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Hello friends and welcome to my new blog. I plan to use this blog to write about a myriad of subjects. The title of the blog, which comes from a Tom Robbins (one of favorite writers).

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Google Chrome: Removing Predictive URLs (The Real Solution)

I see this question posted to a lot of Google Groups. Since I have not figured out how to answer a question on a group page (maybe I have to be a Google employee, who knows? No really, who knows?), I thought I would post the answer here. Problem When typing in the URL bar in Google Chrome, Chrome offers all sorts of suggestions. You want to prevent this from happening or at least remove some of the suggestions. Solution In Chrome, press Ctrl+H .to display your browsing history. Delete the items you want or delete all of them. On the Chrome Settings page, click Show advanced settings (at the bottom of the page). Uncheck Use a prediction service to help complete searches and URLs typed in the address bar if it is checked. Delete any bookmarks that you do not want to appear. (This is the part that many answers miss.) Close Chrome and restart it. Press Ctrl+Shift+N  each time you start Chrome so that Chrome will not track your Internet history. If you use other compute...
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Mr. Obama: About That Health Care Promise

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Now that I have joined the millions of other unemployed Americans, I wonder if I will be able to keep my health insurance. My COBRA premium (including dental and vision) is over $420 a month. It will take about two weeks of unemployment benefits (after taxes) to pay that premium. That will not leave me anywhere near enough to pay my mortgage, let alone pay utility bills and eat. I do have a roommate who does pay his rent on time, so thank the heavens for that. But, it is still going to be an uphill struggle. It was timely that Paul Krugman, in a NY Times Op-Ed , asked the question yesterday: Why has the Obama administration been silent, at least so far, about one of President Obama’s key promises during last year’s campaign — the promise of guaranteed health care for all Americans? ... There’s a populist rage building in this country, as Americans see bankers getting huge bailouts while ordinary citizens suffer. [ NY Times ] Rage is a good term...maybe a desperate rage is better. Those...
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