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Debt Rattle November 18 2018

Nov 182018

November 18, 2018 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:35 am Finance Tagged with: APEC, Brexit, CIA, climate change, extinction, Gulen, Kerry, Khashoggi, Pence, press pass, silica, supernova, Trump

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Gabriel Loppé The Eiffel tower struck by lightning 1902 • Habitat And Species Loss Threatens All Our Futures (G.) • John Kerry: ‘People Are Going To Die Because Of The Decision Trump Made’ (G.) • Bear Market Growls (Roberts) • APEC Leaders Divided After US, China Spat (AFP) • Pence Vows No End To Tariffs Until China Bows (R.) • Trump Calls CIA Assessment Of Khashoggi Murder Premature But Possible (R.) • Trump ‘Not Considering’ Extraditing Gülen to

Debt Rattle November 17 2018

Nov 172018

November 17, 2018 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:43 am Finance Tagged with: Assange, austerity, Brexit, CIA, climate, Khashoggi, Macron, May, MBS, Merkel, misery, Turkey

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail René Magritte Youth 1924 • US Has Spent $6 Trillion On Wars That Killed Half A Million Since 9/11 (NW) • US ‘Might Lose’ War Against China Or Russia – Report To Congress (Ind.) • UK Austerity Has Inflicted ‘Great Misery’ On Citizens – UN (G.) • Growing Number Of Tory MPs Join Attempt To Topple Theresa May (G.) • Ministers Push To Reshape Theresa May’s Deal Ahead Of EU Summit (Ind.) • ‘No Question’ Of More Negotiations

Debt Rattle November 16 2018

Nov 162018

November 16, 2018 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:32 am Finance Tagged with: Assange, austerity, Brexit, Corbyn, Easter Island, Gulen, IMF, John Kerry, leveraged loans, May, Monsanto, Mueller, paranoid

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail David Hockney Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) 1972 • Julian Assange Has Been Charged, Prosecutors Reveal Inadvertently (WaPo) • IMF Issues Stark Warning On Leveraged Loans (F.) • Elizabeth Warren Says Fed Makes Same Mistakes As Before The Crisis (CNBC) • Global Auto Industry Collapse Continues (ZH) • Brexit Poll: Remain Takes Big Lead Over Leave, 60% Back 2nd Referendum (Ind.) • Theresa May Braced For More Cabinet Resignations After Day Of Chaos (Ind.) •

Quantum, Jazz and Dada – 3

Nov 152018

November 15, 2018 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 3:31 pm Primers Tagged with: Aston, collapse, complex systems, Dada, destruction, disintegration, ecology, empire, jazz, quantum, regeneration

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Max Ernst Ubu Imperator 1923 Ilargi: This is part 3 of Alexander Aston’s view of how upheaval and collapse can lead to new insights, new bursts of creativity, in science, religion, society and the arts. Part 1 of Quantum, Jazz and Dada can be found here, part 2 is here. Here’s Alexander: Quantum, Jazz and Dada: The Dynamic Symmetry of Destruction and Creativity Human Development “Every breath is a sacrament, an affirmation of

Debt Rattle November 15 2018

Nov 152018

November 15, 2018 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:17 am Finance Tagged with: Alexa, Amazon, Brexit, cybersecurity, F35, Fed, Final Say, Lockheed, May, mortgage rates, Pentagon, Raab

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Jean-Francois Millet In the Auvergne 1869 • UK Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab resigns (BBC) • Final Say Referendum On Table As May Blows Debate Wide Open (Ind.) • Brexit: A Split Cabinet, A Split Party And A Split Nation (G.) • Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Solves Nothing: Open Warfare Is About To Begin (G.) • The Race To 6% Mortgage Rates (WS) • The Fed Will Continue Tightening Until Everything Breaks (Smith) • Amazon’s Long Game Is Clearer

Jim Kunstler Chats with Raúl Ilargi Meijer of The Automatic Earth

Nov 142018

November 14, 2018 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 2:48 pm Finance Tagged with: James Kunstler, podcast, Raul Ilargi Meijer, The Automatic Earth

Jim Kunstler Chats with Raúl Ilargi Meijer of The Automatic Earth

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Andrea Pozzo Ceiling Fresco, Church of St. Ignazio, Rome (entire ceiling is flat) 1685-94 Did a podcast with James Kunstler the day after the midterms. We had a great time. We’ve never met, but we’ve known each other for a long time. Lots of mutual appreciation. The timing meant we missed out on Jeff Sessions’ resignation, and on Jim Acosta being fired. No doubt those events would have taken us well past the one hour mark. Well,

Debt Rattle November 14 2018

Nov 142018

November 14, 2018 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:15 am Finance Tagged with: Amazon, Brexit, depression, Facebook, fertility, hate speech, IMF, Khashoggi, Lewinsky, Merkel, oil, Putin, yuan

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Pablo Picasso Still life 1917 • Britiain, EU Agree on Brexit Plan (G.) • France and Facebook Announce Partnership Against Online Hate Speech (Pol.eu) • Oil’s Unprecedented Slide Accelerates, Capitulates To Darkening Outlook (BBG) • Major Markets Are All Flashing Warning Signs (Roberts) • Trump’s Tariff Battle With China Spurs Record Dollar-Yuan Trading (CNBC) • Goldman Sachs Is Implicated In History’s Largest Financial Con (Ind.) • IMF Says Governments Could Set Up Their Own Cryptocurrencies (G.) • Amazon’s

Debt Rattle November 13 2018

Nov 132018

November 13, 2018 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:10 am Finance Tagged with: 1MDB, Apple, Assange, bananas, dollar, Dow, elections, FANG, Fed, Goldman, Khashoggi, Marvel, Self Media, Stan Lee, yuan

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Vincent van Gogh Peasant burning weeds 1883 • Dow Plunges 600 Points As Apple Leads Tech Rout (CNBC) • The Economic Consequences Of Debt (Roberts) • The Fed Supports Capital In Its Eternal War With Labor (Hunt) • China State Banks Selling Dollars In FX Market To Arrest Yuan Losses (R.) • Goldman Sachs Down Most In 7 Years On 1MDB, ‘Fear Of The Unknown'(BBG) • Banking Consolidation In Europe Is ‘Inevitable’ – UBS Chief (CNBC) • China

Nationalists and Patriots

Nov 122018

November 12, 2018 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 8:26 pm Primers Tagged with: commemoration, globalism, Macron, Merkel, nationalism, patriotism, Putin, Russia, Trump, WWI

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Ivan Kramskoy Christ in the desert 1920 If and when a former Rothschild banker starts telling us what the words in our respective languages actually mean, beware. Even if he has dozens of professional speech writers and spin doctors to do it for him. And even if the meaning and interpretation of words, though they may seem easily translatable, differ between English, French, German, Russian, Chinese to such an extent that Lost in Translation may appear to be

Debt Rattle November 12 2018

Nov 122018

November 12, 2018 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:54 am Finance Tagged with: Alibaba, Boris, Brexit, default, globalism, Macron, Merkel, nationalism, patriotism, Putin, Russia, Singles Day, Trump

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Vincent van Gogh Burning weeds 1883 • Macron: Nationalism Is A “Betrayal Of Patriotism” (Ind.) • Putin Says Had Good Conversation With Trump In Paris (AFP) • Eastern Ukraine Elects Separatist Leaders As West Rejects Polls (AFP) • May Says Britain Open To ‘Different Relationship’ With Russia (R.) • Boris Johnson Says Britain On Verge Of ‘Total Surrender’ In Brexit Talks (R.) • May Shelves Crunch Brexit Talks With Cabinet (Ind.) • Alibaba Has Record $30.8 Billion In