Archive for March, 2007
34% of Homeowners Don’t Know What Type of Mortgage They Have
March 27th, 2007WOW! Via: Yahoo: In the survey conducted by Gfk Roper, homeowners with mortgages were asked what type of mortgage they had. A stunning 34 percent of the homeowners had no idea.
California’s Hidden Third World Slums
March 27th, 2007Via: Los Angeles Times: Like most of their neighbors in the sprawling, ramshackle Oasis Mobile Home Park, the Aguilars have no heat, no hot water. On cold nights, the family of eight stays warm by bundling up in layers of sweaters and sleeps packed together in two tiny rooms. Bathing is a luxury that requires […]
Trying to Take “No Impact Man” Seriously
March 27th, 2007I read, The Year Without Toilet Paper, a New York Times piece about the “No Impact Man” media circus, and I sunk down into my chair and held my head in my hands. Are people just cracking up? Is it an inability to look the situation we’re facing in the eyes? Is it an effort […]
Human Sheep Chimeras
March 25th, 2007Via: Daily Mail: Scientists have created the world’s first human-sheep chimera – which has the body of a sheep and half-human organs. The sheep have 15 per cent human cells and 85 per cent animal cells – and their evolution brings the prospect of animal organs being transplanted into humans one step closer. Professor Esmail […]
Cryptogon Readers Contribute $25 and $20
March 25th, 2007Hereticfig sent $25 and JJ sent $20. Thanks to both of you!
BASF and Monsanto in Terrifying Alliance
March 25th, 2007BASF, a descendant of the Third Reich’s extermination industries, is teaming up with Monsanto to put pHood on your belly, biofuel in your SUV. Have a nice day. Via: STLtoday: Monsanto Co. and BASF AG, a German competitor, on Wednesday promised to work together to deliver higher-yielding crops to meet increasing global demand. The companies […]
Department of Homeland Security Checks Out BullionVault Post
March 25th, 2007The U.S. Department of Homeland Security user (host: unwgsgs5.cbp.dhs.gov, ip: 63.167.255.204) looked at this recent Cryptogon post about BullionVault.
Foreclosures Force Suburbs to Fight Blight
March 25th, 2007Via: New York Times: In a sign of the spreading economic fallout of mortgage foreclosures, several suburbs of Cleveland, one of the nation’s hardest-hit cities, are spending millions of dollars to maintain vacant houses as they try to contain blight and real-estate panic. In suburbs like this one, officials are installing alarms, fixing broken windows […]
Florida: City to Seize Homes Over Parking Tickets
March 25th, 2007Via: The Newspaper: The city council in Brooksville, Florida voted this week to advance a proposal granting city officials the authority to place liens and foreclose on the homes of motorists accused of failing to pay a single $5 parking ticket. Non-homeowners face having their vehicles seized if accused of not paying three parking offenses.
U.S. Mortgage Crisis Forces Former Homeowners to Live in Their Cars
March 25th, 2007Via: Scotsman: THEY are victims of the United States’ growing mortgage crisis – low-paid workers whose homes have been repossessed amid rising interest rates, a stagnant property market and a lax lending regime. But in Los Angeles, where having a car is as essential as owning a home, many are sleeping in their vehicles to […]
