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Please Take The Boris Johnson Victory Seriously
by ohomen171 on 14 Dec 2019 7 comments, latest 6 years ago
#trumpreelectionDear: Your Saturday newspaper. Boris Johnson won in the British elections. Donald Trump sees this as an indication that he will be swept back into office for a second term. ...

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Fog Harvesting
by ohomen171 on 13 Dec 2019 2 comments, latest 6 years ago
#fogharvestingFoggy Harvest Access to water isn’t easy for people living in arid climates. Despite the water scarcity, some of these regions – including Morocco and parts of southern and east ...

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A Nice Surprise On A Cold And A Rainy Afternoon
by ohomen171 on 7 Dec 2019 2 comments, latest 6 years ago
#newgeneratorAs some of you know, a 385 lb generator sits in front of our house. Its final resting place will be in the back yard near the kitchen. A 100-foot ...

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A Wonderful Surprise After 21 Years
by ohomen171 on 7 Dec 2019 Posted 6 years ago
#clothesstillfit21 years ago in 1998 I was broke and homeless. I slept on a concrete floor in a church each night. In those dark days, a non-profit agency helping the ...

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A Cautionary Tale About Global Warming-You Can Spend Billions And Not Stop Sea Level Rise
by ohomen171 on 4 Dec 2019 1 comment, latest 6 years ago
#sealevelriseITALY Selfies and Tears There was a poignant irony to a viral video of a tourist falling into the water in Venice while taking a selfie. The “Queen of the ...

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Russia And China Sign The Contract Of The Century
by ohomen171 on 3 Dec 2019 Posted 6 years ago
#russiachinanaturalgasRUSSIA The Contract of the Century Russian and Chinese leaders oversaw the launch of the Power of Siberia pipeline on Monday, Russia’s most significant energy project in almost three decades ...

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Life's Simple Pleasures
by ohomen171 on 1 Dec 2019 1 comment, latest 6 years ago
#tablewinecompanypacificaSomet the small things give us so much pleasure. Elena and I braved the cold to go to Table Wine Company in Pacifica. Wineries ,brewers and cheese makers were there. ...

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Thanksgiving: The Invention Of A Tradition
by ohomen171 on 28 Nov 2019 3 comments, latest 6 years ago
#thanksgivinghistoryThe Invention of Tradition Modern Thanksgiving in the US is mostly cozy and calm, with families coming together, turkey and stuffing on tables, and lines forming at stores for Black ...

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A Special Thanks To The Cove Restaurant In Half Moon Bay, California
by ohomen171 on 28 Nov 2019 5 comments, latest 6 years ago
#thecoverestaurantA special thanks to Jettav DeFilippis and the team at The Cove. Tuesday afternoon I drove to The Cove to pick up things for our Thanksgiving dinner. One item was ...

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Some Final Thoughts On The Internment Of 120,000 Japanese Americans In World War II
by ohomen171 on 26 Nov 2019 3 comments, latest 6 years ago
#japaneseamerican internment Let us return to the internment of some 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II. The people taken into custody lost their farms, their homes, their cars and ...

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A Sad Moment In American History
by ohomen171 on 25 Nov 2019 6 comments, latest 6 years ago
#japaneseinternmentMadame President: Your morning briefing...for Christmas two beloved family members are going to get a copy of Ansel Adam's Born Free and Equal: https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod It is pictures from the sad ...

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One Final Memory Of Veteran's Day
by ohomen171 on 12 Nov 2019 4 comments, latest 6 years ago
#veteransdayBefore we leave Veteran's Day, let me share with you my memories of coming back from war. I flew on a C-141 Starlifter from Danang to Travis Air Force Base ...

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Veteran's Day 2019
by ohomen171 on 11 Nov 2019 1 comment, latest 6 years ago
#veteransdayMadame President: Your morning briefing...today is a holiday in many countries. We call it Veteran's Day. It was originally called Armistice Day. At 11:00 AM on November 11, 1918, World ...

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Strict Enforcement Of Pacifica, California Parking Laws
by ohomen171 on 7 Nov 2019 4 comments, latest 6 years ago
#RV\homelessFrom September of 1996 to July 4, 1999, I was on and off homeless. I was so broke that I could not buy a car or an RV. Homeless shelters ...

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A Brilliant Essay On Inequality
by ohomen171 on 4 Nov 2019 2 comments, latest 6 years ago
#inequalityWORLD Back to the Future Lately it’s been feeling a lot like 1968. Fifty-one years ago, Americans took to the streets demanding civil rights and an end to the Vietnam ...

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Do You Need A Degree From An Elite University To Have Success In Life?
by ohomen171 on 15 Sep 2019 57 comments, latest 6 years ago
#collegecheatingscandal Madame President: Your Sunday newspaper...I have many things to be proud of in you, Pedro, and Luah. All of you have incredible educational achievements. Of equal importance, all of ...

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China Takes The Lead In 5G
by ohomen171 on 1 Nov 2019 2 comments, latest 6 years ago
#5GChina debuted a super-fast, next generation 5G mobile phone service Thursday, a milestone in the country’s drive to become a technology power and in their pushback against the US’ ongoing ...

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A Famous Television Journalist Talks About Trump's Flawed Iranian Policy
by ohomen171 on 22 Sep 2019 7 comments, latest 6 years ago
#iranwarFirst, Fareed gives his take on the central flaw in President Trump’s Iran strategy: a failure to know one’s enemy, contradicting the advice famously offered by Chinese strategist Sun Tzu. ...

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Politicians Lie And Many People Die
by ohomen171 on 18 Sep 2019 Posted 6 years ago
#IranWar Madame President: Your morning briefing...all of us face a dilemma in life, if we tell a lie to a government official it is a crime. In the US the ...

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Saudi Arabia And Iran-What Happens Next?
by ohomen171 on 15 Sep 2019 3 comments, latest 6 years ago
#SaudiArabia/Iran Good Morning All: Saudi Arabia just suffered some heavy damage to their oil industry by drones sponsored and provided by Iran. Will the Saudis sit back and "turn the ...

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A Miracle On September 11, 2001
by ohomen171 on 11 Sep 2019 6 comments, latest 6 years ago
#911 Everyone an incredible woman named Barbara Arietta lives here in Pacifica. On 9-11-2001 she got the devastating news that her son had been killed on the flight that originated ...

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September 11 In My Life
by ohomen171 on 11 Sep 2019 Posted 6 years ago
#September11 Madame President: Your morning briefing..23 years ago today I was on a Greyhound bus. It started in Houston, went to San Antonio, onto El Paso, Phoenix, Indio, California and ...

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Elena Torello Survived Climbing Half Dome
by ohomen171 on 8 Sep 2019 Posted 6 years ago
#Half Dome Elena Torello and I have something in common. We both have been in some very dangerous situation where death was a serious possibility. A couple of days ago, ...

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Vice President Mike Pence May Invoke The 25th Amendment To The US Constitution And Remove Donald Trump As President
by ohomen171 on 30 Aug 2019 5 comments, latest 6 years ago
#25th amendmentMadame President: Your morning briefing..as a lover of Portugal you will love an article about beaches there. General James Mattis is a man whom I admire very much. Here ...

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My Computer Got Hit With A Low-Level Ransom Ware Attack-Here Is What Higher-Level Ransomware Attacks Look Like
by ohomen171 on 22 Aug 2019 2 comments, latest 6 years ago
#ransomwareattackhttps://www.n

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With Global warming Greenland Looks Inviting
by ohomen171 on 18 Aug 2019 16 comments, latest 6 years ago
#GreenlandEveryone laughs at Trump for wanting to buy Greenland. Long ago Elena said that, with global warming, it would be a great place to invest.

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Mars: Huge Ungerground Lake Found On Mars
by ohomen171 on 18 Aug 2019 Posted 6 years ago
#wateronMarsHuge lake of liquid water found on Mars A huge liquid water lake has been found on Mars, stretching 20 km (12.4 mi) and... A huge liquid water lake has ...

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What United Airlines Should Have Done When The Passenger Refused To Give Up His Seat
by ohomen171 on 13 Apr 2017 17 comments, latest 6 years ago
I have something to say about the disaster with the passenger being hauled off the plane in Chicago. Way back in 1983, I was living in Perth West Australia. ...

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Make Global Warming A Serious Part Of Your Future Planning
by ohomen171 on 26 Jul 2019 57 comments, latest 6 years ago
#globalwarmingMake Global Warming A Serious Part Of Your Future Planning I believe in global warming after reading a mass of data and studying a lot of happenings. What is not ...

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Two Important Points Overlooked In These Mass Shootings
by ohomen171 on 4 Aug 2019 14 comments, latest 6 years ago
#massshootingsTwo Important Points Overlooked In These Mass Shootings We got the heart-breaking news of two mass shootings yesterday. 30 people lost their lives. We only give secondary thoughts to the ...

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A Dear Canadian Friend Asked The Question: "What's Going On Down There?" I Responded
by ohomen171 on 14 Mar 2018 17 comments, latest 6 years ago
#Donald Trump Dear David: What we are seeing right now is the implosion of Donald Trump. I do a swim every morning from 05:00 to 06:30. As you can imagine ...

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Reflections On 50 Years Of My Life Since The Moon Landing
by ohomen171 on 19 Jul 2019 Posted 6 years ago
#moonlandingGood Morning Everyone: Sir Richard Branson is a famous British businessman. When he finished high school he was voted "most likely to go to jail." He stated in humble circumstances. ...

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We Should Take The Money That We Spend On Space Exploration And Use It On Social Programs??????
by ohomen171 on 17 Jul 2019 11 comments, latest 6 years ago
#mannedmarsmissionsDear Ron: Elena would agree with you. I once read a brilliant little book by the author Mary Roach. It's title was Packing For Mars. This lady literally put her ...

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Money Talks And Bullshit Walks-The Jeffrey Epstein Story
by ohomen171 on 14 Jul 2019 16 comments, latest 6 years ago
#jeffreyepsteinMoney Talks And Bullshit Walks-The Jeffrey Epstein Story “Money talks and bullshit walks” is an earthy saying from my home state of Texas. It tells us something that most have ...

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50 Years Ago I Met Buzz Aldrin And Neil Armstrong
by ohomen171 on 18 Jul 2019 Posted 6 years ago
#moonlanding50 years ago when I was a young man of 20 years I got to meet Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong. I went to Buzz's house in May of 1969 ...

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BeforeAmerica Had Uncle Sam We Had to Endure Brother Jonathan
by ohomen171 on 5 Jul 2019 1 comment, latest 7 years ago
#brotherjonathanhttps://www.li

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Jack's 4th Of July Thoughts
by ohomen171 on 4 Jul 2019 3 comments, latest 7 years ago
#4thofjuly243 years ago the United States declared its independence from Britain. What followed was a war that lasted 7 years and saw Americans fighting Americans. In 1812, the British tried ...

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The Court Martial Of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher
by ohomen171 on 3 Jul 2019 Posted 7 years ago
#edwardgallagherChief Gallagher had eight tours in Afghanistan. When you go to war as a combatant, you see horrible things that your training never prepared you for. You lose your humanity ...

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Deer Antler Genes Could Suppress Cancer
by ohomen171 on 1 Jul 2019 6 comments, latest 7 years ago
#deerantlersAll in the Head Deer antlers might hold new hope of a cure for cancer. In a study published in the journal Science, a team led by Chinese researchers identified ...

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North Korea Is Girding For War
by ohomen171 on 28 Dec 2017 6 comments, latest 7 years ago
#politicsNORTH KOREA Deadly Speculation Imagine North Korea obliterating Manhattan and other targets in a nuclear strike in March 2019 after a series of missteps and ill-conceived signals between Pyongyang, Seoul ...

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