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OK, I had no idea who Clay Aitken was. Or is. Could be either. I had a vague knowledge (mostly gleaned from recaps at TWoP and other places) that he was a contestant on American Idol who didn't win. Like most of them, actually.

Anyway. Again, via various links, the story about him coming out of the closet came up. So I clicked through to this page and for the first time found out what he looks like.

Is he kd lang or what?

The Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis Explained

The Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis Explained By Stick Figures. Possibly the clearest explanation I've read of any of this.

And in other news... Hm, not sure what to think about this. On the one hand, not good, on the other, they still want to sell stuff. So hm.