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

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Iran and Nukes and Obama

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With out getting into how many centrifuges, what kind of inpections, years to breakout, etc, we need to recognized a few basic facts. Th...

Religious Freedom Restoration Act

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After all the chatter on TV about Indiana's new RFRA act I took the trouble of googling for the text of this controversial act. For all...

Monday, March 30, 2015

One World, Divisible by David Reynolds

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"A global history since 1945". An irritating read. The author, a British college professor, is totally left, likes everything so...

Sunday, March 29, 2015

STEMing it

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Lots of praise these days for Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), a few despairing wails for preservation of the class...

Budget Cuts, Real vs Fake

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A real budget cut is when an agency gets less money than it did the previous year. Republicans like real budget cuts. A fake budget cut is...

Saturday, March 28, 2015

I think I have a right

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to shoot down drones harassing me on my own property. Suppose I'm having a cookout on my deck and a drone buzzes over taking pictures ...

Friday, March 27, 2015

How big is the defense budget? Really?

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And how much defense is it buying? How much money goes to real combat units, Army battalions, Navy warships, Air Force fighters, and how mu...

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