| Real Estate |
Realtor charging for his knowledge By jvolstad Tue 14 Feb 2012 92 views 4 comments, latest 26 minutes ago |
| http://www.thesalife.com/about What a horses ass. |
Rent or Buy...simple? By virginwhodoesntwanttobesacrificed Wed 08 Feb 2012 519 views 18 comments, latest 39 minutes ago |
| I am a noob to real estate. I agree with the skeptics, don't trust realtors and I am not really optimistic...read below...should I be way more negative on buying? I made a smart decision when I didn't get pushed into... |
Greedy whore dual agents - what are the cons anyway? By Malkovich Wed 08 Feb 2012 1,468 views 49 comments, latest 52 minutes ago |
| Please bear with me as I've just got home from watching The Descendants (slightly depressing) and having a few beers at Thai Stick on Fillmore... So.. I've been closed out from a few deals this year. Mostly duplex short sales.... |
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| Investing |
Exercising a stock option contract? By Vicente Tue 14 Feb 2012 10 views posted 28 minutes ago |
| So, let's say I purchased a call for AAPL at $500 expiring March 17th. This is leverage over 100 shares or $50,000 worth. My choices: 1) Sell it before expiration 2) Exercise Let's say further I do not have anything... |
Is trust an issue for you when investing? By uomo_senza_nome Tue 14 Feb 2012 101 views 4 comments, latest 3 hours ago |
| As noted in this thread, financial institutions engaged in lawless behavior have hardly been prosecuted. Also consider this: http://jessescrossroadscafe.bl But in quiet whispers, the Street knows the truth, that the money was stolen, not once but twice. And even these... |
Companies in crisis are always great buys By SFace Wed 08 Feb 2012 358 views 7 comments, latest 7 hours ago |
| Over the last 10 years of observing the market, companies in short term crisis not related to the fundamentals of the business have always proof out to be great buys. Example, Merck: Sued BP: Oil Leak, The point is they... |
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| Science and Tech |
Google TV What happened? By The GOP Fri 10 Feb 2012 557 views 16 comments, latest 2 hours ago |
| So my wife tells me last week she wanted to get our youngest a Television for her room. She's gone with out one since we've moved here in September 2010. She just wants one to use as a monitor for... |
3D printer provides woman with a brand new jaw By Dan8267 Mon 13 Feb 2012 150 views 1 comment, latest 1 day ago |
| http://www.newscientist.com/bl Hmmm, gives me an idea. |
New forum: Technology By Patrick Fri 10 Feb 2012 249 views 3 comments, latest 1 day ago |
| Upon request, I've created a new forum for technology topics. The old "Real Estate Wanted" forum has been folded into the "Real Estate" forum. |
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| Health Insurance |
What's Killing America? By Anonymousone Thu 24 Nov 2011 4,324 views 69 comments, latest 9 hours ago |
| U.S. ranks 28th in life expectancy (lower than Chile and Greece) while it pays the MOST for health care Meanwhile, Americans receive comparatively little actual care, despite sky-high prices driven by expensive tests and procedures. They also spend more tax... |
The pros and cons of Personal Health Records (PHR) By justme Fri 13 Jan 2012 966 views 9 comments, latest 2 weeks ago |
| My insurance company would like to use the WebMD Personal Health Records (PHR) system to store all kinds data, including claims and billing information. This got me thinking about a recent experience with applying for health insurance, where the insurance... |
Prescription drugs...the good, the bad and the ugly. By American in Japan Tue 05 Apr 2011 2,143 views 18 comments, latest 3 weeks ago |
| There are many prescription drugs out there. Some have really proven useful to cure diseases, conditions completely. Others have at least been able to arrest conditions or lessen the negative symptoms. Some prescription drugs have been "pushed" on patients that... |
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| Politics |
Put me in charge ! By TMAC54 Mon 16 Jan 2012 353 views 14 comments, latest 2 hours ago |
| This was in the Waco Tribune Herald, Waco, TX, Nov 18, 2011 PUT ME IN CHARGE . . . Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho... |
Obama = Carter By Cloud Wed 08 Feb 2012 972 views 108 comments, latest 2 hours ago |
| Fact is the poor are worse off, even with the 6 Trillion in government spending. Hope and change, yeah right. http://news.investors.com/Arti http://online.wsj.com/article/ |
For Republican supporters out there... Which candidate do you support? By American in Japan Sun 12 Feb 2012 518 views 48 comments, latest 3 hours ago |
| How will the candidate of your choice be an improvement over Obama? What policies will be implemented...? Please be specific. I have my criticisms of Obama , incidentally, but I want to know who is better and why. |
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| Religion |
Removing cats from images of space By Dan8267 Tue 14 Feb 2012 43 views 2 comments, latest 1 hour ago |
| As plausible as any religion. |
Christianity is Self-Refuting By wthrfrk80 Mon 06 Feb 2012 1,009 views 52 comments, latest 17 hours ago |
| Christianity is self-refuting: Will the "true" Christianity please stand up? According to some counts, there are 38,000 different denominations. If the Bible is a clear Word of God(tm), then why can't Christians agree on what Christianity actually is? The sad... |
Victoria's model quits because of "faith" By jvolstad Thu 09 Feb 2012 419 views 11 comments, latest 1 day ago |
| http://gma.yahoo.com/video/fas What does faith have to do with being or not being a model. It's grace, unmerited favor. |
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| Humor |
Whitney Houston Jokes!!! By zzyzzx Mon 13 Feb 2012 417 views 11 comments, latest 2 hours ago |
| I guess that she beat Bobby Brown to death. Whitney Huston dies just hours after being asked to judge on the next season of x factor... Personally I think she made the right choice. Q. What's pink and sits on... |
A few funnies. By The GOP Tue 14 Feb 2012 45 views posted 9 hours ago |
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Funny picture thread By zzyzzx Fri 09 Dec 2011 2,491 views 70 comments, latest 1 day ago |
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| Miscellaneous |
Critter Pictures By elliemae Thu 09 Feb 2012 191 views 7 comments, latest 17 minutes ago |
| Just curious as to what ya'll's pets look like. Here are some of mine (there are more, just don't have pics I can find at this moment: This last one is the smartest dog you'll ever meet. She has her... |
Revenue from Patrick.net By Patrick Fri 10 Feb 2012 438 views 12 comments, latest 3 hours ago |
| Still not managing to pay my bills by just working on Patrick.net, so I'm cutting the newslinks back to 4 days a week kind of randomly and working on a web performance tuning class with the extra time. I wrote... |
Earthquake in Northern California By jvolstad Mon 13 Feb 2012 124 views 2 comments, latest 7 hours ago |
| http://news.yahoo.com/magnitud We are due for a big one. I've only felt one quake here in the Bay Area. It was if a car hit the side of my house. |
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| Link Submissions |
Judge Dismisses Her Own Summons By elliemae Tue 14 Feb 2012 6 views posted 57 minutes ago |
| Yet another reason to run for office: http://www.reuters.com/article |
New rules for health plans require clear summaries of benefits By Patrick Tue 14 Feb 2012 57 views 2 comments, latest 1 hour ago |
| http://www.latimes.com/health/ |
Home ownership Chicks dig it. By The GOP Tue 14 Feb 2012 38 views 2 comments, latest 1 hour ago |
| New NAR angle? http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/1 |
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| Jail |
Evil, possibly racist, game By Dan8267 Thu 09 Feb 2012 284 views 10 comments, latest 2 days ago |
| http://www.savemefromboredom.c 500 points for shooting the cat. |
The Socialist Brain of a Liberal Democrat By Dan8267 Fri 04 Nov 2011 631 views 8 comments, latest 3 days ago |
| Am I the only one who notices the irony of this political cartoon in indicating how fucked up the ultra conservative set of values is? For instance, notice that the conservatives refer to the frontal lobe -- you know... |
The Juicing of The Stock Market: No Where to Run Anymore By Roidy Sat 11 Feb 2012 182 views posted 3 days ago |
| Gentle Readers, I found this on MinyanVille this morning. It clarified my thoughts and feelings exactly. "The Saddest Rally in American History Peter Atwater ... Back in September 2009, I wrote an article on MV entitled "Will Investors Join The... |
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