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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

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

We don't do Declarations of War anymore

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Last time we declared war on anybody was back in 1941, right after Pearl Harbor. Now a days we call it "Authorization for the Use of M...

Excaliber 1981

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Released in 1981 making it forty years old this year. It’s long, two hours and twenty minutes. It tells the King Arthur story beginning...

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Choosing the Right Strategy for WWII.

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Right after Pearl Harbor there was incredible political pressure to do something about Japan. Natural enough. But Roosevelt wanted to...

Friday, June 25, 2021

Ho Ho Ho. Windows 11 coming for Christmas.

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The Wall St Journal ran three pieces on Windows 11 today. It will start coming preinstalled on desk tops and laptops by Christmas time. Wi...

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

So what is critical race theory, really

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Far as I can tell, from web surfing, critical race theory says that skin color is your destiny. If your skin is white you are a nasty oppr...

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Uniforms for Richard Sharpe TV dramas

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I have been watching my collection of the Richard Sharpe videos. Sharpe, played by Sean Bean, is a British Army officer in the Napoleonic ...

How Long Can America Keep Borrowing?

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Title of a Wall St Journal Op=Ed. The answer is simple. The US can keep borrowing as long as people are willing to buy T-bills. Right no...

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