Buttle's World

7 August, 2006

Eye on Iran

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 15:22

How long before Joe Wilson steps forward to say that Iran isn’t really buying uranium from Africa?

A United Nations report, dated July 18, said there was “no doubt” that a huge shipment of smuggled uranium 238, uncovered by customs officials in Tanzania, was transported from the Lubumbashi mines in the Congo.

Tanzanian customs officials told The Sunday Times it was destined for the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, and was stopped on October 22 last year during a routine check.

From the annals of Socialized Medicine

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 15:13

Worried that your government-funded medical system may be “over-performing”? (No, i’m not kidding.)

The solution is simple. minimum waiting times.

The measures also seem certain to add to the anger that erupted last week after Ipswich Hospital in Suffolk admitted it had forfeited £2.4 million because it treated patients too quickly, having already agreed a 122-day minimum waiting time with East Suffolk Primary Care Trust (PCT), its funding body. The hospital finished the last financial year £16.7 million in the red.

Is Bush Serious?

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 14:14

Heather MacDonald wonders.

President Bush claims he’s serious about immigration enforcement. Here’s one way he could show it. The Orange County, Ca., sheriff has asked the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to train and deputize his detectives in immigration law and to authorize them to enforce it. That way, when a sheriff’s detective comes across an illegal-alien gang suspect, he can get him off the street immediately on an immigration charge. ICE has sat on Sheriff Michael Corona’s request (which conforms to a 1996 federal law) for ten months. If President Bush wants to demonstrate that he is willing to protect the country against illegal-alien criminals, he should order ICE to approve Orange County’s request without further delay.

Well, Mr. President? is you is, or is you ain’t?

The Camera Doesn’t Lie

Filed under: Posts — clgood @ 8:58

But photographers and caption writers do.

This photo could be captioned “His clothes are clean, it’s hours after the attack, but he’s still running away.”

Hat tip: Klo and her emailer.

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