Monday, October 08, 2018
Michael - Here We Go Again
Guardian UK: Tropical Storm Michael: Florida braces for 'life-threatening' weather event - Governor Rick Scott: ‘This storm will be extremely dangerous’ - Storm likely to strike Florida’s Gulf coast midweek
Governor Rick Scott of Florida issued an order for a state of emergency for 26 counties to rush preparations in the Florida Panhandle and the Big Bend area, freeing up resources and activating 500 members of the Florida national guard before Tropical Storm Michael.
Monsanto
The new conservative Supreme Court will make this go away.
Guardian UK: 'The world is against them': new era of cancer lawsuits threaten Monsanto
Guardian UK: 'The world is against them': new era of cancer lawsuits threaten Monsanto
Great Harm
NY Times: Conservatives Are Wrong to Gloat About Kavanaugh - Joining the frat party might be fun, but it will do great harm to the court and the country. By David Marcus - Mr. Marcus is The Federalist's New York correspondent.
One reason a muted and conciliatory approach is advisable is that the Supreme Court, unlike the elected branches of government, exercises its power not through control of the purse or the military, but through the faith of the American people. If that faith is sufficiently shaken, the most vital check Americans have on elected power could be shattered, and the Democrats are not without options to do just that.
Global Warming - The U.N. Issues A Dire Warning, It's Coming And It's Coming Soon
NY Times: Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040
A landmark report from the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change paints a far more dire picture of the immediate consequences of climate change than previously thought and says that avoiding the damage requires transforming the world economy at a speed and scale that has “no documented historic precedent.”The Report - Global Warming of 1.5 °C - an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are -125 and the price of oil per barrel. The market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: China boosts lending; H&M's digital push; Global stocks drop By Ivana Kottasová
CNN: China boosts lending; H&M's digital push; Global stocks drop By Ivana Kottasová
Friday, October 05, 2018
Florida
Guardian UK: Florida red tide sweeps away Republican Rick Scott's Senate poll lead - Governor blamed for weakening environmental protections - Red tide spreads to Atlantic waters off Miami and Palm Beach
Barely a month ago, Republican Rick Scott held a clear lead in the race to become Florida’s next US senator. Now a tidal wave of toxic algae threatens to engulf the campaign of the outgoing state governor, whom critics have dubbed Red Tide Rick.
Irony
How ironic, on the day that two people who do work to combat sexual violence win the Nobel peace prize, America, the land of the free, will vote to nominate a drunk rape-loving new Supreme Court justice.
Guardian UK: Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad win Nobel peace prize 2018 - Congolese gynaecologist and Yazidi campaigner are praised for combating war crimes
Guardian UK: Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad win Nobel peace prize 2018 - Congolese gynaecologist and Yazidi campaigner are praised for combating war crimes
Two leaders of the struggle against sexual violence in war have won this year’s Nobel peace prize, a choice that will hearten campaigners fighting for greater recognition of a grave but long-neglected problem that may also bring hope to victims worldwide their suffering has at last been recognised.
Not Qualified
Won't matter.
NY Times: Retired Justice John Paul Stevens Says Kavanaugh Is Not Fit for Supreme Court
NY Times: Retired Justice John Paul Stevens Says Kavanaugh Is Not Fit for Supreme Court
In an unusual rebuke from a former member of the Supreme Court, Justice John Paul Stevens said on Thursday that Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was not qualified to sit on the court.
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +10 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open slightly higher.
CNN: US jobs report; Bumper quarter for Samsung; China tech hit By Ivana Kottasová
CNN: US jobs report; Bumper quarter for Samsung; China tech hit By Ivana Kottasová
Thursday, October 04, 2018
Flake And Collins
The Atlantic: The FBI’s Kavanaugh Report Was Enough for Key Senate Republicans - Two swing votes voiced their satisfaction Thursday with the bureau's investigation, improving the Supreme Court nominee's chances for confirmation this weekend. by Russell Berman
...Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Jeff Flake of Arizona, appeared to side with their leadership...
He Is A Monster
Washington Post: The news this week confirms it: Donald Trump is the worst person ever to be president
These Terrible Tuesday news items confirm what we already know about Trump: that he is a liar, a cheat and a bully without an ounce of dignity, empathy or decency. In place of his soul he has a black hole. The only way he can make himself feel better — to fill the emptiness inside — is to abuse those weaker than himself. He is a monster.
Disgraceful
NY Times: In Risky Shift, Trump and G.O.P. Directly Assail Christine Blasey Ford
The president’s scathing and derisive impression of Dr. Blasey, who has accused Judge Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers, came at the same time his Republican allies stepped up their efforts to challenge her veracity.
FBI Completes Its Report
NY Times: Senate Gets F.B.I. Inquiry on Kavanaugh; White House Is ‘Confident’ on Confirmation
Senior White House officials, after reviewing summaries of interviews conducted by the F.B.I., are increasingly confident that the information collected will ease the path for senators to confirm Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, a person briefed on the findings said Thursday morning.
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are -85 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open significantly lower.
CNN: Toyota joins SoftBank; Facebook investigation; CNN Business By Ivana Kottasová
CNN: Toyota joins SoftBank; Facebook investigation; CNN Business By Ivana Kottasová
Wednesday, October 03, 2018
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +107 and the price of oil per barrel is flat. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: Aston Martin IPO; Relief in Italy; Tesco slides by Ivana Kottasová
CNN: Aston Martin IPO; Relief in Italy; Tesco slides by Ivana Kottasová
Tuesday, October 02, 2018
Read This
NY Times: Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father
The most overt fraud was All County Building Supply & Maintenance, a company formed by the Trump family in 1992. All County’s ostensible purpose was to be the purchasing agent for Fred Trump’s buildings, buying everything from boilers to cleaning supplies. It did no such thing, records and interviews show. Instead All County siphoned millions of dollars from Fred Trump’s empire by simply marking up purchases already made by his employees. Those millions, effectively untaxed gifts, then flowed to All County’s owners — Donald Trump, his siblings and a cousin. Fred Trump then used the padded All County receipts to justify bigger rent increases for thousands of tenants.
We Can't But We Probably Will
It's hard to get a sense of how the Kavanaugh investigation will ultimately pan out. Some say the investigation is broad and inclusive, others are saying there are limitations and that the FBI is not interviewing salient witnesses. In addition the GOP is very determined to seat Kavanaugh and frankly speaking, they are not paying any attention to anything other than when to have a confirmation vote. Flake as always is talking partisan and reasonably but that is not a factor in his ultimate vote. Flake is 95% in with Kavanaugh, in my opinion.
The Atlantic: Jeff Flake: ‘We Can’t Have That on the Court’ - The Arizona senator called Brett Kavanaugh’s interactions with lawmakers at a hearing last week “sharp and partisan.” by Elaina Plott
The Atlantic: Jeff Flake: ‘We Can’t Have That on the Court’ - The Arizona senator called Brett Kavanaugh’s interactions with lawmakers at a hearing last week “sharp and partisan.” by Elaina Plott
Shut Her Up
Newsweek: Eric Trump Was Recruited by Father Donald to Help Silence Stormy Daniels's Affair Allegations: Report By Greg Price
The report could be particularly damning for Trump, as he had previously publicly denied knowing about any effort to pay off Daniels for her silence, or what Cohen was doing to arrange that silence.
Madcap Carnival Barker
Guardian UK: Trump leaves Rose Garden listeners punch-drunk … even without alcohol - The president was ostensibly promoting a new trade deal but for 90 minutes he came across as a madcap carnival barker
On Monday Donald Trump careered all over the place, displaying no discernible inhibitions, his speech a little slurry at times, blurting out words that most people would regret in the morning as he held his second wild ride with the media in less than a week.
Partisan Nutjob
NY Times: All the Ways a Justice Kavanaugh Would Have to Recuse Himself - Given his blatant partisanship and personal animosity toward liberals, how could he be an effective member of the Supreme Court? By Laurence H. Tribe
His intemperate personal attacks on members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and his partisan tirades against what he derided as a conspiracy of liberal political enemies guilty of a “calculated and orchestrated political hit” do more than simply display a strikingly injudicious temperament.
Bar Brawler
NY Times: Kavanaugh Was Questioned by Police After Bar Fight in 1985
As an undergraduate student at Yale, Brett M. Kavanaugh was involved in an altercation at a local bar during which he was accused of throwing ice on another patron, according to a police report.
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. At 9:25 a.m. ET DOW futures are -48 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately lower.
CNN: Google reshuffle; Pepsi on tap; Tesla deadline by Charles Riley
CNN: Google reshuffle; Pepsi on tap; Tesla deadline by Charles Riley
Monday, October 01, 2018
Hurricanes And Poverty
Scientific American: 2 Hurricanes Lay Bare the Vulnerability of America's Poor - For disadvantaged communities in low-lying areas, post-storm living is precarious By Zack Colman, Daniel Cusick
The 59-year-old followed instructions to evacuate, shuttling 110 miles with her husband to the nearest hotel they could find. Six nights, $600. It wasn’t her emergency money, but it was her savings for a house. She’s back now. Back to square one.
The Baby Man
Salon: Psychiatrist Justin Frank on Trump, the infant president: “He gives people permission to hate” - Author of “Trump on the Couch” explains that our president is both an authoritarian strongman and a baby - Chauncey DeVega
Whenever somebody criticizes Trump that belief gets challenged, which is why he has to reassert himself through tweets, TV shows, the rallies and other events. Unconsciously, Trump also has a compensatory fantasy of greatness. The fantasy compensates for a loss in early childhood, which was the loss of maternal attention. Trump compensated for this lack of attention from his mother by having a vision of being the greatest person who could do whatever he wanted to do.
The second thing that Trump believes is that he is a victim. He really believes that people are out to get him and criticize him. He's always had the need for an enemy or an adversary, someone he can imagine who's out to get him. In fact, Trump gave a graduation speech at the Air Force Academy and said that he's been more victimized than any other president in history. It's really quite stunning. For a long time -- and we are seeing this now in particular -- it's been the press. He's been angry at the press way before he ever became president.
Flake
NY Times: How Jeff Flake May Have Saved Republicans From Themselves
Provided the new investigation doesn’t turn up damaging information, the inquiry could ultimately make it easier for uncertain Republicans to back Judge Kavanaugh as soon as this week. It could also temper the perception that Republicans were much more interested in getting Judge Kavanaugh onto the court as quickly as they could rather than determining the validity of sexual misconduct accusations against him.
Denounced
NY Times: Democrats Denounce Limits on F.B.I.’s Kavanaugh Inquiry as a ‘Farce’
...Democrats demanded more information about the inquiry’s scope, warning that its apparent constraints could make it a “farce.”
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +172 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: Tesla reaction; Ryanair warning; Change at Goldman Sachs by Ivana Kottasová
CNN: Tesla reaction; Ryanair warning; Change at Goldman Sachs by Ivana Kottasová
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