by Kevin Strom, WB4AIO
WHAT’S THE BEST use of your time on amateur radio, or for that matter your time on Earth? Racking up points that prove that someone heard you say “5-9” in Tierra del Fuego (when your signal was really 4-7)? Or learning about the world around you, about history in the making, and teaching others? Think about it. And then check in to the Liberty Net.
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Here are some of the ideas discussed on the Liberty Net this week:
• The city of Seattle is now employing “garbage commissars” who will issue fines if they find you have been throwing away too much food waste. (10 minutes)
• There is debate about the religious affiliation of Alton Nolen, arrested for beheading a woman in Oklahoma City. Nolen, who claimed to be a Muslim convert, also had Christian and Jewish slogans tattooed on his body. Perhaps he was driven more unstable than he was to begin with by Semitic religions in general and Islam in particular. But there’s no doubt about his race, however: Nolen is Black, and the prosecutor in the case says the attack was about race, not religion. (25 minutes)