Friday, November 21, 2008

Economy Train Wreck: End of the beginning? via Crooked Timber

The beginning meaning when things BEGIN to get bad.  When the beginning is done these folks say it's going to get really bad...

http://crookedtimber.org/2008/11/21/end-of-the-beginning/

quote:

Citi is not only too big to fail, it's too big to rescue with any of the half-measures that have been tried so far. Only outright nationalization is feasible, and that will probably require joint action by a number of governments; Citigroup's global operations are too big for the US to handle alone. After that, the kinds of tinkering discussed at the G20 last week will be irrelevant. It's now unsurprising to read (on CNBC!) predictions that all US financial institutions will be nationalized within a year. That's probably an overstatement: as long as the economy doesn't really crash, there are plenty of small banks and credit unions that will survive, but few of the big names will be among them.

Not only major institutions but whole national economies are up for grabs now.

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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Greatest Cat Toy Ever! Plus: it does housework for you!

http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/20/caption-contest-cat-drives-roomba-is-not-so-impressed-actua/

Genuinely worth watching if you like cats and/or you are a lazy bum like me!

Our beloved kitty Shadow always did her best to clean up our place,  but she didn't have the tools so she gave me very strong and repeated messages. If only she'd had one of these things.

R.I.P.  Shadow.

      Jeff

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