Berthe Morisot The old track to Auvers 1863 Our politicians and media are not going to allow us to see Russia, and any incidents the country can be linked to, in any other way than black and white, in which we are the good party and they are the black, evil and guilty ones. So we’ll have to do that ourselves. More than enough has been said about why NATO should have been dismantled when the reason for its
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Otto Dix Ice drift 1940 • Putin ‘Seriously Concerned’ After Ukraine Votes To Impose Martial Law (G.) • The Latest Ukronazi Provocation In The Kerch Strait (Saker) • Trump Says He Isn’t Happy With GM Decision To Shed 14,700 Jobs (G.) • GM Cuts 14,700 Jobs As Auto Bubble Begins To Burst (Colombo) • Tesla China Sales Plunge 70% In October (R.) • May’s Brexit Deal Sounds Like A ‘Great Deal For The EU’ – Trump (G.) • Theresa May’s
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Vincent van Gogh On the Outskirts of Paris 1887 • Russia Seizes Three Ukrainian Naval Ships In The Black Sea (AP) • Not Remotely Possible For May’s Brexit Deal To Pass Parliament – UK MP (CNBC) • UK High Court To Rule If Brexit Vote ‘Void’ As Early As Christmas (Ind.) • Nineteen Months Of Brexit Wrangling – And That’s Just A Taster (BBC) • Business Leaders Rally Behind May’s Brexit Deal Amid Fears Of Crashing Out (G.) •
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Floris van Schooten Still-Life with Glass, Cheese, Butter and Cake 1st half 17th century • Assange Lawyers Barred From Visiting Client Ahead Of US Court Hearing (ZH) • ‘He Has Moved Incredibly Quickly’: Mueller Nears Trump Endgame (G.) • One Of The Most Spectacularly Misleading Uses Of Statistics Ever (Porter) • Russia A Greater Threat Than ISIS or Al-Queda – New British Army Chief (PA) • European Security Held Hostage By Washington’s Geopolitical Games – Lavrov (RT) • Why
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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Sun Rising over Water 1825-30 • Britain’s Opposition Labour Party Plots Overthrow Of Capitalism (R.) • This Sell-Off is Just One Step in Methodical Unwind of Stock Prices (WS) • Oil Plunges More Than 6% Despite Potential OPEC Cut (R.) • Bitcoin Loses 25% Of Its Remaining Value During Thanksgiving Week (CNBC) • Trump Dismisses Report He Is Unhappy With Treasury’s Mnuchin (R.) • Holiday Doings and Undoings (Kunstler) • Rising Fuel Price Protests
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René Magritte Golconda 1953 • 438 Stocks on the NYSE Plunged 40%-94% from 52-Week Highs (WS) • Margin Debt Plunges, Next Up: Margin Calls (WS) • QE Created Dangerous Financial Dependence, Italy Hooked, Withdrawal Next (DQ) • Bitcoin Price Crash Causes Bankruptcy And Mass Mine Closures (Ind.) • UK’s Poorest Dying Nearly 10 Years Younger Than Rich (Ind.) • MPs Unite To Condemn May’s ‘Blindfold Brexit’ (Ind.) • Yanis Varoufakis: “The EU Declared War And Theresa May Played Along”
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Rembrandt van Rijn Study of the Head and Clasped Hands of a Young Man as Christ in Prayer 1655 • Mortgage Rates Slide May Be Too Late For The Housing Market (MW) • A $9 Trillion Corporate Debt Bomb Is ‘Bubbling’ In The US Economy (CNBC) • Multiple Risks Are Converging on Markets (Rickards) • May In Brussels Dash As Merkel Threatens To Pull The Plug On Brexit Summit (G.) • Salvini Ready To ‘Confront EU’ After Italy’s Budget
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Jack Delano Lower Manhattan 1941 • Senate Calls On Trump For Saudi Answers (BBC) • Saudi Arabia Tortured Female Right-to-Drive Activists – Amnesty (AP) • Trump Submits Answers To Robert Mueller Questions In Russia Probe (Ind.) • Trump Wanted To Order Justice Dept To Prosecute Clinton, Comey – NYT (R.) • Dow Plunges More Than 500 Points, Erases Gain For 2018 (CNBC) • Stunned Investors Observe The Market Carnage In Shock (ZH) • A Death Cross Is Forming In
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Henri Rousseau The waterfall 1910 • China’s Next Crisis: Companies Guaranteeing Each Other’s Debt (ZH) • Another Volatility Spike May Be Ahead (Colombo) • FANGMAN Stocks Plunge 4.4%, Down $905 Billion, or 20%, since Aug. 31 (WS) • Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi Chief Ghosn Arrested Over Financial Misconduct (AFP) • Dozens In Saudi Royal Family Turn Against Crown Prince (R.) • Germany Bans 18 Saudis Linked To Khashoggi Murder From Schengen Zone (AP) • France Says To Decide Soon On Sanctions Over
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René Magritte Popular panorama 1926 • Chinese Firms With Dollar Debts Are ‘Under Increasing Pressure’ (CNBC) • Tim Cook: Tech Regulation ‘Inevitable’ Because Free Market Isn’t Working (MW) • Trump Would Not Intervene If Whitaker Moves To Curtail Mueller Probe (R.) • The Ultimate Fake News (PL) • Brexit Transition Could Be Extended To 2022 – Barnier (G.) • May Told To Reveal Impact Of Brexit Plan On Economy (Ind.) • UK PM May Seeks Business Support For EU
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