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Thursday, October 07, 2010
"suspicious timing"?
That's putting it rather mildly, I think.
A bill that homeowners advocates warn will make it more difficult to challenge improper foreclosure attempts by big mortgage processors is awaiting President Barack Obama's signature after it quietly zoomed through the Senate last week.
What this bill does is require that courts in one state respect as valid the notarizations of out-of-state notaries, even if performed by a method not recognized in that state. This would force states that do not recognize as valid "batch" notarizations performed by machines to accept them anyway. For those of you not familiar with the purpose and process of the notary public, it is meant to provide third-part validation that signatures and so on are true and correct. Kind of difficult for a machine to do that, I'd think.
Given that this has been quietly forced through "the greatest deliberative body on the planet" just as revelations about abuse of the foreclosure process by some of the big banks are becoming public, you just have to wonder. The Big O is said to be looking it over, but my bet is that he'll sign it. He's taken too many dings as "anti-business" lately, and November is upon us.
Of course, I'm sure that it will stand up in court--as long as we don't mind listening to the screaming as the Commerce Clause is tortured just a bit more.
A bill that homeowners advocates warn will make it more difficult to challenge improper foreclosure attempts by big mortgage processors is awaiting President Barack Obama's signature after it quietly zoomed through the Senate last week.
What this bill does is require that courts in one state respect as valid the notarizations of out-of-state notaries, even if performed by a method not recognized in that state. This would force states that do not recognize as valid "batch" notarizations performed by machines to accept them anyway. For those of you not familiar with the purpose and process of the notary public, it is meant to provide third-part validation that signatures and so on are true and correct. Kind of difficult for a machine to do that, I'd think.
Given that this has been quietly forced through "the greatest deliberative body on the planet" just as revelations about abuse of the foreclosure process by some of the big banks are becoming public, you just have to wonder. The Big O is said to be looking it over, but my bet is that he'll sign it. He's taken too many dings as "anti-business" lately, and November is upon us.
Of course, I'm sure that it will stand up in court--as long as we don't mind listening to the screaming as the Commerce Clause is tortured just a bit more.
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
"Things Will Unravel Faster Than You Think"
(Via Refuge)
...far too many people expect events to unfold in a more or less orderly manner, with plenty of time to adjust along the way. In other words, linearly. The world does not always cooperate, and my concern rests on the observation that we still face the convergence of multiple trends, each of which alone has the power to permanently transform our economic landscape and standards of living.
Why people would expect a collapse of civilization for fall in an "more or less orderly manner" is beyond me, but humanity has the ability to delude itself to an amazing degree. I hope you as a person are not so delusional.
...far too many people expect events to unfold in a more or less orderly manner, with plenty of time to adjust along the way. In other words, linearly. The world does not always cooperate, and my concern rests on the observation that we still face the convergence of multiple trends, each of which alone has the power to permanently transform our economic landscape and standards of living.
Why people would expect a collapse of civilization for fall in an "more or less orderly manner" is beyond me, but humanity has the ability to delude itself to an amazing degree. I hope you as a person are not so delusional.
They've got it all wrong
He was just redistributing the store's income.
Police said a man wearing a mask of President Barack Obama robbed the Sheetz on Somerset Center Drive at about 3:24 a.m. on Wednesday.
Smile, people.
Police said a man wearing a mask of President Barack Obama robbed the Sheetz on Somerset Center Drive at about 3:24 a.m. on Wednesday.
Smile, people.
Monday, October 04, 2010
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Send in the Marines!
Do you remember the story of Ilario Pantano? The Marine officer who was almost railroaded on murder charges? I blogged about this one a while back.
Well, how times have changed for the former Marine second lieutenant. He has the backing of the Tea Party organization and is running for the US House in...wait for it...North Carolina District 7!
I hope he kicks Mike McIntyre's sorry posterior right out of DC and NC. Now excuse me while I go figure out how to donate to his campaign.
Well, how times have changed for the former Marine second lieutenant. He has the backing of the Tea Party organization and is running for the US House in...wait for it...North Carolina District 7!
I hope he kicks Mike McIntyre's sorry posterior right out of DC and NC. Now excuse me while I go figure out how to donate to his campaign.
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