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
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• ‘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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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