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

Friday, June 30, 2017

F35 Turns the Corner

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Cover story in Aviation Week. The F-35 A (the Air Force model, no V/STOL) made it to the Paris Air Show this week. Le Bourget outside of ...

You cannot pay for healthcare by taxing healthcare

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Every dollar sucked out of health care by Obamacare taxes, causes the health industry to raise prices to get even. Obamacare had a bunch of...

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Ivanhoe (1952) Great Costume Drama

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The story is set in Merrie Old England, right after the Third Crusade. It's in Technicolor which means the color is bright and solid, n...

$82,000 per year for Nursing Home??

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From Wednesday's Wall St Journal. Headline "Nursing Homes Balk at Senate Bill". The nursing home industry is largely paid fo...

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

McConnell lacks the votes to pass Healthcare reform

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Might have guessed it. As of this morning's TV some ten "Republican" senators won't vote for McConnell's health care ...

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

US spends 19% of GNP on healthcare

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That's twice as much as any other country in the world spends. And American health, as measured by life expectancy and infant mortality...

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Anti Russian voter hacking measures we ought to take

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Go to paper ballots. Keep them after the election in case of a recount. Get rid of voting machines which are nothing more than desktop com...

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