Politics

Confirming media rumors that in addition to the ongoing battle between Romney and Giulianni for the position of Secretary of State, which had led to media fallout implicating Trump media aide Kellyanne Conway who allegedly "went rogue" by bashing Romney on Twitter and on the TV circuit over the weekend, Bloomberg reports that Trump is set to meet with General David Petraeus, whom he is now considering for the position of secretary of state.

• Trump Alleges That ‘Millions of People’ Voted Illegally (WSJ)
• Oil slip sends dollar, bond yields skidding (Reuters)
• Italian Lenders Slide on Vote Worries to Drag Down Europe Stocks (BBG)
• OPEC makes last-ditch bid to save oil deal as tensions grow (Reuters)
• How Iran, Russia Could Derail Oil-Production Deal (WSJ)
• Tug of War Delays Some of Trump’s Key Appointments (WSJ)
• French conservatives back Fillon for president, left flounders (Reuters)
• How to Kill the Volcker Rule? Don’t Enforce It (WSJ)

There may be another reason why the Euro has been so damned weak v the dollar: it might not exist for too much longer. With Le Pen from France surging in the polls and Prime Minister Renzi from Italy promising to fire himself should a drastic and very aggressive constitutional realignment fail to pass in a referendum on December the 4th, the anti EU five star movement might takeover and tell Germany to fuck off.

Vladimir Putin has rocketed to the top of the Time Person of the Year poll and is on course for a landslide victory, proving that his determination to destroy the New World Order has started to resonate with Americans of all stripes. Putin has opened up a huge lead in the 2016 poll, currently sitting on 38% of the vote. Donald Trump has 13% of the vote, Julian Assange has 3% and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both have less than 1%.

Barack Obama is illegally rushing through a final set of executive actions in his final two months as President, despite the fact that Congress blocked his ability to pass any new laws or policies. Federal agencies are pushing through new regulations on commodities speculation, air pollution from the oil industry, doctors’ Medicare drug payments and high-skilled immigrant workers, in order to cement Obama’s legacy. This is all despite the fact that Trump will probably reverse all new legislation created by the Obama administration.