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New Jersey Woman Bakes Cakes to Avoid Foreclosure

Jul 262009

Now this is a shining example of the American Spirit. An incredible lady in New Jersey has come up with this amazing idea of baking Mortgage Apple Cakes to sell in order to make her mortgage payments.

In a time of crisis, Angela Logan turned to her kitchen.

Faced with a July 26 payment of $2,559.54 to her mortgage lender, Logan decided to sell 100 homemade “mortgage apple cakes” to friends and family for $40 each to help avoid foreclosure.

They must be pretty darn good: What started last week as 42 orders for the double-layered cakes (covered in butter, cream cheese and vanilla frosting) has turned into something much bigger. As of Tuesday, she had more than 500 orders, including an order from Iraq and one from Hong Kong.

Logan, a divorced mother of three sons, has owned her home in Teaneck, N.J., for 20 years. She started to have financial difficulties after a contractor cost her $50,000 in damages. She applied to the “Making Home Affordable” program after receiving a foreclosure notice in January. Logan has to make three payments of about $2,500 by Oct. 1 in order to keep her home.

Soon Logan’s problem was how she could possibly bake hundreds of cakes in her small kitchen. Teaneck’s health officer notified Logan that it was against state law to use her house as a commercial kitchen, The Associated Press reported. So the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights is letting her use the hotel’s kitchen, where she can produce up to 10 cakes at a time.

“It’s been like a dream,” Logan told the Bergen Record. “I am speechless. I won’t call it overwhelming, because when you get a blessing, you just don’t complain. I’ll take overwhelming over fear and anguish any day of the week.”

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Crossposted at Food Evaluation

Hat tip Rita

Latest AOL Poll: Should Obama Release His Birth Certificate.

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Jul 262009

The latest AOL online poll shows that an overwhelming number of respondents want Barack Obama (D-Kenya) to release his birth certificate.

There is one way to settle this. Show us the Birth Certificate! It would take me two minutes to find mine.

GM (Government Motors) Not on the “Buy American” Bandwagon

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Jul 252009

A federal bankruptcy judge granted General Motors Co. permission Wednesday to cut ties with the Stillwater Mining Co. (Columbus/Billings,MT) so it can instead use cheaper foreign suppliers.

We should all consider buying American vehicles, remember this if GM is on your list of choices. They want you to buy American but it doesn’t apply to them. It looks as though this will cost hundreds of jobs just outside Billings, MT.

FYI – Stillwater and Ford are still doing business together.

A federal bankruptcy judge granted General Motors Co. permission Wednesday to cut ties with the Stillwater Mining Co. so it can instead use cheaper foreign suppliers.

The cancellation of the Stillwater contract was approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber in New York following a hearing. No appeal is planned, said Stillwater spokesman John Beaudry. He said the only recourse could be through the Obama administration’s auto task force, which so far has not responded to calls for pressure on GM’s management.

Meanwhile, Montana’s U.S. senators called the move “appalling” for a taxpayer-subsidized company and asked GM to reconsider.

GM backed out of its arrangement with Stillwater and canceled dozens of other contracts to slim down expenses and emerge from federal bankruptcy protection.

It will keep using precious-metals suppliers based in Russia and South Africa – drawing criticism that the government bailout of the automaker is in effect subsidizing overseas mining jobs.

Stillwater itself is majority owned by one of GM’s remaining suppliers, Norilsk Nickel of Russia. Stillwater’s Montana executives said they’ll lose up to $10 million annually without GM – a figure that they warned could turn into hundreds of jobs lost if metals prices drop.

“GM was left with no other decision,” said GM spokesman Dan Flores. “Our biggest focus is to repay our federal loan as quickly as we can.”

Montana’s elected officials piled on.

“I can remember when GM wanted everyone to buy American. Perhaps it and its new owners in Washington should take their own advice,” said the state’s sole House member, Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg.

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Joke Of The Day: Muslim Mothers

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Jul 252009

Two Middle Eastern mothers sit in a cafe chatting over a plate
of tabouli and a pint of goat’s milk.

The older of the mothers pulls a bag out of her purse and starts
flipping through photos. And they start reminiscing.

‘This is my oldest son Mohammed. He would be 24 years old now.’
‘Yes, I remember him as a baby’ says the other mother cheerfully.
‘He’s a martyr now though’ mum confides. ‘Oh, so sad dear’ says the
other.

And this is my second son Kalid. He would be 21′
‘Oh, I remember him,’ says the other happily, ‘he had such curly hair
when he was born’. ‘He’s a martyr too’ says mum quietly.
‘Oh, gracious me …’ Says the other.

‘And this is my third son. My baby. My beautiful Ahmed.
He would be 18, she whispers. ‘Yes’ says the friend enthusiastically, ‘I
remember when he first started school’ ‘He’s a martyr also,’ says mum,
with tears in her eyes.

After a pause and a deep sigh, the second Muslim mother looks wistfully
at the photographs and says…
‘They blow up so fast, don’t they?’

Ferrari World – Abu Dhabi

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Jul 252009

Ah… imagine the possibilities if we were allowed to drill for oil in our own country. Instead we are making a group of people that hate us very rich all while we are turning our own county into a third world nation!

Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, you only need to say the name and the possibilities start racing through your head. This is a world first from a brand that thrives on being first.

Opening in 2010, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is set to be the worlds largest indoor theme park, sitting under a roof designed in the style of a classic double-curve body shell of a Ferrari GT car. There is energy, excitement and passion for the entire family at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi. With over 20 rides and attractions, including the worlds fastest rollercoaster, Ferrari World is more than a theme park it is where Ferraris legendary story is unveiled.

Ferrari World Abu Dhabi will captivate the whole family with its array of engaging activities. Couple this with its extremely innovative architecture, a dash of Italian spirit, and you will surely live an experience like nothing else you have before.

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