Category Archives: American Politics

You’re going digital, damn it!

That’s the word from the FCC for the future of AM and FM radio.  The NAB is holding its convention out in Las Vegas this week, and that’s the clear message from the FCC.   It’s time to get serious about … Continue reading →

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Having friends in high places

So let’s say you live out in the desert and you want to run your own FM radio station – there is nobody else on the FM dial.   So you put up an antenna without an FCC license to help … Continue reading →

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Good Morning Chernobyl!

Japan has formally raised the Fukushima disaster to a 7 on the INES scale that rates the severity of nuclear incidents. That’s currently the top number on the scale. I’m getting more serious about the idea of opening up immigration … Continue reading →

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The Lottery

http://www.amlit.com/twentyss/chap3.html One alternative solution.

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Want to get away from it all? Try Scobey, Montana

Scobey is the home of KCGM-FM 95.7. It’s ownership statement at the FCC is bit unusual. Paraphrasing it, the North East corner of Montana has only about 2,000 people and had no radio stations – so the folks got together … Continue reading →

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Don’t move!

A key moment in the plot of Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” involves a stream train in a tunnel in Colorado. The movie opens April 15th, although Part 1 probably doesn’t contain that part of the story. Rio Grande Scenic Railroad

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Terror in Amsterdam

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42507856/ns/world_news-europe/ Man with a “machine gun” opens fire in a shopping mall, killing 5 and kills himself with a handgun.  In keeping with European sensibilities, they describe him as wearing camouflage pants, but not his ethnic identity or whether he shouted … Continue reading →

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Washington DC about to get new AM station

The new station is called WCRW-AM (Conservative Radio Washington?). The station is an upgrade to the former WAGE-AM on Leesburg, Virginia. The revamp has been tied up in legal knots by local land use bullies, who are trying to make … Continue reading →

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“There is a King in England!”

That’s the rationalization that former Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld used to justify overthrowing dictators in the name of spreading Democracy, but doing nothing about getting rid of “Kings” or “Emirs” who happen to be our friends – we need to respect … Continue reading →

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Libya / Talk radio scorecard

The opinions of the major talk show hosts on the Libyan situation are all over the place.   Since this may be going on for a while, I feel a need to keep track of who has what opinion.  Since I … Continue reading →

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Mutiny in the British Navy?

With the impending death of millions of puppies if the US government, this story isn’t getting a lot of coverage Officer killed on British submarine A member of a nuclear submarine’s crew shot and killed an officer in the control … Continue reading →

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Algeria to UN/NATO – Cease fire or else!

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j8vnqhPb6AUbO7PR4YfKOPMomYrw?docId=6506638 This just in – the “regime” in Algeria has seen enough and wants NATO and the UN out of Africa. Algeria has a relativrly modern air force comparable to Egypt and within easy striking range of France. There goes … Continue reading →

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Welcome your new Canadian overlords

This morning, $1.00 US will buy you only $0.95 Canadian. Brent Crude oil is $124.66 a barrel. I was hoping someone would notice this in the table the other day that I created of Per Capita Oil Reserves by Country … Continue reading →

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Being NATO means never having to say you’re sorry

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-libya-nato-20110409,0,6322599.story Call me crazy, but that picture screams out “Mercenary soldier” fighting for the “rebels”.   I wonder how much we’re paying him.

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Shay’s Rebellion

“Obama thinks it’s good for him politically if soldiers don’t get paid during a government shutdown” That’s the topic TheJerseyDevil heard on Chris Krok’s show… One thing you can be pretty sure about is that when Barack Obama was going … Continue reading →

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