SENATOR AL FRANKEN

Watch this two-minute clip to get a sense of what kind of senator he’s going to be.  Paul Wellstone would be proud.

MORGAN STANLEY CEO DESCRIBES THE WEEK FROM HELL

This is a longer clip, but it just gets more and more gripping: a firsthand account of the week the global financial system could have collapsed.   “Tell Tim Geithner I’m on with Japan . . .”  Really: if you want to confirm or recalibrate your sense of what went on, and what kinds of people these are (my view: good people, overpaid), watch this.