"This is not Project Fear — this is the most realistic assessment of what the public face with no deal. These are likely, basic, reasonable scenarios — not the worst case."
It has sacrificed long-term sustainability for short-term growth... an orientation which, in effect, puts our present consumption ahead of our children’s future...
"As long as the US doesn’t deploy such systems to Europe, we won’t do the same, and as long as there are no US missiles in Asia, there won’t be our missiles in the region."
The Saudis just learned that some moments in history show their significance as they unfold. Iran shooting down a U.S. Global Hawk stealth drone and President Trump refusing his war-hawk cabinet in retaliating militarily is one of them.
"Inspections are not only revealing individual trees that are missed, including three active wildfire threats in high-risk areas, but they also reflect gaps in processes, for example, contractor training.”
Khan on the offensive:“India has been captured, as Germany had been captured by Nazis, by a fascist, racist Hindu supremacist ideology and leadership.”
"I’ll never forget the moment I learned we were on lockdown. It was Aug.15, 2012. My frustration mingled with fear. Trapped on the sixth floor, we knew someone had been shot..."
"...these webs interlocked with each other, and these people interlock with each other. Welcome to the global elite... These things are connected, and with Epstein dead, there are a lot of prominent people breathing a sigh of relief - for now."
The spread differential between illiquid and liquid bonds, has been drifting wider in both the IG and HY markets, reaching its highest level in two years
"The experiments of central banks with negative rates are viewed more as a policy mistake rather than stimulus and create a sense of an abnormal and uncertain environment that damages not only banks but also consumer and business confidence."
