Apparently, while I was cleaning out the laundry room and sweeping up the shards of mercury-glass from my TWO broken CFL bulbs, the stock market shattered as well.
From the looks of it, the DOW's largest drop in history was due to a report that Congress would NOT bail out the financial institutions in crisis. Who is to blame and how we are going to get out of this mess remains up in the air.
Of course the presidential candidates are posturing to "lead" (if you can call it that) while the lame-duck President looks even lamer and duckier than usual.
And while I don't understand this mess in it's entirety, Mark has cleared things up considerably on his blog (Don't be offended, there aren't any pictures. He did spend 3+ hours writing that post, including reading the actual bill on the floor of Congress)
I expect he'll update it after today's events.
It looks like we've just begun a scary ride that we can't get off.
