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Lebanon-based Hezbollah has “many enemies,” while Israel is only “defending itself,” President Isaac Herzog has said Israeli President Isaac Herzog has provided ambiguous comments on the alleged involvement of West Jerusalem in…

The Reason For The Electoral College Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), We’ve all experienced something like the following. The topic of politics comes up at a…

If there is one economic dynamic we have talked about on these pages more than the rest, its inflation.  {Background} The root causes of inflation are two-fold, monetary policy and energy policy. …

A video showing officers detaining a small boy during a protest in Berlin has sparked outrage online A video showing German police chasing and detaining a child at a pro-Palestine protest in…

Caterpillar Pulls Back On DEI, Joining John Deere, Ford, and Others Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Caterpillar Inc. has introduced new guidelines that refocus the company’s various…

An escort vehicle carrying Albert Khorev’s delegation has struck a landmine in Pakistan, resulting in injuries to police A motorcade carrying Russian Ambassador Albert Khorev and other diplomats has been hit by…

Which Countries Are Meeting Their Paris Agreement Goals? When it comes to emission reductions, some countries aim high but miss the mark by a long shot while others reject big commitments on…

How The Revolution Of Money Will Reshape Our Future Authored by Kane McGukin via BombThrower.com, As human civilization has evolved, one thing has remained constant; change… During major shifts, the root desire…

Charities claim the real figure is far higher, with some crimes not brought to the police There is one rape report every hour in London, according to police data published on Friday….

Russia does not want an atomic war and never has, the foreign minister emphasized Russia has no wish to start a nuclear war and considers it “inappropriate” that its warnings of an…

US Elections: From The Outside Looking In… Via Evergreen Gavekal blog, US presidential elections are terrific entertainment. Given their cost (a couple of billion US dollars for either side), this is just…

Ties between New Delhi and Washington have been strained over an alleged murder plot against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun A day before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the US for the…

Ukraine Scores More Large Hits On Russian Ammo Storage Depots  On Saturday Ukraine’s military claimed several more successful strikes on Russian ammo depots. They happened in southern Krasnodar and western Tver regions, resulting…

Boeing’s Head Of Space & Defense Ted Colbert Exits Company The head of Boeing’s space and defense business is leaving the company after years of losses from fixed-price contracts and a high-profile…

Harsh weather has left hundreds stranded on the highway, with one woman dying from hypothermia, local officials have said One woman has died and numerous motorists have been left stranded after a…

Washington has not provided “a single piece of evidence” to back their accusations, Tatyana Moskalkova has said The actions taken by US authorities against RT can be qualified as terrorism and a…

US Navy Directed To Prepare For War With China By 2027 Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Navy on Sept. 19 released a new strategic document centered on…

The outlet has ample experience in evading Western restrictions, the paper has reported The latest US crackdown on RT will ultimately not prevent it from bringing alternative viewpoints to audiences in the…

The appointment of a right-leaning cabinet has elicited the ire of many, particularly on the left Large protests took place across France on Saturday over the appointment earlier in the day of…

Countries should not compete through space programs, as this will only hurt humanity, astronaut Rakesh Sharma believes April 3, 1982 was a red letter day in the history of Indo-Russian joint space…

The loss of Russian tourists has hit Finland and Cyprus especially hard, a European Travel Commission study suggests The conflict between Moscow and Kiev has severely affected EU tourism in a market…

The event will promote Vladimir Zelensky’s “unviable” formula for ending the conflict, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said Russia does not plan to attend the second Ukrainian-promoted “peace summit” later this…

It will be difficult for both sides to abandon the fighting now, sources told the outlet US officials expect the fighting between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah to intensify significantly in…

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…

Walk/Don’t-Walk – In Which States Do Citizens Stroll The Most? Data from transportation analytics company StreetLight shows that residents of the District of Columbia and the states of New York and New Jersey…

Sheriff Arrested In Shooting Death Of Kentucky District Judge Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A district judge in Kentucky was fatally shot in the Letcher County Courthouse…

West Jerusalem should be isolated by Islamic states for targeting civilians in Gaza, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Islamic states around the world should cut economic relations with Israel to demonstrate their…

Valery Zaluzhny has confirmed the death of his close associate in the Donbass A former aide and close associate of Ukraine’s ex-top general Valery Zaluzhny has been killed during a Russian strike…

Just Weeks Before Election, AG Garland Says (Un-Sarcastically): He ‘Won’t Allow DoJ To Be Used As Political Weapon’ Authored by Julie Kelly via RealClearinvestigations, To Many, the Justice Dept. Is Honoring Political…

Najib Mikati has called on the international community to condemn “horrific Israeli massacres” Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has canceled his plans to attend the UN General Assembly session in New York…

Heavily armed Israeli soldiers have barged into the pan-Arab TV channel’s studio in the West Bank on Sunday Israeli soldiers in full combat gear entered Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah in the…

NYPD Faces Uncertain Future Amid New York’s Growing Political Crisis Authored by Michael Watson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), With the resignation of New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Edward…

These Are The Top-Selling Albums Of The 21st Century The music industry is a rapidly changing space, with new formats like digital streaming surpassing physical formats like CDs. Regardless, album sales – both physical…

The Ukrainian leader has objected to Wall Street Journal’s estimate that 80,000 of Kiev’s soldiers were killed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has dismissed a Wall Street Journal report on Ukrainian war casualties…

Zelenskyy Says Ukraine “Victory Plan” Includes Deep Strikes Into Russia With Western Missiles Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv on Sept. 20 that the “victory plan” he intends to present…

“Who’s Running The Country…” – Why Is Jill Biden Chairing A Cabinet Meeting? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Biden White House held its first cabinet meeting in a year, and…

US House Passes Bill To Label Products From Jewish Settlements In West Bank As ‘Made In Israel’ Via Middle East Eye The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that designates products…

Civil defense sirens have been heard in dozens of cities in northern Israel in the early hours of Sunday Interceptors have been activated in northern Israel as Hezbollah launched a barrage of…

The Sins Of The Gray Lady (Or Why The Press Hates You) Authored by J. Peder Zane via RealClearPolitics, The following is a chapter from the recently released book, “Against the Corporate Media:…

Avoiding the press is reportedly a key strategy of the vice president’s campaign US Vice President Kamala Harris hasn’t given many media interviews because “she’s a very busy person,” one of her…

The event at the Romanov family estate outside of Moscow marked the bicentennial anniversary of Maria Alexandrovna’s birth A monument to Russian Empress Maria Alexandrovna was unveiled on Saturday in the village…

USAF Provides Update On B-21 Stealth Raider: “We Are The Free World’s Only Bomber Force” Nothing says ‘Merica more than Air Force officials providing an update on the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider program. The…

A very simple ballot counting rule was affirmed by the Georgia election board on Friday in a 3-2 vote. The “hand count” ballot rule (183-1:12) is very basic and simple.  Essentially it…

Justice Kelly Rees issued an arrest warrant, 3 years ago, for journalist Shane Dowling (me) to serve 10 months jail for contempt of court on the instructions of Kerry Strokes’ Channel Seven…

The “deep state” is the real source of power in Washington, the Russian foreign minister has said Russian President Vladimir Putin was joking when he endorsed US Vice President Kamala Harris’ election…

The Pittsburgh Paradox Could Hand PA To Trump Authored by Oliver Bateman via RealClearPolitics, Pittsburgh’s transformation from Rust Belt phoenix to progressive tech stronghold was supposed to be the Democrats’ long-term ace…

“No Americans”: Insider Of Alleged Trafficking Network Reveals How Migrants Ended Up At Charleroi, PA Factory The story in Springfield, Ohio, and Charleroi, Pennsylvania, should not be about goat sacrifices and migrants eating cats and…

The Odds Of An Electoral College Tie Are About To Soar, Who Would Win? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, In case of a tie, the House of Representatives would decide. This…

Boris Johnson has argued that Russia must be forced to accept defeat, even if doing so costs a trillion dollars Russia must understand that “it’s over,” and that Ukraine will not concede…

State and federal resources are “almost exhausted,” according to the country’s interior minister The number of refugees living in Germany reached a new high this year, the newspaper Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung reported…

Among the continent’s top-50 lenders, every fifth card came from Sber as of last year Russian state-run lender Sber (formerly Sberbank) is the largest issuer of bank cards among European financial institutions,…

Microsoft-Owned LinkedIn Using People’s Data To Train Artificial Intelligence Models Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Professional networking platform LinkedIn has confirmed that it automatically uses personal user…

Pyongyang has been launching garbage-laden inflatables in response to ones carrying propaganda from the South A trash-carrying balloon landed in the parking lot of the Seoul government complex on Friday, South Korean…

IDF Says 180 Targets Eliminated In Southern Lebanon; US Lauds ‘Good Outcome’ Of Beirut Strike Since Thursday and the deadly chaos of the two-day pager explosion attack, southern Lebanon has seen the…

Time For China To Turn On The Printing Press By Andrew Zatlin of Southbay Research Summary Chinese money supply leads imports ~10 months M1 Supply y/y growth weakest/sharpest drop in decades Suggests…

Ahmed Wahbi is among more than a dozen senior officers killed in an IDF strike in Beirut Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah has acknowledged that one of its senior commanders, Ahmed Wahbi, was…

A dry cargo carrier delivering missiles and ammunition to Kiev was struck, the Defense Ministry has said The Russian military has hit a ship that was transporting Western-made munitions to Kiev, the…

Authorities in Gaza have accused the IDF of committing a “horrific massacre” at the al-Falah school At least 21 people have been confirmed killed, including 13 children, in an Israeli drone strike…

Certain security measures “were not carried out,” the agency has admitted in an internal review An internal review by the US Secret Service has found that “multiple operational and communications failures” by…

Today, President Donald Trump will head to Wilmington, North Carolina, for a MAGA rally in the Tarheel state. The Obama team feel confident in their ability to manipulate Michigan and Wisconsin.  However,…

Visualizing US Population Racial Breakdown Since 1990 The U.S. population has seen significant demographic shifts over the last few decades, with notable increases in non-white populations, particularly among Hispanics and Asians. This…

Gazprom Accelerates Pipeline Gas Transports To China By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com Russia is accelerating its natural gas exports to China through the Power of Siberia pipeline, aiming to hit maximum capacity…

EU Leadership Urges Europe To Be Ready To Fight Russia In 6-8 Years NATO’s tiny Baltic states have continued to be among the most hawkish within the alliance when it comes to…

The famed director says his new film aims to “counter attempts to kill God” in people, both globally and in Ukraine A new documentary film called ‘People of Christ. Our Time’ by…

These Are The World’s Best Hotels Capella Bangkok in Thailand has been named the best hotel in the world by William Reed Business Media’s The World’s 50 Best Hotels list. The roundup of luxurious hotels was…

Andrew Breitbart was well known in the grassroots Tea Party movement for his ability to turn Alinsky psychological weapons against those who deployed them. In fact, the gift that Breitbart carried was…

Mario Draghi’s ‘competitiveness report’ says the bloc’s economic situation is dire… but shies away from pointing out the culprit The EU is having a full-blown existential crisis. Someone has really screwed up its…

The vehicle’s ammunition load detonated after it was hit by two consecutive UAV strikes from behind, according to the footage Russian drones have destroyed a Ukrainian tank in Kursk Region beyond repair,…

Bitcoin Mining Shutdown Caused 20% Surge In Norwegian Electricity Bills Authored by Vivek Sun via BitcoinMagazine.com, The closure of a Bitcoin mining facility in the Norwegian town of Hadsel has led to a 20%…

Very Few Migrants Interested In Sweden’s Remigration Offer Worth €31,000 Via Remix News, Despite being offered €31,000 to remigrate by the Swedish government, polling shows that very few migrants would accept the…

The two countries are working to increase trade in agriculture and food products, officials have told RT  The Russian government is working to remove non-tariff barriers currently hindering imports of agricultural products…

The current practice of purchasing crude in the spot market subjects buyers to volatility and usually entails a higher price India’s state-owned oil refiners are in talks with Russia about clinching long-term…

Kwame Nkrumah’s insight into the true nature of neo-colonialism was ahead of his time and is still relevant today Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minister of the first sub-Saharan African country to…

EU economic cooperation with Moscow continues despite the sanctions, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said A significant number of companies in the EU continue to do business with Russia despite the bloc’s…

The move comes after the US imposed sanctions on several Russian media outlets, including RT Video-sharing platform TikTok has deleted the accounts of several branches of Sputnik media network. The crackdown came…

Washington has sent additional forces to the region amid an uptick in Russian and Chinese activity, the outlet says The US is reinforcing its military footprint in Alaska due to increased Russian…

The South Asian country’s GDP is expected to reach $10 trillion by the end of the decade India is on track to become the third-largest economy in the world by 2031, according…

Belgrade abolished compulsory military service in 2010 The government of Serbia has agreed to reintroduce conscription, which was abolished 14 years ago.  After a meeting on Friday, the government formed a working…

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…

The Democrats’ War On America, Part One: What “Saving Our Democracy” Really Means Authored by Richard Truesdell and Keith Lehmann via American Greatness, Policy positions are historically key to making the case for…

Russia Boosts Use Of Sanctioned Tankers To Export Its Oil By Tsvetana Paraskova of Oilprice Over the past weeks, Russia has been using a growing number of oil tankers sanctioned by the…

Serious Progress On The Horizon For Release Of The JFK Files? Authored by Mark Adamczyk via American Greatness, By now, it is pretty widely known that government agencies are still withholding thousands…

ICE Detains Illegal Migrant Accused Of Raping Pre-Teen In Nantucket…More Than A Month After He Walked On Bail Each day it becomes increasingly clearer that the migrant crime the left side of…

There comes a moment in the performance of the Marionette when the strings become visible.  Once you see those strings, you can never return to that moment in the performance when you…

New York’s MTA Proposes $65.4 Billion In Upgrades With Cash It Doesn’t Have Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: in a state where taxes are 10% and some of the…

When Vladimir Putin Was “Pootie-Poot” Authored by Adam Dick via The Ron Paul Institute, United Sates President Joe Biden has spent most of his presidency refusing to talk with Russia President Vladimir…

The Pentagon doesn’t have enough weapons in stock to keep up with Kiev’s demands, a report says The weapons stockpile shortages will likely force Washington to delay the shipments of promised military…

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe held a press conference today outlining the results of an investigative review of USSS failures.  A five-page summary of the report was released. {SEE HERE} According…

It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Fake Presidential Race Authored by Donald Jefferies, Don’t burn your popcorn… I’ve been an observer of national politics since I was eleven years old. I cried…

Visualizing Gold Consumption Vs. Domestic Supply While India and China dominate the demand for gold, both countries face different scenarios when comparing supply gaps. With its huge jewelry industry, India’s consumption is…

Taxpayers Left In The Dust On Policy For Trans Inmates In Minnesota By Open The Books, Earlier this month, we took a deep dive into Minnesota’s state checkbook. Unlike the state budget,…

The anti-Russian campaign has targeted the statue of poet Alexander Pushkin in Odessa The Ukrainian city of Odessa has announced it will go ahead with demolishing the monument to Russian poet Alexander…

“I Thank God”: Heroic Woman Saves Arkansas Trooper From Attack By Drunk Illegal Alien The Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous open southern border policies have imported the third world into the first world, with dire consequences unfolding…

Federal Judge Extends Freeze On Biden Admin’s Newest Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has extended the restraining order blocking the Biden administration’s…

Woke Panic: Civil Rights Groups Demand That Corporations Stop Cutting DEI Programs The invasion of woke ideology and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies into every facet of American life seemed to…

Harris Allies Continue Calling Trump “Threat To Democracy” Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics.com, Two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump have not clarified the Democratic position on whether that Republican…

Bank Deposits & Money-Market Funds See Sizable Outflows As Stocks Surge For the first time in seven weeks, money market funds saw net outflows last week (-$20BN) – the largest weekly outflow…

Dissidents from “neoliberal” states can now petition Moscow for residency Moscow has listed 47 countries whose “destructive attitudes” contradict Russian values, opening the path to their nationals to seek asylum in Russia…