Jesus Radicals
Key quote from their home page: “Even when they call us mad, when they call us subversives and communists and all the epithets they put on us, we know we only preach the subversive witness of the Beatitudes, which have…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month December 2007
Who the ARM rate freeze is really for
Among the qualifications for the ARM rate freeze is that the homeowner must have a higher LTV than 97%. That’s more, not less. Thus only those who owe more than 97% of the value of their home can qualify. (And…
Parrot plays prank on human
Stuart McNae has had to change his mobile phone ringtone five times – because his parrot Billy keeps copying them. The parrot waits until Stuart leaves the room, mimics the sound of a call – then laughs when he dashes…
Saturday cat blogging
That’s Shy Guy on the top, and Squeak and Sumo on the bottom. We did foster care for them for a month until they were old enough to adopt, then they and their mom went back to the Humane Society.…
ARM rate freeze might have blowback
Blowback is the unintended consequences of an action, in this case is the government plan to have mortgage issuers voluntarily freeze rate for some ARM mortgage holders. “I’ve never seen anything such as they’re suggesting here in my career,” said…