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Easy-money mortgages still provided, by the feds - Washington Times

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:03:01 -0700

From the page: "Loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) have become "the new subprime," and these loans are exposing taxpayers to the same kinds of soaring default rates and losses that brought down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as well as destroyed many banks and the private market for mortgage loans.

While private lenders learned a lesson from the mortgage crisis and are shying away from easy-money loans, the FHA has stepped into the breach. The agency has provided backing for 37 percent of all mortgages used to buy homes this year. "

Niall Ferguson U.S. Empire in Decline on Collision Course with China: Tech Ticker, Yahoo! Finance

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:36:35 -0700

From the page: "But let's face it: If you're trying to borrow $9 trillion to save your financial system...and already half your public debt held by foreigners, it's not really the conduct of rising empires, is it?"

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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:00:04 -0700

Photo - Kissy Face White Puppy Dog Love, Kahuna Luna covered in Lipstick Kisses for Valentines Day & 1st Birthday

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:59:49 -0700

Palm Beach: 1905 | Shorpy Historic Photo Archive

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:11:40 -0700

A day at the beach.

Stone Buddhas in Nikko - 日光石仏（アロハ一体） & Utsunomiya and Beyond - in pictures

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:02:15 -0700

http://bilklb.stumbleupon.com/review/36866450/

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:10:04 -0700

Just tried it and do not like it at all.

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Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:17:06 -0700

Gore upbeat on climate bill

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:30:39 -0700

From the page: "In what organizers said was a rarity, Gore took half a dozen questions from journalists, including one from Phelim McAleer, an Irish filmmaker who asked Gore to address nine errors in his film identified by a British court in 2007.

Gore responded that the court ruling supported the showing of his film in British schools. When McAleer tried to debate further, his microphone was cut off by the moderators."

Save the Greenback, Mr. President - Money and Politics Blog - CNBC.com

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:40:49 -0700

From the page: "In addition, the Treasury ought to get out there and buy these unwanted dollars in the marketplace. Just go out there and bid for them. And they need to stop printing so much debt from Congress. All this massive spending and borrowing is killing us. We need to be slashing tax rates on large and small businesses. There�s just no better place to begin job creation. And leave the Bush tax cuts in place for heaven's sake.

This supply-side shock therapy would save the dollar. And it would put real long-term torque into the recovery.

We're supposed to be in an era of post-partisanship. So in this spirit, I'd like to respectfully ask President Obama and his economic team to give this plan a try. It worked for JFK. It also worked for Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan. It can work for you as well.

The time has come to save the greenback and grow the economy sir."