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

Friday, June 29, 2012

Inconspicuous Consumption vs Great Depression 2.0

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They used to rave on and on about unchecked consumerism. Vance Packard with The Wastemakers. My mother used to grumble about how commercial...

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Winter's Bone

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After seeing Hunger Games, I netflixed this one 'cause it had Jennifer Lawrence starring in it. I watched the first half hour or so a...

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Chucklehead

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They are discussing the few congressional democrats who are going to vote Holder in contempt of Congress. Bob Beckel (on Fox Five) opines th...

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Game of Thrones

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Well, I got to the end of Season I, including the last episode where the 'net buzz has it that they used a George W. Bush head on a spik...

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Strange...

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Going to the national convention always used to be a big deal. Everyone wants to go. Hell, even my mother got to go to the national Republ...

The Diane Whines Show

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Listened to Diane Rahm on NPR on the way back from Concord yesterday. The guests were bewailing the terrible trials of parents, the diffic...

Monday, June 25, 2012

Gunwalking for Fun and Profit

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The Congressional drive to get the documents on Fast and Furious is perfectly legitimate. We, the voters, thru our Congressmen want to know...

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