Salvador Dali The knight of death 1934 Another article from Alexander Aston, from whom I published among other things the series Quantum, Dada and Jazz this past November. “Dulce et Decorum est” is a poem written by Wilfred Owen during World War I, and published posthumously in 1920. The Latin title is taken from Ode 3.2 of the Roman poet Horace and means “it is sweet and fitting …”. It is followed there by “pro patria
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Piet Mondriaan Trafalgar Square 1939-43 • Trump Cheers As Michael Moore Blasts ‘Frail’ Mueller (AFP) • Donald Trump Vetoes Bills Prohibiting Arms Sales To Saudi Arabia (AP) • Nothing Matters: It’s Like the Whole Market Has Gone Nuts (WS) • Mnuchin Says Amazon ‘Destroyed’ US Retail Sector (R.) • Boeing Says It Could Halt Production Of 737 Max After Grounding (G.) • Jeffrey Epstein Found Injured In Jail Cell (R.) • Embattled Governor Of Puerto Rico Resigns After Protests
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Pablo Picasso Marie-Thérèse Walter 1937 • Mueller In Last-Minute Request For Aide To Be With Him During Testimony (NBC) • Questions for Mueller (Aaron Maté) • Robert Mueller, The ‘Magician Of Omission’ On Russia (Solomon) • Mueller Deputy Andrew Weissmann’s Offer To An Oligarch Could Hurt DOJ (Solomon) • The Clown Is Crowned As The Country Burns In Hell (G.) • Deutsche Bank’s Problem Derivatives Cloud Recovery (R.) • Deutsche Bank Flagged Epstein’s Overseas Transactions To US Watchdog (CNBC)
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Odilon Redon Sunset n.d. • US Justice Department Tells Mueller To Limit Congressional Testimony (R.) • What Goes Around (Kunstler) • A Non-Hack That Raised Hillary’s Hackles (Ray McGovern)/span> • Inequality is Destroying Democratic Capitalism (Deaton) • Who Was Jeffrey Epstein Calling? (NYMag) • Chelsea Clinton Denies Ties To Jeffrey Epstein’s Alleged ‘Madam’ (MN) • UK’s May Takes Parting Shot at Putin in Desperate Diversion From Failure (SCF) • Iran Warns West Against Starting Conflict (R.) • France To
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Claude Monet Impression, sunrise 1872 • Nadler: Mueller Has Evidence Of Trump High Crimes And Misdemeanours (G.) • Trump Has Nothing To Fear From Mueller (Hill) • Boris Johnson’s Brexit Plans Under Threat From Ministers’ Resignations (G.) • Incoming Prime Minister Poses A Brexit Puzzle For Brussels (G.) • From Hammond on to Johnson – Where Next For Fiscal Policy? (PE) • Abe Fails To Get Enough Votes To Change Japan’s Pacifist Constitution (AT) • Armed Mob Violence On
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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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