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Banks Reduce outstanding mortgage balances in California!
by TechGromit on 8 Nov 2009   5 comments, latest 14 years ago
In an effort to stop the on going process of California foreclourse, dozen's of banks that hold Risky Payment Option Arms loans agreed not only to modify them to ...

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Former AIG CEO Greenberg sues U.S. for $25 billion
by TechGromit on 21 Nov 2011   3 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2011/11/2 Unbelievable. The arrogance's of these bankers is mind boggling. The Government put up 134 billion dollars to keep AIG from collapsing, in order to prevent a meltdown of ...

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Zillow Home Estimates seriously flawed
by TechGromit on 3 Jan 2011   6 comments, latest 13 years ago
On occasion I view the Zillow's estimate of my homes worth, and firmly believe that there estimates are based on a percentage of market trends and nothing to do ...

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How does google "share" my information?
by TechGromit on 24 Jan 2013   2 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.pcworld.com/article I can understand if I have an email account, but what about Google searches, how does Google or the governemnt know what data is mine? I do know ...

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Budget Deficit cuts a joke
by TechGromit on 27 Feb 2011   7 comments, latest 13 years ago
For the last 15 years, the federal budget deficit has grown an average of 300 billion dollars a year, the current proposed budget cuts of anywhere from 16 billion ...

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Neighbors Unsecured Wireless,would you cancel yours?
by TechGromit on 17 Jun 2009   6 comments, latest 15 years ago
Suppose your neighbor had an unsecured wireless access point that you had a good realiable connection to. Would you cancel your service and just use his?  This question ...

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If you won the Lottery you would...
by TechGromit on 15 Jun 2009   3 comments, latest 15 years ago
Take the Lum Sum payment or Take the Annunity? This is something I've puzzled over.  Which would be a better deal?  I have always assumed that taking ...

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Impolite
by TechGromit on 12 Nov 2009   9 comments, latest 14 years ago
What is the function of impolite and what will be the result if I were to click it?

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Ways for Patrick.net to make money
by TechGromit on 30 Dec 2010   7 comments, latest 13 years ago
After reading Patrick's plea for financial support it got me to thinking of ways Patrick can make money from his website. It most likely will never be an income ...

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So Loan Sharking is legal now?
by TechGromit on 20 Sep 2011   5 comments, latest 13 years ago
I received an email today from www.100dayloans.com that tells me I can borrow up to $1,500 for 100 days. The example they give is if I borrow $100 my ...

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The PC demise is vastly over hyped
by TechGromit on 20 Jul 2010   10 comments, latest 14 years ago
There's not a day that goes by that I don't see a story by some mobile computing fan is predicting the demise of PC's. Given the rapid growth of ...

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How CNN Calculates money loses
by TechGromit on 19 Apr 2013   1 comment, latest 11 years ago
http://buzz.money.cnn.com/2013 According to the CNN article the guy invested $1,000 in bit coins, the value surged to over $60,000 than back down to $11,000 so he "lost" $50,000 because ...

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New Intelligence Agency
by TechGromit on 3 Sep 2014   1 comment, latest 10 years ago
http://washingtonexaminer.com/ "The Texas Department of Public Safety recently said they believe there is evidence that ISIS plans an attack." Apparently the "Texas Department of Public Safety" has a foreign ...

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Who is watching you?
by TechGromit on 28 Nov 2011   4 comments, latest 12 years ago
Who is watching you? The internet is a powerful tool. With the smallest amount information you could find out quite a lot about someone. Try it, Type in your ...

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Violence in Mexico
by TechGromit on 18 Apr 2011   9 comments, latest 13 years ago
I seen a news show on TV last night (20/20 or dateline, don't remember which) that highlighted all of the drug related violence in Mexico during the last few ...

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How is a PrivateTransferTax disclosed?
by TechGromit on 10 Mar 2010   6 comments, latest 14 years ago
http://www.housingwatch.com/20 Reading the above article, I was suprised to learn of yet another way that someone is trying to screw you out of more of your money. In this ...

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Judgement Day May 21 - 22
by TechGromit on 25 Apr 2011   1 comment, latest 13 years ago
I believe it, it's really going to happen this time. Free yourselves of all your worthy goods, after all you will not need them them anymore and send them ...

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Gold Bubble?
by TechGromit on 15 Apr 2010   7 comments, latest 14 years ago
I've been hearing a number of news stories that gold is in a bubble and sooner or later the price will collapse. I believe this really all depends on ...

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Someone's been busy....
by TechGromit on 25 Oct 2011   3 comments, latest 13 years ago
See all 1,059,685 threads... A million threads? If each thread is only 1000 megabyte in size including photos (most are a lot bigger), Patrick would have to have a ...

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More revolutions on the horizon?
by TechGromit on 18 Jul 2012   Posted 12 years ago
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetw One of the biggest modivators of the recent revolutions in the Middle East is the price of Food. Rising food prices have left many squeezed finincially in the ...

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Were #1, Were #1!
by TechGromit on 19 Apr 2010   2 comments, latest 14 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/2 I'm happy to report that Real estate in Atlantic City (and surrounding areas) is extermely overvalued. Now I know what your thinking, that California has us beat hands ...

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Can't afford a little booty?
by TechGromit on 16 May 2011   5 comments, latest 13 years ago
Let me get this straight, Dominique Strauss-Kahn can afford a $3,000 a night hotel suite, fly first class to Europe, but can't be bothered to come up with a ...

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Who thinks confiscating Hosni Mubarak assets is a good idea?
by TechGromit on 14 Feb 2011   6 comments, latest 13 years ago
I'm curious, who thinks confiscating Hosni Mubarak assets is a good idea? The reason I ask is because Switzerland and several other countries are moving to freeze assets, anticipating ...

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It is the season to lose all Reason.
by TechGromit on 1 Dec 2010   7 comments, latest 13 years ago
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/ I love the sign, I vote to make it a national advertising campaign. :)

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It's Always the fault of the Police
by TechGromit on 10 Aug 2009   1 comment, latest 15 years ago
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/ http://www.ktvu.com/news/20335 Of course this is all the fault of the police, we'll completely ignore the fact that the parents were driving around with there in the back of ...

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Ecomony Future Sage or Crackpot?
by TechGromit on 24 Feb 2010   1 comment, latest 14 years ago
http://www.globalresearch.ca/i I started reading the article above, and it sounded pretty convincing until... " In 1973, a global oil crisis hit the world. This was the result of the ...

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When everyone's Bull on the market, that's when I get concerned.
by TechGromit on 3 Jan 2011   2 comments, latest 13 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2011/01/0 I get concerned when everyone says the market is going up. The assumption seems to be the market is going to be a little or a lot higher ...

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EU imposes sanctions on Iran over embassy storming
by TechGromit on 30 Nov 2011   1 comment, latest 12 years ago
Sanctions? Hell so long as someone is buying there oil, sanctions are of limited value. If they are serious about hurting Iran, prevent the world market from buying there ...

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World will end December 21st 2012
by TechGromit on 18 May 2011   3 comments, latest 13 years ago
Or more specifically December 31st, 2012. This is when the IRS stops forgiving deficiencies of people who have there properties foreclosure, repossessed, or they abandonment it. A deficiency is ...

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Yea Another Ponzi scheme
by TechGromit on 20 Apr 2011   1 comment, latest 13 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/2 Every time I read yet another story about someone who lost everything on a Ponzi scheme, I just shake my head and say they have no one to ...

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Is it worth it to keep refinacing?
by TechGromit on 21 Nov 2010   4 comments, latest 13 years ago
During the housing bubble people were refinancing like crazy. They either take out a house equity loan or refinance there house and use there equity to take an even ...

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Stupid ideas for Saving money
by TechGromit on 24 Feb 2010   1 comment, latest 14 years ago
http://cbs13.com/local/tracy.9 The article above says that people who dial 911 will be either charged $300 per call, or they can opt to pay a $48 a year subscription fee. ...

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House Foreclosure Question
by TechGromit on 20 Oct 2011   1 comment, latest 13 years ago
I have a question about a House Foreclosure question. Say I buy a house to 100k and I pay off 90k of the mortgage, than I get foreclosed on ...

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Recycled WTC in NY Ship
by TechGromit on 2 Nov 2009   3 comments, latest 14 years ago
Unfrigging Believable. Each of the world Trade centers towers contained 100,000 tons of steel, and I'm suppose to get all excited and teary eyed over the 24 tons of ...

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What's Newark, CA like?
by TechGromit on 12 Nov 2009   Posted 14 years ago
I have a bussiness trip coming up in January to the Oakland Air Routing Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) which is located in Femont, CA. Some of the hotels in ...

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Rare Earth disaster?
by TechGromit on 28 Oct 2010   1 comment, latest 14 years ago
http://money.cnn.com/galleries Obviously it was a bone head move to allow some else to control the entire worlds supply of rare earth's. It's not only a economic disaster waiting to ...

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Home Inspection Nightmares
by TechGromit on 22 Jun 2009   Posted 15 years ago
If anyone needs a good laugh, take a look at the link below. http://www.thisoldhouse.com/to This is why you need a good home inspection and why Duct tape should be ...

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Middle East Unrest
by TechGromit on 22 Feb 2011   1 comment, latest 13 years ago
One of the main motivators behind the protests in Egypt was the high cost of food. Egypt imports more than 50% of it's food, much of it from the ...

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Are high oil prices good or Bad?
by TechGromit on 17 Jun 2009   Posted 15 years ago
 http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/0  http://www.getreallist.com/why  Ok, Im confused, when oil prices were $150 a barrel, it was bad for our economy, then prices dropped to around $30 and it ...

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How to solve unemployment, stop extending benifits
by TechGromit on 26 Jul 2010   1 comment, latest 14 years ago
Since the unemployment rate is tracked by the number of people receiving unemployment benefits, if benefits were to be cut off, the "official" unemployment rate would drop to 1 ...
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