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About On the North River

Forty years toiled in the Tel-com industry, married for 36 years widowed at sixty-one. Ten years in a relationship with a woman until her death. Was a Tea Party supporter. Today a follower of the Last American President to be honestly elected, Donald J. Trump. Recently had Ancestry.com tell me I'm Swedish, not Danish. I may need to change my avatar.

Can I buy you lunch?: update, Pay it Forward.

Posted on October 8, 2013 by On the North River

Against Compassion “Compassion can never be made compulsory and cash-flow positive at the same time.” Over at American Digest, an archived post from 2009 but re-opened for new (Obie 2nd term) comments.  It resurrected an old memory. It’s been a … Continue reading →

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Falling out.

Posted on October 8, 2013 by On the North River

Out of the house with the camera bag at last, legs weak but steady enough. Stayed in the local neighborhoods. Some good color this year. Didn’t beat the rain home. This pisses me off, last summer the park rebuilt the … Continue reading →

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Cutting Barry no slack.

Posted on October 6, 2013 by On the North River

Seized Al Qaeda leader behind 1998 embassy bombings And then they fucked it up… Sources told Fox News that Libi will be read his rights by an elite FBI unit that was sent out for that purpose. US officials say … Continue reading →

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Set a high bar; find something to do that’s stupider than closing the WWII Memorial

Posted on October 5, 2013 by On the North River

Feds Try to Close the OCEAN Because of Shutdown Sucess!!! Just before the weekend, the National Park Service informed charter boat captains in Florida that the Florida Bay was “closed” due to the shutdown. Until government funding is restored, the … Continue reading →

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Brave New World (American Digest)

Posted on October 4, 2013 by On the North River

Obama’s America Photo by Morgen (morgenr) on Twitter

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Greenpeace: In the forefront of many anti-science, anti-progress, anti-human crusades.

Posted on October 4, 2013 by On the North River

Huge demonstration against Greenpeace’s anti-Golden Rice propaganda   On Wednesday morning, an ad hoc organization called “Allow Golden Rice Now!” organized a grassroots demonstration against Greenpeace’s fear- and agenda-based opposition, right outside the group’s HQ in Toronto. The protest was … Continue reading →

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EntryGate & ObamaCare

Posted on October 3, 2013 by On the North River

Why we must fight against ObamaCare is illustrated by the National Parks fiasco. Obama has shown by this that instead of being a responsible steward of the nations institutions he is more than willing, he’s delighted to use his power … Continue reading →

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It’s in my nature…

Posted on October 2, 2013 by On the North River

‘It Never Occurred to Us that Muslim Neighbors Would Betray Us…’ A post by Robert Spencer bringing us up-to-date on the latest evidence of the true nature of Islam. In Syria, (remember Syria? It was in the news a lot … Continue reading →

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Many thanks Tom.

Posted on October 2, 2013 by On the North River

In the last century, I had a subscription to Proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute. Much of it was highly technical, but some articles were fascinating and the letter columns were filled with anecdotes by US Navy personnel, active duty … Continue reading →

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And I’ll drink some beer, too.

Posted on October 2, 2013 by On the North River

Oktoberfest! Yay! The one good thing about the shortened days and cooling temps. To hell with the museums and castles of Europe, there is only one thing in Europe I want to see…

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