{"id":3157,"date":"2008-11-16T04:00:32","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T04:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2008\/11\/16\/links-for-20081116\/"},"modified":"2008-11-16T04:00:32","modified_gmt":"2008-11-16T04:00:32","slug":"links-for-20081116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/11\/16\/links-for-20081116\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2008-11-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2204583\/pagenum\/all\/\">How the subprime good guys give home loans to poor people, strengthen communities, and still make a profit. &#8211; By Daniel Gross &#8211; Slate Magazine<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Since 2003, this for-profit firm based in Orange County&#8211;home to busted subprime behemoths such as Ameriquest&#8211;has issued $220 million worth of mortgages in the Golden State&#8217;s subprime killing fields. More than 90 percent of its home loans have gone to first-time buyers, about half of whom are minorities. Out of 770 single-family loans it has made, how many foreclosures have there been? &quot;As far as we know,&quot; says Bystry, &quot;seven.&quot;&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/class-war\">class-war<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/economics\">economics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/race\">race<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/slate\">slate<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2204661\/pagenum\/all\/#p2\">Racism is the wrong analogy for opposition to same-sex marriage. &#8211; By Richard Thompson Ford &#8211; Slate Magazine<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;The analogy between the racism that voters overcame to elect Obama and the anti-gay sentiment that undermined support for same-sex marriage is tempting. But it has led gay marriage proponents to neglect the obvious: Same-sex marriage directly involves sex, and so popular attitudes about sex and gender&#8211;not race&#8211;are the ones that are most relevant to whether same-sex marriage bans rise or fall.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/sex\">sex<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/gender\">gender<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/race\">race<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/diversity\">diversity<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/society\">society<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/culture\">culture<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/slate\">slate<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slacktivist.typepad.com\/slacktivist\/2008\/11\/lbtm-thats-our-buck.html\">slacktivist: LBTM: That&#8217;s our Buck!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;This is why NORAD doesn&#8217;t let foreigners with satellite-broadcasting equipment just wander in to their central command. You shout something, some botanist translates it for them, and the next thing you know your military secrets are being broadcast to the entire world by some hack reporter who acts like you&#8217;d just sat down with him for an interview.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/movies\">movies<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/religion\">religion<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/stupid\">stupid<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/slacktivist\">slacktivist<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/news_briefs\/supreme_court_upholds_bill?utm_source=onion_rss_daily\">Supreme Court Upholds Bill Of Rights In 5-4 Decision | The Onion &#8211; America&#8217;s Finest News Source<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;&quot;After carefully considering the relevance of the 10 inviolable rights that comprise the ideological foundation on which our nation is built, the court finds that these basic freedoms remain important for the time being, and should not be overturned,&quot; read the majority opinion authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/onion\">onion<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/law\">law<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catswhothrowupgrass.com\/kill.php\">How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">Is it breathing?<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/silly\">silly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/comics\">comics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/animals\">animals<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How the subprime good guys give home loans to poor people, strengthen communities, and still make a profit. &#8211; By Daniel Gross &#8211; Slate Magazine &quot;Since 2003, this for-profit firm based in Orange County&#8211;home to busted subprime behemoths such as Ameriquest&#8211;has issued $220 million worth of mortgages in the Golden State&#8217;s subprime killing fields. 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