Psyche's News Roundup

The Crisis & What to Do About It - The New York Review of Books - By George Soros
NPR: Hear: A Tale of Intertwined Misery: school districts that bought some of the worst stuff on Wall Street.
American Express to Become Bank Holding Company - DealBook - New York Times (am I a bank, too?)

Obama Plans Guantanamo Close, US Trials
MSNBC’s Tag for Now - ‘The Power of Change’ - NYTimes.com
Bush leaving office more unpopular than Nixon - CNN.com (country afflicted with "Bush Derangment Syndrome")

Gallup: 68% 'favorable rating' for Obama - On Politics - UsaToday.Com
Dean Prepares To Step Down As DNC Chair (mission accomplished)
GOP at Odds with Country

Media Matters - Absurd View : Hasselbeck, Shepherd suggest clergy could have been jailed without Prop 8
Charlie Brooker: Is Obama really president or am I just watching a fantasy? It's almost too good to be true | Comment is free | The Guardian The Republican campaign was so horrible, it could only have been orchestrated by Skeletor

The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog: PBS documentary on Appalachia in early 2009
Martin Eisenstadt’s Blog » Blog Archive » Eisenstadt the source for Sarah Palin "Africa" leak… and proud of it.
Deep Secrets of ‘The Daily Show’ - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com

Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Your Morning F-Bomb
BBC NEWS | Europe | Mystery of lost US nuclear bomb

Yes We Will (Have A Depression) - The Market Ticker
Bloomberg.com: Exclusive Fed Defies Transparency Aim in Refusal to Disclose (surprise)
Ohio DHL layoffs - Nov. 9, 2008 - About 8,000 job cuts reportedly may be announced tomorrow (66% of whole city)

Fed won't give info on nearly $2 trillion in loans | Business | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
A Quiet Windfall For U.S. Banks With Attention on Bailout Debate, Treasury Made Change to Tax Policy
A.I.G. May Get More in Bailout - NYTimes.com ("despite assurances" etc)

Mormons Continue to Try to Steal Anne Frank's Soul
Renaldi - Photographs - Touching Strangers
Bullies' Brains Light Up With Pleasure as People Squirm (Bush)