Scaramucci shreds President Trump and ‘the bed of nails’ he has made

Today’s woke version of the Mooch has changed a lot from the Trump-loving Mooch that the president roasted in this Tuesday night tweet:

And in return…

As the battle between the two rages on across TwitterTWTR, +1.50% , Anthony Scaramucci took his bashing to the pages of the Washington Post:

Scaramucci says he’s not seeking absolution for previously being a Trump fanboy. “I just want to be part of the solution,” said Scaramucci, who was fired in July 2017 after less than two weeks on the job as White House communications director.

“My public praise of the man was over the top at times, but my private estimation of him was more measured. I thought Trump, despite his warts, could bring a pragmatic, entrepreneurial approach to the Oval Office,” he continued, adding that he had figured he could serve the president by counteracting far-right voices in the administration.

Scaramucci laid out several key moments that ultimately caused the rift between the two, including the neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Trump’s policies at the border and his controversial “go back” treatment of the four congresswomen.

“I broke from Trump because not only has his behavior become more erratic and his rhetoric more inflammatory, but also because, like all demagogues, he is incapable of handling constructive criticism,” he wrote.” As we lie on the bed of nails Trump has made, it’s often difficult to see how much the paradigm of acceptable conduct has shifted.”

Ex-Catholic cardinal’s appeal over child sex abuse to be decided

George Pell was sentenced to six years in March for abusing two choir boys when he was the archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s.

A former Catholic cardinal will be back in court in Australia on Wednesday to find out whether his appeal against his jail sentence for child sexual abuse has been successful.

George Pell was sentenced to six years in March for abusing two choir boys when he was the archibishop of Melbourne in the 1990s.

Al Jazeera’s Victoria Gatenby reports.

S&P 500 extends bullish reversal, rallies within view of 50-day average

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Technically speaking, the major U.S. benchmarks continue to whipsaw amid a pronounced August volatility spike.

Against this backdrop, the S&P 500 has extended its rally from major support (2,817) — preserving a bullish longer-term bias — also rising within striking distance of its third recent retest of the 50-day moving average.

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Disney, Eddie Bauer Recall Baby Sleepers Over Safety Risk

NEW YORK (AP) — About 24,000 Disney and Eddie Bauer baby sleepers are being recalled on concerns that infants could roll over and suffocate on them.

No injuries were reported for the sleepers, but similar ones by other brands have been linked to deaths after infants rolled over from their backs while unrestrained. In April, Fisher-Price recalled 4.7 million infant sleepers after more than 30 babies died in them over a 10-year period.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says anyone who owns the Disney and Eddie Bauer sleepers, which were both made by Dorel Juvenile Group, should stop using them and reach out to Dorel for a refund.

Both were sold for $60 at Target, Kmart and other stores nationwide from November 2014 to February 2017.

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UTA Signs ‘Aquarela’ Filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky

EXCLUSIVE: UTA has signed director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer Victor Kossakovsky.

Kossakovsky’s documentary Aquarela premiered during the festival circuit in 2018 to critical acclaim and screened at Sundance and SXSW. The film, which is a visual narrative that captures the power and beauty of bodies of water across the world, was released by Sony Pictures Classics on August 16.

Over the course of Kossakovsky’s career, he has made ten films and won over 100 awards. His critically acclaimed documentary ¡Vivan las antípodas! opened the 2011 Venice Film Festival. It went on to earn various accolades including a “Best Documentary” nomination at the 2011 European Film Awards and an “SX: Global Audience Award” nomination at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival. His debut feature Belovy (the Belovs) won the “Joris Ivens Award” for best feature-length documentary and the “Wisselzak Trophy” audience award at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival.

Kossakovsky is a member of both the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences and the European Film Academy. He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia and is currently based in Berlin, Germany.