Oct 242019
 
 October 24, 2019  Posted by at 8:38 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , ,  11 Responses »
Debt Rattle October 24 2019

Rembrandt van Rijn Self portrait with Saskia 1636   • UK Blocks Spanish Judge From Questioning Julian Assange (El Pais) • Former House Lawyer Says Pelosi’s Impeachment Inquiry ‘Is Illegal’ (WT) • Democrats Set December Impeachment Target, But Obstacles Abound (R.) • Republicans Storm Closed-Door Hearing To Protest Impeachment Inquiry (Hill) • Benghazi Coverup Discussed on Emails to Clinton’s Unsecured Server (ET) • Steele, State and the Alfa Bank Conspiracy Theory Exposed (Solomon) • Oprah Has ‘Begged’ Disney CEO Bob

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Oct 232019
 
 October 23, 2019  Posted by at 12:31 pm Finance, Primers Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , ,  5 Responses »
Assange Is The Only One To Abide By The Law

Salvador Dali Self portrait 1921   On October 21 2019, Brexit became an entirely irrelevant issue. Or perhaps we should say it had already become that, but on that date it was exposed for all to see that it was. The parading into a courtroom of Julian Assange in London was all the evidence one could need that the UK government breaks its own laws as well as numerous international laws, with impunity. But that is not how the media

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Oct 232019
 
Debt Rattle October 23 2019

Salvador Dali Portrait of my father 1920 • Bernie Pledges To End Prosecuting Whistleblowers Under Espionage Act (IC) • Everyone Is a Russian Asset (Matt Taibbi) • Hillary, Acknowledge the Damage You’ve Caused (Tulsi Gabbard) • Graham To Introduce Resolution Condemning House Impeachment Inquiry (Hill) • The 2020 Election Is Shaping Up To Be An Expensive Run (ZH) • EU Moves Towards Brexit Delay As Johnson Seeks Election To Break Impasse (R.) • Facebook Probe By US States Expands To

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Oct 222019
 
 October 22, 2019  Posted by at 9:38 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , ,  10 Responses »
Debt Rattle October 22 2019

Eugène Delacroix Liberty Leading the People 1830   • Julian Assange Struggled To Remember His Name At Extradition Hearing (ND) • ‘I’m In An Unfair Fight Against A Superpower,’ Assange Tells UK Court (SMH) • Assange in Court (Craig Murray) • Assange in Court – 2 (Craig Murray) • Information On Poroshenko Money Laundering/Biden Cover Up (CDM) • Trump ‘Fully Prepared’ For Military Action vs Turkey If Needed – Pompeo (CNBC) • Enter, the Dragon – Hillary 2020 (Kunstler) •

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Oct 212019
 
 October 21, 2019  Posted by at 10:11 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , ,  13 Responses »
Debt Rattle October 21 2019

Vincent van Gogh Self-portrait with dark felt hat at the easel 1886   • Recession Likely Years Away Due To Bullish Trump Effect – Shiller (CNBC) • Global Economy Faces $19 Trillion Corporate Debt Timebomb – IMF (G.) • “Toe The Line Or Be Destroyed”: Tulsi Gabbard (ZH) • Will the Democratic Party Exist after 2020 Election? (OffG) • Why 97% Of Congress Get Re-Elected Each Year (F.) • Scottish Court Asked To Delay Ruling On Johnson’s Brexit Extension Request

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Oct 202019
 
 October 20, 2019  Posted by at 9:45 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , ,  20 Responses »
Debt Rattle October 20 2019

Rembrandt van Rijn The three trees 1643   • Hillary Clinton Bails On DC Event That Tulsi Gabbard Is Attending (NYP) • Dems Introduce Legislation To Block G7 Summit At Trump’s Doral Resort (Fox) • Trump Ditches Plan To Host G7 At Doral Resort: ‘Irrational Hostility’ (G.) • Trump Campaign Mocks Outrage Over Mulvaney Comments With T-Shirts (ZH) • UK PM Sends Unsigned Request For Brexit Delay (BBC) • Brexit Delay And Election Better Than Johnson’s Deal – Farage (R.)

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Oct 192019
 
 October 19, 2019  Posted by at 7:48 pm Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , ,  16 Responses »
Energy vs DNA

Rembrandt van Rijn Landscape With the Rest on the Flight into Egypt 1647   Hmm, energy. Is it a good idea I be drawn back into the subject? We used to do so much on the topic, Nicole Foss and I, in the first years of The Automatic Earth, and before that at the brilliant Oil Drum, where we had all those equally brilliant oil professionals to guide us on. So why revisit it? Well, for one thing, because a

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Oct 192019
 
Debt Rattle October 19 2019

Paul Gauguin Schooner and three masters 1886   • Twitter War Breaks Out Between Tulsi Gabbard And Hillary Clinton (ZH) • Green Party Torches Hillary Clinton For Claiming Jill Stein Is ‘Totally’ a Russian Asset • Quid Pro Nothing: Trump Accusers Don’t Care About The Facts (NYPost Ed.) • The Fatal Loop of Recursivity (Kunstler) • US Energy Secretary Will Not Comply With Democrats’ Impeachment Probe (R.) • Brexit Vote Could Be Delayed After Move By MPs To Prevent No-Deal

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Oct 182019
 
 October 18, 2019  Posted by at 9:10 am Finance Tagged with: , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  9 Responses »
Debt Rattle October 18 2019

Salvador Dali The three pines 1919   • McConnell: Senate Impeachment Trial ‘As Soon As Thanksgiving’ (ZH) • Trump Florida Golf Course To Host G7 Summit (BBC) • Turkey To Suspend Syria Offensive, Mike Pence Announces (BBC) • Washington is Wrong Once Again – Kurds Join Assad to Defend Syria (Ron Paul) • Media And Pundits Misread The ‘Everyone Wins’ Plan For Syria (MoA) • UK Agrees To Best Of Worst Possible Brexit Deals (MW) • EU Leaves Door Open

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Oct 172019
 
Debt Rattle October 17 2019

Salvador Dali Sick Boy (Self-portrait in Cadaqués) 1923   • Pelosi, Trump Exchange ‘Meltdown’ Barbs Over Meeting On US Policy In Syria (R.) • The Russian Masterpiece in Syria: Everyone Wins (Pieraccini) • Everybody Betraying Everybody in Syria (Fuller) • Schiff Pushed Volker To Say Ukraine Felt Pressure From Trump (WE) • One Person Is Missing In The Dems’ Impeachment Inquiry: The Whistleblower (R.) • Wait for It (Kunstler) • Michael Flynn Lawyer Seeks Data From Joseph Mifsud Phones (Ross)

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