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, November 3, 2015

Questions they ought to ask and have not so far

1. What would you do to get America's GNP growth up to 3.5% or better? 2. Will you authorize the Keystone XL pipeline? 3. Will you ...

Monday, November 2, 2015

$43 Million for an Afghan gas station?

Not only is$43 million a ripoff, but the gas station was not a gasoline station, it was a compressed natural gas (CNG) facility. Who in ...

Getting ready for a trip

Pack the laptop, and its charger. Pack the cell phone, and its charger. Pack the camera, and its charger. That's three chargers just f...

Cats have nine names, as well as lives.

This cat came to me bearing the name Hecate. My daughter's choice, which I found a bit pretentious for a mere house cat. After a few...

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Flat or Graduated?

Tax that is. A lotta Republicans pitched a flat tax during the CNBC debate last week. A lotta TV lefties claimed that a flat tax would neve...

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Obama dispatches two platoons to Syria

Fifty men, allegedly all Special Forces, ain't much in any scheme of things. It ain't enough to make a difference in Syria. To hea...

College Paperpushers should not be trying cases of rape.

First of all, let's talk rape, a serious crime, a felony. It's not "sexual assault" which can be anything the girl doesn...

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