News from the Northwoods

This blog posts about aviation, automobiles, electronics, programming, politics and such other subjects as catch my interest. The blog is based in northern New Hampshire, USA

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Scary, weapons grade uranium for sale

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Fox news is reporting the seizure of three pounds of enriched uranium, in powder form, from a sting operation in Eastern Europe. The TV cl...

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Why is Windows so Paneful?

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Windows, the nearly universal operating system, has earned itself a host of bitter enemies. Nobody likes it. Windows is buggy, expensive,...

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

CAFE or no CAFE?

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Congress is getting ready to jack up the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. Currently new cars are supposed to get 27 mpg, and ...

Light Duty Trucks or Light Trucks

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Just watched a GM ad on Fox. Camera pans across a car showroom full of shiny pickups and SUV's. The voice over describes them as ...

Monday, November 26, 2007

Eliminate the sub prime middle man

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Make it illegal to sell loans, mortgage or any other sort. The sub prime meltdown happened when the banks (or loan companies) who issue loa...

Sunday, November 25, 2007

How slick is this? (From Commentary)

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A junket to China by some US reporters. Chinese Olympic spokesman: "Thanks to a range of measures, two thirds of the days in Beijing n...

Crime, Drugs,Welfare, things ARE getting better

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The December issue of Commentary magazine cover article proclaims that crime, drugs and welfare are getting better in the United States. Th...

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