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Just found out my mortgage was bought by a new company called Ally Bank.    The website notes that Ally is an online bank that was "built on the foundation of GMAC Financial Services. Hmm. GM took more than $13 billion in taxpayer money before filing for bankruptcy .. and its bankruptcy will cost every taxpayer in America even more over the next few years. GMAC took about $6 billion in ... read more

Bad news for my hometown of Winchester, Virginia. From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: WINCHESTER— General Electric says it likely will shut down its Winchester light bulb plant next summer. The company said Thursday that about half of the 203 employees at GE Consumer & Industrial’s Winchester Lamp Plant will be eligible for a full GE retirement package if the plant shuts down in ... read more

On a totally different topic ... here is a video of a few clips from my recent race at Watkins Glen.   We placed 2nd out of 42 cars.    Many of you have asked about the racing, so this gives some perspective. read more

After a very brave multi-year fight with brain cancer my good friend Jason Dowell passed away a few days ago. Many of you may remember I spoke with him from our hometown of Winchester, Virginia back in November and he was in remission and doing great.    Sadly, things took a turn for the worse near Christmas and it had been a fight for the last few months. You can read his families read more