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HUD Settles Lawsuit with Coldwell Banker. Not good news for one of the largest real estate brokerage firms in the US. And to boot RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act ) violations. They came to a settlement agreement recently and have to pay a large sum of money. (an excerpt from the a...
08/17/2008
Martial law (or curfew) in these United States. 24 hour curfew in West Helena Arkansas. Stopping thru that city would not be a good thing for me right now. Where I live is not so bad but it would be very difficult to see police cars on every corner stopping everyone. Is that a violation of pe...
08/16/2008
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Russia and Georgia and the United States. Most of us are familiar with the conflict that started in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Now the US feels it is their duty to step in and save the day. We are stretched to the limit in Iraq and Afghanistan. Knowing now that there is a cease-fi...
08/16/2008
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United States and Poland. New allies? Reading on the internet (my usual way to keep up with this world) the US and Poland have agreed on a missile interceptor base on Polish soil. Now that obviously raised the ire of the Soviet Union. There thought pattern is this is a way for the US to dire...
08/16/2008
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Michael Phelps. Number 6 and counting. Is he unbeatable? Well if you’ve looked at any of the competition out there it doesn’t seem likely. I’m not a swimmer and not interested in the sport but to watch someone break record after record is fantastic. It makes you so proud of his accomplishment...
08/15/2008
Another legendary R&B singer has died. Mr Isaac Hayes It didn’t matter who you were or what you looked like. If you were a product of the 60’s and 70’s you knew the voice of this great legend. From albums to movie soundtracks you knew his voice with the first couple of notes. It seems there a...
08/10/2008
Political Fundraisers and why I don’t contribute. The internet is rife with ads of mudslinging between the candidates and as it gets nearer to election time things will get worse. I look at my hard earned money and I ask myself why would I give my money to either party. Some of these ads are...
08/09/2008
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Who We Are in Christ. Part 10 Luke 18: 9-14 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 9To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: 10"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collect...
08/07/2008
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Who We Are in Christ. Part 9 Matthew 5: 43-45 43"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor[h] and hate your enemy.' 44But I tell you: Love your enemies[i] and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and ...
08/07/2008
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