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

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Clueless Sunday Pundits

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After endless Ted Kennedy funeral coverage the ABCers got to talking about the great CIA prosecution flap. One newsie said that Obama didn...

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Al Jazeera more objective than CNN or BBC?

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Roger Simon , vacationing in Italy, says yes. Which is another way of saying that CNN and BBC are truly awful news sources.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Sunspots affect the weather? Really?

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Short article here . Trouble is, before I believe that, I have to see a graph of temperature or rainfall or something that varies with an 1...

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Is Obama prosecuting CIA to take heat off Healthcare?

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The Obama administration has decided to prosecute CIA people for harsh interrogation of Al Quada prisoners. You have to wonder why. Only t...

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Meet the Press, or Newies for Horserace reporting

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We had Sen Chuckie Schumer (D-NY) and Sen Orrin Hatch (R-somewhere out west) on the show, topic Obamacare. The senators each launched into ...

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Bipartisanship is the Holy Grail

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In American political folklore, bipartisan bills are virtuous, wholesome, and god fearing. The rationale being that if both parties agree t...

Lets fix Copyright Law

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US Copyright law now runs for the life of the author plus 75 years. Call it a century. The publishers like it, but in actually practice it...

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