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Thousands Of Unexploded Israeli Bombs In Gaza Provide Hamas With Weapons Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute Hamas is using some of the thousands of unexploded bombs that now litter…

Another US Fighter Jet Destroyed In The Red Sea Another $60 million US Navy fighter jet has been ‘lost at sea’ – this time during a crash landing as the aircraft was…

First-Time Homebuyers Face Shifting Market, Stress, Struggles: New Survey A new survey of 1,000 first-time homebuyers reveals the complex and often stressful reality of entering the housing market. Rising housing prices, high…

We have witnessed a lot of crazy in the past several years, but this just about takes the proverbial cake. Current Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, was the leader of al-Qaeda in Syria…

Vice President JD Vance speaks at the DC session of the Munich Security Conference.   Inside the discussion JD Vance outlines the status of President Trump foreign policy in a host of regions….

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And…

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post…

Social media, in particular those who are deeply aligned with the COVID-19 vaccination stuff, is all abuzz about Casey Means as the replacement nomination for withdrawn candidate Janette Nesheiwat (Mike Waltz’s sister-in-law)….

Germany’s New Chancellor Slams US Meddling, Defends Crackdown On ‘Far-Right’ Via Remix News, After the Trump administration condemned Germany’s slide into tyranny and anti-democratic actions against the Alternative for Germany (AfD), the…

The international group was caught with 5,000 insects in Kenya, including rare Messor cephalotes, destined for pet markets abroad A Kenyan court has sentenced four individuals to one year in prison or…

Von der Leyen Calls On EU To Hasten Ukrainian Entry As Blow To Putin European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is calling for the fast-tracking of EU accession talks for Ukraine,…

Washington wants to move away from the “obsession” with the Ukraine-backed 30-day ceasefire, the vice president has said US Vice President J.D. Vance has expressed doubts regarding a Ukraine-supported 30-day ceasefire in the…

AfriForum has claimed the Afrikaner minority is in danger due to government policies, prompting Trump to cut financial aid to Pretoria AfriForum wants to mend relations with the ANC after it urged…

The two countries stand against neo-Nazism and militarism, the president has said Moscow and Beijing remain staunch defenders of the historic truth and remember the countless people their countries lost during World…

Aleksandar Vucic came to Moscow despite pressure from Brussels and recent hospitalization with a heart condition Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has delivered a pointed message to the European Union from Moscow’s Red…

How An India-Pakistan War Could Derail Central Asia’s Future Authored by James Durso via OilPrice.com, A war between India and Pakistan would significantly destabilize Central Asia, disrupting trade routes, delaying infrastructure projects,…

World’s Largest Jewelry Brand Says Reshoring US Production “Simply Won’t Work”  Pandora Jewelry CEO Alexander Lacik spoke with Bloomberg TV’s Anna Edwards on Wednesday about the potential for re-shoring production from Asia to…

FBI Mishandled Investigating Congressional Baseball Shooting, House Committee Finds Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, A House Intelligence Committee report released on May 6 says that the FBI mishandled its…

California Gas Prices Could Rise 75% By End Of 2026: USC Analysis Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times, California gas prices could skyrocket by as much as 75 percent by…

LNG Is A Key Bargaining Chip In Tariff Talks With Asian Nations Asian nations are ramping up energy imports from the U.S. to gain leverage in tariff talks with President Trump, though…

The US president claims America played a pivotal role in defeating Nazi Germany President Donald Trump has officially proclaimed May 8 as a national day to celebrate victory in World War II,…

The EU parliamentarians have told dpa they want to send a message of peace by taking part in Victory Day celebrations A group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), including two…

Competition In Education: Texas Signs School Choice Vouchers Into Law It’s no secret that US schooling has been in steep decline since the founding of the federal Department of Education in 1980…

FOMC Summary: Clueless As expected, just hours after the PBOC cut rates and injected billions into the economy to give Xi Jinping ammunition in the upcoming trade war negotiations, the FOMC did……

Biden’s Floating Pier Debacle In Gaza Was Even Worse Than We Thought; IG Report Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Joe Biden’s floating aid pier in Gaza, which was only operational for…

Sacramental Snitches: Church To Excommunicate Any Priests Complying With Washington State Law Authored by Jonathan Turley, We previously discussed the legislation passed by Washington State democrats that requires priests to violate the sanctity of…

Real ID Is Not About Keeping You Safe Authored by Connor O’Keefe via The Mises Institute, Today, after nearly two decades of implementation and delays, the federal government’s new identification requirements for…

Bitcoin ETF Inflows Top Gold ETF Inflows Year-To-Date Year-to-date, gold prices have dramatically outperformed those on bitcoin… However, despite this dramatic divergence, the performance chasm has failed to deter investors putting new…

Trump Nominates MAHA-Aligned Dr. Casey Means As Surgeon General Authored by Jeff Louderbeack via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump announced on May 7 that Dr. Casey Means – a functional medicine…

Ukrainian forces have launched multiple cross-border attacks, sustaining heavy casualties in the process The Ukrainian military launched a new attempt to invade Russia’s Kursk Region on Monday, launching multiple cross-border attacks. While…

Is This Really The ‘Very, Very Big Announcement’ Ahead Of Trump’s Mideast Trip? This is apparently, or likely, the ‘very, very big announcement’ the President Trump teased Tuesday while hosting the Canadian…

The Responsible Lie: How AI Sells Conviction Without Truth Authored by Gleb Lisikh via The Epoch Times, The widespread excitement around generative AI, particularly large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok,…

The Washington-brokered negotiations on the current conflict need to come to a head, the US president has said President Donald Trump has expressed displeasure over the pace of the US-brokered negotiations with…

Domestic military industrial companies have grown in market value, the newspaper has said India’s defense companies have added more than $5 billion to their market value following the escalation of tensions with…

The First Crypto Currency: The Dollar Authored by Christopher Whalen via DailyReckoning.com, President Abraham Lincoln is considered to be the moral savior of the United States for ending slavery. To pay for…

Kiev has agreed to a 30-kilometer-wide demilitarized zone along the line of contact, Keith Kellogg has said Russia is not aware of any Ukrainian offer to establish a demilitarized zone along the…

Putin’s truce aims to open peace talks as Ukraine keeps up drone attacks A 72-hour ceasefire proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially come into effect, with Russian forces halting offensive…

Satellite Images Uncover China’s Buildup In Cuba, Triggering U.S. Spy Concerns China’s aggressive push into Cuba is sounding alarm bells, with fears of covert surveillance operations targeting the United States, a concerning…

MCAT Developers Still Promote DEI Despite Public Scrutiny; Report Authored by Simon Olech via Campus Reform, The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), which develops and administers the Medical College Admissions Test…

The Storm Before The Calm Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Risk management is critical to wealth preservation, especially in today’s turbulent market storm. However, during such volatile times, we must also…

Undocumented migrants will now be turned away at the border Germany’s new government has ordered tighter border controls, marking a sharp shift in immigration policy and fulfilling a key campaign promise of…

Consumer Debt Jumps In March As Student Debt Unexpectedly Soars One month ago, just as our long-running narrative that US consumers had been living with maxed out credit cards for the past…

HSBC Launches ‘TradePay’ For Struggling Importers U.S. importers who ignored President Trump’s first-term warnings about shifting supply chains out of China have been stunned—some into paralysis—by the renewed tariff war in his…

Peter Dutton was meant to be safe from losing his seat of Dickson and both the Labor Party and the Liberal Party didn’t think otherwise until a few weeks before the election…

A watchdog has reported dozens of injuries, millions in equipment losses and minimal results The US military’s humanitarian pier mission in Gaza last year resulted in far more injuries, damage, and operational…

New Delhi has said the facilities were used by Islamabad to train terrorists India conducted a series of strikes against nine suspected terror-linked sites located in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in the…

In the U.K and throughout Europe May 8th is known as “VE Day” designating Victory of Europe Day, commemorating May 8, 1945, marking the Allies’ acceptance of Germany’s unconditional surrender. In Russia…

Crackdown On Student Loan Defaulters To Begin With Benefit Seizure, Then Wage Garnishment Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, The U.S. government will begin seizing federal benefits from 195,000 student…

Russia Thwarts Largest Drone Attack In History, Sparking Airport Chaos, Hours Before Victory Day Ceasefire Hours before Putin’s unilaterally declared three-day Victory Day ceasefire is expected to go into effect (starting May…

Fed Rejects Trump Calls To Cut Rates: Warns Of “Increased” Stagflationary “Uncertainty” Since the last FOMC meeting, on March 19th, a great deal has happened – Liberation Day, bond market crisis, stock…

Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell Explains Why It’s Different Now Vs September With no actions taken and no SEP to discuss (although the statement clearly hints at stagflationary uncertainty), all eyes (and…

Tesla Sales Plunge In Both China And Europe, Despite Surge In Overall EV Adoption Tesla’s China-made vehicle sales dropped sharply in April, bucking the trend of strong growth among major Chinese EV…

New Delhi has struck what it calls terrorist targets on the territory of the neighboring state in response to a deadly act of terrorism The Indian military has launched a series of…

Ten Points To Keep In Mind Amidst Escalating Indo-Pak Tensions Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Everyone has the right to make up their own minds about these tensions and the Kashmir…

Stocks Slide As Apple Exec Admits Efforts To Replace Google For AI Search Apple Senior Vice President of Services Eddy Cue testified that the company is “actively exploring” a redesign of its…

Mark Carney has requested the American president stop referring to his country as the 51st US state Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has claimed he asked US President Donald Trump to stop…

The Venezuelan president has arrived in Russia to participate in the May 9 Victory Day celebrations Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro have signed a strategic partnership agreement…

The European Commission is undermining the legislature’s budgetary authority, Roberta Metsola has argued The European Parliament has warned the European Commission (EC) that it could take it to court if it bypasses…

From Swan Lake to The Nutcracker, his music continues to captivate audiences across generations and continents Thanks to ‘The Nutcracker’, this Russian composer gifted the world some of its most beloved Christmas…

Gold Soars To Another New High, What’s The Message? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, There are three messages. Do you see them? Three Messages Gold does not believe the Fed is…

Rabo: “At Least The PBOC Is Doing Something, While The Fed Will Do Nothing At All” By Michael Every of Rabobank It’s the Fed today but the rest of the world is…

Countdown To Shortages? Last Cargo Ships From China Arrive In US Ports US tariffs on most Chinese goods are currently holding at 145%, but were not applied to goods transported by cargo…

Boris Pistorius reportedly wants €60 billion allocated for the armed forces this year German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is seeking a major hike to the country’s military budget effective this year, Reuters…

China Unveils World’s 1st ‘Meltdown Proof’ Thorium Reactor Authored by Alex Kimani via OilPrice.com, Chinese scientists achieved a breakthrough in clean energy technology by adding fresh fuel to an operational thorium reactor….

WTI Prices Extend Losses Despite Slide In US Crude Production Oil pries pumped and dumped back tro unchanged ahead of this morning’s official inventory and supply data after hopeful (demand) signs of…

Moscow’s forces have fended off hundreds of drones and more than a dozen missiles and bombs, the Defense Ministry has said Russian anti-aircraft defenses have repelled a large-scale Ukrainian attack, downing two…

The European Commission has announced plans to eliminate the purchase of gas, nuclear fuel, and oil from Russia by the end of 2027 The European Commission’s plan to completely phase out Russian…

Internet access on mobile devices has been limited as security is being ramped up due to Ukrainian threats Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has urged Moscow residents to be patient with security restrictions…

Futures Rise Ahead Of FOMC, Boosted By Trade War De-escalation, China Stimmies US equity futures are higher while global market are mixed ahead of the FOMC decision later today, following news tariff…

Novo Cuts Outlook, Pledges Crackdown On Copycat Obesity Drugs Novo Nordisk shares surged as much as 6.5% in European trading, making it a top performer on the Stoxx 600, as Wall Street analysts said…

“Not Under Command”: Maersk Container Ship Adrift Off US East Coast After Engine Room Explosion A 335.5-meter container ship has been adrift off the U.S. East Coast for more than a week after…

Pakistan Closes Airspace For 48 Hours, Authorizes Response To Indian Attack Which “Ignited Inferno In Region” Though aerial fighting between the nuclear-armed rivals does not appear to be sustained and ongoing at this…

Judge Blocks Department Of Education From Canceling COVID-Related School Aid Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on May 6 blocked the U.S. Department of Education from canceling…

The European Commission chief also urged the bloc’s members to further support Kiev’s military industry Ukraine EU accession talks should be launched in 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stressed…

It must be quite a burn for Brussels elites when Washington says their most vaunted quality is not as good as they try to make it look This one stings. When asked…

From Ukraine to Kashmir: The old laws of power still apply There is plenty to say about the chaos unfolding in Washington these days, but the sudden military escalation between India and…

Moscow airports have faced severe disruptions from Ukrainian drone strikes, stranding thousands of passengers Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia sparked widespread travel chaos late Tuesday and early Wednesday, forcing multiple Russian airlines…

New Delhi has claimed it was targeting terrorist sites in an overnight raid Pakistan has accused India of killing civilians in a cross-border military operation overnight and promised a forceful response. In…

Friedrich Merz says White House officials have been making “absurd observations” about his country German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has told the US government to “stay out” of his nation’s domestic politics. It…

The move on Monday comes months after the African state’s government revoked Orano’s operating license Niger’s security forces have raided the offices of French state-owned miner Orano’s local subsidiaries and seized equipment,…

The strike reportedly utilized a specialized FPV aircraft shielded from electronic countermeasures Russian forces have destroyed a valuable Ukrainian HIMARS multiple launch rocket system in a strike using a first-person view (FPV)…

Heads of state from Egypt, Zimbabwe, Congo, and elsewhere will join ceremonies marking the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany Seven African heads of state are expected to attend Moscow’s Victory Day parade…

The Terminal Rot In Corporate America Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Corporate America took advantage of the Covid shortages and fiscal largesse to profiteer on a scale criminals could…

The truce proposed by Russian president Vladimir Putin “remains in force,” his spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The intensification of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory will not affect Moscow’s plans to…

“The Fourth Turning Is Now Raging…” And Neil Howe Warns “It’s Gone Global” History tells us that civilizations and societies boom, bust and rise anew to repeat the pattern – a pattern…

Crimes Of Rape Have Tripled In Six Years Across Spain Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Spain has seen an alarming rise in sexual violence over recent years, culminating in a…

The Sudanese government says it has ordered the closure of its embassy in Abu Dhabi in response to acts of aggression Sudan has severed diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE)…

The Indian armed forces has said it struck nine suspected terror-linked sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir India announced on Wednesday that it struck nine terror-linked sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir….

Kiev will only receive the jets once Belgium gets F-35s from the US, Brussels’ defense minister has said Belgium will only be able to deliver F-16s to Ukraine “in the years to…

China Rebrands Autopilot Software As Assisted Driving Following Deadly Crash More than a month after a deadly crash involving one of Xiaomi’s electric vehicles—with the driver assistance system likely engaged—China’s Ministry of…

Kiev is trying to portray itself as a “key supporter” of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle The article “Ukraine looks to rekindle ties with liberation heroes,” published on April 15 in The Citizen,…

India has attacked alleged terrorist facilities in Pakistan, prompting the Russian Foreign Ministry to urge deescalation Russia has expressed its deep concerns over the rising violence between India and Pakistan, and is…

Be Not Enticed To Tyranny: Oppose The Surveillance State Authored by Elizabeth Melton via the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER). A surveillance state is being erected around the American public at…

EU Set To Tariff $113 Billion In U.S. Goods If Trade Talks Break Down The European Union is preparing to impose up to €100 billion ($113 billion) in tariffs on US goods…

I have watched it so many times and each time I have to pause it to stop laughing.  When you consider everything in the lead up to this event, this really is…

The media have been going bananas wondering when President Trump will begin negotiations with China.  President Trump has been very clear that there is no need to open negotiations with China, but…

The Supreme Court lifted a lower-court judge’s ruling that paused the administration’s ban on mentally unstable people who were uncertain of their gender.  The DEI judges (Latino, Lesbian and Black) dissented. Previously,…

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post…

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And…

Outrage As Kindergarten Takes Christian Children To Mosque To Kneel And Praise Allah Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Children at a private Catholic nursery in Italy were taken on a day…