When The Revolution Comes

A reader sent a link to a story from the New York Post, about wealthy cougars who get plastic surgery to prepare for the Coachella festival. The reader added this remark from historian Lewis Mumford’s book The City In History:

“These are symptoms of the end: magnifications of demoralized power, minifications of life. When these signs multiply, Necropolis is near, though not a stone has yet crumbled. For the barbarian has already captured the city from within. Come, hangman! Come, Vulture!”

Brazil Buyers Bruised As "Sell The Impeachment News" Slams Stocks, Real

Brazil Buyers Bruised As "Sell The Impeachment News" Slams Stocks, Real

The news of Dilma's impeachment vote kneejerk'd stocks and the real higher overnight as the almost unbelievable gains in the circling-the-economic-drain nation's stock and FX markets extended among the "blood on the streets" dip-buyers. However, things have turned around rather quickly and it appears investors are aggressively selling the news as the collapse of government is suddenly seen as a negative...

 

Brazilian stocks have swung from up 4.5% to down 3.5%...

 

And The Real is tumbling...

Japan: Two Aftershocks One Measuring 5.3 Shake Kumamoto

Two aftershocks, one measuring a magnitude of 5.3 have hit Kumamoto prefecture in Japan, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS) The aftershocks followed just days after two deadly earthquakes struck the region, killing at least 42 and injuring more than 1,000 others. RT reports: A tsunami warning has not been issued, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported. The aftershocks measured 3.9 and 3.4 on the Japanese scale, according to the country’s Meteorological Agency. Each had a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles).

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