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• The coming dollar implosion?

  
  
  
  
  Beck last week discussed the dollar carry and how our deficit financing and devaluation of the dollar are going to impact the economy. Yes, I know, some of you will say its Glenn Beck and he gets out there at times. However, when he is on, [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:07am EST
  

• Condo financing continues to disappear

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  List of FHA-approved condo projects in Mississippi on FHA's website.
  
  
  Last week's fight over the Mandalay project highlighted a problem more condo developers are facing: How are homebuyers going to finance [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:40am EST
  

• Need suggestions

  Next poll: Top divorce attorney in Jackson. So far my list is: LC, John Reeves, Chinn, Varnado, William Wright, Monte Caldwell, Lee Agnew, Chris Tabb, and Bill Featherston. Very incomplete list so feel free to make suggestions. [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:11am EST
  

• LSU moves up.

  Congrats to Ole Miss yesterday. It would be so tempting to blame the loss to Ole Miss on the complete stupidity of Les Miles and Gary Crowton yesterday. The examples are almost too numerous to list. Passing the ball repeatedly after getting into field goal range with a minute to [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:29am EST
  

• The Fall of the Tribe of Hotty Toddy

  And there arose to the north of Eden a tribe called the Hotty-Toddys, who were also called metros. And the Hotty-Toddys were very displeasing; they didst place centerpieces on their banquet tables, and didst exalt themselves much. And they didst glorify the southern kingdom of the past.
  And for a [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:53am EST
  

• Hezbollah targets schools teaching Diary of Anne Frank

  
  
  Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reports on how the Diary of Anne Frank is seen in Lebanon:
  "Reporter [holding the book]: "This is the book that is taught in several schools in Beirut, which recounts the diary of an Israeli [sic] girl during World War II. Let’s [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:43am EST
  

• Someone adopt this dog.

  
  Adopt Nika at the Mississippi Animal Rescue League. 601-969-1631 [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:12pm EST
  

• Should we audit the Fed?

  
  
  
  Santelli and the Fed Pimp go at it over the Fed. [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:24pm EST
  

• Mississippi Valley Title in scrum against Evans, bankruptcy trustee, & banks

  Synopsis of Evans case: Charles Evans, Jr. was an attorney approved by Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company to provide title certificates to MVT and lenders showing a borrower had clear title to property. MVT filed a lawsuit in September accusing his brother of using over 30 LLC's to obtain fraudulent [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:32am EST
  

• Jim Rogers on dollar collapse

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:09am EST
  

• Latest crime stats

  Jackson crime statistics for November 9-15, 2009. [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• Mississippi Valley Title: 65 claims for $41, 415, 242 have been filed by lenders in Evans case

  See sidebar on right side of page for a collection of all posts on Evans case
  
  Copy of affidavit
  Exhibit A: Itemized list of loans issued to Evans brothers filed by MVT
  Exhibit D: copy of title certificate issued to MVT
  Exhibit E: Copy of [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:14am EST
  

• Santelli: "CPI is for champagne economists"

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:10am EST
  

• Don't let the door hit ya on the way out.

  This fine lad managed to earn himself a suspension from his fraternity at Ole Miss. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:00pm EST
  

• Hallmark Cleaners on Fortification robbed

  Hallmark Cleaners was robbed this morning. A punk walked in this morning before the security guard was on duty and robbed the dry cleaner's by showing a knife. No one was injured in the robbery. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:34pm EST
  

• Evans and Mississippi Valley Title slugfest continues in Madison

  See sidebar on right side of page for collection of all posts about the Evans case.
  
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  The Evans slugfest continues in the Madison County Chancery Court. Mississippi Valley Title Insurance. MVT filed an amended [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:18pm EST
  

• New poll: Best guitarist

  Have at it. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:20am EST
  

• JJ poll: Robert Johnson leading candidate for Sheriff

  JJ just conducted a poll on who the next Sheriff of Hinds County should be when Mac retires. Former JPD chief Robert Johnson won the poll, followed by Steve Pickett. Apparently more than a few people remember his tenure as Chief of JPD.
  
  Steve Pickett 29 (14%) Tyronne Lewis [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:10am EST
  

• Meredith Whitney: We are going back into recession

  
  
  
  Meredith Whitney tells CNBC we were never really out of recession and are heading back into one, something that should not surprise regular readers of this blog. [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:58am EST
  

• Reservoir Ruckus: Round II

  The fight between local developer Steve H. Bryan and Reservoir homeowners continued yesterday as they squared off at the office of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Board. The Clarion-Ledger reported:
  "Originally billed as a condominium project in February, the Mandalay development now plans to rent apartments and eventually" [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 9:02am EST
  

• Democrats: Terrorists bring jobs

  

  Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

  
  
  1:30 in video. Go ahead Sam Hall, try and defend this one if you Barbara Blackmon is not bitch-slapping you right now. [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:39pm EST
  

• MBJ: Evans stiffed printers, took $$ from advertisers

  See sidebar at right for collection of all posts on the Evans case
  
  The Mississippi Business Journal reports today:
  "Phone books published by a Jackson company — operating in a building owned by a man being sued for alleged commercial real estate fraud — were due out in June" [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:39pm EST
  

• Village Voice: Cuomo and Democrats "plunged" nation into housing crisis

  That bastion of right-wing radicalism, the Village Voice, published a story a year ago that discussed how Andrew Cuomo forced Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to engage in subprime lending while he was Secretary of HUD:
  
  "Andrew Cuomo, the youngest [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:58am EST
  

• Congrats to some very lucky guys.

  
  
  
  
  
  Just wanted to say congratu-lations to some good friends of mine who recently got engaged. Matt Allen popped the question to Megan West and Scott Vlahon did the same for Julie Straw. Great people and here's to [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:38am EST
  

• Tuesday night at The Audiorium: Nathan Cooks

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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:50am EST
  

• Beck show on Black Conservatives

  
  
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  Worth watching. [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:32am EST
  

• She drinks her blood from a jagged edge

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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:51pm EST
  

• Reservoir threatened by proposed apartment complex. Developer Steve Bryan had two foreclosures this year

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  Property developer Steve Bryan apparently tried to pull a switcharoo on the Reservoir area. Mr. Bryan bought the site where Rapids on the Reservoir was once located and announced he was going to construct Mandalay, a new Xanadu for the Rez where dreams would be made and fantasies realized, [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 1:08pm EST
  

• MBJ reports more details on Evans case

  See sidebar on right for collection of all posts on the Evans case.
  
  Amy McCullough at the Mississippi Business Journal reported new details about the Evans case in this morning's online edition. She beat me to it and delves into one of the basic details of how this' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:36am EST
  

• CNBC Food Fight

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Santelli and Liesman get into it. If in Firefox and can't see video, switch to anther browser.' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 6:38am EST
  

• Friday Night at The Auditorium

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 10:50pm EST
  

• Banks and Mississippi Valley Title fight Evans bankruptcy

  See Evans sidebar for a collection of all posts on the Evans case.
  
  Chris Evans filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on October 27, 2009. The filing took place a day before a hearing in Madison County Chancery Court took place to decide whether to [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 9:37am EST
  

• New poll

  Who do you think should succeed Mac as Sheriff? [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:04pm EST
  

• Its Veterans Day

  
  
  Veteran and his experience on the Bataan Death March.
  
  Since it's Veterans Day, I'm going to post this recent thread from Tigerdroppings.com where someone asked other members to share their family war stories. You can read them here. [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:31am EST
  

• Don't ________ and drive

  Want to read something funny? This lawsuit by Nationwide Insurance has some pretty funny details. [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:19am EST
  

• JJ Poll: Tico's Best Steak

  It was a close vote and Shapleys led the way, but Tico's won the JJ poll for best steak in Jackson by five votes. I voted for Tico's as I love the way they cook their steaks. The creamed spinach is very good as well and if you want a [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:52am EST
  

• Speetjeens' Legacy: Dew killer now out of jail thanks to Haley's parole board

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  One of the killers of Brad Dew, the Millsaps student murdered in 1991, was paroled nearly a year ago. The Mississippi Parole Board released Cedric Morris on December 8, 2008. Morris was convicted of [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 1:28pm EST
  

• Chrome

  Tried Google's Chrome last night. Damn this thing is fast. I mean reaaaal fast.' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:02am EST
  

• Bohemian Bankruptcy

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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:00am EST
  

• TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This is Reagan's entire speech in front of the Berlin Wall. Enjoy.' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:33pm EST
  

• Heavenly bodies

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  From NASA's website: " the Ring Nebula (M57) is some 2,000 light-years away in the musical constellation Lyra. The central ring is'" [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 5:51pm EST
  

• Were the Evans eyes upon Belvoir and Lynne Knight?

  See sidebar at right for a collection of all posts on the Evans case.
  
  The Evans case: it just seems to keep growing and growing. In addition to all of the deals uncovered in Hinds, Desoto, Harrison, Collin and Denton counties, there is yet another suspicious series of [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:16am EST
  

• No headline needed.

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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 6:51pm EST
  

• Spinning NY-23

  The Hannities and other conservative pundits should read this column in The American Thinker written by Rosslyn Smith about the Democrats' win in the NY-23 congressional race. While moderates and conservatives have used the election as ammunition in their battle for the soul of the Republican party, she makes the' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 9:44am EST
  

• Oldie but goodie

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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 8:58am EST
  

• New poll

  Vote for your choice. Sn1, Sn2, E1, E2, EAS. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:49am EST
  

• It's no longer a swamp in the desert I'll sell you, but a forest in Mississippi

  Here is what several millions of dollars in commercial real estate loans issued to Chris Evans went for in Desoto County on Goodman road. Loans were issued several years ago and yet there doesn't seem to be any development, does there? Shots are from the SW corner and the West' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:21am EST
  

• Mississippi Business Journal covers Evans case

  The Mississippi Business Journal published a good article on the Evans case this morning. Amy McCullough reports:
  "A Madison title insurance company is accusing two brothers of committing mortgage fraud and coercing the title company into issuing fraudulent title insurance policies in Madison County and elsewhere in the state. Mississippi" [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:09am EST
  

• Evans update

  Let the divorces begin. The wife of Charles Evans, Jr. filed for divorce in Madison County Chancery Court two days ago, citing irreconcilable differences. [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:05am EST
  

• This week at The Auditorium

  Shaun Patterson at 7:30, then at 10:00.......................
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Website for show [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 12:45pm EST