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Shooting The Moon

Josh Marshall caught a telling soundbite: McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said this to the Politico about the increased media scrutiny of the ... works if you take every demerit card. Take all but one and you end up with a score so bad ... Sarah Palin with a press conference full of lies. Maybe I’m giving the campaign too much credit [more...]

Date: 2008-09-14 04:44:58

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Why buy when you can rent?

for-rent-2.gif There are times besides a bad housing market that renting is the smart thing to do, suggests Christine O’Kelly at Beal Properties ... . A ding on your credit. It will buy you time to improve your credit score and save for a down payment [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 02:07:37


Emily’s List: 'Poor' musician edition

Happy Friday! Today is the birthday of several music greats; Joan Baez, Jimmy Page, Dave Matthews, and even AJ McLean of the Backstreet Boys ( ... and debt. 1. Everyday Finance explains what your FICO score is and why it matters. Don't feel bad ... of the composer Johann Strauss. This week's credit card roundup of posts from around the personal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:30:21


Friday Stories: Hero Pilot, Bad Birds & Sea Kittens

Stories I’m watching this Friday: Everyone lives, the pilot averted disaster by ditching in the river, and ordinary humans acted like heros ... American help in the oil business Peru must not have a great credit score MarketWatch: 6 brutal facts you need to realize about your retirement Good for you, bad for phone companies: possible cell phone [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:49:36


Sellers think you don't have to lower prices or offer closing help? The next shoe is dropping, this time Credit Cards!

With the stock market down big today and oil back up I have to admit it's been a downer of a week. I did have to chuckle though today in reading this story about just how bad it's getting for the banks. Lenders have long relied on consumers' credit scores to decide whether to approve card [more...]

Date: 2008-06-21 05:23:51


Bailout Scorecard: Giving Thanks

The bailouts keep on coming. The Federal Reserve is busy introducing plans to support the asset-backed securities market, ... that their off-balance sheet funds held scores of bad debts, and they wanted to find a way to offload ... , for the betterment of everyone. Bear Stearns After the company’s stock slumped and its credit-default swaps [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 10:42:00


Cover To Cover: Hoopz For King Magazine

LexAve from Straight From NYC got first dibs on Hoopz’s October 2008 King magazine cover. Her fake lashes makes her eyes look a little wonky but thumbs up on everything else. Girl, you better sell that ass like your credit score is depending on it! T. Error Mari is a good girl gone bad [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 22:43:45


Airline Travel: Scoring Flying Deals

Photo Credit: Jake McGuire Photo Credit: Jake McGuire Traveling often for business in December and January, ... for work and paying $600 on average. Even with the reduced capacity, the seat availability was not bad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:22:05


Fantasy Football Question of the Day

It's been said countless times on this and other websites that one of the priorities of the next President, whoever it shall be, ... with this crisis. There are 2 schools of thought: #1., too bad dudes. You can't credit 2 "players ... . It's gotta be either one or other. I mean how can 2 "players" score the same non-passing touchdown [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 00:00:00


Just Tricks…No Treats for Friday’s Rates

Mortgage rates continue to trend upwards like mummies crawling out of their graves.  (Sorry…bad reach. Booooo).  October has been terrible for rates! ... FHA.  Pricing based on credit score of 620 or better and loan amounts up to $362,790 for FHA in King ... all ready be factoring bad news into their brew. Conforming Mortgage Rates (loan amounts up to [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 19:48:17


Great GM Giveaway May Rescue June Sales. But At What Cost?

We're getting reports from the front line that GM's 72-hour sale is a success-- of sorts ... stop digging" maxim; offering low credit score buyers up to 150 percent loans (to get them ... . IF this plays out across the country, GM's Black Hole Tuesday numbers will be bad, but they won't be as bad [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 14:05:07


Help a Reader: Money Trouble

Here's a question a reader recently left here: My job closed up I worked for 25 yrs. My new job, I took a $15,000 pay cut a year ... my mortgages on time and never late on card payments, credit score of 735 and a ratio of 95-100%. I’ ... . I'm a single dad, divorced for 7yrs, raising my two kids on my own. Stuck in bad mortgage where [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 19:45:22


GM 72-Hour Giveaway May Prop-Up June Sales

We're getting reports from the front line that GM's 72-hour sale is a success-- of sorts ... digging" maxim; offering low credit score buyers up to 150 percent loans (to get them ... . IF this plays out across the country, GM's Black Hole Tuesday numbers will be bad, but they won't be as bad [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 14:44:07


Mortgage Rates Rising with Inflation

Rates are continuing their climb up upwards.  Helping to fuel this rise in rates, ... rate quote below is based on owner occupied with a minimum credit score of 720, “full doc” purchase ... to trade the safety of bonds (such as mortgage backed securities) for stocks.   Great for stocks = bad [more...]

Date: 2008-06-13 20:59:03


The Lending Lunacy Continues as GMAC Gives Out More Bad Loans

This past week the Treasury used $5 billion of funds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program ((TARP)) to purchase senior preferred equity in GMAC, the financing arm of General Motors (GM). GMAC reacted immediately to deploy the funds by lending to new car buyers with credit scores as low as 621 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 11:02:24


Bankruptcy Assistance

by Jon Pete 2009 is a year that we will face bad economy, and with little sign that things are going to change any time soon, ... term payments and be forced to be tied in deeper financial woes; all this, and your credit score [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:31:31


What up Party People?

Firstly...Happy New Year to all.Secondly...I know what you're thinking...where are the baby bump pics?? ... of the kiddos, working, and embarking on a massive credit clean-up so that my FICO score will be mortgage ... anyway.My heartburn is awful, I only throw up occasionally now, and my sciatica is so bad I can barely [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 20:33:00


Good, Bad and Ugly: Penn State

FINAL SCORE: Penn State: 65  Indiana: 55 THE GOOD: After a couple of woeful games, ... all season. Too bad it wasn’t close enough at the end for this to make a difference. IU also ... hard, hitting two threes late to try and keep it close. Credit the guys for not giving [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 01:34:31


How To Increase Your Mailing List Subscribers Using Social Networks

Internet marketers are very big on building up their opt in mailing lists ... or blog from that link, meaning you don’t get credit for the backlink. This isn’t a bad thing, because ... the social networks. While so many bloggers think about using the social networks to score free traffic [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 05:19:14


New Hyundai Incentive: No-Penalty Return if You Lose Your Job

Assurance Losing a job is bad. Losing a job shortly after buying a new car is worse ... of transportation and put that money toward a down payment? What becomes more important: your credit score [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 18:30:13


Give Girls More Credit

The editors changed the headline to include the word, “Playboys ... . But I know for a fact that the girls in this city are sophisticated enough to know the score and handle themselves ... it. They’ve seen how bad the world can be, either in TV, movies, or other pop media from the East [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 22:43:49


I got 78% C

I just took a Bills IQ test to see if we're financially fit and I got a score of 78 % C.! It's not that bad but as I took the test, I realized that we still have a lot of things ... . :) I also realized that loans and credit card payments must indeed be paid on time, if not interests [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 01:08:00


FRIDAY, Jan.9, 2009- P. Gamache ("Hooked on Swing" jazzman Larry / Italian beans Dean Martin standard / Dept. store founder pioneered credit unions)

Relative difficulty: Medium-ChallengingTHEME: noneWord of the day: FILENE, Edward Albert(44A: Department store founder who pioneered credit unions) ... and initially came up with nothing. Nothing. Here's how bad things were - my first answer into the grid ... , Double Monarch Score! Today is thus one of the few days where my professional training [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 12:03:00


This oil man favors a gas-tax hike

If the government raises the cost of driving, it surely would be bad for the energy business. So what's the CEO of Western Refining thinking? ... or more. He's even willing to credit the Europeans with a good idea or two on this score, as he explains [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:26:00


Three-Owl Week

That notoriously bad Bergin owl luck seems to be breaking ... in a superstitious sort of way, if I were to credit any agent, rational or irrational, with my new owl allure ... ? Could this be done? Before you fancy bird spotters start going on about how you routinely score [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 07:05:37


Review: Wet

The good Great gun-play mechanics Brisk, lively pace Invigorating original soundtrack Full of exciting action movie moments that you create The bad Environmental inconsistency can hinder your acrobatics Some choppy visuals Annoying character quips In the first scene of Wet, you slide down a long table in slow motion, smashing through towers of champagne glasses and a giant cake as you gun down thugs who are trying to kill you. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 07:47:01


Top Ten Tuesday: Best Fast & Slow Moving Zombie Flicks

It’s time for out Top Ten of the week and this time we’re doing things a bit differently here at WAMG. Zombies in the movies are a much-loved genre favorite of fans, held close to their hearts since George Romero first introduced us to the concept on a whole new level back in 1968. Then again, they’ve also spawned some controversy amongst some fans as the genre has split into two basic categories recently… slow-moving zombies and fast-moving, even raging psychotic zombies. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 15:22:34


A Survey Worth Chewing On

Former New Line web guru Gordon Paddison’s new company, Stradella Road, rolled out a Theatrical Market Study of Moviegoers today in Beverly Hills. Paddison (who is also a personal friend) came up with the idea of the project, teamed up with marketing strategy consultant Linda Middleton, hired NRG to do the interviews, and got funding from a consortium of companies, including AOL, Facebook, Fandango, Google, Microsoft, MovieTickets.com and Yahoo. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 01:02:02


To Monaco!

By that, I mean Munich of course. I did not mention in my Calcio dictionary post Italian names for cities, because it’s not calcio and there’d be far to many! But Monaco is one that confuses a lot of non-Italian speaking Serie A fans, as the Italian name for Munich is of course, Monaco. Anyways, preview of the tomorrow’s best Champions League game after the jump. RECENT FORM: Juventus- We had a great start to the season, but it’s slowed down a bit with draws against Genoa and Bologna. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 23:08:55


Alt-A and ARM resets could trigger another crisis!!!

We are winding down out of subprime and going into Alt-A and ARM resets. We have government funding for homes in two ways. One, incentives with lower rates and tax credits, but, there is more. The GSE’s are allowing loans that are 105% and where the monthly debt to income is over 60%. These loans have high default rates and we will pay the price as unemployment stays high. quote Let’s look at a few facts: The Fed is literally the entire mortgage market. Yes, really. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:15:58


Bad Credit Lenders – Getting Assistance While on Unemployment

Bad credit lenders have done a lot to help those on unemployment get assistance. The government has worked very hard to extend unemployment benefits and companies who lend money have started to follow suit. Much more common now are unsecured unemployment loans. Not all personal loan companies are willing to do this but it is becoming more of a reality now that unemployment is getting very close to 10%. The president has admitted that unemployment in the double digits is not only possible but expected. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:36:51


Guaranteed Loans For Bad Credit Are A Must For Your Cosmetic Surgery

by Riz Goodman Men and women equally are going for cosmetic surgery to change their looks and also to correct any abnormalities in their appearance. The motive behind all this is not very hard to fathom as in today’s world the main emphasis is always on the looks as opposed to the work and the ethics. A qualified board certified plastic surgeon is a must for the good cosmetic surgery to be done. That will happen only when you are ready to pay a big amount to the surgeon. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 19:30:27


Restore Your FICO Score – Part Three

In the previous parts of this article we discussed how FICO score can impact your financial status as well as the initial steps that you can take to begin restoring your FICO score. We covered handling collections first since they do have a big impact on your overall score, but there are a few other ways that you can quickly see a big jump in your score. After you have the collections on your account either settled or verified, double check to make sure that they were removed from your credit report. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 23:17:33


Life After Bankruptcy Discharge

by Craig Schiffer There are a lot of issues which a person has to face after bankruptcy discharge. Apart from all the money related problems, there is a lot of mental stress which comes with bankruptcy. Therefore, it is very important that the person refers this phase as a bad phase in his financial life and get on with his life. He needs to try and forget about it and make a fresh start. It is difficult but certainly not impossible. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 17:10:51


Dealing with Uncertain Economic Times

I find a strange melancholic amusement to learn that many of these investment banks’ CEOs and boards of directors — people being paid millions of ... their ability to score a new position in a year’s time? Not one bit. These things will simply be chalked ... in the midst of trying), or other significant credit. If you’re trying to start a business [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 20:00:00


Obtaining Your Own Personal Instant Approval Credit Card

by Chris Channing The idea of an instant credit card doesn’t seem so safe at first glance. After all, there is plenty of debt in the world, and much skepticism for new financial ventures that comes with it. Instant credit cards are offers in which can tell you if you are approved in seconds- and are lenient on who may apply. The approval process for an instant approval credit card, surprisingly, isn’t going to be as simple as the title would imply. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 11:09:19


Home Loan Modification – Can You Modify to a Lower Mortgage Rate?

Getting a home loan modification can greatly help you avoid foreclosure and stay in your home.  By modifying to a lower mortgage rate or mortgage payment could go a long way to helping you save your financial career.  If you go through the foreclosure process you are going to find that it will be impossible to buy on credit for almost a decade.  This may not sound that bad but in all reality it makes life extremely difficult. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 19:19:52


A-Z: My First Meme

Glenn Kenny at Some Came Running invites me to my first meme. To be honest, I didn’t even know what a meme was until now ... and I just watched this yesterday. Love the “beer” song. Boys From Brazil — one of the all-time great bad ... much better than people give it credit for. Stupendous palace intrigue. Jaw-dropping sets. Grade [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 00:46:11


Credit Repair! You May Have A Bad Credit Rating And Not Even Know It

When we talk about credit repair, most of us believe that repairing our credit rating is directly related to our mis management of our finance s, and in most cases that is true! However, many of us don’t realize that thousands of men and women every year find out they have bad credit due to credit fraud, and if you’re not 1% sure on how this happens, it’s a method by criminal organizations that are stealing your identity and using it for financial criminal activities. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 14:31:03


Need Info About Credit Cards – Read this Publication

When you are looking for a credit card offer you probably want something that will correspond to your needs, not something that is most advertised and popular. Different people have different lifestyles and spending habits, and they want different credit cards which will help in various life situations. If you like travelling or if you just travel a lot make sure you find a credit card offer that provides special bonuses which will considerably enhance your journeys. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 10:17:59


Fast Student Loans Master Key- Pointers to Reveal the Good Colleges

Fast Student Loans Master Key- Pointers to Reveal the Good Colleges by Andrea SouthIf you are requiring bad credit student loans, you have fought with ruined finances in the past, or have not had time to get a great credit rating. Both of these aspects contribute to what is known as bad credit history, and acquiring student finances under both of those categories can be difficult at best.There are a few methods you can utilize to make bad credit student loans possible to gain. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 17:21:06


Did God Really Grant Houses to the Poor? You Betcha!

Time magazine just put out an article about how a certain type of Pentecostal Evangelism likely put a large number of consumers more ... correlation. That’s what a scholar of the fast-growing brand of Pentecostal Christianity believes ... who got dicey mortgages to believe “God caused the bank to ignore my credit score and blessed [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 06:39:32


Pretending To Fly In California

The Press Democrat reports from California. “The collapse of the housing bubble continues to reverberate through Sonoma County, according to a report issued Tuesday. Just over half of the homes sold in August were dumped by desperate owners trying to avoid foreclosure or by banks that seized them from borrowers who fell behind on their mortgages [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 19:31:08


Another one slips away

I went to bed angry last night. I was angry because we let another game get away in which a couple of small fixes would have meant victory. I was mad because I knew we were the better team, but we folded yet again. After clawing back to take a five point lead we proceeded to not score a single point for eight minutes. Penn State didn't [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:49:18


Opting For Bad Credit Refinance Is Like Walking On Thin Ice

Opting For Bad Credit Refinance Is Like Walking On Thin Ice by Angus GuyWondering whether it is possible to get a bad credit refinanced or not? Well, you can most definitely get a bad credit refinanced as there are several people who take to this recourse. Normally, your credit ratings dictate the future prospects of availing a further credit. However, despite the low credit ratings; Bad Credit Refinance is definitely an option available.The bad credit situation is a result of various factors. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 21:56:17


My Net Worth Is Down Only 10% Since Its August 2008 Peak

So, how did I manage this remarkable accomplishment?  Let me tell you…. I have been tracking my family’s net worth for about eight months now ... ).  You are essentially earning the interest rate of your credit cards and car loans when you pay them ... ;P 500 and other indexes because of the mutual funds’ bad gambles in stocks like AIG, Wachovia, Fannie [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:13:54


(Insert Cliche Here)

The bats woke up. Hitting on all cylinders ... . AJ pitched outstanding. Yes, I gave AJ credit. It will happen more frequently if he keeps pitching ... of when everything is going according to Hoyle. They have an offense that has the ability to score [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 15:31:17


2008 Year in Review - A Look Back (1 of 3)

What follows are excerpts of posts from 2008. It was a busy year.George Bush and Karl Rove were masters of politics and the two stooges of policy, a frightening reminder that voters can be easier to seduce than reality.-----------Why not build the Escher Expressway – build all roads to slope downhill as a means to improve gas mileage? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 07:53:00


Bad Credit Unsecured Personal Loans – Credit Score Repair Helps

Bad credit unsecured personal loans can greatly assist you in making ends meet financially. The one thing that most borrowers worry about when it comes to personal loans is the interest rate. To lower your interest rate credit score repair greatly helps. It is very surprising how many borrowers attempt to get a personal loan without even knowing their credit score. To increase your credit score the first thing you need to do is to actually find out what your credit score is. By not knowing [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 22:33:44


NFC title game preview

24 hours! The Eagles are 24 hours away from playing a game that none of us expected them to take part in two months ago ... offense, especially the rushing attack. We have to give credit to Andy Reid for opening up the passing ... has a real challenge on its hands, instead of rookie quarterback and then a bad quarterback. Sticking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:08:01



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