*Grizzly murders. Corpuses of intimidation hanging in public. A cartel culture. International condemnation over a wave of journalist killings. It doesn’t make the case for an unnecessary, obscenely expensive border wall, but it might make the case for a Mexistan moniker.
* One notable impact of “Brexit”: Net migration in England is down by more than 100,000, the biggest annual drop since records began in 1964. Notably impacted: Farms, construction, hospitality industry, hospitals and universities. Another reminder that populist rhetoric can win a referendum, but there’s a bottom-line reality beyond the pandering nationalism.
* Imagine, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler, has become known as a reformer and an advocate of fiscal austerity. He’s also the new owner of the $300-million Chateau Louis XIV near Versailles, a $500-million yacht and a $450-million Leonardo da Vinci painting. Sounds like Saudi “fiscal austerity” now rivals American billionaire “populism” for oxymoronic hypocrisy.