KAF sent us this: National debt soars to highest level since WWII [1]
Thanks to RBS for spotting this: Oregon city turns off streetlights to save money [2]
Courtesy of reader John R.: Corruption Suspected in Airlift of Billions in Cash From Kabul [3]. (Gee, do you think it might be suspicious?)
I was doing some web wandering, and I found a fascinating history piece on AIG, and its parent company, AIC [4].
Items from The Economatrix:
Europe’s Banks Still on Life Support [5]
Roubini Says Greece Needs Orderly Debt Restructuring to Avoid “Inevitable Default” [6]
Britain “Might Not Cope with Another Bank Emergency” [7]
You Don’t Recover from a Debt Crisis with More Debt [8]
Fannie Mae to Charge Strategic Defaulters, with Everything [9]
How Does This Financial Panic Compare to Previous Panics? [10]