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An index run by the banking association VDP that tracks prices showed its largest ever drop in 2023 German commercial property prices in the final quarter of 2023 plummeted by 12.1% in…

An aging population and higher interest expenses have been pushing the country’s indebtedness higher The US national debt could surge by $19 trillion over the next decade to surpass the $54 trillion…

The Russian leader said he favored President Joe Biden in office, calling him a “predictable” old-school politician Former US President Donald Trump has said he was flattered when Russia’s Vladimir Putin told a reporter…

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…

Yen’s Big Sway On Japanese Shares Fades To A Myth By Hideyuki Sano, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist The conventional wisdom in the Japanese market that a cheaper yen benefits exporters…

Boeing Plane Deliveries Fall 29% In January Amid Max Jet Crisis  Boeing’s plane deliveries tumbled 29% in January – compared to the previous month, driven primarily by seasonal trends and fallout from…

The cause of the blaze, which has consumed around 1,500 square meters, is still unknown A major fire broke out at the Izvestia Hall building on Pushkinskaya Square in Moscow around 5…

US Govt Is Hiding Documents That Incriminate Intel Community For Illegal Spying & Election Interference, Say Sources Matt Taibbi explains the multi-part series, cowritten with Michael Shellenberger and Alex Gutentag, about the…

House Probing Whether Biden Raided Grandkids’ Bank Accounts In ‘Unusual’ Money Transfers New evidence in the House GOP’s ongoing efforts to get to the bottom of the Biden family’s tangled web of…

A new survey highlights a divide between officials in Berlin and the German public A majority of Germans oppose Ukrainian membership in the European Union, according to recent polling data, which also…

Russia’s Man In Washington? Putin Says He Prefers Biden Over Trump Headed into election season, it is perhaps only natural and entirely to be expected that the mainstream media will hyperventilate over…

Cases Of Debilitating POTS Condition Rise After COVID-19, But New Research Points To Possible Treatment Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), For the estimated 1 to 3 million…

Japan Enters Recession With Nikkei About To Hit All Time High It’s not like anyone actually believes it any more, but if anyone needed the most clear and concise proof that there…

Let The Illegals ‘Serve’? Authored by Casey Carlisle via RealClearMarkets.com, A couple of the podcasters I listen to have recently quoted Thomas Sowell, who says that there are no solutions—only tradeoffs.  Since…

Moscow was wrong to believe in good faith of Kiev and it’s Western backers Russia has for far too long trusted its opponents in a futile attempt to resolve the decade-old Ukrainian…

Supreme Court Orders Special Counsel To Respond To Trump Immunity Appeal US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has ordered the Department of Justice to respond to former President Trump’s claim that…

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, HPSCI, Chairman Mike Turner is quite predictable in his methods to support the Intelligence Community.  {Background Here} Today, Chairman Mike Turner shocked the DC system…

Over 100 Chinese Websites Pose As Local News Outlets In 30 Countries: Report Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), At least 123 Chinese websites are disguised as local…

Pakistan’s Khan Decries “Daylight Robbery” As Rivals Form Coalition Govt, Nominate Shehbaz Sharif Pakistan’s army-backed Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have announced an agreement to form a coalition…

ouPresident Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks at a “Get Out the Vote” rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, this evening, at 7:00 p.m….

Medicine Now Diagnoses The Non-White ‘Oppressed’ With An Oppressive Case Of ‘Weathering’ Authored by John Murawski via RealClear Wire, In 1986, an upstart public health researcher named Arline Geronimus challenged the conventional…

The attack in Kursk caused a fire, Governor Roman Starovoyt has said Ukrainian forces have targeted an oil facility in the Russian border region of Kursk with drones, local Governor Roman Starovoyt…

Berkshire Cuts Stake In Apple And Paramount, Dumps DR Horton, Adds To Energy Giants Chevron And OXY In what was a rather uneventful quarter for Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, the massive hedge…

The Establishment Still Doesn’t Get Trump Authored by Sean Trende via RealClear Wire, A few weeks ago, a “Morning Joe” panel concluded that if Donald Trump were to become the Republican nominee…

What AI CapEx Boom? World’s Biggest Network Provider Slashes Jobs As Tech-Spend Sinks If NVDA et al. are all going to the moon on CapEx (yes we know its GPU/CPU spend) then…

Netanyahu Pulls Out Of Talks Over ‘Delusional’ Hamas Demands, Hostage Families Stunned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel has pulled out of talk with Hamas, and repeated the complaint that…

American Households Are Entering A Debt Trap Authored by Michael Wilkerson via The Epoch Times, American households seem to have short financial memories. Either not having learned—or perhaps just not remembering—the lessons…

Speaking to reporters February 12th, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) tore into Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) over his support for the $61 billion, Ukraine aid bill.  Rand Paul notes McConnell is…

The prime ministers of Ireland and Spain have called for a review of West Jerusalem’s compliance with an EU human rights agreement The European Commission must urgently reconsider whether Israel is complying…

Traders Fall Back In Love With Stocks & Bonds After Terrible-Tuesday, Bitcoin Breaks Above $50k A quiet macro day allowed a post-VIXperation market room to do what it does best, ‘sell-vol, and…

‘Wreckonomics’ & The Polycrisis Industrial Complex Authored by David Keen and Ruben Andersson via Project Syndicate, The “war on terror,” the “war on drugs,” and the fight against irregular migration all exhibit…

Russia will work with whoever the Americans elect, but has its preferences Moscow has a preferred outcome of this November’s presidential election in the US, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday….

Two suspects have been arrested near Kansas City’s Union Station Two people were arrested after allegedly opening fire in Kansas City’s Union Station following the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade…

Michael Burry Liquidates Semiconductor “Big Short” During Epic Meltup; Here’s What He Bought We’ll leave it to others to decide if Michael Burry is one of the biggest one hit wonders of…

The American journalist chose an unexpected tactic for his interview, the Russian president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Wednesday that X host Tucker Carlson caught him by surprise during…

Do Leftists Now Believe Leftism Doesn’t Work? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, It is hard to destroy a naturally beautiful city like San Francisco, with ideal weather and stunning…

Kiev’s new Commander-in-Chief was born and raised in Russia, where his family still live A change in Ukraine’s military leadership – anticipated for several months – has finally happened. As a result of…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised voters he would clean up government corruption, with a genuine National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), when he was campaigning for the 2022 federal election. But as every day…

Congress has announced the existence of a mystery menace just before the Ukraine aid vote The US is facing a “serious national security threat” that requires action from the White House, the…

The president hinted at “science fiction”-level achievement at an event in Moscow Russian medical scientists are working on vaccines against cancer and a new generation of medication, President Vladimir Putin said on…

The “Phantom Legion” Problem Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Everything is presented as rock-solid until it falls apart. Of the many signs of systemic decay in the late Roman…

ZeroHedge Debate Recap: Global Reserve, BRICS, CBDCs, And More Last night, ZeroHedge kicked off our third live debate to discuss the fate of the U.S. Dollar and whether it will continue to…

Quincy Promes was convicted of importing more than 1,000kg of cocaine into the Netherlands in 2020 Spartak Moscow footballer, Dutch-born Quincy Promes, was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison by…

Economists Are Sounding Alarm On ‘YOLO’ Credit Bubble Authored by Sam Bourgi via CreditNews.com, A growing percentage of Americans are becoming reckless with their spending, fueling what one economist calls a “super…

Israel Launches Extensive Wave Of ‘Retaliatory’ Strikes On Lebanon On Wednesday Israel warplanes have been widely reported to be flying at low altitude over Beirut, which is a rarity, amid fears the…

“An Interesting Name”: Biden Associates Testify On The Influence Peddling Of The President And His Family Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in the New York Post on the testimony…

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has alleged widespread vote tampering in last week’s election A coalition involving two of Pakistan’s major parties has agreed to form a new government, political…

Nazism must be defeated for Ukrainians to have a future, Viktor Medvedchuk has said Moscow had no choice but to react to Kiev’s rejection of the Minsk peace process and its preparations…

A post by the country’s official X (formerly Twitter) account acknowledged that photos from Moldova were used as “illustrations” of assistance to Palestinians Israel admitted on Tuesday to using stock footage of…

The CBDC Indoctrination Has Begun Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, I imagine life can often feel pretty difficult for today’s high school students. On top of dealing with classic teenage drama…

Secret Partnership Fueling Climate Hawk Journalism Authored by Caleb Howe via RealClear Wire, Wealthy liberal foundations have been seeking to have influence on media coverage of energy and environmental matters by funding…

Estonia’s Kaja Kallas says memorials should be demolished despite the Baltic nation’s president vetoing the legislation last year Estonia should press ahead with legislation allowing the demolition of Soviet WWII memorials from…

Biden DHS May Release Thousands Of Detained Illegals Over $700 Million Budget Shortfall While Democrats and RINOs fight to send $75 billion to Ukraine and Israel, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…

Is Toyota The Next Tesla? Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Over the last four quarters, Tesla generated total revenue and earnings of $96 billion and $15 billion, respectively. Toyota’s revenue and…

House Democrats Eye ‘Back Door’ To Force Vote On Ukraine, Israel Funding After the Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid package Tuesday morning, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) refused to hold a…

Washington’s envoy to the alliance says Kiev should not expect to receive an invitation this summer Ukraine is unlikely to be invited to join NATO this year, Washington’s ambassador to the alliance…

The country’s resilience and strength have been abused and betrayed by a regime that has sold out to Western interests In a recent post on X, Aleksey Arestovich – the former consigliere…

The luxury vessel worth $300 million was arrested in Fiji in 2022    The US government is spending more than $7 million a year to maintain a superyacht it seized from a…

The CIA asked its ‘Five Eyes’ allies to monitor Trump campaign aides, according to a new investigation The US intelligence community inappropriately used foreign allies to target Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s…

“Cash In Envelopes”: How The US And UN Are Funding The Border Crisis By Darlene McCormick Sanchez of The Epoch Times, The United States is bankrolling its own “invasion” by funding the…

The country disputes the decision by a Dutch court to hand over the ‘Scythian gold’ to Ukraine Russia is suing Ukraine and the Netherlands at the European Court of Human Rights over…

Bitcoin Tops $1 Trillion As Gold ETFs Dumped In Favor Of Crypto The total market value of Bitcoin’s circulating supply crossed $1 trillion today for the first time since November 2021… Source:…

West Virginia’s Patrick Morrisey has urged Vice President Kamala Harris to invoke the 25th Amendment and declare the president unfit for office West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has called on US…

Only a fifth of the large American and European businesses operating in the country have pulled out, according to Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov Only about 20% of the large companies from…

Have Markets Been Fooled By The Base Effect By Elwin de Groot, Head of Macro Strategy at Rabobank Have markets been fooled by the base effect? Have they been basing too much?…

Second Launch Attempt For America’s Private Moon Lander Scheduled For Early Thursday After Initial Glitch Just over a month following the incident where America’s first commercial moon lander in half a century…

Wall Street And Hollywood Titans Team Up To Back Biden Authored by Austin Alonzo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The rich and famous are ready to bankroll the Biden campaign, according…

WTI Drops After Huge Crude Build, US Production Back At Record Highs Oil prices extended gains overnight after API reported big product draws (which offset a large crude build) and on geopolitical…

Aleksandr Syrsky has been branded a “butcher” for high attrition rates under his command, but is now pledging to minimize losses The conditions facing Ukrainian troops on the frontline are “very difficult…

The son of the US president has been accused of lying about his alleged use of narcotics during a federal background check in 2018 Hunter Biden had images on his personal phone…

Inventor Of ‘Gold Standard’ Cognitive Test Suggests Biden Should Take One Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, The inventor of the ‘gold standard’ in cognitive tests suggested Joe Biden should take…

“Greatest Headwind” Facing US Office CRE Sector Is “Years Of Supply” There have been mounting concerns recently that the unfolding commercial real estate crash is accelerating and has rippled across the global…

Elon Musk Is Right And The NY Times Is Wrong About Illegal Voting By Non-Citizens Authored by James D. Agresti via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In a recent trio of posts…

Futures Rebound After Biggest Rout Since March 2023; Bitcoin Soars After the worst rout for US stocks since March 2023, which followed hotter than expected CPI prints across the board andsparked fears…

New Delhi could produce more parts for its Arjun Mark 1 model after manufacturers in the EU country anticipated a four-year wait India is planning to develop its own engines for its…

Russia’s Foreign Ministry says preparations for the high-level meeting have begun in collaboration with partners on the continent The African continent will host the third Russia-Africa summit in 2026, a Russian Foreign…

Why office work satisfies personal needs more than telework (Part four of Prof. Schlevogt’s four-part series on the future of work) At Oxford University, undergraduates enjoy the privilege of weekly personal tutorials…

Brussels has reportedly proposed imposing trade restrictions on three entities over what it calls support of Moscow China firmly opposes a reported EU proposal to impose trade restrictions on three Chinese firms…

Amendments to the criminal code would let Russian authorities seize property from those found guilty of inciting “extremist” activity   President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Wednesday allowing the Russian authorities…

Dems Flip Seat In Special Election To Replace Disgraced NY Rep. George Santos The Republican Party’s numerical edge in the US House of Representatives just got even smaller, as New York Democrat…

Local currency settlements will significantly benefit businesses trading with Moscow, Ajay Sahai of the exports federation told RT New Delhi can significantly increase exports to Russia and reduce the existing trade deficit…

The GigaChat neural network model has successfully completed a test intended for students who finished six years of medical school A neural network model designed by Russia’s Sberbank has managed to pass…

The attack came hours after an Israeli citizen was killed by a rocket fired from its northern neighbor Israel said on Wednesday that it has begun a “series of strikes” in Lebanon,…

How Bitcoin ETFs Could Impact The Average Investment Portfolio Authored by Francisco Rodrigues via CoinTelegraph.com, On Jan. 11, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved 11 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds…

Western nations want a Russian defeat and are not prepared to compromise, the foreign minister has told MPs The West will not offer a realistic diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict because…

How Much Do Scam Text Messages Cost Americans? They’re a nuisance for the majority of the population that can spot them from a mile away, but falling prey to scam text messages…

AI & The New Kind Of Propaganda Authored by Johann Eddebo via Off-Guardian.org, Do you remember how the unconstitutional, pastel-authoritarian and totally batshit insane “Disinformation Governance Board” – with its Mary Poppins-cosplaying,…

A legendary private art collection in Russia is up for grabs after owner’s death This week Russian arts expert Nina Moleva passed away aged 98. President Vladimir Putin is supposedly named as…

Christian Lindner believes that structural reforms are needed to strengthen the competitiveness of the EU’s economic heavyweight Germany needs structural reforms to boost its competitiveness, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said at an…

South Africa’s deployment as part of a regional mission follows a resurgence of armed clashes in the central African country South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorized the deployment of 2,900 soldiers…

Israel is using whatever level of force they want in any area without accountability, Nabil Fahmi told RT The Red Sea region is “on fire,” Egyptian diplomat Nabil Fahmi has told RT…

The USSR gave Afro-Asian writers a platform to campaign for Palestinians, take stands on Vietnam, European colonialism and apartheid It is unclear when ‘Lotus’, a literary magazine of progressive Afro-Asian writers largely…

The Russian leader has not made any such proposal to the US, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said A media report suggesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin reached out to the US with an…

The group will account for 40% of global GDP within four years, the head of the New Development Bank has said The BRICS member states will overtake the G7 in terms of…

Jeffrey Sachs: The Biden-Schumer Plan To Kill More Ukrainians Authored by Jeffrey D. Sachs via Common Dreams, President Joe Biden is refusing to fold a losing hand as he bets with Ukrainian…

STIs Are On The Rise In Europe Europe is seeing a surge in the number of cases of sexually transmitted infections. As Statista’s Anna Fleck details below, according to the European Centre for…

‘Safe’ Food Additive May Have Consequences For Gut Microbiome Authored by Amy Denney via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A naturally derived antibiotic that helps preserve food by killing any threatening pathogens…

The bloc’s 13th package of economic restrictions on Moscow will reportedly impact Chinese and Indian companies for the first time Beijing rejects “illegal sanctions” and will defend the interests of its companies,…

Jl 2:12-18 Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your…