by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:

“You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension.” – Nikola Tesla, 1898.

From CNBC, “US weekly jobless claims hit 3.84 million, topping 30 million over the last 6 weeks”:

First-time filings for unemployment insurance hit 3.84 million last week as the wave of economic pain continues, though the worst appears to be in the past, according to Labor Department figures Thursday.