Friday, July 26, 2013

catching up, more news late july2013

Lot at 1106 RI in my town is up for sale and has some history.

a post mortem, what happened in Detroit by looking at economics, on planet money, 22 min audio

US House and Senate are looking at reforming housing lending institutions Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. So Diane Rhem had a show discussing the mortgage mess, and possible futures, updated summer 2013, 50 min audio

Woman loses all her stuff due to bank error and wrongful confiscation of all her property in her house. The movers showed up, she wasn't home and they took all her stuff away.

How to get rid of student loan debt without paying. This says it's out there.

Today was closing arguments for the defense in the case of Cpl Bradley Manning, #Manning. Kevin Gosztola has the week's story so far.
This nprlink is for the comments that should fill up this weekend and give some idea of the range of opinion.

Paddy Hirsch explains what SAC did as a major hedge fund marketer and why they're being indicted for insider trading. under four min vid.

North Pole seen as a lake summer 2013.

Haliburton pays a $200K fine and pleads guilty to destroying evidence over BP blow-up in the Gulf of Mexico 3 years ago. More from Marketplace who says this means they won't face criminal prosecution.

They had to cancel some of the activities this week surrounding the Festa around St James at Santiago de Compostela in Spain and the annual pilgrimage for the birth of the Saint, as a result of the massive train wreck nearby.

Even the daily show does a bang up job nailing of the big banks. John Oliver explains how they hoard things to artificially inflate prices and their speculations. five min video. Also here by itself in ten minutes.
random comedy from Jimmy Fallon in Thank You Notes, hashtags and hulu this week, thanks to Lorne Michaels and NBC.

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