new loan blog

I'm in the market for a new house, so I've been looking around for some info and tips about applying for, and getting a home loan. I found this blog that has a ton of info on the topic. Take a look!

McCainonomics

He defends the Bush tax cuts he voted against, adds caveats to "no new taxes."...

Am I a Torturer?

The first time Ben saw a detainee get beaten, he took the lead interrogator aside afterward to ask, "Was this stuff really allowed? Didn't it violate the Geneva Conventions?" "These aren't pows; they're detainees," he was told. "Those rules are antiquated and don't apply. You can't get any information without breaking that stuff."

Stocks jump on data, commodities; Thornburg sinks (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as
evidence the services sector may not be as weak as feared
allayed investors' concerns about a recession and soaring
commodity prices lifted energy and mining companies' shares.

The Anti-Obama Playbook [Cartoon]

Any more tips to add to this 2008 playbook? I'm sure the Obama haters out there would know a few more sneaky tactics.

Best video explaining net neutrality ever

Individuals invented the internet yet now corporations claim they own own it - they claim it's their private property. If that's true then you don't have free speech online. I disagree - I think free speech in "free speech zones" isn't free: it's *dependent* on having a public place to be heard - meaning public property like the internet.

Jamaica considers legalising cannabis

Jamaica is considering the legalisation of marijuana, a drug revered by members of the island's large Rastafarian population who say smoking it is part of their religion.

Answer Desk: Why are mortgage rates jumping?

If the Federal Reserve is busy cutting interest rates, why are mortgage rates jumping? The Answer Desk, by msnbc.com's John W. Schoen.

Supreme Court allows retirement plan suits

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that individual participants in the most common type of retirement plan can sue under a pension protection law to recover their losses.

Obama: Clinton didn't have the "experience" to read the NIE

She didn’t read the National Intelligence Estimate, Jay Rockefeller read it, but she didn’t read it. I don’t know what all that experience got her because in my experience if you have a National Intelligence Estimate and the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says, 'You should read this, this is why I’m voting against the war.'

Clinton PAYING black people to hold her signs in Texas

The Clinton campaign paid a group of people, all African-American, to hold her campaign signs on a Dallas street corner.

CNN Money: Williams Admits Great Depression Coming

Get ready for the price of gold to soar after this type of story in mainstream! John Williams discusses a coming financial depression. Explore these articles:FDIC Girds For Bank Failures & The FDIC Will Seek to Rehire 25 of It's Own Retired Members, Many of Whom Specialized in Bank Closings.http://www.thestreet.com/print

Patriotism Police after 9/11 - DONT CRITICIZE THE PREZ

Head of CNN: "There was 'almost a patriotism police' after 9/11 and when the network showed [things critical of the administration's policies] it would get phone calls from ... the administration"

World stocks, dollar tumble on bank, economy woes (Reuters)

Reuters - World stocks tumbled while the dollar
plumbed record lows on Monday as fresh concerns about the
health of the banking sector and a U.S. recession drove
investors to safe-haven gold and government bonds.

This war on terrorism is bogus

The 9/11 attacks gave the US an ideal pretext to use force to secure its global domination. "It is known that at least 11 countries provided advance warning to the US of the 9/11 attacks [and] that there were plans to hit Washington targets with airplanes."

Hollywood's Greatest On-Screen Pairs

When the right chemistry is in place, one plus one equals big box office hit.

Who's No. 1? $14.3M License Plate Buyer

Man pays record amount for car license plate at Abu Dhabi auction.

Trading Scandal Hits U.S.

MF Global Ltd. blames Memphis employee for $141M losses in wheat trades.

America's Rogue 'French' Trader

Friends say the trader at the center of a $141M scandal is a smart, kind man.

BLF does the AT&T billboard hack( video)

The Billboard Liberation Front today announced a major new advertising improvement campaign executed on behalf of clients AT&T and the National Security Agency. Focusing on billboards in the San Francisco area, this improvement action is designed to promote and celebrate the innovative collaboration of these two global communications giants.

Obama PWNS Hillary Clinton In Response to Red Phone Ad

" ... We’ve had a red phone moment. It was the decision to invade Iraq. And Senator Clinton gave the wrong answer ..."

Stocks Fall Sharply on Economic Worries

Stocks Fall As Economic Reports, Disappointing Quarterly Reports Stir Concerns About Economy

Bill Clinton on "the person who wants you to hope"

In 2004, Bill Clinton described "one of Clinton's laws of politics": "If one candidate's trying to scare you, and the other one's trying to get you to think; if one candidate's appealing to your fears, and the other one's appealing to your hopes; you'd better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope."

Buffett has profitable year, faults housing excess (Reuters)

Reuters - Warren Buffett concluded a highly
profitable year for his Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N)
(BRKb.N) with an admonition for lenders who fueled the housing
crisis and words of caution that Berkshire's own results might
be less stellar than in 2007.

Republican Makes Ass of Himself on MSNBC

GA Republican Jack Kingston bashes Barack Obama for not wearing a flag lapel pin without remembering to wear one himself.

Amtrak's New Look: Screeners, Dogs, Guns

Amtrak says new procedures won't hold up the flow of passengers.

Believe It: Good News From the IRS

Many will soon get letters from the Internal Revenue Service about rebates.