Rembrandt van Rijn Self portrait with tousled hair 1629 If you ask me, this is brilliant, but I know you’re not asking me. Still, what I’m reading today is genius. That is, Donald Trump and his people have found a way to communicate with Vladimir Putin and his people while the entire crew that’s listening in to his talks with foreign leaders were doing something else, whatever that may be. The overall impression of Trump’s order to redeploy an
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Paul Gauguin A seashore 1887 • Trump Tells Turkey To Stop Its Syria Invasion (R.) • ‘You’ve Been Duped By Spooks & Terrorists’ (RT) • Bernie Wants You to Own More of the Means of Production (Jac.) • No Choice But To Invest In Oil, Shell CEO Says (R.) • New German Rules Leave 5G Telecoms Door Open To Huawei (R.) • James Comey Is Swimming In Cash (BI) • Ghislaine Maxwell’s Open Secret (Webb) • Behind Hong Kong’s
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Salvador Dali Self portrait (Figueres) 1921 An article from long term Automatic Earth contributor Alexander Aston, who feels very strongly about the topic. Personally, I have many more questions left. It’s easy to say Trump abandoned the Kurds, and everybody says just that, but because they all do I ask myself if that is really what happened. It’s an ugly situation alright, but would it have been prefereable if US soldiers had stayed in Syria indefinitely? I’m looking
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Martin Johnson Heade Thunderstorm on Narragansett Bay 1868 • 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 Out Post-Brexit Law And Order Drive In Queen’s Speech (R.) • China 9-Month
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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) • 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>) • Labour Will Stop No-Deal Brexit ‘Whatever It Takes’ – Starmer (G.)
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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) • US Lawmakers Press Again For Stronger Trump Action On Turkey (R.) • In Memoriam: Reality (Kunstler) • Boeing Board Strips CEO Of Chairman Title Amid 737 MAX Crisis (R.) • Facebook’s Libra Currency Abandoned By Major Financial
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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) • Explosions Rock Iranian Tanker Near
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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) • Boris Johnson Facing No-Deal Brexit Cabinet Rebellion (R.) • EU May Offer To Extend Deadline For Brexit Deal To June (G.) • Brexit Is A Necessary Crisis, Reveals Britain’s True Place In The World
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