Home loans become a little easier to get:"The bank's minimum down payment is now 5%, down from 10%, for primary homes and 10%, instead of 20% for second homes in those states."
Saturday, October 26, 2013
And how'd that work out for you last time........Mortgage lenders are starting to accept lower credit scores and smaller down payments.
Home loans become a little easier to get:"The bank's minimum down payment is now 5%, down from 10%, for primary homes and 10%, instead of 20% for second homes in those states."
Friday, October 25, 2013
Al Gore Invests in Fracking Company
Doh! This one is bogus-Al Gore Invests in Fracking Company - The Daily Currant:I got caught in a humor site...... well the science of blogging certainly is settled!
Sure seemed like something he'd do.
Al Jazeera and all that....
"Former U.S. Vice President and environment advocate Al Gore has closed a deal to make a multi-million dollar investment in a natural gas producer that specializes in fracking.
In a statement to shareholders, Canada-based PetroBakken Resources announced that Gore and his investment partners would be pumping $200 million into the company in return for a 15 percent stake. "
Ya think? Blackstone pro sees signs of market speculation
Blackstone pro sees signs of market speculation:"Wein added: "The feeling is that we're OK for a while and everyone thinks they're smart enough to know when the music is going to stop.""
Delusional democrat desciples of Obamacare religion blame Republicans for ObamaCare fiasco
Dean: No, really, Republicans are to blame for ObamaCare fiasco « Hot Air:
Who’s to blame for the ObamaCare debacle?
“First off all, in fairness,” Howard Dean told the Morning Joe crew earlier today, you have to blame Republicans for some of this because they delayed everything they possibly could.”
First we have to blame the party that (a) didn’t cast a single vote in favor of the ACA and (b) had no control over its 42-month rollout?
At which stage in the process do we hold responsible the people who spent $400 million in three and a half years, and who assured everyone all along the way that things were going swimmingly?
“First off all, in fairness,” Howard Dean told the Morning Joe crew earlier today, you have to blame Republicans for some of this because they delayed everything they possibly could.”
First we have to blame the party that (a) didn’t cast a single vote in favor of the ACA and (b) had no control over its 42-month rollout?
At which stage in the process do we hold responsible the people who spent $400 million in three and a half years, and who assured everyone all along the way that things were going swimmingly?
(via Andrew Johnson at The Corner):
Dean went on to blame the Republican governors who wisely decided not to tempt fate with their own exchange systems:
“The problem is they shouldn’t have done a single-size-fits-all for the 36 states,” he continued. “Partly, I have to say, they had to do that because the Republican governors refused to accept exchanges.”Dean went on to downplay the problems facing the websites, saying the glitches are “not big.”
Dean suggests that the White House should have built regional systems rather than national systems in order to make the process less complicated. How exactly would that have helped? HHS couldn’t even build one system that connects the consumers to the insurers and the IRS properly, but they could have built four or five simultaneously? That sounds like the kind of thinking that went into the Obama administration’s reform policies and managerial efforts on ObamaCare all along.
Chilling: Reporter's confidential notes seized in firearms raid by Feds
Blog: Chilling: Reporter's confidential notes seized in firearms raid by Feds:"But it's what wasn't in the search warrant but was seized anyway were the reporter's confidential notes that revealed sources inside the Department of Homeland Security and elsewhere in government."
"No One Is Responsible". With government, no one EVER is ...........
Belmont Club » No One Is Responsible:"The New York Times describes a high level meeting aimed at getting to the bottom of the disastrous failure of the Obamacare website.
The mystery deepened when it emerged that none of the contractors was in the slightest degree responsible for its non-function.
Contractors that built President Obama’s health insurance marketplace point fingers at one another and at the government, but each insists that it is not responsible for the problems that infuriated millions of Americans trying to buy insurance on the Web site, according to testimony prepared for a Congressional hearing on Thursday. …"
Hopeless and Changed-----25 Stats That Prove That The American Dream Is Being Systematically Destroyed |
25 Stats That Prove That The American Dream Is Being Systematically Destroyed
Read 'em all:
4. Total consumer credit has risen by a whopping 22 percent over the past three years.
5. Student loans are up by an astounding 61 percent over the past three years.
6. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, median household income in the United States has fallen for five years in a row.
7. Right now the middle class is taking home a smaller share of the overall income pie than has ever been recorded before.
8. Ordinary Americans are being priced out of the housing market. Today, nearly half of all home purchases are all-cash deals.
9. The homeownership rate in the United States is now at the lowest level it has been in nearly 18 years.
10. The gap between the rich and the poor in the United States is at an all-time record high.
11. U.S. families that have a head of household that is under the age of 30 have a poverty rate of 37 percent.
FRAUD! If you did it, you'd go to jail!------New HealthCare.gov feature "miscalculates" plan prices
New HealthCare.gov feature miscalculates plan prices | The Daily Caller:"But CBS News reports that the projected costs are disingenuous, almost always ending up significantly less than what consumers will eventually pay.
Jonathan Wu, an industry analyst, told CBS the feature is “incredibly misleading for people that are trying to get a sense of what they’re paying.”"
Imagine if "White House" was the Bush administration.......White House admits it was behind rumor that GOP leader told Obama 'I cannot even stand to look at you' during tense government shutdown meeting
White House admits it was behind rumor that GOP leader told Obama 'I cannot even stand to look at you' during tense government shutdown meeting | Mail Online:"Sen. Dick Durbin, the Senate Majority Whip, claimed in a Facebook post on Sunday that an unnamed GOP lawmaker had delivered the verbal slap in Obama's face, but everyone involved with the story now says it never happened."
In the "old" America this wouldn't even be a concept. With this guy...who knows?------Was President Barack Obama’s fainting lady a fake?
"A conspiracy theorist has released a convincing video which questions President Barack Obama’s motives during an ObamaCare press conference earlier this week.During the presser at The White House on Monday, a pregnant woman, Karmel Allison, was caught by the President moments before she fainted on stage.
“I got you. You’re OK,” Mr Obama told her. “This is what happens when I talk too long.”
But in a persuasive twist, a YouTube user who goes by the username Lady Patriots has released close-up footage of the incident, suggesting it was all a con to lift Obama’s approval ratings."
OMG! They've lost CBS "This Morning"!------CBS: Insurers Canceling Coverage for Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Because of Obamacare
CBS: Insurers Canceling Coverage for Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Because of Obamacare | Washington Free Beacon:"Insurers are canceling coverage for hundreds of thousands of Americans because of Obamacare, forcing them to buy new policies despite President Obama’s promises to the contrary, CBS This Morning reported Friday.
However, O’Donnell reported, it’s not happening the way Obama “explained it.” One California citizen, Natalie Willis, said her insurance had gotten worse and more expensive.
“Before, I had a plan where I had a $1,500 deductible,” she said.
”I paid $199 a month.
The most similar plan that I would have available to me would be $278 per month,
my deductible would be $6,500 and all of my care after that point would only be covered 70 percent.”"
I thought you guys were broke. So who paid for the 800 T-shirts?......... 'The Big Crunch': Schools in Muskegon County, others in Michigan combine to reclaim apple-eating record
'The Big Crunch': Schools in Muskegon County, others in Michigan combine to reclaim apple-eating record | MLive.com:"The nearly 800 participants, who were all dressed in red shirts with a “W” on the front and “All in” on the back,"
And there used to be the reedin', ritin', ritmetick thing too. What happened tot hat stuff......
They're diggin' into EVERY pocket you got...digitally!----Judge orders Inkster to cut water rates, refund overcharges
Judge orders Inkster to cut water rates, refund overcharges | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:"Inkster residents and businesses will be receiving refunds for overcharges on their water bills after a judge ruled that the rates were too high and ordered the city to reduce them.
Byron Nolen, the attorney for plaintiff Terrance Trahey, said retired Wayne County Circuit Judge Paul Teranes, who presided over the bench trial last week, ordered a reduction in water rates from $15.30 per unit to $11.96.
The lawsuit was led by Trahey, who received a $6,000 water bill last fall.
He argued that new digital water meters were not working properly and the city’s sharply higher water rates were in violation of the state constitution and city charter.
Trahey’s $6,000 water bill was eliminated by the judge, Nolen said.
“He said every citizen will get a credit on their account,” Nolen said. “I was a little surprised.”
City officials didn’t return calls seeking comment Thursday."
There are NO words for this......Campaign seeks to eliminate stigma of abortion with personal stories
Campaign seeks to eliminate stigma of abortion with personal stories | The Daily Caller:"Across the country, pro-abortion activists are calling for women to spark a personal, “new conversation about abortion access” in an effort to de-stigmatize the practice.
The 1 in 3 Campaign, as in “1 in 3 women will have an abortion in her lifetime,” a project of the sexual health group Advocates for Youth, is in the midst of its “Week of Action.”"
Is THIS really the "Change" Obama voters had in mind?-----Census Bureau: Means-Tested Gov't Benefit Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers
Census Bureau: Means-Tested Gov't Benefit Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers | CNS News:"Americans who were recipients of means-tested government benefits in 2011 outnumbered year-round full-time workers, according to data released this month by the Census Bureau."
Does NOT include SS or Medicare!
Wayne County Sheriff's Office likely to run out of money to pay overtime to jail deputies
Wayne County Sheriff's Office likely to run out of money to pay overtime to jail deputies | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:"Just one month into the new fiscal year, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office is expected to run out of money to pay overtime for deputies at the county jail in about a month."
Hopeless and changed--------Survey marks 2nd year of crime increases
My Way News - Survey marks 2nd year of crime increases:"The government says the rate of violent crime in America went up 15 percent last year and the property crime rate rose 12 percent, signals that the nation may be seeing the last of the substantial declines in crime of the past 20 years.
Last year marked the second year in a row for increases in the crime victimization survey, a report that is based on household interviews."
Obamacare of the future--------British patients at risk in 1 in 4 hospitals: Inspectors raise alarm about long A&E waits, high death rates and staff shortages
Patients at risk in 1 in 4 hospitals: Inspectors raise alarm about long A&E waits, high death rates and staff shortages | Mail Online:(A&E is "accidents and emergencies"-Emergency rooms)
"Patients are at risk in a QUARTER of hospitals: Inspectors raise alarm about long A&E waits, high death rates and staff shortages
-Care Quality Commissions says 44 NHS Trusts are at 'high risk'
-Warning patients are not receiving 'safe, effective, high quality care'
.....Health inspectors have raised fears about high death rates, long waits for A&E, cancer treatment, botched operations and patients struggling to even find staff.
.....They include Aintree University Hospital which is at ‘high risk’ on mortality rates and whistleblowing alerts, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals, rated as high risk for knee replacement and hernia surgery, poor patient experience and A&E waiting times, and Croydon Health Services NHS Trust where patients struggle to find staff to talk to and lack confidence in nurses.
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