Banksy Devolved Parliament 2009 • Boris Johnson and Michael Gove Under Fire On Vote Leave’s Law-Breaking (G.) • EU Will Delay Brexit To Allow Another Referendum (Ind.) • May Risks ‘Total Collapse’ Of Government In Brexit Impasse – Sunday Times (R.) • Furious Tory MPs Tell May: We’ll Block Snap Brexit Election (G.) • Corbyn Accuses Government Of ‘Bullying’ MPs (G.) • The Insanity of Global Trade (Roar) • Chelsea Manning’s Lawyers File An Appeal Against Her Detention (Canary)
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René Magritte The muscles of the sky 1927 • May Hopes To Hold Fourth Vote On Brexit Deal (Ind.) • May Ready To Trigger Election Within 10 Days (Ind.) • EU Gives Britain 11 Days To Come Up With New Brexit Plan (G.) • The Democrats Are Self-Destructing (PCR) • Wokester’s Nightmare (Kunstler) • Barr Says Mueller Report Will Be Released In Mid-April ‘If Not Sooner’ (AP) • On Russiagate and Our Refusal to Face Why Trump Won (Taibbi)
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Leonardo da Vinci Vitruvian man c1510 Leonardo wrote: “Vitruvius, architect, writes in his work on architecture that the measurements of man are distributed in this manner”: The length of the outspread arms is equal to the height of a man. From the hairline to the bottom of the chin is one-tenth of the height of a man. From below the chin to the top of the head is one-eighth of the height of a man. From above the chest to
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Pablo Picasso Self portrait 1907 • UK MPs Vote Down All Alternative Brexit Options (G.) • Speaker Issues Fresh Warning Over Third Vote On May’s Brexit Deal (G.) • May Vows To Resign Before Next Phase Of Brexit If Deal Is Passed (G.) • DUP Vows To Block May’s Brexit Deal After She Offers To Resign (Ind.) • Turkey Is Unraveling Fast (Colombo) • Erdogan’s Big Turkish Ambitions Could Come Tumbling Down (BBC) • MEPs Approved Controversial ‘Meme Ban’
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Robert Frank Funeral, St. Helena, South Carolina 1955 Bit unusual, but why not. I was reading British press earlier, trying to figure out what the fcuk is going on in London two days before March 29, and in an article in the Guardian I saw this comment, and thought it should be saved for posterity. Since the article is/was one of those live updates ones, which tend to get very long, and moreover at the point I read
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Pablo Picasso Mandolin and guitar 1924 • The EU’s Censorious Copyright Directive Will Create Two Internets (CapX) • All New UK Cars To Have Speed Limiters By 2022 Under EU Plans (G.) • Brexit Extension Could Be Until 31 March 2020 (G.) • Brexiters Demand May Exit Date To Back Deal (G.) • EU Cannot Betray ‘Increasing Majority’ Who Want To Cancel Brexit – Tusk (G.) • McConnell Backs Push For Investigation Of Russia Probe Missteps (R.) • Mueller
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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 of
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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 (CNN)
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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. I
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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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