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Enablers of the Housing Bubble - J. Bradford DeLong’s Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles
“Fannie, Freddie, and Ginnie were losing market share as the housing bubble grew—not gaining it. They did not force more lax lending standards on the private market, they followed the private market down.”

Enablers of the Housing Bubble - J. Bradford DeLong’s Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles

“Fannie, Freddie, and Ginnie were losing market share as the housing bubble grew—not gaining it. They did not force more lax lending standards on the private market, they followed the private market down.”

A Weekend in Sacramento - The New York Times > Travel > Slide Show > Slide 10 of 14
My mom (seated on the right) and a friend of hers from high school ended up in a NY Times travel piece on Sacramento.

A Weekend in Sacramento - The New York Times > Travel > Slide Show > Slide 10 of 14

My mom (seated on the right) and a friend of hers from high school ended up in a NY Times travel piece on Sacramento.

The biggest disappointment has nothing to do with the filmmakers. “The Damned United” received an R rating because of the profanity, half of which is impossible to understand if you didn’t grow up on the streets of Leeds. Bloody hell. Bring the snappers anyway.
Review: ‘The Damned United’ a great biopic
The team of investors dropped Rush Limbaugh for one reason and one reason only: his history of race-baiting comments had turned him from a rich asset to a rich liability. It was a business decision, nothing more, and for Limbaugh to play the victimhood card is pathetic. He made this bed for himself with years of ugly comments (anyone remember his vile smears of Michael J. Fox?) and now he has to lie in it — fleas and all.

Little Green Footballs - Rush Limbaugh: I’m a Victim

Free market at work, bitches.

The NFL continues to trot out ugly, hopelessly dated “retro” uniforms that don’t mean a damn thing to anyone. Good call by NBC’s Keith Olbermann on that hideous version worn by the Denver Broncos, calling them “the 1972 San Diego Padres.
Bruce Jenkins’ Three Dot Blog
Asked if he felt he needed another practice session, Johnson said, “No, I don’t think I’m going to go from this stuff to being 25 again and knocking the catcher over.
Perry’s 8th-inning Journey