When Voting…

…it would help to know if your representative and senators voted for H.R. 3808 “Interstate Recognition of Notarizations Act of 2010.” This bill, cosponsored by Aderholt, Braley, Castle, and Davis, (each a conduit for $$$ from a different industry) would have forced courts to recognize MERS (the mortgage repository that has enabled untold billions in mortgage fraud) across state borders. Unfortunately, political gaming

  • Apr 27, 2010: This bill passed in the House of Representatives by voice vote. A record of each representative’s position was not kept.
  • Sep 27, 2010: This bill passed in the Senate by Unanimous Consent. A record of each senator’s position was not kept.

LOL.

01. November 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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Review: Plunder

is a documentary about… well, the plundering of the public by mortgage brokers and Wall Street. It’s a pretty decent primer about mortgage backed securities for those looking to figure out what’s going on. It fails went it comes to Bear Sterns though, painting it as a victim of short selling and a rushed sale. Also, the role of DC.
Most interesting is that it covers the mortgage fraud pretty well at the tactical level (fraudulent signatures, etc). Also, does a good job explaining why it’s bizarre to blame a deficiency in personal responsibility at the home buyer level but not acknowledge the gross negligence in Washington and the economic predators in NYC.
It’s not for those familiar with the problem though.

31. October 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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DIY Magnetic Strip Cloner

Lifehacker of all places has the video. Arduino, tape, shim, wire.

31. October 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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Long Exposure Photograph + Visualization

Cool concept, though I’m not sure how tethered it is to real data.

Data And The Longtime Exposures

31. October 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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Mint’s Real Time Economic Index

Cool. We’re currently doing for the information economy what Mint is doing for the $$$ economy.

Mint Data launched today and is the product of Mint.com, the personal-finance management site. Mint Data aggregates anonymous spending data from Mint’s more than 4 million users “to deliver an unprecedented real-time economic index”.

28. October 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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