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GAO snapshots of NFIP miss the big picture~slabbed (slabbed.wordpress.com)

While few would disagree that “stinging assessments” of FEMA’s management of the NFIP are in order, GAO’s decision to produce snapshots misses the big picture.

Tags: claims dumping,claims handling,corps of engineers,flood insurance,flooding of nola,insurance,katrina insurance cases,nfip,bloggers,slabbed

Submitted about 9 hours ago by backhandpath on Economy | 0 Comments |

The Slabberator Causes Some Commotion~slabbed (slabbed.wordpress.com)

Thanks. I liked playing with the buttons on the real one. Seems like you could probably figure out the earnings for the company with that model you boys got over there. With the earning figured out... More

Tags: claims handling,insurance,the scheme,nfip,disaster capitalism,bloggers,slabbed

Submitted 1 day ago by backhandpath on Economy | 0 Comments |

Ba Shin, a forgotten Burmese Historian (burmasitmone.wordpress.com)

U Ba Shin also known as Bomhu ( Major) Ba Shin should be included in the list of people who have contributed to the history of Burma.

Tags: burma,history,historians,bloggers

Submitted 4 days ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |

Unfinished Jail News; Popular Burmese Comedian Gets Total 59 Years (www.ashinmettacara.org)

Burma's unfinished jail of monks, activists and cyclone victims helpers

Tags: burma,myanmar,jail,imprisonment,journalist,film stars,bloggers,musician,media attack

Submitted 7 days ago by achitkyithu on Burma | 0 Comments |

The Scheme: Oh, lord I want to be in that number - the power game (Chapter 5 qui tam)~slabbed (slabbed.wordpress.com)

trav’ling’ in the footsteps of those who’ve gone before …we’ll all be reunited on a new and sunlit shore Katrina, the hurricane, was a trumpet, not a saint. When the trumpet sounds its... More

Tags: insurance,flood insurance,nfip,state farm,slabbed,bloggers,postdisaster capitalism

Submitted 13 days ago by backhandpath on Economy | 1 Comments |

The Scheme: What’s the first case on the docket - the blame game (Chapter 4 qui tam)~slabbed (slabbed.wordpress.com)

~It seems strange to me for the insurance industry to be one the nation’s leading players of blame the lawyer. Insurers employee so many that you’d think they liked lawyers a lot.

Tags: insurance,flood insurance,nfip,state farm,postdisaster economics,disaster capitalism,slabbed,bloggers

Submitted 17 days ago by backhandpath on Economy | 1 Comments |

Regime Tightens Reins on the Internet (www.irrawaddy.org)

Burma’s military government has turned to a 12-year-old law to justify its latest crackdown on dissidents, about 60 of whom have received lengthy prison sentences so far this week.

Tags: burma,junta,internet censorship,bloggers,resistance movement

Submitted 19 days ago by backhandpath on Burma | 0 Comments |

The Scheme - fingerlickin chickinpickin meat city Mind Games (Chapter 3 Qui Tam) (slabbed.wordpress.com)

Mind games…I’ve been to meat city to see for myself…mind games fuck a pig mind games…fingerlickin chickinpickin meat city shookdown u.s.a…mind games

Tags: insurance,flood insurance,nfip,katrina flood claims,state farm,disaster economy,disaster capitalism,cats,reinsurance,slabbed,bloggers

Submitted 20 days ago by backhandpath on Economy | 0 Comments |

The Scheme - first there were just word games (Chapter 2)~slabbed (slabbed.wordpress.com)

Water, water everywhere nor any drop to drink. Water, water everywhere now insurance won’t sink.

Tags: insurance,flood insurance,nfip,katrina flood claims,state farm,disaster economy,disaster capitalism,cats,reinsurance,bloggers

Submitted 21 days ago by backhandpath on Economy | 1 Comments |

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