FishFear

This is the blog of a middle-aged man trying to make sense of the world by dissecting the intersection of politics, science, investments and aircraft construction. My wife suggests that I lighten it up with the occasional vegan recipe or photos from our beautiful hikes on both coasts... Nah.

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Outboard Engine Repair Leads to $11,000 Forgivable PPP Loan!

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My motor mounts needed replacement and my lower was starting to make metal. So I had the power head checked hoping it was in bad shape, (can...
Friday, April 23, 2021

D.C. Statehood not Constitutional

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So it would seem roughly half of the country wants Washington D.C to become the 51st state. Those living in D.C. have wanted this for years ...
Saturday, April 3, 2021

NASA - Don't Mess with Texas... I Mean Tidal Gauges

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I was looking at pictures on my phone and I found these very cool sea level graphs. Years ago, frustrated at climate change and how temperat...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Was 2020 Voter Turnout 74%?

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2020 Election by the Numbers: Total Votes Cast 158,380,304 Registered Voters *214,317,357 73.9% voter turnout! That's absolutely incredi...
Wednesday, February 10, 2021

What Do We Really Know About the Capital Riot?

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The biggest fear for months prior to the Capital riot was the possibility Trump wasn't going to leave office. He's been gone for wee...
Monday, December 7, 2020

Covid-19 in New York... It's Over?

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If you look at the number of cases and number of deaths (December 7th New York, John Hopkins) in New York it's obvious that deaths are n...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

When it Rains Democrats Don't Vote...

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For years the Republican narrative was bad weather on election day was good for the party. Clearly bad weather keeping Democrats from the po...
Thursday, November 19, 2020

Re-Thinking COVID-19 Mask Policy

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Multiple large scale, randomized and blind  studies indicate cloth masks , including surgical masks, don't prevent you from getting COVI...
Thursday, November 12, 2020

Lycoming Engine Cold Weather Pre-Heat

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Being from Minnesota I've done my fair share of really cold, snow crunching (think below zero) winter flying and I've learned that p...
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Fake News - Trump Wins?

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It was 1983 and my high school yearbook was being finished. My best friend was our class president and valedictorian (later graduated top En...
Saturday, June 27, 2020

Voter Suppression is Real...

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In 2018 Stacy Abrams lost her bid to become Georgia's Govenor by roughy 55,000 votes  with the largest black turnout in the states histo...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Black Lives Matter (BLM)

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The BLM website and their stated goals didn't make sense when I wrote this but it's clear their mission is not about saving black l...
Saturday, June 20, 2020

The Ocean is Rising... Not So Fast

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I absolutely love Maine's coastline. If you haven't had a chance to spend time in Maine you have missed out on one of the wonders of...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

National Retail Sales Tax (NRST) Experiment

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Could the federal government conduct an income tax experiment? States without a state income tax (Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, T...
Thursday, May 28, 2020

Who's Threatening the Constitution

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In the U.S. the Spanish Flu infected about a quarter of the population of 105 million and killed between 500,000 to 850,000. It strangly tar...
Monday, May 25, 2020

Maine's COVID-19 Deaths Reach 78

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One would think with so few deaths (significantly below that of the flu) Maine would be one of the States open for business. Wrong! It's...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

To Mask or Not to Mask...

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On Friday, May 1st, 2020 the Govenor of Maine ordered all Mainers wear a covering in public settings where physical distancing is difficult ...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

Open Letter to Senator Troy D. Jackson on COVID-19

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Dear Senator Troy Jackson, Please understand I'm writing because Govenor Mills is not responding to calls, emails, letters or faxes. ...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Open Letter to Governor Janet Mills #2 on COVID-19

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The Honorable Janet Mills Governor of Maine 1 State House Station Augusta, ME  04333 Dear Governor Mills, COVID-19 is very close to m...
Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Open Letter to Govenor Janet Mills on COVID-19

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The Honorable Janet Mills Governor of Maine 1 State House Station Augusta, ME  04333 Dear Governor Mills, After vacationing i...
Sunday, April 12, 2020

Did Sweden Get COVID-19 Right?

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Sweden has lost about 1,000 citizens but as of Easter Sunday the trend is looking good. Both the number of cases and deaths are going down a...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Maine's Governor Closed Fort Baldwin

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I live in Maine and our Governor closed ten areas , including Fort Baldwin due to the Coronavirus. Of the ten Fort Baldwin is rarely busy be...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

World War III - Is it Possible?

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Like many I haven't posted for a while because I've been working 10-12 hours days for the last two weeks. It's been nuts and thi...
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Impeachment - No Witnesses? No Documents?

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The Democrats are asking how can the Senate have a trial without witnesses or documents? Didn't the House Democrats say repeatedly that ...
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