Monday, June 10, 2019
Friday, June 07, 2019
Details
NY Times: 4 Disturbing Details You May Have Missed in the Mueller Report - Some troubling-to-outright-damning episodes have been lost in the noise around its release. By Quinta Jurecic - Ms. Jurecic is the managing editor of Lawfare.
The longer one spends with the report, the more disturbing a document it is, despite the initial fuzziness of some of Mr. Mueller’s conclusions.
Happiness
Get Pocket: The Hidden Costs of Happiness
Because nothing in life is free. by Mark Manson
Bravery is not the absence of fear. Bravery is feeling the fear, the doubt, the insecurity, and deciding that something else is more important.
On Fire
You must see these cartoons! It's a stunning take on The Mueller Report.
NY Times: Is My House on Fire? By Anders Nilsen - Mr. Nilsen is an artist and author.
NY Times: Is My House on Fire? By Anders Nilsen - Mr. Nilsen is an artist and author.
Trump's Corrosive Destabilizing Of American Institutions
NY Times: Trump Destroys American Greatness From Within - From the Justice Department to the military, the president is corroding and destabilizing the institutions of democracy. By Timothy Egan
It’s hard to work up much sympathy for the hollowed-out husk of a human being that is Mitch McConnell, or Lindsey Graham for that matter. This country is a harder, colder, more meanspirited place because these senators would rather bootlick a bully than stand for the principles they once espoused.
The Market On Friday
Good morning. At 9:20 a.m. ET DOW futures are +53 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: UBS targets a $19 trillion opportunity in Japan By Julia Horowitz
CNN: UBS targets a $19 trillion opportunity in Japan By Julia Horowitz
Thursday, June 06, 2019
Repellent
The Daily Beast: Trumpists Are Fighting Against Everything the Heroes of D-Day Fought For - The president, born the year after the war ended, does not remember and probably does not want to know what brought it on or what it was fought to end. by Christopher Dickey
...whose encouragement of aggressive, vindictive, sometimes rabid nationalism at home and abroad opens the door to precisely those evils that the dead here fought to defeat.
To have Trump exploiting the anniversary of D-Day is “uniquely repellent.”
Chernobyl
I thought it was a very compelling and informing series, Chernobyl on HBO.
New Yorker: What HBO’s “Chernobyl” Got Right, and What It Got Terribly Wrong By Masha Gessen
New Yorker: What HBO’s “Chernobyl” Got Right, and What It Got Terribly Wrong By Masha Gessen
ENILSounds
In addition, Line is a playlist curator, helping other rising artists get heard globally, all by managing several popular music playlists including New Releases 2018 - 2019 and June 2019 - Most Popular Music Collection.
You can hear all of Line’s music catalogue at Spotify - ENILSounds. On social media - @MunchLine, Facebook - ENILSounds, Instagram - ENILSounds, and Pinterest - ENILSounds. The two music clips posted are ‘Breathe The Air’ and ‘It Really Doesn’t Matter’.
Ditch Mitch
NY Times: Let’s Ditch Mitch - The Senate majority leader comes out of his shell.
O.K., throwing this one at you without warning: What’s your opinion of Mitch McConnell?
A) Spawn of Satan.
B) Sort of pitiful, what with having Donald Trump on his back.
C) Can we talk about how he looks like a turtle?
Trump's Unmitigated Failure
NY Times: Trump Says No Deal With Mexico Is Reached as Border Arrests Surge By Michael D. Shear, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Ana Swanson
New figures released Wednesday showed that illegal border crossings have risen to a seven-year high, underscoring the roots of the president’s rage. But political resistance to Mr. Trump’s tariff threat has also intensified, with skeptical Republican senators asking to hear directly from the president before he takes an action that could shake the economies of both countries.
The Market On Thursday
Good morning. At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are +14 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open slightly higher.
CNN: Swings in market sentiment resemble pre-Lehman crisis, strategist warns By Matt Egan
CNN: Swings in market sentiment resemble pre-Lehman crisis, strategist warns By Matt Egan
Wednesday, June 05, 2019
Screenome
NY Times: Screen Time’ Is Over - The phrase can’t remotely capture our ever-shifting digital experience, social scientists say. Say hello to the “screenome.” By Benedict Carey
A study of phone usage found that people switched screen activities every 20 seconds on average, and rarely spent more than 20 minutes uninterrupted doing any one thing.
GOP Rebellion!
Endless lying, criminality including treason worthy of about one hundred impeachments, crass boorish behavior in all directions, obvious signs of severe mental illness and mental impairment, destroying the lives of little children, sending love to Nazis, and on and on and on - none of the latter causes a GOP rebellion, but tariffs on Mexico, hoo boy, now we've stepped over the line. The GOP is a bunch of hopeless a-holes.
Salon: Mitch McConnell confirms Republican rebellion over Trump's new tariffs on Mexico - "There is not much support in my conference for tariffs, that's for sure," the Senate majority leader says by Matthew Rozsa
Salon: Mitch McConnell confirms Republican rebellion over Trump's new tariffs on Mexico - "There is not much support in my conference for tariffs, that's for sure," the Senate majority leader says by Matthew Rozsa
Helsinki
Guardian UK: 'It’s a miracle': Helsinki's radical solution to homelessness
Its secret? Giving people homes as soon as they need them – unconditionally
Heartbeat
Guardian UK:
Doctors' organization: calling abortion bans 'fetal heartbeat bills' is misleading - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says term does not ‘reflect medical accuracy or clinical understanding’
“Pregnancy and fetal development are a continuum. What is interpreted as a heartbeat in these bills is actually electrically induced flickering of a portion of the fetal tissue that will become the heart as the embryo develops,” Anderson said.
The Delusional Man Speaks
But of course he said this. God help us. Recall that Trump has practically destroyed any semblance of environmental protections, allowing companies to flood rivers with toxic pollution, and that's just one example of many.
Guardian UK: Donald Trump tells Prince Charles US has 'clean climate' - President blames other countries for environmental crisis, in long talk with prince
Guardian UK: Donald Trump tells Prince Charles US has 'clean climate' - President blames other countries for environmental crisis, in long talk with prince
He said: “I did say, ‘Well, the United States right now has among the cleanest climates there are based on all statistics.’ And it’s even getting better because I agree with that we want the best water, the cleanest water. It’s crystal clean, has to be crystal clean clear.”
Iran
NY Times: Trump Says There’s a ‘Chance’ of Military Action Against Iran By Maggie Haberman
President Trump said in a British TV interview broadcast on Wednesday that there was “a chance” of military action against Iran, after months of threats and an apparent de-escalation of tensions between Tehran and Washington.
The Market On Wednesday
Good morning. At 9:10 a.m. ET DOW futures are +76 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open moderately higher.
CNN: Big Tech was the heart of the bull market. Now it's under fire By Matt Egan
CNN: Big Tech was the heart of the bull market. Now it's under fire By Matt Egan
Tuesday, June 04, 2019
America's Food Swamps
Guardian UK: Fears grow over 'food swamps' as drugstores outsell major grocers - With CVS selling more groceries than Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s combined, researchers fear food ‘deserts’ are becoming ‘swamps’ of processed food
“And there is a great irony in that food sold at the pharmacy – ostensibly a place meant to promote our health – is actually bad for you.”
Trump's Real War
NY Times: Trump’s War on Worker Rights - The administration is making life easier for business owners and harder for workers. By The Editorial Board
The number of workplace safety inspectors employed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fallen to the lowest level in the agency’s half-century of operation.
The Market On Tuesday
Good morning. At 9:25 a.m. ET DOW futures are +195 and the price of oil per barrel is down. The market is poised to open significantly higher.
CNN: America's refineries really need Mexican oil. Tariffs will hurt their business By Matt Egan
CNN: America's refineries really need Mexican oil. Tariffs will hurt their business By Matt Egan
Monday, June 03, 2019
Barbara Borgelin
You can hear all of Barbara’s catalogue of songs at Spotify - Barbara Borgelin. On social media: @Barbara Borgelin, Instagram, and Facebook. The two music videos posted are ‘Woman ‘Round A Man’ and ‘Don’t Deny Me Your Love’.
Barbara Borgelin has gifted her audience with many beautiful melodic, romantic ballads, up-tempo songs with dance appeal, as well as swinging blues-rock music. The Danish singer songwriter will be releasing even more music in the near future.
Reviewer Lakisha D. Skinner writes, “What many music lovers appreciated about the music of the 1970-1980s was the passion and real emotion that was given to the song by the artists in those decades. Today, we rarely get this magic mojo in the music from the females topping the charts, so I was overly excited when I was introduced to Barbara Borgelin.”
“Borgelin has a cache of music which she has created that is overflowing with elements of Jazz, Pop, Rock and Soul. We hear the breaths, the vocal quivers, and the whispers – it is all here readers. Borgelin treats the fragile lyrics justly with vocals that are powerful, resonant, and effortless. Her natural phrasing and elegant delivery are mature, rich, and sweet – so much so, it pulls you in and keeps you there.”
Boorish Buffoon Trump
Guardian UK: Donald Trump insults Sadiq Khan as he lands in UK for state visit - US president calls London mayor ‘loser’ in tweets before touching down at Stansted
"@SadiqKhan, who by all accounts has done a terrible job as Mayor of London, has been foolishly “nasty” to the visiting President of the United States, by far the most important ally of the United Kingdom. He is a stone cold loser who should focus on crime in London, not me......"
Please, England, Keep Him
Guardian UK: Trump meets Queen at Palace after bemoaning lack of Fox News - live - Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including the first day of President Trump’s state visit to the UK
Donald Trump clearly thinks the UK would be a better place if we were able to watch Fox News. (See 12.54pm.) But, as the Guardian reported at the time, 21st Century Fox took it off air in the UK in 2017 because it was no longer commercially viable. Subsequently Ofcom, the media regulator, ruled that some of its programmes did not comply with UK impartiality rules.
Demagogue
NY Times: The Princess vs. the Demagogue - Trump again shows his attitude toward women who dare to stand up to him. By Charles M. Blow
As Caroline Light, a gender studies professor at Harvard, told The Washington Post in 2015 after Trump called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman” during a presidential debate, this labeling dates to colonial times when “a ‘nasty’ woman is one who refuses to remain in her proper place, as defined by men. One who challenges male authority.”
Bernie
NY Times: Bernie Sanders: I Know Where I Came From. Does President Trump? My political agenda has been shaped by my family’s experiences of struggling to make ends meet. By Bernie Sanders - Mr. Sanders is a senator from Vermont and a Democratic candidate for president.
My father came to this country from Poland at the age of 17 with barely a nickel in his pocket. I spent my first 18 years, before I left home for college, in a three-and-a-half-room, rent-controlled apartment in Brooklyn. My mother’s dream was to own her own home, but we never came close. My father’s salary as a paint salesman paid for basic necessities, but never much more.
The Market On Monday
Good morning. At 9:15 a.m. ET DOW futures are -24 and the price of oil per barrel is up. The market is poised to open moderately lower.
CNN: Dow set to open lower as Wall Street braces for the next trade development By Anneken Tappe
CNN: Dow set to open lower as Wall Street braces for the next trade development By Anneken Tappe
Trump Tax Cut Failure
LA Times: A devastating analysis of the tax cut shows it’s done virtually no economic good By Michael Hiltzik
The CRS finds that the cuts have had virtually no effect on wages, haven’t contributed to a surge in investment, and haven’t come close to paying for themselves. Nor have they delivered a cut to the average taxpayer.
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