Month January 2011

Banks lose crucial Massachusetts foreclosure case

The state Supreme Judicial Court yesterday upheld a judge’s decision saying two foreclosures were invalid because the banks didn’t prove they owned the mortgages, which he said were transferred into two mortgage-backed trusts without the recipients’ being named. Weaselly spokespersons…

Polizeros Radio

Steve Hynd of Newshoggers, and Josh Mull of Firedoglake & Rethink Afghanistan and myself have done six podcasts on BlogTalkRadio so far, and judging from the listens, we seem to be getting an audience. Polizeros Radio is on Thursday night…

Taiwan encouraging potty-trained pigs

Pigs are apparently easy to potty-train, and doing so saves water, decreases disease and water pollution, and boosts fertility. The Taiwan EPA, encouraged by results from a pig farm that potty-trained 10,000 pigs, wants the practice adopted nationwide among their…