Buzz Aldrin photographed by Neil Armstrong, who’s reflected in his visor • The Ham of Fate (Fintan O’Toole) • Brexit, or Project Fear (Lis) • The Story Began With UK’s Seizure Of Iranian-Flagged Ship In Gibraltar (O.) • Bolton Lured Britain Into A Dangerous Trap To Punish Iran (G.) • British Letter to UN Says Iran Approached Tanker In Omani Waters (R.) • Britain Mulls Sanctions In Response To Iran Tanker Seizure (R.) • UK Too Weak To
Read More...• ‘Looking to Break Status Quo,’ Iran Seizes UK Tanker (Defense One) • Deflationary Bust Baked in the Cake (Mish) • Fed’s Rosengren Doesn’t See The Case For A US Rate Cut (R.) • Market Needs Deep Rate Cut To Prevent Earnings Recession – Bianco (CNBC) • After Williams “Misguidance”, Fed Leaks No 50bps Rate Cut This Month (ZH) • Airlines Delay Boeing Max 737 Return Until November (G.) • Kids Could End Up In Foster Care Over Unpaid
Read More...Gustave Moreau Helen on the Walls of Troy 1885 First of all, I dearly wish I never had to read or write about Jeffrey Epstein again. But I can’t. And going over the reports about him, and watching the videos below (I’m sure there’s a thousand more), I started thinking I don’t see how he can have much longer to live. (Note as always that if you receive this through email, the videos may not show properly. If someone
Read More...Pablo Picasso Marie-Thérèse Walter 1937 • Trump Denounces ‘Send Her Back’ Chant About Rep. Ilhan Omar (BI) • US Navy Ship ‘Destroyed’ An Iranian Drone – Trump (CNN) • Iran Deputy Foreign Minister Says Tehran Has Not Lost Any Drones (R.) • Rand Paul Angles To Become Trump’s Emissary To Iran (Pol.) • Manhattan and DC Brace For Epstein Impact (VF) • Beijing’s Credibility and the Baoshang Bank Dilemma (RG) • Obscure Data Suggests China Housing Bubble Has Burst
Read More...Mathew Brady Abe Lincoln 1864 • Showdown With Trump Looms As House Votes To Block Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia (AP) • House Votes Down Democrat’s Bid To Impeach Trump Over Recent Tweets (AP) • Feds End Investigation Into Trump Org And Hush Money Payments (CNN) • Foreign Purchases Of US Homes Plunge 36%, Chinese Flee The Market (CNBC) • New Zealand’s Armour-Plated Housing Bubble (Hickey) • Extraordinary Collapse In Home Ownership In Sydney And Melbourne (SMH) • Paradigm
Read More...Salvador Dali Mme. Reese 1931 The circus will be coming to town a week later, but not to worry, the show will go on longer and there will be many added attractions, including a full troop of 800-pound gorillas and an entire herd of 8000-pound elephants in the room. And once the balancing acts, the clowns and the ferocious beasts pack up and move on, America might find itself without a Democratic Party, or at least one it would
Read More...Piet Mondriaan Place de la Concorde 1938-43 • FBI Spreadsheet Puts A Stake Through The Heart Of Steele’s Dossier (Solomon) • Sic Transit Gloria Mueller (Ray McGovern) • House Floor In Chaos Over Pelosi Speech On Trump Tweets (RC) • House Condemns Trump Over ‘Racist Comments’ Tweeted At Congresswomen (R.) • Republican Support For Trump Rises After Racially Charged Tweets (R.) • Pentagon To Review If It Exposed Americans To Weaponised Ticks (G.) • Bitcoin Tumbles As US Senators
Read More...Gustave Moreau Orpheus at the Tomb of Eurydice 1891 “Don’t Take The Bait”, said 4 young congresswomen yesterday in a press conference in Washington DC. They were referring to comments Donald Trump had made about them earlier. However, just the simple act of calling the press conference meant they were … taking the bait. Yes, Trump was out of line, way out of left field territory out of line. But he did that on purpose, and Ilhan Omar of
Read More...Jack Delano South Water Street freight depot of the Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago 1943 • US “Transportation Recession” Gets Uglier (WS) • Stress Test a Sham, European Court of Auditors Warns (WS) • Boeing 737 Max Ordered By Ryanair Undergoes Name Change (G.) • What Looms Behind (Kunstler) • Von Der Leyen Faces Crucial Vote In Quest To Lead EU Executive (R.) • Christine Lagarde Must Confront Berlin To Save The Euro (Varoufakis) • Epstein’s Accusers Urge US Judge
Read More...Pablo Picasso Weeping woman 1937 • Robert Mueller’s Testimony Extended, Postponed By One Week (G.) • Trump Organization Probe Likely to End With No Charges (CNN) • Nemesis Rising (Kunstler) • Epstein Accused Of Paying Witnesses $350K In Hush Money (ZH) • Wall Street Banks Bailing On Troubled US Farm Sector (R.) • Fed Rate Cut Would Ease Pressure On China’s Central Bank (CNBC) • About Half Of China’s Loans To Developing Countries Are ‘Hidden’ (CNBC) • CIA Invokes
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