work by Jiwoon Pak
Friday, March 30, 2018
Have An Excellent Holiday Weekend
Enjoy the holiday weekend, see you bright and early Monday morning.
work by Jiwoon Pak
work by Jiwoon Pak
Working Under Trump
Politico: Federal workers spill on life in Trump’s Washington - From marital strife to high anxiety, civil servants reveal how the Trump administration has changed agency life. By ANDREW RESTUCCIA
...morale at other agencies is so low that some employees said they were suffering from increased anxiety and depression that has complicated their personal relationships and even led to heavier drinking.
Trafficking
Guardian UK: Scrubbed clean: why a certain kind of sex is vanishing from the internet
...online sex trafficking...
Fixing Stupid
NY Times: Actually, You Can Fix Stupid By Timothy Egan
But one of the great surprises of the Trump era is the renaissance of civic engagement — at a level of urgency not seen in half a century. It’s a reaction to severe stress on democracy; Trump is both the cause, and leading symptom, of that stress.
Coffee
USA Today: Coffee must carry cancer warning label, California judge rules
One is acrylamide, a carcinogen present in coffee.
The Market Is Closed Today
Wall Street is closed today, March 30th, in observance of Good Friday. Trading resumes on Monday.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Splinter
Character
NY Times: Character Should Still Matter
What a crock of shit.
Mike Pence told a crowd at the Living Word Bible Church in Mesa, Ariz.:
“I’m old enough to remember back in the last Clinton administration where America really had a debate over whether character mattered to the presidency. We don’t need to have that debate again. We don’t need to have that debate again. Character matters to the presidency and Donald Trump will bring the highest level of integrity to the highest office in the land. You can count on it.”
What a crock of shit.
Damning News
NY Times: Trump’s Lawyer Raised Prospect of Pardons for Flynn and Manafort By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, JO BECKER, MARK MAZZETTI, MAGGIE HABERMAN and ADAM GOLDMAN
The discussions came as the special counsel was building cases against both men, and they raise questions about whether the lawyer, John Dowd, who resigned last week, was offering pardons to influence their decisions about whether to plead guilty and cooperate in the investigation.
The Market On Thursday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +74 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: A wild quarter; New trading giant; 1 year to Brexit by Ivana Kottasová
CNN: A wild quarter; New trading giant; 1 year to Brexit by Ivana Kottasová
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Wim Hof
This man does a special breathing technique that let's him sit in ice water for 2 hours. Somehow he speeds up his metabolism.
Sabotage
NY Times: The Trump Administration Sabotages the Census By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
In a last-minute move that would give Republicans an advantage in maintaining control of the House of Representatives, the Trump administration is reinstating a question about citizenship to the 2020 census.
The Market On Wednesday
At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are +17 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open slightly higher.
CNN: Stocks drop; Tech pain; Trouble at Facebook by Ivana Kottasová
CNN: Stocks drop; Tech pain; Trouble at Facebook by Ivana Kottasová
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Silence
Lifehack: Science Says Silence Is Much More Important To Our Brains Than We Think by Rebecca Beris
The scientists discovered that when the mice were exposed to two hours of silence per day they developed new cells in the hippocampus. The hippocampus is a region of the brain associated with memory, emotion and learning.
Lewd Degenerate
NY Times: Stormy Daniels Spanks Trump Again by Michelle Goldberg
...there is broad consensus that Donald Trump is a lewd degenerate...
Thug Of The Unitied States
NY Times: All the President’s Thugs By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
If you keep messing “with Mr. Trump,” the caller said, using more pungent language, “we know where you live and we’re going to your house for your wife and kids.” The F.B.I. found that the call was made from a telephone booth across from the Ed Sullivan Theater, just before Mr. Trump was a guest on the “Late Show With David Letterman” there.
The Market On Tuesday
At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are +102 and the price of oil is up. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: The US needs to borrow almost $300 billion this week by Matt Egan
CNN: The US needs to borrow almost $300 billion this week by Matt Egan
Monday, March 26, 2018
War
NY Times: Donald Trump: Man at War by Charles M. Blow
As the personal threat to him grows, his threat to the country grows.
The Market On Monday
At 9:20 a.m. ET the DOW is +294 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: Dow set to climb 300 points as trade war fears cool by Nathaniel Meyersohn
CNN: Dow set to climb 300 points as trade war fears cool by Nathaniel Meyersohn
Friday, March 23, 2018
The Manifesto
Guardian UK: Parkland students guest edit Guardian US - Our manifesto to fix America's gun laws
Ban semi-automatic weapons that fire high-velocity rounds
Ban accessories that simulate automatic weapons
Establish a database of gun sales and universal background checks
Change privacy laws to allow mental healthcare providers to communicate with law enforcement
Close gun show and secondhand sales loopholes
Allow the CDC to make recommendations for gun reform
Raise the firearm purchase age to 21
Dedicate more funds to mental health research and professionals
Increase funding for school security
Dangerous
NY Times: Yes, John Bolton Really Is That Dangerous By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
He has argued for attacking North Korea to neutralize the threat of its nuclear weapons, which could set off a horrific war costing thousands of lives.
The Market On Friday
At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are -17 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open modestly lower.
CNN: London's stock market is the world's worst this year by Alanna Petroff
CNN: London's stock market is the world's worst this year by Alanna Petroff
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Fingertips
The Telegraph: One in ten people who have never used cocaine have traces on fingertips
...an estimated 4.4 lbs, roughly 80,000 lines of coke ends up in the River Thames each day via the sewage system. Italy’s Po river in Milan was found to have double that amount.
Worry
NY Times: Trump’s Talk Worries Me, Like the Talk Before the Iraq War by Nicholas Kristof
The basic problem: There’s almost no chance that North Korea will agree to the kind of verifiable denuclearization that Trump talks about. Then the danger is that if a summit collapses, there’s no room to restart the process with lower-level diplomats. At that point, the risk of military conflict soars because all alternatives seem exhausted.
The Market On Thursday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are -302 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: China tariffs; Zuckerberg apology; Nike earnings by Alanna Petroff
CNN: China tariffs; Zuckerberg apology; Nike earnings by Alanna Petroff
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Stormy
NY Times: The Calm Before the Stormy by Frank Bruni
He doesn’t want to give her any extra motivation to speak out and describe whatever happened between them in a negative light.
Congratulations
NY Times: Trump Congratulates Putin, but Doesn’t Mention Meddling in U.S. By MARK LANDLER
“We had a very good call..."
The Market On Wednesday
At 9:20 a.m. DOW futures are -35 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Fed focus; Facebook in crisis; General Mills earnings by Alanna Petroff
CNN: Fed focus; Facebook in crisis; General Mills earnings by Alanna Petroff
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Joe Quotes
SF Gate: Trump is reportedly hiring conspiracy theorist for his legal team. Here's what diGenova has said.
(The Mueller Investigation is) "a brazen plot to illegally exonerate Hillary Clinton and, if she didn't win the election, to then frame Donald Trump with a falsely created crime." ""Make no mistake about it: A group of FBI and DOJ people were trying to frame Donald Trump of a falsely created crime..."
Horrifying
Guardian UK: 'Utterly horrifying': ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine
Hundreds of millions of Facebook users are likely to have had their private information harvested by companies that exploited the same terms as the firm that collected data and passed it on to Cambridge Analytica, according to a new whistleblower.
Zombies
NY Times: Trump and Trade and Zombies by Paul Krugman
Trade surpluses are often a sign of weakness, trade deficits sometimes a sign of strength...
Cambridge Analytica
NY Times: Facebook Leaves Its Users’ Privacy Vulnerable By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
...revelations that manipulative characters exploited the vulnerabilities of its platform during the 2016 election to put Donald Trump in the White House.
The Market On Tuesday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are -8 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open slightly lower.
CNN: Facebook fallout; Alwaleed speaks; FedEx earnings by Charles Riley
CNN: Facebook fallout; Alwaleed speaks; FedEx earnings by Charles Riley
Monday, March 19, 2018
How To Find The Multiverse
The Telegraph: Stephen Hawking's 'breathtaking' final multiverse theory completed two weeks before he died
...groundbreaking mathematics needed for a spacecraft to find traces of multiple big bangs.
Un-American
NY Times: Trump: The Un-American President by Charles M. Blow
When caught in the lie, Trump did what Trump does: Repeats the lie, louder, stronger, and more stridently.
Trump Will
It's looking like Trump will work to fire Mueller. Hold onto your hats.
NY Times: Trump Assails Mueller, Drawing Rebukes From Republicans By PETER BAKER
NY Times: Trump Assails Mueller, Drawing Rebukes From Republicans By PETER BAKER
But Mr. Rosenstein said as recently as last week that he sees no justification for firing Mr. Mueller, meaning that he would either have to change his mind or be removed himself.
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are -138 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: Trump's tariffs to be debated in the land of protectionism: Argentina by Patrick Gillespie
CNN: Trump's tariffs to be debated in the land of protectionism: Argentina by Patrick Gillespie
Friday, March 16, 2018
Ever So Slightly Wiser
NY Times: Voters May Be Wising Up by Paul Krugman
...people like Ryan barely waited for the ink on the tax bill to dry before proclaiming that social programs must be cut to reduce the budget deficit the tax cuts will do so much to inflate.
Cyberattacks
NY Times: Cyberattacks Put Russian Fingers on the Switch at Power Plants, U.S. Says By NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGER
The Trump administration accused Russia on Thursday of engineering a series of cyberattacks that targeted American and European nuclear power plants and water and electric systems, and could have sabotaged or shut power plants off at will.
The Market On Friday
At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +17 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open modestly higher.
CNN: The stunning downfall of Bear Stearns and its bridge-playing CEO by Matt Egan
CNN: The stunning downfall of Bear Stearns and its bridge-playing CEO by Matt Egan
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Seasoned
Season two, episode two of ‘Trumped’
Ivanka and Jared hire a medium to talk with ghosts at 666 5th Ave, meanwhile Middle Eastern sheiks try to gain favors with Donald Sr by giving Jared millions. Baron’s school writes a letter to Baron’s dad worried about a school shooting. Melania’s new Pilates trainer reveals a personal secret. Don Jr.’s wife files for divorce. Donald Sr. admits he lies to world leaders as his close allies rally around worried about Donald's flirtation with a porn star. The New York Times has surprising news about Donald Sr. and Russia.
Ivanka and Jared hire a medium to talk with ghosts at 666 5th Ave, meanwhile Middle Eastern sheiks try to gain favors with Donald Sr by giving Jared millions. Baron’s school writes a letter to Baron’s dad worried about a school shooting. Melania’s new Pilates trainer reveals a personal secret. Don Jr.’s wife files for divorce. Donald Sr. admits he lies to world leaders as his close allies rally around worried about Donald's flirtation with a porn star. The New York Times has surprising news about Donald Sr. and Russia.
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