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A Guide To The Retirement-Related Provisions In The Senate Coronavirus Stimulus/Relief Bill

Last post by Hanna « Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:41 am

by Hanna » Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:41 am

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For savers - section 2202

Individuals affected by the coronavirus will be permitted to take a withdrawal from their retirement accounts...

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Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:41 am
Who's Zooming Whom?

Last post by Hanna « Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:40 am

by Hanna » Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:40 am

Zoom has been one of the hottest stocks on the market this year—just not the Zoom you think.

Shares of Zoom Technologies have surged 10-fold since...

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Sat Mar 28, 2020 9:40 am
Breaking quarantine rules

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:16 am
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by cruiser » Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:53 am

...in Brazil, the police use helicopters to create sandstorms on beachgoers
that are breaking the quarantine order on their beaches - interesting....

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Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:16 am
I denounce Harvey Weinstein!

Last post by ShiftyMutt « Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:12 am
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I don't even know the guy and I have no idea who she is, but it says on Google News that Lena Dunham says all men are supposed to denounce Harvey...
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Wed Mar 11, 2020 10:12 am
Trump 'Crazy Like a Fox'

Last post by Omar Bongo « Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:58 pm
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by ShiftyMutt » Wed Feb 01, 2017 10:55 pm

I thought this was pretty interesting. Psychiatrists and psychologists weigh in on Trump's personality and behavior.
His fear of being 'less than',...

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Tue Mar 10, 2020 9:58 pm
China puts Wuhan on lockdown.

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by Tommy Tar » Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:55 am
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Wuhan China with over 10 million people is on transportation lockdown. No people in #Wuhan, C China's Hubei will be allowed to leave the city...
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Sun Mar 01, 2020 4:50 pm
Any Readers Here?

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by ShiftyMutt » Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:10 am

The more spare time I get, the more I’m reading. Beats the heck outta the daily world headlines.

Not sure this post will get much activity but it...

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Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:05 pm
Limbaugh has Lung Cancer

Last post by Wabash « Sun Feb 09, 2020 12:12 pm
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by Wabash » Mon Feb 03, 2020 1:58 pm

I'm going with God's will.

Karma can be a cruel mistress.

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Sun Feb 09, 2020 12:12 pm
The evolution of Atticus Finch

Last post by ShiftyMutt « Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:16 am
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by Hanna » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:41 pm

Unless you've been in a cave the past week, or so, you know that Harper Lee's new book Go set a Watchman portrays Gregory... er.. Atticus Finch as a...

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Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:16 am
Mercury Solar Transit

Last post by Omar Bongo « Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:32 am

by Omar Bongo » Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:32 am

Just thought someone else might what to check this out, some of us might not be around for the next one...

Live in progress, transit ends at...

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Mon Nov 11, 2019 6:32 am
The internets are not private, Part 527

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by John Q. Public » Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:17 am

The Rancho Cucamonga Police Department received a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) from Google reference a subject who had been posting numerous...

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Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:17 am
Another scam - from the Social Security threatening suspension

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:06 am
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by Hanna » Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:53 am

This is what the person said when I answered the phone. From the Social Security Administration the account has been suspended.. this is as far as he...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:06 am
Me thinks it is a weasel.

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by Tommy Tar » Thu Aug 15, 2019 8:12 am

Uncommon Knowledge with David Berlinski on “The Deniable Darwin”

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Last post by Fordama
Thu Aug 15, 2019 4:29 pm
Congress Is Coming for Your IRA

Last post by Hanna « Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:17 am

by Hanna » Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:17 am

Like grave robbers opening King Tut’s tomb, Congress can’t wait to get its hands on America’s retirement-account assets. The House passed the Setting...

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Last post by Hanna
Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:17 am
Thanks Microsoft

Last post by shreader « Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:51 am
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by John Q. Public » Sun May 20, 2018 12:29 pm

Your update broke my computer. Looking at a screen that says This is taking longer than expected for the last half hour. Grrrrr.

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Last post by shreader
Thu Jun 06, 2019 11:51 am
Crack Shack

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:24 am
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by broman » Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:49 pm

Had to give this place a shout out. Some of the best chicken I have ever had. Looks like that part of Costa Mesa/ Newport did some up grading.

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Tue Apr 16, 2019 11:24 am
The Risks of Marrying 'Smart' Technology With 'Dumb' Machines

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by Hanna » Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:30 pm

Investigators probing two deadly crashes of Boeing Co. 737 MAX airliners are grappling with a hybrid of old and new technology, where a complex piece...

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Sat Mar 23, 2019 12:30 pm
The New York Times to be accessible to Californians with library cards

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Feb 19, 2019 4:59 pm

by John Q. Public » Tue Feb 19, 2019 4:59 pm

Or so they say. I looked on the LA County Library site but I didn't see it. No word on if they're doing it in other states or what libraries it...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Tue Feb 19, 2019 4:59 pm
Summer Vacations

Last post by roberta22 « Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:08 am
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by Buc Pride » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:18 pm
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The sun is out and its time to get out and experience life on vacation.

Where y'all going?

We just purchased our tickets to Bangkok. The plan is to...
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Last post by roberta22
Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:08 am
Customers first, investors last

Last post by joefutbol « Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm
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by John Q. Public » Fri May 09, 2014 8:13 pm

I saw another story about Alibaba's IPO today. If you haven't been paying attention, it's sort of a Chinese combination of Amazon and Ebay but it's...

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Last post by joefutbol
Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm
Attacks on Religious Liberty Continue

Last post by Omar Bongo « Fri Jan 11, 2019 6:46 pm
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by Credo ut intelligam » Tue Dec 25, 2018 8:46 pm
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You'd think they would have learned after the cases of the Little Sisters of the Poor and Masterpiece Cakeshop , but Democrats are at it again,...
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Last post by Omar Bongo
Fri Jan 11, 2019 6:46 pm
LAUSD is going to strike

Last post by cruiser « Thu Dec 27, 2018 3:20 pm
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by cruiser » Wed Dec 19, 2018 5:27 pm

A school district (that is way to large and has a central bureaucracy unmatched most anywhere)
that graduates only 50-60% of their students is going...

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Last post by cruiser
Thu Dec 27, 2018 3:20 pm
DOW closes with biggest gain ever!

Last post by Wabash « Wed Dec 26, 2018 8:44 pm
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by cruiser » Wed Dec 26, 2018 3:36 pm

!,000pts up! (still has to push up the rest of the week to avert worst loss than 1931, for the month)

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Last post by Wabash
Wed Dec 26, 2018 8:44 pm
Private Schools Expanding Their Special Education Programs?

Last post by John Q. Public « Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:21 am
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by Sixth Man » Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:39 am
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I heard a rumor that some of the local private schools were adding special education programs. Do they already exist? If not, why now after all these...
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Last post by John Q. Public
Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:21 am
2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees

Last post by John Q. Public « Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:57 pm
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by John Q. Public » Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:26 am

I had hope for it in the first few years but now it's become about as meaningful, artistically, as the Grammys.

The Cure
Def Leppard
Janet Jackson...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:57 pm
Delta IV launch from Vandenberg tonight

Last post by Omar Bongo « Sat Dec 08, 2018 11:04 pm
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by John Q. Public » Sat Dec 08, 2018 6:24 pm

It looks like it should be good and visible, so if you're anywhere with a view to the north-west it should be pretty good. Lift-off is scheduled for...

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Last post by Omar Bongo
Sat Dec 08, 2018 11:04 pm
NASA InSight Mars landing - live

Last post by Zebra « Tue Nov 27, 2018 3:23 pm
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by John Q. Public » Mon Nov 26, 2018 11:16 am

They're doing the traditional parachute and rockets landing this time instead of the cheaper bounce house method they used for the last couple. Good...

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Tue Nov 27, 2018 3:23 pm
Anybody wanna buy a house?

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:26 am
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by John Q. Public » Sat Oct 24, 2015 9:07 pm

Um, tastefully decorated 4 bedroom, 5.5 bathroom house in Newport for sale. Only $9.9 million. Walking distance to shopping. Two pools. We figure...

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Last post by John Q. Public
Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:26 am
TheGuardian:Major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas, Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020

Last post by Fordama « Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:49 am
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by kramer » Sat Oct 13, 2018 9:49 am

Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us

· Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war
· Britain will be 'Siberian' in less than 20...

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Last post by Fordama
Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:49 am
(As I’ve been saying all along) World's top scientists just gave rigorous backing to systematically dismantle capitalism

Last post by Fordama « Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:42 am
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by kramer » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:19 am
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From Eric Holthaus, Grist writer and meteorologist regarding the new IPCC report:

The world's top scientists just gave rigorous backing to...
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