The five biggest US mortgage servicers were told this week at a private meeting with regulators to consider paying delinquent borrowers up to $21,000 each as part of a broader settlement of the foreclosure crisis.People who attended the meeting, chaired by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Monday, said the industry-wide “cash for keys” program [...]
Update: Original story: Dramatic footage has emerged of western journalists caught up in a hotel brawl in Tripoli after a Libyan woman burst in announcing she had been raped by government troops. The woman was tackled by waitresses and government minders as she sat telling her story to the press. In a state of distress, [...]
Fox News: President Obama faced mounting pressure Sunday to make crystal clear what the United States’ intentions are in Libya, as he prepared to deliver an address to the nation that could go a long way toward determining whether the public views his actions as reckless or just. Despite the planned address, the administration continued [...]
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Bloomberg: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. won’t enter into the internal conflict in Syria the way it has in Libya. “No,” Clinton said, when asked on the CBS “Face the Nation” program if the U.S. would intervene in Syria’s unrest. Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s security forces clashed with protesters in several cities [...]
RWB News: “The real question is, which religions qualify for exemption? It’s easy to argue that Muslims, Christian Scientists, and the Amish will be ‘recognized,’ because they have a moral conflict with insurance. However, what argument will Christians be able to make for exemption? Will they be able to claim exemption due to a moral [...]
The Constitution grants only to Congress the power to legislate. There is no greater threat to our delicate system of government than when federal courts allow unelected bureaucrats to make up their own laws. Yet last week, federal Judge Rosemary Collyer did just that. The ruling has ominous implications for ObamaCare, enacted one year ago [...]
By BRADLEY KLAPPER WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S.-led military action in Libya has bolstered rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi’s forces, but the international operation could continue for months, the Obama administration says. Ahead of President Barack Obama’s national address Monday to explain his decision to act against the Libyan leader, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of [...]
TOKYO (AP) – Emergency workers struggling to pump contaminated water from Japan’s stricken nuclear complex fled from one of the troubled reactors Sunday after reporting a huge increase in radioactivity — a spike that officials later apologetically said was inaccurate. The apology came after employees fled the complex’s Unit 2 reactor when a reading showed [...]
Boo f-ing Whoo… get your Mooslim brothers to stop murdering and blowing people up and maybe people won’t question your intentions.
