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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · Aug 30

If you like my essays on docseuss.medium.com and think my life should suck a little less, while paypal.me/stompsite or ko-fi.com/stompsite are the best ways to help, there's also my amazon wishlist

my birthday's coming up at the end of the month

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Read writing from Doc Burford on Medium. I do some freelance work, game design consulting, and I’ve worked on games Hardspace: Shipbreakers and created games like Adios and Paratopic.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve never seen anything remotely this petty charged as bank fraud.

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 10h

NEW: Here's the two-count indictment against NY AG Letitia James. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

INDICTMENT
October 2025 Term - at Alexandria, Virginia
THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT:
GENERAL ALLEGATIONS
At all times relevant to this Indictment:
1. Letitia A. James ("JAMES) was a resident of Brooklyn, New York, and the borrower on a
Fannie Mae-backed mortgage loan for the property located at 3121 Peronne Avenue,
Norfolk, Virginia.
2. OVM Financial (also known as Old Virginia Mortgage / AnnieMac) was a mortgage lending business located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, engaged in the business of originating and underwriting residential mortgage loans, including those backed by the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"). OVM Financial qualified as a "financial institution" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 20(10).
3. Fannie Mae was a federally chartered corporation that purchased and guaranteed mortgages,
operating as a government-sponsored enterprise under the oversight of the Federal Housing

Finance Agency ("FHFA").
4. First Savings Bank was a state-chartered, FDIC-insured financial institution (Certificate
#29961), headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana, which acquired mortgage loans through assignment or acquisition. First Savings Bank qualified as a "financial institution" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 20(1).
5. On or about August 17, 2020, JAMES, as sole borrower, purchased the three (3) bedroom,
(1) bathroom property located at 3121 Peronne Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23509 (the
"Peronne Property"), for approximately $137,000, financed with a mortgage loan of approximately $109,600 (Loan #4430025978) backed by Fannie Mae.
6. The loan was originated by OVM Financial under a signed Second Home Rider, which required JAMES, as the sole borrower to occupy and use the property as her secondary residence, and prohibited its use as a timesharing or other shared ownership arrangement or agreement that requires her either to rent the property or give any other person any control over the occupancy or use of the property.
7. Despite these representations, the Peronne Property was not occupied or used by JAMES as a secondary residence and was instead used as a rental investment property, renting the property to a family of (3).
8. This misrepresentation allowed JAMES to obtain favorable loan terms not available for investment properties, including a note rate of 3.000% (avoiding a 0.815% higher
comparable investment property rate of 3.815%, resulting in approximately $17,837 in rate savings over the life of the loan), a seller credit of approximately $3,288 (exceeding the seller credit for investment properties by approximately $1,096), for total ill-gotten gains of approximately $18,933 over the life of the loan.
9. JAMES' Universal Property application for homeowners' insurance indicated "owner-

occupied non-seasonal use," further misrepresenting the intended use of the property.
10. JAMES filed Schedule E tax forms), under penalties of perjury, treating the Perrone Property as rental real estate, reporting fair rental days, zero personal use days, thousand(s)
of dollars in rents received, and claiming deductions for expenses relating to the property, further contradicting the second home classification.
11. The loan was acquired by or assigned to First Savings Bank by March 2021, exposing it to risks associated with the misrepresented loan.
12. The acts described herein occurred within the Eastern District of Virginia.
COUNT ONE
(Bank Fraud - 18 U.S.C. § 1344)
13. The allegations in paragraphs 1 through 12 are re-alleged and incorporated herein.
14. From on or about August 7, 2020, through at least January 2024, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, the Defendant, LETITIA A. JAMES, did knowingly execute and attempt to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud OVM Financial and First Savings Bank,
financial institutions, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of OVM Financial and First Savings Bank by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises.
15. The scheme involved falsely representing the Peronne Property as a secondary residence to obtain favorable mortgage terms, while using it as an investment property with no intended
or actual personal occupancy or use by her.
(In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344).
COUNT TWO
(False Statements to a Financial Institution - 18 U.S.C. § 1014)
16. The allegations in paragraphs 1 through 12 are re-alleged and incorporated herein.

17. From on or about July 28, 2020, through at least August 31, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, the Defendant, LETITIA A. JAMES, did knowingly make and cause to be made false statements and reports for the purpose of influencing the action of OVM Financial, a Fannie Mae-backed lender, upon an application for a loan, in that JAMES represented and affirmed in uniform residential loan applications and related documents that
the Peronne Property would be used as a secondary residence, when in truth and fact, as JAMES then knew, the property was intended and used as an investment property with no intended or actual personal occupancy or use by her.
(In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1014).
FORFEITURE NOTICE
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(a) and Title 18, U.S.C. §
982(a)(2)(A), upon conviction of the offenses in Counts One and Two, the Defendant, Letitia
A. James, shall forfeit to the United States any property constituting, or derived from, proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of such violations, including but not limited to a money judgment in the amount of $18,933.
If any of the property described above, as a result of any act or omission of the Defendant: (a) cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; (b) has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third party; (c) has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court; (d) has been substantially diminished in value; or (e) has been commingled with other property which cannot be divided without difficulty, the United States shall be entitled to a forfeiture of substitute property pursuant to Title 21, U.S.C. § 853(b), as incorporated by Title
18 U.S.C. § 982(b)(1).
(In accordance with Title 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) and 982(a)(1); Title 28, U.S.C. § 2461(c); and Title 21 U.S.C. § 853(p).)

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1h

want a framework laptop-style steam deck tbqh.

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1h

honestly it's perfect

a picture of a space shuttle on the moon called the 'molester galactic'

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 1h

Every turn this takes is perfect. Every moment is mind ending. Every joke pristine. God bless the onion for this important journalism

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 8h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1h

anyways now i'm fighting and obliterating this ellen ripley cosplay

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Ventilador no 3™ ≛≣ @fannvevo.bsky.social · 7h

O fim dessa história todo mundo sabe

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1h

Alone in a parking lot at night? Sounds like she's just afraid of a normal mugging I guess?

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🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 1h

why would the national guard ever make you feel safer what are they protecting you from canada? geese? texas?

Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 5h

I mean this sincerely: If the presence of the National Guard at Union Station is supposed to make it feel safer, they could patrol the dark parking lot at 10:30 at night instead of hanging out in front of the closed Starbucks or whatever.

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BEAT @beatskelton.bsky.social · Jul 24

AS SOMEONE WITH GENUINE LOVE OF WEIRD NERD RAP, LOL. LMAO.

Onix @onixhope.bsky.social · Jul 23

Beyond fucking parody

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 2h

Ah now I need to go back and rewatch it

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Leah Miller @leahmiller.bsky.social · 2h

It also has the nosy producer as the best answer to the "why is there SO MUCH FOOTAGE?" and "why is there a camera on this specific personal conversation?" eternal questions of the genre.

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 2h

"i put in legwork" YOU DO NOT. HAVE. LEGS

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ceej @ceej.online · 3h

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 4h

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 2h

Right? It's a really neat show

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 3h

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 3h

currently in digimon time stranger: by speaking cringe, i'm able to make a frog teleport. so I said "hard work will pay off" and we teleported

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 6h

What do you mean "possible rise," dude is at the top of the pack. He is the literal pope

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 14h

As Pope Leo begins to reveal some of his views on divisive issues, some conservative critics of his predecessor are rejecting the possible rise of another “liberal pope.”

As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 4h

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6h

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 4h

it's also a worthy successor to paedogeddon

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe the best video work the onion has produced since Sex House

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 8h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Jon Smith @heyitsjon.bsky.social · 5h

I was debating picking up Time Stranger (I’ve had a strange itch for Digimon as of late) and no single post had convinced me more to check it out than this one.

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 6h

Motherfucker you can't just make an evangelion to kill Digimon!!!!!

Fuck!!!

(I love time stranger)

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 10h

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 5h

the 'real' version sells for more than this, so it's a decent deal, and they haven't made one in a long while. so this is super rare and worth $420. it's fiberglass, hence the price. super durable, capable of busting mach

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 5h

sitting here wishing I had $420 to spend on this. It's a 79" tall--literally 2 meters--4" diameter fiberglass canadian black brant ii scale rocket.

I had an estes black brant 2 cardboard model as a kid, was my first rocket ever, and we lost it on a 24mm D engine lol

this takes L motors. 54mm.

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · Jun 5

*after hearing a joke* that's a great story! the ending made me laugh :)

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