A Tribute to Lisa | 25 Ways to Wear a Scarf in 4.5 Minutes! (VIDEO)

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The Young Turks | Media Watch: Telling the Truth isn’t ‘Vigilante’ Reporting

“New York Times” public editor Arthur Brisbane asks for reader input on when news reporters should challenge or question in their articles quotes they know to be false. “When should you challenge it? How about every freaking time! What do you think your job is? Do you think you’re a stenographer? Oh, Politician X said … Read more

Foreclosure Action Initiated Against Ex-Rapper Vanilla Ice in Florida

Homeowners group takes foreclosure action against ex-rapper Vanilla Ice WEST PALM BEACH — Vanilla Ice, a 1990s one-hit wonder who is using homes in Wellington’s tony Versailles neighborhood as a backdrop for his nationally televised home improvement show, has been sued by the community for not paying assessments. In a foreclosure lawsuit filed this week … Read more

Arizona | M & I vs. Mueller – Appellate Ruling Says Actual Occupancy of Home is Not Necessary, Bars Lenderr from Pursuing Deficiency Judgement

Court: Statute also protects would-be owner Appellate ruling says actual occupancy of home is not necessary A would-be homeowner has the same right to walk away from a mortgage as someone who already is living in the house, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled. The judges acknowledged that laws which bar lenders from pursuing … Read more

Identifying Different Psychopaths (VIDEO)

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ACTION ALERT | JPMorgan, Chase Home Finance, Homesales, Margaret Dalton, Barbara Hindman, Fraudclosure, Illegal Evictions, Autism

JP Morgan Chase Bank Donates to Causes that Support Families Coping with Autism While Fraudclosing and Illegally Evicting those Same Families JP Morgan Chase Team IB, Investment Bankers, partnered with an employee networking group to assemble a global audience of 250 employees to discuss the latest treatments, advocacy initiatives and research for autism-related disorders here. … Read more

Action Alert | Washington SB6199 Makes it a Felony to Claim Actual Holder Status of a Promissory Note When Not

Heh, Lookie Here (Felony For False Swearing) Well what do we have here! 23 (ii) A declaration by the beneficiary made under the penalty of perjury stating that the beneficiary is the actual holder of the promissory note or other obligation secured by the deed of trust shall be sufficient proof as required under this … Read more

Matt Taibbi | Everything You Need to Know About Wall Street, in One Brief Tale

Everything You Need to Know About Wall Street, in One Brief Tale If there was ever a news story that crystalized the moral dementia of modern Wall Street in one little vignette, this is it. Newspapers in Colorado today are reporting that the elegant Hotel Jerome in Aspen, Colorado, will be closed to the public … Read more

MERS Suit Seeks Class Status | TREVINO et al v. MERSCORP, CITIGROUP, COUNTRYWIDE, FANNIE, FREDDIE, GMAC, HSBC, CHASE, WAMU, WELLS

MERS Suit Seeks Class Status Plaintiffs suing Merscorp Inc., which runs an electronic mortgage registry system, moved for class certification Thursday in a suit alleging Merscorp overcharged mortgage borrowers during foreclosure and loan modification proceedings. The complaint seeks to represent hundreds of thousands of mortgage borrowers across the U.S. who were subject to enforcement actions … Read more

HAHA | MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., DE, vs. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., GA

Now this is classic! ~ Just a Darn Minute Here ATLANTA (CN) – Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems claims William Davidson deceptively incorporated his Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems in Georgia, causing people to believe they had properly served the real MERS by sending notice to Davidson. MERS seeks punitive damages on six counts, including bad faith, … Read more

American Banker | JPM Chase Quietly Halts Suits Over Consumer Debts

JPM Chase Quietly Halts Suits Over Consumer Debts Robo-signing, or the high-volume production of signed legal documents, has been a key element of the governmental and media foreclosure reviews. Chase’s current pullback raises at least the possibility that at least some banks may have documentation problems in other business lines. Academics and attorneys who defend … Read more

NY AG Eric Schneiderman Puts Up $1M to Defend Foreclosures

NYS AG puts up $1M to defend foreclosures State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced his office will fund $1 million in foreclosure prevention services to aid New Yorkers struggling through the foreclosure crisis. Schneiderman issued a Request for Applications (RFA) seeking bids from non-profit legal services and legal aid organizations to provide direct legal … Read more

Fraud Digest | False Statements – The Truth-In-Mortgage Documents Act

False Statements Truth-In-Mortgage Documents Action Date: January 11, 2012 Location: West Palm Beach, FL Legislation needed in every state: The Truth-In-Mortgage Documents Act 1. On every Mortgage Assignment, and every Missing or Lost Assignment Affidavit, filed in the Official Records of any county in this State, or filed in any Court in this State, each … Read more

Report | Publicly Available Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative

Overview Federal law requires the NOC to provide situational awareness and establish a common operating picture for the entire federal government, and for state, local, and tribal governments as appropriate, and to ensure that critical disaster-related information reaches government decision makers. See Section 515 of the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. § 321d(b)(1)). The law … Read more

Under the National Operations Center, Homeland Security Given Green Light to Monitor Journalists, Bloggers

Homeland Security monitors journalists Freedom of speech might allow journalists to get away with a lot in America, but the Department of Homeland Security is on the ready to make sure that the government is keeping dibs on who is saying what. Under the National Operations Center (NOC)’s Media Monitoring Initiative that came out of … Read more

See Ya! | Attorneys General, Frustrated With National Foreclosure Settlement, Consider Alternate Course

Attorneys General, Frustrated With National Foreclosure Settlement, Consider Alternate Course Attorneys general or representatives from nearly 15 states met in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to discuss and share different enforcement options and strategies around various mortgage-related issues, according to sources familiar with the conversation. The meeting was prompted by the slow pace at which a … Read more

Forced Placed Insurance | Big Banks Face Inquiry Over Home Insurance

Big Banks Face Inquiry Over Home Insurance A New York State financial services agency is investigating several large banks to see whether they fraudulently steered homeowners into overpriced insurance policies. The investigation centers on so-called force-placed insurance that has become increasingly common since the downturn of the housing market began and homeowners had trouble keeping … Read more