Happy 75th, legal booze!

Today is the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. As a fan of alcohol in all its forms, I figured I'd write up a bit of history and my thoughts on the lessons of Prohibition.

The roots of Prohibition can be traced to the mid-1800s when certain ...

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Spam spam spam spammity spam.....erm...i mean Ham

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I passed the test last weekend, but as of yesterday I have a callsign so I am officially a licensed amateur radio operator in the United States and anywhere else where amateurs are governed by the FCC or where the US has reciprocal licensing agreements.

I don't have any ...

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It's election day again...

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I just got back from voting and surprisingly it was uneventful. I say surprisingly because this is Ohio, where 2004 and 2006 elections have shown significant concerns with the electronic voting machines AND on top of that they're Diebold AccuVote TSX units. Diebold of course being known ...

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