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Good Stuff from the Blogs

Doug: The Aral Sea (Updated)

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Doug

From a colleague in South Africa Have you ever wanted to walk across the bottom of a river, lake or ocean to see all the ships that have sunk? Well… The Aral Sea was once the world’s fourth-largest saline body … Continue reading →

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Sad Saab, bad tax…redux, TNEF is enough.

Posted on February 8, 2012 by On the North River

Tom & Ray Magliozzi / Car Talk No parts for discontinued car? Time to improvise Poor old guy with a 2003 Saab, I don’t understand why the parts shortage on Saab’s could be upon us to quickly. They just went bankrupt in … Continue reading →

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Political Robo-Calls, Venice Ice Breaker, Terrorist groups & PETA.

Posted on February 7, 2012 by On the North River

Move over robo-calls, states sell email addresses for campaigns to reach voters A Fox News study has found 19 states plus the District of Columbia, now ask for an email address on voter registration cards. In nine of those states, … Continue reading →

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Liberals, Progressives and tigers…Oh My!

Posted on February 7, 2012 by On the North River

A Battle the President Can’t Win But the big political news of the week isn’t Mr. Romney’s gaffe, or even his victory in Florida. The big story took place in Washington. That’s where a bomb went off that not many … Continue reading →

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Spanking the puppet, Shut up Mitt! GOP on defence.

Posted on February 3, 2012 by On the North River

Keira Knightley: ‘only Brits like sadomasochistic sex scenes in A Dangerous Method’ Keira Knightley has suggested that only the British have taken such a keen interest in the sadomasochistic scenes in her new film A Dangerous Method. I’ve only added … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 31, 2012 by On the North River

Rare metals shortage could threaten high-tech innovation Take gallium as an example. Gallium is a small byproduct of mining bauxite and zinc, but it has become a critical component for technologies such as lasers, energy-efficient LED lighting and solar panels. … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 27, 2012 by On the North River

BBBBBRRRRRRRPPPPP At Maggies Farm, love the title to the post, which is about WWII automatic weapons, American vs. German. Includes a period Army training film thats first rate, and the comments following the post are very good. (Yep, comments can’t … Continue reading →

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The Devil you know, Books, eBooks, and Cabals.

Posted on January 26, 2012 by On the North River

Newt Gingrich didn’t win South Carolina – Mitt Romney lost it The view from England. The writer sat in with a party for religious conservatives when the South Carolina results came in. What he observed was not happy, happy for … Continue reading →

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A Little Humour

Posted on January 25, 2012 by On the North River

My Tax Return…………. IRS sent my Tax Return back! AGAIN!!! I guess it was because of my response to the question: “List all dependents.” I replied – “12 million illegal immigrants; “3 million crack heads; “42 million unemployable people on … Continue reading →

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Caution: Massive Solar Flare could effect the Earth.

Posted on January 23, 2012 by On the North River

Charles Boyers Gears Planes expected to reroute following massive solar eruption An immense blast of plasma spewed late Sunday night from the sun led to the strongest radiation storm bombarding our planet since 2005, and a rare warning from the … Continue reading →

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