The Road to Zimbabwe

By Terry Coxon, Editor, The Casey Report GoldSeek.com Sprinkled among all the official talk about efforts to end the current recession, you’ll hear assurances, notably from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, that when the economy does revive, it won’t be allowed to blast off into runaway inflation. The Fed, we’re being promised, will prevent such a launch by reabsorbing the hundreds of billions of dollars of excess liquidity it recently created to halt the credit crisis. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 12:40:48

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How to Research Debt Collectors & Understand the Law

This is the first guest post in a special How to Fight Debt Collectors series on Bargaineering.com. So you’ve received a debt collection call or letter… In this day and age where you have rampant foreclosures, layoffs and job losses, it is simply inevitable that an individual may come across a debt collector, and frankly even without these external factors, it may just happen by a chance wrong number or even being related to someone going through a hard time financially. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 11:02:18

Looking for Materials About Iva – Find them Here

The main function of any debt management company consists in helping a person head and ears in debts or a business that is burdened by debts to get rid of all the debts. It does not intend a debt management company giving an other loan to pay back the debts. Instead of providing the loan and thus creating more debts, such a company negotiates with all the credit lenders aiming on consolidating the debts of a client into one affordable sum of money which can be repaid in monthly installments. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 15:18:41

Communique Issued and Obama Speaking Now

You can watch him live here: The text of the communique is below. Leaders’ Statement: The Pittsburgh Summit September 24 – 25, 2009 PREAMBLE 1. We meet in the midst of a critical transition from crisis to recovery to turn the page on an era of irresponsibility and to adopt a set of policies, regulations and reforms to meet the needs of the 21st century global economy. 2. When we last gathered in April, we confronted the greatest challenge to the world economy in our generation. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 21:36:12

3 Things To Consider Why Your Organization Needs Debt Scoring For Your Delinquent Debt

by David P. Montana In today’s challenging and difficult economy, organizations of all sizes are facing ever-growing delinquencies in their accounts receivable and expanding debt portfolios. Whereas any organization’s internal collection processes serve an essential role in collecting on past due delinquent accounts, many companies simply don’t have the resources, time and expertise necessary to recover consistently and effectively on these unpaid accounts. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 07:46:42

Iva – The Tips One Should Know About

The main function of any debt management company consists in helping a person head and ears in debts or a business that is burdened by debts to get rid of all the debts. It does not intend a debt management company giving an other loan to pay back the debts. Instead of providing the loan and thus creating more debts, such a company negotiates with all the credit lenders aiming on consolidating the debts of a client into one affordable sum of money which can be repaid in monthly installments. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 09:19:03

5 Tips to Ensure Success in a Debt Management Program

In the United States, a debt management plan is usually offered by a credit counseling agency or a debt relief company to people who need financial advice and guidance to pay off their debts. Under this plan, the professionals assist the debtors to obtain lower interest rates on their debts through proper negotiation processes with the creditors. Can this plan be 100% successful? Not really. Here are some important tips you must take note in order to ensure the success of this particular plan. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 07:16:41

AEI Interns’ Transcripts in Date Order: Their Own First Draft of History

First of all, I want to reemphasize everything Laurie just said. This is not a new threat, and this is not a threat we did not know about. Saddam Hussein has, in many ways, openly dreamed of mass death in the United States. He has shared his dreams with his nation and the world many times. We also know he has actively planned to do so many times, and Laurie’s book is a rather convincing argument that he is active and successfully implemented plans to do so as well. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 08:30:21

Words from the (investment) wise 9.27.09

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009) After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 12:05:27

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

Restore Your FICO Score – Part Two

In our last post, we covered how to begin the process of restoring your FICO score, as well as how changes can affect this score. Now that you are ready to begin, there are a few steps that you will need to take. Many of these steps require diligence on your part and a little hard work. However, they can result not only in a higher FICO score, but also lower interest rates on loans, and a higher chance of getting approved for loans in the future. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 23:46:13

Find Out What Debt Validation Means And Why It’s Important

Imagine getting a phone call or a knock on the door, and when you answer it, a person called Victor says that he been authorized by someone name Joe to collect a debt that you owe him, and it’s true that you do owe somebody called Joe some money. Even if you had the money, and knew that you owed it, would you pay this new person on the scene? I’m pretty sure that you wouldn’t even consider for a moment giving Victor any money, until you were 100% sure that he was really acting on Joe’s behalf. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 20:20:24

No surprise here; FBI and likely other federal agencies abuse the use of National Security Letters. Support the JUSTICE Act unless the Republicans can do better.

I have been railing against the Patriot Act (which is anything but) since its passage and I physically protested same back when AG Ashcroft visited Salt Lake City in circa 2003. Numerous provisions of that Act signed into law by the SOB (Son Of a Bush) were and remain egregious. The Patriot Act assailed our rights on so many fronts, not the least of which was broadening the use of National Security Letters (NSL). [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 19:56:34

Classified: 500,000 More Troops for Afghanistan

Classified McChrystal Report: 500,000 Troops Will Be Required Over Five Years in Afghanistan by Tom Andrews - The Huffington Post/Common Dreams Embedded in General Stanley McChrystal's classified assessment of the war in Afghanistan is his conclusion that a successful counterinsurgency strategy will require 500,000 troops over five years. This bombshell was dropped by NBC reporter Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Wednesday: "The numbers are really pretty horrifying. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 03:02:00

Words from the (Investment) Wise (Sept. 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 14:33:29

ScamBuste 286

NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract payment. Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 08:54:51

Small-cap, mid-cap indices nudge higher

Volatility ruled the roost as the key benchmark indices slipped with investors taking home some cash ahead of a long weekend and with the market open only for three days next week. Mostly lower global stocks also weighed on sentiment. The market remains closed for a public holiday on Monday, 28 September 2009 and again on Friday, 2 October 2009.The BSE 30-share Sensex fell 88.43 points or 0.53%, up about 80 points from the day's low and off close to 120 points from the day's high. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 15:59:00

Discover How To Make The Best Deals With Original Creditors

By Michael Redbourn There are lots of articles around that explain how to talk or not talk to debt collectors and many people think that they should handle negotiations with the original creditor in the same way, and that's absolutely wrong. The original lender doesn't have to help you at all, but if you handle the negotiations in the right way you might save yourself around 45% of your total debt, and you might get the very best comment on your credit report too. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 01:02:09

The Global Carry Trade and the Crimes of Patriots

This article was submitted by The Institutional Risk Analyst “In a government of laws, the existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipotent teacher. For good or ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. If government becomes a lawbreaker it breeds contempt for law: it invites every man to become a law unto himself. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 15:37:24

Loans – Debt Management for Personal Loans

Personal loans can offer individuals a way to have the funds for an array of uses. Some are necessary while others are for pure enjoyment. It is important that you consider the financial obligation that comes with personal loans. Too often, individuals access money quickly then struggle to repay it. If you don\'t have a good budget in place you may find yourself unable to make the payments on your personal loan. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 00:10:39

Re-default nation

The big question looming over the push to rewrite the home loans of people struggling to make payments is whether or not such mortgage ... % of all first mortgages in the U.S. Dugan called the results, part of his agency's new Mortgage Metrics report ... numbers to have since historically we haven't—and problem solving often starts with data collection [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 17:35:26

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:51:48

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:51:48

Interview with Stephen Abraham

As we steadily approach January, by which time President Obama has promised to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and as the Supreme Court, Congress and the nation continue to ponder appropriate outcomes, my latest interview in my series of interviews relevant to “the war on terror” (by my count, the 50th such interview) is with retired Army Reserve Lt. Col. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 15:04:35

2018 - A Vision of the Future

One rainy day earlier this summer, nGenera’s Gov 2.0 Program Director, Dan Herman, locked three summer interns in a room (Ben and Jude, and I) ... now mandatory for any agency that received government funds. They gave citizens access ... account from UniBank. It had low credit rates and high savings rates. Donald thought it sounded good [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 14:35:13

Flash Point: South Ossetia (12 August) - Small Wars Journal NEWS Moscow Agrees To Georgia Truce - Peter Finn, Washington Post Russia said Tuesday that it had ended its five-day tank and bomber assault against Georgia and agreed to a French peace plan by which most Russian forces would return home and international mediators would work to settle [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 02:26:17

Cincinnati Time Store

This article includes a list of references or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations ... Participatory politics Permanent Autonomous Zone Prefigurative politics Private defense agency ... Congress of Amsterdam Kate Sharpley Library Kronstadt rebellion Labadie Collection · LIP Manifesto [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:22:03

Roth IRA FAQ, Income Streams and Financial Q & A @ The Carnivals

new logo design is now over. As for which logo won? It was a tight vote between 2 logos. Now how about I surprise you all with it when I put it up? ... In Washington All Financial Matters: Oil Just Keeps Dropping! Rich Credit Debt Loan: How To Stop ... Decision Crackerjack Greenback: Personal Finance in the Bible: Proverbs 13:7 Ask Mr. Credit Card [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 22:11:44

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/12/2008

Some headlines to look at:“Muslim Killed Catholic Girl in Love With Flatmate”“London Fundraisers Linked to Stoning of 13-Year-Old”“Possibly Tens of Thousands of Somalis in the US Illegally”“New Anti-Christian Attack in Mosul, Two Sisters Killed”But then there’s this:“Denmark: Ready to Ban Headscarves for Judges”So it’s not all bad news.Thanks [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 04:52:00

Job Cuts Increase Economic Stress

Corporations are slashing jobs. States are in on the act too. Let's take a look at a few headlines. All are from last weekend. Citigroup (C) ... cuts," said Continental spokeswoman Mary Clark. Continental has made an umbrella offer ... and their families until 2023. The offer was extended to employees who have worked at Continental for at least 10 [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 15:40:15

Nifty regains 5,000 mark

Data showing a surge in growth in the core sector boosted domestic bourses with the 50-unit S&P CNX Nifty settling above the psychological 5,000 level. The BSE 30-share Sensex rose 159.91 points or 0.96%, off close to 55 points from the day's high and up close to 50 points from the day's low. Index heavyweights Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank led the rally which was a part of a rally in most Asian stocks. IT, banking and healthcare stocks rose. But realty stocks reversed early gains. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 15:25:00

DrumBeat: December 4, 2008

The Peak Oil Crisis: July 2008 – A Month To Remember Most students of the subject at first thought that world oil production was going to peak for ... Lynch & Co. said in a report today. U.S. fuel demand during the four weeks ended Nov. 28 was down 6.2 percent from a year earlier, an Energy Department report showed yesterday. “We’ve got the U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 14:07:31

Somebody Was Asleep At The Switch In Florida

The Orlando Sentinel reports from Florida. “Sorrento Springs, an upscale development amid the lush, rolling pastureland of rural Lake County…has an 18-hole golf course, a resortlike clubhouse, tennis courts, walking trails and neat rows of two-story, earth-toned homes with architectural flourishes. Now it is rife with foreclosures [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 13:28:03

A Ph.D. In Loss

A report from Oregon Public Radio. “In the last several years high-end resort communities have sprung up across the West. But those destination resorts are suffering big time under the housing slump and credit crunch ... Boomers were looking for vacation homes. Getting credit was easy and there was a huge rush in real [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 21:21:40

The Financial Foibles of Linda Flores

We live in tough economic times. Our financial system is scrambling to avoid a global meltdown and lots of folks are having trouble making ends meet ... stretching back to at least 2002. That year, Ford Motor Credit won a judgement in Clackamas County ... that outline the garnishment of $434.82 from Flores' legislative pay on July 30. In 2001, Ford [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 17:53:26

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/2/2009

In tonight’s news: Israel is poised to send ground troops into Gaza.A Muslim family was removed from a plane before takeoff, and is being compensated by the airline for the error. CAIR is in high dudgeon about the incident.Thousands of shoes were dumped on a Miami expressway — is that a message for President-eject Bush? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 04:42:00

HIGH-TECH MARXISM COMES TO AMERICA

by Beverly Eakman January 13, 2009 NewsWithViews.comDeep down, most Americans once thought they were immune from blatant propaganda, ... to universities to the Environmental Protection Agency. These are just three agencies ... s national leaders, agency heads and mainstream reporters are mostly hostile to American [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 13:30:27

Thoughts for a Wednesday Morning

Gaza City, 14 January: An Israeli air force attack Photograph: Abid Katib/Getty ImagesComfortable ConspiraciesAs this new year dawned, this site was engaged in reporting the struggle of the people of Gaza against the ruthless invading army of Israel that was hell bent on wiping Gaza off the map with as little political blow-back as possible [more...]

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

Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/14/2008

A significant news story this evening: after a year, the murder of those teenage girls in Texas has officially been termed an “honor killing” by the FBI. Needless to say, the Muslim lobby is not happy about this.Also, a Swiss government minister says her country needs to import more foreign workers.Thanks to Abu Elvis, C [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 03:29:00

In Which I Could Tell You But Then You’d Be Dead

The Secret History ed. by Molly Lambert According to Trevor Paglen, it is not illegal to photograph the U.S.A.’s many secret government bases, provided one does not directly enter a restricted area to do so. Tonopah, in Southern Nevada, is a vast area containing multiple test sites and secret military bases, including the famed Area 51 [more...]

Date: 2008-08-19 14:04:12

Information Is Power 1_ EU Funding Orwellian Technology…

Information is Power 1 – EU funding Orwellian technology by IanPJ on Sun 20 Sep 2009 12:00 BST This morning the Telegraph tells us that the EU is funding an ‘Orwellian’ artificial intelligence plan to monitor public for “abnormal behaviour” The European Union is spending millions of pounds developing “Orwellian” technologies designed to scour the internet and CCTV images for “abnormal behaviour”. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 09:44:36

A Look at Recessions and their Impact on Librarianship

Image courtesy of Flickr user RayBanBro66 Given the constant flood of reports comparing our current economic recession with past major recession events including the Great Depression, I want to explore the historical patterns of employment rates and salaries for librarians at times of recession and the role of libraries during recession events [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:00:34

Bible Out of Schools, Koran In

Cross-posted by Maggie at Maggie’s Notebook A detail of the “Old Testament” Gutenberg Bibles is photographed at the Morgan Library and Museum ... collection. the exhibit opens to the public May 20, 2008 and runs through Sept. 28, 2008. Photo credit: AP via Daylife In Maryland: A Bible Club for children is prohibited from handing out meeting [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 17:31:19

China Olympics, Russia-Georgia and Barack Obama’s Foreign Contributions

Culture Watch, vol. 28 Nancy Morgan RightBias.com August 18, 2008 Finally, a celebrity who earned it. Michael Phelps is demonstrating the best of America as he continues racking up gold medals in the China Olympics. Check out these awesome photos of his split second win. China, on the other hand, appears to be cheating [more...]

Date: 2008-08-18 22:13:46

The case of ID v ID

We are all familiar with the claim by Intelligent Design proponents that ID is a robust theory and yet, as I will show, even ID proponents seem to strongly disagree with this. Combine this with the logic applied by Judge Jones and others and we come to realize that ID indeed is doomed to remain without scientific content And yet we continue to [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 23:06:59

The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Saddest Birthday Ever Edition

People who have been Twitter feed already have heard the story, but I thought I’d share it with all of you. My three year old son planned for a nice birthday party with his closest friends this past Saturday. We planned everything together - he chose the invitation list (four other children) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 14:00:20

GE Promises Free Inspection And Repair, Then Charges You, Then Threatens To Send You To Collections [General Electric]

Reader Zack is frustrated with General Electric because they offered to inspect and repair his washing machine as a courtesy, ... him to a collection agency. Zack writes: OK, I'll try and make this a quick summary. I called GE ... , as I thought this might just be a courtesy diagnostic to tell me the true cost of repair. No, she said [more...]

Date: 2008-08-14 17:25:43

Your Tax Dollars At Work: Why The Government Will Never Recover The $700 Billion Bailout Cost!

For 2 weeks the Bush Administration and Democratic and Republican leadership in the house have driven fear into the American public, predicting calamity and depression if a government intervention of the credit markets did ... companies to lower credit standards to offer loans to low-income or poor-credit buyers) and deregulation [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 12:00:00

How To Contact Creditors To Help With Credit Repair

Good credit has become nearly a necessity these days. Credit has become almost essential to buying a car or a home ( ... , and getting a mortgage may be impossible. It’s important to repair your credit as soon as you notice a problem because you’d be surprised at what kind of credit repair you can accomplish by being [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:57:12

Debt Validation And Collection Agencies

Under the FDCPA or the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act , you have the right to “debt validation”. This is a demand from the collection agency and the original creditor that the debt is really your responsibility and that the balances, terms of the loan and any other pertinent information is correct and accurate. A collection agency must also provide proof that they have the legal right to attempt to collect the debt. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 23:06:03

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