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    Yes You Were Tortured and Forced Into Prostitution, But at Least You Don't Have to Go to Work

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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    10/28/09

    In reply to Yes You Were Tortured and Forced Into Prostitution, But at Least You Don't Have to Go to Work
    Back in the day we didn't call them "loan modification agents." We called them Vito and Butch. #trendwatch
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    Image of Parah_Salin Parah_Salin
    10/27/09

    In reply to Yes You Were Tortured and Forced Into Prostitution, But at Least You Don't Have to Go to Work
    Best thing ever written about those damned subprime swindlers: "After a lot of unsuspecting investors were lured by the poor into putting their hard-earned money into credit defaults swaps and tricked into giving deadbeats subprime mortgages, which ruined our entire economy, haven't poor people done enough harm to this country?"
    I'd love to claim the above as my own, but it's from a Jon Swift blog entitled "We Have to Stop Making Poverty so Enticing." Does anyone know why he hasn't posted anything to his blog in such a long time? He's truly a genius. My other favorite blog was "sweetjesusihatebilloreilly (an international organization of hope)", they also seemed to have stopped writing. Damn writers, I hate when they stop entertaining me for free. #trendwatch
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    10/28/09

    @Parah_Salin: Tragically, Jon Swift hasn't posted because he's been dead since the mid-eighteenth century. #trendwatch
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    Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon
    10/29/09

    @goetz: Too bad. If he were still alive he could eat some of those Park Slope yuppie brats for us. #trendwatch
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    10/29/09

    @Vulcan Has No Moon: Mmm, yuppie bratwurst... #trendwatch
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    Image of krudd krudd
    10/27/09

    In reply to Yes You Were Tortured and Forced Into Prostitution, But at Least You Don't Have to Go to Work
    In many states (now including California), it's illegal for loan mod agents to collect an up-front fee. There may have been far less violent and complicated ways for them to get their money back. Oops!
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    Z und Vielpunkt's chick promoted this comment Edited by krudd at 10/27/09 6:07 PM krudd was starred krudd was unstarred
    Image of Z und Vielpunkt's chick Z und Vielpunkt's chick
    10/27/09

    In reply to Yes You Were Tortured and Forced Into Prostitution, But at Least You Don't Have to Go to Work
    McDonald's is leaving Iceland? Crazy, are they closing BOTH of them? #trendwatch
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    10/27/09

    @Z und Vielpunkt's chick:
    All THREE, I think. #trendwatch
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    10/27/09

    In reply to Yes You Were Tortured and Forced Into Prostitution, But at Least You Don't Have to Go to Work
    Heh, HamNo.

    Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool and shootin some b-ball outside of the school. When a couple of guys who were up to no good started making trouble in my neighborhood...

    I was broke then too. #trendwatch
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    10/27/09

    In reply to Yes You Were Tortured and Forced Into Prostitution, But at Least You Don't Have to Go to Work
    Prostitution is a job. It might not have benefits or provide a w-2. But it is a job. #trendwatch
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    10/27/09

    In reply to Yes You Were Tortured and Forced Into Prostitution, But at Least You Don't Have to Go to Work
    Meanwhile Sarah Palin reports already receiving $1.25 million "retainer" for Going Rogue with remainder of a larger advance likely to come. There is no justice. [thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com]
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    Image of DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    10/27/09

    In reply to Yes You Were Tortured and Forced Into Prostitution, But at Least You Don't Have to Go to Work
    In Iceland's case, I heard the NPR story earlier today. McDonald's (corporate/standards) is to take a lot of the blame. And the owner of the first Icelandic McD's is opening up a spot selling locally sourced meats and foods. Although as everything is imported in Iceland that should prove interesting. #trendwatch
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    Image of braak braak
    10/28/09

    @DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton: They have herring, don't they? Maybe they will make herring nuggets. #trendwatch
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    10/27/09

    In reply to Yes You Were Tortured and Forced Into Prostitution, But at Least You Don't Have to Go to Work
    From what I have read, the loan modification "victims" probably deserved it. What sounded like a pretty good idea from Obama got screwed up when it was handed back to many of the same people who pushed the unsustainable loans in the first place. Private enterprise at its best.
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    Image of mfnher mfnher
    10/27/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: I'm sending that article to my loan modification agent. You basically hire them because you don't want to be the one on the phones for a year and a half trying to get the bank to change your loan. #trendwatch
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    10/27/09

    @mfnher: I gather the banks and the loan modification crews are both being money-grubbing pukes. In some cases. Surprise.
    (And, really, best of luck.) #trendwatch
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    Image of mfnher mfnher
    10/27/09

    @naugahydeinplainsight: Yeah, don't I know it. I think part of the problem is the banks didn't have any kind of system in place when the modification calls started coming in. Not that it mattered, they weren't looking to extend any credit.
    A girlfriend of mine just called to ask about a loan mod. They told her they wouldn't even put her through to someone unless the paperwork had been out 90 days. Unless you're willing to stop paying on your mortgage (which I'm not), you don't really stand much of a chance of getting anything done. I know a guy who hasn't paid his mortgage in 9 months! He's barely received so much as a letter in the mail. #trendwatch
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    Image of TheHonJudgeSmails TheHonJudgeSmails
    04/06/09

    In reply to Please Hire Betty Wales
    The good news is that the story about Iceland ran in a magazine that very few people actually read.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    04/06/09

    In reply to Please Hire Betty Wales
    Jeez, people, stop picking on quirky little Iceland! Ya don't see anyone mocking Smudge Wednesday, or Palm Tree Sunday, or Fish Friday, or the story about that carpenter who rose from the dead and hid brightly colored eggs on the lawn with some giant bunny made out of chocolate...
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    Image of Scooter34 Scooter34
    04/06/09

    @misslinda: Um, just so you know, the bunny and the eggs came from an ancient Norse festival that the Jebsus people co-opted. So, you're back to mocking quirky Iceland yourself.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    04/06/09

    @Scooter34: I think there was a joke in there.
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    Image of happymisanthrope happymisanthrope
    04/06/09

    @misslinda: no, we just make fun of the priests' extra-curricular activities...


    (i'm catholic by heritage -- i can say that)

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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    04/06/09

    In reply to Please Hire Betty Wales
    Argh! They fired Abrams? How will he afford his salvia now? Daddy needs to fly.
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    01/29/09

    In reply to Iceland Appoints World's First Openly Gay Leader
    She has a very well-defined orbicularis orbis, and according to HuffPo: "...a recent Gallup poll 73 percent of respondents said they were satisfied with her work."


    She does have experience: she's been a member of that thingi since 1978.


    More from Huffington Post: "Sigurdardottir is the mother of two grown sons and is married to Icelandic writer and playwright Jonina Leosdottir."


    Jonina's dad was named Leo? The new Iceland is fun. Let's get some Bahamans over there to shake things up even more.

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    Image of NoWireHangers NoWireHangers
    01/29/09

    In reply to Iceland Appoints World's First Openly Gay Leader
    Yes, and all it took for Iceland to appoint the world's first openly gay leader was the complete and utter collapse of their financial system, the surrender of the government, cancer in two other leaders who resigned, and no one else wanting the job. Progress in our time!
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    01/29/09

    In reply to Iceland Appoints World's First Openly Gay Leader
    ..but does she know how to make a vintage-era cocktail?
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