Financial Paintdown

Standard and Poors downgraded United States debt in early August 2011, dropping it to AA+ because the U.S. could not get control over it's long-term financial issues.  The IMF and the World Bank are also making disapproving noises. Here's my take on this.

 
Character Creds: Obama - Ludus. Painter - D. Cox.

Greekonomics

The European Union is angsty about Greece defaulting, so they've decided to hold on to the next batch of billions while the Greeks try to convince the world they won't default.