I often disagree with Melissa (though, more often than not, I actually agree with her), but this is just spot on. its a response to a woman who is drowning in a mortgage she direly wants to get out of, and, of course, this woman wanted to go to the whole 9/12 thing in DC [...]
Didn’t mean to post two XKCDs today, but this hit the nail on the head perfectly. The bonuses are vexing as hell, but not even a drop in the bucket of this free money we are giving people WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED. We blindly hope that they won’t fuck us over just to make a [...]
Dear Rick, your kids shouldn’t be nervous to go to school because of a statement which was obviously not a threat UNLESS you take just a few words of it out of context.Your kids should be nervous because you called their friend’s parents losers who deserve what they get.
Think Progress » Santelli Claims The White [...]
I don’t actually like Begala much, though I do find him pleasant enough.Anyhow, this is sort of what I’ve been saying for a while, and points out the flaw in the GOPs stance here.No matter how much money corporations and businesses have, they aren’t going to expand in an economy where no one can afford [...]
I don’t actually have a problem with giving money to the porn industry, per se. Regardless of how you feel about the product, they do employ a lot of people (I don’t approve of many industries, why should I treat this one differently). However, giving money to an industry ‘just in case’ goes beyond the [...]
So reports Reuters.
Apparently, even after the mortgages are renegotiated, a few months
later over a third of the homeowners are delinquent and heading
towards foreclosure.
This isn’t particularly surprising. If I buy a house with an ARM, and
you raise that to where I can’t afford to pay the mortgage, I’ve
probably spent MONTHS falling behind on other [...]
Great…
The government wants the automakers reduce their debt load
by two-thirds via a debt for equity exchange with current bondholders
and get the United Auto Workers union to agree to wages and work rules
competitive with non-union plants operated by Asian auto manufacturers
by the end of next year.
In addition, the government is calling for GM and Chrysler to [...]
Target still not looking good
They did manage to sell out of The Dark Knight Blu-ray, though (bastards)