Byron In Chinatown, Pell Street, New York 1900 • To Make America Great Again, Write Off The Private Debt (Steve Keen) • Asian Markets Soar, Nikkei Rockets Close To 7% (CNBC) • Dow Closes Up 250 Points; Financials Surge After Trump Election Upset (CNBC) • The Jig Is Up: America’s Voters Just Fired Their Ruling Elites (Stockman) • Thousands Protest Trump Win Around US (BBG) • White House Won’t Rule Out Pardon to Protect Clinton From Trump (BBG) • Trump
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Javier Juén 2016 • Donald Trump Wins White House in Astonishing Victory (AP) • Global Markets Roiled as Trump Election Win Upends Forecasts (BBG) • Putin Congratulates Trump, Hopes To Work On International Issues (RT) • World Leaders Brace Themselves For Trump Presidency (G.) • Canada Immigration Website Crashes As Trump’s US Election Lead Grows (G.) • Donald Trump’s Victory Is Nothing Short Of A Revolution (G.) • Toronto Million-Dollar Homes Pushing Demand to Nearby Cities (BBG) • India Abolishes
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Joe Schwartz/Jewish Museum May Day Parade, New York City 1936 Neither candidate in the US presidential election has had many specifics to offer on their economic ideas and projected policies, and that may be a smart move for both. If only because none of the two has indicated any real understanding of what awaits America as per November 9. And I don’t mean where the stock markets will be tomorrow morning, or the price of gold, though short term volatility
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DPC Engineer at his post, Michigan Central RR 1904 • US Stocks Have Best Day Since March On Clinton Relief Rally (MW) • Investors Aren’t Ready to Dump Their Trump-Upset Hedges (BBG) • Options Price In One of Biggest Stock Moves on Record for US Election (BBG) • Vote As If Your Life Depended On It… Because It Does (Zuesse) • What’s Driving The Recent Slump In US Imports? (WS) • Portrait of the American Debt Slave, as of Q3
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NPC Auto wreck, Washington, DC April 1917 • Betting Sites See Record Wagering On US Presidential Election (R.) • When Might We Know Who Won? Potentially Hours Earlier Than Usual (BBG) • Could Trump Or Clinton Face Impeachment As President? (John Crudele) • This Election Has Disgraced the Entire Profession of Journalism (Silverstein) • Much More Than Trump (Repost), by Robert Gore • Private Capital Allocation As Inefficient As In Great Depression (Beversdorf) • Housing ‘Wealth Creation’ Leads To National
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Ryan Redhawk Standing Rock 2016 • David Stockman Warns Both Trump And Clinton Could Lead To 25% Sell-Off (CNBC) • Election Chaos Fears Have Preppers Stockpiling Survival Food (CNBC) • Exposing John Podesta (TeleSur) • The Secret World of the US Election: Julian Assange Talks to John Pilger (RT) • California Secession Group To Meet At State Capitol Day After Election (SFG) • Tech Is Disrupting All Before It – Even Democracy Is In Its Sights (Cadwalladr) • China Premier
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Harris&Ewing House-Capitol tunnel, Washington, DC Feb 3 1939 • S&P 500 Down For 9th Straight Day; Longest Losing Streak In 36 Years (R.) • FB, AMZN, NFLX, GOOGL Stocks Lose Over $100 Billion In A Week (ZH) • Americans Not In Labor Force Surge By 425,000 To 94,609,000 (ZH) • Theresa May Told To Act To Calm Brexit ‘Mob’ Anger (G.) • Assange: ‘Clinton and ISIS Funded By Same Money’ (Ind.) • Many More Voters Think Hillary Actions Illegal, Trump
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DPC Madison Street east from Fifth Avenue, Chicago Sep 1 1900 • Both US Parties Need to Worry About Poverty (BBG) • The End of a Great Industrial Power: France Car Production Collapses (Gef.) • The Sad Case Of Japan Should Serve As A Warning For China (BBG) • China Faces Looming Bulge in Currency Pressure (WSJ) • Egypt Central Bank Devalues Currency By 48% In Exchange For IMF Loan (AlJ.) • ‘The FBI Is Trumpland’: Anti-Clinton Atmosphere Spurred Leaks
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London 1877 Amidst the epic flood of political statements and media commentary that keeps on rolling in and on, there’s something that doesn’t seem to occur to most people, and it should. That is, the unfortunate but apparently inevitable discussion about all the unfortunate and/or illegal things that either candidate may or may not have done, must be seen in the light of the capacity in which -perceived- errors or even crimes are committed. It is essential to this
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Lewis Wickes Hine Berrie pickers, Seaford, Delaware. ’17 children and 5 elders live here’ 1910 • S&P 500 Logs Longest Losing Streak Since 2011 (CNBC) • EU Plans New Rules To Cap US, UK’s £440bn Per Day Derivatives Business (Ind.) • Vancouver Home Sales Plunge 39% as New Rules Chill Market (BBG) • Clinton Foundation Case Moving Towards “Likely an Indictment” (RCP) • Obama Slams FBI Over New Hillary Clinton Emails (MJ) • Secret Recordings Fueled FBI Feud in Clinton
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