Remember how Trump was going to cut all of those fantastic deals?
Boy has he! Why, he's cut so many awesome deals that I have trouble naming one.
For instance, there's NAFTA.
Just two days ago I warned about Deutsche Bank.
It appears that I was a little bit ahead of the curve, because this morning regulators agreed with me.
Good Morning -
Breaking out of our regular thought patterns and daily habits is not an easy task. Travel is one method. If unable to travel learning about ancient cultures and food is another way to break out of modern politics and way of life.
I recently finished reading "The Boys in the Boat", the story of the rowing team from the University of Washington going on to win in the 1936 Olympics, in Berlin. I thoroughly enjoyed it...many of the locations were familiar to me; paddling a boat in the Seattle area is one of my favorite activities; the characters in the story were amazing, growing up in the Depression, and pulling together in a way that seems lost, now.
Italy's political crisis has everyone's attention, as well it should.
But there are other crises building in Europe that shouldn't be ignored, such as Italy's banking system.
Jonathan Cook, award-winning author and journalist, writes from Nazareth, the capital of the Palestinian minority in Israel, having moved there in 2001 to cover Palestinian issues more closely. He’s easily one of the most dedicated, courageous, clear-eyed, and well-grounded critics of apartheid Israel and their propaganda I know. I’d add that his moral compass is at true north, and that his prose is easy to read and without guile. Yes, this post may be longish, but I reckon it’s a key subject that’s worth digging deep into, given: (Likud) Israel, so I hope you’ll agree.
Bred to Suffer: Glenn Greenwald on the “Morally Unconscionable” U.S. Industry of Dog Experimentation
STORY MAY 30, 2018
Poland offers US up to $2B for permanent military base
Warsaw wants American boots on ground as protection against Russia.
By EDYTA ŻEMŁA AND KAMIL TURECKI 5/27/18, 10:05 PM CET Updated 5/30/18, 8:53 AM CETPoland wants a permanent U.S. military presence — and is willing to pony up as much as $2 billion to get it, according to a defense ministry proposal obtained by Polish news portal Onet.
