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This record-breaking pumpkin is heavier than a small car and big enough to fit inside CNN
Some corals ‘killed’ by climate change are now returning to life New Scientist
Global economy is at risk from a monetary policy black hole Larry Summers, FT
Wall Street paid big fees from public funds — and takes more in secret profits Philadelphia Inquirer. From September, still germane.
Private equity firms go small after string of big deals collapse FT
Brexit
Brexit party voters will decide Boris Johnson’s fate Spectator
IS SUMMIT GOING ON? Boris Johnson talks DUP into major climbdown sparking negotiations for last minute Brexit deal The Sun. But see–
Dodds warns mooted Brexit compromise ‘cannot work’ RTE. Dodds is Deputy leader of the DUP.
Brexit: a future so opaque EU Referendum
John Hume on the end of the Unionist veto in Ulster LRB. From 1989, still germane.
Syraqistan
Betraying the Kurds Yasha Levine
American Exceptionalism And The Myth Of Abandoned Victory LobeLog
India
Realty bites: Indian property slump leaves beleaguered banks exposed Reuters
Modi, Xi inject new momentum in India-China ties, decide to set up new mechanism for boosting trade Times of India
Falling: Love and Marriage in a Conservative Indian Family Long Reads
‘This is the darkest period of our life’ People’s Archive of Rural India
Japan sends in thousands of troops after massive typhoon hammers Tokyo Reuters
China
What China’s May 4th Movement can tell us about Hong Kong protests: listen to the people Hong Kong Free Press
* * * Trump said he made the ‘biggest deal ever’ with China for farmers, but a written resolution to the trade war is still a long way off Business Insider
China makes few concessions in trade truce with US FT
‘Phase 1’ of US-China deal was easy, now comes the hard part Nikkei Asian Review
Apple Told Some Apple TV+ Show Developers Not To Anger China Buzzfeed
Army deployed in Ecuador as protests descend into violence Guardian
Explainer: What’s behind Haiti’s deadly protests, and possible outcomes Reuters
Peru’s Leader More Popular Than Ever After Shutting Congress Bloomberg
20 ways Lawfare led to Brazil’s State of Exception Brasil Wire
New Cold War
Ukrainians Are More Concerned With Russia Peace Talks Than Trump Call NPR
Everything on Display Russian in Global Affairs. “The White House’s decision to release the transcript of the telephone conversation the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents held in September 2019, albeit with the former’s consent, creates a precedent with far-reaching consequences.”
Impeachment
Is Impeachment Now Inevitable? Patrick Buchanan, The American Conservative
What Happened in the Trump Impeachment Inquiry This Week NYT
The Cipollone Letter: Trouble in the White House Counsel’s Office LawFare
Adam Schiff has 2 aides who worked with whistleblower at White House Washington Examiner
The Impeachment Loophole No One’s Talking About Washingtonian
2020
What, Exactly, Is Tulsi Gabbard Up To? NYT. An especially crude hit piece.
A Few Informed Thoughts From a Veteran Cardio Rehab Nurse on Bernie’s Heart Attack Common Dreams
Calling All Class Traitors Medium
Groves of Academe
Rotten STEM: How Technology Corrupts Education American Affairs
Confession: I fixed my kids’ admission into top colleges Greg Palast, Tikkun
Our Famously Free Press
Digital First Media Outsources Design Abroad for Higher Profits The Intercept. There’s nothing “creative” about this destruction.
MSNBC and Daily Beast Feature UAE Lobbyist David Rothkopf With No Disclosure: a Scandalous Media-Wide Practice The Intercept
L’Affaire Joffrey Epstein
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past NYT. “Two members of Mr. Gates’s inner circle — Boris Nikolic and Melanie Walker — were close to Mr. Epstein and at times functioned as intermediaries between the two men.” Nothing to see here!
Dennis Muilenburg stripped of Boeing chairmanship FT. About time.
Class Warfare
Treated Like Meat: Women in Meatpacking Say #MeToo In These Times
‘I Have Rights:’ How Undocumented Laborers Are Exploited During Disaster Recovery Gizmodo
Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans collapse: What we know, don’t know day after tragedy Times-Picayune. Here in the First World, buildings under construction aren’t supposed to just collapse.
Out of Time Lapham’s Quarterly
Antidote du jour (via):
From the United States Department of the Interior: “Holly takes the salmon cake and is the fabulous champion of #FatBearWeek!”
Bonus antidote:
Watch carefully: you’ll see the accelerometer in the back of the cabin register zero g when the plane goes in free fall https://t.co/ev4yZZACAa #SundayFun pic.twitter.com/h4MRC4pPj1
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 12, 2019
Who do you identify with?
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
