Our financial system is crumbling this week.

[sighyoung]

8 minutes of hilarity.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index ... ial-advice

Fantastic.

Sheesh. Over $150B to AIG and counting.

Re GM, I hope the government doesn't decide to extend any more loans. It's time to call in the bankruptcy gurus and do a real work out, because GM's board and executive leadership is not up to the task.

$150 billion would fund NASA for 10 years

Not even $150B could make the Space Shuttle safe.

It's being phased out--fortunately.

[Leroy]

My town is getting $17,000 in stimulus funding. Get out of our way!

[Hungary Jack]

My town is getting $17,000 in stimulus funding. Get out of our way!

Leroy is getting a new wood chipper!

[Leroy]

My town is getting $17,000 in stimulus funding. Get out of our way!

Leroy is getting a new wood chipper!

That's me!

[Freed Roger]

My town is getting $17,000 in stimulus funding. Get out of our way!

Leroy is getting a new wood chipper!

That's me!

for the dead bodies eh

EDIT
oh sorry - thats North Dakota.

[sighyoung]

My town is getting $17,000 in stimulus funding. Get out of our way!

Leroy is getting a new wood chipper!

That's me!

for the dead bodies eh

EDIT
oh sorry - thats North Dakota.

The chipper's in North Dakota, but the body parts are blasted into South Dakota.

[TabascoElvis]

This is pretty mind boggling.

The value of global financial assets including stocks, bonds and currencies probably fell by more than $50 trillion in 2008, equivalent to a year of world gross domestic product, according to an Asian Development Bank report.

Dang that's a big number.

[sighyoung]

This is a Time Magazine chart depicting job losses during six recessions. The brown line on the left is the current economic downturn.

[Leroy]

Good Lord.

[docellis]

I don't remember 81 being that bad