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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.

GE’s Big Profits Beefing Up Other Countries: Less Confidence in US Investing

General Electric (GE) is using it’s huge non-U.S. profits to invest in other countries. Six other corporations, including Intel, are doing the same. All seven sit on Obama’s advisory council for jobs and competitiveness. Robert Reich says it’s a “sure … Continue reading →

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TEN RULES FOR LIBERTY GUERRILLAS

TEN RULES FOR LIBERTY GUERRILLAS

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On writing

Read what Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske had to say about the Naval Institute in Proceedings, Vol. 45 No. 192, February 1919: One of the factors which has handicapped the Naval Institute has been a curious shyness about writing articles … Continue reading →

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Indian Head River

Indian Head River and Luddams Ford I’ve wanted to get a new smaller kayak for the smaller river tributaries and I wanted a “set on top” kayak to play in the surf, this is both. Eight feet long, lightweight, self … Continue reading →

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Saturdays headlines

In Oslo, the police finally released the data that everyone knew about but no was allowed to say  The Religion of Rape There is only fear where there is doubt about the ingenuity of Man. The running out of resources … Continue reading →

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Memorial Weekend 2011

Starting Friday, I like to get the flags out to show my thanks to the Men and Women, past and present, defending our Country.

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3 Items: All the news not fit to print

Q1 GDP Misses Expectations, Personal Consumption Unexpectedly Dives

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Militarization of law enforcement agencies and over-use of SWAT

Seventy-One Shots: The Death of Jose Guereña Jose Guereña survived two tours in Iraq, but he couldn’t survive his own government. May 25, 2011 – 12:00 am – by Bob Owens  

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If you have a new camera and your wife refuses to smile again…

Go to the Old Washington Street Bridge between Hanover and Pembroke there are some lovely views of the river with no danger of getting your feet wet. This is the point at which the river narrows and beyond which most … Continue reading →

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Operation Crossbow: How 3D glasses helped defeat Hitler

Operation Crossbow And we think ipod and twitter is so special

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