Apologies to the moderator if this goes beyond... Just Google Gibson and
rosewood and pick a site. These are guitar factories not meth labs. The CEO
spoke on tv, the employees were rounded up by men with machine guns, not
your usual customs inspection.

Allen
Ps: Yes, I probably am a conspiracy theorist. Decades as a criminal
investigator makes one suspect everybody.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
Of
> Alexandros Nipirakis
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 9:42 AM
> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> Subject: Re: [OT] IP...
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> Am I the only one that thinks the site that Allen posted was a bit
> politically tinged?
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> On 21 March 2014 07:18, Allen Mulvey <allen@amulvey.com> wrote:
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> > Such raids don't always have anything to do with the wording of the law=
..
> > Swat teams raided and shut down both Gibson guitar factories. They
> > confiscated rosewood and guitar necks. It cost Gibson millions. No
charges
> > were ever pressed. Competitors using the same wood had no action taken.
> > Gibson supports conservative political candidates. I believe Fluke when
> > they
> > said they had no idea.
> >
> >
> > http://hotair.com/archives/2013/05/26/does-that-gibson-guitar-raid-make=
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> more
> > -sense-now/
> >
> > Allen
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
Behalf
> > Of
> > > Martin Klingensmith
> > > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 8:15 AM
> > > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
> > > Subject: Re: [OT] IP...
> > >
> > >
> > > On 3/21/2014 3:03 AM, RussellMc wrote:
> > > > "Fluke Multimeters.
> > > > Super special event.
> > > > This is THE VERY LAST TIME we will sell Fluke ever again.
> > > > If you want a Fluke meter from us, get yours now ..."
> > >
> > > Sparkfun is donating the meters, which is a significant charitable ta=
x
> > > deduction for them. There's no way their customers would be happy
about
> > > Sparkfun getting "free" Fluke meters and selling them off for the
retail
> > > price of a Fluke.
> > >
> > > Sparkfun got a boat load of free marketing and customer sympathy out
of
> > > this deal. That's probably good enough for them.
> > >
> > > -
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