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 Michael

Imagine the shock when the “star” of reality series Desperate Housewives of New Jersey found out that to lie in your bankruptcy is a federal crime and can result in having your discharge (the flushing of all the debts) denied altogether.  “A court-appointed trustee has accused the bankrupt star of “The Real Housewives of New [...]

New Bank Regulation Law – a joke??
Once again, I am impressed with local columnist, Ed Wallace.  He has insight and perspective which I do not find in the main stream media.  His latest column entitled “Nothing has Changed” deals with banking reform, or the lack thereof.  Although Congress recently passed what it calls “sweeping reform” [...]

An Illinois attorney, with 35 years of experience and no prior history of discipline, has had his license to practice law suspended for six months for calling a Judge a “narcissistic, maniacal, mental case, [who]… should not be on the bench.”  While I suspect some lawyers have thought such things about their Judges (and Judges [...]

I do not make this stuff up folks!  If you forget where you put your glasses, cell phone, etc. then here is a possible cure:  “It turns out that one of their simplest techniques — left-nostril breathing — improves spatial memory. That’s the kind that helps you remember where you put something.”  Plus, long term [...]

Wow, where does one begin to describe this interview/article?  Howard Davidowitz of Davidowitz & Associates shares his thoughts on the situation which created the Wall Street crisis (he asks: why have the accountants who were paid 25 million in fees and signed off on the fraudulent values of the derivatives not been sued?);  the proposed [...]

As previously noted in linked articles, the way in which the government bailed out AIG indirectly saved the big banks and institutions such as Goldman Sachs from massive losses.  More details of this back door bailout are now emerging: “Unknown outside of a few Wall Street legal departments, the A.I.G. waiver was released last month [...]

The WSJ reports that over 3 billion in cash, wrapped and bundled on pallets and in suitcases has been “legally” flown out of Afghanistan.  “Officials believe some of the cash, if not most, is siphoned from Western aid projects and US, European and NATO contracts to provide security, supplies and reconstruction work for coalition forces [...]

At church on Sunday, we sang one of my personal favorite hymns, Come Down, Oh Love Divine.  When I got to a computer, I found several versions of it on you tube, but this one was unique, it is short and very different.  I will leave it to you to watch rather than comment further. 
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One of my favorite columnists is Ed Wallace.  He writes for the local paper ostensibly about cars, but his columns are invariably about the state of the US economy and often he treads on subjects others are too afraid to talk about, like why we are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Seven years ago, he [...]