Umbrella

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Saturday May 18, 2013 · 3:06 PM PDT

2013/05/18 · 15:06

Has anyone else noticed that Rihanna's hit song "Umbrella" contains the line:

"Took an oath, I'm a stick it out to the end"?

Maybe the DNC should see if she'll do a robo-call ad for the POTUS. First stop: The Daily Caller.

Back to the platform on rape

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Thursday August 30, 2012 · 8:33 AM PDT

2012/08/30 · 08:33

Did you see this: "And that's not accurate," said Rob Farley, the point man for FactCheck.org's coverage of the convention and the Democratic response. He says the facts are the Republican plank doesn't talk about rape or incest. "It doesn't mention that at all. It doesn't get into those kinds of specifics."

http://abclocal.go.com/...

To my mind, the fact that the platform doesn't mention exceptions mean there are no exceptions. It's as if I propose a law (or, better yet, a constitutional amendment) that says: "possession of marijuana is a felony," but doesn't have an exception for medical marijuana. Doesn't that mean possession of "medical" marijuana is also banned? This kind of "fact-checking" is worse than useless -- it gives the false impression of a neutral third party fact checking, when they're really only a water-carrier for the GOP.

CA Court of Appeal Rules for MERS

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Friday March 18, 2011 · 10:44 AM PDT

2011/03/18 · 10:44

There has been much commentary that MERS has no authority to commence foreclosure proceedings and is perhaps some kind of conspiracy for evil purposes cooked up by lenders. A lot of these decisions come from relatively small states, where a mortgage or deed of trust must be foreclosed "judicially," i. e. by filing a lawsuit. California has one of the largest if not the largest mortgage market in the country. In CA, most deeds of trust are foreclosed "non-judicially," that is, by a private trustee sale. There have been many lawsuits filed to enjoin or set aside such trustee sales on the theory that MERS, as a "nominee beneficiary," does not have authority to commence foreclosure proceedings. A new case out of the California Court of Appeal holds that under the doctrine of "estoppel by deed," the borrower grants MERS that authority in the form deed of trust. The court also found that allowing a lawsuit to be filed to determine the lender who purportedly actually has "standing" or holds the note would be contrary to public policy, and would eviscerate California' system of non-judicial foreclosures.

Gomes v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (2011) 192 Cal.App.4th 1149.

WI Fundraising Idea

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Friday March 18, 2011 · 10:14 AM PDT

2011/03/18 · 10:14

I live in CA and have been following the events in Wisconsin religiously. I wish I could be there. I think those of us from out of state would love it if we could "sponsor" a union activist or student, and hear reports of what our financial support was used for. I think charitable organizations use this fund-raising tactic. It gives the donor more of a feeling of personal involvement that simply giving to a general fund.

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