Day October 7, 2008

Dow closes down another 5%

This on a day where the Fed announced they would take the extraordinary step of buying short-term commercial paper in hopes of unlocking the credit markets. The Dow is now lower than when George Bush first took office. As I…

Obama won the debate

The snap polls and pundits are showing that Obama won.  Mr. Grumpy apparently couldn’t bring himself to shake Obama’s hand at the end. The Republicans are already trying to spin it as not a real debate. Jake Marsh via Twitter…

Global Extinction Awareness Network

This is “Outlaw Planet”, one of six videos from Superstruct, “the worlds’s first massively multiplayer forecasting game. Watch the videos. Play the game. Invent the future.” I’m polizeros, see you there. By playing the game, you’ll help us chronicle the…