23 February 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 23 Feb 2009 Treasury advisors preparing "the largest bankruptcy loan ever" in case GM and Chrysler declare need. Sachs must-read: There is little reason to fear a decade of stagnation, much less a depression. If you are OK with the FDIC, you are OK with nationalization. Many elderly are joining the unemployed ranks, unable to be out of work. Latvia goes the way of Iceland and collapses. Instapaper for the commute: The Axis of Upheaval. Traveling around Ukraine to test if Russia has its sights on conquering. Profile of Jon and Ruth Jordan, CrimeSpree magazine's editors and the crime-fiction world's wheelers and dealers. Long profile on how Rahm Emanuel pulls strings as the "Undersecretary for Go Fuck Yourself." Notes from a "Gitmo Party," thrown for lawyers to celebrate Guantanamo's closure. Insurance company denies musicians due to high risk, despite having Iggy Pop as spokesperson. Profile of the teenager who traffic-controls Brooklyn's towncars. Art Fag City wins Warhol Foundation Arts Writers grant. Harper Perennial blog spotlights a great short story every week for a year. Trilogy meter of how various movies-in-threes rank. "My Ideas for Staged Photos Set Me Apart From Other Wedding Photographers."
