$250 Billion in Banks: Up in Smoke?

Paul Kedrosky pointed out:
“Today’s L.A. Times has possibly the most awesome accidental (I think) juxtaposition of a newspaper front page headline and cover picture in recent memory.”
Nice find, Paul!!

Love the Bailout, like chemo therapy

The economic bail out package just failed at the House, 228 - 205. The stock market plunged, and I am a few thousand dollar poorer because of that.
A few days ago, my wife and I watched “Sex and the City”, the movie.  There was a moment when a sentence uttered with the words “chemo therapy” [...]