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While in Russia, the top diplomat is expected to discuss improving connectivity to boost bilateral trade Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister, is planning a trip to Moscow later this month to…

The US is attempting to impose “immorality, obscenity, and indecency,” Martin Ssempa has told RT Uganda is facing significant external pressure due to its anti-LGBT legislation, pastor and activist Martin Ssempa told…

Somalia has joined the regional trade community Somalia has officially become the eighth member of the East African Community (EAC) after more than a decade of lobbying to be admitted into the…

Marc Crispin Miller Exposes The “Rolling Thunder Global Propaganda” Campaign Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, New York University (NYU) Professor Mark Crispin Miller (MCM) is an expert in propaganda. Dr. Miller says from infection…

The US and its allies should demonstrate “political will” and insist on Kiev’s NATO membership, Arseny Yatsenyuk has said Meaningful negotiations between Ukraine and Russia will only be possible if the West…

Visualizing America’s One-Sided Love Of European Wine When the United States and the European Union finally buried the hatchet in a long-simmering dispute over government subsidies to Boeing and Airbus in June 2021, wine…

UK Vicar Under Investigation For Calling Trans Archdeacon “A Bloke” Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A vicar is in trouble for expressing criticism of the Church of England’s decision to appoint…

The Swiss Are The World’s Greatest Savers The Swiss are by far the largest savers among OECD countries. As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, according to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,…

The incumbent president’s party is projected to secure a parliamentary majority Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has declared victory in Sunday’s parliamentary election in the Balkan country, after exit polls projected that his…

The US president looked visibly startled by the incident in videos A car smashed into one of the SUVs in Joe Biden’s motorcade as the US President was leaving his campaign headquarters…

The device was found at a facility slated for use by General Valery Zaluzhny, Kiev’s security service has said The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) has launched a criminal investigation after a covert…

When Did Governments Become So Ridiculous? Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The world media breathlessly reported last week on what they say was huge and important news. Two hundred…

High interest rates are reportedly siphoning money away from spending on health, education, and other critical needs Developing nations spent a record $443.5 billion to service their external public and publicly guaranteed…

Afghanistan’s poppy supply on the global market has plummeted 95% since last year’s cultivation ban, data shows Opium poppy production in Afghanistan, once the world’s top supplier, has plummeted since the Taliban…

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…

US Military Faces ‘Mutiny’ Of Enlisted Gen-Zers As TikTok Virus Spreads Gen-Zers in the civilian world have already taken to the Chinese social media platform ‘TikTok’ to blast Washington and the military-industrial…

Nobel Prize Winner Seeking to Cure Cancer With mRNA Technology Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Nobel Prize winner Dr. Drew Weissman talked recently about using mRNA technology…

Which Cars Have The Best Resale Value? For three years now, the used-car market has been booming, after the pandemic disrupted new car supply chains, sending secondhand vehicle prices skyrocketing. But which cars have…

Goodbye, Scout Snipers … For Now Authored by John J. Waters via RealClear Wire, Scout Snipers have a mantra. I learned that mantra years ago when I was assigned to lead a…

Fox News polling is generally skewed away from the reality of the base sentiment by the polling from Daron Shaw and Shaw Research and Associates.  They have a long history of polling…

Who Can Afford Kids These Days? Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The large data sets on the cost of living and the cost of children are…

Yes, Hunter Is Now In Contempt Of Congress Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in The Messenger on the decision of Hunter Biden to defy Congress in a press conference…

Vietnam has found itself in the position of kingmaker, being crucial for the plans of both Beijing and Washington for Asia Chinese leader Xi Jinping has just paid an official visit to…

Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz and former Department of Defense Chief of Staff Kash Patel discuss President Donald Trump’s criminal case, the J6 targeting and the use of FISA-702 to conduct…

Kremlin May Preemptively Bar Uranium Exports To U.S., Firm Warns Oil isn’t the only commodity at the center of tensions between the U.S. and Russia… Now Russian state-owned uranium company Tenex is telling…

President Donald Trump will deliver remarks today to a Team Trump, Nevada Commit to Caucus Event, in Reno, Nevada. at 5:00 p.m. ET  Livstream Links Below RSBN Rumble Livestream Link – RSBN…

Forcibly grabbed Ukrainians have shown “zero” effectiveness on the frontline and must be motivated properly, Kirill Budanov says Forcibly conscripted Ukrainians have been displaying subpar combat performance, Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kirill…

There’s Something Happening Here… Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform, There’s something happening hereBut what it is ain’t exactly clear – Buffalo Springfield Something is not right, and the drastically…

Moscow has ensured that local buyers get massive discounts when these companies sell their Russian assets Efforts by Ukraine and its Western backers to convince, shame, and sanction companies into leaving the…

Maher: “It’s Hard To Negotiate When The Other Side’s Position Is – You All Die And Disappear” Comedian Bill Maher discussed the Israel-Hamas conflict on Friday, suggesting that Palestinians get used to the…

The head of the Metula council has called for moving Palestinians into Lebanese refugee camps The Gaza Strip should be completely leveled and transformed into an empty museum like the Auschwitz concentration…

Helsinki has not had any “trouble” with Moscow for years but now it will, the Russian president has said Russia will create a new military district to reinforce its positions near Finland…

It Seems We Have Hit A Point Where A Wall Is In The Way Of “Kicking The Can” Much Further By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities I’ve been doing a lot of…

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Watch: Pro-Israel Congressmen Confronted Over Israel’s History Of Propping-Up Hamas Submitted by Decensored News,  “For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces.” So read an op-ed headline…

The number of Palestinian civilian casualties and near-total population displacement in Gaza have imperiled a lasting peace agreement The foreign ministers of Germany and the UK called on Israel to stop bombing…

Federal Judge Permanently Blocks Illinois Law Targeting Pro-Life Pregnancy Counseling Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge permanently blocked an Illinois law on Dec. 14 that…

A Record Number Of American 40-Year-Olds Have Never Been Married A quarter of 40-year-olds in the United States have never been married, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew…

Haley’s Top Backers Include Democrat Donors, Silicon Valley Billionaires Authored by Austin Alonzo via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is racking up endorsements from key conservative fundraisers…

Washington and Seoul are readying themselves for war and Pyongyang will not “stand idly by,” its defense ministry has declared The North Korean Defense Ministry has accused the US and South Korea…

Britain’s military is making contingency plans for deployments to the battlefront, Kiev’s former diplomat to London has claimed British military leaders are making contingency plans for sending troops to Ukraine in case…

Large Majority Of Americans Believe Israel “Is Trying To Avoid Civilian Casualties” Despite Recent Killings, But… Amid ongoing pro-Palestine protests (on and off campuses), antagonistic back-and-forth exchanges on display in Washington press-briefing…

No one would risk attacking “the strongest… defense alliance in the world,” Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto has said Russia poses no immediate threat to NATO, including to those members of the bloc…

Moscow’s forces receive decent training and are well-motivated, the former deputy secretary of Kiev’s Security Council says Russian troops receive decent training at their rear bases before being sent to the front…

California Circles The Toilet Bowl Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com, “I go with the word ‘serious.’  A serious budget problem.  I would stop short of calling it a crisis.” – Legislative…

Antoni Macierewicz accused Warsaw of “lawlessness” for shutting down his probe into the 2020 disaster The head of a commission investigating a 2010 plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski has…

Rickards’ Five Forecasts For 2024 Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, I have five forecasts for 2024 to help keep you ahead of the curve in positioning your investment portfolio. My overall…

How Skeptical Are Europeans About Vaccinations? 32 percent of people surveyed in Poland as part of Statista’s Consumer Insights survey say they have little confidence in the safety of vaccinations. As Statista’s Anna Fleck…

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has vowed to challenge the consensus in Brussels The EU’s backing of Ukraine, sanctions on Russia, and “fanatic” environmental policies are “destructive for Europe,” yet Brussels does…

Time To Bring Nuclear Energy Into The 21st Century Authored by Jack Spencer via RealClear Politics, The silver lining of this month’s United Nations COP28 global warming conference is the growing consensus that…

The Foreign Ministry said the man succumbed to injuries sustained as a result of an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday France’s Foreign Ministry has condemned an Israeli airstrike in Gaza that led to…

This week’s EU summit saw the bloc’s leaders play a clever political game by maneuvering into advantageous positions If for President Vladimir Zelensky Ukraine’s failures in Washington represent a serious disappointment after…

Bottom? Turmoil In Used Rolex Market Might End After Fed’s Bizarre Pivot  The secondary market for pre-owned Rolex and Patek Philippe watches has been spiraling down since peaking in early 2022, mainly because…

A gunfight between Russian and Ukrainian forces is underway in a border village, Vyacheslav Gladkov has said The Russian village of Terebrino, in Belgorod Region, has been attacked by Ukrainian forces, local…

United Russia has approved the incumbent leader’s run as an independent candidate The convention of the ruling United Russia party has unanimously approved President Vladimir Putin’s bid to seek reelection next year…

“A No Brainer”: Musk’s Starlink Breaks Through Bureaucracy And Corruption In Africa Authored by Darren Taylor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Elon Musk’s revolutionary satellite internet service, Starlink, is spreading across…

Packages will be confiscated if they contain sanctioned goods Germany may confiscate gift parcels sent from Russia ahead of this year’s festive season, the country’s Federal Customs Service announced in statement on…

Congress Approves Bill (Aimed At Trump) To Prevent Any President From Exiting NATO Buried within the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that was just passed in both the House and Senate…

Red caviar output has hit its highest level in over a decade, an industry group says The production of red caviar in Russia has reached its highest level in over a decade,…

Moscow has no fundamental disputes with Western countries, but they insist on confrontation, the president has said Russia does not have the slightest reason to attack NATO, President Vladimir Putin has said,…

4th Generation Devastation: The West Has Been Targeted In A Cowardly Globalist Mind War Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, When I first encountered the concept of 4th Generation Warfare around 20 years…

Sofia slapped a hefty transit tax on Russian gas in October, a move which Budapest considers unacceptable Hungary will block Bulgaria’s entry into the EU’s passport-free Schengen area unless Sofia lifts its…

The Jewish state triumphed in the 1982 Lebanon War, but years later the victory appears pyrrhic The battle for Gaza adds yet another page to Israel’s long list of military operations in…

Divided into several parts, the country would have quickly succumbed to the pressure of foreign powers, the president has said The West was determined to break Russia apart after the collapse of…

Giovanni Angelo Becciu was found guilty of enabling a property scheme aimed at defrauding the Holy See out of millions of dollars A Vatican court has sentenced Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu to…

European agro-producers won’t be able to compete if the country is admitted to the bloc, the deputy agriculture minister says Ukraine’s admission to the EU could be perilous for the bloc’s agricultural…

More than 176,000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas have been supplied to Afghanistan this year Afghanistan has doubled imports of Russian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) since the beginning of the year, as…

Reading 1 Is 61:1-2A, 10-11 The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor, to…

The Russian president has previously said that the indictment of the GOP presidential frontrunner looks like political persecution Former US President Donald Trump has quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin to prove his…

Austria has reportedly given its approval in return for the removal of Raiffeisen Bank from Ukraine’s blacklist EU members have reached an agreement on the 12th package of sanctions on Russia, TASS…

Shooting at people seeking to surrender violates the “open-fire regulations,” the chief of the general staff has said Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly killed by Israeli forces on Friday did everything…

This year’s holiday meal will cost at least £4.14 per person, according to Good Housekeeping A traditional Christmas dinner could cost UK households 13% more than last year, as prices continue to…

Exports of light sweet crude have surged with increased deliveries by rail, data shows Russian oil companies have boosted exports of ESPO (Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean) grade crude to China through the port…

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…

Long-Term Use Of Statins Linked To Heart Disease: Studies Authored by Vance Voetberg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), For decades, statins have been heralded as the reliable heroes in the battle…

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…

Americans Are Getting Married Older Than Ever Americans are delaying (or putting off altogether) getting married for longer than before, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, the median average…

Following a scathing insider report of the turmoil within the campaign and SuperPAC for presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, chief strategist Jeff Roe resigns. It is stunning to contemplate the starting point of…

Is Free Speech A Relic In America? Authored by James Bovard via The Brownstone Institute, Is the First Amendment becoming a historic relic? On July 4, 2023, federal judge Terry Doughty condemned…

St Isaac’s Cathedral St Petersburg, Russia Guess where? pic.twitter.com/n11re5OQdF — TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) December 17, 2023 Guess Where? pic.twitter.com/Ii00oBmTbQ — TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) December 17, 2023 Posted in Big Government, Russia, Uncategorized The post…

Four Major Shipping Firms Halt Red Sea Route After Houthi Attacks   Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have launched a series of attacks on commercial vessels in the highly trafficked Red Sea strait as retaliation for…

Pumping Seawater Into Gaza Tunnels Proves ‘Successful’ But Majority Of Hamas Still Intact: Report Via The Cradle, The Israeli daily The Times of Israel reported late in the week that the attempt to pump…

Which Countries Are Most Interested In Generative AI? In the past two years, AI’s ability to produce text, images, audio, and video has become massively widespread. With millions of people worldwide now…

I say this discussion is disappointing, because it was heavily recommended to me.  Unfortunately, it is another regurgitation of the Potemkin face of the Deep State without hitting the main arteries. Overall,…

CDC Issues Health Advisory Over ‘Low Vaccination Rates’ Across US Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent out a…

Jewish Teacher Charged For Threat To Behead Muslim Girl Who Said Israel Flag Offensive A Jewish Georgia middle school teacher has been arrested for threatening to kill a Muslim middle school student…

This Bill Of Rights Day Has Come And Gone, Let’s Celebrate The Preamble Authored by Hans Zeiger via RealClear Wire, December 15th marked Bill of Rights Day, which commemorated the 232nd anniversary…

Virtue Un-Signaled: San Francisco Halts Reparations Office Due To Budget Cuts San Francisco has committed a dastardly act of racism, putting a halt to its virtuous office of reparations amid budget cuts….

The USS Carney has shot down a wave of 14 UAVs launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen A US Navy destroyer deployed to the Red Sea amid Israel’s war with Hamas has…

Aidan Maese-Czeropski, an aide to Democrat Senator Ben Cardin, filmed himself having anal sex in the Hart Senate Office Building hearing room.  The video was shared on a platform where gay men…

Pro-Vaccine Journalist Who Called for Punishment For Refusing Jab Dies Suddenly Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Canadian journalist who took strong positions in support of COVID-19…

Waves of Kiev’s troops have reportedly been cut down in “futile” attempts to cross the Dnieper River in Kherson Ukrainian marines are reportedly frustrated over the orders they are being given to…

Number Of Americans In Upside-Down Auto Loans Continues To Worsen  Consumers face increasing financial difficulties due to elevated inflation, a generational high in interest rates, maxed-out credit cards, lack of personal savings, and…

DOJ To Charge Blaze Journalist Steve Baker Over Jan. 6 Authored by Joseph M. Hanneman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Journalist Steve Baker of Blaze Media, who captured some of the…

US & UK Warships Down At Least 14 Houthi Drones In Red Sea Capping off a week which saw daily attacks and threats on commercial shipping in the Red Sea, US and…

Families with children saw the steepest rise in homelessness this past year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has found More Americans are homeless than ever before, according to a report…

Supreme Court Declines To Block Illinois ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 4, 2021. (Scott…

A survey has found that two-thirds of US adults under age 25 see Jews as “oppressors” Over half of US adults from ages 18 to 24 believe the ongoing crisis in Gaza…

Recruiters are “shoving people into cars” and pressing them into service against their will, the American newspaper reported Ukrainian military recruiters have taken to “snatching” men off the streets and forcing them…