Month: August 2008

Mortgage industry astroturf

Homeownership Preservation Foundation formed, funded, run by the Industry Remember, HPF’s own statement about their counseling above: “Our credit counseling partners are neutral third party resources.”  It...

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Cannibal Democrats

Allison Kilkenny wrote one of her typically brilliant columns over at Huffington Post regarding the increasingly Republican-like cultishness being displayed by far too many Democrats. Instead of shunning those who criticize...

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Black History: Brown vs. Board of Education

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeFrom Wikipedia: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court, which...

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Open Thread

Do you like the Olympic Games? I really am pretty bored by the Summer Olympics but I like the Winter Olympics. Ski jumping and luge and bobsledding and hockey and skating are all pretty entertaining. Water Polo? Not so much....

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The $821 Million Smile

Why is this man smiling? If you had the same sweet deal he’s got, you’d probably smile too. His name is Richard Syron, CEO of mortgage giant Freddie Mac. His company just posted an $821 million loss. For the second...

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