10 October 2008: Morning

  • Op: The bail-out will work if people believe in it, talk it up, but know this: Wall Street's collapse will hit Main Street hardest.
  • History, a great depression, is not about to repeat itself.
  • North Korea expected to be removed from state sponsors of terrorism list, yet the nuclear question remains.
  • A money class fleeces the banking system while the very trunk of the national tree is permitted to rot and crash. Hitchens: The U.S. is a banana republic.
  • Forget toxic debt, toxic life is killing people in Alaska--Palin's anti-environmentalism is making the situation worse.
  • Ahead of today's release of the "Troopergate" report, McCain campaign releases its own report--one that clears Palin's name.
  • From TMN's election blog: If you're going to talk shit, you do it to the guy's face, rather than hiding behind your vice presidential running mate's skirts.
  • Nebraska's "safe haven" law allows parents to hand over infants to hospitals anonymously--some, however, are dropping off teenagers.
  • In the City, Manchester's version of SXSW or CMJ, draws legions of fans, industry types, worshippers of the late Tony Wilson.
  • Complete collection of pristine scans of Smiths, Morrissey album art, sortable by year.
  • For his first NYC show, Banksy opens "The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill," featuring animatronic chicken nuggets, CCTV cameras.
  • Historian likens the Beatles to the Spice Girls, says they weren't part of youth culture, but exploited it for commercial gain.
  • Video: Battle of the Bands--ridiculous, but ridiculously well done.