Austria Presidential Election Take II: Nice, Turkey Should Help Anti-Immigration Hofer On October 2 Submitted by Michael Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Austria presidential election take II is coming up on October 2. It’s a rematch of the May 22 runoff that pitted anti-immigration candidate Norbert Hofer of the FPÖ party against Alexander Van der Bellen of …

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Europe's Impossible Refugee Math: Brexit Was Mathematical Certainty Eventually Submitted by Michael Shedlock via MishTalk.com, In a recent GMO commentary on Immigration and Brexit, founder Jeremy Grantham laid out precise reasons why Brexit was a mathematical certainty eventually. Curiously, Grantham thinks Brexit was a bad idea. On the second sentence, I disagree strongly. The following …

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Why Hillary Clinton's Email Case Is Still Not Closed Authored by Eric Zuesse, originally posted at Strategic-Culture.org, Normally, when the head of the FBI under one President says something like «no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case», as the FBI reported regarding Hillary Clinton's emails, that would be the end of the matter; but Clinton actually still …

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Surging "Intercommunity Confrontations" In France Mean "Civil War Is Inevitable" Submitted by Yves Mamou via The Gatestone Institute, For French President François Hollande, the enemy is an abstraction: "terrorism" or "fanatics". Instead, the French president reaffirms his determination to military actions abroad: "We are going to reinforce our actions in Syria and Iraq," the president …

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India's 'Gold Shirt Man' Stoned-And-Sickled To Death By Mob Datta Phuge took the interwebs by storm three years ago when we introduced the $250,000 22-karat-gold-shirt-wearing 32-year-old Indian who proclaimed "I know I am not the best looking man but surely no woman could fail to be dazzled by this shirt?" showing the world that gold …

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Piling On: EU's "Competition Enforcer" Lays More Charges On Google Submitted by Michael Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The anti-free trade consortium in Brussels is leveling more charges at Google. The EU nannycrats just cannot stand or deal with a successful business that people like. The Financial Times reports Brussels Piles New Charges on Google as Vestager …

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Endgame for Corporation USA without Trump Money doesn’t exist – as we explain in Splitting Pennies.  Money is an idea, an abstraction – a belief system.  A dogma.  So is a country.  In fact, a country IS a currency.  EU nations have given up their sovereignty to join the Euro (and we see how well …

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Germany Is About To Sell Zero-Coupon 10 Year Bonds For The First Time Ever When the financial media says that governments get paid to issue negative yielding debt, that is not exactly true: most sovereign issuers still pay out a cash coupon, a modest as it may be, while they pocket the negative amortization on …

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Here's How Much Europe Depends On The UK Via MauldinEconomics.com, Euroskeptiscism is on the rise in Europe. Countries like Poland and Hungary have actively sought to limit the EU’s influence and ignore its rules—most recently with regard to refugee policies. Even the most Euroskeptic governments, however, campaigned against Brexit. While European nations may want to …

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Brexit Ironies Mount: Belgian Premier Warns EU Won't Help UK Out Of "Black Hole" Submitted by Michael Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The move to punish the UK picks up steam even though such actions will damage the EU far more than the UK. Belgium is the latest country bound and determined to punish the UK. Please …

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