Links and Minifeatures 10 26 Friday

Useful Link: IRS page on what I believe is a temporary tax relief program for those who lose their homes to foreclosure.

Went up Mt Helix to get some pictures of the fire Tuesday, where a significant number of wealthier than your average lawyers live. Saw more John Edwards signs in 10 minutes than I had in the previous month.

"John Edwards - the candidate for poor victims and their rich lawyers!"

Got a search hit for "san diego real estate market will be impacted by fires"

Ladies and Gentlemen,
What effect do you think 2000 newly homeless (or temporarily homeless) households with insurance checks will have upon existing housing?

Not a huge one. But Demand constant - supply decreasing. What does economics tell you will happen?

Rangel's 'Mother of All Tax Reforms' Gets Abortion

Considering what he wanted to unleash on the taxpayers of the US, probably just as well. But then tax legislation isn't alive, and nobody has ever been convicted of murder for killing one.

video that damns Hillary Clinton

via Dr. Sanity

But it's all the product of a vast right wing conspiracy, right Hillary?

Has anybody other than me noticed that the Columbia Noose Incident has fallen into the memory hole?
this is the most recent substantive information I can find. And as I said then,

Remember that I promised an apology if it turned out there was credible evidence that the Columbia Noose incident wasn't a put up job? Remember that I also predicted it would fall down the memory hole if evidence surfaced that it was? I've been trying to follow developments, and there just isn't much.

Truthfully, there's not much direct evidence either way, yet. But they're sure de-emphasizing the story.

Anybody else able to find anything new? Because in the absence of further evidence, I think I think the most likely explanation is a put-up job.