Very cool site

There's absolutely nothing weird to download onto your computer's hard drive.

in reference to: Mahjongg Solitaire Games online (view on Google Sidewiki)

Dr. HousingBubble's Real Homes of Genius is always, well, Genius

From what I understand, the Federal Reserve purchased a lot of the really bad stuff on the banks' balance sheets and parked it in one of the Maiden Lane "credit facilities" on the taxpayers' dime. Recent reports indicate that the Fed is in no rush to sell this junk. There are no greater fools to be found anywhere.

in reference to:

"So how in the world can these banks make all this money when they have stuff like this on their balance sheet?"
- Real Homes of Genius – 1 out of 7 homeowners not paying mortgage or in foreclosure. Examples in Pasadena. 672 square feet apartment for $385,000. 676 square feet home became equity machine. » Dr. Housing Bubble Blog (view on Google Sidewiki)

A page of the same old tired canards

There are so many here I don't know where to begin.

Let's start with this ahistorical view:

...It went from a private, furtively practiced, vice to an open and accepted subculture. In many circles, ``sodomite'' ceased to be an insult. This acceptance led to the toleration, and wide practice, of gross homosexual promiscuity. HIV, falling onto that fertile soil, made the AIDS epidemic. Even before AIDS was recognized, practicing homosexuals were notorious for a high rate of venereal diseases....

No, sir, homosexual relations were practiced far more frequently in Western culture prior to the advent of the Pill. Prior to the Pill, prostitutes were expensive and nice girls simply didn't do it. It was quite common for men who identified themselves as heterosexual to seek out quick homosexual companionship. My gay friends who were of age when the Kinsey report came out in 1948 scoffed that only about 40% of the American male population had engaged in man-on-man relations.From their experiences and perspectives it was more like 60-70%. Like masturbation, these liaisons were something that was never discussed in polite company.

Let's make homophobia an equal opportunity employer:

...Homophobia is the moral judgement that homosexual behavior (most of the arguments in this essay refer specifically to male homosexual behavior) is wrong...

He really needs to make some arguments about the lesbian kind. Oh, wait, lesbians are the one cohort of the population that are least likely to have HIV. Never mind.

...it is a moral judgement upon acts engaged in by choice...

The mind-blowing thing is that this guy calls himself a scientist. Brain structures of homosexual men are unlike those of heterosexual men. We all know this. The last time I looked I couldn't chose my brain. I somehow wonder if he is also a closet Creationist on the side?

in reference to: In Defense of Homophobia (view on Google Sidewiki)

Mortgage Delinquencies

Of course, reports of mortgage delinquencies are going to drop when the banks refuse to report them because they don't want to show how bad their mortgage balance sheet actually is and how insolvent they really are.

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"The rate of 60+ day delinquencies among US mortgages fell 12 basis points (bps) to 6.77% in Q110, from 6.89% in the previous quarter, according to market research by credit bureau TransUnion."
- TransUnion Sees Delinquency Fall for First Quarter Since 2006 « HousingWire (view on Google Sidewiki)

Kendra's Law

Even if Kendra's Law is extended, it could merely be a moot point with massive budget shortfalls in all the states, including New York. Mental Health services and Medicaid are generally the first to be cut. Or at least, we can hope the psychiatric beast will be starved.

One question that I have, however, is about this new National Health Insurance Law. I have never read it, but there has been some mention of it providing for medical research. Is human experimentation by psychiatry provided for in this new law, I wonder?

in reference to: Kendra’s Law — Five More Years? « Spit, Bristle and Fury (view on Google Sidewiki)

April 23, 2010

Well, I guess we can see why the FDIC opened a big branch office in Chicago. A person can only assume that there are more where these came from.

in reference to: FDIC: Failed Bank List (view on Google Sidewiki)

IRS Officer Liable for Taxes on $41,842 in EBay Sales

“Petitioner’s attitude toward the preparation of her tax returns appeared to be cavalier,” the U.S. Tax Court opinion said.

She sounds just like her Boss Timmay.

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"“Petitioner’s attitude toward the preparation of her tax returns appeared to be cavalier,” the U.S. Tax Court opinion said."
- IRS Officer Liable for Taxes on $41,842 in EBay Sales (Update2) - Bloomberg.com (view on Google Sidewiki)