Posts Tagged ‘housing’

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Apr07

Would you?

by Duane on April 7th, 2011 at 3:42 am
Posted In: Wow!

Homeless people have more living space–minus the $700 rent!! Sheesh!

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Jan29

Everybody Was In On It

by Duane on January 29th, 2010 at 8:26 am
Posted In: Economy

New York
SUFFOLK COUNTY—Six Suffolk County residents have been arrested for creating fake pay stubs and federal W-2 forms to fraudulently obtain $5.9 million in fraudulent mortgages from Emigrant Mortgage Company, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, National City Mortgage and other lenders. (more…)
Written in 2008 in the NY Times
“There has been plenty of talk about ‘predatory lending, [...]

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Aug31

Quick Hits (8/31/09)

by Duane on August 31st, 2009 at 11:30 am
Posted In: Headlines

There was always a feeling in my gut that this would happen some day, but I never thought it would really happen. Disney and Marvel?? Come on!
Disney acquiring Marvel Entertainment Inc.
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No Live Aid for this problem, I guess.
Africa—Yes, Africa—Has an Obesity Problem
So again I ask the question, “How is obesity being defined and measured?” [...]

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May28

6-Piece News Brief for 5/28/09

by Duane on May 28th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Posted In: Economy, Education, Headlines, Just "Why?", Our children, Our Expression, Politics, Should Be Slapped, The Media

Here are six nuggets picked from around the web. Find your own dippin’ sauce!
Cobb county, Georgia adopts the “everybody’s a winner” grading system.
Some Cobb County parents plan to plead with the school board Thursday night to scuttle a move to standards-based report cards for third-graders, arguing that a 3-2-1 grading scale promotes mediocrity.
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The traditional A, [...]

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Dec15

Put The Victim Card Down. It’s Way Past Old

by Duane on December 15th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Posted In: Commentary, Economy

Wayne Dawkins for blackpower.com writes:
Howard University economist William E. Spriggs broke this down to two dozen African-American newspaper columnists last month. Spriggs summarized “Subprime as a black catastrophe,” by Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro that was published as a special report of The American Prospect magazine.
American borrowers of color have collectively lost an [...]

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