Financial
New Homestead Act of 2008
Proposal:
Enact legislation enabling (not requiring) lenders and state and local laws to allow and keep the current occupants in homes that are go through foreclosure. Foreclosure does not stop. The mortgage is exchanged for a Homesteaders Agreement between the Lender and the Occupant
Who Stays:
Current Occupants
Get a job…ANY job!
Get a job…ANY job! Don’t wait for a job in your college degree set.
That’s the advice being given to current college graduates. With the current job market already tight and with new grads competing for choice jobs against folks with already established career experience, new college graduates are being told to face reality and get a job so that they can support themselves and not to wait for that dream job to come available. At least, not right now.
Crack Down On Credit Card Issuers.
The Federal Reserve and banking regulators are cracking down on the credit card industry, prohibiting practices such as arbitrarily raising interest rates on outstanding balances.
The so-called crack down is said to be in an effort to ban an array of unfair and even predatory practices. Some card issuers have jacked up rates on credit cards to over 30% to cover their losses in other areas such as non-performing subprime mortgages.
Critics say the whole effort is political as regulators and banks engage in a CYA campaign and in any case it is too little too late to help struggling consumers. Observers say there are simply too many banking industry sponsored loopholes to allow the reform to be effective, and only a flood of lawsuits and class actions by outraged consumers can punish an industry running amuck.
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
I’ll beg your pardon, right off the bat, as today’s Ten Post Round-Up will probably get a bit personal:
1: “Live Veterans cost money that might better go to the war profiteers. Dead ones cost nothing”….
2: …”if 81% believe we are in a recession, then rest assured 81% will ACT like we are in a recession”…
3: Young voters not pickin’ up what the GOP is puttin’ down?…
4: We might have brought “democracy” to Iraq, but the women of Iraq are still waiting…
5: A little sumthin’-sumthin’ to add to my to-do list in 18 days…
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
I don’t know if the electorate are really bitter or not, but today’s Ten Post Round-Up will probably leave a grimy taste in your mouth:
1: So it seems that the only people that benefit from your college education is the college and the banks that issue student loans…
America’s Most Overrated Product: the Bachelor’s Degree–The Chronicle of Higher Education
2: Glass houses come to mind…
You Can’t Complain About Sexism If You Participate In It–The Democratic Daily
3: Single mom flips the script and sues RIAA…
Accused music pirate turns the tables on the RIAA–Geeks Are Sexy
4: Dizzy is a sucker for true crime murder mysteries…
Smiley Face Killers: All About The Growing Mystery Gang–The Huffington Post
5: Wright-Obama controversy: An interesting perspective on why religion and politics should stay separate…
Separation of Church & State Really of Religion & Politics.–Hypocrisy.com
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
Sometimes it’s hard to believe in the “benevolent brotherhood of man”. Today’s Ten Post Round-Up will probably not make it any easier:
1: The Supremes say it’s OK to require government-issued photo ID card in order to vote…
As Election Nears, Supreme Court Upholds Repressive Voter ID Law–AlterNet
2: The Secret Service rampant with racism?…
Cox reports “Noose allegedly found at Secret Service Training Center” and the Secret Service already has serious problems with racism–AMERICAblog
3: Money-saving tip: A stamp that is always equal to whatever postage is being charged for a 1 oz. letter, forever…
4: Well, it looks like the media has found Jesse Jackson’s replacement…
5: More of your tax dollars at work, supporting the troops, in Iraq…
DynCorp Manager Used Armored Car To Transport Hookers in Iraq–Muckraked
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
Ah, Monday! It’s like the weekend never happened. Rest assured, today’s Ten Post Round-Up will shake those weekend cobwebs from your brow:
1: A few things the MSM neglected to report on…
Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report–The Huffington Post
2: As the cost of food soars, so do the lines at local food banks…
3: Just for kicks: Join the Million Blog List…
Welcome to Million Blog List - A blogosphere experiment–Million Blog List
4: Just who will benefit most from those “rebate checks”?…
$100+ BILLION giveaway to the oil, credit card and retail industries–My Three Cents
5: Americans are coming up with creative ways to save a few bucks…
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
It’s almost the weekend, so before you go bask in the sun, bask in today’s Ten Post Round-Up:
1: Something to look forward to? Collection calls from New Delhi…
Another growing industry being outsourced to India–Brilliant at Breakfast
2: Sign of the times: Less lattes and Lasik…
And the Latte Indicator Says…Economy Screwed–The Huffington Post
3: There comes a time where you have to decide to take care of business for yourself…
4: Someone came up with a gadget to drive kids crazy and keep them from hanging around…
5: Will the third time be the charm for an actual conviction?…
Six Suspects Will Be Tried a Third Time in Sears Plot–New York Times
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
So, what happened in Pennsylvania, last night? Did the groundhog see its shadow? Rest assured that today’s Ten Post Round-Up makes no mention of the shenanigans going on in Pennsylvania, but the rest of the world is fair game:
1: South Dakota tries one more time to outlaw a woman’s right to choose…
2: Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are being denied the care they need to recover from the scars of war (physically and mentally)…
New Doubts About Health Care for US War Vets–CommonDreams.org
3: Worst.President.Ever? That’s some legacy…
Bush’s disapproval rating worst of any president in 70 years–Democratic Underground
4: Cool: Hope for some blind folks to be able to see…
5: (Groan): Colorado’s “favorite” Republican makes national headlines…
6: The War on Tourism…
7: Family composition may be the blame for poor behavior in kids….
Low grades, bad behavior? Siblings may be to blame, FSU study says–Signs of the Times
8: More VA lies about how our troops are being treated/cared for…
VA Conceals Vet Suicide Figures From CBS To Downplay ‘Epidemic In Suicide’–Think Progress
9: Oops! If your landlord defaults on his mortgage, you could end up on the street and then you could be in competition with your landlord for a new rental!…
Renters can’t escape housing foreclosure crisis–USATODAY.com
10: And this is why I never go to a doctor’s appointment without my own surrogate, if I can help it…
271 días al final de un error…
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
I slept the day away in hopes that I would feel better, but, today’s Ten Post Round-Up tells me I probably should crawl back into bed:
1: Shameful: US servicewomen more likely to be raped by fellow soldiers than killed by enemy fire…
At War With Ourselves: Battling Sexual Violence in the Military–AlterNet
2: Not A Surprise: Teenage girls adopting eating disorders from healthy eating messages at school…
3: ACLU comes out in defense of polygamist ranch…
4: Florida fire hydrants to begin multi-tasking as spyware…
5: Smart: Bush sneaks into New Orleans, Not So Smart (?): To discuss expanding NAFTA…
6: Grandma’s weird Depression-era recipes are beginning to look good, now…
7: Oh, but flip-flops are so comfy, aren’t they?….
McCain: That was then (flip). This is now (flop).–Hypocrisy.com
8: Un-frak-ing-believable…
Judges deny some crack convicts legal help on sentences–McClatchy
9: Put this in perspective: The Army and Marines are recruiting individuals who would otherwise not be able to purchase or possess guns as civilians or be able to live in neighborhoods with a school nearby…
Army doubled felony waivers for recruits in year of Iraq surge–Raw Story
10: Oklahoma sheriff (D) works to up the ante of sexual predators vs (R)s…
272 días hasta el final de un error…
Peace.
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
Yes, today’s Ten Post Round-Up is as cold as the Colorado mountains:
1: thepoetryman has something to say about the FLDS Church…
2: More “supporting the troops” by the Bush Administration…
3: A case where “what happens in Vegas…” won’t be staying in Vegas…
4: You thought your health care plan was expensive before, wait until you get sick with a serious illness…
5: Not able to find enough diplomats to volunteer for duty in Iraq, the State Dept. will now start drafting them to go…
State Department warns diplomats of compulsory Iraq duty–Minstrel Boy
6: Another school kid calls out the big dogs on their errors…
German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA’s asteroid figures: paper–PHYSORG.com
7: Japan has joined in the war against fat people….
8: McCain wants to suspend the gas tax for the summer…
9: There’s a problem with your cereal and it’s ten years old…
Marler Clark Sees Pattern in Malt-O-Meal Salmonella Outbreaks–Signs of the Times
10: This is so typical of our politicians, these days, it comes as no surprise that they would start off with a bill to help homeowners and end up giving the bulk of the “help” to big business, instead…
277 días hasta el final de un error…
Peace.
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
It’s smells like a pep rally burning out of control, in my front yard. Today’s Ten Post Round-Up might singe your eyebrows:
1: What a relief! The Cheney sunglasses mystery is solved!…
Image In Cheney’s Glasses Actually Bush’s Eternal Soul–CAP News
2: Ahem–Attention American Taxpayers: You are supposed to squander your stimulus check NOT pay bills with it! Putting it away for your own benefit is not why we are sending it to you…
Economic Stimulus: Good for individuals or the overall economy, not both–Colorado Confidential
3: On the upside, those stimulus checks might come just in time for you to make the massive going-out-of-business sales, sure to be all the rage this summer…
More Economic Pain: Retailing Chains Caught in a Wave of Bankruptcies–The Democratic Daily
4: More “good” news…umm…the war in Iraq might come to an end, particularly if those stimulus checks don’t work out like they’re supposed to…
US Financial Collapse Will End Bush/Cheney Iraq War–duckplops
5: Some conservatives like to complain about all those “liberal activist judges”. Would you like to guess who the truly “activist judges” really are (pssst…they are conservative)…
6: Decisions, decisions: affordable food prices or less oil-dependency. Hmmm…those mud pies look really good…
7: Silver lining emerges after the military finally releases AP photographer…
At least this poor sot didn’t make it to Gitmo..–Its my Right to be Left of the Center
8: Even visitors are being ticketed for not having their vehicles registered in Washington, D.C….
9: Mystery of what happened to the good ship (snicker) Titanic still lingers after all these years ….
10: The plot thickens: It appears that the FLDS compound has a financial connection with the Pentagon…
BREAKING NEWS:::FUNDING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SECT…..NBC REPORTED TONIGHT–Watergate Summer
278 días hasta el final de un error…
Peace.
Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up
Try dancing around today’s Ten Post Round-Up:
1: If sisters are doing it for themselves, how come movies and television are not representing them properly?…
2: Things not so comfy cozy on the housing front between GWB and the GOP?…
Bush throws GOP Senators under the bus on the bi-partisan housing bill–AMERICAblog
3: Those rebate checks might not arrive in time to do the economy any good, but at least the average Jane and Joe can maybe pay off one more bill before finally hitting the skids…
It’s official now: George W. Bush is today’s Herbert Hoover–Brilliant at Breakfast
4: Milestones and reminders on the road to victory in Iraq: Are we there yet?…
5: They’re gonna git cha, so ya better pay up!…
6: They have all this money, yet, they are still relying on the US for financial help? Excuse me while I beat up my desk with my forehead…
7: Just one more thing for the cash-strapped working poor to worry about: Fraudulent rental agreements that leave them out on the streets (after handing their first and last plus security to a complete stranger who disappears into the night)…
8: In a “real” free-market system, this makes perfect sense. Everyone is going broke, you gotta be able to make money where you can and if the whole world suddenly is starving, the last thing a hungry fisherman is going to be concerned with is the purple-bellied flying carp and whether or not it’s extinct…
9: I miss the old “Dr.” Phil: “You shouldn’t shush a nation when a president decides he’s gonna go to war. If we ever need the First Amendment, we need it then”….
Phil Donohue Stands Up For Free Speech In A Time Of War–News Hounds
10: I’ve said it before, being a friend of GWB and company means never having to say you’re sorry…
Oh, I definitely need more coffee!