Author Archives: Liberty

About Liberty

Blogging is something I do for myself. I've been blogging since Sept. 2003, mostly about politics, guns, and observations about the word around me.

Got the Turbo Tax Blues

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Liberty

Turbo Tax has pulled the old bait and Switch. Things that we used to for the past 20 years  such as handling Rental  properties,capital gains and  small business deductions are no longer handled by the Basic or Deluxe versions of … Continue reading →

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Ordering French Fries.

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Liberty

Seems as though it was just yesterday that we were boycotting France and ordering “Freedom Fries”,  My question; ” Are Freedom Fries or French fries being served at the White House?”  If I were to guess I would say that … Continue reading →

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Not as Bad as It Seems.

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Liberty

As we close out the old year and start the new one, it is a good time to get look at  where we are. Most of us tend to think the world  is pretty bad shape. Maybe it’s not as … Continue reading →

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Demonstration In Brockton

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Liberty

They had a demonstration in my old home town of Brockton Mass. Despite the concerns of some. The demonstration was peaceful, ordely and well coordinated.  BPD was friendly and kept traffic moving.        

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Lighting Up

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Liberty

Its OK to laugh. You know its funny.  I used to have a thing about Cuban cigars. but these days I think the Nicaragan and Dominican are every bit as good and cheaper.

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Digital Photography

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Liberty

I keep running into people who want to move up in imaging from their cell phones.  Others can’t understand why anyone would own a camera because a cell phone can do it all.  My response is always the same, “the … Continue reading →

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Has Hell Frozen Over?

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Liberty

Boston Globe has endorsed Republican, Charlie Baker. Continue reading →

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Hamming things Up

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Liberty

I’ve been playing with my radios this weekend, tweeking some settings, adding frequencies and deleting others.  All the while trying to keep some consistency between the three different radios.  I also set the FT-8800 to work as a cross band … Continue reading →

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Frack the Middle East

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Liberty

I saw this on the way into work this morning. $2.999  for a gallon of gas. Despite the uncertainty of wars and revolution in the Middle East , Gas prices continue to drop. We just started to shift away from … Continue reading →

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A Little bit of Remodeling Around the Joint

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Liberty

Its been a while since I’ve changed the basic look of the Blog. I upgraded the old Twenty-Eleven Word Press Theme to the new Twenty-Fourteen theme.  For the first time I am using a three column format.  Long time readers … Continue reading →

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