Ritholtz: Home Prices to Plunge Another 10 Percent

$15 for a pack of cigarettes? What’s next?

Only 36% don’t want ObamaCare repealed

Retail Expert Calls Obama “Mr. Mass Destruction” on U.S. Economy – Video (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

A Market Forecast That Says ‘Take Cover’ (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

The Employment Depression (“Employment May Never Recover”) (Hat Tip: Jean Stoner)

Howard Davidowitz: U.S. Economy “Is a Complete Disaster” (Hat Tip: Brian B./Curtis Frantz)

Did Elites Expect a Depression?

America’s Leadership Under Contention – Has Monetary, Fiscal and Political Excess Run Its Course?

Analyst: Obama has U.S. economy in ‘death spiral’

Senate Candidate & Obama Pal Giannoulias Did Not Pay Taxes; Received $30K Refund for Failed Bank

How to Make an American Job Before It’s Too Late: Andy Grove (Hat Tip: Garry Hamilton)

Illinois: America’s new fiscal basket case

Euro Drops, Bonds Rise on Trichet Debt Remarks; Brazil, Canada Stocks Fall

Daiwa to Buy KBC’s Global Convertible Bond, Asian Equity Derivatives Units

BP Said to Consider Selling Colombia, Venezuela Fields to Pay Spill Costs

Spanish Savings Banks May Be Hiding Home-Loan Losses, CreditSights Says

Evans-Pritchard: It’s Really Starting to Feel Like 1932

Dow Repeats Great Depression Pattern

Obama: ‘The great jobs killer’

Germany focuses on cutting spending; Recovery plan aims to avoid imposing tax increases

PAPER: Great Republic in parlous state — politically, economically

Dems in jam as economy slows

Retailers Launch Their Own Stimulus Packages; Offer Loans to Shoppers

Defense employees fired over personal finances

Italian resort turns against rich

SurvivalBlog:

Illinois facing ‘outright disaster’ amid budget crisis

40% of Florida Home Sales are Foreclosures

Fed Made Taxpayers Unwitting Junk-Bond Buyers

Denninger: The Clock is Running Out

Gold Miners and Explorers Face Serious Supply Problems

Pelosi: Unemployment Checks Fastest Way to Create Jobs

Market’s Swoon Prompts Fear of the Dreaded “Death Cross”

A Depressing Thought: Deflation

Pending Home Sales Plunge Record 30%

Layoffs Climb as Housing Slump Deepens

1.3 Million Unemployed Won’t Get Benefits Restored

Stock Futures Head Lower to Open Third Quarter

New Jobless Claims Rise in Sign of Weak Job Market

Global Markets on “Cliff Edge” Amid Fears Over European Banks

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Time to Shut Down the US Federal Reserve?

Suiting Up for a Post-Dollar World

US Money Supply Plunges at 1930s Pace and Housing Index Dives

UK Manufacturing Outlook Follows Euro-Zone Slowdown

CBO Says Debt Will Reach 62% of GDP by Year’s End