Salvador Dali Portrait of Gala with Two Lamb Chops Balanced on Her Shoulder 1933 Ilargi: It’s been quite a while since we last heard from Dr. D. He was probably busy growing stuff. But he’s back now, and with something dear to my heart: the craziness of our food production systems. Answers to which are not always what most people think, to put it mildly. Dr. D: Eat less meat to save the planet – report
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Pablo Picasso Portrait de femme au col d’hermine (Olga) 1923 • Trump Calls For End To ‘Politics Of Revenge,’ Touts ‘Hottest Economy’ (AP) • Trump, Kim To Hold Second Summit In Vietnam At End Of February (AP) • Too Fast, Too Furious (Roberts) • Elizabeth Warren Apologizes For Identifying As Native American (MW) • May Rules Out Brexit Delay And Hard Border With Ireland (G.) • Ireland And EU Discuss Emergency Funding For No-Deal Brexit (G.) • China: Expansion,
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Rembrandt van Rijn Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer 1653 That statement is going to make me real popular, right? Any criticism of Robert Mueller for many people equals support for President Trump. But it doesn’t, and Mueller really is a coward and a liar, and it’s not hard to make that case, it’s even easier than how he makes his cases, because we can actually prove ours. We also don’t have to pervert the law, but he does.
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René Magritte Morning star 1938 • Maduro Warns White House Will Be ‘Stained With Blood’ If Trump Invades (G.) • Regional Bloc Plans Pressure Campaign Against Venezuela’s Maduro (R.) • Austerity And Welfare Cuts Main Driver Behind Brexit Vote (Ind.) • Hard Brexiters Say Only Acceptable Way Forward Is To Remove Backstop (G.) • Theresa May Launches Committee To Find Irish Backstop Alternatives (Ind.) • UK Home Secretary Dismisses Speculation Of Snap General Election In June (G.) • Macron
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Richard Oelze The expectation 1936 • ‘Gilets Jaunes’ Hold 12th Weekend Of Protests, Denounce Police Violence (EN) • More Rubber Bullets And Tear Gas At Yellow Vests Protests (DM) • Rebel Labour MPs Set To Quit Party And Form Centre Group (O.) • Labour Slump Gives Tories Biggest Lead Since General Election (O.) • Voters Will Never Forgive Tories For A No-Deal Brexit Disaster – Minister (O.) • Corbyn Calls For Snap Election To Help Put An End To
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Pablo Picasso The bathers 1918 • Russia Suspends INF Treaty In ‘Mirror Response’ To US – Putin (RT) • US Payrolls Surge By 304,000, Smashing Estimates Despite Shutdown (CNBC) • Big Trouble in Little China (Schmid) • How Fast Housing Markets in Sydney & Melbourne Are Coming Unglued (WS) • Venezuela To Sell Gold Reserves To UAE Without Russia’s Help (RT) • Italy Rejects Guaido, Says Venezuela is a Sovereign State (Telesur) • Whitehall Begins ‘Serious Work’ On Customs
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Vincent van Gogh Outskirts of Paris: Road with Peasant Shouldering a Spade 1887 • Death Of 95% Of Indigenous People In Colonization Of America Cooled Earth (RT) • Who Bought the Gigantic $1.5 Trillion of New 2018 US Government Debt? (WS) • Central Bank Gold Buying Hits Highest Level In Half A Century (CNBC) • Refusal To Return Venezuelan Gold Means End Of Britain As Financial Center (RT) • Brexit Could Be Delayed Because Government Is Not Ready (Ind.)
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