This government is sustained by class hatred alone.  But they are weak and must keep up the pressure for a general election

'[Palestine] is not a state… It does not meet the customary international law test of statehood. It doesn't control defined boundaries. It doesn't fulfill the normal functions of government...'

Deep State Follies

by digby

Okay, I just heard a few minutes ago that Tweezer has managed to survive the vote of ‘No Confidence’ proposed by Jeremy Corbyn. I thought she would, as the Tories very much stick together when they’re under attack. Although the majority of them voted against May over her wretched Brexit deal, some of her opponents, like, I believe, Jacob Rees-Mogg, had said they had confidence in her.

Australian National Accounts: National Income, Expenditure and Product

Centenarians may have genetic advantages but there are several behavioral, and psychological traits that most share. These promote healthy aging and long life.

In crossing a heath, suppose I pitched my foot against a stone, and were asked how the stone came to be there, I might possibly answer, that, for any thing I knew to the contrary, it had lain there for ever: nor would it perhaps be very easy to shew the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be enquired how the watch happened to be in that place, I should hardly think of the answer which I had before given, that, for any thing I knew, the watch might have always been there.

Does Bill Barr get his "facts" from Sean Hannity?

by digby

The Bureau of Labor Statistics writes: 

Deadly snake spotted devouring huge lizard on Australian beach

(Thanks to John Lobert, who says "In other news, water is wet.")

Miami Gardens man finds boa constrictor in car’s engine

(Thanks to John Lobert)

Trump is Illegitimate. He was selected, not elected. Because hundreds of thousands of voters in key states — like Ohio and Michigan — were blocked from voting.

Above: Watch Palast discuss election fraud with Bold TV host Carrie Sheffield and guest host, John Haltiwanger, Politics Reporter at Business Insider.

Woman is caught with 24 GERBILS strapped to her legs under her skirt at a Taiwanese customs checkpoint

(Thanks to Mac Turl)

Man treated in hospital after injecting himself with own semen

(Thanks to Jay Brandes)

Getting Ever More Surreal I am referring to a comment Sean Hannity made on his show earlier this evening in his monologue. The reports tht  President Trump was under  invesdtigation by FBI Counterintelligence as being a possible “Russian asset” supposedly taking orders from Vladimir Putin has pusheed uber Trump defender Hannity to ever more surreal […]

from Trond Andresen, Steve Keen and Marco Cattaneo and the current issue of WEA Commentaries A new means of payment can be part of the solution for the eurozone’s unemployed. We have now seen nine years of social crisis and huge unemployment in many euro countries. An entire youth generation has barely experienced anything but […]

Tank said to have rolled across highway as crew dozed inside

(Thanks to Jay Brandes, who says "I think tanks always have the right of way.")

The primary reason that unlike every other city in the world we don't have regular street cleaning in most of the city is because "but mah parking..." People get mad that they have to move their cars and get mad at their tickets when they don't move them. People like to pretend this is a "just stop littering" thing but streets get filthy with street gunk - greasy residue and leaves - which then flows into the drain system and clogs that up and you can imagine the problems. It isn't just an aesthetic issue - though that should be enough! - it's a problem for the water system.

To say that the United Kingdom’s system of democratic governance is showing signs of strain, the day after Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed deal to exit the European Union was rejected by Parliament in an unprecedented landslide, would be a considerable understatement.

That’s because the massive vote against May’s compromise Brexit plan — by a coalition of members of Parliament who want a more radical break from the EU and those who want to remain closer to, or even inside, the trading bloc — reveals that something far closer to a systemic meltdown is already in progress.

Appearances can be misleading. Shutterstock.

Money, Markets and Monarchies in the Middle East

Snails to the rescue!

Disruption!

Mr. Neumann has made millions of dollars by leasing multiple properties in which he has an ownership stake back to WeWork, one of the country’s most valuable startups. Multiple investors of the privately held company said the arrangement concerned them as a potential conflict of interest in which the CEO could benefit on rents or other terms with the company.

Nothing like working both sides of a deal other people are financing!

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