Henri Matisse Landscape with a bench 1918 • This Will Be The Mother Of All Minsky Moments (Mauldin) • Leaderless World Is Sleepwalking Into A Financial Crisis – Gordon Brown (G.) • UK PM May Calls Special Meeting To Discuss ‘No-Deal’ Brexit (CNBC) • EU Can ‘Certainly Not’ Accept Theresa May’s Single Market Plan – Juncker (Ind.) • Juncker Calls On EU To Seize Chance To Become Major Sovereign Power (G.) • Poland Says It Will Block Any EU
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Winslow Homer Salt Kettle, Bermuda 1899 In the wake of a number of the Lehman and 9/11 commemorations in America, and as a monster storm is once again threatening to cause outsize damage, we find ourselves at a pivotal point in time, which will decide how the country interacts with its own laws, its legal system, its Constitution, its freedom of speech, and indeed if it has sufficient willpower left to adhere to the Constitution as its no. 1
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Vincent van Gogh Mountainous Landscape Behind Saint-Rémy 1888 • US Federal Deficit Soars 32% To $895 Billion (Hill) • The Fed’s Lost Opportunity to Return to Normal (Rickards) • China ‘National Team’ Bought Billions In Stocks in Q2 – Goldman (CNBC) • Putin Bashes Protectionism, ‘Sanctions, Bans And Political Bias’ (CNBC) • Skripal Poisoning Suspects Are Civilians, Not Criminals, Says Putin (G.) • UK Police Prepares For Disorder At Ports If UK Crashes Out Of EU (Ind.) • Barnier
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Claude Monet The Manneporte at Étretat 1886 Please Note: The mailing lists I’ve used for many years all of a sudden stopped working. This appears to be because there is some sort of discrepancy between Gmail and Apple Mail. I’ve lost all access to one Gmail account in Apple Mail, though it still works in a browser. Two other Gmail accounts still function in Apple Mail, but bounce back all mails sent as part of the mailing lists.
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Salvador Dali The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory 1954 • Trump To Declassify Bruce Ohr, Carter Page Documents As Early As This Week (ZH) • Stronger US Economy May Warrant ‘Restrictive’ Rates: Boston Fed’s Rosengren (R.) • Brexit Will Fail Regardless Of Boris Johnson And Theresa May’s Jabs (Ind.) • Battle Over EU Copyright Law Heads For Showdown (G.) • US Senator: MI6 Planning Fake Chemical Weapons Attack On Syria (WaPo) • What Caused The Crash Of 2008
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Vincent van Gogh A Restaurant at Asnieres 1887 • The ‘Most Striking Development’ In 40 Years Of The US Economy (BI) • This Insider Betrayal Is A Sorry Precedent (Observer ed.) • Argentina, Turkey, Mexico … Fear Of Contagion Haunts Emerging Markets (G.) • No-Deal Brexit Could Lead To “Military On The Streets” (Ind.) • Brexit Talks At Risk Of Collapse (Ind.) • Bombshell Poll Reveals Heavy Union Backing For Second Brexit Vote (G.) • YouGov Poll Shows Support
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Charles Burchfield Bluebird and Cottonwoods (The Birches) 1917 My Australian friend Wayne Hall, who‘s lived in Athens for many many years, is doing a video project on fellow Aussie Julian Assange. This is an interview with me, recorded 3 weeks or so ago, that’s part of the project. I would have done 1000 things differently, but it’s not my baby, it’s Wayne’s world. At least some snippets of information come through. Note: it was 100º, and it shows.
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Vincent van Gogh Rispal Restaurant at Asnieres 1887 • Obama Claims Ownership Of US Economic Recovery (MW) • Trump Has Set Economic Growth On Fire. Here Is How He Did It (CNBC) • May Urged To Ignore ‘Three Stooges’ In Brexit Negotiations (G.) • Cohen Seeks To Vacate Hush-Money Deal With Stormy Daniels (Hill) • Papadopoulos Sentenced To 14 Days In Prison For Lying To FBI (ES) • Secret Grand Jury Proceedings Underway Against Andrew McCabe (ZH) • Apple
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René Magritte The false mirror 1928 • I Know Who the “Senior Official” Is Who Wrote the NY Times Op-Ed (PCR) • Pompeo Denies Being Author Of ‘Sad’ NYT Op-Ed On Trump (AFP) • Mueller Hardens Stance On Trump Interview In Russia Probe, Giuliani Says (R.) • ‘Lots Of Evidence’ Syria Preparing Chemical Weapons In Idlib- New US Envoy (R.) • Operation Yellowhammer: Secret Government Paper On No-Deal Brexit (Ind.) • Brexit Negotiators Risk Sleepwalking Into Crisis – Former
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Vincent van Gogh Night Cafe (Place Lamartine in Arles) 1888 • I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration (NYT) • Who Wrote The Anti-Trump Op-Ed? (MW) • Trump May Declassify the 20 FISA Docs Congress Wants (Sara Carter) • Trump Accuses Social Media Firms Of Interfering In 2016, 2018 Elections (CNBC) • Jack Dorsey Tops Sheryl Sandberg As Tech’s DC Rep (R.) • Sheryl Sandberg Misled Congress About Facebook’s Conscience (IC) • Only 17% Expect A
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