout. Some are armed and there are fears that what has been a virtually bloodless operation could turn very violent.

Will history repeat itself again: the Warsaw ghetto revolt, take 2?

The Chief thinks that Israeli PM Sharon has been royally suckered on this one - and that there will be no lasting positive result from the Palestinians. Get ready for the return of Netanyahu.

Cindy Sheehan is making some wild statements. First we have her saying she will not pay her 2004 taxes:My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004, Sheehan told an audience of Veterans for Peace....

During the 2004 campaign, Daschle couldn't avoid the issue of work he did for NARAL and Emily's List. He even refused to answer a reporter's question about whether he was pro-choice and, in the process, confirmed the criticism that he...

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.

Although I'd prefer to let the Cindy Sheehan dog lie, we did get this email that I thought worth sharing with the author's permission. The story that is being told by the left and the right is purely a media...

America's founders didn't want to separate God, state

This is a good historical summary of the background of the connection between Christianity and the Constitutional system. Check it out - a lot of good, specific citations. Very interesting, and good grist for the mill to grind up theACLU-ish moonbats that want to totally abolish any religious influence in public life.

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