FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail René Magritte The human condition 1935 • Trump Cautious Ahead Of Putin Summit (BBC) • Kremlin Takes Trump To Task Over His Gas Pipeline Comments (R.) • Trump Calls European Union A ‘Foe’ – Ahead Of Russia And China (G.) • Xi’s Overly-Ambitious Goals Triggered US-China Trade War (Nikkei) • The Global Reset Will Come Like A Thief In The Night (von Greyerz) • Theresa May’s Grand Plan Has Left Her Stranded In No Woman’s Land (G.) •
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Ezra Stoller Parking garage, New Haven, Connecticut 1963 • Theresa May: Trump Told Me To Sue The EU (BBC) • Trump Reveals The Queen’s Private Views On Brexit (G.) • Theresa May Warns There Could Be ‘No Brexit At All’ (R.) • The Chequers Brexit Compromise Offers The Worst Of Both Worlds (Mandelson) • Prepare For No-Deal Brexit, German Business Groups Tell Members (R.) • Immigrant Children, Parents Reunited Faster Under New Court Order (R.) • Spain Saves
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Vincent van Gogh Weeping woman 1883 The indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, whose task it is to investigate possible collusion between the Trump campaign and ‘Russians’, that was released yesterday by Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, raises so many questions one has to be picky. Many people have already stated that the report contains no proof of anything it claims, and that Mueller doesn’t have to prove a thing, because the 12 Russians he accuses will never show
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Pablo Picasso The blue room 1901 • Chinese Property Buyers Are GONE (MB) • It “Hit the Mortgage Market Over the Head with a Baseball Bat” (WS) • No Evidence In Mueller’s Indictment Of 12 Russians (MoA) • Lawmakers Press Trump To Cancel Putin Summit After Mueller Indictments (CNBC) • Trump Should Fire Rosenstein Immediately (PCR) • Summitgate and the Campaign vs. ‘Peace’ (Stephen Cohen) • The Globalist Elite Fears Peace, Wants War (Pieraccini) • Theresa May Is
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Mr Incredible and baby Jack-Jack in The Incredibles 2. Photo: Disney Britain launches a Baby Trump Blimp as the US President visits the country, and all the media and the public cheer and celebrate it, almost as enthusiastically as they cheered on their not-so-very-good football (soccer) team until a few days ago. And you know, what’s so bad about a blimp? Innocent enough, right? Here’s the thing: their own government loves for them to protest Trump and feel
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Vincent van Gogh View of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer 1888 • Stock Markets See the US Winning the Trade War, Defying Propaganda (WS) • A Decade On, Pre-Crisis Mortgages Linger For Big Banks, Homeowners (R.) • Fed’s Escape From Crisis Holdings Could Hit Dead End (R.) • Social Security, Medicare To Add Another $50 Trillion to Our National Debt (JM) • China’s Record Trade Surplus With US Further Inflames Trade Tensions (R.) • Approval Of Brexit Negotiations Lowest On Record (Orb)
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Russell Lee Gas station, Edcouch, Texas 1939 Ilargi: Someone linked to this almost 8 year old article from Nicole (July 19 2010), on Twitter. And yes, it’s even more relevant now than it was when she wrote it. So here’s a re-run: … the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930 in the US, which drastically raised tariffs on imports, lead to retaliation by trading partners, and the resulting trade war dropped global trade by 66% between 1929 and 1934.
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Blu Mural in Rome, Italy 2015 Click to enlarge See also here • Trade War Risk On (Hedgeye) • Corporate Bonds Are Getting Junkier (DDMB) • It’s Not Wage Rises That Are A Problem – It’s The Lack Of Them (Frank) • Britain Facing ‘State Of Emergency’ If No Deal Reached – Grieve (Ind.) • Trump Tells NATO Allies To Spend 4% of GDP On Defence (G.) • Germans Want Trump To Pull US Troops Out Of Germany
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Marc Riboud Forbidden City under the snow, Beijing 1957 Okay, well, Trump did it again. Antagonizing allies. This time it was Germany that took the main hit, over the fact that it pays Russia billions of dollars for oil and gas while relying on the US for its defense … against Russia. And yes, that is a strange situation. But it’s by no means the only angle to the story. There are many more. For one thing, The
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Edward Hopper The camel’s hump 1931 • As Global Debt Hits A Record $247 Trillion, The IIF Issues A Warning (ZH) • US To Slap Tariffs On Extra $200 Billion Of Chinese Imports (R.) • Has the Fed Permanently Inflated Home Prices? (Whalen) • Trump Forced To Reinstate ‘Catch And Release’ After Court Defeats (G.) • 40% Of Mexican Territory Is Paralyzed By Violence (G.) • EU Negotiator Michel Barnier Says 80% Of Brexit Deal Is Agreed (G.)
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