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Debt Rattle December 7 2024

Dec 072024

December 7, 2024 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:40 am Finance Tagged with: Bezos, Eric Adams, financial center, Hegseth, Idlib, Kash Patel, Orban, pardon, Romania, Trump 80 Responses »

Johannes Vermeer Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window 1657-59 • Not a Joke (James Howard Kunstler) • Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Biden’s Pardon Of His Son Hunter (JTN) • Trump Confident About Getting Pete Hegseth Confirmed As Defense Secretary (JTN) • National Police Association Strongly Endorses Kash Patel For FBI Director (JTN) • NYC Mayor Eric Adams Hints At Switch To Republican Party (ZH) • Jeff Bezos Expresses Optimism About Trump’s Deregulation Agenda, Offers to Help (ET) •

Debt Rattle December 6 2024

Dec 062024

December 6, 2024 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:23 am Finance Tagged with: arctic, David Sacks, Hegseth, impoundment, Lavrov, Syria, Trump, Tucker Carlson, Tulsi Gabbard 73 Responses »

Gerard Dou A woman playing a clavichord 1665 • Trump Has Two Years To Push His Biggest Policies Through – Gingrich (JTN) • What the Trump Nominees Have Not Done—And Will Not Do (Victor Davis Hanson) • Trump Sticks With Hegseth As Ernst, Others Reportedly Eye Pentagon Post (JTN) • Trump Appoints David Sacks As New ‘White House AI & Crypto Czar’ (JTN) • Tulsi Gabbard A ‘Regular Reader’ of RT – ABC News (RT) • Impoundment, For Lack

Debt Rattle December 5 2024

Dec 052024

December 5, 2024 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:33 am Finance Tagged with: Baerbock, Caligula, conscription, draft, Eric Adams, Hegseth, Malta, pardon, Preemptive Pardons 87 Responses »

Johannes Vermeer The lacemaker 1669-71 • The Incitatus Precedent and The Caligula Cure (Helmer) • Trump’s Wild Bunch Is Ready for Action (Miele) • The Pocket Pardon and the Final Corruption of the Biden Administration (Turley) • Rep. Gosar: Joe’s Pardon of Hunter Unmasks ‘Biden Family Crime Syndicate’ (Sp.) • Trump Lawyers Citing Hunter Biden Pardon As New Precedent (RT) • Fauci, Schiff, Liz Cheney May Receive ‘Preemptive Pardons’ (ZH) • NYC Mayor Vows To Work With Trump On

Debt Rattle December 4 2024

Dec 042024

December 4, 2024 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:05 am Finance Tagged with: California, COVID, Fani Willis, FBI, Georgia, Government Gangsters, Kash Patel, MSNBC, NATO, pardon, second front, Syria 66 Responses »

Johannes Vermeer The geographer 1668-69 • FBI Agents Back Kash Patel As Next Director: ‘He’s the right fix’ (JTN) • The Government Gangsters (Glenn Beck) • Tucker Carlson Claims US Embassy Has Muted Zelensky (RT) • Trump Offers Canada Chance To Join US (RT) • Joe Biden Cloaks His Legacy in Infamy With the Hunter Biden Pardon (Turley) • In Pardoning His Own Son, Biden Argues That US Justice Sucks (Marsden) • “Trump-Proofing” California Could Be a Costly Option

Debt Rattle December 3 2024

Dec 032024

December 3, 2024 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:06 am Finance Tagged with: blob, currency reserves, Elon Musk, Hunter Biden, Kallas, NATO, OpenAI, Orwell, pardon, Syria, Trump 64 Responses »

Johannes Vermeer The astronomer c1668 • Trump And Musk Are Ready To Shake Up America (Ryumshin) • Delaware Judge Rejects (Again) Musk’s $56 Billion Pay-Package (ZH) • Musk Again Asks To Block OpenAI’s “Illegal” Conversion To For-Profit Model (CT) • Special Counsel Rejects Hunter Biden’s Pardon (ZH) • The Pardon (Paul Craig Roberts) • The Blob Has a Migraine (Kunstler) • The Democratic Diaspora (Turley) • West Won’t Return Russia’s Currency Reserves – Top Banker (RT) • The Long

Debt Rattle December 2 2024

Dec 022024

December 2, 2024 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:35 am Finance Tagged with: arctic warfare, Assange, COP29, desertions, FCC, Gorka, Hunter Biden, Kash Patel, Netanyahu, pardon, Trudeau, Trump 57 Responses »

Rembrandt van Rijn Man with a falcon on his wrist (possibly St. Bavo) 1661 • Joe Biden Pardons His Son Hunter (RT) • Trump Slams ‘Shocking’ Pardon of Hunter Biden (RT) • US Reps Urge Biden For Full Pardon Of Julian Assange (Antiwar) • Who is Kash Patel, Trump’s Pick to Head the FBI? (Sp.) • Kash Patel’s Prescription For Ailing FBI: Accountability, House Cleaning (JTN) • Ukraine’s Military Dead ‘Have Already Won’ – Zelensky (RT) • Ukrainian Military

Debt Rattle December 1 2024

Dec 012024

December 1, 2024 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:40 am Finance Tagged with: deportations, desertions, DOGE, FBI, Joe Rogan, Kash Patel, Pam Bondi, Scott Jennings, tariffs, Trump 47 Responses »

Caravaggio Adoration of the Shepherds 1609 • Trump Nominates Kash Patel For FBI Director (ZH) • Pam Bondi To Visit Capitol Hill Next Week, Joining Musk, Ramaswamy (JTN) • A Top Priority for DOGE: Decentralizing the Federal Government (AmG) • Schedule F – Trump’s Plan A for Emptying the Swamp (Donner) • Mexico, Canada Cozy Up To Trump Amid Tariff Threats, China Goes It Alone (JTN) • Trump Threatens BRICS (RT) • Democrat Mayors Say They Will Use Police

Debt Rattle November 30 2024

Nov 302024

November 30, 2024 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:00 am Finance Tagged with: ceasefire, DOGE, efficiency, Epps, escalation, hot phase, NATO, net zero, Trump, Ukraine, yuan 47 Responses »

Rembrandt van Rijn The Adoration of the Magi 1634 • What Part of Mandate Don’t You Understand? (James Howard Kunstler) • West Plotting To ‘Occupy’ Ukraine – Russian Intel (RT) • Lights Out In The Ukraine, In General Kellogg’s Brain Too (Helmer) • Zelensky Offers To End ‘Hot Phase’ Of War In Exchange For NATO Membership (ZH) • Deaths of Western Fighters In Ukraine Is ‘Dangerous Escalation’ – Orban (RT) • Boris Johnson Calls For NATO Troops On The

Debt Rattle November 29 2024

Nov 292024

November 29, 2024 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 10:35 am Finance Tagged with: draft, Elon Musk, lawfare, Mexico, Oreshnik, Putin, Redskins, retaliation, Sky News, Trump, wokeism, Zuckerberg 61 Responses »

Mattia Preti The Adoration of the Shepherds 1660-99 • Trump Is ‘Not Safe’ – Putin (RT) • Putin: Oreshnik Saved For A Rainy Day (Helmer) • Trump May Be Oreshniked On Ukraine Even Before He Gets To China (Pepe Escobar) • Oreshnik Missiles Could Be Used To Strike Kiev – Putin (RT) • Russian General Staff Prepares Retaliation Friday-Saturday (Helmer) • Did Trump Just Solve The US-Mexico Border Crisis? (ZH) • Marc Andreessen Describes “Alarming” Meeting With Biden Admin

Debt Rattle November 27 2024

Nov 272024

November 27, 2024 Posted by Raúl Ilargi Meijer at 9:40 am Finance Tagged with: ATACMS, F-35, merkin, Omnicide Joe, Skripal, Telegram, transition team, truce, Trump 101 Responses »

Pieter Bruegel the Elder Hunters in the snow 1565 Note: Tomorrow’s a travel day, so probably no Debt Rattle. Hope to be back Nov 29, but no guarantee. I can barely walk, which makes traveling very difficult. • Trump Transition Team Signs Modified White House Agreement (CTH) • Israeli-Hezbollah Truce Takes Effect (RT) • Ukraine Could Be Pushed Into Negotiations ‘Within Months’ – WaPo (RT) • EU Spy Agencies Fear End of Ukraine Conflict –

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