Welfare Drug Testing Bill Withdrawn After Amended To Include Testing Lawmakers

Arthur Delaneyarthur@huffingtonpost.com Huffington Post   Rep. Jud McMillin, R-Brookville, speaks on a motion to fine absent Democrats at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. A Republican member of the Indiana General Assembly withdrew his bill to create a pilot program for drug testing welfare applicants Friday after one of his Democratic colleagues amendedContinue reading “Welfare Drug Testing Bill Withdrawn After Amended To Include Testing Lawmakers”

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California asks for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac foreclosure hiatus | Share on LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/share?viewLink=&sid=s926132639&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elatimes%2Ecom%2Fbusiness%2Fmoney%2Fla-fi-mo-fannie-freddie-foreclosure-20120227%2C0%2C2545582%2Estory&urlhash=DO4W&pk=nprofile-view-success&pp=1&poster=16264752&uid=5580443759323123713&trk=NUS_UNIU_SHARE-title California Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris during a visit last year to the East L.A. Community Corp. in Boyle Hights on a tour highlighting her work cracking down on unfair mortgage practices. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times) By Alejandro Lazo February 27, 2012, 2:55 p.m. California’s attorney general has asked for a suspensionContinue reading “California asks for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac foreclosure hiatus | Share on LinkedIn”

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DocX Faces Foreclosure Fraud Charges in Missouri – NYTimes.com

  Company Faces Forgery Charges in Mo. Foreclosures By GRETCHEN MORGENSON Published: February 6, 2012 One of the largest companies that provided home foreclosure services to lenders across the nation, DocX, has been indicted on forgery charges by a Missouri grand jury — one of the few criminal actions to follow reports of widespread improprietiesContinue reading “DocX Faces Foreclosure Fraud Charges in Missouri – NYTimes.com”

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Lender Processing Unit Indicted in Missouri for Forging Mortgage Documents- Bloomberg

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-07/lender-processing-unit-indicted-in-missouri-for-forging-mortgage-documents Lender Processing Unit Indicted in Missouri for Forging Mortgage Documents By Phil Milford February 07, 2012 8:24 AM EST Docx LLC, a unit of Lender Processing Services Inc., was charged in Missouri with forgery and making a false declaration related to mortgage documents it processed. A Boone County grand jury handed down the 136-countContinue reading “Lender Processing Unit Indicted in Missouri for Forging Mortgage Documents- Bloomberg”

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Special report: Legal woes mount for a foreclosure kingpin | Reuters

Lest We Not Forget… Special report: Legal woes mount for a foreclosure kingpin Fall leaves blow past an empty home (C) seen in a well kept neighborhood where the house is listed on the auction block during the Wayne County tax foreclosures auction of almost 9,000 properties in Detroit, Michigan, October 22, 2009. Credit: Reuters/RebeccaContinue reading “Special report: Legal woes mount for a foreclosure kingpin | Reuters”

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FBI warns of threat from anti-government extremists | Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/07/us-usa-fbi-extremists-idUSTRE81600V20120207 FBI warns of threat from anti-government extremists By Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON | Mon Feb 6, 2012 7:21pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Anti-government extremists opposed to taxes and regulations pose a growing threat to local law enforcement officers in the United States, the FBI warned on Monday. These extremists, sometimes known as “sovereign citizens,” believeContinue reading “FBI warns of threat from anti-government extremists | Reuters”

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Mortgage Tornado Warning, Unheeded – NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/business/mortgage-tornado-warning-unheeded.html?_r=2&ref=business A Mortgage Tornado Warning, Unheeded Gary Bogdon for The New York Times After his own experience dealing with a mortgage mess, Nye Lavalle set out to learn all he could about the mortgage industry, traveling nationwide to dig into records. In 2003, he compiled a dossier of practices at Fannie Mae. In hindsight, theContinue reading “Mortgage Tornado Warning, Unheeded – NYTimes.com”

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Foreclosure Fallout: Robo-Signing deal falls flat

Oppenheim Law, http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=5567684076652986380&gid=1467337&type=member&item=91028246&articleURL=http%3A%2F%2Fsouthfloridalawblog%2Ecom%2F2012%2F01%2F24%2Fforeclosure-fallout-robo-signing-deal-falls-flat%2F&urlhash=qxrl&goback=%2Egde_1467337_member_91028246 This was shared by Tiffany Arthur in Foreclosure Prevention:  Real Estate Agents, Investors, Bankruptcy Attorneys, Mortgage/Lending Agents @ LinkedIn Will Obama Target Housing Crisis During State Of The Union?  Obama and the State of the Union — a Political Jekyll and Hyde? President Obama is likely to talk about this in tonight’sContinue reading “Foreclosure Fallout: Robo-Signing deal falls flat”

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How To Blackout Your Site (For SOPA/PIPA) Without Hurting SEO

http://searchengineland.com/blackout-your-site-without-hurting-seo-108302 How To Blackout Your Site (For SOPA/PIPA) Without Hurting SEO Jan 16, 2012 at 2:39pm ET by Matt McGee inShare179 A number of websites are (or were) planning to “go black” this week while the U.S. Congress discusses issues related to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). TheContinue reading “How To Blackout Your Site (For SOPA/PIPA) Without Hurting SEO”

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Wikipedia Will Go Dark On January 18 To Protest SOPA And PIPA | TechCrunch

  Wikipedia Will Go Dark On January 18 To Protest SOPA And PIPA ChrisVelazco posted 7 hours ago 35 Comments View Staff PageFollow me on twitter Chris Velazco is a mobile enthusiast and writer who studied English and Marketing at Rutgers University. Once upon a time, he was the news intern for MobileCrunch, and inContinue reading “Wikipedia Will Go Dark On January 18 To Protest SOPA And PIPA | TechCrunch”

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The Soldier Accused of Leaking Military Cables to WikiLeaks Is in Court Right Now « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts

19 Dec 2011 at 5:09 PM Posted in:Cyberlaw, Department of Justice, Laurence Tribe, Military / Military Law, Technology The Soldier Accused of Leaking Military Cables to WikiLeaks Is in Court Right Now By Christopher Danzig The former military intelligence analyst accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks has spent the last fourContinue reading “The Soldier Accused of Leaking Military Cables to WikiLeaks Is in Court Right Now « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts”

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Technology « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts

  Technology 05 Jan 2012 at 3:01 PM Posted in:Bad Ideas, Biglaw, Cyberlaw, Technology Stop Online Piracy Act Wants Biglaw Support; Biglaw Says, ‘Aw, Hell No’ By Christopher Danzig   Unless you drowned yourself     in a bathtub full of eggnog over the holidays, hopefully you are at least superficially aware of the Stop Online PiracyContinue reading “Technology « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts”

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Constitutional Scholar: White House Entirely Ignoring Article 1, Section 5 | CNSnews.com

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/constitutional-scholar-white-house-entirely-ignoring-article-1-section-5 Constitutional Scholar: White House Entirely Ignoring Article 1, Section 5 By Fred Lucas January 5, 2012 Subscribe to Fred Lucas’s posts President Barack Obama shakes hands with Richard Cordray before speaking about the economy, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, at Shaker Heights High School in Shaker Heights, Ohio. In a defiant display of executive power,Continue reading “Constitutional Scholar: White House Entirely Ignoring Article 1, Section 5 | CNSnews.com”

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The Shocking Truth About The Crackdown On Occupy | Before It’s News

The Shocking Truth About The Crackdown On Occupy | Before It’s News The violent police assaults across the US are no coincidence. Occupy has touched the third rail of our political class’s venality by Naomi Wolf US citizens of all political persuasions are still reeling from images of unparallelled police brutality in a coordinated crackdownContinue reading “The Shocking Truth About The Crackdown On Occupy | Before It’s News”

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The Words of NY Supreme Court Judge Threatened With Arrest

Report:  NYPD Cop Pushes New York Supreme Court Judge Into Wall By Rob Beschizza @ 6:59 AM Friday, Nov. 18th “Democracy Now” quotes: I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing there, some African-American woman goes up to a police officer and says, ‘I need to getContinue reading “The Words of NY Supreme Court Judge Threatened With Arrest”

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Nye Lavalle, We Applaud You for Your Efforts to Expose Robo-Judges Signing Robo-Orders!!!

  Message for My Friends & Colleagues –From: Nye Lavalle Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 3:50 PMPlease Read Entire Email NOTE: to all blogs!!!      Please post the email to the AGs, I wrote last week that I did not send you. I wrote them in confidence.               However, since they have failed to actContinue reading “Nye Lavalle, We Applaud You for Your Efforts to Expose Robo-Judges Signing Robo-Orders!!!”

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Foreclosure Hell…

                                                                Important Evidence & Affidavit in Foreclosure Law Firm, Robo-Signing, & MBS Investigation               From Nye Lavalle Sent: Thu, Oct 20, 2011 1:18 pm                                                                             From Nye Lavalle Dear Attorneys General: Recently, the Office of Inspector General for the Federal Housing Finance Agency released reports about a special counsel investigation by Fannie Mae and that a shareholderContinue reading “Foreclosure Hell…”

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A True Manifest Injustice!

  FANNIE AND FREDDIE OF                   FORECLOSURE ABUSES Original Message—–From: Nye Lavalle                                                                                                              To: OIGhotline <OIGhotline@fhfa.gov>; DeputyDirector-Enterprises <DeputyDirector-Enterprises@FHFA.gov>; Director <Director@FHFA.gov>; DeputyDirector-FHLBanks <DeputyDirector-FHLBanks@FHFA.gov>;                    GeneralCounsel<GeneralCounsel@FHFA.gov>;                                              Ombudsman <Ombudsman@FHFA.gov> Sent: Sat, Oct 8, 2011 10:28 pmSubject: I AM THE FANNIE SHAREHOLDER NAMED IN YOUR OIG REPORTS THAT WARNED FANNIE AND FREDDIE OF FORECLOSURE ABUSES IN 2003 AND AFTER Gentlemen, By wayContinue reading “A True Manifest Injustice!”

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Wall Street protest enters fourth day

Wall Street protest enters fourth day. Peter Foley / EPA New York police try to direct protesters marching on Wall Street Tuesday. By John Schoen A protest called “Occupy Wall Street” entered its fourth day Tuesday as a loosely organized group of activists converged on lower Manhattan and clashed with police. The protest began SaturdayContinue reading “Wall Street protest enters fourth day”

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Wall Street protest enters fourth day

Wall Street protest enters fourth day. Peter Foley / EPA New York police try to direct protesters marching on Wall Street Tuesday. By John Schoen A protest called “Occupy Wall Street” entered its fourth day Tuesday as a loosely organized group of activists converged on lower Manhattan and clashed with police. The protest began SaturdayContinue reading “Wall Street protest enters fourth day”

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Georgia Power Company What a Rip-Off!

You know, no matter what we do to get our bill down, they jack it right back up.  Then, I suddenly realize that they tax us, not only on the electricity, but tax us on:  Environmental Compliance Cost – the penalties they are charged for violating the EPA $7.71 added for that cost; Nuclear ConstructionContinue reading “Georgia Power Company What a Rip-Off!”

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Big Banks Save Billions As Homeowners Suffer, Internal Federal Report By CFPB Finds | National Association of Consumer Advocates

Big Banks Save Billions As Homeowners Suffer, Internal Federal Report By CFPB Finds | National Association of Consumer Advocates. Release Date:  March 28, 2011 Source: Shahien Nasiripour, The Huffington Post NEW YORK — The nation’s five largest mortgage firms have saved more than $20 billion since the housing crisis began in 2007 by taking shortcuts inContinue reading “Big Banks Save Billions As Homeowners Suffer, Internal Federal Report By CFPB Finds | National Association of Consumer Advocates”

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The Beginning of the End?

Is this the beginning of the end for Lender Processing Services, LPS? From the ruling. IN RE:  RON WILSON, SR.  LARHONDA WILSON The fraud perpetrated on the Court, Debtors, and trustee would be shocking if this Court had less experience concerning the conduct of mortgage servicers. One too many times, this Court has been witness to theContinue reading “The Beginning of the End?”

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Deutsche Bank Sold Mortgage-Linked ‘Pigs’ as Market Buckled

Deutsche Bank Sold Mortgage-Linked ‘Pigs’ as Market Buckled, Lawmakers Say  By Bob Ivry, Jody Shenn and Michael J. Moore – Apr 13, 2011 8:42 PM ET Bloomberg Opinion  Bob Ivry, Jody Shenn and Michael J. Moore The Frankfurt-based firm sold $700 million of the instruments, which lost most of their value within 17 months. Photographer:Continue reading “Deutsche Bank Sold Mortgage-Linked ‘Pigs’ as Market Buckled”

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CORRUPTION WITHIN DOUGLAS COUNTY GEORGIA

Corruption within Douglas County Georgia, check out this site! If you know of anyone that can assist this man, I have talked with him, he is for real!  http://georgiacorruption.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=2  

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Good Ole’ DeKalb County, Apparently Screws the Pooch Again

DeKalb reports $55 million shortfall for next year By Megan Matteucci The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Facing a $55 million shortfall in next year’s budget, DeKalb County commissioners say they’ll consider layoffs, fire station consolidations and cuts in services to offset the lost revenue. Commissioners learned on Friday that pension troubles, insurance increases and further erosion ofContinue reading “Good Ole’ DeKalb County, Apparently Screws the Pooch Again”

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Bank Of America, It is Alot of Trouble to Verify Address Before Foreclosing

Bank of America Announces That It Has Discovered Some Trivial Technical Problems With a Small Number of its Mortgages Bank of America announced that it has discovered a few trivial, easily-remedied technical problems with some of its mortgages. “We will stop foreclosure sales in some states until our assessment has been satisfactorily completed, or until theContinue reading “Bank Of America, It is Alot of Trouble to Verify Address Before Foreclosing”

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