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

Saturday, December 31, 2011

The Economist hates Republicans

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The Economist, for those that don't know it, is a weekly news magazine published in London. They do a lot of real news, unlike Time an...

Friday, December 30, 2011

Those limo's are Lincolns.

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The Wall St Journal had a good clear picture of the Kim funeral and you can see the Lincoln hood ornament on the limo. I wonder how a Linc...

Popevers finally popped

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Half a dozen batches of popovers made in the last few months have failed to pop. They would come out edible enough, but without the high r...

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Frosty

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It's below zero this morning. Coldest it's been so far this winter. Must be global warming.

Where do they get those cars?

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The North Koreans did a state funeral yesterday. Vast empty street, Snow on the ground, crowds of mourners confined to the sidewalks. H...

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Hyping your headlines

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Today's airliner incident, a 737 aborted its takeoff. According to Fox TV News, the tires "exploded". Yeah right. Any motor...

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Words of the Weasel Part 24

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Underperform. Fox News Speak (heard on air this morning) for lose. As in "Newt Gingrich may underperform in the Iowa Caucus."

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