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Ranks of The DisgruntledTM Update The list as of yesterday: Jon DiIulio, Rand Beers, Paul O’Neill, Joe Wilson, Richard Foster (the Medicare guy) and Richard Clarke. Now, via CalPundit, former…

…in American History: Lee Harvey Oswald, Aldrich Ames, Richard Nixon (I give credit to conservatives for this one–though perhaps he made their list for the damage he did to the…

Why Is Brazil Ahead of the US…fuel

…natural gas, other than the odd city bus or garbage truck in random municipalities? The answer is a simple but unpleasant one. See, we in the US would label the…

Housing Update

…considered almost risk-free because if the borrowers default, Fannie or Freddie will pay off the loans (assuming Fannie and Freddie remain solvent). Non-conforming loans go into pools known as private-label