Blockchain 'energy-units-based' crypto-currency replaces Bitcoin as investment wunderkind as BC value charts increasingly resemble EKGs of a late-stage meth head.
Trump is caught wandering 5th avenue with a Colt 45 at 3am after his Twitter account is deleted.
A new wing of Moscow airport opens named after Snowden.
Barack Obama is elected to the board at GS.
Corbyn is elected PM and institutes UBI.
Brexit puts everyone to sleep as people tire of pompous palaver and pusillanimous patriotism.
Canadian hemp paper puts the Kochs out of business.
President Pence's pictures of his toyboy phase go viral.
Aliens do (yet) another flyby and scarper pronto shaking their pointy heads.
Nicki Haley runs for president in a pink soiree gown.
In Italy the 5* movement grabs 40% of the still-voting electorate in March and PM Di Maio runs a majority government with opposition kicking and screaming in dashed passion. Someone cares.
Di Maio goes mano a mano with Schauble, Draghi and Padoan to rewrite EU austerity rules.
Eurovision song contest finally rolls over and expires in a blizzard of glitter and fake smoke.

#World peace becomes a Thing.
   

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

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Anne Applebaum, September Pin-up Troll

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

UN threatens to move HQ from New York to Shanghai in response to US contribution cuts. Faced with rapidly declining property values in Manhattan, Trump mistakes  Shanghai for Pyongyang, and threatens to nuke it.

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I officially resigned from the predictions business the day of Trump's election.

However, you don't have to be Nostradamus to foresee that brexit will be worse than anyone can possibly imagine. I'm sure that, in the hands of politicians who are remotely competent, something could be salvaged from the mess, but our Leaders are not remotely such people, but will Dunning-Kruger the negotiations into such a colossal fuck up that, generations from now, people will hear the tales of it and marvel at the sheer stupidity.

Trump will NOT  be impeached. At one point I thought that the GOP would hold on to him until they got their tax cuts through and then dump him before the midterms hit. Now it's too late, and they know they're going down whatever so there is nothing to be gained and the Trump base to lose. So rather than have the DC GOP be seen to trash their own, they'll appease the base by waiting, riding the storm and letting the Democrats do it. Which will be a mess cos it's what the Democrats do.

Then President Pence will take over and try to establish a theocracy.

keep to the Fen Causeway

13 Things to Look Forward To (or Fear) in 2018 - Stephen Carter

At 2:14 a.m. on Aug. 4, having learned at a geometric rate, the internet of things (IoT, in the jargon) will become self-aware. In a panic, humans try to pull the plug. Skynet -- um, the IoT -- fights back, freezing smart wallets and tap-to-pay. All linked thermostats are shut off. All linked refrigerators stop running. All social media sites go offline. Smart cars and trucks block the expressways. Virtual assistants respond to every command with "Resistance is futile." Email accounts and cellphones lock. Worst of all, videos cannot be streamed. Faced with a future of reading actual books and getting to know the neighbors, the human race swiftly surrenders.

Tories Don't Want Second Brexit Vote, But Everyone Else Does

Just 14 percent of Conservatives favor holding a second vote that might reverse Brexit, according to the YouGov survey of political party members for Queen Mary University of London. By contrast, the proportions for the opposition Labour, Scottish National and Liberal Democrat parties are 78 percent, 87 percent and 91 percent respectively.

U.K. Thinks Barnier Bluffing on No Brexit Deal for Banks

Prime Minister Theresa May believes Michel Barnier is bluffing when he says there will be no special deal for financial services, officials said, as the U.K. prepares to negotiate its post-Brexit ties with the European Union.

Two senior officials familiar with the matter privately think the EU's chief Brexit negotiator is faking a hard-line stance in ruling out a deal that would allow banks to continue operating freely across the bloc.

Britain to EU: You Need Our Banks as Much as They Need You

The day after the European Union's chief negotiator warned that there could be no special deal for Britain's finance sector, the U.K. sent a message back: You need our banks as much as they need you.

"The City of London is actually the banker for Europe," Prime Minister Theresa May told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday. "It's a significant provider of capital finance for Europe. There will be greater recognition of the role that the City plays."

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Some wag sells the European Union on a re-launch of the carbon market based on blockchain technology. It gets a waver for its own CO2 production.

Niinistö wins the Finnish presidential election in a landslide.

This one is actually serious. He is ridiculously popular and the office is not that powerful, making it mostly a matter of personal popularity. He polls over 60% in first round polling and 80-90% in second round (if there is one), depending on opponent.