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

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Resignation II

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Following Shenseki's resignation/firing we have the Obama mouthpiece, press secretary Jay Carney resigning. Wow!. Here is a guy that g...

Friday, May 30, 2014

Resignation

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Obama was just on TV. He started out eulogizing Eric Shinseki, and right then I knew that Shinseki was toast. Obama finally got around to ...

Survival of the fittest

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Consider the dandelion. It puts up a bright yellow flower to attract pollinating bees. Without pollination, the species would die out in a...

Thursday, May 29, 2014

The scenic route home

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So, just for a change of scenery, I drove back on the old roads. Picked up old US 1 off the Baltimore beltway. In Maryland it's a two ...

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

The VA

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Amid the howls of outrage from all over the place, I have yet to hear a few important numbers. Such as: 1. How many employees does the VA...

"Chic artisan food court"

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This is the Economist writing about UNION MARKET in DC. I was there a couple of days ago, looking for a place to get some lunch. It didn...

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Nigeria's kidnapped girls

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TV news claims the girls have been located. Then they went into a long song and dance about how difficult it would be for the Nigerian arme...

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