[Ice reports:  One reason why getting through the Northwest Passage should be much easier in modern times--maybe even a bigger reason than the "your cell phone charger melted the ice" argument] 

Ice reports show a promising lead into the Dolphin and Union Strait opening up near Cape Baring, on the southwestern corner of Victoria Island. In a perfect world, a lead along the mainland on the southern side of Amundsen Gulf would've been ideal, but instead we're bound on a slight detour of about a hundred miles to the north.

The Migrant Mind: Can we trust them to tell us what to do?

But, of course, the AGW true beleivers will continue to believe that the world is warming, even as it cools. And if these control freaks actually do geoengineer the world to cool down just as the world goes into a natural cooling cycle, they will freeze us all and make our crops fail.

Save the GOP » Blog Archive » Stabenow Makes Boxer Look Ingenious

How does someone like this get elected to the U.S. Senate?

Hot Air » Blog Archive » AMA to Obama: Stop accusing us of wanting to hack off people’s body parts, champ

Translation: The guy who wants to run American health care was off here by a factor of 100 on cost. Although who knows? If the public’s fears about exploding health-care expenses under ObamaCare prove justified, maybe someday soon an amputation will run you $30-50K.

Investor's Business Daily -- Markets Bet ObamaCare Won't Survive

It's still tough to know whether this behemoth government takeover of heath care will actually pass. But two key markets are betting against it.

First, over at the Intrade pay-to-play online-betting parlor, the bid for the U.S. government health-plan contract is only 38 cents. That's down from 50 cents in late July. Second, the share prices of big private health insurers have rallied in recent weeks.

UnitedHealthcare is up 13%, Humana is up 12.4% and Aetna is up almost 10%. These firms will be decimated if the government insurance plan passes. But investors are now predicting it won't.