With European stocks surging to levels not seen since last August, the European economy continues to slump ever closer to recession.
One month after Germany avoided a technical recession by the skin of its teeth, when it just barely avoided posting two consecutive quarter of negative GDP growth...

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-03/german-institute-cuts-gdp-growth-forecast-half-08?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.