I just wondered if there was some paramenter change, cuz I cannot remember having the trouble before today.

Here’s what was in Askimet: “Akismet has caught 427,435 spam for you since you first installed it. You have no spam currently in the queue. Must be your lucky day. ”

Unfortunately, while catching 427,435 nasty spam thingies…it captures one of us once in a while. Still, we are very happy that we don’t have to manually delete those 427,435 bad ones.

Askimet Spam Filter auto captures hundreds upon hundreds of link spam all the time. It has a hard time determining spam comments with links from real comments with links. If you post a comment with a link and it doesn’t show, just email one of us. I happened to notice this comment and will see if I can dive into the spam filter and fish you out. Most often, comments with links are spam.

Has there been some change in policy or format?

This is only a test.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/381908_mortgages06.html.

Nothing new at DFI on the matter, so I do not know if this settlement clears the other SOC from June 08.

Look for a splashy news conference featuring Gregoire and McKenna real soon.

Quote from the news story:

a spokesman said last MONTH: “We continue to be duly authorized to conduct business in Washington and are actively serving home buyers and existing customers there. We do not expect this to change in the foreseeable future.”

emphasis mine.

When DFI conducts an investigation, the first public records step is to issue a “statement of charges” which outlines DFI’s findings. The company is still able to conduct business….unless DFI issues an immediate cease and desist order, which they do when they find a company or individual is bringing grave harm to consumers. C-wide was not issued a cease and desist. DFI’s investigation is still ongoing.

Our next public records doc on this case will be DFI’s statement of charges.

If they’re still operating as C-wide today, I suppose Bank of Am could operate them as a wholly owned subsidiary….BOA has said they intend to dump the C-wide name sooner rather than later.

“In the most publicized action, Gov. Chris Gregoire announced charges last month against Countrywide Loans. The state accused the company of discriminating against minority borrowers on the same day California and Illinois sued Countrywide, accusing it of deceiving consumers into taking on risky loans.

Countrywide did not comment on Washington’s investigation, but a spokesman said last month: “We continue to be duly authorized to conduct business in Washington and are actively serving home buyers and existing customers there. We do not expect this to change in the foreseeable future.”

How can they still be operating as Countrywide in WA State?