pacino wrote:so you, jerseyhoya, and chris christie like that move.

pacino wrote:and Clinton can't come to today's hearings because she can't fly until late January. Haven't they heard of GO2Meeting?!

But that was before the Rolling Jubilee caught fire in the public imagination, garnering attention from the likes of Boing Boing, the New York Times, and Fortune Magazine. Even before the group had webcast its star-studded telethon, it had already surpassed its fundraising goal. To date, they've raised nearly half a million dollars -- enough to buy and forgive nearly $10 million of debt.

Most of that money is going to go to purchasing a big hunk of distressed medical debt next month, but as a sort of proof-of-concept, Strike Debt has already spent $5,000 to buy $100,000 of distressed medical debt owed by 44 people in upstate New York.

Yesterday, the activists gathered to send out the notifications to the unsuspecting recipients of this first round of debt forgiveness. Since aggressive collection mailings often drive debtors to ignore envelopes they don't recognize, the forgiveness letters are packaged in a small box wrapped in festive paper.

The tax lawyer dismisses the concern that the Rolling Jubilee is engaged in commercial activity: "It doesn't make a great deal of sense to me," she said. "When Habitat for Humanity is helping people build houses, someone still has to buy the lumber. It doesn't change their tax status. The critical thing is that this is a not-for-profit organization, and it's not engaged in trying to make money."

Furthermore, the lawyer says, recipients don't have to be poor to receive tax-free debt forgiveness. "This is focused on medical debt," she says, "and people with health problems can be categorized as distressed. You don't need to show that they're impoverished."

SARAH PALIN: "Time magazine, I think there is some irrelevancy there, to tell you the truth. I mean consider their list of the most influential people in the country and the world, some who have made that list -- yours truly! That ought to tell you something right there regarding the credence we should give Time magazine and their list of people."

Federal prosecutors say that on September 30 of this year Linn set fire to a prayer room inside the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo located on Schneider Rd. in Perrysburg. The fire caused extensive damage and the repairs are expected to take several more months to complete. No one was hurt in the fire. When asked by Judge Jack Zouhary why he targted the Islamic Center, Linn said he was spurred to action by what he read in newspapers, heard on the radio and on FOX News.

pacino wrote:

SARAH PALIN: "Time magazine, I think there is some irrelevancy there, to tell you the truth. I mean consider their list of the most influential people in the country and the world, some who have made that list -- yours truly! That ought to tell you something right there regarding the credence we should give Time magazine and their list of people."

pacino wrote:no comment:

Federal prosecutors say that on September 30 of this year Linn set fire to a prayer room inside the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo located on Schneider Rd. in Perrysburg. The fire caused extensive damage and the repairs are expected to take several more months to complete. No one was hurt in the fire. When asked by Judge Jack Zouhary why he targted the Islamic Center, Linn said he was spurred to action by what he read in newspapers, heard on the radio and on FOX News.

td11 wrote:Dana Bash @DanaBashCNN
Holy wow. Gop source tell me house gop leaders pulling the plan b bill. Votes not there. Devastating news for boehner

jerseyhoya wrote:Going over the cliff then. At least we'll get some spending cuts.