Headlines from October 16, 2008
- Swiss bank buys, in one fell swoop, UBS's balance sheet of swamp junk.
- Deficit jumps to an estimated $1 trillion, an extra $8,620 of federal debt for each family.
- Video: Plumber Joe reacts to the debate (see the original Plumber Joe video).
- Palin loves how the Rays and the Red Sox both turn underdogs into winners.
- Palin, if you truly are the maverick politician you say you are, come on and talk to us soft, coddled, elitist journalists.
- Rich support McCain, super-rich support Obama.
- Do Virginia Republicans want you to believe Obama and Osama are one and the same?
- Galbraith's absolute must-read on the current situation in Iraq, turning on its head what you know about the surge and its players.
- French government officials absolutely outraged when the Marseillaise is booed at soccer matches.
- How to see Venice via traghetti, 50 cents a ride.
- Economics data on how Playmates' figures change--production vs. reproduction (really)--during lean times and fat.
- The paradox of publishing a paper in a prestigious journal that discusses why papers published in prestigious journals are more often wrong.
- "I am under 18" button clicked for first time in the history of the internet.
- A real headline to top that: Banjo used in brain surgery.
- What five things do you do each day to stay sane?
- "And that's really what this campaign is going to be about." In last night's debate, McCain again corrected course--though too little, too late.
- Op: But it's our own fault too, and everybody knows it. From London, the view of the American financial crisis (more here).
- Former Lehman CEO Richard Fuld wasn't punched out; how a rumor, confirmed by nobody at the gym, spread to the news outlets.
- Democrats nationwide are running--successfully--on populism: economic fairness, anti-oil, citing costs of the Iraq war.
- Clay Risen on D.C. education reform, how technocratic management could determine teaching ability.
- Statistics show a history of downturns in foreign aid, post-economic crises.
- Corporate bankruptcies equal corporate art sales--the public stands to benefit as works are donated.
- Last remaining survivor of the Titanic sells ship mementos to cover nursing home fees.
- The new official worst-timed book launch: Damn It Feels Good to Be a Banker, published in August.
- The preppiest movie ever: Trading Places, with the screen caps to prove it.
- The pre-Pan Am National Airlines was a '70s icon: their logo, advertising, uniforms, more photos.
- Marvin Gaye, a cappella: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"; "What's Going On"; "Sexual Healing."