Monday, August 31, 2020
Forest Bathing - Shinrin-Yoku
National Geographic: The secret to mindful travel? A walk in the woods - Visit these five destinations to practice the Japanese art of forest bathing. By Sunny Fitzgerald
...time spent immersed in nature is good for us.'Call Of The Forest' - trailer
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 7:00 a.m. ET DOW futures are +36. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway makes big bets on Japan By Laura He
Friday, August 28, 2020
Weekend!
Have an excellent weekend and see you bright and early Monday morning.
work by Gianni Berengo Gardin
The Market On Friday
CNN: China's Xpeng Motors shares pop 40% in bumper New York IPO By Sherisse Pham
Thursday, August 27, 2020
'Champion'
Salon: RNC Day 3: GOP rewrites history and praises coronavirus response as Trump wades into maskless crowd - Pence and others delivered a torrent of false claims which re-cast Trump as a pandemic hero and "champion" of women by Igor Derysh
When In Doubt, Lie
Washington Post: Republicans are lying about Biden and hoping voters are ignorant enough to believe them Opinion by Editorial Board
The Trump campaign is attempting to portray Mr. Biden and his family as neck-deep in corruption, based on allegations that have repeatedly been demonstrated to be false.
Fantasyland
Washington Post: Mike Pence appears to be living in a fantasyland Opinion by Eugene Robinson
The most he could muster was an acknowledgement that “we’re passing through a time of testing,” as though he were consoling a motorist after a fender bender.
The Market On Thursday
CNN: China's Xpeng Motors raises $1.5 billion in bumper New York IPO By Sherisse Pham
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
'Cholita'
Womensart - "Despite Indigenous Bolivians being forced to adopt European dress by historic Spanish colonialists, 'Cholita style' began to embody both cultural pride and unique artistic expression, including weaving, embroidery, and hats denoting status."
Toxic Men
Guardian UK: Men going their own way: the rise of a toxic male separatist movement by Laura Bates
The views of MGTOW are indeed unorthodox, even within the sprawling web of groups, lifestyles and cults known as the “manosphere”, where women-haters mobilise against a supposed gynocratic conspiracy. While incels plot violent revenge on women, and pickup artists (PUAs) deploy predatory tactics to “game” women into having sex with them, the men of the MGTOW attempt to eschew relationships with women altogether. They are, literally, going their own way. Far, far away from any women. At all.
Shameless
He and his loyalists will claim whatever they think they can get away with claiming. They will flout whichever rules don’t suit them. They will stage any stunt.
The Market On Wednesday
CNN: Exxon was the world's largest company in 2013. Now it's being kicked out of the Dow By Matt Egan
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Fear
Washington Post: Republicans’ ‘uplifting’ convention becomes a festival of fear Opinion by Dana Milbank
...Democrats “want to destroy this country and everything that we have fought for and hold dear. They want to steal your liberty, your freedom. They want to control what you see and think and believe so that they can control how you live. They want to enslave you to the weak, dependent, liberal victim ideology, to the point that you will not recognize this country or yourself.”
Shite Fest
Washington Post: I was promised optimism! Opinion by Jennifer Rubin
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) sounded frantic in declaring that Democrats would “disarm you, empty the prisons, lock you in your home and invite MS-13 to live next door.”
The Market On Tuesday
CNN: Major shakeup for the Dow Jones Industrial Average index: 3 new stocks join By Clare Duffy
Monday, August 24, 2020
Legal
...investigating Trump’s use of “Statements of Financial Condition” — documents Trump sent to lenders, summarizing his assets and debts.
Apalled
Social conservatives once (rightly) warned against cultural decay, the coarsening of society, vulgarity and indecency. Yet Republicans now stand four-square behind a man who is uncaring and indecent.
The Market On Monday
CNN: 18 Chinese tech stocks soar 200% as a major market relaxes its IPO rules By Laura He,
Friday, August 21, 2020
Weekend!
Rebecca 1940 directed by Alfred Hitchcock - this is the full movie
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 7:35 a.m. ET DOW futures are -40. the market is poised to open moderately lower.
CNN: Tech's magnificent seven are worth $7.7 trillion By Paul R. La Monica
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Joe Biden Delivers
How about that, Biden did just fine, he was solid. He sounded strong, determined, on the ball, and in charge, and I sure as hell hope he wins.
Trump's Ridiculously Bad Day
Bannon is arrested, Trump's second campaign manager to be arrested - Manafort, and now this.
Kamala
Washington Post: Time for Kamala Harris to get in touch with her inner Muhammad Ali Opinion by Eugene Robinson
Harris described Trump as “a president who turns our tragedies into political weapons,” and promised that Biden “will be a president who turns our challenges into purpose.”
Case Closed
The Intelligence Committee report shows clear coordination between Russians and the Trump campaign, though there is no evidence of an explicit agreement. The evidence the report lays out suggests Mr. Trump knew this at the time. Whether or not it can be proved that he ordered this interference or violated the law in doing so, the fact remains that neither he nor anyone else in his campaign alerted federal law-enforcement authorities, as any loyal American should have.
Basic Decency
For me, the Democratic convention so far has been a welcome reprieve from a cascade of lies, disinformation, bullying, blaming and bragging.
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 7:00 a.m. ET DOW futures are -92. The market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: Savers are struggling and probably will for years By Paul R. La Monica
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
How About That
Axios: Facebook draws a line on QAnon
Facebook announced on Wednesday it has banned or restricted hundreds of groups, pages and Instagram accounts that "demonstrated significant risks to public safety" via their ties to the right-wing QAnon conspiracy movement.
The Market On Wednesday
CNN: Citibank sent a hedge fund $175 million by mistake. Now it's struggling to get the money back By Eoin McSweeney
