One Way to Protect Against Identity Theft

When information gets stolen, it is used in various ways. Sometimes the thief may use it to drain your bank account, for example ... will not extend credit without first pulling a consumer’s credit profile. If you place a “security freeze” on your credit profile, the reporting agencies are prohibited from releasing your credit [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 21:10:55

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/4/2009

The overwhelming evidence of global warming continues to accumulate — as does the level of ice and snow in Greenland’s central ice cap, which increases at a rate of about two inches a year.Shhh! Don’t tell Al Gore…Thanks to Abu Elvis, Barry Rubin, C. Cantoni, heroyalwhyness, JD, Lexington, LN, RRW, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:27:00

How to Set New Year’s Financial Resolutions You Can Keep

(source) Every year it’s the same old story. You start with the best of intentions but somehow never manage to fulfill your New Year’s ... months. Maintaining good credit is an important foundation for achieving the rest of your financial goals. So start by finding out where you currently stand with a credit report from CreditReport.com [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 19:55:16

How to Set New Year’s Financial Resolutions You Can Keep

(source) Every year it’s the same old story. You start with the best of intentions but somehow never manage to fulfill your New Year’s ... months. Maintaining good credit is an important foundation for achieving the rest of your financial goals. So start by finding out where you currently stand with a credit report from CreditReport.com [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 19:55:16

Two other families, man juggling eels, redux

In the Independent Yasmin Alibhai-Brown tells it like it is.I guarantee you have never read that sentence on a blog ... government report finds that they feel ‘betrayed’ and abandoned. Ruined by ‘ethnic minorities’ they cry ... , and they are never to be called racist, not even the scum who drop shit and firebombs through letter [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:35:56

To p2pnet — ‘You’ll be sorry!’

p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P: “You a fucking washed out loser. You can not make a living in any other way except by running a site which says it is a new site that which is nothing but you shooting your mouth off.” That’s part of several emails I found waiting for me following yesterday’s Trolls? Not. But flames? OK (mostly) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 15:27:24

Roman Polanski is Not a Victim

Enough already. The Global Committee to Defend Roman Polanski is shocked and appalled by the arrest of their talented friend in Switzerland over the weekend. This quote from our colleague Bruce Crumley's report from France provides a flavor of the outrage: "To see him thrown to the lions and put in prison because of ancient history [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 21:33:59

MSM Stealing Blog Content: Times Online Joining Growing MSM Trend?

John Edwards Love Child Story Goes International No Attribution in TimesOnline Edwards story Is This a New Business Model for a Mainstream Media ... to arise. We sent a letter yesterday to the Times Editor-in-Chief asking that proper credit be given ... stated that they viewed us as a blog and because we were a blog, they did not need to credit us.” [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 00:06:16

Mortgage Rates, Scary Jobs Details, Investing in 2009, Russian Gas Dispute, and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Mortgage rates plunge to record lows… but are they at the bottom? ... of the credit crisis. “That’s bad,” Byron King somberly explains. “We already have an aging work force ... to 2009… how to invest amid rife market manipulation If you’ve got money, credit and patience [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 01:36:29

Chrysler, Ford idle factories, GM delays new plant

DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler announced Wednesday it is closing all its North American manufacturing plants for at least a month, ... to work. That’s all we want to do. It’s scary, man. It’s really scary.” The lack of consumer credit ... because of this credit situation,” the statement said. The Bush administration is mulling ways [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 04:00:06

Year 2, Week 15 Results: 1.3 oz of plastic waste. Plastic on TV.

Do any of you watch the Showtime TV show Weeds? Have you ever noticed that Mary Louise Parker has a permanent straw stuck in her mouth? ... be pretty funny to send a letter to the show complaining about the example they are setting ... . 1 expired Discover card. Hmm... I've seen compostable gift cards. I wonder if credit cards will ever [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 06:36:29

South Carolina Attorney General Reacts to ISTTF’s Report

So here is some follow-up to this week’s Internet Safety Technical Task Force report that downplayed predators on social networks and encouraged ... not to participate). He has left based on the fact that the report downplays the threat of sexual ... to children. Here is a good report on the story followed by someone’s blog that has a very interesting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:33:28

Grieving Families Suffer Further as Identity Thieves Target the Recently Deceased

There is much to deal with after the passing of a family member, the last thing you think you would have to do is deal with credit applications ... is different than the one in the applicant's main credit file. This new FTC rule just went into effect ... was stolen and used to apply for AMEX and BestBuy among other credit cards. Identity theft accounted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 22:31:36

Patterico shreds the LA Times

Patterico performs an evisceration on the LA Times that no student of media bias should miss. A meticulously detailed piece of work! Here's the Sarah Palin excerpt:The paper found it important to report the silly rumors that Trig ... some deserved praise in with the cheap shots. And to their everlasting credit, they criticized Charlie [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 02:49:00

A Compromise on the Drilling Question

I have given a lot of thought to the issue of opening up new areas for drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). My position has always been to leave that oil in place for a very rainy day. I wanted to see major conservation efforts in place before we considered tapping that oil [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 14:00:17

Daily Dose: 10/01/08

» AsianWeek Market Report » North American Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Day 2008 » Obama Celebrates Filipino American History Month » Assemblyman’s Constituent Turns Personal Tragedy into Positive Change » CORA Kumares, Kumpares to Stage Abuse Prevention Presentation in Daly City » Edison Chen Refuses to Testify in Sex-Tape Trial » [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 21:04:21

Did Racism Help Cause the Mortgage Crisis? Part One

I am honored to present the work of Ralph Brauer. For some time I have marveled as I read his research and reflected upon his work. Today, this author of note shares with readers at BeThink. I welcome Ralph Brauer. May I invite you to peruse his prose. Please ponder; then share your thoughts. copyright © 2008 Ralph Brauer [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 19:36:15

Will Media Examine Candidates' Proposals Before Financial Crisis?

As a result of the stock market collapse in the last four weeks, the economy has become the most important issue on the minds of voters ... the nation, one might have expected press outlets to be clamoring to find this letter, and report ... concerning the condition of the economy (photo courtesy ABCNews.com): I'd like you to see the letter [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 17:13:50

Cooley furious with Fairfield’s defense

... s defense with a four-letter, R-Rated word. Trust me, you won’t need to study the following sound byte ... t know the last time I coached a game where we scored 81 points and lost.” Cooley went on to give due credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 23:32:19

Conspiracy of the Lemmings: Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis; Part II

Cross-posted by Maggie at Maggie’s Notebook By Jim Simpson Note: I am indebted to the incredible efforts of many bloggers, who did the yeoman’s work of ferreting out many of the hard-to-find facts in this article. I particularly want to thank David Horowitz and his Discover the Networks team, Trevor Loudon of New Zeal blog, Cliff Kincaid, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 14:25:21

GLOBALISATION AND ITS IMPACT ON WALES

Polish road signs are now a common sight all over Our CountryRight I am going to do something a little different with what may be the penultimate post of the year.But before I start it, I would like to give a public thank you to Ancient Brit who provided me with the information I will be publishing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 08:52:00

News round-up: 2 Oct 2008

With the Economic Patriot Act past the Senate - including hundreds of billions in pork barrel - sweeteners, ... it fair despite my obvious anti-McCain-Palin bias. Then we'll turn to the usual fare of credit crisis news and financial services reports. The notable report there comes from UBS, which surprised analysts [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 14:00:51

Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/8/2009

The latest word is that an agreement with Russia has been reached, and the flow through the gas pipeline will resume.Also, look for the storming of the Israeli consulate in Montreal, as well as other Gaza-inspired violence around the world.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, Insubria, JD, Tuan Jim, Vlad Tepes, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 04:49:00

Obama Asks For Better Ideas Krugman Bites

Inaugural rehearsal Obama told all the people complaining about the economic stimulus package to present better ideas if they didn't like what he was ... . To see why, consider a new report from his own economic team. NYTObama has asked for the remaining ... billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP. In a letter addressed to the leadership of the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 21:52:33

Fannie and Freddie to Announce Mass Loan Modification Program

re-default. This may also further erode investor confidence in residential mortgage backed securities, ... monies to put towards housing payments. Step 3) Start Improving Your Credit Rating This can take a long ... you pay your bills on time, that you have good credit.  Paying your bills on time only accounts for 30 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 19:02:07

Taxing our liquid sugar habit

waving its arms with alarm and protestation. Among Big Bev’s arguments against the soda tax: making colas and their ilk into the whipping boy here won’t eliminate obesity; taxing a food item won’t have any lasting effect on the consumer’s behavior; the tax will fall unjustly on moderate-income families; and so forth [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 12:36:17

The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Avoiding a Tax Audit

Being self-employed is great, as exemplified by the relaxing picture you see here: You would of course, prefer to look that way rather than this way: The latter scenario is where business owners end up finding themselves when they’re not completely [more...]

Date: 2008-06-01 17:12:02

Senate 'Bailout' Opens Door to Ending 'Fair Value' Accounting

Among the 451 pages of provisions contained in the Senate-approved Emergency Economic Stabilization Bill of 2008, which the House will debate today, ... , which allow companies and financial institutions to report the value of their assets on the price ... that have no market value have worsened the credit crisis, and changing them has been a priority for [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 20:00:00

Credit Crisis Timeline

This is lifted from American Thinker, and by the way to the editor if you'd prefer I not take so much of the text leave comment or email me, ... to my article Why banks aren't the bad guysThe Growing Government Hand1933-1938President Franklin ... backed by the Federal government.1970President Nixon chartered Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 12:09:00

NFL Network goes up against Big Cable -- again

... out for pitchers and catchers to report for spring training. And so it is with the NFL. Discerning ... out in their letter that the NFL's substantial television revenue stems from a Congressionally approved [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 00:48:57

Boston Tea Party Presidential candidate Charles Jay answers Obama-McCain debate questions

Posted at cj08.com (I wasn’t invited to Friday night’s presidential debate, but you knew I was going to weigh in anyway. My “participation” comes in the way of interspersing my responses into the actual text of the debate, which you will see below. All of those responses to the questions asked by moderator Jim Lehrer are in bold type [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 18:49:05

Posts about Home Sales as of January 13, 2009

Want to Make Money Selling Info? 5 Basic Skills You Must Have! - stefsertich.blogspot.com 01/13/2009 Newcomers to Internet Selling are looking for ways to gain money. Many of them like what the “newbie cozenage artists” state them is an easy way … merchandising or gross sales in general is this…provide value!That’s always been the idea [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:21:30

What Papers Can You Get Rid Of?

photo by The Container Store As we tackle our paper pile, the motto for the day is: Do not organize what you can toss! ... it. Bank or Credit Card statements I’d say this one is a personal judgement call.  Most statements ... your mail over the recycle bin.  Opt out of credit offers, and remove your name from catalog mailing lists [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 09:56:32

Friday wrap

Dem Congress to pump raw sewage into nation's workplaces ... The AFL-CIO advanced an argument detailing why a "majority sign-up" is the best option for preserving "the freedom of working people." Below is a syllogism that encapsulates an argument found on the AFL-CIO website.1. The workplace environment has been poisoned by browbeating employers.2 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 11:30:00

Preliminary version of official minutes from controversial September LNC meeting released

LNC Secretary Bob Sullentrup’s minutes from its controversial September meeting have released. A final version is still pending ... ://www.lncregion7.blogspot.com/. On a more personal note, there is an error of fact in Sean Haugh’s report: “LP member George ... the credit for it, thanks! Also, my research as it was ongoing was published at IPR, LP [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 21:51:36

Economic Potpourri December 13, 2008

Once again news is flying out of every corner at record speeds. Here are a few headline news reports of interest from the past couple days ... in March than they are now. This is a bad decision by Citadel.Natural Gas Falls on Demand Concern After Auto Bailout RejectedNatural gas futures in New [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 22:34:00

IRAN: Ahmadinejad congratulates, cautions and advises Obama

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today posted a congratulatory message to President-elect Barack Obama on his official website ... to speak with Iran's leadership, as detailed in a report written for today's Los Angeles Times ... and U.S. expect it. Below are extensive excerpts from an unofficial translation of the letter [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 17:10:27

Credit Repair After Bankruptcy

by Matt Douglas If you have a bankruptcy on your credit report you probably feel like there is no way to escape a low score ... is accurate. Often people are concerned with the legality of credit repair, and you should ... when they investigate a dispute, thus the listing will not be verified. The Fair Credit Reporting Act says [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 10:12:42

Guatemalan Immigrants’ Movement (MIGUA) demands US Government discontinue ICE roundups, use of E-Verify Social Security Verification by employers and any identity theft charges against all illegal aliens

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERSVisit our website: http://www.nafbpo ... sources on a daily basis. You are free to disseminate this information, but we request that you credit ... do not coincide with those registered with the SSA, the agency sends the employers a “No match” letter, which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:49:19

Economic Potpourri December 26, 2008

The barrage of noteworthy economic news continues unabated. I took a lot of time off posting Christmas Eve and Christmas. Here are a few headline news reports of interest from the past couple days that have been stacking up.MetLife Drops as Commercial Mortgage Defaults LoomMetLife Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc., the largest U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 11:26:00

Posts about Home Supply as of January 14, 2009

Choosing Your Water Filter - invertedumbrellas.com 01/14/2009 by Andrew Caxton Most of the population in the United States agree (rightly or wrongly-that is a point of debate) … overwhelmed when it comes to choosing one. Just stop in at the home supply store that carries air … and reactions so you get the opinion of actual home users of these [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:37:33

Breaking Bad News for NM photographer Update

This is a post originally posted at Conservative Values Email Activism on 04/09/2007 ... Rights Commission and not one report anywhere in any local media outlet that I am aware of here in NM ... like domestic partnership. 04/05/2008 Racism alleged against Planned Parenthood: Have to give credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 20:01:00

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

Hypo Bank Rescue Fails, Threatening Lehman Scale Bankruptcy, Future of Euro

Hypo Real Estate, Germany's second largest real estate lender, teeters on the verge of collapse ... . The authorities had better patch this one up over the weekend, or we face even more credit market panic ... and consequently understands something about markets. Sarkozy, to his credit, appears to be listening [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 01:34:03

What Happened to Your Credit?

During a recent interview, I was asked if the credit crisis has had any affect on our credit card arbitrage ... at Fatwallet where American Express is reducing credit lines. We haven’t gotten a letter yet ... with credit card companies in the last few months. Here are some of my observations. Applying for new cards [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 13:39:23

Why Phone Conversations with Bill Collectors is a Bad Idea

A highly trained bill collector knows how to get the most money out of defaulted debtors ... of how I wanted this reflected on my credit report. They would then have to agree with those terms ... . While you are nervously thinking of what to say they are taking notes… updating your credit file [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:36:42

Neil Hrab: Colonel Qadhafi's Boston Globe op-ed

From the time of their country's founding, Americans have always attached special importance to freedom of the press and freedom of speech. In a 1787 letter, Thomas Jefferson, the future third President, went so far as to say ... especially when it comes to Russia. (The oped's credit line says that Qadhafi just returned from a trip [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 21:41:00

On Mayor Willie Herenton (The $91,000 Question)

UPDATE (1/17): The Flyer's Branston provided a snippet of a story to be published later that has more details about how Beale Street figures in the FBI probe of Herenton. The snippet, which appeared on the Flyer's site Friday night, mentions folks who are associated with singer Justin Timberlake and might have replaced Performa Entertainment as [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:47:00

The New Open Season On Black Men: Is It Obama Related?

“The fact that justice is blindis a thing to which we blacks are wise,her bandage hides two festering soresthat once perhaps were eyes.”- Aimé CésaireI don't know Johannes "Johnny" Mehserle, the 27 year old San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) cop who shot dead 22 year old Oscar Grant in the back on New Year's Day at the Fruitville Station [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:30:00

Cursed Kitsch

There is nothing like a good mortal curse to really liven up a long, dark winter… ... fires and rumors of pacts between bad artists and Satan…and we got a party on our hands.It appears ... , are frequently the focus of this type of legend. In recent years, stories of bad luck and misfortune [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 17:17:33

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