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Sunday, October 17, 2010
 
Our media, not theirs

You've seen their bobbleheads, now listen to ours at Virtually Speaking Sundays, where tonight's guests are nyceve and Stuart Zechman.

Signed,
Not Atrios

 
Afternoon Thread

enjoy

 
Let's You And Him Fight

At first people in the elite business press wrongly seemed to think this was banksters versus homeowners, so of course the banksters should win. In reality it's bankster vs. bankster. Homeowners are just caught in the crossfire.

 
Foreclosure Hell

Maybe somebody should have done something.
Their loan originally was with subprime lender Argent Mortgage, then LaSalle Bank, then Wilkshire Financial. The loan was sold to Bank of America in September 2009, although the couple said they weren't initially notified. They made their September and October payments to Wilkshire.

"I had no clue. I just made my payment," Michael Rendes said. "I knew I had a mortgage." Wilkshire then told him the loan had been sold. He called Bank of America many times, but bank employees couldn't find the couple in the system. They tried using names, Social Security numbers, the parcel number, dates of birth, everything.

Their two payments were cashed but apparently not forwarded to Bank of America, or at least not posted to the couple's account. In November, they received a letter that they were in default.

The couple had the money to get caught up, but they said Bank of America wouldn't take it.

 
Sunday Bobbleheads

Face the Nation has Howard Dean, Liz Cheney, and Lindsey Graham.

This Week has Coons, O'Donnell, and Maria Shriver.

Meet the Press has Gibbs, Michael Bennet, and Ken Buck.

Document the atrocities!

 
Morning Thread



Saturday, October 16, 2010
 
Late Night

My local sports franchise did not win their sporting competition.

 
Thread some more

Maybe you can find something to read here.

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Not Atrios

 
More Thread

Have at it.

 
Lunch Thread

Light blogging day.

 
Winning Messages

Not really sure what the professional left is supposed to do about calls for job and spending cuts when there's 9.6% unemployment.

 
Overnight

Rock on.



Friday, October 15, 2010
 
Late Night Thread

Have fun



 
Hey, Some Good News

LA getting some of that transit money I said they should get.

 
Outsourcing

Dday is faster than me. It's hard to type on this bus.

I'll just add that even if nobody is in anyway concerned about the plight of screwed homeowners, a failed HAMP program (or general sensible way to deal with foreclosure mess) is a big reason for the failure of the economy to turnaround. So, you know, suck on that.

 
Blabbity Blabbity Blah

I'll have more on this later when I have more time, but perhaps Treasury could've figured out how to do a bit more with the $50 billion they were allocated instead of spending basically none of it.

 
The Greatest Letter To The Editor Ever Written

Brought a tear to my eye, it did.

 
Fraud

Not sure there's anything new here that hasn't been in other things I've read recently, but it's a good overview.






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