U.S. mortgage meltdown linked to 2005 bankruptcy law

Kansas City Star: U.S. mortgage meltdown linked to 2005 bankruptcy law There’s no shortage of blame for the mortgage crisis that drove the economy ... pushed by the credit card industry. So say three researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who argue that the legislation shifted risk from credit card lenders to mortgage lenders, helping [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:54:56

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Boredoms 88BOADRUM Los Angeles 88-drummer Line-up

PHOTO: Last year’s 77BOADRUM in NYC. No photo available for 88BOADRUM, which will feature 14% more drummers, as it has not yet happened. (Credit: Vice) This Friday’s 88BOADRUM event at the La Brea Tar Pits ... that someone from the list flakes out at the last minute, leaving the event with a very bad numerological stamp [more...]

Date: 2008-08-07 22:40:06

Financial Management Course:Deudas

What is debt elimination? Debt elimination is the process of getting your outstanding debts under control and then avoiding getting into debt in the ... you a lot of stress, it will also destroy your credit ratings. Once your credit ratings go bad ... , in several ways. For one your credit rating will be ruined, and it is very difficult and time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 14:13:45

What Are Bad Credit Mortgage Loans

What Are Bad Credit Mortgage Loans Posted admin in Uncategorized Comments Off There are lenders out there who give what are referred to as bad credit mortgage loans, if you are experiencing financial problems, a situation that is common ... or bad credit, all of them with almost the same effect as having no credit at all. When a credit check [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 13:45:08

1923 and the June 15 Trade Deadline

My publisher has asked me to do some editing on my latest manuscript, It Ain’t So: A Might-Have-Been History of the White Sox in 1919 and Beyond, so I don’t have much time to write anything fresh for Seamheads.  Here’s an article I posted to the site over a year ago.  I’ll post some new material soon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 13:00:36

In The Company Of Vampires

I watched a bit of HBO's "True Blood" today, and between that and getting a copy of the new paperback "First Blood" (thanks, Meljean!) I'm in a bloodsucking mood. This is a chapter from a vampire novel I wrote in 2005, known by many names -- "Vamptopia," "Hex In The City," "Fools and Vampires," and, when I'm just feeling sorta punchy, " [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 10:18:00

Debt Management Keeping A Check On Your Finances

Money is available at an all time low interest rates in market. Easy credit is luring people to take money from creditors these days ... bad credit such as arrears, defaults and bankruptcy in the past their requirements are also catered [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:06:13

Annotated Digital Culture Links: December 16th 2008

Links for December 16th 2008: The writer’s guide to making a digital living ... his online show is “silly,” but it helped pay off credit-card debt. One year after YouTube ... it, you had to erase it! Amazing stuff. Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of 2008 TorrentFreak - Surprising [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 03:47:15

A Western Tale

Thomas Paine's CornerBy Vi Ransel 1/13/09Almost all of Charlie’s immediate family was rounded up by home invaders, tortured and killed in their own living room: mama and papa, the teenage twins, little Joan and baby Beth. (His younger brother, Sonny, survived.) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:06:00

Borrowing Beyond your Limit can Result in Consumer Debt

Consumer debt has risen to worrying percentages in the past few years ... debt can be acquired in various forms, including through a credit card or a payday loan. There are many ... of the loan, how much the borrower is able to pay back per month, their current credit score [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:24:29

A Guide to Debt Elimination:Deudas

What is debt elimination? Debt elimination is the process of getting your outstanding debts under control and then avoiding getting into debt in the ... you a lot of stress, it will also destroy your credit ratings. Once your credit ratings go bad ... , in several ways. For one your credit rating will be ruined, and it is very difficult and time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 17:45:18

Easy Methods To Increase Your Credit Score

Being able to increase your credit score is becoming more and more important as the number of people that default on their accounts rises and the ... that a person can use to increase their credit score that are considered to be fairly simple ... the credit score quickly and improve the chances of obtaining approval for additional credit products [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:00:16

Sue Scheff: Reputation Defender Growing In Demand As The Internet Expands

As a victim and survivor of the wicked web (at times) ... comments posted about me.I credit my attorney, David Pollack, for successfully proving to the jury how ... t do is erase the ugliness the perpetrator did to you online.For that, I sought out the services [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:25:00

Credit Card law questionable

There’s no shortage of blame for the mortgage crisis that drove the economy into the ditch ... by the credit card industry.So say three researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who argue that the legislation shifted risk from credit card lenders to mortgage lenders, helping trigger the surge [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 10:09:00

EPA Coal Decision Levels Playing Field for Wind, Solar

Building an alt-energy power plant is risky and expensive, but thanks to a new ruling by an Environmental Protection Agency panel, ... in short supply thanks to the credit crunch. The ruling introduces more risk into the coal industry [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 21:20:33

Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/3/2008

USA“We Are All Socialists Now.”Bailout, or Blowout? Financial “Rescue” Plan Turns Into Mad Spending SpreeBarack Obama Presses Black Pols to Agree to ... Damascus of Resuming Nuclear Activity‘Youtube’ Must Erase Anti-Islam Material: KHRS South AsiaAcid [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 00:46:00

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Related Links Mary Carey Selling Breeaast ImplantsSunday, January 11, 2009 Posted by kk group 1 Comments to benefit the Susan G ... horribly misunderstood. What a pathetic bunch of ignorant fools we have become. Consumer junkie credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 14:14:00

Blog Carnival Edition 3

Here is the submission received into the blog carnival edition 3 of The Money Maniac ... at fivecentnickel.com. CreditAddict presents How to Evaluate Balance Transfer Credit Card Offers posted ... Sale? Think Again! posted at Debt Free Destiny. Credit Card Assist presents You Can Prevent Hidden [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 07:43:00

Transcript – Vice Presidential Debate – Palin v. Biden – St. Louis, October 2, 2008

(Source: CNN) WASHINGTON (CNN) — The vice presidential candidates, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden and Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, are debating in St. Louis, Missouri, Thursday night. Gwen Ifill of PBS is the debate moderator. Here is a transcript of that debate: IFILL: Good evening from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 03:04:42

Remove Tax Lien

by Matt Douglas If you have a tax lien on your credit report, you should take immediate action to remove it. This is a very bad mark and will lower your score considerably. The first step is to request ... from the bureaus. This means your tax lien will not be verified and the bureau will erase [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 10:29:18

The Reckless Federal Reserve, Bernard Madoff and Elihu Root: Lessons for Today

The Federal Reserve has now moved to escalate even further its inflationary jihad in a vain and highly dangerous attempt to “stimulate” the economy ... credit markets and economic activity.” Wall Street that day did handsprings. . . . Economic [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 22:14:32

Best of Bash.Org >> Top 100 Quotes

#5273 +(30070)- hm. I’ve lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can’t figure out where in my apartment it is. #4281 +(27779)- get up get on up get up get on up and DANCE * nmp3bot dances > Top 100 Quotes" />> Top 100 Quotes" /> - * nmp3bot dances > Top 100 Quotes" />> Top 100 Quotes" /> |- * nmp3bot dances > Top 100 Quotes" />> Top 100 Quotes" /> /- i’m going to become rich and famous [more...]

Date: 2009-09-17 18:03:43

The "Must Read" Blog Posts of 2008 - Compiled with the help of my Twitter mates

I ask a simple question, and I get a simple answer (173 answers to be specific). It all started out with me thinking of some of the posts that we wrote here at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, that probably only got read by a dozen or so people. I thought that I'm probably not alone in this, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 11:00:00

Sarah Palin Joe Biden vice presidential debate. Transcript

Transcript courtesy Federal News Service VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEBATE PARTICIPANTS: SENATOR JOSEPH BIDEN (D-DE), DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, AND GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN (R-AK), REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE MODERATOR: GWEN IFILL, HOST OF "WASHINGTON WEEK" WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 9:00 P.M [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 04:30:28

How To Recovery From Foreclosure

While the government bails out big businesses, whos bailing you out? ... not fool ourselves and let me highlight the fact that when a foreclosure occurs, that persons credit profile takes a major hit. As a matter of fact, when the following list of credit derogatories [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:39:28

Do The Best Credit Repair Services Improve Your Credit Score?

by Leona Allen The best credit repair services won’t create false hope for a “miracle cure”, ... that claim they can help you erase bad credit, or offer guarantees to raise your credit score ... but they definitely do help with the sometimes overwhelming task of improving your credit score [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 11:09:44

The Biggest Four Credit Mistakes

The Biggest Four Credit Mistakes Written by Credit Karma January 13th, 2009 at 8:20 PM CST No comments grace Your credit score is an important number in your life. It is the key to loans and mortgages, so long as it is well cared for. Managing your finances to ensure a favorable credit score [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 02:21:53

No Extra Credit

During my school years, I had many an opportunity to earn extra credit ... at other times during the year. It could help cover a bad paper or a bad test. My grade at the end ... I got wrong or didn’t do, and then adding the extra credit. With extra credit, it would be possible [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 07:00:41

300

By the looks of it, you seem to think that im writing another movie review. Err! This movies’ best days are now gone ... , the keys where already pressed so lets just put it that way. And i can’t afford to erase em ya [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:53:57

Paid for by the Alaska Democratic Party: Alaska Dems Credit Palin with Killing Bridge to Nowhere

Yes, it was in the act of fighting Ted Stevens, but they did give Palin credit for killing the bill: ... Democrats gave credit to Gov. Palin for helping to kill the Bridge to Nowhere. “Gov. Sarah Palin ... have connected the Alaska mainland with Gravina Island (population: 50).” When good oppo goes bad! Gravina [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 03:14:16

[IMG Daily Kos]

SUBSCRIBE! If you use ad blocking software while viewing Daily Kos, you're getting all the benefits of our site but we're not getting any of the advertisement revenue associated with your visits. This site relies on ad revenue for daily operations: [more...]

Date: 2008-06-21 11:20:05

Nobody Does it Better

One thing that the world needs more of is songs that sound like they're from a James Bond movie soundtrack ... is "stripped naked and tied to a seat-less chair..." Director: Uh huh. Producer: And then the bad guy [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 08:03:00

FTC Helps With Your New Years Resolution to Manage Debt

Information from the Federal Trade Commission to Help You Manage Debt: Knee Deep in Debt Having trouble paying your bills? ... , consider these options: realistic budgeting, credit counseling from a reputable organization, debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 17:45:34

The New Democratic Party

On the other end of the political spectrum, the Democratic Party is arguably at its greatest strength in decades ... , increasingly politically aware, and above all else, motivated, a very bad sign for GOP supporters. Led [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:54:19

DrumBeat: September 13, 2008

OPEC cut decision proving ineffective - Khelil ALGIERS (Reuters) - OPEC's decision to cut output is proving ineffective against speculators, its president Chakib Khelil said on Saturday, adding its next gathering in December would hopefully take more "practical" steps [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 13:19:52

CHART ATTACK!: 1/15/83

Welcome back to CHART ATTACK!, all new for 2009! This year we’ll be doing much like we’ve done in the past: ... we have to give credit to Mr. Gibb for wisely handing out his songs to other vocalists at a time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:30:34

Erase Bad Credit

by John Cooper If you have bad credit there is hope ... from your credit. To dispute an item you must create a dispute letter and send it to each credit ... to repair your credit. You can have a good credit score by removing derogatory items and building [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:52:30

Findlaw Case Summaries: Criminal Law and Procedure

To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S ... Defendant's allegedly involuntary guilty plea, and committed no error in failing to credit defendant [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 19:29:57

Of Cold Wars and Styes

Once upon a time, when we were young and childish, WY and I had a cold war that lasted a year.ONE WHOLE YEAR! ... so stupidi think i tried to erase it from my memoryBei’s ROM was many moons ago and in case you’re [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 01:51:00

Some Still Offer Car Loans After Bankruptcy

Car loans after bankruptcy is among the secured loans you will have to qualify for. Through this no only you can pursue with a car loan, but you can erase you bad credit history. The following facts will help you better dealing with bankruptcy car loan. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-21 11:55:37

The PRE-PLANNED Financial/Economic 911 of 2008

The PRE-PLANNED Financial/Economic 911 of 2008 Tags: ECONOMY For the uninitiated, ... is impossible to erase. Sep 23 17:07 What the latest bailout plan means By: malterwitty Tags ... POLL - What should Congress do with the $700 billion proposal to take pressure off the credit markets [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 00:33:40

The economy

CNN By Stephen Gandel and Paul J. Lim Last Updated: October 9, 2008: 12: ... with easy credit, snapped up properties as if they were playing Monopoly. As prices soared, buyers [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 18:40:36

10 technologies that cybercriminals love to exploit

Cybercriminals can go after your users in any number of ways, and the results can be devastating ... of those same technologies have also made it easier for cybercriminals — the bad guys who use the ‘Net [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 13:52:19

Suggestion #19: Consider a few CRACKPOT ITEMS

Concluding this series of “unusual suggestions for America and the Obama Administration.) ... and tax breaks for the rich won’t worsen deficits, but will erase them! It will stimulate the economy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 03:20:00

Be Careful With Your Credit Card

Be Careful With Your Credit Card Be Careful With Your Credit Card Bad credit is scary. You should be careful with your credit card or you will end up with bad credit. There are some tips that may help you about bad credit. The major reason for bad credit is paying your bills on time [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 06:44:54

The Pain Factor (The Wrestler)

Following a credit sequence which introduces the illustrious career of professional wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson through a series of fight posters, The Wrestler opens with the words "20 years [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 05:01:03

A Frightened President Tries to Scare American Public on Bailout

Huffington Post, TheNation.com. Posted September 25, 2008 ... businesses that had made bad decisions and that the rescue is not aimed at saving individual companies [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 21:43:56

Curbed University: Buy v. Rent, Game On

Curbed University is our new NYC real estate how-to section ... for the downpayment and closing costs and the credit score to qualify for a mortgage, what sort of broker [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 18:17:21

Watch Out For Credit Repair Scams

July 30, 2009 | By Rodger Strouden In Finance | by Tawana RashingYou’ve probably heard or seen a ton of credit repair advertisements promising perfect credit reports in months. They typically use language such as ?Credit problems? No problem!? and ?Erase your bad credit, 100% guaranteed.’ Unfortunately, these promises are not only impossible, but usually illegal as well.The bad news is – any company claiming credit repair is that easy is a scam, plain and simple. [more...]

Date: 2009-07-30 09:50:09

Mortgage Confidential: Co-borrowers' good credit won't erase your bad

Mortgage Confidential: Co-borrowers' good credit won't erase your bad David Reed Jul 17th 2008 Filed under: Real Estate, ... who had the bad credit. Lenders understood that, just like other consumer loans, if something went awry ... , "I've got terrible credit but my Uncle said he would co-sign for me" and we would put together [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 20:01:06

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