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Sir Richard Branson: A Man Most Admired By Me
by
ohomen171
on 17 Jul 2020
6 comments, latest
5 years ago
#sirrichardbransonSir Richard Branson is one of my most- admired people in the world. He began life in a lower-middle class English family. When one finishes high school in the US ...
A Shortage Of Glass Vials May Hold Up The Distribution Of A Coronavirus Vaccine Six Months
by
ohomen171
on 14 Jul 2020
6 comments, latest
6 years ago
#shortageofglassvials-coronavi is a podcast that comes out each Monday. It is science for the layperson. The podcast yesterday was about obscure facts relating to coronavirus. When we get a prescription ...
A Glorious Sunny Day In Pacifica
by
ohomen171
on 12 Jul 2020
12 comments, latest
6 years ago
#coronavirussafetyDespite the hard times, yesterday was a glorious day. The sun came out. All the fog vanished. There was not a cloud in the sky. I had a 45-minute swim ...
I Am Madly In Love With Cape Town
by
ohomen171
on 11 Jul 2020
8 comments, latest
6 years ago
#televisionseriestrackersI am madly in love with three world cities-San Francisco, Rio de Janeiro, and Cape Town. It has been almost 24 years since I left Cape Town the last time. ...
A Mysterious Power Failure In My Office
by
ohomen171
on 7 Jul 2020
15 comments, latest
6 years ago
#xfinitybusinessinternetThere is an old saying from ancient Greece as follows: "It takes a great mind to comprehend the obvious." I installed a new internet system in my home office a ...
How I Arrived At An Estimate of Up To 1.5 million Deaths Due To Coronavirus In The US
by
ohomen171
on 4 Jul 2020
5 comments, latest
6 years ago
#UScoronavirus deathsDear Readers: I hate guns and loud noises. I do not want to see any person get hurt. The book The Great Influenza had a profound impact on me. ...
"Get Ready For The Darkest Winter Of All Time"
by
ohomen171
on 3 Jul 2020
10 comments, latest
6 years ago
#blackdeath/coronavirusYesterd I heard a brilliant podcast of the coronavirus outbreak. It came from Stratfor (Rane Group), This is a private intelligence agency. Here is the link: https://worldview.stratfor.com If any of ...
Lessons Learned 670 Years Ago Could Help Us To Survive Coronavirus Now
by
ohomen171
on 2 Jul 2020
11 comments, latest
6 years ago
#blackdeath/coronavirusDeCimar is a book about the black plague that ended in 1350. Those who believed that the plague was spread by person to person contact fled to the countryside and ...
A Quiet Revolution May Be Starting
by
ohomen171
on 28 Jun 2020
17 comments, latest
6 years ago
#charlesbookerLet us talk about something uplifting. Part of my military career was US Navy intelligence. You learned to look past the obvious. The goal was to notice something subtle that ...
A Light Bulb Can Be Hacked To Listen To Private Conversations
by
ohomen171
on 26 Jun 2020
Posted 6 years ago
#light bulb hackingLights Out Forget complicated passwords or top-of-the-line security systems: Scientists have found that a common lightbulb can be “hacked” to hear confidential conversations held in a room 80 ...
Should We Start A New Political Party?
by
ohomen171
on 13 Jun 2020
2 comments, latest
6 years ago
#marksanford Should we start a new political party? Seriously. I'm sick of it. My sons’ futures are being mortgaged at a record rate and no one is talking about it. ...
Coronavirus: The View From Brasil
by
ohomen171
on 11 Jun 2020
Posted 6 years ago
#coronavirusbrasilThe view from Brazil Daily deaths from the virus in Brazil are now the highest in the world. The president, Jair Bolsonaro, has consistently played down the threat from the ...
Sweden-The Unfinished Experiment
by
ohomen171
on 10 Jun 2020
9 comments, latest
6 years ago
#swedencoronavirusWEDEN An Unfinished Experiment Phelan Chatterjee has been keeping a diary about his experience living under Sweden’s unique coronavirus response. “Official advice tells anyone not ‘vulnerable’ to stay home only ...
Surviving In The New World Of Coronavirus
by
ohomen171
on 11 Jun 2020
2 comments, latest
6 years ago
#coronavirussurvivalNow let us get down to some serious business. Political leaders worldwide have decided that lockdowns are too destructive to the economy and the fabric of society. They are reopening ...
Holy Smoke
by
ohomen171
on 11 Jun 2020
1 comment, latest
6 years ago
#ancientcannabisHoly Smoke Cannabis might still hold a sketchy reputation but pot has played an important role in the rites of ancient civilizations. Recently, researchers found evidence that cannabis and frankincense ...
The Color Of Snow
by
ohomen171
on 10 Jun 2020
3 comments, latest
6 years ago
#antarcticasnowmeltThe Colors of Snow Climate change is melting parts of Antarctica but now it’s also turning snow green, CBS News reported. Green snow – which is actually green algae blooming ...
In Praise Of Honey Bees
by
ohomen171
on 9 Jun 2020
Posted 6 years ago
#honeybeebeneficialThe Influence Bumblebees are known to be excellent pollinators and a new study has found they can also be very persuasive: They can trick plants into flowering early when deprived ...
A Very Bad Fall Coming In 2020
by
ohomen171
on 3 Jun 2020
2 comments, latest
6 years ago
#fall2020Elena came in from work a bit early last night. She told me that a curfew was in effect. We could not leave the house between 8:30 in the evening ...
Comments On Rioting And Social Unrest
by
ohomen171
on 1 Jun 2020
14 comments, latest
6 years ago
#socialunrestDear: June begins and here is your morning newspaper. I am sadly watching the riots tearing apart American cites. There are some lessons here. First, when social unrest happens, you ...
A Pearl Of Wisdom From 50 Years Ago
by
ohomen171
on 2 Jun 2020
3 comments, latest
6 years ago
#barbarismMy best friend during my undergrad days at Tulane was a graduate student in social work named Ken Jaye. He once gave me a pearl of wisdom as follows: "Society ...
Anti-China Sentiment Is Rising
by
ohomen171
on 30 May 2020
8 comments, latest
6 years ago
#antichinasentimentCHINA The Virus and Goliath Anti-China sentiment is reaching levels not seen since the crackdown on pro-democracy activists on Tiananmen Square in 1989, according to an internal Chinese report reviewed ...
A Magical Moment
by
ohomen171
on 31 May 2020
Posted 6 years ago
#crewdragonlaunchDear: Your Sunday newspaper...yesterday the US put two astronauts in orbit in a US spacecraft for the first time in 9 years. One of the astronauts, Colonel Doug Hurley, graduated ...
The Fastest Internet In The Worrld
by
ohomen171
on 30 May 2020
1 comment, latest
6 years ago
#fastestinternetThe Dream of Speed The average internet user occasionally complains about the slow speed of their network but that whine has become more frequent as lockdowns forced people to stay ...
My Dog Alfred Got Lost!
by
ohomen171
on 7 May 2020
2 comments, latest
6 years ago
#lostdogI walk my dear dog Alfred daily. I let him off leash at the beach. He got lost and disorientated. Wonderful people helped-he's home safe! Oh thank God!
Ecuador: No Place To Hide
by
ohomen171
on 21 Apr 2020
5 comments, latest
6 years ago
#ecuadorcoronavirustragedyECUA Nowhere to Rest The coronavirus is creating few tragedies worse than Ecuador’s. A few weeks ago, Eduardo Javier Barrezueta Chávez told the Guardian that authorities in the city of ...
Jack Was Not Seen On Radar For 20 Hours
by
ohomen171
on 30 Apr 2020
3 comments, latest
6 years ago
#coronavirus/lifeconsequencesG Morning Every One: I was out of sight for almost a day. Perhaps some of you noticed. My level of stress reached an overload. I was suffering from complete ...
China And The Coronavirus
by
ohomen171
on 29 Apr 2020
2 comments, latest
6 years ago
#china/coronavirusCHINA Advance, Parry, Thrust How did the coronavirus pandemic start in China? It’s hard to answer that question. The Chinese government recently increased the total number of infections to more ...
Some Reflections On Suffering
by
ohomen171
on 24 Apr 2020
1 comment, latest
6 years ago
#suffering I want to talk about suffering today. Most of us have a few books that touched our heart and stayed with us for the rest of our lives. One ...
NASA Develops A Ventilator In 37 Days
by
ohomen171
on 23 Apr 2020
1 comment, latest
6 years ago
#nasaventilatorhttps://www.jpl
What Happens Next-Some Sobering Thoughts
by
ohomen171
on 23 Apr 2020
3 comments, latest
6 years ago
#economic collapseNEED TO KNOW WORLD Into the Great Unknown Will the coronavirus pandemic spell the end of the global economy as we know it? Many seem to think so. At ...
Texas Independence Day
by
ohomen171
on 22 Apr 2020
Posted 6 years ago
#texasindependencedayToday is Texas Independence Day. On this day in 1836, Texas seceded from Mexico and became the Republic of Texas. It's a funny story how it happened. General Santa Anna ...
China: The Folly Of Deception
by
ohomen171
on 16 Apr 2020
Posted 6 years ago
#reakchinacoronavirusdeathsCHI The Folly of Deception The CIA wants to know how many people really suffered from the novel coronavirus in China. It’s not like American intelligence agencies were blindsided when ...
Making People Feel Good In Bad Times
by
ohomen171
on 15 Apr 2020
4 comments, latest
6 years ago
#sarahelizabethwalter Your morning briefing...this morning this briefing is dedicated to Janet Ivey and Chris Carberry who do a wonderful job of making people laugh and feel happy in these bad ...
The Human Side Of The Coronavirus Fatality Statistics
by
ohomen171
on 14 Apr 2020
Posted 6 years ago
#coronavirusfatalities/humansi Finally … Rosary Celaya Castro-OlegaFamily image We’re continuing with our remembrances of those lost in the pandemic. (If you’d like to share memories of a Californian who has died, ...
A Forgotten American Hero
by
ohomen171
on 11 Apr 2020
2 comments, latest
6 years ago
#unknownworldwariiheroA man I wished I had known. Merian C. Cooper. 1893-1973. If you want an example of a life well-lived, I offer you Merian Caldwell Cooper. He went to the ...
Africa: A Perfect Storm Brewing
by
ohomen171
on 10 Apr 2020
11 comments, latest
6 years ago
#africa/coronavirusAFRICA A Perfect, Brewing Storm Yassin Hussein Moyo, 13, was standing on his balcony in a Nairobi shantytown when a police bullet struck and killed him. That was because of ...
Who Will Suffer The Most In This Crisis
by
ohomen171
on 10 Apr 2020
2 comments, latest
6 years ago
#coronavirus/collapsedeconomyO death is one too many. More people will suffer deeply from a collapsed economy than the actual victims of cornavirus.
A Wise Man Issues An Ominous Warning
by
ohomen171
on 9 Apr 2020
14 comments, latest
6 years ago
#alandtam/greatdepressionMadam President: Your morning briefing..I have 53 years of experience flying on various aircraft (military and civilian) around the world. This includes three take offs and landings from an aircraft ...
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