30 September 2008: Afternoon By The Morning News — 30 Sep 2008 In case you need to hope or panic about the economy: the best-case scenario and the worst-case scenario. Bush: People, you just don't get it; people: You're damn right--and we'll drain our savings to prove it! Video: McCain's consistent hammering on America's strong economy. List of the bailout's biggest losers. How the U.S. banking system is going through a decade's worth of consolidation in a matter of weeks. We are now in a generalized panic mode and back to the risk of a systemic meltdown of the entire financial system. Op: Protecting Palin from a press conference is sexist bullshit. "A bunch of spivs ran it into the ground." It's not only Americans who are feeling the banking collapse. "'Is My Money Safe?' and other Questions to Ask." The answer when you get sick is to find the right M.D., not become one. John Hodgman on why becoming a minor celebrity is better than anything you could imagine. Parisian looks on fashion week spectators, and on the models. Print for the commute: Franco-friendly Franklin as America's first urbanist, with lots in common with Giuliani. New York buildings ugly enough to be demolished. Woody Allen on his Manhattan of the mind.
