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Stocks, Bond Yields, & Bullion Puke After Powell Pummels Dovish Dreamers, Assails AI ‘Soft’ survey data continued its trend weaker… Source: Bloomberg And NYCB shit the bed… Source: Bloomberg Which is probably…

Visualizing 20 Years Of Apple Vs Microsoft For years, Apple and Microsoft have been switching places as the world’s most valuable company, in terms of market capitalization. In today’s chart, Visual Capitalist’s…

The government in West Jerusalem has reportedly discussed allowing Palestinian militants to take refuge in another country Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has reportedly floated the idea of exiling some Hamas…

Washington’s Planned Theft Of Credit Card Benefits Authored by Kevin van Elswyk via The Mises Institute, Our vacation airline tickets in September were funded by accumulated miles on our Alaska Airlines credit…

Walter Sofronoff’s subpoenaed mobile phone records show he made 55 phone calls for a total of 7 ½ hours to Rupert Murdoch’s The Australian, mostly with Janet Albrechtsen, in their collusion to…

Four States Consider Lifting Taxes On Precious Metals Via SchiffGold.com, Citizens of Georgia, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Kansas may soon enjoy lower taxes on precious metals if recently introduced pro-metal bills are made…

American elites believe in democracy at home and dictatorship abroad; that’s why the world is so dangerous right now Ukraine is a convenient, rather cheap tool for the US to weaken and…

Tesla’s shareholders signed off on the record compensation deal because they were “starry-eyed” about their “superstar” CEO, a Delaware judge has ruled A Delaware judge has voided Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla…

South Africa’s top diplomat has condemned military support for West Jerusalem following the World Court’s genocide ruling All countries must refrain from supporting Israel’s military in light of last week’s International Court…

Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell Walk Hawkish-Dove Tight-Rope Given today’s dovish surge in March rate-cut odds (and 2024 rate-cut expectations) after NYCB’s results, one can’t help but think Powell will use the…

Hawkish Fed Hammers Dovish Market: No Cuts Imminent, Removes ‘Banking System Soundness’ Comment Since The Fed’s (uber dovish) last meeting on December 13th, the dollar is down, bonds and gold are up,…

Iran Vows To Hit Back If US Strikes Target Its Soil; US Destroyer Comes Under Attack In Red Sea Iran has signaled it is prepared to counterattack in response to any US…

MPs have approved a new bill envisaging asset forfeiture for those endangering national security People committing crimes against Russia’s national security could potentially face confiscation of assets under new legislation passed by…

‘Independent Contractor’ Rule Latest Dumpster Fire Exported From California Authored by Mary Katherine Ham via RealClear Wire, California is known for many things –  beautiful scenery, surfing, wine, movies, singing raisins. But…

The US-led military bloc was originally designed for a confrontation with Moscow, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has pointed out NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 war games that kicked off in Europe last week present…

Biden Finally Remembers To Visit East Palestine, One Year After Toxic Train Derailment Recall nearly one year ago, the mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, ripped President Biden a new one for traveling halfway across…

Trillions Spent On ‘Climate Change’ Based On Faulty Temperature Data, Climate Experts Say Authored by Katie Spence via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), To preserve a “livable planet,” the Earth can’t warm…

‘Soft’ Survey Data Collapse Continues With Chicago PMI Plunge The trend for ‘soft’ survey data is very much not the friend of the ‘soft-landing’ or ‘goldilocks’ narrative peddlers as it slumps from…

Companies Turn To AI Because Real Intelligence Is Hard To Find Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Today, UPS announced it will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reduce office workers. It Joins…

Western powers seek to sting Moscow with a thousand pinpricks as they push for all-out conflict As support for NATO’s proxy war against Russia in Ukraine shows signs of collapsing, hysterical anti-Russian…

Tehran is “not afraid of war” with America, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has said Iran will not let any threat from the US go “unanswered,” the head of…

Here Is The Scariest Chart In Today’s Treasury Refunding Announcement On Monday, after we got the first part of the Treasury’s Quarterly Refunding Announcement (QRA), in which the Treasury unexpectedly announced a…

“One Of The Most Brilliant Explanations Of The Modern World”: Russell Brand Sits With Tucker Carlson For Explosive Interview Russell Brand flew too close to the sun, it would seem. Just as…

WTI Extends Losses After Surprise Crude Build, January Cushing Stocks At 2008 Lows Oil prices were lower this morning, amid broad derisking after weak macro data and no immediate escalation in the…

Previous methods of destroying the passages have reportedly proven ineffective The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on Tuesday that it has been flooding Hamas’ underground tunnel network with seawater, a controversial tactic…

Markets being flooded with cheap agricultural goods has been a major source of discontent for farmers across the bloc The European Commission has proposed extending the suspension of customs duties on agricultural…

A total of 195 Russian servicemen have returned home, the country’s defense ministry has said Russia and Ukraine conducted a major prisoner exchange on Wednesday, with both Moscow and Kiev confirming the…

Man Who Destroyed Satanic Shrine In Iowa Capitol Charged With ‘Hate Crime’ Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Michael Cassidy, a Christian veteran who decapitated a Satanic shrine on display in the…

The Pink Floyd co-founder has previously suggested that the split was caused by pressure from the company’s pro-Israeli owners German-based music company BMG is reportedly looking to cut ties with Pink Floyd…

Quarterly Refunding Preview: Another Increase In Coupon Auction Sizes, All Eyes On Bills Today at 830am, the Treasury will publish its laters Quarterly Refunding Announcement in which it is expected to follow…

ADP Employment Report Job Gains Slowing Analysts expected the ADP employment report to show a slowdown in job additions from last month’s rebound (driven entirely by Services as Manufacturing jobs declined), and…

Futures Slide Dragged by Tech Giants Ahead Of Fed Decision US equity futures slumped after earnings from tech giants GOOGL, MSFT and AMD fell short of Wall Street’s lofty expectations and as investors prepared…

Dmitry Peskov has weighed in on reports that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky wants to fire his top general  Reports that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is planning to fire the country’s top general…

An $84 million Hindu temple being built in Abu Dhabi will be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi next month Indian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Sunjay Sudhir gave a tour of…

The two countries have conducted a new swap, one week after Kiev’s forces downed a plane carrying 65 of their compatriots Moscow will continue to exchange POWs with Ukraine despite last week’s…

PA Man Posts Video Of Decapitated Father On YouTube During Unhinged Manifesto Rant Submitted by blueapples on X If 2024 is anything like 2020 then the political tensions leading up to this…

Treasury Increases Coupon Auction Sizes Again, Does Not Expect More Boosts For “Several Quarters” As highlighted in our preview, and as the Treasury itself noted in its last refunding announcement, moments ago…

Ilhan Omar is accused of violating her oath of office by claiming she would protect Somalia’s interests Ilhan Omar, the first Somali-born member of the US Congress, is facing calls to step…

Late-Night Vote Advances Mayorkas Impeachment Articles To House Floor Authored by Mark Tapscott via The Epoch Times, All 18 Republican members of the House Committee on Homeland Security (HCHS) voted on Jan….

Boeing Shares Rally After Beleagured Planemaker Pulls Guidance Boeing announced better than expected revenue, profits, and cash-flow for Q4… All sectors of its business beat top-line expectations: Revenue $22.02 billion, estimate $21.06…

Paramount Shares Jump After Report Says Media Mogul Byron Allen Makes $14 Billion Offer Paramount Global Class B shares rocketed higher in premarket trading after a report from Bloomberg specified media mogul Byron Allen…

The Value Of Diamonds Sinks As Gold Stays Strong Via SchiffGold.com, Valentine’s Day is here and you might find yourself buying (or wishing you had remembered to buy) a Valentine’s Day present….

The Ukrainian leadership has so far been unable to find a replacement for Valery Zaluzhny, the newspaper reports Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was poised to fire the country’s top general, Valery Zaluzhny,…

There’s a “high probability” that the Russian Il-76 aircraft was hit by an American-made Patriot, a source has told TASS There is “a high probability” that Kiev’s troops used a US-supplied Patriot…

Washington maintains that there are no plans to put American boots on the ground US Air Force personnel in Iraq have been ordered to remain on standby in case of “on ground…

Confiscating Moscow’s frozen central-bank reserves must be “legally watertight,” Dominic Johnson has urged Any step towards confiscating frozen Russian assets must be done in strict accordance with international law, Britain’s investment minister,…

The US and its allies have shown “complete disrespect” to the opinions of the bloc’s members, the Russian foreign minister has said Initiatives by China, Brazil, and South Africa on settling the…

The expected 2.6% growth is double the previous projection The dramatically upgraded forecast issued by the IMF for Russia’s GDP growth this year is interesting, said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday. …

Shipping Faces Lengthy Disruptions As Middle East Fallout Worsens By Greg Miller of FreightWaves The Red Sea crisis — and the Middle East situation in general — is worsening. There’s growing conviction…

A new shipment has arrived in Nigeria as part of the effort to fight food insecurity, Uralchem has reported Nigeria has taken delivery of 34,000 tons of potash donated by Russian fertilizer…

New Delhi is planning to increase fuel production by over 20% in the next five years   India is poised to significantly increase its crude refining capacity in an effort to accommodate…

Washington and Berlin reportedly believe that admitting Kiev into the alliance would risk a full-scale clash with Moscow The US and Germany are resisting calls by NATO allies to invite Ukraine into…

Alejandro Mayorkas is accused of failing to enforce immigration laws at the border with Mexico Republican lawmakers took another step on Wednesday towards launching an impeachment process against US Homeland Security Secretary…

Moscow is one of the key pillars of the economic bloc, Anil Sooklal has told RT Russia’s presidency of BRICS has resulted in a total revamp of the organization, South African sherpa…

Republican lawmaker Claudia Tenney cited the ex-US president’s role in facilitating the “historic” Abraham Accords Former US President Donald Trump has been put forward for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role…

A Fed Pivot While Lamborghini Sees Full Order Books Doesn’t Compute Did the Federal Reserve jump the gun on the pivot? Last month, investors cheered after the Fed announced that interest-rate cuts are coming…

New Delhi should have “more confidence” as it competes with Beijing in South Asia, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has said India should “welcome competition” and have “more confidence” in the face of growing Chinese…

The African Union says it would have liked to be consulted prior to the launch of the Italian partnership project Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni unveiled a partnership initiative on Monday, aiming…

The economy is projected to expand much more rapidly this year than previously expected The IMF significantly has raised its growth forecast for the Russian economy in 2024 in its latest World…

Massive New Russian Natural Gas Pipeline To China Faces Delays By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Russia and China are still at odds over the costs and delivery prices of a new major…

The State Of The World’s 7,168 Languages What are the roots of a living language, and how many are at risk of extinction? This graphic via Visual Capitalist, from Stephen Jones, CEO of…

The comments come days after Kiev uncovered another major arms corruption case The Ukrainian military and politicians do not believe in victory, and expecting defeat, are stealing Western aid on a massive…

Watch: Israeli Commandos Disguised As Medics Raid West Bank Hospital, Killed 3 Palestinian Militants Via Middle East Eye Israeli commandos disguised as medics, patients and other Palestinian civilians raided a hospital in the occupied West Bank…

Antonio Guterres is responsible for the actions of refugee agency workers whom Israel accuses of aiding Hamas, Israel Katz said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres must resign from the post that he has…

Orban Hits Back After Secret EU Plan ‘To Sabotage Hungarian Economy’ Revealed “Hungary does not allow blackmail,” Hungary’s minister for European affairs, Janos Boka, has lashed out in response to the FT-reported secret…

The politician and his wife were accused of selling gifts in state possession during his premiership from 2018-2022 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife have been sentenced to 14…

Testing for the weapon was only recently concluded, and it has yet to reach Washington’s own inventories The US military is planning to provide Ukraine with its first shipment of a new,…

The South American country’s economy is now projected to contract for a second straight year The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised down its economic outlook for Argentina, forecasting a second straight…

Counterfeit notes worth over €5 million were discovered last year, according to the Bundesbank The number of fake euro banknotes in circulation in Germany increased sharply last year compared to previous years,…

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…

Greg Abbott And The Invasion Of The Border Snatchers Submitted by Donald Jeffries via “I Protest”, We’ve come a long way from the Boston Tea Party. What would happen to “extremists” throwing…

Monitor’s Report In Fraud Case Contains “Factual Inaccuracies”, Is “Disingenuous” Says Trump Attorney Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Attorneys for former President Donald Trump on Monday responded…

Russell Brand is a former lefty who took the red pill and over time joined the great awakening.  As an outcome of his current perspectives and influence, Brand is currently labeled a…

FOMC Preview: No More Tightening Bias While the market is split about the March – and subsequent – Fed meetings, tomoorrow’s FOMC decision is clear: the Fed will keep rates unchanged at…

Utah Passes Bills Banning DEI And Men Using Women’s Bathrooms Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Utah Legislature on Jan. 26 approved two conservative-minded bills that prompted…

Calling Someone ‘Transphobic’ In Florida Could Cost Accusers $35,000 Or More Under New Law In what could very clearly become the slipperiest of slopes, a bill introduced in the Florida Senate would…

French President Emmanuel Macron is reminding the European leaders of their responsibility to fund the multinational corporate war machine, especially if the United States doesn’t find a way to send $60 billion…

US officials have accused Ankara of threatening NATO’s security with its purchase of a Russian air defense platform The United States will only allow Türkiye to return to the F-35 program if…

Republican Senators are very worried about the bloom coming off the border security ruse, and as a consequence, their Ukraine money might not be delivered.  The multinational corporations, military contractors and Blackrock…

More Israeli Troops To ‘Go Into Action’ Soon At Lebanon Border: Defense Minister As the region braces for the consequences of major US airstrikes on ‘Iranian proxies’ in Iraq and Syria, Israel’s…

Foreign ministry was reacting to media reports that New Delhi is ‘pivoting away’ from its key partner for weaponry systems New Delhi continues to be interested in defense cooperation with Moscow, Deputy…

The Beltway Judge Hearing Trump Cases And Her Anti-Trump, Anti-Kavanaugh Husband Authored by Julie Kelly via RealClear Wire, Washington glitterati assembled at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in…

Taxpayer-Funded Electric Busses Are Sitting Broken Down And Idled Across The Country Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but the billions of dollars we’re spending to convert the country to…

Delaware Court Judge Voids Elon Musk’s $55BN Compensation Package A Delaware judge voided Elon Musk’s $55 billion pay package after a Tesla shareholder brought a case to court claiming it was excessive….

So Many Problems Continue To Plague The EV Industry Authored by Kristen Walker via RealClear Wire, The fourth quarter of 2023 was not good for Electric Vehicles (EV). Multiple manufacturers decided to…

Biden Admin Alters Course On Gas Stove Rule After Months Of Negotiations Authored by Allen Zhong via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Energy (DOE) released a watered-down finalized gas…

American F-16 Fighter Jet Crashes Off South Korea A US F-16 fighter jet has crashed in waters off South Korea’s west coast on Wednesday morning local time, according to initial reporting by…

Because of course he did….  Both the prosecutor Nathan Wade and District Attorney Fani Willis were on the cusp of losing control of their fabricated case against Donald Trump, because a hearing…

The incident reportedly occurred near a US Air Force base on the country’s southwestern coast An American F-16 fighter jet has crashed in waters near South Korea, sources told Yonhap News. The…

This Is The Way Mega-Cap Tech Earnings Begin: Not With A Bang But A Whimper After a two month meltup which priced-in not one but several quarter of sheer earnings (and guidance)…

Kiev’s top diplomat has admitted that Budapest is protecting Hungarian national interests Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba believes that the Hungarian leadership is not “pro-Russian,” despite some Western media and politicians’ attempts…

New York May Screw 4,000 Legal Residents Out Of A Job – So Migrants Can Have Them In a move that would once again punish those who entered the country legally, the…

CDC Issues ‘Health Alert’ Over Measles Cases Across US Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday sent a…

“It Must Be Stopped”: 12 Agriculture Officials Warn Largest U.S. Banks About Net Zero Agenda A dozen Republican state agriculture commissioners have penned a letter to six U.S. megabanks, informing them that their…

Arizona GOP Selects New Chair After Attempted Kari Lake Bribery Scandal Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Arizona Republican Party selected a new Trump-endorsed chair on Jan….

There’s always this interesting debate within Republican circles about the state of Texas.  The essential question is always about whether Texas is really ‘conservative’, like Ken Paxton, or whether Texas is really…

Valery Zaluzhny allegedly refused to step down voluntarily Ukrainian commander-in-chief, Valery Zaluzhny, has rejected President Vladimir Zelensky’s “offer” to resign and become the national security chief instead, the Financial Times and the…

Nuland ‘Sets The Record Straight’ On US Forever Occupation Of Syria For several days there has been a flurry of reports in both independent and mainstream media outlets suggesting the US could…

No Longer Craving Murder, Rapper Snoop Dogg Now Has “Nothing But Love And Respect” For Trump Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Rap star Snoop Dogg has expressed…