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"Politics Is The Dirtiest Business There Is!"
by ohomen171 on 5 Nov 2012   Posted 13 years ago
My late father was first sent to the Pacific to fight the Japanese. After recovering from a bout with malaria he was sent to General Patton's Third Army and ...

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Halla'en
by ohomen171 on 31 Oct 2012   1 comment, latest 13 years ago
Today is a day that we call Halloween. My mind goes back 52 years to the time when I was a 6th grade student at Louisa May Alcott Elementary ...

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The San Francisco Giants Win The World Series!!!!!!
by ohomen171 on 29 Oct 2012   Posted 13 years ago
What a historical night it was last night! Elena got a recommendation from a patient for an Italian Restaurant named Buon Gusto. We watched the World Series game until ...

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Jack's Final Prediction For The 2012 Election
by ohomen171 on 21 Oct 2012   83 comments, latest 13 years ago
My dear friends Patrick.net is not a political forum. But this morning I am going to predict the outcome of the presidential election. This election has many aspects of ...

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Some Reflections On Reaching 64 Years Of Age
by ohomen171 on 22 Oct 2012   Posted 13 years ago
Now I am 64 years of age. Just before I turned 64 last night I awakened and thought of a wonderful lawyer named Nicholas Humy. At one time in ...

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50 Years Ago A Nuclear War Could Have Happened
by ohomen171 on 15 Oct 2012   Posted 13 years ago
‎50 years ago today President Kennedy was given photographic evidence of the presence of Soviet medium Range ballistic missiles in Cuba. His first instinct was to launch an immediate ...

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50 Years Ago Today The Cuban Missile Crisis Began
by ohomen171 on 15 Oct 2012   Posted 13 years ago
‎50 years ago today President Kennedy was given photographic evidence of the presence of Soviet medium Range ballistic missiles in Cuba. His first instinct was to launch an immediate ...

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Richard Nixon And The Cuban Missile Crisis
by ohomen171 on 11 Jun 2012   6 comments, latest 13 years ago
Even 40 years after Watergate Richard M. Nixon is still a part of the American and world psyche. Woodward and ernstein are talking bad about him again. My tak ...

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Spain Is In A Great Depression!
by ohomen171 on 3 Oct 2012   3 comments, latest 13 years ago
http://tatamkuluafrica.wordpre Yesterday CBS News ran a segment on the current problems in Spain. Scott Pelley reported that the official unemployment rate was 25%. (As in all of these official ...

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I Make An Amazing Discovery While Watching A 41 Year-Old British Sci-Fi Series
by ohomen171 on 25 Sep 2012   6 comments, latest 13 years ago
I spent 11 years of my life in what I call "The British World." I include in this Britain,Australia and South Africa. I fell in love with television in ...

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"Let The Market Take Care Of Things"
by ohomen171 on 28 Sep 2012   3 comments, latest 13 years ago
There once was a gentleman of great intellect and character named Herbert Hoover. He graduated from Stanford University. He had an incredible career in the mining industry. He made ...

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In And Out Burgers
by ohomen171 on 20 Sep 2012   1 comment, latest 13 years ago
There are two fast food restaurants in the USA where I will eat-Five Guys and In And Out Burgers. After my bureaucratic battle at the DMV I had lunch ...

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Installing A Wood Stove In Our Living Room
by ohomen171 on 15 Aug 2012   21 comments, latest 13 years ago
Jack Waldbewohner Yesterday Peninsula Heating and Air Conditioning came out and did the engineering work for installing a wood-burning stove in our living room. It is feasible. I liked ...

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Is War With Iran Inevitable?
by ohomen171 on 20 Sep 2012   1 comment, latest 13 years ago
I attended a fascinating program last night at the Westin Saint Francis Hotel in San Francisco. Former Secretary of State George Schultz spoke. Also present were two retired ambassadors ...

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A Sunday Morning Breakfast At Whole Foods Market
by ohomen171 on 16 Sep 2012   6 comments, latest 13 years ago
One of the guiding forces in my life is a book by John R. Talbott called Survival Investing. He's a bright man with a lot of common sense.He warns ...

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Elena And I had An Incredible Saturday!
by ohomen171 on 16 Sep 2012   Posted 13 years ago
Elena and I had an incredible Saturday. We first went to the Oakland Convention Center for her employer's annual share holder's meeting. One speaker had written a great history ...

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Bringing A 12 Year Old Bicycle Back To Life
by ohomen171 on 14 Sep 2012   Posted 13 years ago
Luah needed a bicycle so we gave her the bike that Elena received when she arrived in San Jose 12 years ago (She only rode it once.) It has ...

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Get Ready For Military Action In Iran
by ohomen171 on 5 Sep 2012   Posted 13 years ago
I worked at a telecom company for eight years as international sales manager. My engineer was a wonderful man named Bill Kubicki. If I was getting ready to make ...

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Some Straight Talk On The Julian Assange Case
by ohomen171 on 17 Aug 2012   13 comments, latest 13 years ago
The whole world watches with fascination as Julian Asdsange takes shelter in the Embassy of Ecuador in London. He has been granted political assylum. How this diplomatic or legal ...

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Our Incredible California Adventure
by ohomen171 on 14 Aug 2012   Posted 13 years ago
http://tatamkuluafrica.wordpre

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Your Education Level Is The Biggest Predictor Of Your Life Span
by ohomen171 on 12 Aug 2012   5 comments, latest 13 years ago
A Surprising Secret to a Long Life: Stay in School Michael Stravato for The New York Times Irma Lara, 75, who came to the United States from Mexico when ...

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Conservative Financial Commentator "Mish" Predicts A Trade War And War With Ir
by ohomen171 on 27 Jul 2012   Posted 13 years ago
Is Global Trade About To Collapse? Where are Oil Prices Headed? A Chat with Mish Last week, I agreed to do an interview on OilPrice.Com. The initial interview was ...

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More Details On Our 4-Year Legal Battle With Wells Fargo Bank
by ohomen171 on 15 Jul 2012   64 comments, latest 14 years ago
Below you will find more details on our horrific battle with Wells Fargo Bank. Many readers felt that we should have walked away or declared bankruptcy. If you are ...

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Setting The Record Straight-Our Four Year Battle With Wells Fargo Bank
by ohomen171 on 19 Jul 2012   8 comments, latest 14 years ago
I've been flattered by the big response I got to this web post. I need to clarify some points. First I do not own five properties. I live with ...

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An Amazing new 800-Pound Automobile
by ohomen171 on 4 Jul 2012   35 comments, latest 14 years ago
I read an amazing article in The Atlantic Magazine yesterday. Auto engineers have made quantum improvements in engines, transmission, electronics, etc. Gas mileage should easily be 60 mpg+. However ...

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The Barclay's Bank LIBOR Scandal-Finally Some Mega Bank Executives May See Jail
by ohomen171 on 6 Jul 2012   29 comments, latest 14 years ago
I'm delighted to see that Britain's Special Fraud Office has opened an investigation into Barclay's Bank and the fraud with the LIBOR rate fixing scandal. Finally a serious law ...

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Nothing Is Ever As Easy As It First Seems
by ohomen171 on 7 Jul 2012   Posted 14 years ago
There is an old saying that sort of goes like this: "Nothing is as easy as it looks at first. Projects will always take longer, be harder, and cost ...

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I Predicted Chief Justice Roberts Right!!
by ohomen171 on 28 Jun 2012   2 comments, latest 14 years ago
I love it when a good prediction of mine comes true. I placed all of my faith in Chief Justice Roberts and he "came through." When he was being ...

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How THe Supreme Court Will Rule On Obamacare
by ohomen171 on 24 Jun 2012   13 comments, latest 14 years ago
Everyone is tensely awaiting the Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare. I think that it will,more or less, survive. One of the few good appointment Bush II made was Chief ...

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Venezuela Now Has The World's Largest Oil Reserves
by ohomen171 on 13 Jun 2012   13 comments, latest 14 years ago
Venezuela’s proven reserves are now the biggest June 14 2012 at 05:00am ------------------------------ Venezuela now holds the largest proven oil reserves in the world, overtaking Saudi Arabia, according to ...

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A Dream With My Beloved Rio de Janeiro
by ohomen171 on 17 Jun 2012   Posted 14 years ago
Last night I had a long and interesting dream about Rio de Janeiro. I was at San Francisco International Airport in a long line trying to board a plane ...

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What Ross Makarimi's Wife Faces In Venezuela
by ohomen171 on 13 Jun 2012   Posted 14 years ago
Crime rates pose threat to Chávez By Benedict Mander in Barinas Two hours after her 20-year-old son was taken by four armed men from a mechanic's workshop in Venezuela's ...

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Hours Of My Life Wasted
by ohomen171 on 12 Jun 2012   Posted 14 years ago
Picassa crashed on both my computer and Elena's main computer. I considered calling Comcast computer services but decided to do it myself. I had to uninstall and reinstall Picassa ...

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What Do Tony Soprano And Mitt Romney Have In Common?
by ohomen171 on 24 May 2012   20 comments, latest 14 years ago
Perhaps a lot of you readers do not know that I am the author of a 700+ page book on white collar crime. Prosecutors and law enforcement officers who ...

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A Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Leaves Indianapolis In Ruins
by ohomen171 on 29 May 2012   Posted 14 years ago
Mighty Derringer U.S. Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Leaves Indianapolis in "Ruins" Fictional Scenario Results in Nuclear Destruction of Large Part of City 1980s Secret Exercise Judged Positively But Underscores Range ...

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Some Thoughts On Memorial Day 2012
by ohomen171 on 28 May 2012   Posted 14 years ago
On March 17,1967 I was still a high school student. I went to the US Navy Reserve training center and enlisted in the US Navy Reserve. I took the ...

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Retiring To A Tropical Paradise On $1,200 US Per Month?
by ohomen171 on 20 May 2012   26 comments, latest 14 years ago
Retiring To A Tropical Paradise On $1,200 US Per Month? My dear readers I opened up Yahoo early Friday morning and read a banner headline saying that one could ...

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Beware Of An Insidious and Well-Funded New Second Lien Debt Collector
by ohomen171 on 26 May 2012   Posted 14 years ago
http://www.10news.com/news/311

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Some Common Sense Comments About THe Facebook IPO
by ohomen171 on 20 May 2012   2 comments, latest 14 years ago
Hi Everyone: I had the chance to buy some Facebook shares yesterday on the IPO. I declined to do so. Conventional wisdom was that the shares were going to ...

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3087 Elk Ridge Ct, San Jose, CA 95136 - Zillow
by ohomen171 on 27 Nov 2011   Posted 14 years ago
http://www.zillow.com/homedeta
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