On Sunday, a single raven fell from the sky into the offices of the Daily News and died. Thus editors knew it was time to run the latest terror-filled missive from the world's most depressing economist, Nouriel Roubini.

Some genius once dubbed New York University economist Nouriel Roubini "the Joe Francis of Pessimism Porn," and yesterday's one-two punch of a Eurotrashy post-Halloween loft party with Oliver Stone and a doomsaying op-ed in the Financial Times proves the point.