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Showing posts with label community reinvestment act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label community reinvestment act. Show all posts
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Headlines: October 30, 2008
THE OBAMA TAPE
ACORN's Food Stamp Mortgages
An Acorn Whistleblower Testifies in Court: The group's ties to Obama are extensive.
Record snow storm triggers delays: Snow flurries throughout the night and early morning caused numerous delays for travellers using Switzerland's rail system on Thursday
RECORD COLD FOR OCALA: Record cold swept over the region Wednesday
Snow blankets London for Global Warming debate
A Fake Banking History of the United States
Zionism: Zionism & Israel Information Center
Book Review: Benny Morris, 1948: The first Arab-Israeli War
ACORN's Food Stamp Mortgages
An Acorn Whistleblower Testifies in Court: The group's ties to Obama are extensive.
Record snow storm triggers delays: Snow flurries throughout the night and early morning caused numerous delays for travellers using Switzerland's rail system on Thursday
RECORD COLD FOR OCALA: Record cold swept over the region Wednesday
Snow blankets London for Global Warming debate
A Fake Banking History of the United States
Zionism: Zionism & Israel Information Center
Book Review: Benny Morris, 1948: The first Arab-Israeli War
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Headlines: October 16, 2008
Massachusetts: Patrick to cut 1,000 jobs from state payroll: Will slash budget $1b; local aid is left intact
"Some of the heaviest cuts, $293 million, are in the state's Medicaid program, known as MassHealth, but there will be no reduction in benefits or eligibility for covered residents....Instead, hospitals and doctors who provide care for MassHealth patients will receive lower reimbursements for the services they provide....Last night, the Massachusetts Hospital Association issued a statement that said the cuts will create 'extreme hardship for many hospitals and the communities they serve.'"
Infant Deaths Drop in U.S., but Rate Is Still High
(The rate is high because our medical care is so advanced that we try to save the lives of babies that other countries don't even count as live births.)
Cuba vs. the United States on Infant Mortality
Myths about single-payer health insurance
Child survival crisis in Caucasus and Central Asia
(Hat tip: Best of the Web and here)
Venezuela’s government looking to establish new 6-hour workday
U.S. officials: Missing Afghan students found in Canada
Officials: FBI investigates ACORN for voter fraud
About 200K Ohio voters have records discrepancies
24,000 Felons Getting Ballots, Despite Eligibility Questions
What Crisis? Kremlin downplays financial woes
Obama Distorts His Abortion Record In Third Debate
Bush Declares Exceptions to Sections of Two Bills He Signed Into Law
Everybody Else Did It: Chris Dodd's mortgage blame game.
"Ludwig remains proudest . . . of his efforts to compel bank compliance with fair-lending laws and his revitalization of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), a 1977 law requiring banks to invest in poorer neighborhoods and improve lending and service to low- and moderate-income borrowers. Although branded an 'activist' for his vigorous support of the act . . . he points to the cold, hard facts to justify his tactics. After just one Justice Department referral in the OCC's previous 129 years, Ludwig's tenure witnessed 27 fair-lending cases, resulting in tens of millions of dollars in fines against violators."
ACORN sign-ups in Harris seem legitimate: Nearly 40% of vote forms denied, but registrar sees no intentional foul as group draws fire nationwide
ACORN Does Philadelphia
U.S. official has new evidence of Iranian meddling in Iraq
Regulations of Mass Job Destruction
Should people do not know anything about politics be allowed to vote? (video)
"On Wednesday October 8 the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and four other central banks lowered interest rates in an emergency coordinated bid to ease the economic effects of the financial crisis."
"Some of the heaviest cuts, $293 million, are in the state's Medicaid program, known as MassHealth, but there will be no reduction in benefits or eligibility for covered residents....Instead, hospitals and doctors who provide care for MassHealth patients will receive lower reimbursements for the services they provide....Last night, the Massachusetts Hospital Association issued a statement that said the cuts will create 'extreme hardship for many hospitals and the communities they serve.'"
Infant Deaths Drop in U.S., but Rate Is Still High
(The rate is high because our medical care is so advanced that we try to save the lives of babies that other countries don't even count as live births.)
Cuba vs. the United States on Infant Mortality
Myths about single-payer health insurance
Child survival crisis in Caucasus and Central Asia
(Hat tip: Best of the Web and here)
Venezuela’s government looking to establish new 6-hour workday
U.S. officials: Missing Afghan students found in Canada
Officials: FBI investigates ACORN for voter fraud
About 200K Ohio voters have records discrepancies
24,000 Felons Getting Ballots, Despite Eligibility Questions
What Crisis? Kremlin downplays financial woes
Obama Distorts His Abortion Record In Third Debate
Bush Declares Exceptions to Sections of Two Bills He Signed Into Law
Everybody Else Did It: Chris Dodd's mortgage blame game.
"Ludwig remains proudest . . . of his efforts to compel bank compliance with fair-lending laws and his revitalization of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), a 1977 law requiring banks to invest in poorer neighborhoods and improve lending and service to low- and moderate-income borrowers. Although branded an 'activist' for his vigorous support of the act . . . he points to the cold, hard facts to justify his tactics. After just one Justice Department referral in the OCC's previous 129 years, Ludwig's tenure witnessed 27 fair-lending cases, resulting in tens of millions of dollars in fines against violators."
ACORN sign-ups in Harris seem legitimate: Nearly 40% of vote forms denied, but registrar sees no intentional foul as group draws fire nationwide
ACORN Does Philadelphia
U.S. official has new evidence of Iranian meddling in Iraq
Regulations of Mass Job Destruction
Should people do not know anything about politics be allowed to vote? (video)
"On Wednesday October 8 the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and four other central banks lowered interest rates in an emergency coordinated bid to ease the economic effects of the financial crisis."
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Headlines: October 7, 2008
CHUCK'S CHUTZPAH
Florida reaches landmark deal with Countrywide, helping homeowners in subprime deals
Countrywide deal provides options for those struggling: It may help 30,000 Texas homeowners
The Bomber as School Reformer: Voters—and debate moderators—shouldn’t let Bill Ayers and Barack Obama off the hook.
Bob Rubin in 1993: "The President, as you know, has a broad, comprehensive strategy for dealing with the economic problems of the country for putting the country back on the right track for the long-term. A lot of the legislative and executive actions that have taken place in 1993 have been pursuant to that long-term economic strategy of the President's. An important component of that strategy is to deal with the problems of the inner city and distressed rural communities -- pursuant to his belief that we must make real progress in those areas if this country is going to be successful in the future for all of us. The reform of the Community Reinvestment Act is an essential building block in the efforts I've just mentioned."
FDR's Policies Prolonged Depression by 7 Years, UCLA Economists Calculate
Samuelson: Is It 1929 Again?
Immigration and Crime
Czarist Russia: Oval Objects of Desire
Blaming Deregulation
In U.S. setback, judge orders 17 Guantanamo detainees released
U.S. to block Israeli attacks on Iran
Algeria: 6 jailed for eating in public
Expert: Boston study at root of housing crisis: Battle over blame
"Closing the Gap: A Guide to Equal Opportunity Lending."
Florida reaches landmark deal with Countrywide, helping homeowners in subprime deals
Countrywide deal provides options for those struggling: It may help 30,000 Texas homeowners
The Bomber as School Reformer: Voters—and debate moderators—shouldn’t let Bill Ayers and Barack Obama off the hook.
Bob Rubin in 1993: "The President, as you know, has a broad, comprehensive strategy for dealing with the economic problems of the country for putting the country back on the right track for the long-term. A lot of the legislative and executive actions that have taken place in 1993 have been pursuant to that long-term economic strategy of the President's. An important component of that strategy is to deal with the problems of the inner city and distressed rural communities -- pursuant to his belief that we must make real progress in those areas if this country is going to be successful in the future for all of us. The reform of the Community Reinvestment Act is an essential building block in the efforts I've just mentioned."
FDR's Policies Prolonged Depression by 7 Years, UCLA Economists Calculate
Samuelson: Is It 1929 Again?
Immigration and Crime
Czarist Russia: Oval Objects of Desire
Blaming Deregulation
In U.S. setback, judge orders 17 Guantanamo detainees released
U.S. to block Israeli attacks on Iran
Algeria: 6 jailed for eating in public
Expert: Boston study at root of housing crisis: Battle over blame
"Closing the Gap: A Guide to Equal Opportunity Lending."
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