The Lensman's Children

Chubby, brunette Eunice Kinnison sat in a rocker, reading the Sunday papers and listening to the radio. Her husband Ralph lay sprawled upon the davenport, smoking a cigarette and reading the current issue of EXTRAORDINARY STORIES against an unheard background of music. Mentally, he was far from Tellus, flitting in his super-dreadnaught through parsec after parsec of vacuous space. E.E. "Doc" Smith, Triplanetary, Chapter 5: "1941"

Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Meltdown

How Michael Osinski helped to destroy Wall Street. Ah, memories! Brings back how Kidder, Peabody crumbled thanks to real estate derivatives (sound familiar?).
Posted by Frederick Paul Kiesche III at 11:20
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