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Debt Rattle January 23 2019

Jan 232019

January 23, 2019 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:45 am Finance Tagged with: AOC, Attenborough, Brexit, Davos, debt shaming, EU, home sales, May, particles, plastic, recession, shutdown, state aid, subsidies

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Pablo Picasso The classical head 1922 • David Attenborough And Prince William Urge World Leaders On Environment (G.) • The Super Rich At Davos Are Scared Of Ocasio-Cortez’s Tax Proposal (CNBC) • EU Fossil Fuel Subsidies Still At The Same Level As 2008 (G.) • Shutdown Reveals Most Americans Are Unprepared For The Next Recession (MW) • Unusually Large Drop In US Home Sales Has Real Estate Agents Baffled (CNBC) • Moonwalking with Theresa May: Unboxing Brexit

Debt Rattle January 22 2019

Jan 222019

January 22, 2019 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:55 am Finance Tagged with: AOC, black swans, Brexit, Corbyn, Davos, Facebook, Garden of Eden, Greece, Greenland, Kamala, Macron, May, Ocasio, Versailles, Xi

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Pablo Picasso Female bust 1922 • Pre-Davos Survey Shows Sixfold Rise In Global CEOs’ Gloom (G.) • In Versailles, Macron Vows To Reform To Avoid King’s Fate (R.) • The Garden Of Eden Is No More -David Attenborough (G.) • With Kamala Harris In The Race, Trump Stands No Chance Of Winning (Ind.) • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Crusher of Sacred Cows (Matt Taibbi) • Theresa May: Second Referendum Would Threaten ‘Social Cohesion’ (G.) • Labour Calls For Vote On

Debt Rattle Martin Luther King Day 2019

Jan 212019

January 21, 2019 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 11:07 am Finance Tagged with: assassinations, birth rate, China, deadlock, FYROM, Good Friday, Greece, hatred, inequality, Martin Luther King, May, MLK, Plan B, property sales

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Martin Luther King, Jr. following his 1963 arrest in Birmingham • Rebranding MLK (Fikre) • A Call to Reinvestigate American Assassinations of the 1960s (CN) • The Number Of Births In China Hit Its Lowest Level Since 1961 (CNBC) • China Economic Growth Lowest In 28 Years (MW) • China Real Estate Sales Growth Slows Down (R.) • Theresa May ‘Considers Amending Good Friday Agreement’ To Break Deadlock (Ind.) • May Tries To Break Brexit Deadlock By

Debt Rattle January 20 2019

Jan 202019

January 20, 2019 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 11:09 am Finance Tagged with: Brexit, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ireland, Lincoln, Macron, May, Pelosi, shutdown, surveillance, Trump, wall, yellow vests

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Pablo Picasso Woman in an armchair (Olga) 1922 • Pelosi Rejects Trump Shutdown Deal Before President Announces It (O.) • Battle Royale (Jim Kunstler) • No President Since Lincoln Treated Worse Than Me – Trump (RT) • Theresa May Wants Irish Treaty To Break Brexit Impasse (R.) • One Thing To Be Grateful To Brexit For: Britons Are Buying Less On Credit (G.) • ‘The Gilets Jaunes Are Unstoppable’ (Guilluy) • Yellow Vests Defy Macron ‘National Debate’ In

The News About Fake News Is Fake

Jan 192019

January 19, 2019 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 8:21 pm Primers Tagged with: baby boomers, BuzzFeed, Cohen, confirmation bias, fake news, lies, Mueller, Republican, Russia, technology, Trump, websites

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Johannes Vermeer Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window 1657-59 In the last few days I was looking around for stories that could illustrate what fake news actually is, and I had a nice collection, but then last night Robert Mueller of all people clarified what exactly fake news is better than I could have. At first the BuzzFeed crew that was caught staring straight into the headlights has a feeble response (what exactly was untrue in

Debt Rattle January 19 2019

Jan 192019

January 19, 2019 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:40 am Finance Tagged with: Brexit, BuzzFeed, fake news, gold, Guardian, impeachment, Monsanto, Mueller, Precautionary Principle, Remain, Tesla, Trump

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Pablo Picasso Guitar on a table 1922 • Mueller Shoots Down Buzzfeed’s Latest Russiagate Scoop With Rare Dismissal (RT) • US Asked Ecuadorean Officials About Alleged Assange-Manafort Meeting (R.) • 56% Majority Of Britons Now Want To Remain In The EU – Poll (DM) • Extending The Brexit Deadline Could Clash With Coming EU Elections (CNBC) • EU Loves British Money More Than It Loves Democracy (Clark) • UK Patients Stockpile Drugs In Fear Of No-Deal Brexit (G.)

Debt Rattle January 18 2019

Jan 182019

January 18, 2019 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:16 am Finance Tagged with: AOC, Brexit, Corbyn, deadline, Farage, Green New Deal, Huawei, May, NHS, North Pole, Pelosi, personal debt, Putin, Silk Road, Trump

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Pablo Picasso Mother and child at the seaside 1922 • Demand For Credit Cards And Mortgages In UK Falling Fast (G.) • May’s 10-Year Plan ‘Still Not Enough’ To Save NHS – (Ind.) • May Tells Corbyn It Is ‘Impossible’ To Rule Out No Deal (G.) • Run Down the Brexit Clock (Varoufakis) • Nigel Farage Urges Brexiteers To Prepare For Second Referendum (PA) • More Countries To Cut Down Their Belt And Road Investments (CNBC) • China’s

Debt Rattle January 17 2019

Jan 172019

January 17, 2019 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:57 am Finance Tagged with: Brexit, carmakers, China, Corbyn, delay, FYROM, liquidity, Macedonia, May, plastic, referendum, smear, Steele dossier, stimulus, tariffs, Trump

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Pablo Picasso Nude female standing 1922 • Theresa May Survives Confidence Vote, Britain Remains In Brexit Deadlock (G.) • Corbyn: No Talks With May Until No-Deal Brexit Is Off The Table (G.) • Markets Expect Brexit To Be Delayed, Bank Of England Governor Says (G.) • More Than 170 UK Business Leaders Join Call For 2nd Brexit Referendum (G.) • German Carmakers Warn Hard Brexit Would Be ‘Fatal’ (R.) • Trump ‘Inclined’ To Impose New US Auto Tariffs

Debt Rattle January 16 2019

Jan 162019

January 16, 2019 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:45 am Finance Tagged with: BBC, Brexit, DOJ, fake news, FYROM, May, Monsanto, no confidence, Putin, Rosenstein, Roundup, sterling, Trump

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Pablo Picasso Women running on the beach 1922 • Theresa May Faces No Confidence Vote After Historic 230-Vote Defeat (Ind.) • The People Want A Final Say – Whatever The Papers Say (Ind.) • Market Reaction To Theresa May’s Brexit Defeat Is Over-Optimistic (Coppola) • Expect A Wild Ride For The British Pound – Steve Keen (RT) • EU States Escalate No-Deal Brexit Preparations After May Defeat (G.) • Time For Playing Games On Brexit Over – German

Debt Rattle January 15 2019

Jan 152019

January 15, 2019 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:52 am Finance Tagged with: Antarctic, border, Brexit, FBI, Guardian, insects, May, NATO, NYT, preppers, Trump, wall, Wikileaks, wildlife

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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Ivan Aivazovsky Moonlight c1850 • May Faces Crushing Brexit Defeat Despite Last-Minute Plea To MPs (G.) • 100 Of May’s Own MPs Set To Vote Against Her Brexit Deal (Ind.) • No-Deal Brexit Means ‘Social And Economic Catastrophe’ -Banks (Ind.) • Brexit Preppers: ‘I Don’t Trust The Government To Look After Me Or My Dog’ (G.) • Global Economy Fears Grow As China And Eurozone Slump (G.) • Hunting for Golem (Jim Kunstler) • FBI Investigation Of Trump