<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss"><channel><title>Mortgage and Real Estate News and Opinion</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/</link><description>The latest mortgage and real estate news and opinion from around the Web.</description><image><url>http://thumbs.reddit.com/t5_2qllv.png?v=e3b7a6902a8e56a2f7f4bab243e09b00</url><title>Mortgage and Real Estate News and Opinion</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/</link></image><item><title>Online help for Mortgage information, credit repair, and credit card issues. Live Experts</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/89x06/online_help_for_mortgage_information_credit/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/89x06/online_help_for_mortgage_information_credit/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:25:41 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-04-04T01:25:41.631345-07:00</dc:date><description>&lt;table&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/89x06/online_help_for_mortgage_information_credit/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://thumbs.reddit.com/t3_89x06.png&quot; alt=&quot;Online help for Mortgage information, credit repair, and credit card issues. Live Experts&quot; title=&quot;Online help for Mortgage information, credit repair, and credit card issues. Live Experts&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt; submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/Fishbum&quot;&gt; Fishbum &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mortgageandrealestateloans.com/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/89x06/online_help_for_mortgage_information_credit/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><media:title>Online help for Mortgage information, credit repair, and credit card issues. Live Experts</media:title><media:thumbnail url="http://thumbs.reddit.com/t3_89x06.png" /></item><item><title>FTC Illegally Publishes Individual's Financial Information, including credit card numbers and tax returns. It took 17 hours for them to be removed.</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/adbfo/ftc_illegally_publishes_individuals_financial/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/adbfo/ftc_illegally_publishes_individuals_financial/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:19:39 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-12-10T13:19:39.185610-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/jatucker&quot;&gt; jatucker &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/reddit.com/&quot;&gt; reddit.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mises.org/archives/011216.asp&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/adbfo/ftc_illegally_publishes_individuals_financial/"&gt;[1 comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Game Changer? Conservative Darling, and Favorite in FL Senate Race, Marco Rubio Charged Grocery Bills And Car Repairs To GOP-Issued Credit Card</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b69aw/game_changer_conservative_darling_and_favorite_in/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b69aw/game_changer_conservative_darling_and_favorite_in/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:39:17 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-02-24T23:39:17.200855-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/Wordie&quot;&gt; Wordie &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/politics/&quot;&gt; politics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/rubio-charged-grocery-bills-and-car-repairs-to-gop-issued-credit-card.php?ref=fpa&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b69aw/game_changer_conservative_darling_and_favorite_in/"&gt;[4 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Bad credit loans and credit cards and mortgages Get approved in minutes No Credit Auto Financing people with bad credit or no credit, all types of loans, visit us today Apply online fast, easy and secure .</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/a54s4/bad_credit_loans_and_credit_cards_and_mortgages/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/a54s4/bad_credit_loans_and_credit_cards_and_mortgages/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:57:40 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-11-16T21:57:40.247503-07:00</dc:date><description>&lt;table&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/a54s4/bad_credit_loans_and_credit_cards_and_mortgages/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/static/noimage.png&quot; alt=&quot;Bad credit loans and credit cards and mortgages Get approved in minutes No Credit Auto Financing people with bad credit or no credit, all types of loans, visit us today Apply online fast, easy and secure .&quot; title=&quot;Bad credit loans and credit cards and mortgages Get approved in minutes No Credit Auto Financing people with bad credit or no credit, all types of loans, visit us today Apply online fast, easy and secure .&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt; submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/bankhamz&quot;&gt; bankhamz &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/Gamer/&quot;&gt; Gamer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.personalbadcreditloans.us/bad-credit-loans-and-credit-cards-and-mortgages-get-approved-in-minutes-no-credit-auto-financing-people-with-bad-credit-or-no-credit-all-types-of-loans-visit-us-today-apply-online-fast-easy-and-sec/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/a54s4/bad_credit_loans_and_credit_cards_and_mortgages/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><media:title>Bad credit loans and credit cards and mortgages Get approved in minutes No Credit Auto Financing people with bad credit or no credit, all types of loans, visit us today Apply online fast, easy and secure .</media:title><media:thumbnail url="/static/noimage.png" /></item><item><title>IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year: any bank or other payment settlement company that processes credit cards, debit cards, and electronic payments such as PayPal will have to issue information returns telling the IRS what merchants receive</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/bah45/irs_to_track_online_sellers_payment_transactions/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/bah45/irs_to_track_online_sellers_payment_transactions/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:24:19 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-03-07T19:24:19.315911-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/nicasucio&quot;&gt; nicasucio &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/business/&quot;&gt; business&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y210/m03/abu0258/s03&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/bah45/irs_to_track_online_sellers_payment_transactions/"&gt;[80 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Cyprus Company for Online Businesses and to accept credit cards.</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/8j5ci/cyprus_company_for_online_businesses_and_to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/8j5ci/cyprus_company_for_online_businesses_and_to/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 07:33:43 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-05-09T07:33:43.018980-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/fionix&quot;&gt; fionix &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/06x/&quot;&gt; 06x&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cyprus-company-formation.net/cyprus-company-for-online-businesses&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/8j5ci/cyprus_company_for_online_businesses_and_to/"&gt;[1 comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Four million British identities are up for sale on the internet. Highly sensitive financial information, including credit card details, bank account numbers, telephone numbers and even PINs are available to the highest bidder.</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/939yw/four_million_british_identities_are_up_for_sale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/939yw/four_million_british_identities_are_up_for_sale/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:09:42 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-07-21T13:09:42.733533-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/wAlessandro&quot;&gt; wAlessandro &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/reddit.com/&quot;&gt; reddit.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6718560.ece&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/939yw/four_million_british_identities_are_up_for_sale/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>West Milford now accepting online credit and debit card payments for taxes</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/7w06s/west_milford_now_accepting_online_credit_and/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/7w06s/west_milford_now_accepting_online_credit_and/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:30:46 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-02-09T08:30:46.150563-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/garybloom&quot;&gt; garybloom &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/NorthernNewJersey/&quot;&gt; NorthernNewJersey&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2009/02/06/west_milford_messenger/news/5.txt&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/7w06s/west_milford_now_accepting_online_credit_and/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Buy legal-tender $1 coins from the US Mint with free shipping. Pay for them with miles-offering credit cards. Take the coins to the bank, use them to pay off the credit card, and keep the miles. Brilliant.</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/achva/buy_legaltender_1_coins_from_the_us_mint_with/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/achva/buy_legaltender_1_coins_from_the_us_mint_with/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:41:29 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-12-08T12:41:29.784523-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/pavel_lishin&quot;&gt; pavel_lishin &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/reddit.com/&quot;&gt; reddit.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126014168569179245.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/achva/buy_legaltender_1_coins_from_the_us_mint_with/"&gt;[208 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Help Reddit: I'm in a 5 year Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) with six months left, and I want to refinance with a credit union. For some reason, my credit score dropped 90 points in one month, and I can't get a credit union to approve my loan. WTF could have happened?</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/8yqwf/help_reddit_im_in_a_5_year_adjustable_rate/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/8yqwf/help_reddit_im_in_a_5_year_adjustable_rate/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:31:33 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-07-06T14:31:33.467165-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/OllyOllyO&quot;&gt; OllyOllyO &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/AskReddit/&quot;&gt; AskReddit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reddit.com/comments/8yqwf/help_reddit_im_in_a_5_year_adjustable_rate/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/8yqwf/help_reddit_im_in_a_5_year_adjustable_rate/"&gt;[48 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Have Grown Even Bigger: 3 Banks Hold Almost 1/3 Of Deposits, Issue Half The Mortgages And 2/3 Of Credit Cards</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9f0wt/banks_too_big_to_fail_have_grown_even_bigger_3/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9f0wt/banks_too_big_to_fail_have_grown_even_bigger_3/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:52:39 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-08-28T05:52:39.830039-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/sohail&quot;&gt; sohail &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/reddit.com/&quot;&gt; reddit.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/27/AR2009082704193.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9f0wt/banks_too_big_to_fail_have_grown_even_bigger_3/"&gt;[1 comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Modern cryptological attacks can crack mobile phone calls, as well as debit and credit card systems, in seconds. The trick is to find a practical compromise between computing time and memory space with the help of precomputed tables.</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/acrni/modern_cryptological_attacks_can_crack_mobile/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/acrni/modern_cryptological_attacks_can_crack_mobile/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:14:34 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-12-09T06:14:34.093871-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/BioGeek&quot;&gt; BioGeek &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/netsec/&quot;&gt; netsec&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.h-online.com/security/features/Cheap-Cracks-Of-dictionaries-and-rainbows-746217.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/acrni/modern_cryptological_attacks_can_crack_mobile/"&gt;[6 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Why are Republican hypocrites taking credit for Stimulus programs they voted against? Because the Stimulus is working and helped prevent a depression, for now.</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b1snp/why_are_republican_hypocrites_taking_credit_for/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b1snp/why_are_republican_hypocrites_taking_credit_for/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:38:06 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-02-13T17:38:06.395491-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/wang-banger&quot;&gt; wang-banger &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/obama/&quot;&gt; obama&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.examiner.com/x-31532-Modesto-Political-Issues-Examiner~y2010m2d12-Republican-hypocrites-vote-no-on-stimulus-but-take-money-and-credit-for-good-policy&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b1snp/why_are_republican_hypocrites_taking_credit_for/"&gt;[8 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Pay your credit card bills on time every month? Enjoy cash back and other rewards programs? Not for long. Obama to sign legislation to help high risk cardholders at your expense.</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/8m9yx/pay_your_credit_card_bills_on_time_every_month/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/8m9yx/pay_your_credit_card_bills_on_time_every_month/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:53:13 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-05-21T13:53:13.084866-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/lemonparty&quot;&gt; lemonparty &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/reddit.com/&quot;&gt; reddit.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/business/19credit.html?_r=2&amp;amp;ref=business&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/8m9yx/pay_your_credit_card_bills_on_time_every_month/"&gt;[1 comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Ray Comfort puts his supporters at great risk of credit card fraud by not using a secure connection for people who donate to his Living Waters ministry online. I suppose they are using prayer for security.</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9nfkr/ray_comfort_puts_his_supporters_at_great_risk_of/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9nfkr/ray_comfort_puts_his_supporters_at_great_risk_of/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:17:12 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-09-23T13:17:12.661707-07:00</dc:date><description>&lt;table&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9nfkr/ray_comfort_puts_his_supporters_at_great_risk_of/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/static/noimage.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ray Comfort puts his supporters at great risk of credit card fraud by not using a secure connection for people who donate to his Living Waters ministry online. I suppose they are using prayer for security.&quot; title=&quot;Ray Comfort puts his supporters at great risk of credit card fraud by not using a secure connection for people who donate to his Living Waters ministry online. I suppose they are using prayer for security.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt; submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/Phaz&quot;&gt; Phaz &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/atheism/&quot;&gt; atheism&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.livingwaters.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=313&amp;amp;Itemid=266&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9nfkr/ray_comfort_puts_his_supporters_at_great_risk_of/"&gt;[7 comments]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><media:title>Ray Comfort puts his supporters at great risk of credit card fraud by not using a secure connection for people who donate to his Living Waters ministry online. I suppose they are using prayer for security.</media:title><media:thumbnail url="/static/noimage.png" /></item><item><title>Congress should put an immediate freeze on penalties, fees and interest rate increases for consumer mortgages, many loans and credit cards until the economy stabilizes. In fact they should freeze those charges retroactive to what they were 60 days ago.</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9bxrr/congress_should_put_an_immediate_freeze_on/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9bxrr/congress_should_put_an_immediate_freeze_on/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:13:45 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-08-18T20:13:45.772125-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/ghdiel&quot;&gt; ghdiel &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/Economics/&quot;&gt; Economics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/17/AR2009081703035.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9bxrr/congress_should_put_an_immediate_freeze_on/"&gt;[9 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Woman arrested for having kids help her steal purses from Walmart and Target. She used the stolen credit cards and had herself a grand time at a jewelry store and.....KFC</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/87ddo/woman_arrested_for_having_kids_help_her_steal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/87ddo/woman_arrested_for_having_kids_help_her_steal/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:30:01 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-03-25T06:30:01.814160-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/genosworld&quot;&gt; genosworld &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/WTF/&quot;&gt; WTF&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://genosworld.blogspot.com/2009/03/woman-uses-kids-to-help-her-steal.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/87ddo/woman_arrested_for_having_kids_help_her_steal/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Many parents and students are making the mistake of paying for higher education with the help of credit cards</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/6x72r/many_parents_and_students_are_making_the_mistake/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/6x72r/many_parents_and_students_are_making_the_mistake/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:35:33 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2008-08-20T09:35:33.038948-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/glmory&quot;&gt; glmory &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/business/&quot;&gt; business&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1834160,00.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/6x72r/many_parents_and_students_are_making_the_mistake/"&gt;[2 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Credit-Card Fees: the New Traps...&quot;A new federal credit-card law that takes effect Monday could erase billions of dollars a year in fees and interest charges paid by consumers. But card issuers are already deploying new tactics that could prove costly for even the most cautious cardholder.&quot;</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b4nmq/creditcard_fees_the_new_trapsa_new_federal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b4nmq/creditcard_fees_the_new_trapsa_new_federal/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:39:30 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-02-21T07:39:30.691665-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/OllyOllyO&quot;&gt; OllyOllyO &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/politics/&quot;&gt; politics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704804204575069374130248754.html?mod=wsj_share_reddit&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b4nmq/creditcard_fees_the_new_trapsa_new_federal/"&gt;[4 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Ever visited DarkMarket.ws, its an online watering hole for thousands of identify thieves, hackers and credit card swindlers, has been secretly run by an FBI cybercrime agent for the last two years</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/77136/ever_visited_darkmarketws_its_an_online_watering/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/77136/ever_visited_darkmarketws_its_an_online_watering/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:48:27 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2008-10-14T04:48:27.421579-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/bananatalk&quot;&gt; bananatalk &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/reddit.com/&quot;&gt; reddit.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/darkmarket-post.html&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/77136/ever_visited_darkmarketws_its_an_online_watering/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Have Grown Even Bigger: J.P. Morgan Chase now holds $1 of every $10 on deposit in this country, as do BofA and Wells Fargo. Together with Citigroup, these banks issue one of every two mortgages and two of every three credit cards!</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9f1ag/banks_too_big_to_fail_have_grown_even_bigger_jp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9f1ag/banks_too_big_to_fail_have_grown_even_bigger_jp/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:28:50 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-08-28T06:28:50.175399-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/maxwellhill&quot;&gt; maxwellhill &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/business/&quot;&gt; business&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/27/AR2009082704193.html?nav=rss_email/components&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9f1ag/banks_too_big_to_fail_have_grown_even_bigger_jp/"&gt;[42 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>My PS3 just died 6 months out of warranty. I called up MasterCard and used the &quot;Extended Warranty&quot; plan which works on any item I purchased using my credit card. Until yesterday, I was unaware of this protection. They're covering all repair costs up to the price I paid for my PS3!</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/ab7rl/my_ps3_just_died_6_months_out_of_warranty_i/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/ab7rl/my_ps3_just_died_6_months_out_of_warranty_i/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:37:37 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-12-04T14:37:37.188066-07:00</dc:date><description>&lt;table&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/ab7rl/my_ps3_just_died_6_months_out_of_warranty_i/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;/static/noimage.png&quot; alt=&quot;My PS3 just died 6 months out of warranty. I called up MasterCard and used the &amp;quot;Extended Warranty&amp;quot; plan which works on any item I purchased using my credit card. Until yesterday, I was unaware of this protection. They're covering all repair costs up to the price I paid for my PS3!&quot; title=&quot;My PS3 just died 6 months out of warranty. I called up MasterCard and used the &amp;quot;Extended Warranty&amp;quot; plan which works on any item I purchased using my credit card. Until yesterday, I was unaware of this protection. They're covering all repair costs up to the price I paid for my PS3!&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt; submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/frikk&quot;&gt; frikk &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/gaming/&quot;&gt; gaming&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/cardholderservices/guidetobenefits/index.html#q01&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/ab7rl/my_ps3_just_died_6_months_out_of_warranty_i/"&gt;[170 comments]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</description><media:title>My PS3 just died 6 months out of warranty. I called up MasterCard and used the &quot;Extended Warranty&quot; plan which works on any item I purchased using my credit card. Until yesterday, I was unaware of this protection. They're covering all repair costs up to the price I paid for my PS3!</media:title><media:thumbnail url="/static/noimage.png" /></item><item><title>DaE: Think that there should be a new &quot;required class&quot; in high school that teaches kids what &quot;Consumerism&quot; is and inform them about how things like (mortgages/loans/investments/credit cards/credit in general) work and how to manage them in a responsible way?</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9rcj4/dae_think_that_there_should_be_a_new_required/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9rcj4/dae_think_that_there_should_be_a_new_required/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:31:56 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2009-10-06T07:31:56.538985-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/KiDIcaruS&quot;&gt; KiDIcaruS &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/DoesAnybodyElse/&quot;&gt; DoesAnybodyElse&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reddit.com/comments/9rcj4/dae_think_that_there_should_be_a_new_required/&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/9rcj4/dae_think_that_there_should_be_a_new_required/"&gt;[174 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>&quot;In my family we think laughing is good. My parents raised me to have a sense of humor and to live a normal life. My mom didn't carry me around under her arm like a loaf of French bread the way Ex-Governor Palin carries Trig around looking for sympathy and votes.&quot; - Andrea Fay Friedman</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b3wh6/in_my_family_we_think_laughing_is_good_my_parents/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b3wh6/in_my_family_we_think_laughing_is_good_my_parents/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:24:30 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-02-18T22:24:30.005658-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/elvisliveson&quot;&gt; elvisliveson &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/reddit.com/&quot;&gt; reddit.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://5z8.info/b00bs_j6w7_--INITIATE-CREDIT-CARD-XFER--&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b3wh6/in_my_family_we_think_laughing_is_good_my_parents/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Report: Millions Blown On Government Cards, GAO Says Federal Employees Paid For Online Dating, Suits And Lingerie With Federal Credit Cards - CBS News</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/6f6hn/report_millions_blown_on_government_cards_gao/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/6f6hn/report_millions_blown_on_government_cards_gao/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:41:17 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2008-04-09T10:41:17.838563-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/yorosa&quot;&gt; yorosa &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/business/&quot;&gt; business&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/08/national/main4002681.shtml&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/6f6hn/report_millions_blown_on_government_cards_gao/"&gt;[comment]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>A new federal credit-card law that takes effect Monday could erase billions of dollars a year in fees and interest charges paid by consumers. But card issuers are already deploying new tactics that could prove costly for even the most cautious cardholder.</title><link>http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b4fv8/a_new_federal_creditcard_law_that_takes_effect/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b4fv8/a_new_federal_creditcard_law_that_takes_effect/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:47:55 -0700</pubDate><dc:date>2010-02-20T11:47:55.749032-07:00</dc:date><description>submitted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/user/IAmperfectlyCalm&quot;&gt; IAmperfectlyCalm &lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.blownmortgage.com/r/politics/&quot;&gt; politics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704804204575069374130248754.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us&amp;amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fxml%2Frss%2F3_7011+%28WSJ.com%3A+What%27s+News+US%29&quot;&gt;[link]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://news.blownmortgage.com/comments/b4fv8/a_new_federal_creditcard_law_that_takes_effect/"&gt;[3 comments]&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>