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Ok, Winex, how many people were working on that Fund thing, and what was it supposed to do? If the guy is guilty of something, he's right there, why isn't he arrested. Statute of Limitations or some other reason? If there were 5 people and they met every week, that's one thing...

I have been enjoying watching those segments on ABC. I am sure they will do the same thing to the Repubs, and they will be equally guilty. I'm sure that ABC news loves that this happened. They get to make the demos look like phony idiots. They get to make it a super big deal...

The local newspaper yesterday saw this decreasing acceleration as "brightening" instead of night falling more slowly, which would be the correct metaphor. And anyway that deceleration is just a little jog, right. No reason to think that prices won't go down more quickly again, right?

Poor Eff. Just to spread the word. The best banks have not been contributing one cent to the FDIC fund. Not one cent. Not that it would have enough money anyhow, but it might have enough to save a few more banks. As discussed on Calculated risk.

I don't care about argula and I don't care about houses; I do care about issues and whether or not the candidates really mean what they are for and against and whether or not they are likely to get said issues into actual legislation. I mean the house thing is weird, but so what...

Oh, phooey. Bid 199 and see what happens.

In 1972, we moved to Fla to go to law school, and bought a house for 22,500.00. Yep, you read it right. We looked at a cute house in Coral Gables for 27k, but felt we just couldn't afford it. Sigh. There was a bubble in the latest 70s in Miami, which busted when the interest rates went...

Oops, Alan is probably right. There might be some limit on the number of dishes allowable. I stand by the rest of what I said.

I didn't pay attention to California before. Isn't this worse, budget-wise than the last go-round?

There is a politics thread. Maybe somebody should bump it up. All I can say is I hope that they move the primaries foreward by 4 or 5 months, because I can't stand the perpetual campaign. Now if they were discussing anything with intellectual content that would be different. I...

The house looks bigger than that from the front. Is it long and skinny? Oh, short sale. Nevermind. I guess you could put in an offer for $475k and see if anything happens, just for the heck of it.

It is adorable, just subtract enough to buy a kitchen, and you will have the kitchen of your dreams. Go for it. I had to rip the entire kitchen out of this house; we spent carefully and it was not a bad experience at all.

Hey, you Californians. I read that Amex hasn't been paid by the state so it is cutting off credit for public employees with state credit cards shortly. It said it was forebearing for a while, but shortly, no more credit. What will give?

Where have you been Winex? I eat breakfast only at McD's. I find the rest of their food loathsome, but haven't tried the salads, so will withhold judgment. I actually like the coffee now, better than starbucks, in fact. Our Applebees don't serve breakfast.

I'm in Florida, but I suggest you look at the HOA you've got now and see what the docs say. If your little corner of the world is subject to docs that cover more than your 5 units, you can't secede. If there are rules against multiple dishes, than you can seek to have them...

The only loans I see funding are FHA, I have some of them coming up, hard money, and reverse mtges. I see NO conventional loans going through. They always have an excuse not to actually close. My honest appraiser buddy is hanging on there doing FHA appraisals. He has had it with...

We just got our property assessment and the assessor finds that the value has dropped $30,000 since last year. The assessors findings are usually way low in Dade. Now I regard them as more or less accurate. Here in Brevard, I don't know. Historically, it's rare or never that...

What a lovely green pool!!! Looks like our pool after Hurricane Andrew hit. The municipalities really need to jump on these things, and it can be a lovely source of revenue, fining banks.

I wasn't blogging back then, but goldern it who writes like that, except PR types in the most fawning obnoxious ads. Surely those posts were by the same person? And, just wait until the garbage starts piling up like that bldg in Miami, because there's no money to pay the bill. Or...

Very cool