Category Archives: Europe

Today’s “Isn’t Government Run Health Grrrrrrreat!” Stories

While Obama and the Donkeys are working on ways to “go it alone,” meaning, “forget those troublesome Republicans, we need to spend our time wacking our Blue Dogs,” I wonder what is going on in the Wonderful World Of Single Payer? A young mother gave birth on a pavement outside a hospital after she was […]

Can You Guess What Is Skyrocketting In France?

If you guessed “the cost of universal government run health care,” the tequila is on me France Fights Universal Care’s High Cost France claims it long ago achieved much of what today’s U.S. health-care overhaul is seeking: It covers everyone, and provides what supporters say is high-quality care. But soaring costs are pushing the system […]

In Pain? Forget Pain Killing Shots Under Government Health Care

During the August recess, I’d love to have everyone ask their Congress Critters, at least Democrat ones, as they are leading the charge to a government run single payer health – using the word “care” just doesn’t seem right - system, one question, and make them answer: “how will this plan reduce costs?” I suspect that the […]

Operations Neptune And Overlord, 65 Years Later

It’s “A Gathering of the Greatest Generation” — though this year only a small group of that era’s aging heroes will commemorate the invasion of France at Normandy 65 years ago. On Saturday afternoon, veterans will attend a National World War II Museum ceremony in New Orleans recognizing soldiers, sailors and airmen who made that […]

And Some Say Teaching 5 Year Olds About A Gay Lifestyle Is Great?

The problem with teaching young kids about sex, including a gay lifestyle, which is also being proposed here in the USA by States, cities, and Los Federales, is that they are too young to understand. Hilarity in this British school did not ensue Pupils as young as five were left ‘confused and worried’ after a school […]

Sarkozy Calls Obama Weak And A Neophyte

Your humor story of the day The US President is weak, the Spanish leader is dim, the German Chancellor is clinging on to France’s coat-tails and the head of the European Commission is irrelevant. That, at any rate, is the world according to President Sarkozy, who has spent the week airing his unvarnished opinions of […]

Al Qaeda Plot Broken Up In England

But, MI-5 almost hosed it badly A huge MI5 and police counterterrorist operation against al-Qaeda suspects had to be brought forward at short notice last night after Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism chief accidentally revealed a briefing document. Twelve people were arrested, ten of them born in Pakistan, at eight separate addresses after a long covert surveillance […]

President Obama, Please Go Home

Ian Martin at the UK Telegraph thinks it’s time for Obama to end the perpetual overseas campaign and go home Isn’t it time for him to go home yet? It is good, in theory, that the new President of the United States is taking so much time to tour Europe. He arrived in London last […]

Obama Cool With U.K. Talking To Hezbollah

I’m sure this is something that he himself wants to do: ‘US OK with UK’s overture to Hizbullah’ The Obama administration is “comfortable” with the British government’s attempts to engage Hizbullah, a senior British diplomat asserts. Britain likens the attempt to engage Hizbullah, launched quietly this year, to London’s outreach to political leaders of the […]

Obama Gives Queen An Ipod. Seriously? Updated With Bush’s Gift!

This morning, I started writing a post regarding the G20 meeting, and was going to ask “what entinty will be the first involved in an Obama gaffe? This can be a person, a group, country, etc.” Was pressed for time, never got to finish and post it. But, hey, we have the first of what […]

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