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Posted on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 04:37:25 PM EST
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    Goolsbee says those making (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by oculus on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 04:48:29 PM EST
    over $200,000/250,000 shouldn't get tax cuts extended.  Doesn't help economic recovery.  U.S. would have to borrow the money to make up for the loss of revenue.  WSJ

    This could be a "biggie" (5.00 / 2) (#6)
    by MO Blue on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 06:08:07 PM EST
    APNewsBreak: BofA delays foreclosures in 23 statesWASHINGTON (AP) -- Bank of America is delaying foreclosures in 23 states as it examines whether it rushed the foreclosure process for thousands of homeowners without reading the documents.

    The move adds the nation's largest bank to a growing list of mortgage companies whose employees signed documents in foreclosure cases without verifying the information in them. Bank of America isn't able to estimate how many homeowners' cases will be affected, Dan Frahm, a spokesman for the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank, said Friday.
    ...
    Several states are stepping up pressure to halt foreclosures. On Friday, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal asked a state court to freeze all home foreclosures for 60 days. Doing so "should stop a foreclosure steamroller based on defective documents," he said. AP

    Jerry Brown is jumping on issue in CA, IIRC Grayson raise a fuss about it in FL.

    Chase is doing the same thing (none / 0) (#7)
    by ruffian on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 06:09:34 PM EST


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    I thought I heard another bank also (none / 0) (#12)
    by nycstray on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 06:35:11 PM EST
    last night, but it was late and I was tired. I do remember them saying it could be a trend . . .

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    Could this be it? (none / 0) (#13)
    by MO Blue on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 06:38:54 PM EST
    The disclosure comes two days after JPMorgan said it would temporarily stop foreclosing on more than 50,000 homes so it could review documents that might contain errors. Last week, GMAC halted certain evictions and sales of foreclosed homes in 23 states to review those cases after finding procedural errors in some foreclosure affidavits.


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    yup. that's it :) (none / 0) (#16)
    by nycstray on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 07:23:27 PM EST


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    Just incredible (none / 0) (#22)
    by cal1942 on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 10:05:10 PM EST
    rushed the foreclosure process for thousands of homeowners without reading the documents

    Mind boggling.

    I wonder how long it will take to straighten out credit ratings for those improperly foreclosed.

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    I wonder if this whole phenomenon (none / 0) (#24)
    by gyrfalcon on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 11:25:23 PM EST
    might not have a lot to do with why the foreclosure assistance program (what's it called, HAMP?) has been such a total failure.

    Saw a guy from Florida on Fox Business (amazingly) this afternoon telling his story about being victimized by this.  He said the judge was a major culprit because the guy didn't look at his paperwork, didn't look at the bank's, and just automatically granted the bank's foreclosure case and told him basically to shut up and go away.

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    You can say anything you want (5.00 / 1) (#9)
    by ruffian on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 06:11:51 PM EST
    on your last day ...because it WILL be your last day. Rick Sanchez out at CNN after a 'Jews control the media' rant. Salon.com has a couple of stories.  

    To make it clear, I'm not quoting him there (none / 0) (#10)
    by ruffian on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 06:14:44 PM EST
    My characterization of the gist of his rant.

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    The gist of it was that he claimed he (none / 0) (#14)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 06:39:53 PM EST
    was being used as a balance weight after Stewart attacked Fox.......

    Then the interviewer moved to "aren't Jews an oppressed minority" (not a quote) and he disagreed.

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    Poor Baby (none / 0) (#15)
    by squeaky on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 06:51:12 PM EST
    Not exactly who the guy is, save for the couple of youtube clips I saw, but does Sanchez speak to you, ppj?

    Just curious...

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    Nope (none / 0) (#17)
    by jimakaPPJ on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 09:03:49 PM EST
    I just wanted it to be clear what his base complaint was.

    He obviously lost control as he got into it.

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    Why not just quote what the man said? (none / 0) (#26)
    by Harry Saxon on Sat Oct 02, 2010 at 04:22:22 AM EST
    Transcript from thewrap(dot)com:

    He first said this:

    RS-  No no, see that's the thing; it's more subtle. White folks usually don't see it. But we do - those of us who are minorities and women see it sometimes too from men in authority. Here, I'll give you my example its this 'You know what, I don't want you anchoring anymore, I really don't see you as an anchor, I see you more as a reporter, I see you more as a John Quinones - you know the guy on ABC. That's what he told me. He told me he saw me as John Quinones. Now, did he not realize that he was telling me, `When I see you I think of Hispanic reporters'? Cause in his mind I can't be an anchor. An anchor is what you give the high-profile white guys, you know. So he knocks me down to that and compares me to that and it happens all the time i think. To a certain extent Jon Stewart and Colbert are the same way. I think Jon Stewart's a bigot.

    Click Me

    Then he said this:

    RS: I must have at some point. But yeah, look my point is very simple. I see stuff O'Reilly and Glenn Beck do and I say, "wow that's very discriminatory, that's very prejudicial." And I look at stuff that Colbert and Jon  Stewart do and I think, "wow that's very prejudicial." So, you know we have a tendency to only look at one side. I'm saying we ought to be able to look at both sides. That's all I'm saying.

    Click Me

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    2nd stimulus needed - Duh (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by MO Blue on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 06:21:51 PM EST
    Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz called for another round of federal stimulus dollars to spur the economy. He spoke Sept. 30 to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) at its Fall Workshop.

    "We will see in the next two years the real cost of there not being a second round of stimulus," he said. "We will see the economy slow down at a very high economic cost." business journal h/t FDL
    C'mon, no one could have predicted (5.00 / 1) (#18)
    by ruffian on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 09:07:01 PM EST


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    C'mon, no one could have predicted (none / 0) (#19)
    by ruffian on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 09:07:04 PM EST


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    Gotta love it (5.00 / 3) (#20)
    by MO Blue on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 09:17:19 PM EST
    Ever the political operative, Emanuel got a reminder of his own ways earlier Friday.

    Before a smiling collection of senior staff members in the Roosevelt Room, economic adviser Austan Goolsbee gave Emanuel a dead fish wrapped in Chicago newspapers. An angry Emanuel had once famously done the same thing to a Democratic pollster with whom he was less than pleased. AP
    That's no way to treat a voter (none / 0) (#21)
    by Cream City on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 09:31:50 PM EST
    Rahm'll get the fish registered as a Dem in no time in Chicago, where they vote dead or alive.  

    But preferably dead.  Those votes cost less.

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    Saw a guy at airport last night. Wearing (none / 0) (#2)
    by oculus on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 04:49:13 PM EST
    expensive-looking Gators jacket.  Arriving in San Diego.  Strange.

    Was it BTD? ;o) (none / 0) (#3)
    by MO Blue on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 05:14:31 PM EST


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    Hmmm. With a female and two (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by oculus on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 05:30:42 PM EST
    small kids.  Let me go in front of them on the escalator.  Not spouting political opinions.  Not Latino in appearance.  Don't think so!

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    Why is Elizabeth Warren protecting (none / 0) (#5)
    by ruffian on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 06:06:13 PM EST
    dumb people? Great take-down of the NYT at Salon.

    Short answer: it's the economy, stupid.

    CNN's Sanchez fired (none / 0) (#8)
    by MO Blue on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 06:11:17 PM EST
    after calling Stewart a bigot

    NEW YORK (AP) -- CNN says that anchor Rick Sanchez has been fired, a day after he called Jon Stewart a bigot while on a radio show. link
    Ah, bliss! (5.00 / 1) (#25)
    by gyrfalcon on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 11:26:10 PM EST
    Maybe Rahm could use a PR guy. </snark>

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    Tommorrow (none / 0) (#23)
    by cal1942 on Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 10:39:46 PM EST
    Will tell us a lot.  In the Big Ten, conference play opens and 3 contests; Michigan State vs Wisconsin, Iowa vs Penn State and Indiana vs Michigan, will begin to sort some things out.

    Can't wait.

    Go Spartans.

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