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Make Up...

Non Grata...

Russia expelled 23 British diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to the U.K.’s expulsion of 23 Russian embassy staff over the nerve-agent attack in England.

Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement it had summoned U.K. ambassador Laurie Bristow to inform him that the 23 diplomats were now "persona non grata" and had a week to leave. The ministry said it was also closing the British consulate in Saint Petersburg and withdrawing the right of the British Council, a body that promotes British culture and language, to operate in Russia.

Can we utilize a different method to work out the differences in a peaceful way?

New...*

One generation passes away, and another generation comes; But the earth abides forever.  
The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it arose.  
 
The wind goes toward the south, And turns around to the north; The wind whirls about continually, And comes again on its circuit. 

              All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again.    All things are full of labor; Man cannot express it.

The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor the ear filled with hearing.    
    Just a thought.

Bungalow...*

You don't need to be flush to be happy. Author Dina Gachman knows that from personal experience. She has faced student loans, made ends meet on unpaid internships, and, along the way, figured out how to live the dream on a dime.

"It's not about feeling mopey because you can't afford a private jet with solid gold fuselage," her book "Brokenomics."

"We'd all love free-flowing Dom Pérignon … but it's not about that. It's about surviving and thriving, no matter what your situation may be."  

There are definitely perks when it comes to renting, and if you're in a funk about your 300 square-foot living quarters, it's time to stop pining for a Spanish colonial mansion and start loving your little casita,".

One of Gachman's favorite psychological tricks is to think of her tiny, oven-less apartment as a "beach bungalow." "If you live near the mountains, call it your 'cabin,'" . "If you're in the plains, call it your 'homestead.'

And remember, "you don't have to pay property taxes, deal with maintenance issues, or stress about whether the value of your house is rising or sinking … someday, when you're writing a check for your property taxes, you might just think back on your thimble-sized cabin/homestead and miss the good old days."

Free Riders...*

After months of relative price stability the floodgates of selling opened wide. Crude oil production in the United States rebounding to nearly 9.1 million barrels per day. 

The Saudi oil minister explicitly said that the accord adherents would not abide "free-riders," referenced the shale producers.

In response, Saudi Arabia announced that it would, once again, supply full contract volumes of crude oil to its Asian customers, and it has aggressively discounted its pricing. 

U.S. oil inventory levels will only grow further as prices stabilize and the companies adjusted the cost of production. 

Prices for WTI will likely fall steadily. While it is painful to undertake a price war, you can bet the lowest cost producers will be the last ones standing but damaged greatly. A new reality is happening.  Just a thought.

Gold...*

Billboard magazine asked Kiiara what she was thinking of when she wrote the song. "The overall message is you don't have to answer to anyone," she replied. "That's how I was raised. If someone asks you for something, you don't owe them anything. You don't have to answer. I wanted to somehow incorporate that into the song."

Appeal...*

Major U.S. and foreign automakers have appealed to President Donald Trump to review the rules requiring them to nearly double fleet-wide fuel efficiency by 2025, saying they impose significant costs and are out of step with consumer preferences.

As part of a 2012 regulation, EPA had to decide by April 2018 whether to modify the 2022-2025 model year vehicle emission rules requiring average fleet-wide efficiency of more than 50 miles per gallon.

Automakers hope to work with regulators and California, auto representative, "to see whether we can find a prudent compromise path forward that avoids an unnecessary and counterproductive regulatory collision."

Trump will reduce the EPA regulation, but the auto industry with its electric and hybrids cars will exceed the removed requirement by a great distance. Just a thought.

DELILAH...*

Jones narrates the song as a betrayed lover who spies his woman in silhouette on a window blind as she makes love to another man. Although he realizes that she is no good for him, he becomes temporarily insane.

Waiting until her paramour leaves, at the break of day, he knocks on the door, which she opens, only to laugh in his face. He stabs her to death. Realizing this murderous act, the betrayed lover begs her forgiveness before the police come to break down the door and take him away.

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