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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, April 30, 2015

Marketing for Dummies

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Marketing is the art of getting customers to buy your product, rather than your competitors product. Marketers often put on airs and consi...

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Baltimore. Lotta angry people there

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Granted, Freddie Gray's death while in police custody was the trigger event, but I think there must be a lot of anger stoked up over man...

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

TPP Trans Pacific Pact?

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Obama is negotiating some kinda deal with all the countries of East Asia EXCEPT China. We think the deal might have some tariff reduction i...

The Churchill Factor by Boris Johnson

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A new book, which explores the impact upon history of Winston Churchill. Nicely written, by a Brit, who isn't afraid to use Britishisms ...

Monday, April 27, 2015

Hard Winter

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How do I know? Simple, I have dug down so far in the old newspaper basket that I am starting the fire with old newspapers from two years ag...

Europe is further down the drain

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Than the US is. This week's Economist showed a couple of telling charts. Chart 1 shows the European tax load for each employee. The ...

Sunday, April 26, 2015

The surveillance state reaches out

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So I bought an HO model railcar. Inside the box was a slip of paper offering to sell me a $4 decal sheet of different road numbers. $4, la...

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