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Bob Elliot is 90 today. I case you have forgotten who he is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Elliott_%28comedian%29

Today the Dragon spacecraft will leave the ISS and head back to Earth. Assuming all goes well, this will be another triumph for SpaceX, now the only organization that can transport large amounts of cargo to and from the ISS. What is interesting is that SpaceX does not patent its technology...

I have read some good things about grass fed beef, but being a bit of a skeptic, what I really want to see is a study of it by scientists using established scientific methods to test the nutritional qualities of the beef along with the negative factors of beef. Does anybody know of such a...

This is from the 3/18/2013 WSJ column - The Best in ..... Financing Your Future. According to the column there are quirks in the SS laws that create two periods when single people should not file for SS. The first is between 62 and 63 and 11 months. The second is between age 65 and 66 and 8...

I believe we all have suspected this for a while, but here is an article that shows how the food industry changes the food we eat to manipulate us into eating more of what they want us to eat. The comments on the 'bliss point' of sugar are interesting to say the least. So is how salt is used...

And it relates to their pension system. Apparently, they did not disclose information relating to underfunded pensions to bond buyers. Interestingly, in the two cases where the SEC went after a state, it had to do with pension funding. SEC Charges Illinois Over Pension Funding - WSJ.com

Netflix is out with its speed rating for Internet Service Providers (ISP). Here is the link to the website: USA's ISP Speed Index Results| Netflix ISP Speed Index All of my local ones are in the bottom except for FIOS. :(

WOW! I just started working on my 2012 taxes. I made a number of transactions in 2012 all designed to reduce future taxes. Many of these involved selling in taxable accounts. Often the shares sold were accumulated over many years of investments and reinvestment of dividends. In the past...

On another thread several people have mentioned how they benefited by eating a mostly plant based diet. Not necessarily 100% vegitarian, but probably 80-90% plant based. I am wondering what they make for breakfast. It is my favorite meal and I can't figure out what to do about it. I have...

I have seen first hand the problems some tourists get into when they dress like slobs. For some reason, the fastidious owner of a great restaurant in Florence did not like the idea of his customers dressed in sweat shirts and gym shorts. :nonono: Gosh, I wonder why. :rolleyes: Here is a...

I have heard that the sequester will chop about 85 billion dollars from the Federal budget. This is about 8% of this year's deficit, and 3% of the total budget. The biggest cut by agency will be about 13%. How Federal Spending Would Be Cut Under the Sequester - WSJ.com Many of us have had...

This new threat is a defect in routers that allows bad guys to exploit the UPNP function to invade a home network. Fortunately, you can turn off UPNP in your router if you know how to do it. Apple routers do not use UPNP and therefore do not have this problem. This site will check to see...

All of the talk on other threads about conservative investing and inflation made me go back to Firecalc and look at what might happen to my success rate if the inflation rate was just 1% more a year - 4% versus 3%. First, I ran Firecalc using the CPI index. Then, I changed the parameters to...

Hi Folks, I am not certain where to put this information. I hope it is in the right place. A well known music star who appeals to our children and grandchildren now offers a pre-paid debit card under his name. The fees on this card seem rather high to me. $4 monthly fee, $1.50 ATM fee, up to...