Not to be outdone, Asian markets tumbled like bad skydivers yesterday, with Japan’s Nikkei dropping over 11%, giving the country its worst day since August 9, 1945.  Seems like everyone is suddenly remembering the looming recession.  Japan’s Prime Minister is blaming the US, because we really do screw everything up, saying that the $700b failout was “insufficient.”  Apparently we should have arbitrarily picked a larger number.

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