tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post7456587176487421383..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: The Real ScandalSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-49341587756841402962010-10-26T12:54:00.225-05:002010-10-26T12:54:00.225-05:00"good land titling is important." but ac..."good land titling is important." but actually in a different way than McA thinks. If there were a law saying that the only legal title is the entry at the County's Registrar's office, one could do away with the 'Title Insurance' nonsense (a ~several hundred $ fee on any house sale). And then the banks were to greedy to even pay for the Registrar's fee (~$35) and instead created MERS, and adding to uncertainty of actual ownership.<br />But McA doesn't point that out (but the good rortybomb.wordpress.com articles [see comment above by Downpuppy] explain it well).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-6762800072181526242010-10-12T22:25:31.772-05:002010-10-12T22:25:31.772-05:00"Anectdotally, these things do seem to have h..."Anectdotally, these things do seem to have happened, but there's no evidence that they're frequent, or that they are connected to the procedural irregularities that we're now discovering with foreclosure documents."<br /><br />WTF does that even mean?<br /><br />-AWSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-58264855107653096172010-10-12T21:55:57.406-05:002010-10-12T21:55:57.406-05:00Why does she get a fucking house. I don't ha...Why does she get a fucking house. I don't have a fucking house.<br /><br />Wait. I don't want a fucking house. At least not on McA's terms. Much as I'd like a yard and garden and a pretty good idea of where I'll be living in a year or ten, I'd rather be Great Big Loser <i>Moi</i> than McArdle. For one thing I don't have to share my cardboard box with Suderman.<br /><br />Never mind me. I'm grumpy. I am wanting to steal McArdle's wedding gifts... but I don't even care about china and sterling silver. What's up with that? We are having a heat wave. I must be simply McAddled by the heat wave.Larkspurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-32385061763537197152010-10-12T15:01:41.463-05:002010-10-12T15:01:41.463-05:00d) she was right but everyone misunderstood her po...d) she was right but everyone misunderstood her point, followed by four or five posts clarifying just <i>how much</i> she was misunderstood. When finally argued into a corner and no longer able to defend herself, pull out the "SHUT UP MY FAMILY IS INTELLECTUALLY INTIMIDATING SO THAT MEANS I AM TOO!" defense.Clever Pseudonymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00782313892753904678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-14254071048945864162010-10-12T14:07:53.470-05:002010-10-12T14:07:53.470-05:00This month's print edition profiles Elizabeth ...This month's print edition profiles Elizabeth Warren, named one of the "Brave Thinkers" of 2010as per the cover story. Perhaps that's why Part II of Megan's alleged take-down never got posted, maybe the higher-ups put the kai-bosh on it in the interest of inramural harmony. Of course just as likely, Megan's way too lazy to finish writing it in the first place. It's funny either way.Blakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-34539392068965277542010-10-12T13:56:02.725-05:002010-10-12T13:56:02.725-05:00P. Suderman twittered the good news--they are now ...P. Suderman twittered the good news--they are now homeowners.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-67761020239150797462010-10-12T13:53:25.633-05:002010-10-12T13:53:25.633-05:00Given that we haven't seen much output of late...Given that we haven't seen much output of late, I'd wager she finally did close on that house and is moving and such.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-72407020825871663162010-10-12T13:49:28.830-05:002010-10-12T13:49:28.830-05:00Susan,
Did she close on the house? Last we heard,...Susan,<br /><br />Did she close on the house? Last we heard, there was a tenant in the house who wouldn't leave. <br /><br />-AWSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-7223192199681701502010-10-12T13:48:50.446-05:002010-10-12T13:48:50.446-05:00(Always a groomsman, never a groom.)
Heh!<i>(Always a groomsman, never a groom.)</i><br /><br />Heh!Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-45906295062711326972010-10-12T13:47:42.005-05:002010-10-12T13:47:42.005-05:00I haven't had enough time lately to do a prope...I haven't had enough time lately to do a proper job on McArdle, just a few swipes. This latest mess is just unreal and we already have more unreal than we can handle.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-22256965219430917502010-10-12T13:33:54.407-05:002010-10-12T13:33:54.407-05:00"I can't say I agree..."
"...t..."I can't say I agree..."<br /><br />"...there's no evidence..."<br /><br />"...it isn't at all clear that..."<br /><br />"...anecdotally..."<br /><br />This is how she writes all the time. She thinks we want to know her <i>opinions</i> about subjects (apart from iPhones, salt, etc.) that those of us who didn't get MBA's don't know about or understand.<br /><br />So she's not accomplished enough to write for the experts, but writes esoterically and opaquely enough to mystify (or cow) the amateurs.<br /><br />She's full of positions but can't be bothered, ever, to explain anything. Compare and contrast, e.g., Krugman, who knows he's writing for the educated layman, and is always clear. <br /><br />It's as though she's always really writing to impress her biz school profs and classmates. "Sure, the first have tenure and the second are making fortunes, but I'm out here on the street, man. I'm <i>representing</i>, yo." God, what a waste she is. <br /><br />Who needs this? How is this a public service, The Atlantic? <br /><br />(From "boy fiancee" to "boy bride." Poor Peter. Always a groomsman, never a groom.)Mr. Wonderfulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-78149979700175422802010-10-12T12:03:37.088-05:002010-10-12T12:03:37.088-05:00Rather than mcAddling yourself, read the rortybomb...Rather than mcAddling yourself, read the rortybomb 5 parter<br /><br />http://rortybomb.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/foreclosure-fraud-for-dummies-5-the-necessity-of-government-action-and-ways-out-of-the-crisis/<br /><br />or his next post, The Internet Delivers on Coverage of the Foreclosure Fraud Crisis, which has tons of links, the best of which<br /><br />http://washingtonindependent.com/100237/ohio-hit-hard-by-foreclosure-now-at-epicenter-of-fraud-crisis<br /><br />makes absolutely clear that these are real crimes with real victims.Downpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.com