Greece is the word: For Junk

S&P downgrades Greece ratings into junk status

This is going to be an affordable place to have a vacation. That is if the food riots don't break out.

Rich on the Run Part 2

More American Expatriates Give Up Citizenship

WASHINGTON — Amid mounting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing numbers of overseas Americans are taking the weighty step of renouncing their citizenship.

“What we have seen is a substantial change in mentality among the overseas community in the past two years,” said Jackie Bugnion, director of American Citizens Abroad, an advocacy group based in Geneva. “Before, no one would dare mention to other Americans that they were even thinking of renouncing their U.S. nationality. Now, it is an openly discussed issue.”

In a previous entry I discussed how the rich are staging a tactical retreat due to taxes. Usually this sort of thing is temporary. But with taxes and confusing anti-terrorism rules that are being applied to honest hard working people outside of the United States.

Anyone who thinks that this is temporary and that things will change for the better have to stop getting high on their supply.

Just read the article below.

Hundreds Wait Days For Elevator Tech. Job Applications

These types of stories began popping up 2 years ago and they are just an indication that things have clearly not changed.

Carl Macek

For those of you who are not Anime Fans, Carl Macek is a pivitol figure in the world of Anime. His mark on the American Anime scene. Shows like Pokemon, Digimon, Naruto and pretty much the first programming line up of Adult Swim is because Carl Macek when he brought Robotech.




Go to this link to see episodes for free.


I have many happy memories of waking up early in the morning watching this anime. And I every time I watch these episodes, I still feel the same way as I did as a kid.

Godspeed to you Carl Macek.

Don't get mad, get even.

When people get pushed too far, they push back. And they push back hard.


Learning How to Fight the Collector



A former bill collector himself, Mr. Katz rebelled after a debt buyer damaged his credit score with what he says was a bogus bill. Mr. Katz sued, and in 2003 he collected his first damage award, a $1,000 check that he now keeps framed behind his desk.

“The bill collectors, when they call, make you feel like the only option you have is to lay down and play dead. That’s not true,” said Mr. Katz said, who does not charge for his advice. “Nothing validates this more than getting a check.”

Call this movement revenge of the (alleged) deadbeats. Even as collectors try to recoup debts from millions of Americans struggling to pay their bills, a small but growing number of lawyers and consumers are fighting back against what they describe as harassment, unscrupulous practices — and, most important to their litigiousness, violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

In fact, 8,287 federal lawsuits were filed citing violations of the act in 2009, a 60 percent rise over the previous year, according to WebRecon, a site that tracks collection-related litigation and the most litigious consumers and lawyers on behalf of debt collectors.

What did you expect? People are losing their homes, losing their money and losing their s**t. The debt collection industry is booming these days as debts are being bought and sold.

In the real estate industry the circumference of debt collection ranges from mortgages, foreclosures to property liens. Property tax liens is a multi-billion dollar business and if you think your run of the mill debt collector is a pain the ass, a person who specializes in property tax liens is far more vicious.

As the story of Job has shown us, we can everything right in life and still be severely punished. Even if we avoid the financial pitfalls of life and maintain fiscal responsibility, s**t happens. So it is good to know the rules of the game in case someone breaks them and tries to get take advantage of us.

Mr. Katz said his Web site was not intended to help people avoid paying legitimate debts. But if they do so, so be it — he feels no need to apologize.

He said Congress gave consumers certain rights, and he is simply making people aware of them, sometimes colorfully.

We are always going to have douchebags who use the rules of the game to their advantage. How do you think we got into this mess in the first place?

Same fight. Different street.

Amen to that Brother

Funky Winkerbean

Fighting the Good Fight

"He’s given up everything to do this over the last six or seven years," he said. "He has no block left. He has a family to look out for."

Last Atlantic Yards Holdout to Leave for $3 Million

Honestly, I can't blame the guy. The fact that he lasted this long and was able to blockade the Atlantic Yards project shows how much of a badass he is.

For those of you who think he sold you can go f**k yourself. This was always going to be a lost cause the moment the word "billion" was mentioned. Hats off to you Goldstein.

NO STRIKE!

Deal Reached That Averts a Walkout by Doormen

HUZZAH!