Very Short Debate Recap

My take on last night's debate:

McCain seems to be turning into a doddering old man before our very eyes.
…

Other News

If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left.
With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000.
With AIG, you would have less than $15 left.But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth ofbeer one year ago, drunk all of the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum recycling REFUND, you would have $214 cash.
Based on the above, the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.

In case you missed in the last post, this rationale from the Treasury almost makes one consider going Libertarian… almost.

Troopergate might not go away, despite a committed GOP effort to derail it.

I support the “concept” of world peace. “Arm the nukes, general…”

One very good outcome from the bailout.

When $700B is really $820B.

As a friend pointed out last night, things are bad across the Pond as well. This may go down in history as the Global Bank Failure of 2008. Not being facetious, I just want to be the guy who coins the term. Just scroll down the headlines every few days. This isn’t good.

The perfect marriage.

What’s a few trillion between friends?

What rhymes with filibuster-proof? A twenty Senator majority.

I know the wrong people. Will someone please pay me to sleep at home?

Oh yes, the veterans love McCain.

United Nations’ Ultimate Fighting World Council seen as “just another tool in the toolbox” for settling international disputes. Current members: 1

And finally, from the 2000 version of McCain: “I just have to rely on the good judgment of the voters not to buy into these negative attack ads. Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it."