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Karl Nehammer, whose country opposed the restrictions, was reportedly out of the room when the decision was made European Union member states have agreed to a 12th package of sanctions against Russia;…

Escobar: BRICS & The Resistance Axis – A Convergence Of Goals Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Cradle, The Gaza war has accelerated cooperation between Global South behemoths resisting western-backed conflict. Together,…

The prime minister previously lamented the “bad decision” to begin accession talks with Kiev, which he declined to block Hungary has vetoed an EU plan to spend tens of billions of euros…

The promise of weapons to fight Russia for “as long as it takes” was false, the Belarusian president has claimed Promises of support given by the US and its allies to nations…

Kiev’s limited resources could force its troops to retreat in the coming months, a former NATO commander warns Ukraine is unable to reclaim land taken by Russian forces and will likely have…

Output declines in all three major sectors were key contributors to a drop in GDP in October The UK economy contracted by 0.3% in October, the first time since July that GDP…

The country’s holdings exceeded $150 billion in November Russian gold reserves surpassed the all-time high in monetary terms, reaching $151.9 billion in November, according to the latest data released by the Bank…

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…

[Some of you guys think I am downtrodden by recent events and outlines.  You could not be further from accurate; I’m living the best days of my life – ever.  ¹See after…

The legislation marks a $28 billion increase to Washington’s military budget over last year The US House and Senate have passed a sweeping military spending bill worth more than $886 billion; it…

US spooks are considering the creation of a fake Russian government-in-exile, Sergey Naryshkin has claimed The US government allegedly wants to back the declaration of a new Russian nation-state and its self-proclaimed…

400,000 Ukrainians Killed In Action Explains A Whole Lot Authored by Mike Fredenburg via The Epoch Times, How many casualties has Ukraine suffered? How many causalities has Russia suffered? Answering these questions…

Breitbart Exposes Security Gaps: Migrants Board Planes Without IDs At Tucson Airport A recent investigation conducted by Breitbart Texas at Tucson International Airport, Arizona, has brought to light significant concerns regarding border…

Turley: What If Jack Smith Held A Trial And No One Came? Authored by Jonathan Turley, In 1966, Charlotte E. Keyes wrote a famous article for McCall’s magazine titled “Suppose They Gave…

Russia Warns If NATO Bases Used For Ukrainian Jets They Could Be Targeted With the Russia-Ukraine war now approaching the two year mark (in February), Americans might need reminding that the conflict…

The irony and hypocrisy is thick.  Charles McGonigal was an FBI counterintelligence official in charge of the FBI New York field office. McGonigal was tasked with investigating Russian collusion and Russian sanction…

NRA Sounds Alarm On New ATF Rule Targeting Gun Buyers And Sellers Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The National Rifle Association (NRA) sounded the alarm on a…

PBOC Injects Record Liquidity As China Retail Sales Disappoint, Investment Slows On the back of mixed PMI and trade data, deeper price deflation, and slightly weaker-than-expected credit data, November activity data painted a mixed picture for the…

Transgender Teachers In Florida Sue Over Pronoun Law Two teachers in Florida and one former educator filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Education on Wednesday, challenging a new law restricting…

After Affirmative Action Win Over Harvard, Group Takes On West Point Authored by Michael Washburn via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The group that triumphed in a landmark Supreme Court case that…

Sullivan Tells Netanyahu To Wrap Up ‘High Intensity’ Gaza Fighting Within Weeks For the first time this week, the White House has begun putting rare pressure on the Netanyahu government – after…

COVID-19 Can Remain Undetected In Lungs For 18 Months: Study Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The COVID-19 virus can remain in the lungs for months after an…

Vista Outdoors Warns “Global Shortage Of Gunpowder” Will Set Ammo Prices On Fire  US sporting and outdoor products group Vista Outdoor warned in a letter to customers that ammunition prices are set to…

Economic Angst In The Heartland Authored by Steve Cortes via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Bidenomics is failing America, infecting the land with a persistent and intensifying cynicism, despite attempts by the…

Oklahoma Governor Signs Executive Order Effectively Banning DEI In All State Institutions Following the meltdown on Capitol Hill by “Ivy League” Presidents from Harvard, MIT and Penn, on Wednesday of this week Oklahoma Governor…

Behind The Biggest Nursing Exodus In 40 Years Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A 40-year record high of 100,000 nurses left their jobs in 2021, according to…

Dem Senator Blocks GOP Bill For 35% Tax On University Endowments In the wake of various recent scandals at ‘elite’ universities, attention has turned to their massive, largely untaxed endowments. On Thursday…

I initially considered a password protect post for this, but the issue is important enough that messaging a larger audience carries a greater value. Someone noted yesterday that after my research trip…

Fear is Washington’s go-to tool for the centralisation of power, so it gets evoked at every opportunity Florida Senator Rick Scott was recently ridiculed online after saying that Chinese imports of garlic…

Reports Of White Lung Syndrome Emerge In The US Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Reports of a mysterious respiratory illness in China are sparking fears of a…

Israeli Soldiers Spark Muslim Outrage By Singing Hanukkah Song Over Jenin Mosque Loudspeaker West Bank violence has been continuous since Oct.7 and Israel’s major Gaza offensive, but there are fears that clashes…

Apple Quietly Changes Policy, Search Warrant Now Required To Send Certain Customer Data To Law Enforcement Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times, Apple has quietly changed its legal guidelines to…

Oakland Coffee Shop Fires Employees Amid Antisemitism Accusations Authored by Micaela Ricaforte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A coffee shop in Oakland, California, fired several employees for denying a Jewish woman…

Bank Stocks Soar Despite Record High Usage Of Fed Bailout Facility, MM Funds See First Outflow In 7 Weeks After surging to new record highs, money-market funds saw outflows last week –…

Victor Davis Hanson: Civilization Versus The New Nihilists Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Nihilism is the religion of the Left. Anarchy is now at the core of the new…

Washington Lawmaker Wants To Toss People In Jail For Using Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers Because They “Contribute To Climate Change” Democrat lawmakers in Washington State want to jail residents for using gas-powered landscaping…

West Virginia Secretary Of State Insists CIA Robbed Trump Of 2020 Election Win Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner, a Republican…

Ukraine is “mindlessly” forcing its servicemen to hold a tiny foothold on the Russian-controlled bank of the Dnieper River, the president has said The Ukrainian leadership has grown desperate in the wake…

Gosha Rubchinskiy has previously collaborated with Comme des Garcons, Burberry, Levi’s, and other iconic brands Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy has joined Yeezy, the fashion brand founded by rapper Ye – the artist…

The Baltic state’s theaters claimed that the film’s distribution company is tied to Moscow Every single cinema in Lithuania will boycott the latest anime film from legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki over…

Crude Oil, ‘Crap Stocks’, & Credit Soar Amid Hedge Fund Carnage Ahead Of “Largest OpEx In History” Where to start… US Macro is surging The S&P is incredibly overbought Hedge Fund bloodbath…

Biden Administration Runs Record November Budget Deficit Authored by Michael Maharrey via SchiffGold.com, The Biden administration just ran the largest November budget deficit in history. And it managed this feat even with…

The Russian president said he would have warned himself against trusting the West Russian President Vladimir Putin has admitted that he should not have put so much trust in Washington and its…

European states have to show that they are sticking to supporting Kiev if they want Washington to do so as well, the Swedish PM has said The results of the European Council…

IEA Raises Its 2024 Oil Demand Growth Forecast By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Global oil demand growth is materially slowing down this quarter compared to the third quarter, the International Energy Agency…

A last-minute climbdown by Hungary’s Viktor Orban opened the door for Kiev to start accession talks with Brussels EU leaders agreed on Thursday to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, after…

“F*** You, Chris! Butter Your Own Biscuit, Fat Ass!” – Cuomo Cursed Out By Girl With Tourette’s Former CNN star Chris Cuomo interviewed a TikTok star with Tourette’s syndrome on Tuesday night, and…

Republican Senator Calls Out Companies For Remaining On TikTok While Boycotting X Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) criticized companies including Comcast and Disney for having…

Eggflation Returns As Top Producer Hit With Bird Flu In Kansas America’s top egg producer and distributor revealed on Tuesday that its egg-laying hens at a mega-industrial farm in Kansas had been infected…

The Fed Is Far More Reluctant To Trigger A Recession During An Election Year By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Unthinking The Fed There has been a lot to process since 2…

As Ireland begins to cut benefits for refugees, one lawmaker complained that €145,000 homes aren’t good enough for them Irish MP Verona Murphy has declared that Ukrainians in Ireland deserve better than…

Methane and nitrous oxide found in human exhalations are worse for the environment than carbon dioxide, scientists say Human breathing contributes to global warming, according to a study published Wednesday in PLoS…

Over two million questions were submitted to the head of state for his ‘Results of the Year’ event Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on key international issues during a marathon Q&A on…

Manhattan Apartment Rents Record First Year-Over-Year Decline Since 2021 November marked the first annual decline in Manhattan rental prices in over two years, indicating the apartment market faces sliding demand and increased supply…

FDA & HHS Sued Over Docs Revealing Suppression Of HCQ And Ivermectin Authored by Megan Redshaw via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), America First Legal (AFL) is suing the U.S. Food and…

The actions of international officials in relation to Russian sports go against the core idea of the Games, the president has said Sports officials have distorted the original concept of the Olympic…

Schiff: The Fed Surrenders To Inflation! Authored by Michael Maharrey via SchiffGold.com, The Federal Reserve just surrendered to inflation. Fed officials won’t call it a surrender. They’re claiming victory. But surrender is…

NatGas ‘Widowmaker’ Spread Goes Negative As Supply Glut Forms Due To El Nino  The Northern Hemisphere winter has been mostly mild so far, driven by a weather phenomenon known as “El Niño.”…

Michael Cohen’s Former Attorney Ordered To Explain Citing Cases The Judge Believes Don’t Exist Authored by Jana Pruet via The Epoch Times, A lawyer for Michael Cohen appears to have cited non-existent…

Now It All Makes Sense One day after the Fed’s bizarre, unexpected pivot, many are struggling to wrap their heads around what happened: what exactly changed in less than two weeks for…

The sector has not collapsed as the West had expected, according to the president The exodus of Western car brands has provided Russian manufacturers with an opportunity to take back the domestic…

People in the Palestinian enclave are “desperate, hungry, and terrified,” the organization’s refugee chief has warned Nine weeks of war have left Gaza unfit for human habitation, the head of the UN’s…

Moscow fulfills its gas export obligations, including transit through Ukraine, the president has insisted Accusations that Russia has stopped natural gas supplies to the EU are “complete nonsense,” President Vladimir Putin stated…

Moscow would like to reach an agreement with Washington on bringing home two US nationals accused of espionage, the Russian president has said Russia has never refused to hand over Wall Street…

An administration official accidentally sent invitations for an “Electeds of Color Holiday Party” to all city councilors A holiday party exclusively for nonwhite elected officials roiled Boston City Council after a staffer…

Billionaire Adar Poonawalla is set to pay $175 million for a house near Hyde Park in the UK’s biggest property deal this year  Adar Poonawalla, the CEO of Serum Institute of India…

Washington or its allies are the probable culprits in the sabotage of the Russian gas pipelines, the president has claimed The bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines was most likely carried…

Maersk Ship Attacked Off Yemen As Danish Liner Giant Orders Tankers To Avoid Red Sea Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis are determined to disrupt all international shipping through the Red Sea as retaliation for Israel’s…

He dismissed rumors that he uses doppelgangers during a live Q&A event, telling an audience he prefers to be one of a kind There should only be one person who looks and…

$15,000 Gold Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, I continually remind gold investors, whether in bullion or mining shares, not to get too euphoric when gold rallies and not to get too…

Tired Of Decoding Fed Speak? Check Out These Markets Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, This week’s central-bank bonanza brings with it the usual set of ambiguous and often impenetrable statements…

Ed Snowden Sounds Alarm Over Warrantless Spying Loophole As Senate OKs Massive $886 Billion NDAA At a moment Republicans are continuing to hold out on their refusal to support a massive $111…

Initial Jobless Claims Tumble Near 2023 Lows, But… The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time fell to 202k last week (lower than all expectations) – practically 2023…

Buffett Buys Another $590 Million In Occidental Stock, Backs Acquisition Of CrownRock By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought close to $590 million worth of Occidental Petroleum stock this…

Some 617,000 soldiers and officers are fighting Kiev in some capacity, the Russian president has said Russia has deployed more than half a million service members, including many volunteers, in the combat…

Adopting the US currency would lead to a “significant” loss of sovereignty, the Russian leader has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized his Argentine counterpart’s plan to ditch the national currency,…

The religious leader, who has had to reschedule multiple international trips this year, says he’s already preparing for his passing  Pope Francis is already planning for his funeral by simplifying the rites…

A Russian official at the UN Security Council has called for international financial assistance to aid the continent’s efforts to overcome instability Moscow has requested increased support from the UN Security Council…

Nudity in a classic painting has triggered accusations of Islamophobia in a suburban Paris school A teacher in suburban Paris is being accused of Islamophobia for showing her class, for the purpose…

Santa Powell Unleashes Global “Buy Everything” Frenzy As Dollar, Yields Tumble Virtually every risk asset across the globe is rallying this morning, as the dollar and interest rates get whacked after the…

The Russian president blamed Washington for masterminding the 2014 coup in Kiev, which led to the current conflict The US was responsible for orchestrating the 2014 coup in Ukraine that overthrew President…

ECB Preview: Will Lagarde Follow Powell Into Early Dovish Capitulation Expectations are for the ECB to keep rates unchanged for a second consecutive meeting after halting its hiking campaign in October. As…

BoE Holds Rates At 15 Year High, Warns “Still Some Way To Go” But… The Bank of England – as was expected – held interest rates steady at 5.25% (in a 6-3…

Nothing in Russia’s battle with its neighbor resembles the bloodshed in the Middle East, the president has said The Ukraine conflict, which will soon enter its third year, has resulted in far…

KISS With Bonds Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The average 2024 Wall Street S&P 500 forecast is for a gain of 6.50% next year. In the past, a 6.50% expectation, while…

Restrictions have effectively led to Russia increasing its sovereignty, the president has said Western countries are damaging their own economies when they limit Russia’s ability to use their currencies through multiple sanctions,…

World Could Be At The “Foothills Of The Next Copper Cycle”  The world is sliding into a copper deficit over the next couple of years as one of the world’s largest copper…

Inflation In Real Life Much Worse Than In Government Fantasy World Via SchiffGold.com, Inflation is dead! At least that’s what you would think if you listen to government officials and talking heads…

Bratislava will work to restore relations with Moscow, Lubos Blaha has said Slovakia seeks peaceful relations with Russia and will not play any part in escalating the conflict in Ukraine, the vice…

Retail Sales Unexpectedly Surged In November Having surprised to the downside (-0.1% MoM) in October, analysts expected another small decline (-0.1% MoM) for November as the resumption of student loan payments (in…

ECB Holds Rates Steady, Cuts Growth & Inflation Outlooks But… As completely expected, The ECB held policy steady, reiterating its guidance on future moves unchanged: “Based on its current assessment, the Governing…

The Canadian PM said he publicly linked New Delhi to the killing of a Khalistan activist to protect the Sikh community Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the safety of the…

Russians and Ukrainians are a single people and what is happening now is a great tragedy, said the president Russia has been trying for decades to build normal relations with Ukraine “at…

EU Moves To Sanction ‘Extremist’ Israeli Settlers, Following Biden Administration The European Union is moving toward imposing sanctions against “extremist” Israeli settlers who are caught waging attacks on Palestinians in the occupied…

80% Of French Support Ban On More Immigration, Two-Thirds Back Referendum Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, An overwhelming majority of French citizens do not think their government should welcome any…

Global EV Sales Surge Higher By 20% In November, Market Research Shows Sales of EVs and plug in hybrids were up 20% globally in November, according to market research firm Rho Motion….

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has proposed dropping unanimity voting requirements for EU enlargement and aid to Kiev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has blasted Hungary for stalling the EU’s Ukraine aid efforts and accession…

Anton Siluanov has outlined Moscow’s financial priorities for 2024-2026 Russia’s main focus for the next three years will be on funding its military to help it achieve victory in the Ukraine conflict,…

The emergency law was drafted in response to UK court concerns about the safety of migrant resettlement in the African country British lawmakers have endorsed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s proposed emergency legislation…