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A Tale Of Two Joe Bidens
by ohomen171 on 20 Jan 2021 4 comments, latest 30 minutes ago
#japanesejoebiden A Tale of Two BidensUS President Joe Biden has an important week ahead of him, but somewhere in Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture, a local leader feels as though he is...

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My Wife Elena Had A Hard Second Day After Her Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccination
by ohomen171 on 18 Jan 2021 17 comments, latest 2 days ago
#covid19vaccinationsideeffects Elena had a hard day yesterday with side effects from the second vaccination. She had chills and pain. She felt fatigued and spent a lot of time in bed....

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Elena Got Her Second Dose Of The Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine
by ohomen171 on 17 Jan 2021 20 comments, latest 2 days ago
#seconddosecovid19vaccine Elena got her second Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination late yesterday morning. It was reported that the second dose produced bad side effects. Thus far the only problem for Elena is...

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Surprising Facts About Gender Inequality
by ohomen171 on 15 Jan 2021 32 comments, latest 3 days ago
#genderinequality I wish to compliment one of our readers, Janet Ivey. In her capacity as CEO (US) of Explore Mars, Inc, she put on an incredible Zoom meeting. Dr. Sharilyn...

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The US Capitol Building Assault-Shock, Horror, And Shame
by ohomen171 on 7 Jan 2021 59 comments, latest 7 days ago
#uscapitolbuilding assault WORLDShock, Horror and ShameThe world watched with shock, dismay and horror as a “surreal scene” at the US Capitol, like little else seen in its history, unfolded on...

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A Tense Seven Days Awaits Us
by ohomen171 on 13 Jan 2021 17 comments, latest 7 days ago
#thelastdaysofthetrumppreisden The newspaper is full of interesting stories today. There is an old Chinese proverb that applies here:"May you live in interesting times." We are facing a tense and uncertain...

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Los Angeles vs San Francisco-A Tale Of Two Coronavirus Realities
by ohomen171 on 11 Jan 2021 4 comments, latest 9 days ago
#losangelescoronavirusproblems California TimesAuthor HeadshotAuthor Headshot By Thomas Fuller and James WagnerThe numbers jump off the page. In the first week of this year, Los Angeles County recorded 950 deaths from...

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A Pandemic Rapidly Stopped In 1947 (en.wikipedia.org)
by ohomen171 on 10 Jan 2021 7 comments, latest 10 days ago
#newyorksmallpoxcrisis1947: We have a crisis getting people rapidly vaccinated. I found a fascinating story from 1947 that happened in New York City. One courageous health department chief stopped a pandemic...

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It's Bad In California!!!
by ohomen171 on 5 Jan 2021 24 comments, latest 12 days ago
#californiacovid19crisis Amor: There are two empty ICU beds in San Mateo County. In LA, ambulance drivers are instructed not to transport Covid-19 patients with "low survival chances." Imagine what happens...

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Norway Becomes The First Country In The World To Sell More Electic Vehicles Than Fossil-Fuel Powered Vehicles
by ohomen171 on 6 Jan 2021 10 comments, latest 13 days ago
#norwayelectricvehiclesales NORWAYThe New OrderNorway became the first country in the world where the sale of electric cars has overtaken sales of those powered by fossil fuels and hybrid engines, Reuters...

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Vaccinations For Covid-19 Begin In The US
by ohomen171 on 15 Dec 2020 11 comments, latest 13 days ago
#covid19vaccines People in the US started getting vaccinated against Covid-19 today. Elena was concerned that she was not going to get vaccinated fast enough. I pointed out to her that...

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The New Variant Of Covid-19
by ohomen171 on 4 Jan 2021 16 comments, latest 15 days ago
#newvariantcovid-19 The virus is still winningThis simple chart shows why the new variants of the coronavirus — first detected in Britain and South Africa — are so worrisome:By The New...

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Elena Got Her First Covid-19 Vaccination Yesterday
by ohomen171 on 27 Dec 2020 27 comments, latest 22 days ago
#pfizercovid-19vaccine Elena got her first Pfizer Covid-19 injection yesterday. There was no injection site pain like with a flu shot. She did suffer a sudden drop in pulse and blood...

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The Russia Hack Is Bad News
by ohomen171 on 29 Dec 2020 2 comments, latest 22 days ago
#russiahack RUSSIAA Special Kind of WarMuch ado has been made of the alleged Russian hacking of US government agencies – the perpetrators infiltrated the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Energy, Homeland...

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Christmas Eve
by ohomen171 on 24 Dec 2020 28 comments, latest a month ago
#christmaseve Today is Christmas Eve in English, la noche buena in Spanish, vespera de Natal in Portuguese, and Heiligebend in German. May this day be a day full of peace...

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Why Santa Claus Can Exist At Many Different Places At The Same Time
by ohomen171 on 25 Dec 2020 2 comments, latest a month ago
#santaclaus DISCOVERIESThe Science of EverywhereSanta Claus, as usual, departed the North Pole to head around the world to deliver presents to all the good boys and girls – as he...

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A Helicopter Ride To An ICU WIth Beds Available
by ohomen171 on 19 Dec 2020 17 comments, latest a month ago
#helicopterridetoICU ICU's in hospitals in Southern California are full. The same is happening all over the US If a deathly ill patient needing an ICU bed comes in, he/she will...

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After 16 Years I Will Have A New Car In My Life!!!!!!
by ohomen171 on 17 Dec 2020 33 comments, latest a month ago
#teslamodelX This afternoon I shall accept delivery of a 2021 Tesla Model X SUV. My old car has been with me for 16 years. Elena wanted a vehicle that we...

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One Nazi Doctor At Auschwitz "Refused To Go Along With The Program"
by ohomen171 on 16 Dec 2020 19 comments, latest a month ago
#auschwitz Paweł Żuk·Updated August 6, 2019Lived in Gdańsk, PolandDuring the Holocaust, is there evidence of even a single SS soldier who stopped and said: "This is immoral, I can't do...

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The Human Face Of 300,000 Coronavirus Deaths In The US
by ohomen171 on 11 Dec 2020 21 comments, latest a month ago
#coronavirusdeathsintheus According to my system of statistics, as of this morning some 299,692 people have died of coronavirus in the US. This number is hard to imagine. It is as...

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A Great Television Journalist And Her Family Got Infected With Covid-19
by ohomen171 on 7 Dec 2020 29 comments, latest a month ago
#stephanieruhl/covid-19 Stephanie Ruhl hosts a morning show on MSNBC. She is also their business specialist. She "dropped out of sight" for two weeks. She reemerged this morning. She, her husband,...

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An American Icon Flies Off Into The Sunset
by ohomen171 on 8 Dec 2020 4 comments, latest a month ago
#charlesyeagersuperpilot When you come into my bedroom, you will see two airplane models on my dresser. One is an ugly orange airplane with a signature on one wing. If you...

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The Israeli Mossad Carries Out A Brilliant Operation! (nytimes.com)
by ohomen171 on 28 Nov 2020 47 comments, latest 2 months ago
#chiefiraniannuclearscientist Iran's chief nuclear Moshen Fakhrizadeh was just assassinated in a brazen attack near Tehran. Here are some details on this man:https://www.nytimes.com/20 I have no doubt that the Israeli Mossad...

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A Miracle During The Vietnam War
by ohomen171 on 30 Nov 2020 2 comments, latest 2 months ago
#usnavycorpsman I have a very special neighbor named Frank Nash. He is 89 years of age. When I return from my 5-mile walk each morning, I encounter him starting his...

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Jack's Thanksgiving Message 2020
by ohomen171 on 26 Nov 2020 2 comments, latest 2 months ago
#thanksgiving2020 I want to talk about being thankful. Excuse me, for one moment I need to talk about a very unpleasant subject-being under hostile fire in a war zone. Most...

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57 Years Ago Today A Brilliant Light Was Extinguihsed
by ohomen171 on 22 Nov 2020 7 comments, latest 2 months ago
#jfk assassination 57 years ago today at 11:00 AM Pacific time, John F. Kennedy was shot dead by Lee Harvey Oswald. It broke my heart when I got the news....

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Attacking The Iranian Nuclear Enrichment Facility At Natanz (en.wikipedia.org)
by ohomen171 on 19 Nov 2020 3 comments, latest 2 months ago
#natanziran This morning let us play a war game. Ladies, I promise you that I will not put you to sleep. Some years ago, I was part of a study...

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A Tour Of The SpaceX Factory Remembered
by ohomen171 on 16 Nov 2020 1 comment, latest 2 months ago
#spacexfactorytour History was made late in the afternoon when 4 astronauts blasted off in a Space-X rocket and went into orbit. Today they will dock with the International Space Station....

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Can Trump Pardon Himself?
by ohomen171 on 13 Nov 2020 16 comments, latest 2 months ago
#trumppardonshimslef Learned Counselors: This question has intrigued me for some time. It also intrigued the MSNBC news network. They went to a Constitutional Law Specialist at Harvard Law School. He...

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Escaping The Pandemic
by ohomen171 on 13 Nov 2020 11 comments, latest 2 months ago
#lovingnatureinthepandemic Yesterday was a beautiful day here with sun, warmth, and no clouds in the sky. After fixing lunch, I spent a lot of time up on the deck relaxing...

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Some Sad News On Veteran's Day
by ohomen171 on 12 Nov 2020 15 comments, latest 2 months ago
#newcoronavirus cases Yesterday we had 148,000 new coronavirus cases in the US and 1,500 deaths. I see the daily case total rising to 300,000 per day. We have a disaster...

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A Massive Number Of New Coronavirus Cases In The US
by ohomen171 on 5 Nov 2020 38 comments, latest 2 months ago
#newcoronaviruscasesintheus We had 120,000 new coronavirus cases in the US today. Please be careful out there!

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A Coronavirus Disaster
by ohomen171 on 8 Nov 2020 36 comments, latest 2 months ago
#newcoronaviruscasesintheus Yesterday we had 128,000 new cases of coronavirus in the US. Some 58,000 people are hospitalized in the US with coronavirus. Over 1,000 people died fo coronavirus in the...

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The Economist Magazine Supercomputer Gives Biden A 97% Chance of Winning
by ohomen171 on 3 Nov 2020 9 comments, latest 3 months ago
#bidenwins The Economist Magazine supercomputer gives Joe Biden a 97% chance of winning the presidential election with 356 to 182 electroal votes.

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A Record Breaking Election Comes
by ohomen171 on 2 Nov 2020 12 comments, latest 3 months ago
#recordbreakingvoterturnout By this evening, we will see 100 million US citizens turning out for early vote. I see another 60 million plus voters coming out tomorrow. This will smash all...

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The Man Who Ran Washington
by ohomen171 on 28 Oct 2020 5 comments, latest 3 months ago
#themanwhoranwashington My last Birthday present came early yesterday morning. It is a thick book with the title The Man Who Ran Washington. I sent you, Luah, Pedro, and Elena a...

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Be Very Careful Before You Click On A Link
by ohomen171 on 30 Oct 2020 9 comments, latest 3 months ago
#hacking In anticipation of the presidential election, Microsoft Corporation and the US Cyber Command started taking down Bots that Russian and Iranian hackers used to launch cyberattacks. The hackers struck...

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75,000,000 Have Early Voted In The US As Of Thursday Morning
by ohomen171 on 29 Oct 2020 4 comments, latest 3 months ago
#earlyvotingtoatals As of Thursday morning some 76,000,000 people including my wife and I have participated in early voting. I project 100 million early voters by Monday. Election day is going...

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A Huge Coronavirus Death Toll is the US Projected by February, 2021
by ohomen171 on 24 Oct 2020 6 comments, latest 3 months ago
#hugecoronavirusdeaths The University of Washington Coronavirus Center has made the following prediction on coronavirus deaths in the US:February 1, 2021: 488,000 deathsFebruary 28,2021: 512,000 deathsThis is sobering!!!

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Some Refections On Reaching 72 Years Of Age
by ohomen171 on 23 Oct 2020 Posted 3 months ago
#birthday#72 This morning I have achieved 72 years of age. I am a very lucky man. In thinking over what to share today, I came up with an interesting story....