Archive for November 24th, 2008

EMP: Still Something to Keep You Up at Night

Monday, November 24th, 2008

In case you’ve already resumed sleeping normally after my prior post on the EMP threat, the Wall Street Journal has more to remind you of the danger.

$7,400,000,000,000

Monday, November 24th, 2008

That’s what the Fed is pledging to “rescue the financial system,” according to Bloomberg.com. That’s 50% of 2007 GDP, or 288% of 2007 federal tax revenues. Makes my prior post sound look like a praise of good budgeting.