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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...

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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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Thu Aug 15, 2019 4:29 pm
Congress Is Coming for Your IRA

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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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Thanks Microsoft

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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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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

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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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Tue Feb 19, 2019 4:59 pm
Summer Vacations

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by Buc Pride » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:18 pm

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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Customers first, investors last

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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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Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:00 pm
Attacks on Religious Liberty Continue

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by Credo ut intelligam » Tue Dec 25, 2018 8:46 pm

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

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

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by Sixth Man » Tue Dec 18, 2018 9:39 am

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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Wed Dec 19, 2018 10:21 am
2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees

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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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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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Attachment(s) 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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Sat Dec 08, 2018 11:04 pm
NASA InSight Mars landing - live

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Attachment(s) 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?

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Attachment(s) 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....

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Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:26 am
I denounce Harvey Weinstein!

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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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Tue Oct 30, 2018 3:00 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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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

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by kramer » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:19 am

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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Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:42 am
Micheal Mann: "level of warmth that we’ve now reached is unprecedented in tens of thousands of years"

Last post by John Q. Public « Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:26 am
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by kramer » Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:57 pm

Michael Mann: We Are Even Closer To Climate Disaster Than IPCC Predicts (<<-- Fordama , since you've taken it upon yourself to be the decider...

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Tue Oct 16, 2018 8:26 am
Do You Know Cobol? If So, There Might Be a Job for You.

Last post by Vilepagan « Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:14 am
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by Hanna » Tue Sep 25, 2018 5:56 pm

Ten years before man walked on the moon, a group of software engineers created the Common Business-Oriented Language—better know as Cobol—to...

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Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:14 am
Diabolical *American* CO2 molecules causing mass migration around the world. CO2 molecules from other countries are good

Last post by kramer « Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:54 pm
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by kramer » Wed Oct 03, 2018 4:12 pm

Plant and tree food (Carbon Dioxide) manufactured in the USA apparently is so evil, it is causing mass migration of people. Other CO2 molecules...

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Thu Oct 11, 2018 3:54 pm
By 9/26/2018, all 1196 Maldives islands could be completely underwater

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by kramer » Wed Aug 29, 2018 2:05 pm

Science!

From The Canberra Times, Mon 26 Sep 1988 - Page 6

Threat To Islands :

A gradual rise in average sea level is threatening to...
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Sat Oct 06, 2018 2:04 pm
Tech-Support Scams Prompt Google to Act

Last post by Hanna « Sun Sep 23, 2018 1:00 pm
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by Hanna » Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:45 am

The scams usually work this way: A person searching for tech help calls the number listed on an online ad. Once connected, the scammers ask for...

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Sun Sep 23, 2018 1:00 pm
Science on FOX News

Last post by kramer « Wed Aug 01, 2018 11:49 am
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by Fordama » Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:35 pm

This is what the science editor at the FOX News website was worthy of an article in their science section:

Biblical prophecy claims the world will...

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Wed Aug 01, 2018 11:49 am
Notable Death 2018...Roseanne

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Attachment(s) by Fordama » Tue May 29, 2018 10:44 am

Roseanne gets axed after a racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett, comparing her to an ape. She made a similar tweet a couple of years ago about Susan...
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Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:44 pm
Graham, Evangelicals, Trump

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Attachment(s) by broman » Sun May 21, 2017 6:10 pm

Graham takes comfort in Trump’s election. “He did everything wrong, politically,” Graham told me. “He offended gays. He offended women. He offended...
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Fri May 25, 2018 1:01 pm
Toys R Us closing 180 stores

Last post by Omar Bongo « Sun May 06, 2018 11:58 pm
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by sakurasanta86 » Sun May 06, 2018 6:28 pm

Southern California locations:

Indio
Simi Valley
Santa Clarita
West Covina
Puente Hills
Brea
Westminster
Torrance
Riverside/Moreno Valley
Santa Ana...

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Sun May 06, 2018 11:58 pm
Uranus Smells Terrible

Last post by Omar Bongo « Wed Apr 25, 2018 4:54 pm
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by Vilepagan » Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:58 pm

Uranus Smells Terrible. There, We Said it

And now it’s funny again, with the news that Uranus, yes, smells terrible. It couldn’t be Mars. Nope....

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