The foreclosures are going up 73%, not 63%.

Lenders began foreclosing on 323,102 mortgages, a ratio of one in 358 U.S. households, according to a report issued Monday by RealtyTrac Inc. Banks typically start foreclosing on mortgages after payments are 90 days late.

"When you couple the higher bills that people with adjustable loans saw with the ( Read more... )

Hardshell GOP Arizona State Senate leader Ken Bennett, for of school spending and tough-on-crime, has a new priority these days...his 18 year old is up on charges for 'broomsticking' campers under his care at a church youth camp. The boy and another counselor confessed to their behaviour, and Daddy's pulling strings like mad to get the charges ( Read more... )

"Saying that America is addicted to oil (see this link for an interesting plan ) without following a real plan for energy independence is like admitting alcoholism and then skipping out on the 12-step program,"

He's picking up energy independence as a big issue and running with it. See the whole speech here.

Since gas prices are supposed to be ( Read more... )

• The comeback of pr0n and hookers in China (which outlawed them and addicts in 1949 after the Communists took over).
• China now says that the next manned flight to space will be held off to 2008.  Hell of a launch schedule.
• How to bribe your doctor in China.
• John Murtha:  Let me tell you, the only people who want us in Iraq is Iran and al-Qaeda. I’ve ( Read more... )

• I think I'm gonna faint. Chicago is talking about cheap, affordable wi-fi throughout the city. You want a way to help make things better for the little guy? Hand out the $100 laptops and this, dudes, and promote the idea of the small entrepreneur using the internet. In Philadelphia, EarthLink Inc. is building a citywide network that will ( Read more... )