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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Kibo Lab attached, to be activated today

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Yesterday, the Discovery crew unloaded the pressurized Kibo space lab from Discovery's cargo bay, and attached it to the station. The sp...
Tuesday, June 03, 2008

A busy day at the International Space Station

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The Shuttle Discovery docked yesterday, and today their work begins: STS-124 Commander Mark Kelly works inside the Quest airlock with Expedi...
Monday, June 02, 2008

The next best thing to Stopping the U.N.

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... is to go over their heads. To start an organization of Democratic countries that don't kow-tow to Dictatorships and Theocracies, as...
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How often are questions "distractions" ?

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If you are Barack Obama, it would seem the answer is "quite often". While certainly that claim might be applicable sometimes, it s...

France regulates country music dancing

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What is big government and taxes for, if not regulating and financing dangerous activities like Line Dancing to American Country Music: Oui-...
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Sunday, June 01, 2008

Learning Ham Radio; start with a Police Scanner?

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While reading many sites on the internet about Ham Radio, I came across this bit of advice for Ham Newbies from Ron Hashiro in Hawaii: Getti...
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Discovery Shuttle Launch a Success: both the Shuttle and the ISS are easily seen from Earth

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'Huge Day' for NASA, Japan May 31 6:45 p.m. EDT Commander Mark Kelly promised "the greatest show on Earth," and space shut...
Saturday, May 31, 2008

The convergence of Ham Radio with the Internet

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While researching information about Radios and Radio communications in a previous post ( Radio Communications in a Changing World ), I found...
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Friday, May 30, 2008

Space Shuttle Discovery to Launch Saturday

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On the agenda for this trip will be high tech toilet repairs, and the addition of the main component of the Japanese built Kibo space lab: I...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

European Union: becoming openly totalitarian?

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Fjordman at the Brussels Journal makes the case that the European Union is swifty moving in that direction, as they attempt to form a "...

McClellan: Pop goes the Weasel

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Is anyone surprised that McClellan has turned out to be a weasel? I'm not. He was an incompetent, who often seemed more like a deer ca...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Farm Report: two chicks in a screen test

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Here is my first video for the Farm Report. It's the two chicks I photographed in earlier reports . They're juveniles now, not as ...
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Monday, May 26, 2008

What has happened to the Democrat Party?

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In this opinion piece for the WSJ, Joe Lieberman talks about how the Democrats have gone from being a Party that loved and believed in a str...
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Memorial Day Tribute

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I'd like to thank all those who serve and have served in the Armed Forces to preserve our nation and insure our freedom. Whether living...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

Sunday is a Mars landing for Phoenix spacecraft

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A new Mars lander, checking for water and signs of life, past or present: NASA preps for '7 minutes of terror' on Mars (CNN) -- I...
Thursday, May 22, 2008

John McCain is guest on Ellen DeGeneres Show

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John McCain lauds Barack Obama's strategy on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' He praises Obama's strategy of trying to link him wi...

Hamas: projecting their own bloodlust?

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From MEMRI TV: Hamas Minister of Culture Atallah Abu Al-Subh: "Bush Is a Dracula-Style Vampire. The Blood of Afghan Children Drips from...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Alpha 400: the most inexpensive laptop ever?

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World's cheapest Linux-based laptop? A Hong Kong-based manufacturer is shipping a Linux-based ultra-mini PC (UMPC) laptop for only $250 ...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

"Sagebrush Rebellion" in Oregon

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The voters in eastern Oregon's Grant county (7,800 residents in a county the size of Connecticut) passed a measure restricting U.N. inte...
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Attracting a crowd means what exactly?

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The media has made a big deal over the crowd that Obama attracted in Portland OR this past weekend: Record Obama Crowd, the Size of a City P...