Category Archives: California
Are banks like Wells Fargo the new slumlords? Pam Ragland’s post-foreclosure story.
Though it gets less publicity these days than it did in years past, the foreclosure crisis in the U.S. lingers. Sometimes it isn’t even the homeowners who suffer most from foreclosure. Approximately 40% of the time, according to some estimates, … Continue reading
Kaepernick fires off a pass to…everyone. Hopefully we’ll make the catch.
NOTE 9/12/16: This was previously posted August 29, 2016 but was inexplicably removed for some reason. Probably some error of mine, but I didn’t do anything differently than I normally do. Oh well, here it is again, just not quite … Continue reading
MERS: Fake organization sues pranksters pretending to be MERS
Ah, MERS—the “mortgagee of record” on some 62 million + mortgages. Their very business model is fakery, in that they claim to be the “beneficiary” or “mortgagee” of these millions of mortgages, when they know that they are in fact … Continue reading
Why didn’t Yvanova help Yvanova? Q & A with CA attorney David Seal
The foreclosure defense arguments of some California homeowners were given a big boost by the recent California Supreme Court decision in Yvanova v. New Century Mortgage. In fact, just last week, we published an interview with one such homeowner, … Continue reading
San Bernardino: What happened to the 3 white guys? Also, a new cartoon and the “inexplicably intact passport” trope.
With the intense focus on the supposed Islamic Bonnie and Clyde team of Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, a lot of people seem to have forgotten that the initial reports of the San Bernardino shooting on December 2 fingered 3 … Continue reading
JADE HELM 15: US CITIZENS ARE THE ENEMY (GUEST POST)
From LRM Facebook correspondent Herman Shorts (vapers, check out his WholeCig e-liquid): Okay…my thoughts on the upcoming “Jade Helm” elite military exercise slated for nine states this summer: 1. Whether or not it’s training for a martial law situation here … Continue reading
WTF pt. 2: 400 NATIONAL WAY SCREENSHOTS WITH BANK OF AMERICA LOGO
Here are three Google Earth screenshots of 400 National Way Simi Valley, CA, which refer to this story–WTF? BANK OF AMERICA AND FANNIE MAE SUPPOSEDLY HAVE THE SAME ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER: Front view–no corporate names or even a name of … Continue reading
WTF? BANK OF AMERICA AND FANNIE MAE SUPPOSEDLY HAVE THE SAME ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER
If we were to discover that a Mob boss shared the same address and phone number with a legitimate business–like a liquor store or some such—what would we say about that liquor store? We’d say that the liquor store was … Continue reading
17 YEAR OLD HEDGE FUND CEO? WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
Calling his operation “a hedge fund for the rest of us,” 17 year-old Jacob Wohl of Corona, CA (about 30 minutes north of where I write this) has gotten sub-million dollar investments from regular working stiffs like his high school … Continue reading