Well, Secretary Paulson has his shiny new $0.7 trillion package. It’s time to watch him bail.
Igor is just back from annual dungeon upgrade [1] and wants to share this training video. Seems applying infinite resources to bail out a mess sometimes just creates a bigger one.
You know you’re having a crisis of bibilical proportions when the Thessalonians start having their own bank runs. With an eye on Snopes and other debunking sites to help separate the real Doom from the urban legends, drop your finds and comments into the Reply box, sit back and see what the PPT brings to the party in this last month before the election.
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Notes and References
[1]: "Better Torture Outcomes through Team Empowerment", Netherlands Institute, 3 (longish) nights, C$2,750 + HST.
I don’t think they ever watched that one. This seems to be more their style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSSUcj9zlH8
John-
About your WSJ find on the sidebar-
You don’t have to be real paranoid to believe that the Treasury Department’s pick as asset managers was made before the President’s signature was dry on the bailout bill.
twist -
Yes this is a biggie (Lingling was involved in the research by the way
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I sent off the link to Implode-O-Meter. I hope they pick it up. I deserves to get passed around the blogosphere.
“Firms Get 2 Days to Apply for Work on Rescue Plan”, by Deborah Solomon and Aaron Lucchetti, Wall Street Journal, October 7, 2008.