Day 1,859: ditch, barmy, duress

Mr Trump has long viewed the stockmarket as a gauge of his performance and so may ditch his barmiest ideas. But it is not a good sign that being bullish about Trumponomics means hoping that its most harmful parts will be ditched under duress.

Euphoric markets are ignoring growing political risks

Artwork of the day 
Men in a Ditch
Will_Barnet
Date: 1936; United States
Style: Social Realism
Genre: genre painting
Media: lithography, paper

Word of the day 
ditch: to get rid of something or someone that is no longer wanted:
barmy: behaving strangely, or very silly:
duress: threats used to force a person to do something:

Quote of the day
“You missed World Hist."

"Did you get notes for me?"

"No. I thought you were dead in a ditch.”

― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys