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

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Tis the Season To be Jolly

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Yeah, BUT NOT BEFORE THANKSGIVING. This is the Grinch posting here. Christmas season, and decorations, and music on the radio should NOT s...

Mouse and Mouse pad beats Win8 touchscreen

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Taking Flat Beast (my laptop) on the road for the first time. Some things work good, like Flat Beast detected and logged onto daughter'...

Thursday, November 26, 2015

War on Coal presses forward

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The US Senate just passed two "resolutions" one disapproving EPA regulation about to be applied to working coal fired power plants...

Monday, November 23, 2015

Why are drug prices so damn high?

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Answer: Because the drug companies spend to damn much on marketing. The biggies all have armies of salesmen, with sample kits, company ca...

Lion's Gate disappointed in box office for Hunger Games Part II

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Wall St Journal had this. The opening weekend box office was $101 million, the lowest of any of the Hunger Games movies. The was in the Bu...

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Surveillance at Mosques

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Dunno if I am ready for mounting video cameras on mosques, but I see nothing wrong with undercover agents going to a mosque, mixing with peo...

Saturday, November 21, 2015

What makes the Greenback Green?

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The United States enjoys the best currency in the world. You can spend US dollars anywhere. People will buy our debt, US treasury bills, e...

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