A Lightning Bolt Struck a Housing Bubble...

...and created financial dinosaurs. Who believed this would happen? Me, for one, and Peter Schiff. (However, if Schiff envisioned a time frame for the collapse, I had no clue about such a steep slide happening so quickly. However, by the time that I received the news that my hours were to be cut, I was not surprised at all.) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 02:32:01

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Stem Cells Undo Birth Defects

Repairing damage: Neural stem cells, tagged green with a fluorescent dye, have been transplanted among the brain cells (red) ... suffered by heroin-damaged mice. Credit: Joseph Yanai By injecting stem cells ... into what's needed to repair the defect. They are doing my job, in a way."Yanai and his colleagues [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:23:00

I'm Joe the Plumber (Part II) "It's the socialism, stupid!"

Here's a new ad from the McCain campaign: And here's my story. You see, I really am Joe the Plumber, too... Hi, my name is Doug the welder ... business, and Joe isn’t quite there yet, the “dream” or goal of independence and self-reliance continues. Having started our small business with my wife during the recession of the late Eighties/early [more...]

Date: 2008-10-23 13:50:50

FICTION - BIONIC BOYFRIEND - AMOR PRIMO

           "Last call for flight 714 with non stop service to Las Vegas," the voice of the effeminate flight attendant crackled over the sound system.     With a sigh Twenty-one year old Justus Montgomery lifted his satchel and laptop case, swinging them both over his shoulder. "Well," he swallowed hard. "I guess this is it [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 06:48:50

What's Next for the Economy

BLOG What's Next for the Economy I've been talking with quite a few people who are knowledgeable about the economy lately, ... , home repair, sewing, cooking) Create your own entertainment instead of buying it Learn how to buy ... increases) for staple goods (food, energy) and land; Agricultural crisis in 2009 Grow your own, using [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 06:12:19

The blog that saved Christmas

This is great:But in June, Daniel got sick. After several tests, ... . As a new employee of Bank of America, he had not accrued enough paid time off to keep his job as a credit ... we received that letter, it was like, 'Oh my God, what are we going to do?' " Daniel Sampson said [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 19:50:00

Research Resources

Research Resources (ResearchResources.info) is a Subject Tracer™ Information Blog developed and created by the Virtual Private Library™. It is designed to bring together the latest resources and sources on an ongoing basis from the Internet for research which are listed below [more...]

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

Appraisal Fraud and Industry Standards Described in 2003 Official White Paper-RED FLAGS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL WITH EXCELLENT DIAGRAMS EXPLANATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF BEST PRACTICES

loan_origination_mortgage_fraud_ffiecloan_origination_mortgage_fraud_prevention_response_nelsonRed Flags • Critical loan processing activities, such as  verification of income, employment, or deposit, is delegated to brokers. • Delegated underwriting allowed for correspondents that are new or lack an established track record with the FI [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 15:33:10

Lewis and Einhorn - repairing the financial world

Michael Lewis's Portfolio.com essay remains best summary to date of the Collapse of '08. Today he returns, joined by David Einhorn, with a prescription for change published in the NYT OpEd page. It's an extraordinarily long editorial, here I excerpt the key ideas. Emphases mine. The End of the Financial World as We Know It - NYTimes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 04:54:29

Bank Crash - Economics 101

Seen the news lately? Banks closing left and right, the government stepping in to bail some banks out ... . If Mega-Corporations, like banks and mortgage companies, report massive profits this makes politicians look good. The news reports “Stocks are up, banks report growth again.” It makes you feel [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 12:00:00

Balls to 2009

Okay, nth time lucky. Hopefully I'll finish this bastard Balls to 2009 post this time ... As We Know It and How to Repair a Broken Financial World, well good on you. The recommendations in the latter article ... . Of course to take the piss out the ratings agencies. And why are Credit Default Swaps still legal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:20:00

How To Break Away From The Debt Prison, Forever!

By Tom Graneau Americans are plagued with personal financial problems ... finance is the most common platform for human errors. Many of us have purchased more “stuff” on credit ... . Mistakes are part of the developmental stages of life. We make errors in every segment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:03:11

Do You Feel Stimulated?

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has released a draft of the proposed stimulus package that is now standing at around $825 billion.  It didn’t take too long to grow $50 over what Obama was asking for (read draft here).  Needless to say, that in order to get bi-partisanship off on the right foot, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:54:11

Credit Card Offers For People With Bad Credit Or Poor Credit History

Updated List Of The Best Secured and Unsecured Bad Credit Cards For Credit Improvement Credit card usage is a fact of life whether you agree with ... has morphed into a mish mash variety of credit card rewards, airline credit card miles, and balance ... room reservations to car rental bookings. Credit card numbers are also necessary for frequent [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 18:01:07

The End of the Financial World as We Know It

This is the best article I have seen on describing not the financial crisis, which is a symptom, but the demise of our nation’s value system and lack of leadership. I am in search constantly of “the why” behind this crisis, why people have gotten so greedy at the expense of others, why enough is never enough [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:09:15

Is the other shoe about to drop?

According to a December 14, 2008 segment of 60 Minutesentitled “The Mortgage Meltdown, ... is that most of the air has already leaked out of this bubble, but the bad news is that another, perhaps ... option ARM” mortgages. (See below for a brief explanation of each.) Credit Suisse estimates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:43:00

All You Ever Wanted to Know About Emergency Funds (But Were Afraid to Ask)

This is a guest post from Dylan Ross. Dylan is a long-time member of the Get Rich Slowly community: a frequent commenter and occasional guest author ... repairs, legal defenses, travel to attend a funeral, natural disasters, and so on. Figure how much [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 13:00:06

Innovation from Constraint (the extended dance mix)

I gave a talk a few weeks ago in Barcelona that was pretty well-received and widely blogged. Specifically, several bloggers have picked up and amplified the seven key points I offered in the talk - a list of principles that I believe characterize much of the best innovation coming out of Africa [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 20:45:09

Recession Proof Small Businesses

In times of economic trouble people’s minds turn to recession proof small businesses as career ideas There are some recession proof small businesses ... : consumer credit counseling services; companies that repair credit; headhunters, temp agencies or other ... to fix it. If you have repair or handyman skills [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:00:30

How Time Travel Works (and doesn’t) in Back To The Future [BTTF Week]

Arguably, no movie involving time travel can ever actually make sense in the realm of continuity. I have to give tremendous credit to the Back To The Future writers for taking it on in the first [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:38:31

Remove Late Payments from Your Credit Report

by Matt Douglas Late payments are not equal; a 90 day or 120 day late pay will cause a large amount of damage and is seen as a very negative mark by ... amount of time it can stay on your report. The Fair Credit Reporting Act says this and many collection ... to do it on your behalf. This mark will stay on your report for a maximum of seven years. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:26:08

Reviews On Nikon - Coolpix 10.1-Megapixel Digital Camera

With a thesis on money laundering, a certain law student frequently used Google to find her online references ... to repair problem with the internet or the search engine were dashed as the glitch refused ... activity, spyware is frequently used for purposes such as gathering credit card information [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:06:56

News and Commentary

Children Heavily Represented Among 917 Dead, Say Officialsby Michael Jansen - Irish Times / Common DreamsHealth officials in Gaza said yesterday that the Palestinian death toll since Israel began its offensive against the Strip on December 27th had reached 917 and the number of wounded 4,100 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 08:42:00

Bailout (of rum, arrows, race tracks)

by Frank James What do rum, motorsport race tracks and wooden arrows used by kids all have in common? The financial markets bailout bill, that's what. Taxpayers for Common Sense has compiled a handy list of what it called the top ten tax-related provisions in the financial-markets bailout bill passed yesterday by the Senate and they include [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 19:05:21

Valuing My Finger

Common dogma has it that no value can be placed on a human being. Our lives are priceless. So are our bodies ... like this: 1) Injury occurs. 2) Decide whether you can fix it yourself. Can you duct tape, superglue ... up the finger again to repair the severed nerve and tendon [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 21:00:09

January 10 2009: Hornswoggled Absquatulation

Russell Lee Tobaccy Candy 1940 Pool hall, Shasta County, California Ilargi: The revolving doors between Washington and Wall Street are swinging like never before. Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin are the finance powerhouses in the upcoming Obama administration. They were in the exact same place 10 years ago [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:28:00

Hottestproducts.net

Do you shop online? If so, now is the right time to check what's in and what's hot on hottestproducts.net ... Resources, Children Credit Repair Programs, Customer Service Software, Dating on the Internet, Diets, DIY, Dog Training, Dropshipping, Ebay Selling Guides, Ebook Directory, Employment, Exercise Training [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:29:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/9/2008

Don’t miss Bill Ayers’ op-ed in the Toronto Star.Also worth looking at: the “Axis of Evil” countries love Obama. Kenya is expecting a quid pro quo from its favorite son. Corzine is rumored to be in line for Treasury. And the recession hits China.Thanks to Abu Elvis, C [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 04:33:00

Some Facts About Prepaid Credit Cards

Before using a prepaid credit card you have to pay for it, thus the self-explanatory identification on the card ... in case you default on the payments.The prepaid credit card can help establish credit or repair bad credit ... are eligible.Although you may get instant approval on these prepaid credit cards, there could be restrictions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 08:17:06

Allenism, Taylorism and the Day I Rode the Thundercloud

News flash: I was just interviewed (you can listen here) along with David Allen, the man himself, about this article, by Karen Hammer at KGNU. If any listeners found their way here after the show, welcome to ribbonfarm! If you are interested in having some fun organizing your life, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:36:19

Data Recovery And Why It Is Always Best Left To The Experts

In recent times with the “Credit Crunch” beginning to bite a lot of people may well be tempted to try to repair or recover their data from a failed ... with electronic failures This software will of course not be able to help and if the drive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:23:27

Wiping out my savings is one thing. Wiping out Bubbie and Zadie's is something else entirely

the now-famous video of me and Madoff and his employee Josh Stampfli misses. All that talk in the video about how Madoff makes money and what his dealings with the SEC are like relates to his brokerage business, which was a pillar of the Nasdaq system and was, as far as anybody knows at this point, on the up and up [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 12:04:47

Bring Back the Bull Moose!

Copyright Protected. All rights reserved. By Judah Benjamin, Guest Author OK, Folks, Some of us are former (?) Democrats, some of us are moderate (?) ... that both major parties are broken beyond all reasonable hope of repair and that Obama is a symptom [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 02:06:21

Say it ain't so, Gov. Palin!

Please tell me, Gov. Palin, that you aren't allowing ANOTHER community within your state to freeze because the price of heating oil is so high ... grasp of said bloggers, then this just makes you about THE most self-centered, narcissistic bitch. EVER [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:05:00

NYT ~ The End of the Financial World as We Know It

AMERICANS enter the New Year in a strange new role: financial lunatics. We’ve been viewed by the wider world with mistrust and suspicion on other matters, but on the subject of money even our harshest critics have been inclined to believe that we knew what we were doing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 21:15:08

Laws in Credit Repair

Laws in Credit Repair There are certain laws issued for people that have bad credit and to know these laws is important to protect all those ... and finding a solution to repair your credit. Problems do not go away, rather they add up more problems. Credit repair is a deduction so you do not want [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:05:26

January New and Notable

THE PIANO TEACHER, by Janice Lee Ten years after World War II causes the demise of a love affair between an Englishman and a Eurasian socialite, Claire Pendleton is hired by the wealthy Chen family as a piano instructor, falls in love with the Englishman, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:26:23

The Hollow Men

British financial historian Niall Ferguson recently coined the term “Chimerica” to describe the growing economic interdependence between the United ... was then invested in the U.S., which kept interest rates in the U.S. low and provided easy credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 00:51:42

Federal Government Takes Desperate Measures to Save Itself

Federal Government Takes Desperate Measures to Save Itself Posted September 19th, 2008 by Michael Nystrom So, ... in the creation of cheap credit that inflated our stock and bond markets, our housing markets ... , but the illusion has been shattered and the system broken beyond repair. No amount of government [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 18:49:22

Latest News in Debt Consolidation - Jan 15, 2009

debt consolidation, counseling, settlement and elimination - Allentown Mornin… 14 Jan 2009 at 1: ... ; Consolidation of Redundant Labor, Facilities and Contractual Expenses Contribute … Credit Solutions ... - (Business Wire) Credit Solutions set a new industry record this month, settling $800 million [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:55:16

Corporate Bonds

The corporate bond market is a broken shattered vessel and a shoddy reminder of its once mighty and powerful self ... as trading to successfully clear the market. So the 5 year priced nearly 180 basis points cheap to outstandings and the 10 year traded about 155 cheap to comparable paper. This is for the debt o [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 19:36:38

DeLorean that is exotic and mysterious. What is not exotic or mysterious is the method of its conception. Whilst changing a light bulb in the bathroom, Dr. Emmett Brown fell and struck his head upon the toilet. And then he saw it. The Flux Capacitor. Time travel [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:58:50

Explainer: How the Senate Rescue Bill Is Different

Explainer: How the Senate Rescue Bill Is Different By Ben Pershing Two days after the House failed to pass a financial rescue bill, sending the stock market into free fall, the Senate will take its own shot tonight by voting on a measure with extra sweeteners designed to attract additional votes [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 17:10:57

Millions at risk of foreclosure fraud

Angela Carter outside the Chicago home she may lose because, she says, she fell for a foreclosure rescue scam. ( ... . The problem is so bad that in Portland, Ore., local police now automatically send a letter [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 09:00:00

Top Ten Political Lessons in 2008

Top Ten Political Lessons in 2008 Peter Wehner - 12.29.2008 - 12:00 AM 1. Sheer talent beats everything else, including front-runner status. At the outset of the 2008 campaign, Hillary Clinton was the prohibitive favorite. She had a large lead in money, organization, endorsements, and the polls [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 05:00:42

Barack Obama's speech in Dayton, Ohio

Remarks of Senator Barack Obama (as prepared for delivery) ... for that new car or that startup-business or that college you’ve dreamed of attending. And if you’ve invested ... from Wall Street to Washington. And the truth is, it will take more than a few days to repair [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 15:45:49

Volcom Coney Island Ls Shirt Black Womenaposs

Do it, and then do it again and again and again. * If someone bids $22 ... to refer to it. Of course, I’m not suggesting that infidelity is a good way to strengthen your marriage, but the steps taken to repair the marriage are of value at all times in any marriage. In the end [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:35:14

Words from the (investment) wise 12.28.08

Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008 ... s exuberance), but also still be battling with the implications of the credit crisis for the global economy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 12:31:33

Misunderstanding Credit and Housing Crises: Blaming the CRA, GSEs

"It's telling that, amid all the recent recriminations, even lenders have not fingered CRA ... has been the meme that the entire housing and credit crisis traces to the the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977. An alternative zombie myth is the credit crisis is due to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. A 1999 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 11:00:00

Diy Data Recovery Is Not As Cheap As It First Appears

Diy Data Recovery Is Not As Cheap As It First Appears Posted by: Gadgeteer in Computers In recent times with the “Credit Crunch” beginning to bite a lot of people may well be tempted to try to repair or recover their data from a failed hard disk drive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:18:55

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