Leonardo da Vinci (?) La Joconde nue or Monna Vanna 1515 • Furious Tory MPs Will Bid To Oust May If UK Fights Euro Poll (O.) • I Had No Choice But To Approach Labour Over Brexit – May (BBC) • UK PM May Has Plan To Offer Labour Brexit Customs Arrangement (R.) • Merkel Throws May A Lifeline Over Brexit Departure Date (O.) • Labour Chairman Attacks Corbyn Over ‘People’s Vote’ On Brexit (O.) • Second Brexit Vote
Read More...Raphael The school of Athens 1509-11 Allow me to start with a question: Has anyone seen any of the main newspapers and networks who went after Donald Trump for 3 years accusing him of colluding with “the Russians”, apologize to either Trump, or to their readers and viewers, for spreading all that fake news now that Robert Mueller said none of that stuff was real, that they all just made it up? I’ve seen only one such apology, albeit
Read More...Dante Gabriel Rossetti Monna Vanna 1866 • Cross-Party Talks Fail As Labour Says May Unable To Compromise (G.) • France, Spain and Belgium ‘Ready For No-Deal Brexit Next Week’ (G.) • Sucker Punch (Jim Kunstler) • The Russian Collusion Hoax Meets An Unbelievable End (Nunes) • Boeing Slashes 737 Production By 20% (ZH) • Trump Says Economy Would Take Off Like ‘A Rocket Ship’ If Fed Cut Rates (CNBC) • Ray Dalio Says Capitalism Needs Urgent Reform (MW) •
Read More...Pablo Picasso Crucifixion 1930 President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20500. Mr. President, I write to you because I’m seeing something unfold that concerns you, and I have no way of knowing if you’re aware of it, nor have I seen anyone else mention it. That is, sir, you are being set up, a trap is being set for you, and unless you are aware of it, you may
Read More...Jack Delano Diner along U.S. Highway No. 1 near Berwyn, Maryland 1940 • WikiLeaks Says Assange to Be Expelled Within ‘Hours to Days’ (TeleSur) • Barr Defends His Summary Of Mueller Report, And The Delay (AP) • Boeing Admits ANOTHER Glitch In 737 MAX Software (RT) • WTO Rules Against US And Boeing In Mammoth Trade Row With EU (DW) • Rising Risk Of US And China Housing Slump Causing Recession – IMF (G.) • Theresa May To Make
Read More...Rembrandt van Rijn The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp 1632 We had already been told that in the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 crash which killed all 157 people on board, the 4-month old 737 MAX 8’s anti-stall software reengaged itself four times in 6 minutes as the pilots struggled to straighten the plane post-takeoff. In the end, the anti-stall software won and pushed the plane nose-down towards the earth. Now, Ethiopia -finally?!- released its report in the
Read More...Pablo Picasso Nude on a beach 1929 • Lack Of Redundancies On Boeing 737 MAX Baffles Its Developers (ST) • Trolling the Mueller Report (WSJ Op-ed) • Mueller Investigators Say Findings More Damaging To Trump Than Barr Has Let On • Comey Says He Fears Possible Counterinvestigation After Mueller Report (Pol.) • US Senators Want Stiff Sanctions To Deter Russia Election Meddling (R.) • Maybe Politics Matters After All (John Rubino) • Economist: Brexit Will Happen And Trump Fans
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