Martin Johnson Heade Thunderstorm on Narragansett Bay 1868 • Kurds Announce Deal With Damascus As Turkey Pushes Deep Into Syria (AFP) • Syrian Army Deployed To Country’s Northeast To Counter ‘Turkish Aggression’ (RT) • Putin Says Trump Not To Blame For Lack Of Improvement In Russia-US Ties (R.) • “If The Entire System Collapses, Gold Will Be Needed To Start Over” (ZH) • Lisa Page’s ‘Quid Pro Quo’ With State Department Over Hillary Email (DM) • Johnson To Set
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Paul Gauguin Huts under trees 1887 • All Foreign Forces Should Leave Syria, Including Russia – Putin (RT) • Domestic Politics, Idlib Sway Timing Of Turkey’s Syrian Operation (AlM) • Female Kurdish Politician Among 9 Civilians Killed By Pro-Turkey Forces (AFP) • Army Deployed In Ecuador As Protests Descend Into Violence (G.) • Ecuador Indigenous Group Says Will Continue Protests After Curfew Imposed (R.) • Johnson Will Speak To EU Leaders On Brexit Deal By End Of Monday (R>)
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Balthus Girl at the window 1955 • US Delays China Tariff Increase As Trump Claims ‘Substantial’ Deal (G.) • Boris Johnson’s Major U-Turn Sets Up 48 Hours To Clinch Brexit Deal (G.) • Turkey Attacks US Special Forces In Syria (NW) • Turkey Vows To Keep Up Syria Assault As US Says Troops Came Under Fire (AFP) • US Lawmakers Press Again For Stronger Trump Action On Turkey (R.) • In Memoriam: Reality (Kunstler) • Boeing Board Strips CEO
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Balthus Girl at a window 1957 • How the Crybabies on Wall Street Try to Force the Fed into QE-4 (WS) • After Unveiling ‘NotQE’, Fed Eases Liquidity Rules For Foreign Banks (ZH) • America’s Political Implosion (SCF) • Dems Weigh Knee-Capping A Republican Impeachment Criticism (Pol.) • US House Republicans To Seek Sanctions On Turkey Over Kurd Offensive (R.) • Syrian Kurdish Leaders Urge EU To Pull Envoys Over Turkey Offensive (RT) • Pressure Mounts To Repatriate And
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Rembrandt van Rijn Small self portrait 1627-28 Man, I want to get away from US (and UK) politics, it’s too depressing and I’ve already covered it so much. But I keep getting drawn back in by the nonsensical propaganda out there. I read a lot of stuff every single day, and every single piece is starting to look like any other. I took the following from the Guardian, but it could have been any MSM outlet really. The whole
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Salvador Dali Grandmother Ana sewing 1920 • Inside Hunter Biden’s Dealings With Shadowy Foreign Firms (ZH) • Joe Biden ‘Personally Paid $900,000 By Burisma’ – Ukrainian MP (ZH) • An Insult To Real Whistleblowers- Kiriakou (RCP) • Shell To Offset Carbon Emissions For British Fuel Buyers (R.) • Federal Reserve Policymakers Increasingly Divided On Way Ahead (R.) • US Tariffs On China Are Working – Wilbur Ross (R.) • Nearly All Goods Traded By US And China Will Have
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Vilhelm Hammershoi Woman Seen from the Back 1888 • White House Says It Will Refuse To Cooperate With Impeachment Inquiry (R.) • Oh My God, They Killed CNY! You Bastards (Every) • Powell Says The Fed Will Start Expanding Its Balance Sheet ‘Soon’ (CNBC) • Trade Wars Lose US Its Competitiveness Top Spot – WEF (AFP) • Boris Johnson Facing No-Deal Brexit Cabinet Rebellion (R.) • EU May Offer To Extend Deadline For Brexit Deal To June (G.) •
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Paul Gauguin Breton woman and goose by the water 1888 • Trump Appears to Reverse Syria Decision (USNews) • Trump Vows To OBLITERATE Turkish Economy If It Does ‘Anything Off Limits’ (RT) • Joe, Hunter Biden Could Be Forced To Testify In Senate Impeachment Trial (WT) • A Hard Rain (Jim Kunstler) • US Federal Deficit Estimated At $984 Billion, Highest In Seven Years (Hill) • US Blacklists China Organisations Over Xinjiang ‘Uighur Abuse’ (BBC) • Hong Kong ‘Won’t
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Print your own Assange mask • The ‘Whistleblower’ Probably Isn’t (Taibbi) • DNC Colluded With Ukraine To Boost Hillary By Harming Trump – Report (DWire) • Bob Woodward: GOP Senators ‘Choking’ On Trump-Ukraine Scandal (WE) • Trump Gives Blessing To Turkish Operation In Northern Syria (AFP) • In Last Minute Call, Erdogan Agrees To Meet Trump Over Syria ‘Safe Zone’ (ZH) • Arise, Commissioner Farage! (Pol.eu) • Brexit Border Talk Stirs Up Bad Memories In Northern Ireland (G.) •
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Paul Gauguin Cow on the seashore 1886 • Powell: Fed’s Job To Keep Economy In A ‘Good Place As Long As Possible’ (CNBC) • Auto Imports From Mexico Surge As US Sales Decline (WS) • The Ukraine Affair Is Damning, All Right – Just Not In The Way You Think (RT) • Trump Told Theresa May He Doubted Russia Was Behind Skripal Poisoning (G.) • US Media Now Filled With Former Intelligence Agents (Rania Khalek) • Hong Kong Democrats
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