The Battle For Hans Island Moving to the Skies:
The Hans Island dispute (”Crisis in the Arctic“) obtained worldwide notoriety when it was learned that the territorial fight was being played out in cyberspace (Google keywords to be specific). It then took an ugly turn as Denmark dispatched the naval cutter Tulugaq and Canada flew in […]
From the Associated Press (SF Gate):
In a major expansion, Yahoo Inc. said Monday that its online search engine index now spans more than 20 billion Web documents and images, nearly double the material scanned by rival Google Inc.
Yahoo’s expansion doesn’t necessarily mean it produces more useful results than Google, which has long been considered the […]
What’s New:
A Danish cutter headed for disputed Hans Island this week, and the ship’s captain had these provocative words aimed straight at claims of Canadian sovereignty:
‘We normally put up a new Danish flag, as the old one usually has been blown away. We also leave behind some emergency rations, and make an entry into the […]
In a stunning move that recasts the Danish-Canadian conflict over remote Arctic speck Hans Island, Canada has granted full citizenship to all 13,925,637 of the islands’ rocks.
According to Canadian elections officials, 100% affirmed their allegiance to Canada by staying put when any who favored Danish citizenship were asked to take one step forward.
“Canada is one […]
(Also see our updates:
August 4: Hans Island Update: Danish Expeditionary Force Sets Sail
Canada Grants Citizenship to Hans Island’s Rocks; ‘We Welcome Our 13,925,638 New Granite-Canadian Countrymen,” says Prime Minister, and
our original story: We May Not Be Able To Project Military Power, But Our Ad Copy Will Make You Surrender!)
The crisis started out as […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)First the gun, then the tank, nuclear weapons, and now … Google ads? The AP reports:
Canada and Denmark have taken their diplomatic tussle over a lump of Arctic rocks to the Internet with competing Google ads claiming sovereignty over Hans Island.
… The diplomatic debate began Monday when Denmark said it would send a letter of […]
