NYT Calls Trump’s Bluff, Releases Audio Of Corker Saying ‘I Hope You’re Recording It’
“…he said as two of his aides listened in on other lines, one of them also taping the interview.”
WaPo: If You’re Not Going To Impeach Him, At Least Do This…
“If that is so — and Mr. Corker seems liberated into candor by his decision not to run for reelection next year — how should the Republican caucus make use of that knowledge?”
Nobel Winner Richard Thaler: ‘Stocks Are Napping During The Riskiest Moment In Our Lives’
“We seem to be living in the riskiest moment of our lives, and yet the stock market seems to be napping.”
Spanish Government Responds To Heisenberg, Says ‘Kidnap’ Not Right Word To Use For Potential Puigdemont Arrest
They didn’t like that title. Specifically, a representative from the Spanish government called it “[a] misrepresentation and is false.”
Trader: ‘You Don’t Always Get Something For Nothing’
“Traders like to blame all the world’s ills on central bank behavior and then scream when markets act like markets. Or their machines act like robots.”
Are You A Racist? Probably.
But what you probably don’t stop and consider is the possibility that you too are a racist.
Define Insane: Trump Now Says NY Times Set Up Corker, Calls Him ‘Liddle Bob’
“That’s what I’m dealing with!”
‘He’s Ready To Explode’: 18 Officials, Advisers Tell WaPo Trump ‘May Be Doomed’
“I think we are in pressure cooker territory,†a person close to Trump who spoke to the Post on a condition of anonymity said, after comparing the President to “a whistling teapot” that, when it’s not allowed “to blow off steam, can turn into a pressure cooker and explode.”Â
Trump Wakes Up, Freaks Out About NFL, Says Democrats ‘Don’t Care About Safety,’ Blasts ESPN Anchor
Well, Donald Trump is up super-early on Tuesday and he’s got some things on his mind and you know what that means: Twitter.
Bears Crying Wolf And China As Machiavelli (Revisited)
“When asked their worst trades this year, they mostly cited buying volatility, credit protection, or equity puts.”
Spain Says Will ‘Immediately’ Arrest Catalan President If He Declares Independence
“Spanish police are ready to arrest Catalan President Carles Puigdemont immediately if he declares independence in the regional parliament.”
Key Calls (Tuesday): Upgrades, Downgrades & Initiations
You need an upgrade.
‘Fuggedaboutit’: Bill Gross Says ‘This Market Is Fake’
“Fuggedaboutit.”
‘Little Wonder!’ Here’s The ‘Bad News’ About Earnings
“Outside of a crisis, changes in share prices and earnings highly correlate, and no more so than today.”
In Despicable Move, Trump Campaign Asks For $5 Donations To Support Mike Pence After NFL Stunt
This is quite simply beyond the pale.
Risks Aplenty.
And now, back to your regularly scheduled programming…
One Bank Looked At FX Volatility And Found Something Disturbing…
“…a market sell-off could trigger a large volatility spike, the magnitude of which is multi-fold higher than the pre-crisis level.”
A Guy Named John Wilson Says Rural America Is Over Trump: ‘It’s Just One On Top Of Another One’
“Every president makes mistakes,†Wilson told Reuters. “But if you add one on top of one, on top of another one, on top of another, there’s just a limit.â€
A (Satirical) Defense Of Columbus Day And Trump’s Border Wall
As you may or may not know, illegal immigrants have been flooding into this great country of ours for a very long time
‘It’s Going To End Badly’: Dissensus And The Frozen Deer
“Think of it like you have your two Greek gods, the water and the sun, fighting each other and right now it’s not going anywhere.”
Stick A Fork In It: Trump’s Corker ‘Tantrum’ May Have Deep-Sixed Tax Reform, Analyst Says
“Either Trump realizes that Corker can sink the remainder of the Trump/GOP legislative effort and is upset by that reality, or he didn’t/doesn’t know and just made it a reality.”
How Christopher Columbus Ruined My Life
A recent 4th grade Thanksgiving worksheet distributed in a New York public school had the title, “What Did Indian Women Do?†followed by fill-in-the blank answers for “tan hides,†“gather nuts,†and “make pottery.â€
Trump Says He Invented The Word ‘Fake’: ‘Maybe Other People Have Said It, I’ve Never Noticed It’
“I guess other people have used it, perhaps over the years, but I’ve never noticed it.”
Stocks, Bonds Plunge In Turkey As Spat With U.S. Spills Over
Late Sunday evening we explained how Turkish autocrat and genocidal goblin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has engineered a diplomatic crisis with the U.S. by effectively taking hostages and demanding the extradition of arch nemesis Fethullah Gulen in exchange for their release. Well…
Larry Summers Absolutely Eviscerates Trump Tax Plan: ‘This Is An Atrocity’
“It is clear enough, however, to demonstrate that the claims of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and Council of Economic Advisers Chair Kevin Hassett are some combination of ignorant, disingenuous and dishonest.”
Shots Fired: Corker Says Trump May ‘Start World War III’, Claims Senate Is Deeply Worried
“Look, except for a few people, the vast majority of our caucus understands what we’re dealing with here.”
Lira Collapses Most Since Coup As Gulen Witch Hunt Triggers Diplomatic Crisis With U.S.
This of course stems directly from Erdogan’s ongoing efforts to bring arch nemesis Fethullah Gulen to “justice.” Pretty much anything that goes wrong for Erdogan gets blamed one of two things: 1) a Kurdish conspiracy, 2) a Gulen-linked conspiracy. This latest spat with Washington is no exception.Â
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