Liberty Net: December 11, 2010

by Kevin Strom, WB4AIO

THE LIBERTY NET must have hit a nerve where it really counts, because there were some attempts to jam it off the air this week. But those attempts were quite feeble, and even stations running 100 Watts to very modest antennas were able to communicate and add their comments to amateur radio’s longest-running discussion net.

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Here are some of the topics touched on this time:

• We’ve all heard about the Wikileaks release of US diplomatic cables that show the criminality of the regime in Washington and the atrocities of its Middle Eastern wars. But, if you accept the “need for secrecy” argument, why was the regime so incompetent that its operatives failed to use the simple and inexpensive encryption programs that are widely available today? (9 minutes)

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Liberty Net: December 4, 2010

by Kevin Strom, WB4AIO

A NEW DIGITAL SIGNAL on 75 meters, probably from Europe, along with very long propagation, offered a lot of challenges to Liberty Net operations this week, but the participants and N2IRJ’s low-noise diversity receiving setup were up to the battle. Not only were there new check-ins aplenty, but statistics show that hundreds of people are checking out this site’s Liberty Net mp3 files every day.

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Here are just a few of the many topics discussed and debated on the Liberty Net this week:

• While the media and the politicians are trying to get us all excited about some minor tweaks to the illegal income tax system, the regime is planning to impose a huge inheritance tax that will make hundreds of thousands of families lose their homes, their businesses, and their futures. (33 minutes)

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