FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Jan van Eijk The Arnolfini portrait 1434 I first asked Dr. D. a few years ago if I could turn one one his comments at the Automatic Earth into an essay. The following illustrates why I asked. Not sure he understands why some of his rants stand out while others do not, but they certainly do. Go to the Automatic Earth comments section to figure that one out. He’s there every day. And you’re free to disagree
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Jean Metzinger The blue bird 1912-13 • Russiagate: The Great Tragic Comedy of Modern Journalism (Bivens) • Mueller Madness: The Media Pundits Who Got It Most Wrong (NYPost) • Mueller Probe Accusations Were ‘Equal To Treason’ – Sarah Sanders (MW) • As the Mueller Probe Ends, New Russiagate Myths Begin (Taibbi) • Apologies to President Trump (Hill) • Democrats Refuse To Retreat On Trump Legal Issues (G.) • Democrats Not Yet Ready To Conclude There’s No Russia Conspiracy
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Yves Klein Leap into the Void 1960 Message to Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Kemala Harris, Tulsi Gabbard and the rest of the crew: you can stop asking for campaign donations, because you no longer stand a chance in the 2020 elections. Your own party, and the media who support you, made sure of that. Or rather, the only chance you would have is if you guys start another smear campaign against your president, and I wouldn’t recommend that.
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Margaret Gillies Charles Dickens 1844 • We Should All Be Celebrating The Collapse Of Hillary’s Big Lie (NYPost) • Rendition Plane, Increased Police Presence Raise Fears for Assange (Vos) • Russian Military Officials Arrive In Venezuela (G.) • ‘Time’s up, Theresa’, Sun Newspaper Tells May (R.) • Tory MPs Threatened With General Election If They Defy Theresa May (Ind.) • Brexiters Pile On Pressure As May’s Deal Drifts Away (G.) • The European Union Has Bigger Problems To
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Edward Hopper New York movie 1938 • Mueller – The Name That Ended All Mainstream Media Credibility (RT) • The Accountability That Must Follow Mueller’s Report (Solomon) • Russiagate Is WMD Times A Million (Matt Taibbi) • As Tory MPs Plot May’s Downfall, Her Last Allies Battle For Her Survival (G.) • Pro-Remain MPs Draw Up Plans To Vote On Revoking Article 50 (O.) • ‘One Million’ Protesters Join Historic March For Second Referendum (Ind.) • The Countries
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Inge Morath Window washers 1958 • France To Deploy Army Against Yellow Vests (G.) • Mueller Report Is Just The Start Of A New Russia Showdown (CNN) • Mueller-Dämmerung (CF) • Letter From US Attorney General To Lawmakers On Mueller Report (R.) • WikiLeaks Seeks To Publish Mueller Report In Full (RT) • May Urged To Go As She Hints At Pulling Third Vote On Brexit Deal (G.) • The EU Knows It, So Do Our Own MPs
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern leaves after the Friday prayers at Hagley Park outside Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva Dani Lebo is the wife of Nelson Lebo III, a regular contributor at the Automatic Earth. They are two Americans who have settled in Whanganui on the North Island of New Zealand. Whanganui is over 600 km (400 miles) from Christchurch on the South Island, but that is where Dani found
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Margaret Bourke-White Coney Island 1952 • EU Leaders Decide UK’s Fate Behind Closed Doors, Leave May Waiting (Ind.) • May’s Appeal Falls Flat As EU Seizes Control Of Brexit Date (G.) • Five Percent? EU Leaders Doubt May’s Brexit Vote Chances (R.) • Cabinet Ministers Believe Risk Of No-Deal Brexit Now ‘Very Real’ (G.) • Brexit: Hundreds Of Gagging Orders Taken Out By UK Government (Sky) • ‘Survivability’ Of The EU Is A Serious Question: Stephen Roach (CNBC)
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Pablo Picasso Bathers with ball 3 1928 • Why The Fed Keeps Propping Up The Market (Colombo) • Fed’s New Balance Sheet Plan: Get Rid of MBS (WS) • EU Will Only Back Short Brexit Delay If May’s Deal Passes First (G.) • Remain Would Win Second Brexit Referendum Clearly, Poll Indicates (Ind.) • Theresa May: Don’t Blame Me For Brexit Crisis, Blame MPs (G.) • MPs Furious After May Blames Them For Crisis (Ind.) • New Zealand
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FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemail Johannes Vermeer The lacemaker 1669-71 You could probably say I’m sympathetic to the schoolchildren protesting against climate change, and I’m sympathetic to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her call for a Green New Deal. Young people are the future, and they deserve a voice about that future. At the same time, I’m also deeply skeptical about their understanding of the issues they talk about. In fact, I don’t see much understanding at all. I think that’s because they base their
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