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Racism?

Were the police racist, or was Prof. Gates out of line? Should the President be commenting on this while admitting that he doesn't know the facts? Here's the police report. You decide.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0723092gates1.html

Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul!

The worse the economy gets, the more this guy make sense. Never thought I'd see the day when Ron Paul sounded less crazy than the people running the government.

Whoa-man

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Why I'll never live in New York

Nice place to visit, but...

Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman very seriously argues that the reason the stimulus isn't working is because the government just isn't spending enough money, doggone it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/opinion/10krugman.html?_r=1

Paul, do us all a favor, and return that Nobel Prize.

No end in sight

People frequently ask me if I think the economy is about to turn around. I tell them no. No one who believes recovery is on the horizon can point to ANY statistic or indicator to justify their optimism. I tell you what I tell everyone else, the numbers you get from the White House, which are then passed along to the media are doctored. They are unreliable, and juked to make things seem better than they really are. Take a look at this fantastic article by Mortimer Zuckerman over that the Wall Street Journal about why the economy is in even worse shape than you think it is.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124753066246235811.html

Barbara Boxer

Oh Barbara, still stupid.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090711/sc_mcclatchy/3269899

Cramer gets it right

Yet again, Jim Cramer gets it right and calls what no one else will. Oil Futures are a sham and the price of oil has ZERO connection to reality.

Foreclosure Process

One of the questions I get asked frequently is what the timeline on a foreclosure looks like. I found this on the internets, though honestly, lenders are a little more aggressive than what this chart lays out. Generally, a notice of default is filed after you've missed 4 months, and then things proceed from there. Here's a rough outline of the process though. There's probably something similar in your jurisdiction (except for California and their crappy No-Deficiency on first mortgages statutes).

Nevada Foreclosure Process

Graph Jams

One of my favorite sites is Graph Jams. I highly recommend you give it a look.



Graph Jam.com

Oh, and by the way, happy 4th of July!

National Debt Visualization

This was sent to me by my personal economist, Dr. Dave, PhD. I thought it was a pretty good way to visualize how out of control the debt has become.