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Whew!

we are stardust — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:17:50 +0000

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Whew!

Snark!

Michael Maiello — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:58:36 +0000

In reply to Er...c'mon Destor, LOL! What

Snark!

More Jah Wobble! More Jah

we are stardust — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:50:57 +0000

In reply to You want sexy? Here's the

More Jah Wobble! More Jah Wobble! Even better for my mood than this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUlgN__Jrxk (man; I can't make the font point change stick...looks like ants walking across the box...sorry for typos....)

You want sexy? Here's the

miguelitoh2o — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:22:39 +0000

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You want sexy? Here's the Right's version of sexy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs4i_iv6YIs

I'm laughing at your turning

we are stardust — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:13:12 +0000

In reply to Yeah, it used to be that

I'm laughing at your turning the trend on its head, but I guess it's gallows humor. It seems that this next danger is taking its time getting around the web: it's not sexy, and it's complicated, ergo not much coverage.

That it's unconstitutional doesn't really soothe me; how many other unconstitutional things are happening as we speak? And with the current Supreme Court? Hah!

Yeah, it used to be that

miguelitoh2o — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 22:44:39 +0000

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Yeah, it used to be that those with the economic wherewithal could merely change laws they didn't like, then operate with impunity. Now they can apparently do so retroactively. Somehow I'm reminded of the Russian revolution, only in reverse. Instead of coopting the property of the rich and distributing it to the masses, we're doing the converse.

Christ. And now counties are

we are stardust — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:07:41 +0000

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Christ. And now counties are buying this LPS software to help MERS along its merry widow way. From Parsnip at fdl:

"The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa and the state of Florida are investigating whether LPS and affiliated companies have fabricated documents and faked signatures. LPS employees “seem to be creating and manufacturing ‘bogus assignments’ of mortgage in order that foreclosures may go through more quickly and efficiently,” the Florida Attorney General’s Office says in an online description of its civil investigation. “We’re concerned that people might be put out of their houses unfairly and unjustly,” Bill McCollum, the attorney general, told Bloomberg Businessweek. In a third investigation, the U.S. Trustee Program, the branch of the Justice Dept. that polices bankruptcies, is looking into whether LPS is “improperly directing legal action” to hasten foreclosures, according to a 2009 opinion issued by the bankruptcy court in Philadelphia. A Trustee spokeswoman declined to comment.
On Sept. 29, U.S. Representative Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) denounced LPS on the House floor. “The system is so organized that there is a company, Lender Processing Services, who allegedly has created the means to systemize fraud,” he said. Foreclosure-defense lawyers have filed suit against LPS in Mississippi and Kentucky, seeking class-action status and accusing the company of improperly splitting fees with pro-foreclosure lawyers. LPS shares have fallen sharply on the New York Stock Exchange and as of Oct. 20 were down 33 percent for the year."

Pretty hard to not flip about about this; and that it may get passed as some tiny amendment added in the middle of the night to some 'must pass' bill.

And this about LPS from Stop Foreclosure Fraud:

http://stopforeclosurefraud.com/2010/10/02/must-read-is-lpss-aptitude-solutions-software-in-your-county-courts-land-records/

Thanks for keeping an eye on

Obey — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:49:04 +0000

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Thanks for keeping an eye on this.

Obviously, the people have spoken! And they demanded freedom for the banks to foreclose on anyone they please. Hey, if they want your house, you must have done something wrong, right?

Er...c'mon Destor, LOL! What

we are stardust — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:42:17 +0000

In reply to It's not that banks make

Er...c'mon Destor, LOL! What do ya mean there? I hope it was sorta snarky, along the lines of "banks commit fraud, congress looks away".

It's not that banks make

Michael Maiello — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 22:26:46 +0000

In reply to A Bill to Indemnify MERS Retroactively?

It's not that banks make mistakes, it's that congress makes exceptions.