Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/5/2008

USABailout Bill Loops in Green Tech, IRS SnoopingCrowds Again Gather to Pray Before Image in WindowElection Precinct in Islamic Center That Hosted Extremist’s VisitMilitant Obama Youth March to ‘Alpha, Omega’ ChantN.Y. Times Whitewashes Obama-Ayers ConnectionRacism Without Racists Europe and the EUExtradition Bid Raises Fears of ‘Thought Crime’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 00:49:00

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Time for Democrats to Jettison Leaky Cargo

The fact that "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones called Republicans a bunch of assholes doesn't bother me at all. I've heard worse from some of my relatives. The fact that we have a Green Jobs Czar bothers me more than a little. We might as well have a Minister of Fairies. It turns out that we do have a Minister of Fairies. Here is a note from the Washington Times : Mr. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-04 04:25:01

Laughable "Loans" to Prevent a Bust

by The Mogambo Guru When I woke up, it was morning, which meant that the economic world did not blow apart during the night, ... money and credit by Alan Greenspan and his misbegotten Federal Reserve ("the boom"), and the rest ... , because while Total Fed Credit went down by a massive $19.3 billion dollars last week, I am strangely [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 21:10:21

Let Me Rephrase

I almost added more to the haiku explaining why I was pondering how a place like Tulsa with so very many wonderfully friendly people could also have so much more crime per capita than most places I've lived (higher compared to the Portland, Oregon area from where I just moved and so much higher than the national average) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 06:01:00

High density good or bad?

In comments a couple of posts back, I noted how the writer of the Slate article about environmentalism claimed that the "greenest" ... in energy use would be that small apartments don't take much energy to heat or cool, and are insulated by the other apartments around them. On the other hand, suburban gardens and plants must be given [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 21:11:00

Falling Out Of A Bed That Gets Higher Every Day

The Herald Tribune reports from Florida. “Mark Brivik, a real estate investor who made a living buying, fixing up and selling houses on Longboat Key and other parts of Southwest Florida, has filed ... off her credit cards and ripped them up.” Still, even without credit card debt, Lesso is struggling [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 14:34:43

DrumBeat: September 28, 2008

Are we running on empty: It's critical for Hawaii to identify another source of energy beyond the usual suspects Oil prices are spiraling upward with no end in sight. Consumers are pinching pennies to fill their cars with gasoline, and airlines are going bankrupt amid skyrocketing fuel costs [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 14:14:15

New Year, New Hope: Plan to Get Ready to Surf the Big Wave

First of all, I would like to apologise for not posting in this past few days. I’m not being lazy, but actually I spend more time with my family and ‘trying hard’ to cut myself from the Internet, including blogging. In my free time, instead of blogging, I create mini plans that will guide me throughout 2009 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 04:03:18

The Bottom Card In The House Of Cards

Some housing bubble news from Wall Street and Washington. Bloomberg, “Contracts to buy previously owned U.S ... . The lender set aside $900 million to cover bad loans in the quarter as mortgages made in once-booming warm ... of its employees and will no longer offer fixed-rate home mortgages, Michael W. Perry, the bank’ [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 18:40:25

There Will Come A Bust In Every Boom

The Rocky Mountain News reports from Colorado. “One out of every four previously owned homes purchased in the Denver area during the heart of the summer sales season was a foreclosure. And in Adams County, one out of every two homes closed from mid-June to the end of July was a foreclosure sold by a bank or other lender, [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 15:15:06

Same Old Mistakes, Different Day

Gustav threatens to shut down the oil rigs in the Gulf…trying to explain the mysteries of market cycles over dinner ... of new apartments on France's Mediterranean coast. He wanted practical answers. "Is there enough demand for those new apartments?" we asked mischievously. "Well, there used to be…until recently… [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 20:12:43

There Was Way Too Much Blue Sky In The Price

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “To surrounding residents, the vacant home and the cleared field around it are a safety hazard and breeding ground for mischief. Neighbors hear gunshots late at night, and the area has become a dumping ground, littered with crushed beer cans and spent fireworks [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 20:23:24

Things to Consider If You Can't Afford Your Payment

I read a lot of the info. you have on your web page ... thank you. I don't live in San Diego so I'm not looking for a home. What I am trying to decide is whether to sell or refinance. I live in DELETED. My mortgage payments are now approx. $2,400. I cannot afford to refinance into a fixed rate mortgage or interest only [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 15:23:29

A profile of the subprime mortgage mess

The Wall Street Journal had a piece yesterday that offers a glimpse into the life and profile of a person who received a sub prime mortgage. She had no business receiving one. Her credit was a disaster. She already had creditors coming ... and Maxine Waters pull at the heartstrings and argue that everyone deserves a home. Apartments are homes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 15:09:34

Worthy Nods

Photo Courtesy of Rollins Financial: Prolific Progeny of Daisy & ShaftThis week's Worthy Nods from the news and from around the blogs .. ... to just under 3 percent for the first half of this year. They also favor a tax credit of up to $22,000 ... of why the big freeze is still on for credit. Under the current economic conditions there's little [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:15:00

Barack Obama: The Naked Emperor

By: David Icke I am writing this in the last days of 2008 as I watch with dismay as vast numbers of people across the world, including many who should know better, have been duped by the mind-game called Operation Obama. Even people with some understanding of the conspiracy have said things like: 'Well, at least he's not Bush' and 'Well, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 16:57:06

Going Home

With all the fits and starts customary to Sony, the long-awaited and -maligned and -mocked Home online social service opened it’s expensive polygon gates yesterday to the PS3-owning masses. They tend to call these things a roll-out, and roll-out it did, in exactly the manner a flaming earthbound meteor would roll-out, which is to say, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 17:04:41

Going Home

With all the fits and starts customary to Sony, the long-awaited and -maligned and -mocked Home online social service opened it’s expensive polygon gates yesterday to the PS3-owning masses. They tend to call these things a roll-out, and roll-out it did, in exactly the manner a flaming earthbound meteor would roll-out, which is to say, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 16:43:28

The Wait Continues

The Eagle Tribune reports from Massachusetts. “The number of new homes being built in Salem has hit a 30-year low ... They’re waiting until the demand for new houses picks up,’ Mackey said.” “The bad economy has put ... and the rest of New England. ‘It’s clear that the market was overbuilt,’ he said. ‘Easy credit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 15:25:58

DrumBeat: January 13, 2009

DrumBeat: January 13, 2009 Analysis: Global power demand to languish in 2009 The outlook for energy commodities this year remains grim, says a new report from Merril Lynch. Neither cold winter temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere nor a steep fall in the price of energy have provided much support to the demand for oil, natural gas or coal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:06:24

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/13/2008

My favorite story tonight is the one about the Bedouin tribe in north Israel who claim Barack Hussein Obama as a long-lost member.Should be an interesting family reunion…Thanks to Abu Elvis, C. Cantoni, Diana West, Insubria, JD, Kahane loyalist, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 04:59:00

This Isn’t An Aberrant Market, It Is The Market

A report from Crains New York. “Manhattan’s residential real estate market frenzy is fizzling ... number. You’ll get a lot more push back from buyers in those apartments, ‘ Ms. Liebman said.” ... closings were new condominiums, some of which went into contract before turmoil hit the credit markets [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 14:35:05

2008: An Emotional Year in Review

2008: An Emotional Year in Review I know it’s customary to “predict” the future, but frankly, I think we need to look back and realize just how remarkable and stressful the year 2008 was. No one called it The Great Depression in 1929, and my guess is that it will take 5 years or more for historians to label 2008 as a turning point when [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 20:44:01

Can we afford the rich anymore?

The Scotsman: The former Masters of the Universe will never know what it’s like to live in a subprime home ... out to be a bad call. He was ousted last October as the first waves of the credit crunch struck ... though they had been worth $582 million last November before the credit crunch hurricane struck. Chuck [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 03:52:58

Don't Bail out Wall Street; Re-invigorate Main Street

Needless to say, Messrs. Paulson and Bernanke's $700 billion rescue package has ruffled a few feathers on Wall Street, Main Street, ... are losing sight of the main point: frozen credit markets inhibit small and large businesses from borrowing money, people of all economic strata from buying apartments and houses, and those [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 04:57:37

Expat Living - The Credit Crunch In Spain

Ten years after it was launched, the euro is propelling Spain towards disaster ... and restaurants ’space’ is outdoors. So if the weather is bad (which it is very infrequently) then trade suffers. Would be unfair to blame this on the credit crunch though, although global warming may [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:40:39

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13, 2009

THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, ... ANIMATED DOPPLER STORM RADARNortheast Next Snowstorm CANADA WEATHER WARNINGSNEW BRUNSWICK & MAINE BORDER WAIT TIMESALL OF ATLANTIC CANADA STORM WARNINGS:This Site GIVES you the news as it happens, 24 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 00:21:00

DrumBeat: January 13, 2009

Analysis: Global power demand to languish in 2009 The outlook for energy commodities this year remains grim, says a new report from Merril Lynch. Neither cold winter temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere nor a steep fall in the price of energy have provided much support to the demand for oil, natural gas or coal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:34

Buying the Wrong House

One way to understand the collapse of the real estate bubble (and our current financial mess) is as a massive case of bad decision-making ... banks who bought subprime debt, the credit rating agencies who gave that debt high ratings, the mortgage brokers who gave out shady loans to people with bad credit, etc. But, in the end, the bubble [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 15:04:37

Bloomberg Wants More Power at World Trade Center Site

yesterday's unveiling of the diminutive September 11 Memorial and Museum Pavilion design, developer Larry Silverstein and friends also released a slew of new construction images from the WTC site, spanning the past several years. Many photos inexplicably reached us undated, but where available, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 14:13:55

MORE REVELATIONS FROM THE LAKEHOUSE

“More Revelations From the Lakehouse” The Epitome of Harassment, Internet Version, ... persons that surround my job, and it appears 2B getting worse, and also, is always extra bad on top ... figures beyond those of any jackpot and Powerball lottery winners. Do not ever give me credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 02:18:00

Change We Can Believe In: Dodd Still In Power, Rangel Not So 'Neighborly' With His Own Taxes

Is this the Change You Can Believe In, whereas Senator Obama is quick to blame Republicans for every challenge this nation faces, ... the 'credit crunch'. In February of 2007, Merrill Lynch, then under the of Obama supporter, Stanley Price, announced the write-off of billions of dollars due to bad mortgages. The markets took a hit [more...]

Date: 2008-09-20 10:10:00

Christmas Potpourri and Holiday Shopping Update

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. Here are a few headline news reports of interest from the past couple days.U.S. Store Traffic Fell 24% on Pre-Christmas WeekendU.S. retail store traffic fell 24 percent last weekend from a year earlier as deepened discounts failed to entice consumers to spend during what may be the [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 03:52:00

The Fool on the Mountain, The Fool on the Hill

I’d like to wish a Happy New Year to all of Alastor’s visitors, and the fervent hope that 2009 will be better than last. All things told, that shouldn’t be too hard to accomplish, as 2008 was pretty bad. This year ... and (b) their properties are “no-pets”. Earlier, I’d hunted for apartments in my affordable-price range [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 00:29:22

Loving Life in La Tavola Marche

T oday’s interview is not only inspirational (people doing what they love) but it’s delicious.  Delicious to read, delicious to look at.  Hell, it’s Italy – what did you expect?  Welcome Ashley and Jason.  Read on…. Can we start with a quick introduction on how you two managed to end up in La Tavola Marche? [more...]

Date: 2009-09-03 12:00:04

Rising Default Risk In Pro-Forma Commercial Loans

The bond market is reeling from rising default risk in Pro-Forma Commercial Mortgages ... Federal Credit Union in New York. “They were underwritten with outlandish expectations on rents ... are starting to turn bad. In New York City, Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, a housing complex in downtown [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 03:34:00

Housing Grants for Disabled People

Housing Grants for Disabled People by Constance NagaguchiIf you are a disabled person looking to fix up your home or buy a new home, you probably know that to do these things would cost money. Luckily though, the government helps the disabled through government run programs. There are government housing grants for the disabled available that can help you in those endeavors. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-23 10:21:14

Barack Obama: The Naked Emperor

By David Icke PLEASE CIRCULATE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. THE LINK TO SEND PEOPLE IS: WWW.DAVIDICKE.COM/OBAMA I am writing this in the last days of 2008 as I watch with dismay as vast numbers of people across the world, including many who should know better, have been duped by the mind-game called Operation Obama [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 16:43:36

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/5/2009

Read through the official European reactions to Israel’s ground offensive into Gaza: Zapatero, the Vatican, ... Gaza, the Vatican Raises the White FlagItaly Urges Gaza TruceItaly: Verona to Target Home Sex ... in DemonstrationsGush Katif Expulsion Victim Returns ‘Home’ as SoldierHave Israelis Finally Learned the Strategic Value [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 04:54:00

As One CEE Country After Another Visits The IMF Sick Room, Will Poland Be Next?

Yesterday, the Ukraine received a USD16.5bn loan from the IMF and the IMF at the same time said that it would agree with the Hungarian government on a rescue package in the coming days. Under normally circumstances this would be good news for CEE assets. However, it seems like the markets are totally giving up on CEE [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 17:33:31

The Tragedy of H.R. Crawford Is the City’s Tragedy Too

In response to his paper’s exhaustive auditing of H.R ... who have political, personal or financial connections to him.” Crawford has his good and bad side ... me just say it: It is not shocking that residents either don’t come back to their redeveloped apartments [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 18:45:00

Fixing Housing & Finance: 30/20/10 Proposal

A Modest Proposal: The housing crisis worsened over the summer of 2008, prompting Congress to debate various bailout proposals ... to the credit crisis. The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the nationalization of AIG were the results ... or administrative or budgetary review. It is fraught with moral hazard, rewarding bad judgment [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 11:30:25

Gary Shilling: "Collapse on Schedule (with video)

Um.......Sadly, I think he may be right. It does bode well for large caps though. A sluggish economy will crush the smaller firms and startups as credit tightens ans results are muted. I think the play here is buying the monsters in sectors.. Here is a great interview [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 10:21:00

Overkilling in Islam: Kill and kill some more, and you’ll get rewarded

Muhammad’s alter ego is found frolicking in his brothel. The surah is called the “Apartments” ... was the two-dozen interconnected apartments, or bedrooms, that had been built for his wives, concubines, and sex slaves. The “Apartments” surah begins by putting Muslims in their place, although by doing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:09:12

Obama : El emperador desnudo , por David Icke

Barack Obama: The Naked EmperorBy David IckePLEASE CIRCULATE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. THE LINK TO SEND PEOPLE IS:WWW.DAVIDICKE.COM/OBAMAI am writing this in the last days of 2008 as I watch with dismay as vast numbers of people across the world, including many who should know better, have been duped by the mind-game called Operation Obama [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 21:36:00

Barak Obama: The Naked Emperor

By David Icke PLEASE CIRCULATE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE. THE LINK TO SEND PEOPLE IS: WWW.DAVIDICKE.COM/OBAMA I am writing this in the last days of 2008 as I watch with dismay as vast numbers of people across the world, including many who should know better, have been duped by the mind-game called Operation Obama [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 07:51:49

Sanity Begins Creeping Into Mortgage Lending Market

The New York Times reports that New York's state mortgage financing program, SONYMA, ... of the credit markets.With credit drying up, many banks have begun demanding larger down payments and requiring higher credit scores for borrowers, said Shelia S. Martin, director of program operations [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 21:30:00

Beautiful Americans by Lucy SilagJanuary 17, 2009

Title: Beautiful AmericansAuthor: Lucy SilagRating: 7/10Summary: (Taken from Amazon) ... my credit card. Isn’t that just AWFUL?”. Zack was somewhere inbetween. I would have liked more from his POV ... drawl, Zack could win over anyone. Too bad he’s after the only one who’s forbidden…Scandal– All Alex [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:24:56

Everything Is Priced To Sell In California

The San Francisco Business Times reports from California ... residence for personal use and 5.6 percent of those expect to lose the property over the next year ... Francisco attending a meeting in Tiburon on July 10. ‘They’re going to walk away like they had made a bad [more...]

Date: 2008-07-12 18:19:24

UPDATED: Bank failures/govt nationalization not just a US trend… what’s in common?

SEE UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF POST… While we in the US concentrate only on our ourselves, and what we always perceive to be our failings, ... in as a “white knight” amid a global credit crisis and weakening British housing market. The BBC said B&amp [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 01:07:41

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