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AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker Blog) - Some of my best friends are... Wed Oct 7 15:44:03 2026

By Nodrog Snave Society is being herded hard and fast into believing that statistically negligible sexual orientations are the real norm.

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AMERICANTHINKER (American Thinker Blog) - Analyst Says ‘Minnesota Has Always Been A Little Bit Quirky When It Comes To Politics’ Wed Oct 7 15:44:02 2026

By Eric Utter The Land of 10,000 Lakes has produced more than its share of unusual politicians and peculiar politics.

NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Russia Unleashes One of Its Biggest Air Assaults on Ukraine, Killing Dozens and Striking Energy Infrastructure Wed Oct 7 15:43:22 2026

Fire and smoke rise in the capital Kyiv during a Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine on October 7, 2026 [Vladyslav Sode/Reuters] Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published October 7, 2026 KYIV, [...]

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (David Goodhart) - Burnham’s Big, Bad Speech Offered One Good Idea Wed Oct 7 15:30:25 2026

The prime minister highlighted real problems with elder care but ignored deeper crises. The post Burnham’s Big, Bad Speech Offered One Good Idea appeared first on The American Conservative .

UK Special Coverage Burnham’s Big, Bad Speech Offered One Good Idea The prime minister highlighted real problems with elder care but ignored deeper crises. UK Special Coverage (Andrew Aitchison / In pictures via Getty Images) Britain has a new prime minister who can, at least, deliver a speech. Andy Burnham, the former Blairite who has reinvented himself as an old-school socialist, electrified British politics at the end of September with a speech that promised to take Britain back to the 1970s. Not since John Smith, the Labour leader whose early death paved the way for the Blairite centrist revolution in the early 1990s, has there been a Labour leader, and PM, who is so unapologetically Labour, and he lovingly caressed every party…Open

What is the "National Preventative Service (NPS)" and how does it differ from the NHS in the context of the article?

The author suggests the care system should be called the National Preventative Service (NPS) rather than being compared to the NHS. The distinction is that the job of the NHS is to treat a problem and discharge the patient as quickly as possible, whereas the job of the NPS should be to prevent old people from needing such acute care in the first place.

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What does the article claim about the demographic impact of Burnham's "triple lock" reform proposal?

The article points out an irony in the proposal: the main beneficiaries of making care free would be affluent homeowners (mainly in the south of England), while the main losers—assuming the end of the triple lock leads to less generous pensions—would be poor pensioners concentrated in the north of England, which is Burnham's primary territory.

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What are some of the specific logistical and structural suggestions mentioned for improving elder care?

The article suggests several prosaic decisions: raising the visibility of the system with a name and logo, pegging the pay of the 1.6 million care workers to that of NHS care assistants with career progression opportunities, allowing care staff to have limited medical skills (like injections or wound care), improving links between family carers and the formal system, increasing exercise in care packages to reduce falls, using more technology in small homes, and encouraging more volunteering and gap years in care homes.

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How does the article describe the current state of the UK's elder care system and its funding?

The article states that the current system is often seen as unfair because cancer treatment is free under the NHS, while dementia care can cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. It notes that local and central government combined already spend about £35 billion a year on care. It also highlights that many people already receive heavily subsidized care despite means-testing, and that approximately 5 million people currently provide informal care for relatives.

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According to the article, what are some of the major British crises that Andy Burnham's speech allegedly ignored?

The speech is noted for ignoring several deeper crises, including overregulation, state incapacity, the dispersal of power to courts and regulators, the inability to control welfare spending, high energy costs resulting from the path to "net zero," high levels of immigration, deindustrialization, the neglect of technical/vocational education in favor of university expansion, and the creation of a progressive establishment (including Oxbridge, the British Medical Association, and the Senior Civil Service).

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What specific proposal did Andy Burnham offer to fund the reform of Britain's underfunded elder care system?

Burnham proposed funding the reform of the elder care system by ending the "triple lock" on the public pension system. The triple lock currently guarantees that the state pension rises in line with the highest of three metrics: earnings, inflation, or 2.5 percent.

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YOUTUBE (LiveNOW from FOX) - Isaias to become major Hurricane in the Atlantic Wed Oct 7 15:25:17 2026

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Tropical Storm Isaias has officially formed in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to become the Atlantic season’s first major hurricane. The storm is rapidly intensifying and is forecast to make landfall Saturday morning somewhere between Biloxi, Mississippi, and Panama City, Florida.

REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - Morally Bankrupt Mamdani Spits on October 7 Victims to Demonize Israel Wed Oct 7 15:23:06 2026

On Wednesday, three years to the day in which thousands of Hamas terrorists descended on Israel and committed murder and atrocities in numbers untold, New York City's communist/Muslim Mayor Zohran Mamdani took to his X account to "commemorate" this date. However, in a move that was utterly predictable to anyone who has followed this far-left shouter who now lives in Gracie Mansion, the commie Mamdani did a lateral arabesque and made it all about Israel.

REDSTATE (Teri Christoph) - You Can't Make This Up: Judge Blocks Trump Fines on Illegal Aliens Because They Might Go Broke Wed Oct 7 15:23:05 2026

A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration’s current civil-fine program targeting illegal aliens who remain after final deportation orders. His discussion of the financial consequences will infuriate you.

JUSTTHENEWS (Joseph Weber) - Iran can, will seal off remaining Strait of Hormuz routes created, used by oil smugglers: report Wed Oct 7 15:22:17 2026

The routes are being used by “small boats smuggling oil and transferring it to tankers.

NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Israel Marks Three Years Since October 7 Hamas Attack as Memorials, Protests and Political Reckoning Collide Wed Oct 7 15:07:56 2026

A debris-strewn street in Tel Aviv, after it was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinian terrorists from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, 2023. (Getty Images) Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published [...]

YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - The Rob Carson Show LIVE (10/7/2026) | NEWSMAX Podcasts Wed Oct 7 15:03:31 2026

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