Real Estate
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By .   Fri 03 Feb 2012   17 views   posted 38 minutes ago
Rents way out of line
By SuperSonic   Fri 03 Feb 2012   101 views   1 comment, latest 57 minutes ago
I think I am living in lala land here in south Florida. Jupiter Florida has rents that are 700 more than you can currently buy for. Example, 305,000.00 town homes renting for 2350 and they are gobbled up. Pulte homes...
Century 21 Super Bowl ad
By jvolstad   Fri 03 Feb 2012   106 views   2 comments, latest 1 hour ago
http://youtu.be/TwXycwCe6_s What a waste of air time.
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Real Estate Wanted
Wanted: 3 BR SFH in Los Altos, CA 94022 for $400,000
By anonymous   Mon 02 Jan 2012   1,874 views   17 comments, latest 1 week ago
Cash for 1/4 acre land and a 1500+ sqft home in Los Altos. I know the traffic is bad and the downtown construction will never end, but that is why I am offering the generous 400k. That is 100k above...
Wanted: 1 BR in Cave Creek, AZ 85331 for $5,000,000
By anonymous   Wed 26 Oct 2011   1,281 views   5 comments, latest 1 week ago
Wanted: 2BR SFH in Fremont, CA 94539 for $300,000
By anonymous   Thu 29 Sep 2011   1,821 views   5 comments, latest 3 weeks ago
Mission san jose school district
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Investing
Facebook Effect
By SFace   Fri 27 Jan 2012   1,036 views   51 comments, latest 59 minutes ago
Reports of 100B valuation for Facebook sent everyone up: Look forward to the S-1. It will be an incredible read. RENN DANG LNDK GRPN All up
Why gold?
By swebb   Tue 31 Jan 2012   311 views   13 comments, latest 6 hours ago
I'm sure this has been discussed here before, but I haven't found a good explanation. Anyone care to explain why gold is considered to be some universal store of wealth? The best I have dug up is the "durable, limited...
Richard C. Cook : The Gaia Plan ~ Creating Local Currencies, Sust. Communities
By Dr Stephen LaBerge   Fri 03 Feb 2012   29 views   posted 6 hours ago
This man's experience and credentials make him worth listening to. I don't agree with his beliefs, necessarily, but it is good to keep on top of the central banker plans for currencies worldwide.
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Health Insurance
What's Killing America?
By Anonymousone   Thu 24 Nov 2011   3,747 views   71 comments, latest 2 days ago
U.S. ranks 28th in life expectancy (lower than Chile and Greece) while it pays the MOST for health care Meanwhile, Americans receive comparatively little actual care, despite sky-high prices driven by expensive tests and procedures. They also spend more tax...
The pros and cons of Personal Health Records (PHR)
By justme   Fri 13 Jan 2012   757 views   9 comments, latest 6 days ago
My insurance company would like to use the WebMD Personal Health Records (PHR) system to store all kinds data, including claims and billing information. This got me thinking about a recent experience with applying for health insurance, where the insurance...
Prescription drugs...the good, the bad and the ugly.
By American in Japan   Tue 05 Apr 2011   1,898 views   18 comments, latest 1 week ago
There are many prescription drugs out there. Some have really proven useful to cure diseases, conditions completely. Others have at least been able to arrest conditions or lessen the negative symptoms. Some prescription drugs have been "pushed" on patients that...
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Politics
US shifts strategy on Taliban
By GameOver   Fri 03 Feb 2012   6 views   1 comment, latest 5 minutes ago
US shifts strategy on Taliban Obama administration once pledged to win the war against the Taliban but it now says the group is not the enemy. http://www.aljazeera.com/video
Democrats polled to win congress by Wall Street Journal
By iwog   Fri 03 Feb 2012   97 views   6 comments, latest 3 hours ago
And the trend is also in their favor. Look for even bigger margins as the economy improves. No one should be betting that Republicans hold the House in November. Even a poll from Newscorp's Wall Street Journal can't spin this...
[NDAA] A Message to the American People
By Dan8267   Tue 31 Jan 2012   178 views   13 comments, latest 4 hours ago
Anonymous needs to put away the Vendetta DVD and take some real action.
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Religion
Earth is only 6000 years old?
By uomo_senza_nome   Fri 09 Dec 2011   4,112 views   234 comments, latest 6 hours ago
The wonderful thing about science is that it doesn't ask for your faith, it just asks for your eyes.
Bend over and show me your dark side: StarWars too gay?
By Dan8267   Sun 29 Jan 2012   440 views   26 comments, latest 12 hours ago
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/201 Well the family value idiots are at it again. This time they are complaining that an online roll playing game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, allows for romantic relationships between characters and their non-player character (NPC) companion. Personally, I...
Schrodinger's Cat
By marcus   Thu 05 Jan 2012   1,324 views   75 comments, latest 2 days ago
In this famous thought experiment, which could actually be done, someone might say, "well, since by definition, we don't know whether the cat is alive or dead, the statement that the cat is alive is by definition false." True, it...
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Humor
The German Sense Of Humor
By Patrick   Fri 03 Feb 2012   96 views   18 comments, latest 5 hours ago
Forked from a thread about housing. Comments moved over here to keep the housing thread humor-rein.
Funny picture thread
By zzyzzx   Fri 09 Dec 2011   1,976 views   62 comments, latest 9 hours ago
Your Performance evaluation arrived.
By TMAC54   Fri 03 Feb 2012   77 views   posted 13 hours ago
EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS: These are purported to be from actual federal employee performance evaluations: 1. "Since my last report, this employee has reached rock-bottom and started to dig." 2. "I would not allow this employee to breed." 3. "This employee is...
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Miscellaneous
Forum Tips And Tricks
By Patrick   Wed 01 Feb 2012   208 views   13 comments, latest 4 hours ago
A few useful forum features which may not be obvious: URLs that start with http:// automatically get converted to live links. Image URLs ending in .gif, .png, .jpg, .jpeg, and .bmp automatically get converted to the image. Including @username somewhere...
Pirates of the Alien Catwomen
By The GOP   Fri 03 Feb 2012   21 views   posted 4 hours ago
A man dressed as pirate Captain Jack Sparrow received minor injuries when he was pepper sprayed by an attacker dressed as another movie character during a fight outside the Kodak Theater in Hollywood Thursday night. The fight in the 6800...
Officials acting mysteriously in Tourettes-like breakout
By thunderlips11   Thu 12 Jan 2012   276 views   4 comments, latest 6 hours ago
In a community meeting Wednesday night to discuss an unusual outbreak of tics among female students at Le Roy High School, a state health official steadfastly refused to reveal the cause of the outbreak. Citing not just HIPPA as a...
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Link Submissions
Senator demands answers from Freddie Mac's regulator
By tvgnus   Fri 03 Feb 2012   21 views   posted 4 hours ago
http://www.centralvalleybusine
Big boys manage risk in creative new way
By taxee   Fri 03 Feb 2012   32 views   1 comment, latest 4 hours ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02
Jive Talkin By Obama
By Patrick   Mon 30 Jan 2012   66 views   2 comments, latest 4 hours ago
http://kunstler.com/blog/2012/
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Outside
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By .   Wed 01 Feb 2012   323 views   27 comments, latest 4 hours ago
A New Dollar Backed by GOLD! Oh Joy!
By Roidy   Thu 10 Nov 2011   1,098 views   26 comments, latest 1 day ago
Gentle Readers, I, Roidy, keep reading various articles and opinions on how we, The USA, should back our Dollar$ with GOLD, Au, the Yellow Metal, etc., usually authored or propounded by Politicians. Hmm, did these people not go to school?...
Message For Realturds: The only winner here is me........
By Realtors Are Untrustworthy   Tue 24 Jan 2012   416 views   7 comments, latest 1 day ago
......... and I'm living in your head rent-free.
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Price to rent ratio for every zip code in the US27
On Foreclosures, Uncle Sam Courts Investors (wsj.com)0
Price reduction history for house north of San Francisco (patrick.net)0
Turning the Buffett Rule Into Law (nytimes.com)0
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House prices back to 2003 levels (washingtonpost.com)0
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Housing Bottom Calls Continue Despite Evidence (ritholtz.com)1
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Schneiderman promises aggressive fraud probe, in election year only (latimes.com)0
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Counterfeit Money, Counterfeit Policy (oftwominds.com)0
American Crony-Capitalism's Similarity To Stalinism (patrick.net)19
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Robert Shiller: A Housing Bottom? What Are They Thinking? (businessinsider.com)2
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Freddie Mac Bets Against American Homeowners (propublica.org)0
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