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2005-07-29 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Steel Cage Match: Canada, Denmark Clash in Google Ads

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Posted by Seafarious 2005-07-29 00:21|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'd award it to the Danes, simply because they had somebody nuts enough to actually visit the god-forsaken lump of frozen rock.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-07-29 00:43|| 2005-07-29 00:43|| Front Page Top

#2 My 1st rantburg comment - a must see link:

http://www.hansislandliberationfront.com/

Posted by interested conservative 2005-07-29 00:49|| 2005-07-29 00:49|| Front Page Top

#3 680 miles south of the North Pole - Everywhere is south of the North pole.

Posted by phil_b 2005-07-29 00:53|| 2005-07-29 00:53|| Front Page Top

#4 There is oil and gas under it. That is why the "dispute" exists. Look for more of these coming to a nation near you. Take a look at the artic map. Canada does own most of it. So don't get your Toque in a knot, eh.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-07-29 00:55|| 2005-07-29 00:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Um, you guys may laugh, but this is what I dug up:

I was interested in this Canadian claim to an island that I regarded as part of Greenland and so I struck up a conversation with the man. He was surprised that I even knew where Hans Island was. I was just as surprised at what he had to tell, for his interest in Hans Island resulted from the fact that he was a scientist with Dome Petroleum and had just spent the summer on the island doing ice research for the oil company.
Dome Petroleum, as it turned out, had been doing scientific research on this tiny island for some years as part of its research on oil development in the Beaufort Sea, 1700 kilometres away. What was the connection? It was that oil companies build artificial islands in the sea on which to position their drilling rigs. These artificial islands must be strong enough to withstand the force of being hit by large floes of multi-year ice coming down from the Arctic Ocean. Hans Island provided a perfect location in which to experiment on such forces. Source

So yes, in a way, it just may be about oiiiil.

Posted by Rafael 2005-07-29 00:56|| 2005-07-29 00:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Everywhere is south of the North pole.

Shhhh. Not so loud. The newsies might actually learn somethin'.

Posted by Rafael 2005-07-29 01:03|| 2005-07-29 01:03|| Front Page Top

#7 one word...hydrogen

Posted by 2b 2005-07-29 01:03|| 2005-07-29 01:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Sulfides as well with that hydrogen.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-07-29 01:09|| 2005-07-29 01:09|| Front Page Top

#9 shhh..hydrogen + pork wax = presto logs.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-07-29 01:20|| 2005-07-29 01:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Welcome, interested conservative! Interesting site, how did you happen to find it?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-07-29 06:36|| 2005-07-29 06:36|| Front Page Top

#11 An aside regarding this tidbit: "Some Canadians have called for a boycott of Danish pastries."

A flute with no holes is
not a flute.

A doughnut with no hole is a Danish...But in Denmark, they call them "Viennese Pastries".

Posted by eLarson 2005-07-29 08:11|| http://larsonian.blogspot.com]">[http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-07-29 08:11|| Front Page Top

#12 Give it to the NDP so they can all go there and try to live with themselves.

Posted by MunkatKat 2005-07-29 09:17|| 2005-07-29 09:17|| Front Page Top

#13 How about a package deal: Hans Island and Frostbite Falls, Moosylvania.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-07-29 10:13|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-07-29 10:13|| Front Page Top

#14 Canadian Picture of Hans Island...

Danish View of Hans Island

Satellite View of Hans Island

Greenland on the right, Baffin (Nunavut, Canada) on the left...

Danish English Language Blog Thread-Hans Island

Canadian English Language Blog Thread-Hans Island

Fair and Balanced? Heh heh heh

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-29 11:32|| 2005-07-29 11:32|| Front Page Top

#15 When countries don't have armies they're forced to fight with GoogleAds.

Though Denmark hasn't completely demilitarized itself like Canada has...

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-07-29 12:20|| 2005-07-29 12:20|| Front Page Top

#16 Though Denmark hasn't completely demilitarized itself like Canada has...

I understand they have a huge depot of battleaxes available for distribution to the thanes.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-07-29 12:23|| 2005-07-29 12:23|| Front Page Top

#17 When countries don't have armies they're forced to fight with GoogleAds.

When GoogleAds are outlawed, only outlaws will have GoogleAds.

Posted by SteveS 2005-07-29 13:32|| 2005-07-29 13:32|| Front Page Top

#18 Can you say "Long Boats"?

Posted by True German Ally 2005-07-29 14:53|| 2005-07-29 14:53|| Front Page Top

#19 Red Dawg really? That's kinda neat.... is the lard rendered? Is the wax denatured? Cut to the chase.... would it be ediable in a pinch?

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-29 15:43|| 2005-07-29 15:43|| Front Page Top

#20 I look for intervention by the Icelandic fleet at any moment.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-29 17:40|| 2005-07-29 17:40|| Front Page Top

#21 Those Cnandians better watch out. The "Mare of Steel" has been in storage for 900 years now. It's gotten kinda rusty since the Vikings got it in the spoils of victory...

The Long Ships

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-29 18:39|| 2005-07-29 18:39|| Front Page Top

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