Michelangelo - The Torment of Saint Anthony
Friday, August 30, 2019
Weekend!
Have an excellent holiday weekend. See you bright and early Tuesday morning.
Michelangelo - The Torment of Saint Anthony
Michelangelo - The Torment of Saint Anthony
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Politico: Trump's personal assistant fired after comments about Ivanka, Tiffany By DANIEL LIPPMAN
...the president did not like being in pictures with Tiffany because he perceived her as overweight.
...Trump couldn’t pick Tiffany out of a crowd...
Trump’s Personal Assistant Madeleine Westerhout
NY Times: Trump’s Personal Assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, Shared Intimate Details of First Family By Katie Rogers, Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman
At an off-the-record dinner and several rounds of drinks with reporters two weeks ago during the president’s working vacation in Bedminster, N.J., she shared personal details about the president and his family.
Here We Go Again
Washington Post: Alabama’s Republican governor apologizes for wearing blackface in college, refuses to resign
LaRavia, chortling as he described Ivey’s outfit, said she wore blue coveralls, “and she had put some black paint all over her face.”
Indeed
Washington Post: ‘A black vote for Trump is mental illness,’ sign outside Baptist church declares By Kayla Epstein
“God motivates me to take a stand for what’s right,” New Era Baptist Church’s pastor, Michael Jordan, told WTVM 13. “Read the Bible. And look in the White House. If they’re calling me a racist, look in the White House.”
Kashmir
NY Times: Imran Khan: The World Can’t Ignore Kashmir. We Are All in Danger. If the world does nothing to stop the Indian assault on Kashmir and its people, two nuclear-armed states will get ever closer to a direct military confrontation. By Imran Khan - Mr. Khan is the prime minister of Pakistan.
We were up against a “New India,” which is governed by leaders and a party that are the products of the Hindu supremacist mother ship, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or the R.S.S.
Scrap It
NY Times: Fix the Electoral College — Or Scrap It - “Faithless electors” are the least of its problems. By The Editorial Board
What most people don’t realize is that the winner-take-all rule exists nowhere in the Constitution. It’s a pure creation of the states. They can award their electors by congressional district, as Maine and Nebraska do, or in proportion to the state’s popular vote, as several states have considered.
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 9:05 a.m. ET DOW futures are +146 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: August was a month to forget for investors. September may be little better By Julia Horowitz
CNN: August was a month to forget for investors. September may be little better By Julia Horowitz
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Ha!
O.M.G.!
Washington Post: ‘I don’t think this president has lied’: Trump aide denies he’s ever misled the public
Washington Post: ‘I don’t think this president has lied’: Trump aide denies he’s ever misled the public
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are +237 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: Stocks get ready to rally on trade hopes By Anneken Tappe
CNN: Stocks get ready to rally on trade hopes By Anneken Tappe
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Dave Chappelle
I watched 'Sticks and Stones' recently on Netflix and it is f-ing great. Chappelle is the comedian of our times. He's the best of the best.
The Atlantic: The Fear in Dave Chappelle’s New Special - The comic’s Netflix show continues a chapter of work that whiffs less of irreverence than of irritation and unease. by Hannah Giorgis
The Atlantic: The Fear in Dave Chappelle’s New Special - The comic’s Netflix show continues a chapter of work that whiffs less of irreverence than of irritation and unease. by Hannah Giorgis
Return
I'm wondering what might happen when Trump supporters see Trump's returns, will they cry 'Fake News'.
Market Watch: Deutsche Bank reveals it has Trump’s tax returns sought by House Democrats
Market Watch: Deutsche Bank reveals it has Trump’s tax returns sought by House Democrats
'The River And The Wall'
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I viewed this film last week. The film does a great job of pointing out how impractical and absurd it would be to build a wall along the Southwest border.
I viewed this film last week. The film does a great job of pointing out how impractical and absurd it would be to build a wall along the Southwest border.
Walsh
NY Times: The Joe Walsh Challenge - Would I speak out against the former Tea Party congressman, now that he was running against Trump? Here goes. By Peter Wehner
...Mr. Trump’s right-wing supporters cheerfully defend him under any and all circumstances, regardless of the fact that the president’s rhetoric is pathologically dishonest, dehumanizing, cruel, crude, racist and misogynistic. There’s a word for what Trump supporters are doing here: hypocrisy.
Loco
NY Times: Donald Trump Has Worn Us All Out - And maybe our exhaustion spells his end. By Frank Bruni
He’s so enterprising and assiduous at pointing the finger elsewhere that many voters have lost their bearings. Defeat is victory. Oppressors are liberators. Corruption is caring. Mar-a-Loco is Shangri-La.
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 9:10 a.m. ET DOW futures are -55 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: Gold gets a boost. Nothing like uncertainty to send investors scrambling By Julia Horowitz
CNN: Gold gets a boost. Nothing like uncertainty to send investors scrambling By Julia Horowitz
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Diet
NY Times: Our Food Is Killing Too Many of Us - Improving American nutrition would make the biggest impact on our health care. By Dariush Mozaffarian and Dan Glickman
Poor diet is the leading cause of mortality in the United States, causing more than half a million deaths per year. Just 10 dietary factors are estimated to cause nearly 1,000 deaths every day from heart disease, stroke and diabetes alone. These conditions are dizzyingly expensive.
Literally Out Of His Mind
Washington Post: Sixty-eight minutes in Biarritz: A glimpse into Trump’s unorthodox mind
His assertion that China is itching to strike a compromise has been contradicted by multiple reports and Chinese officials. When Fox News reporter John Roberts expressed skepticism, Trump forged ahead by saying the Chinese had been working behind the scenes.
Break
NY Times: My Final Break With the Trump State Department - What is there left to defend to foreign audiences, other than a promise that we’re a democracy and that there are future elections to come? By Bethany Milton - Ms. Milton is a former Foreign Service officer.
... I then watched the administration lurch even further these past two years toward a worldview characterized by bigotry, fear and small-minded chauvinism.
Farmers
NY Times: Farmers’ Frustration With Trump Grows as U.S. Escalates China Fight By Alan Rappeport
More than a year into the trade dispute, sales of American soybeans, pork, wheat and other agricultural products to China have dried up as Beijing retaliates against Mr. Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports.
Monday, August 26, 2019
Unfit
CNN: The hardest Trump story for the press to cover: His fitness for the job - Analysis by Brian Stelter
"Republicans need to face the fact that the president is mentally unstable and psychologically unfit..."
Core
Get Pocket: A List Of 8 Core Values I Live By - Our values matter not because of how we are perceived, but because of how they define our character and set us apart from all others. by Darius Foroux
Own your actions, mistakes, and current life situation.
Rotten
Guardian UK: Something rotten? Trump's state over Denmark at heart of a madcap week
“I think it is demonstrable that he is getting worse. I think that the continuous verbal aphasias, the lack of coherence, the obvious anger, the sort of inability to conform his affects to the times and places he is appearing have led a lot of people who have been observing him for a while now to note that he is in a very new phase of his behaviour and it’s not one that lends a lot of confidence that Donald Trump is a well man.”
Nice Or Nasty
NY Times: Trump’s Paradigm of the Personal - He confuses the way he thinks he is treated with the well-being of the country. By Charles M. Blow
Everything in Trump’s view is about whether someone is nice or nasty to him. It’s not about the country at all. It’s not about historical precedent or value of continuity.
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 8:50 a.m. ET DOW futures are +196 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: How the Fed is helping Trump fight his trade war By Julia Horowitz
CNN: How the Fed is helping Trump fight his trade war By Julia Horowitz
Friday, August 23, 2019
Yawn
Washington Post: A majority of House Democrats want to open an impeachment inquiry into Trump By JM Rieger, Amber Phillips and Kevin Schaul
...132 House Democrats say they support at least opening an impeachment inquiry...
'Hereby Ordered'
Great Leader "ordered" American companies to no longer deal with China. The man is completely out of his mind. This is serious.
Amazon On Fire
Guardian UK: Amazon rainforest fires: global leaders urged to divert Brazil from 'suicide' path - Experts say international pressure may be only way to sway Bolsonaro government
International pressure may be the only way to stop the Brazilian government from taking a “suicide” path in the Amazon, one of the country’s most respected scientists has said, as the world’s biggest rainforest continues to be ravaged by thousands of deliberate fires.
Electoral Votes
NY Times: Electoral College Members Can Defy Voters’ Wishes, Court Rules By Trip Gabriel
In a ruling that kicks at the foundation of how America chooses presidents, a federal appeals court on Tuesday said members of the Electoral College, who cast the actual votes for president, may choose whomever they please regardless of a state’s popular vote.
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 8:55 a.m. ET DOW futures are -137 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: Dow futures slide as trade fears overshadow Federal Reserve moves By Anneken Tappe
CNN: Dow futures slide as trade fears overshadow Federal Reserve moves By Anneken Tappe
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Blasphemous
No doubt come November 2020, Jay Lowder will vote for Trump.
Washington Post: I’m an evangelist and a Trump voter. But Trump as the ‘second coming of God’ is blasphemous.
Washington Post: I’m an evangelist and a Trump voter. But Trump as the ‘second coming of God’ is blasphemous.
Do Not Approve
The Oregonian: Donald Trump’s approval rating collapses in new poll, boosting rumor he wants Nikki Haley as 2020 running mate
AP News: AP-NORC poll: 62% disapprove of how Trump’s handling his job
AP News: AP-NORC poll: 62% disapprove of how Trump’s handling his job
Just 36% of Americans approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president
Faux News
I'm sure we can count on Sarah to offer an honest and non partisan view - absolutely never.
CNN: Sarah Sanders becomes the latest ex-Trump official to join Fox News By Oliver Darcy
CNN: Sarah Sanders becomes the latest ex-Trump official to join Fox News By Oliver Darcy
Danish History
Since Great Leader is going after Denmark, let's take a look at Danish history.
History: Why 90 Percent of Danish Jews Survived the Holocaust - Denmark is the only nation in Western Europe that saved most of its Jewish population from the Nazis. by Erin Blakemore
History: Why 90 Percent of Danish Jews Survived the Holocaust - Denmark is the only nation in Western Europe that saved most of its Jewish population from the Nazis. by Erin Blakemore
The Second Coming
NY Times: Trump Goes Godly - The man in the White House thinks he’s a miracle. By Gail Collins
(Trump said) - “China has total respect for Donald Trump and for Donald Trump’s very, very large brain.”
Greenland
NY Times: Trump, Greenland, Denmark. Is This Real Life? Or a Peter Sellers movie? By The Editorial Board
That the president of the United States would demonstrate such willful ignorance of how the world works, that he would treat a territory and its independent people like goods and chattel, that he would so readily damage relations with an old and important ally out of petty pique, is frightening.
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 9:25 a.m. ET DOW futures are +56 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Dow set to open higher, shrugging off recession warning sign By Anneken Tappe
CNN: Dow set to open higher, shrugging off recession warning sign By Anneken Tappe
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Parkland
Washington Post: Parkland students unveil sweeping gun-control proposal and hope for a youth voting surge in 2020
The Peace Plan would create a national licensing and gun registry, long a nonstarter with gun rights advocates; ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines; implement a mandatory gun buyback program; and install a “national director of gun violence prevention” who would report directly to the president and coordinate the federal response to what advocates call a national public health emergency.
Nationalism
NY Times: How Nationalism Can Destroy a Nation - Citizens must have things in common and must also agree to forget many other things. By Lewis Hyde - Mr. Hyde is the author of “A Primer for Forgetting.”
What must citizens forget before a nation becomes a nation? Ethnic differences, for one thing: “No French citizen knows whether he is a Burgund, an Alain, a Taifala, or a Visigoth,” Renan said.
Trump Screams Jewish Disloyalty
NY Times: Trump Accuses Jewish Democrats of ‘Great Disloyalty’ By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
President Trump said on Tuesday that any Jewish person who votes for a Democrat is guilty of ignorance or “great disloyalty,” intensifying his efforts to drive in a partisan wedge over religion and support for Israel even as he appeared to draw on an anti-Semitic trope.
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 8:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +162 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: Tax cuts are back on the agenda. They're not a done deal By Julia Horowitz
CNN: Tax cuts are back on the agenda. They're not a done deal By Julia Horowitz
Results
NY Times: N.R.A. Gets Results on Gun Laws in One Phone Call With the President By Maggie Haberman, Annie Karni and Danny Hakim
President Trump spent at least 30 minutes on the phone Tuesday with Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Denmark
Trump vis a vis Twitter, canceled an upcoming trip to Denmark because, wait for it, they won't sell him Greenland. I shit you not.
Of Course
Washington Post: Of course Trump backtracks on gun reform. He lacks the courage.
"I don’t want people to forget that this is a mental-health problem. I don’t want them to forget that because it is. It’s a mental-health problem.”
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