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John Krasinski Mystery!

Greetings Dunderheads!Rumors abound throughout the Dundersphere that the Graphic Arts Recruiter Guy on the "Job Fair" episode of THE OFFICE was supposedly actually played by none other than John Krasinski himself in a secret cameo wearing a disguise.Therefore, knowing my Dunderhead responsiblities, I've decided to initiate an investigation.I took this matter to the Forensic Science Research Laboratoryat the The International Center for Dundermifflogical Studies.Here are my findings....

Author: garydunncolumbusga
Keywords: John Krasinski The Office Job Fair Graphic Art Mystery
Added: May 13, 2008

David Cay Johnston - Problems with a "Fair Tax"

Complete Video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/14/David_Cay_Johnston_Talks_About_Free_LunchAuthor David Cay Johnston criticizes plans to replace income taxes with a "fair tax," otherwise known as a national retail sales tax.-----Since 1995 when David Cay Johnston turned his investigative reporting skills to explore the murky waters of tax law, Some tax policy officials now consider him, as one tax law professor put it, "the de facto chief tax enforcement officer of the United States."Johnston will detail how a strong and growing economy lends itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast number of Americans. As tax season draws to a close, come find out who is getting a free lunch and who is picking up the bill - The Commonwealth Club of CaliforniaDavid Cay Johnston was an investigative journalist for The New York Times now focusing on the subject of taxation. He accepted a buyout offer from the Times in April 2008 and is now an independent reporter. He most recently published Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You With The Bill, about hidden subsidies, rigged markets, and corporate socialism. It follows Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else, a New York Times bestseller. Johnston received the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting "for his penetrating and enterprising reporting that exposed loopholes and inequities in the U.S. tax code, which was instrumental in bringing about reforms." He also won the Book of the Year award from Investigative Reporters & Editors.Robert Saldich is the Chair of the Board of Governors at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, CA.

Author: ForaTv
Keywords: irs income government fair taxes taxation policy national retail sales huckabee vat value added black markets foratv
Added: May 13, 2008

David Cay Johnston - A Moral Argument for Progressive Taxes

Complete Video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/14/David_Cay_Johnston_Talks_About_Free_LunchAuthor David Cay Johnston discusses the history of progressive taxation, and argues that these policies are inherent to a democratic government.-----Since 1995 when David Cay Johnston turned his investigative reporting skills to explore the murky waters of tax law, Some tax policy officials now consider him, as one tax law professor put it, "the de facto chief tax enforcement officer of the United States."Johnston will detail how a strong and growing economy lends itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast number of Americans. As tax season draws to a close, come find out who is getting a free lunch and who is picking up the bill - The Commonwealth Club of CaliforniaDavid Cay Johnston was an investigative journalist for The New York Times now focusing on the subject of taxation. He accepted a buyout offer from the Times in April 2008 and is now an independent reporter. He most recently published Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You With The Bill, about hidden subsidies, rigged markets, and corporate socialism. It follows Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else, a New York Times bestseller. Johnston received the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting "for his penetrating and enterprising reporting that exposed loopholes and inequities in the U.S. tax code, which was instrumental in bringing about reforms." He also won the Book of the Year award from Investigative Reporters & Editors.Robert Saldich is the Chair of the Board of Governors at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, CA.

Author: ForaTv
Keywords: income taxes taxation policy irs flat fair vat value added retail sales democracy history revenues spending foratv
Added: May 13, 2008

Fort Worth Home Real Estate Short SaleStopping Foreclosures

Visit Fort Worth Homes at http://davidpannellhomes.com to find Homes in the Fort Worth area. Get a free step by step guide on how to survive foreclosure with mortgage modifications, rate modifications, short sale process & stop foreclosure programs.Avoid foreclosure, Arizona Short Sale Office, located in Fort Worth Texas offers assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure. We negotiate loan modifications, short sales, and options for homeowners behind on payments Fort Worth Help with Foreclosures, Helping families out of their homes Savings Familes from Foreclosures Sell your home before it goes into foreclosures By Liz Pulliam WestonIf you're in danger of falling behind on your mortgage, or if you're already late, you may be skeptical about your lender's willingness to help.And if you take the advice we personal-finance types typically offer -- call the lender as soon as possible and ask for help -- you could find yourself stymied by the lender's bureaucracy or even told to come back when you are really behind in your payments. Call a Realtor It's Free. No Cost to Sell your Homes if you dont have any equity in the home. The lender will pay the fee. Its better for you and there no problem in asking for help. Facing foreclosure? 9 optionsDon't bite off too much house How not to pay your billsHow I lost my home: 3 storiesThe foreclosure capital of the U.S.Why lenders don't like foreclosure To understand why these things are true, it helps to know a bit about the lending process, as well as what happens in foreclosure:Most loans are made -- then sold. The majority of residential mortgages are quickly packaged into securities and sold to investors. The company that accepts your payments is what's known as the servicer. The servicer takes a slice of your payments as compensation, then forwards the rest into a pool of cash that's used to pay dividends to the investors.As you might guess, the servicer's primary interest is in making sure your payments keep coming. If you default and wind up in foreclosure, any proceeds from the home sale go to the investors, and the servicer has lost its income stream from your loan. (Still, predatory servicers do exist. See "When mortgage firms don't play fair.")Even if the loan isn't sold and is still held by the original lender, foreclosure remains a bad outcome."Lenders are going to lose money holding that house," Svinth said. "They have to maintain it, insure it, market it . . . until it sells."Meanwhile, they're not getting payments for the loan. Whatever equity remains after the home is sold and all the costs are paid is typically returned to the borrower.A short sales occurs when the net proceeds from a the sale of a home are not enough to cover the sellers mortgage obligations and closing cost, such as property taxes, transfer taxes, and the real estate practitioners commission. The seller is unwilling or unable to cover.Some, although by no means all-short sellers may be in default on their mortgage loans and be headed for foreclosure. However, homeowners who bought at the top of the market or who took out large amounts of equity with refinance abd who need to sell because of divorce or job transfer may also find themselves upside down, owning more than the home is currtenly worth when closing costs are factored in..Tip, losing your home is very emotional and you might be pissed off your losing your home or in some cases don't care..If you care, call us early...so we can help. Your Home is where you live, not in the home your being harassed in. Who do I talk too? Call us, the Fort Worth Home Resecue Team. David 817-797-9047 or Barbara 817-846-5093-both professionals in saving your home from foreclosure...its a good idea to call before they seek foreclosure, so we have plenty of time to help...we need atleast 4 weeks prior to foreclosure court...call now, not next month when you get another letterBankrupty will not save your home...trust me. Category: People & Blogs Tags: Foreclosure Short Sale David Pannell Help Save your Credit

Author: DavidPannellRealtor
Keywords: Stop Foreclosure Short Sale
Added: May 9, 2008

Fort Worth Home Real Estate Short SaleStopping Foreclosures

Visit Fort Worth Homes at http://davidpannellhomes.com to find Homes in the Fort Worth area. Get a free step by step guide on how to survive foreclosure with mortgage modifications, rate modifications, short sale process & stop foreclosure programs.Avoid foreclosure, Arizona Short Sale Office, located in Fort Worth Texas offers assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure. We negotiate loan modifications, short sales, and options for homeowners behind on payments Fort Worth Help with Foreclosures, Helping families out of their homes Savings Familes from Foreclosures Sell your home before it goes into foreclosures By Liz Pulliam WestonIf you're in danger of falling behind on your mortgage, or if you're already late, you may be skeptical about your lender's willingness to help.And if you take the advice we personal-finance types typically offer -- call the lender as soon as possible and ask for help -- you could find yourself stymied by the lender's bureaucracy or even told to come back when you are really behind in your payments. Call a Realtor It's Free. No Cost to Sell your Homes if you dont have any equity in the home. The lender will pay the fee. Its better for you and there no problem in asking for help. Facing foreclosure? 9 optionsDon't bite off too much house How not to pay your billsHow I lost my home: 3 storiesThe foreclosure capital of the U.S.Why lenders don't like foreclosure To understand why these things are true, it helps to know a bit about the lending process, as well as what happens in foreclosure:Most loans are made -- then sold. The majority of residential mortgages are quickly packaged into securities and sold to investors. The company that accepts your payments is what's known as the servicer. The servicer takes a slice of your payments as compensation, then forwards the rest into a pool of cash that's used to pay dividends to the investors.As you might guess, the servicer's primary interest is in making sure your payments keep coming. If you default and wind up in foreclosure, any proceeds from the home sale go to the investors, and the servicer has lost its income stream from your loan. (Still, predatory servicers do exist. See "When mortgage firms don't play fair.")Even if the loan isn't sold and is still held by the original lender, foreclosure remains a bad outcome."Lenders are going to lose money holding that house," Svinth said. "They have to maintain it, insure it, market it . . . until it sells."Meanwhile, they're not getting payments for the loan. Whatever equity remains after the home is sold and all the costs are paid is typically returned to the borrower.A short sales occurs when the net proceeds from a the sale of a home are not enough to cover the sellers mortgage obligations and closing cost, such as property taxes, transfer taxes, and the real estate practitioners commission. The seller is unwilling or unable to cover.Some, although by no means all-short sellers may be in default on their mortgage loans and be headed for foreclosure. However, homeowners who bought at the top of the market or who took out large amounts of equity with refinance abd who need to sell because of divorce or job transfer may also find themselves upside down, owning more than the home is currtenly worth when closing costs are factored in..Tip, losing your home is very emotional and you might be pissed off your losing your home or in some cases don't care..If you care, call us early...so we can help. Your Home is where you live, not in the home your being harassed in. Who do I talk too? Call us, the Fort Worth Home Resecue Team. David 817-797-9047 or Barbara 817-846-5093-both professionals in saving your home from foreclosure...its a good idea to call before they seek foreclosure, so we have plenty of time to help...we need atleast 4 weeks prior to foreclosure court...call now, not next month when you get another letterBankrupty will not save your home...trust me. Category: People & Blogs Tags: Foreclosure Short Sale David Pannell Help Save your Credit

Author: DavidPannellRealtor
Keywords: Stop Foreclosure Short Sale
Added: May 9, 2008

Fort Worth Home Real Estate Short SaleStopping Foreclosures

Visit Fort Worth Homes at http://davidpannellhomes.com to find Homes in the Fort Worth area. Get a free step by step guide on how to survive foreclosure with mortgage modifications, rate modifications, short sale process & stop foreclosure programs.Avoid foreclosure, Arizona Short Sale Office, located in Fort Worth Texas offers assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure. We negotiate loan modifications, short sales, and options for homeowners behind on payments Fort Worth Help with Foreclosures, Helping families out of their homes Savings Familes from Foreclosures Sell your home before it goes into foreclosures By Liz Pulliam WestonIf you're in danger of falling behind on your mortgage, or if you're already late, you may be skeptical about your lender's willingness to help.And if you take the advice we personal-finance types typically offer -- call the lender as soon as possible and ask for help -- you could find yourself stymied by the lender's bureaucracy or even told to come back when you are really behind in your payments. Call a Realtor It's Free. No Cost to Sell your Homes if you dont have any equity in the home. The lender will pay the fee. Its better for you and there no problem in asking for help. Facing foreclosure? 9 optionsDon't bite off too much house How not to pay your billsHow I lost my home: 3 storiesThe foreclosure capital of the U.S.Why lenders don't like foreclosure To understand why these things are true, it helps to know a bit about the lending process, as well as what happens in foreclosure:Most loans are made -- then sold. The majority of residential mortgages are quickly packaged into securities and sold to investors. The company that accepts your payments is what's known as the servicer. The servicer takes a slice of your payments as compensation, then forwards the rest into a pool of cash that's used to pay dividends to the investors.As you might guess, the servicer's primary interest is in making sure your payments keep coming. If you default and wind up in foreclosure, any proceeds from the home sale go to the investors, and the servicer has lost its income stream from your loan. (Still, predatory servicers do exist. See "When mortgage firms don't play fair.")Even if the loan isn't sold and is still held by the original lender, foreclosure remains a bad outcome."Lenders are going to lose money holding that house," Svinth said. "They have to maintain it, insure it, market it . . . until it sells."Meanwhile, they're not getting payments for the loan. Whatever equity remains after the home is sold and all the costs are paid is typically returned to the borrower.A short sales occurs when the net proceeds from a the sale of a home are not enough to cover the sellers mortgage obligations and closing cost, such as property taxes, transfer taxes, and the real estate practitioners commission. The seller is unwilling or unable to cover.Some, although by no means all-short sellers may be in default on their mortgage loans and be headed for foreclosure. However, homeowners who bought at the top of the market or who took out large amounts of equity with refinance abd who need to sell because of divorce or job transfer may also find themselves upside down, owning more than the home is currtenly worth when closing costs are factored in..Tip, losing your home is very emotional and you might be pissed off your losing your home or in some cases don't care..If you care, call us early...so we can help. Your Home is where you live, not in the home your being harassed in. Who do I talk too? Call us, the Fort Worth Home Resecue Team. David 817-797-9047 or Barbara 817-846-5093-both professionals in saving your home from foreclosure...its a good idea to call before they seek foreclosure, so we have plenty of time to help...we need atleast 4 weeks prior to foreclosure court...call now, not next month when you get another letterBankrupty will not save your home...trust me. Category: People & Blogs Tags: Foreclosure Short Sale David Pannell Help Save your Credit

Author: DavidPannellRealtor
Keywords: Stop Foreclosure Short Sale
Added: May 9, 2008

Fort Worth Home Real Estate Short SaleStopping Foreclosures

Visit Fort Worth Homes at http://davidpannellhomes.com to find Homes in the Fort Worth area. Get a free step by step guide on how to survive foreclosure with mortgage modifications, rate modifications, short sale process & stop foreclosure programs.Avoid foreclosure, Arizona Short Sale Office, located in Fort Worth Texas offers assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure. We negotiate loan modifications, short sales, and options for homeowners behind on payments Fort Worth Help with Foreclosures, Helping families out of their homes Savings Familes from Foreclosures Sell your home before it goes into foreclosures By Liz Pulliam WestonIf you're in danger of falling behind on your mortgage, or if you're already late, you may be skeptical about your lender's willingness to help.And if you take the advice we personal-finance types typically offer -- call the lender as soon as possible and ask for help -- you could find yourself stymied by the lender's bureaucracy or even told to come back when you are really behind in your payments. Call a Realtor It's Free. No Cost to Sell your Homes if you dont have any equity in the home. The lender will pay the fee. Its better for you and there no problem in asking for help. Facing foreclosure? 9 optionsDon't bite off too much house How not to pay your billsHow I lost my home: 3 storiesThe foreclosure capital of the U.S.Why lenders don't like foreclosure To understand why these things are true, it helps to know a bit about the lending process, as well as what happens in foreclosure:Most loans are made -- then sold. The majority of residential mortgages are quickly packaged into securities and sold to investors. The company that accepts your payments is what's known as the servicer. The servicer takes a slice of your payments as compensation, then forwards the rest into a pool of cash that's used to pay dividends to the investors.As you might guess, the servicer's primary interest is in making sure your payments keep coming. If you default and wind up in foreclosure, any proceeds from the home sale go to the investors, and the servicer has lost its income stream from your loan. (Still, predatory servicers do exist. See "When mortgage firms don't play fair.")Even if the loan isn't sold and is still held by the original lender, foreclosure remains a bad outcome."Lenders are going to lose money holding that house," Svinth said. "They have to maintain it, insure it, market it . . . until it sells."Meanwhile, they're not getting payments for the loan. Whatever equity remains after the home is sold and all the costs are paid is typically returned to the borrower.A short sales occurs when the net proceeds from a the sale of a home are not enough to cover the sellers mortgage obligations and closing cost, such as property taxes, transfer taxes, and the real estate practitioners commission. The seller is unwilling or unable to cover.Some, although by no means all-short sellers may be in default on their mortgage loans and be headed for foreclosure. However, homeowners who bought at the top of the market or who took out large amounts of equity with refinance abd who need to sell because of divorce or job transfer may also find themselves upside down, owning more than the home is currtenly worth when closing costs are factored in..Tip, losing your home is very emotional and you might be pissed off your losing your home or in some cases don't care..If you care, call us early...so we can help. Your Home is where you live, not in the home your being harassed in. Who do I talk too? Call us, the Fort Worth Home Resecue Team. David 817-797-9047 or Barbara 817-846-5093-both professionals in saving your home from foreclosure...its a good idea to call before they seek foreclosure, so we have plenty of time to help...we need atleast 4 weeks prior to foreclosure court...call now, not next month when you get another letterBankrupty will not save your home...trust me. Category: People & Blogs Tags: Foreclosure Short Sale David Pannell Help Save your Credit

Author: DavidPannellRealtor
Keywords: Stop Foreclosure Short Sale
Added: May 9, 2008

The Office “Job Fair” ~ Donna’s Recap
Funny synopsis of the latest episode of The Office.
http://digg.com/television/The_Office_Job_Fair_Donna_s_Recap

The Office US Season 4 Episode 13 Download
Jim hits the links with Andy and Kevin to try and land his biggest client ever. Meanwhile, Michael sets up a booth at a local job fair, which happens to be at Pam’s alma mater, to find “the best and the brightest” for Dunder Mifflin’s summer internship.
http://digg.com/television/The_Office_US_Season_4_Episode_13_Download_2

Fair Wage group refuses to offer a "fair wage" to its staff
A job for a researcher and office administrator for a lobby group campaigning on the issue of fair wages - rather ironically wont offer what most people would consider to be a fair wage.
http://digg.com/politics/Fair_Wage_group_refuses_to_offer_a_fair_wage_to_its_staff

Austin Police Officer Fired for refusing to Use Taser.
Not all cops are bad, in fairness to my last post, I have a story of an officer who did the right thing, and paid for it with his job.
http://digg.com/political_opinion/Austin_Police_Officer_Fired_for_refusing_to_Use_Taser

Orlando Weekly employees arrested for aiding in prostitution
Law enforcement officers arrested three Orlando Weekly managers this afternoon on charges of aiding and abetting in prostitution. The Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation arrested the three employees from the newspaper's advertising department at a job fair sponsored by the Weekly.
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Orlando_Weekly_employees_arrested_for_aiding_in_prostitution

Post Office Jobs
The postal service jobs offer you a challenging career, customer satisfaction, and they promote a fair work environment. You will have some of the best compensation and benefits packages available at any business. One reason that the compensation and benefits are so great is because it is a government job.
http://digg.com/business_finance/Post_Office_Jobs

Santa Cruz Hippies Run Off Military Recruiters; IED found under cop cars
Via Geoff, this battle has taken a turn for the worse: Three recruitment offices announced this week they were backing out of a campus job fair set for Tuesday. The announcement by the Marines and two Army recruitment offices comes...
http://digg.com/world_news/Santa_Cruz_Hippies_Run_Off_Military_Recruiters_IED_found_under_cop_cars

The Ultimate Weapon for Exacting Revenge On Co-workers
Today was a fairly boring day at work. I got a new office-mate, who so far seems like a total tool. Something you don't do on your first day of work is tell me how to do my job. He needed to be put into his place, so I devised a weapon to make rubber bands rain down over his cubicle wall at him with laser guided accuracy.
http://digg.com/gadgets/The_Ultimate_Weapon_for_Exacting_Revenge_On_Co_workers

Planning the Vista deployment at Microsoft
We've got a fair few machines kicking about at Microsoft and as you can imagine deploying Windows Vista and Office 2007 is quite a task in itself. In fact, planning such a depoyment is a job in itself. If you're planning your Vista and Office 2007 rollout and you want to get some great insight into how we did it, than check out the video & ..
http://digg.com/software/Planning_the_Vista_deployment_at_Microsoft

Let's end the Microsoft monopoly: Give Apple and Linux a fair chance.
Windows has a market share of 93.7%, more than the 40% required by the OFT to investigate. We all know the illegal practices of MS and yet the OFT has done nothing. The OFT says "Excessive prices or reduction in quality of service are typical results of exploitation of a monopoly". The Office of Fair Trade are not doing their job. Start signing!
http://digg.com/software/Let_s_end_the_Microsoft_monopoly%3A_Give_Apple_and_Linux_a_fair_chance.