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Namibia accounted for more than 40% of Russian imports of the delicacy in 2023, according to official data Namibia has become the leading supplier of oysters to Russia, with shipments amounting to…

Boeing Withdraws 737 Max 7 Safety Waiver Request Amid Mounting Pressure From Washington Boeing announced Monday evening that it had withdrawn an application to the Federal Aviation Administration for a safety exemption…

Tax-Cuts, Not Bidenomics Explains Surge In Consumer Spending In 2023 Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, On January 1, 2023, 38 states had noteworthy tax changes. 37 of the changes put extra…

Nigeria claims that Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso’s decision to quit ECOWAS was not made in good faith Nigeria has spoken out against a decision by the military governments of Niger, Mali,…

The global pop superstar publicly backed the US leader’s election campaign in 2020 US President Joe Biden is pursuing an endorsement from global pop superstar Taylor Swift ahead of November’s election, the…

More weapons and ammunition to Kiev is the “path to peace,” according to the bloc’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Any negotiations between Moscow and Kiev about a peace agreement are “inextricably” linked…

Moscow is only trying to eliminate “historical injustice” by fighting Ukraine, the foreign minister said Speculation in the West that Russia could attack the Baltic and Nordic states once the Ukraine conflict…

2 In 3 Viewers Would Opt For Ads To Save Money On Streaming Following in the footsteps of Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max, Amazon started including ads before and during playback of…

The bloc had been debating directing the income generated by the reserves to Ukraine for more than a year EU member states have reached an agreement that is expected to allow Brussels…

The Indian government is wary of AI’s potential to stir up problems, a senior figure has told the Financial Times New Delhi has “woken up” to the dangers of AI-generated deepfakes and…

ECOWAS will be worse off after the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger, Daniel Bwala has told RT The withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger from the Economic Community of…

Following the addition of new members, the group now accounts for 35% of the world’s GDP in PPP terms, Elvira Nabiullina has said The BRICS states have overtaken the G7 in terms…

Watch: UK Cop Orders Christian Singer To Stop Singing ‘Church Songs’ In Public Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Video footage of a police support officer ordering a young Christian singer to…

Biden’s Bumbling LNG ‘Ban’ Profits Putin, Vexes Texas, And Unsettles Europe The Biden administration’s decision to delay the approval of new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in the United States may have…

Catholic bishops in Africa have rejected a recent Vatican declaration allowing extra-liturgical blessings for same-sex couples Pope Francis has described opposition from Catholic bishops in Africa to his directive permitting priests to…

In its second operation in 36 hours, the INS Sumitra warship thwarted a piracy attempt off the east coast of Somalia The Indian Navy warship INS Sumitra, deployed in the Gulf of…

Europe’s Own Tech Stars Are Leading Index To Record By Michael Msika, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist The Euro Stoxx 50 Index’s multi-year transformation, led by the emergence of tech champions,…

Prosecutors have argued that Imran Khan mishandled a classified cable sent to Islamabad by the country’s ambassador to the US A Pakistani court has sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to ten…

Citizens of Ukraine in foreign countries are spending $35 million per day, the bank’s deputy head said More money is being taken out of Ukraine by its citizens than is coming into…

Czech President Petr Pavel fears the Republican nominee “looks at a number of things differently” Europe should be prepared for former US President Donald Trump’s possible return to the White House, which…

EU Wants All ‘Gendered Language’ Erased Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A European Union body has called for all ‘gendered language’ to be purged from existence, including completely innocuous sayings such…

The bloc intends to turn the Trans-Caspian transport corridor into a “cutting-edge” route to Central Asia The EU plans to raise up to €10 billion ($10.8 billion) in investment to create a…

Businesses across the economy need both skilled and unskilled workers, surveys have shown Most Russian companies are facing an acute shortage of workers as the country’s job market undergoes a transformation, news…

Early results of the operation have been “promising,” the billionaire entrepreneur said Elon Musk has said his biotech company Neuralink has successfully implanted one of its brain chips in a human for…

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…

Texas Is ‘Prepared’ If Biden Federalizes State National Guard: Gov. Abbott Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Texas National Guardsmen add razor wire and barriers along the U.S.–Mexico…

Kiev lacks the “extensive support infrastructure” needed to maintain the weapon, Foreign Affairs reports Ukraine’s military has lost most of its Leopard 2 battle tanks donated by foreign states, with more than…

Oil Shorts Squeezed As Cushing Inventories Tumble To Historic Low For January With 22-year-old portfolio managers shorting energy stocks and commodities beyond record levels to avoid “career risk” and fund NVDA longs…

Shifting Gears: Dealers Urge GM To Prioritize Hybrids Over EVs  Two months after thousands of US auto dealers warned President Biden to reconsider the pace of electric vehicle mandates, citing waning demand for those…

Ilhan Omar Needs To Be Expelled From Congress & Investigated As An Undeclared Foreign Agent Submitted by Andrew Korybko, Ilhan Omar is an ethno-bigoted warmonger who embodies everything that she claims to…

US Caught Known Terrorist At The Border, Then Let Him Go Due To Clerical Error An unnamed individual identified only as a member of the Somali terror group al-Shabaab, was caught crossing…

The Two Biggest Issues That Will Drive Voters To The Ballot Box In 2024 Authored by Mark Tapscott via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Entrepreneur Juan Pablo Segura looked like the perfect…

First Human Neuralink Implant A Success, Musk Says ‘Initial Results Promising’ Elon Musk on Monday announced that the first human patient has received a brain implant from his startup, Neuralink – which…

Drought Hits Canada’s Hydropower Sector By Tsvetana Paraskova of Oilprice.com Canada’s western provinces have been hit by the worst drought in years and provincial utilities are getting into losses as their hydropower…

The don’t say it the same way as me because they are far more articulate and eloquent, but boy howdy has Carlson and Peterson come to the same conclusion. Four years ago,…

The top diplomat has demanded “full cooperation from our partners” on sanctions against Russia EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that despite the West’s best efforts to help Kiev and…

Our Democracy™: The Democratic Weaponization Of Government And The Need For Decentralization Authored by Roger Kimball via American Greatness, Reading Matt Taibbi’s summary how the Democrats weaponized the government against Donald Trump, starting…

Rumors Swirl That Top Ukraine General Zaluzhny Has Been Sacked Earlier in the day the Financial Times’ Ukraine correspondent highlighted the unconfirmed reports widely circulating that Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Gen. Valery Zaluzhny has been…

India’s oldest Marxist, VS Achuthanandan, devoted his life and energy to fisherfolk, palm-wine labourers and coir workers January 21 marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Vladimir Lenin, the first leader…

“What The Hell?”: Europe Enraged As Biden Trade Policy Risks Maximum Malarkey As the Biden administration risks European energy security with a ‘pause‘ on LNG exports, US foreign trade policy has allies…

Biden To Renew Venezuela Oil Sanctions If Maduro Continues Barring US-Backed Oppo Candidate The Biden administration can’t decide on what to do in Venezuela, though as we’ve noted the priority has clearly thus…

The leftist-media claim a 5-year sentence was harsh.  However, in terms of the violations of privacy and law the sentence was a mere slap on the wrist. Charles Littlejohn (38) previously pleaded…

How Courts Are Reshaping 2024 Congressional Races Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Which party rules the House of Representatives beginning in 2025 could be as much a…

Hamas Increasingly Fighting With Israeli-Made Weapons Hamas has been using Israeli weapons against the Israeli military, finds a new investigation by New York Times. The Sunday piece posed the question, “Where Is Hamas…

Republican Senator Launches Thread To Track Violent Crime By Illegal Aliens Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) has launched a thread on X to…

Trump Has Reason To Rage… But Needs To Stay Calm And Get Even Rather Than Mad; VDH Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Donald Trump gave one of his best…

Attention Gen-Zers: No College Needed! This $400,000 Retail Job Might Be Perfect A majority of Generation Z recently said in a Gallup and Walton Family Foundation-State of American Youth Survey that higher…

While Turkey is a NATO ally, Recep Erdogan strategically refused to participate in the process to ostracize Russia.  True to Erdogan’s strategic political interests of being an influence broker, Turkey is the…

The conflict between Moscow and Kiev really began in 2008 when NATO agreed to eventually admit Ukraine, Vaclav Klaus said The ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kiev is the result of a…

White Minnesota Farmer Sues State Over Discriminatory Program Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Minnesota farmer is suing the state over an agricultural grant program that discriminates…

My instincts and preferences aside, here’s Dr. Ben Carson being asked directly about the possibility of him being President Trump’s running mate. . Posted in Big Government, Donald Trump, Election 2024 The…

. Psalm 109:8 “Let his days be few; and let another take his office.” Posted in Big Government, Big Stupid Government, Christian Values, Election 2024, Joe Biden The post Psalm 109:8 appeared…

The allegations that led nearly a dozen countries to suspend aid payments to UNRWA remain unverified Several aid workers with the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA helped kidnap Israelis and arm…

Spending On Natural Gas To Top $1 Trillion Over the Next Decade By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The oil and gas industry is expected to spend more than $1 trillion on natural…

National day saw widespread protests as the elites’ agenda stoked a furious backlash Last week, on January 26th, Australians celebrated Australia Day – the country’s national day, akin to July 4th in…

Trump Judge To Decide On $370 Million In Penalties In NY Real Estate Trial Days after a New York jury ordered Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million on top of the $5…

“Off-The-Rails Psychologically” – The Democratic Party Will Do Anything Avert Losing Control Of Govt Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, The Next Big Thing “The reserve of trust, patience, and deference,…

Stocks, Bonds, Bullion, & Bitcoin All Rip As Catalyst-Heavy Week Begins Quiet macro day today a collapse in Texas Manufacturing the only significant domestic data (but Treasury’s QRA, part 1 the most…

The Blowoff! Via Praetorian Capital, Last summer, I was having lunch with a friend at a plain vanilla shop, who kept checking his phone and muttering, “this NVIDIA is killing me.” After…

Incentives Are Everything Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, How it started / How it’s going… Yet, elites think that individual incentives are irrelevant. One of the holy writs of the Bitcoin…

Funding Cut Off For UN Agency Aiding Gaza As Israel Publishes ‘Intelligence Dossier’ Alleging Oct.7 Links The main United Nations agency in Gaza has had its funding gutted, given that countries responsible…

The Spooky Blackout Of Border News Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), There was an amazing moment last week when the Governor of Texas proclaimed that the…

The construction of Belarus’ first nuclear power plant has given rise to a “whole new industry,” the Russian leader said Belarus has joined the club of “nuclear powers,” President of Russia Vladimir…

Game Of Drones By Benjamin Picton of Rabobank Geopolitics is in the headlines again today. News that a drone strike on a US military base in Jordan killed three American soldiers, and…

“Get Rid Of This Dope”: Trump Slams UAW President After Union Endorses Biden Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Former President Donald Trump criticized the president of the United Auto…

Bipartisan Lawmakers Accuse Biden Of Violating The Constitution With Unauthorized Middle-East Strikes Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Nearly 30 bipartisan members of the House have sent a letter to President Biden urging him…

Receipts: Democrat Hypocrisy Exposed After Trump-“Vermin” Freakout In December, the media pounced after former President Donald Trump referred to his political enemies as ‘vermin,’ comparing it to words spoken by dictators Hitler…

William Burns’ trip says something about how the competence of Antony Blinken and his State Department is viewed US President Joe Biden has deployed overseas his CIA Director William Burns, who served as…

Four close associates of the jailed opposition figure have been charged with extremism-related offenses A Moscow court has issued arrest warrants for four close allies of jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny,…

The “Short Jim Cramer” ETF Has Officially Shut Down While the anti-Cathie Wood ETF, SARK, was launched at just the right time and experienced significant gains in its short lifespan (still up more than…

The then 15-year-old Kamila Valieva tested positive for banned heart medication ahead of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was issued with a four-year ban by the Court…

Ukraine Officials Implicated In $40 Million Mortar Embezzlement Scheme In the latest reinforcement of the country’s reputation for rampant corruption, Ukraine’s SBU intelligence agency says it has uncovered a $40 million embezzlement…

Aleksey Zhuravlev has suggested that Moscow should deploy missiles in “friendly” countries such as Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua Russia should place its nuclear weapons in “friendly countries” near the US in response…

Treasury-Refunding Has More Market-Moving Potential Than Fed Authored  by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Wednesday sees the Federal Reserve meeting and the Treasury’s quarterly refunding announcement (QRA). It’s the latter, however, that has…

Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Fed, Treasury Refunding, Jobs, ISM And Earnings Galore As previewed last night, we are now entering the craziest week of the quarter for two reasons: i)…

Industry Insiders ‘Hopeful’ Biden’s Attack On Texas LNG Will Be Short-Term On Friday, the White House slapped Texas with a “temporary pause on pending decisions of Liquified Natural Gas exports.”  This pause…

The bloc’s access to cheap Russian energy sources has “underpinned its prosperity” for a long time, according to Aleksey Overchuk Whether the EU can maintain the standards of living it is accustomed…

Oklahoma GOP Bitchslaps Sen. James Lankford For Negotiating Crappy Border Deal With Democrats Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Oklahoma Republicans on Jan. 27 censured Sen. James Lankford…

“Stagflation, Border Failure, & Regulatory Dysfunction” – Texas Manufacturing Collapsed In January The ‘soft’ data slaughterfest continues with a huge miss for The Dallas Fed’s Manufacturing Outlook survey, plunging from -9.3 to…

Haley Says She Needs To Do Better In South Carolina Than In New Hampshire Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley acknowledged on Jan….

Chinese Property Giant Evergrande Ordered To Liquidate After Failing To Reach Deal With Creditors In a historic development for the bankruptcy-shy China, on Monday, a Hong Kong court ordered China Evergrande –…

Trump Lawyer Says ‘Experts Were Denied’ By New York Judge Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An attorney for Donald Trump has claimed that her experts were denied…

The “dangerous ideology” is incompatible with Christian beliefs, according to a letter issued to the Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, is facing calls to scrap…

Bloc planners have criticized red tape restricting cross-border exchanges of military equipment, the newspaper reported Plans are underway to create a network of “military corridors” across Europe in an effort to bypass…

African Parks has been accused of operating militants involved in human rights abuses in the local communities of the Republic of the Congo Wildlife charity African Parks said it had launched an…

The West may have already squandered its best chance to enable Kiev to win back territories lost to Russia, the newspaper has reported The leadership in Ukraine is losing hope of success…

The Ukrainian president has said that his army now numbers nearly 900,000 soldiers There are currently 880,000 people serving in Ukraine’s armed forces, according to President Vladimir Zelensky, who insisted that Kiev…

South Asian nation’s navy has intensified patrols of key shipping lanes amid growing geopolitical turbulence in the region The Indian Navy’s warship INS Sumitra, which has been deployed in the Gulf of…

Czech Gov’t Announces Biggest Single Purchase Ever: Fleet Of F-35 Stealth Jets The Czech Republic’s government formally announced that it would replace its current fleet of Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets with…

Dovish ECB Signaling Emboldens Firmer Pricing For April Rate Cut Authored by Ven Ram, Bloomberg cross-asset strategist, Traders in the euro region reckon that the base case is for the European Central…

iRobot Crashes To 2009 Lows, Lays Off 31% Of Staff After Regulators Force Termination Of Amazon Acquisition iRobot shares have been falling over the past week as regulatory opposition has mounted to…

Futures Flat As “Crazy Week” Begins Markets opened the “crazy busy” week unchanged as investors readied for central bank updates from both the Fed the the BOE, braced for the January jobs report and…

White House Says “Significant Military Response Coming” As Iran Denies Involvement In US Troop Deaths Iran has vehemently denied that it was behind the weekend drone attack on a Jordanian base near…

Russia, Russia, Russia! Pelosi Proclaims Pro-Palestine Protesters Are Puppets Of Putin Authored by Jonathan Turley, The Russians are back just in time for another election. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared on Sunday that…

Great Escape: What Metro Areas Are Attracting The Most New Renters? Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk.com, The great escape from Blue states to Red states continues in 2023. California, New York,…

A court ordered the procedure after the firm failed to come up with a convincing restructuring plan A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of property giant China Evergrande Group,…

Kiev’s forces have attacked the Kalininsky District of the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic, Aleksey Kulemzin has said At least three people have been killed and one other wounded in a…

‘Largest Ever’ NATO Exercise To Rehearse Russian Attack On Europe A massive NATO military exercises slated to run all the way through the end of May has kicked off. Exercise Steadfast Defender 24 is…

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger accuse ECOWAS of acting under foreign influence, in violation of its founding ideals The military governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have announced their exit from…