The 15 Min Solution

A little extreme, but truly, the end game of the Repug battleplan. With much the same logic behind it.

Krugman on Instability

For economics geeks, or for people who want to know what went wrong, and more importantly, why. I think his mini-takedown of Krugman at the end is spot on.

Why does no one ever mention jailtime for the banksters?

Emptywheel takes on the bank fraud/foreclosure mess.

Plane Down

CNBC is reporting that a US Airways plane is down in NYC in the Hudson River. Pictures show an intact, upright tail, but the rescue vehicles are blocking the rest of the plane, so no indication yet as to condition or survivors.

Update: Minor humor update (barring any catastrophic news)... CNBC is going on about how the Airbus 'might' have had Rolls Royce engines... no mention that it 'might' have had GE engines cuz Daddy don't do no wrong......