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Iran Says It Must ‘Punish’ Israel, Begins Clearing Airspace; Biden To Hold Situation Room Meeting President Joe Biden will convene his national security team in the situation room on Monday afternoon as…

The Met Police’s Mark Rowley was asked about the “two-tier policing” of recent riots Britain’s top law enforcement official ripped out a reporter’s microphone after being asked a question about double standards…

The End Of The Beginning By Michael Every of Rabobank The end of the beginning “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it…

Governors In 3 States Declare Emergencies As Hurricane Debby Pounds Florida And Threatens East Coast Hurricane Debby made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on Florida’s Big Bend today, missing ‘Wall Street of the South’—otherwise known…

The police have the means to deal with the raging violence, according to Defense Secretary John Healey The British Army will not be involved in dealing with widespread rioting across the UK,…

Japan’s Nikkei had its worst day since 1987 on Monday, with other Asian markets plunging and European stocks nearing six-month lows Stock markets around the world plunged on Monday, with shares tumbling…

ALDE’s Kira Rudik expressed disappointment that recently released Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin has called on Moscow and Kiev to negotiate A Ukrainian MP and vice president of the pan-European party ALDE has…

New Delhi is concerned about a possible spillover of the violence that has toppled the government in the neighboring country India is bracing for possible fallout from Bangladesh, where mass student protests…

Sheikh Hasina reportedly intends to travel to London, after being forced to flee the country amid deadly riots Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina traveled to India on Monday, RT sources in…

ISM Services Survey Surged In July… After the shitshow of Soft Survey data on the Manufacturing sector last week, analysts are hoping for some heroics from the Services sector. Amid the collapse…

‘Be Careful’: Neil Gorsuch Issues Dire Warning Over Biden’s Reforms Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch issued a stern warning about President Joe Biden’s proposals to…

Black Monday: Futures Plummet As VIX Hits 62, Japan Suffers Worst Point Drop In History Good morning and welcome to a global market meltdown, sparked by last week’s catastrophic BOJ decision to…

Jim Grant On Gold: A Constructively Inhibiting Institution Authored by James Grant via CoolidgeReview.com, I stand with anachronism. I like the low hum of cultured voices, great books, and the dead authors…

The Chinese Foreign Ministry says the China-Brazil proposal has received a “positive response” from over 110 countries South Africa has endorsed a China-Brazil proposed roadmap for resolving the conflict between Russia and…

US Prepares To Ban Chinese EV Software With Level 3 Automation On All Roadways, Citing National Security Risks If levying more than 100% tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles wasn’t enough, the Biden administration is…

Drivers of vehicles modified to create excessive noise may lose their license, the city police have warned Traffic police in the Russian city of St. Petersburg have launched a crackdown on vehicles…

Kiev is working to erode the concerns of its foreign backers, the Ukrainian leader has said Ukraine is pushing NATO nations to create a coalition that would attempt to intercept Russian missiles,…

Recently released American Paul Whelan was accused of gathering data on FSB operatives RT has obtained an exclusive video of the arrest of ex-US Marine Paul Whelan in a sting operation several…

Nvidia Reportedly Delays Next AI Chip As Shares Tank On Global Selloff  Nvidia shares plunged in early premarket trading in New York. The world’s most valuable chip maker is being battered by a global…

Password removed from this post (only) to permit larger dissemination. There are many very important positions related to the expectations we hold for President Trump.  Having spent years deep inside the actual…

New IRS Rules Create Headaches For Post-2019 IRA Inheritors It took them four-and-a-half years, but the IRS has issued final rules governing mandatory distributions from traditional 401k’s, IRAs, and other retirement plans…

The BITCOIN Act Of 2024 Explained Authored by Colin Crossman via Bitcoin Magazine, Following the announcement on July 27th at the Bitcoin conference in Nashville, the “Boosting Innovation, Technology, and Competitiveness through…

Zelensky Shows Off Newly Arrived US F-16 Jets From Secret Location Ukraine’s President Zelensky has continued poking the Russian bear, this time by showing off $60+ million (a pop) new toys given…

The crash comes amid wider turmoil in the global financial markets Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has shed more than 10% of its value in one day, amid a…

The South Asian country has been engulfed in violence as student activists have demanded a fairer recruitment system for government jobs Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country via military helicopter…

Moscow previously said that the now-released WSJ journalist had attempted to gain intel on the national defense industry RT has obtained an exclusive video showing the moment Russian law enforcement detained Wall…

The Western-supplied armor was eliminated using a Lancet loitering munition and a Msta-S howitzer, the Defense Ministry has said Russian forces have destroyed two more Western-supplied Leopard tanks in Ukraine, the Defense…

Two preachers allegedly funneled at least 19 fighters to jihadists in Syria Two Russian religious figures allegedly involved in recruiting fighters for Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) have been taken into custody,…

Bola Tinubu has warned that his government will not stand idly by while people with a “political agenda” tear the country apart Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has called for the suspension of…

The “inept US leadership” of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris has caused the turmoil, the former president has claimed As stock markets in the US and worldwide are taking a tumble, former…

High-profile “exposés” will target sports historically dominated by Russians, Moscow’s Foreign Intelligence Service has said The US is preparing a series of high-profile “exposés” about alleged doping abuses in Russian sport, Moscow’s…

Scientists Develop New Compound That Kills Flesh-Eating And Other Drug-Resistant Bacteria Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Twenty years ago, professor Fredrik Almqvist, an organic chemistry professor at…

Visualizing Big Tech’s Reliance On Conflict Minerals According to its conflict minerals report (CMR) for 2023, Amazon cannot rule out having sourced minerals from nine of ten African countries where human rights-violating militias…

Stocks on the Tokyo exchange have plummeted over recession fears in the US economy   Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index suffered its biggest ever one-day loss on Monday as a global…

Leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a parade of 250 of the tactical systems that will bolster the country’s border defenses North Korea has bolstered its military capabilities with 250 new tactical ballistic…

Officials in Kiev claim they have prevented dozens of sportsmen and women from receiving clearance for the Paris Olympics The Ukrainian government actively backed a journalist who made it his mission to…

Following staggering drops in Japan’s Nikkei and Bitcoin, European banks are tumbling to March lows Stock markets went into a meltdown on Monday amid fears that the US could be heading for…

US Intelligence Claims Russian Military Is Advising Houthis Inside Yemen Via Middle East Eye Russian military intelligence officers are believed to have been deployed to Yemen to assist the Iran-backed Houthis with targeting commercial vessels in…

China Is The World’s Biggest Beer-Producer China is the world’s leading producer of beer, according to the BarthHaas Report released today. In 2023, the country’s output stood at 360 million hectoliters of beer. A hectoliter…

Mali has accused Kiev of violating its sovereignty and supporting international terrorism Mali’s interim government has announced that it is breaking off diplomatic relations with Ukraine. The measure was taken in response…

The Taiwanese athlete was disqualified from the World Championships last year after failing “eligibility criteria” Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting, who has been at the center of a gender controversy at the Paris…

UK Riots: The Agenda Becomes Clear… Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, Those outside the UK might not have heard, but it’s been a violent week in the UK. Here’s a quick…

Top officials reportedly believe the move could be justified if there is conclusive intelligence that Tehran is about to attack Israel could launch a “preemptive strike” on Iran if it receives intelligence…

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…

PBoC’s Gold Conduit Revealed: Chinese Central Bank Did Not Stop Buying Gold In May By Jan Nieuwenhuijs of Gainesville Coins This article is an analysis of how the Chinese central bank (PBoC)…

YouTuber WhistlinDiesel ‘Full Sends’ Cybertruck Through Durability Test, Including ‘C-4’ Denotation  YouTuber Cody Detwiler, known as WhistlinDiesel, released a video on Friday in which he stress-tested a Tesla Cybertruck and a Ford F-150. Although…

Nearly Half Of Dementia Cases Could Be Prevented Or Delayed: Lancet Commission Authored by A.C. Daahnke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An estimated 57 million people around the world are living…

Bronx ADA Resigns After Being Caught On Camera Allegedly Attempting To Meet 13 Year Old Boy A prosecutor for the Bronx has been forced to resign after being caught on camera allegedly…

Same Pig, Different Lipstick: COVID & The Green Revolution Authored by Mark Oshinskie via The Brownstone Institute, f, as on Family Feud, you asked a hundred people who know me to identify one…

Japanic Monday: Japanese Bonds, Stocks Halted After Plunging Into Bear Market As Everything Crashes Everywhere In our preview of last week’s BOJ we refrained from giving details and merely shared a candid…

Musk Responds To Don Lemon Lawsuit, Cites “Series Of Impressively Insane Demands” Elon Musk has responded after fired CNN journalist Don Lemon sued Musk and his social media platform X for breach…

Taliban Gets $239 Million In US Aid After State Dept. Fails To Vet Recipients By Judicial Watch Less than a year after Judicial Watch reported that the Taliban has established fake nonprofits…

Secret Service Takes ‘Full Responsibility’ For Assassination Attempt On Trump Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said on Friday the agency takes…

Today on Sunday Morning Futures, President Trump sat down for an economic discussion with Mari Bartiromo. President Trump focuses correctly on inflation and the root cause, The Green New Deal.  Joe Biden’s…

Kamala Harris & The Masque Of Magical Thinking Authored by Roger Kimball via American Greatness, Although the last few weeks have had their alarming aspects – chief among which was the attempted assassination…

I’m just catching up on some events that I have missed.  The first press conference by the U.S. Secret Service about the Trump assassination attempt was alarming.  This is the first time…

The former president should be cautious about challenging the VP on her gender and race credentials Mark your calendar, ladies and gentlemen, Kamala Harris has done something extraordinary. She has become the…

The Belgian team has forfeited the triathlon final as Claire Michel remains sidelined after contracting an E.coli bacterial infection The Belgian triathlon team has forfeited the mixed triathlon finals scheduled for Monday…

Suspected Houthi Missile Hits Container Ship; Rebel Forces Claim US MQ-9 Drone Downed Amid Regional War Risks The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ top leader, in Tehran last week has brought the Middle…

Transgender Or Intersex? Confusion Reigns Over The Gender Status Of Two Olympic Boxers Authored by Jonathan Turley, On Saturday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued a surprising correction after claiming for a…

Tropical Storm Debby is anticipated to intensify quickly now and will likely impact the “big bend” of Florida area as a hurricane.   The good news is that Debby is moving fast (13…

Guess Who Kamala Harris Blames For Disastrous Jobs Report? Following last week’s horrendous jobs report, the Kamala Harris campaign issued a statement blaming – you guessed it – Donald Trump! “Donald Trump…

Bitcoin Is Crashing Ahead Of The Japan Open Bitcoin, and the entire crypto universe, is crashing after yet another huge sell order was unleashed by a time-triggered algo, the same algo that…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet could operate from beneath Jerusalem in the event of a full-scale war Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has prepared a bunker under Jerusalem where the country’s political…

“Suddenly Recession Is On The Tip Of Everyone’s Tongue… Wow, Did That Happen Fast!” By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities The Fed Dot Plod Suddenly everyone is raising the number of Fed…

The Usual Stimulus Tricks Won’t Work This Time Around Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via substack, The global economy is slowing, and central banks and governments are deploying the usual stimulus tricks: 1)…

Warehouses containing fuel tanks and residential areas in Lugansk came under attack, according to regional head Leonid Pasechnik Ukrainian forces targeted several locations in Donbass with Western-supplied missiles on Sunday, including the…

Tropical Storm Debby Expected To Strengthen Into Hurricane Before Florida Big Bend Landfall The National Hurricane Center released an early Sunday update about Tropical Storm Debby, indicating the storm is “expected to strengthen…

An aggrieved Muslim has reportedly threatened to inflict “Allah’s punishment” upon the organizers of the Bacchanalian spectacle The production company behind the Paris Olympics’ LGBTQ-themed opening ceremony has complained that its employees…

The Trigger For WWIII Just Arrived – What Are The Implications For Americans? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us If the year of 2024 has proven anything so far, it’s that our…

We Reap The Harvest Of Lies Authored by David Bell via The Brownstone Institute, Public life has become disorienting. Most people, by and large, previously expected to hear the truth, or some…

Boiling The British Frog… Authored by Sam Bidwell via The Critic, There is an old — and rather grotesque — fable about the best way to boil a frog. Turn up the…

Court Rules Coca-Cola Must Pay IRS $6 Billion In Unpaid Taxes Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Soft drink manufacturer Coca-Cola has been ordered by a court to make billions…

Burkina Faso has said Kiev chose “the wrong battle to fight” in praising a terror attack on Russian military contractors in Mali The Foreign Ministry of Burkina Faso has called Ukraine out…

IRS Makes It Easier For Cash-Strapped Americans To Raid 401k, IRA Accounts The rising number of Americans whose checking accounts are running on fumes have a new, but less-than-ideal way of scraping…

The US got the short end of the stick in a recent prisoner exchange with Russia, the former president has claimed Former US President Donald Trump has blasted President Joe Biden’s prisoner…

Sergey Ryabkov has spoken about a recent phone call between the Russian and US defense chiefs The US and some of its allies apparently heeded a signal from Russia that prevented an…

Thuringia state governor Bodo Ramelow believes it is time to “think of Europe as a whole,” with Russia as part of it The governor of the German state of Thuringia, Bodo Ramelow,…

Is Zelensky’s Chief Of Staff The Last Obstacle To Peace With Russia? Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Bloomberg published article on Friday titled “Ukraine’s Allies Are Worried About the Power of…

Charting The Percentage Of (Real) Women Competing At The Olympic Games (1896–2024) For the first time ever, an Olympic Games has achieved gender equality. Half of all competing athletes at Paris 2024 are women….

The American billionaire has weighed in on the anti-immigration protests across several cities in Britain The UK is at risk of sliding into a civil war, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk…

Most Germans Oppose New US Missile Deployment Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A new poll about a planned US missile deployment to Germany shows that more Germans are opposed to the idea than…

Berkshire Hathaway has slashed its stake in the tech giant by nearly 50%, filings show Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has significantly cut its investment in Apple, offloading nearly half of…

The New Jersey man reportedly consumed marihuana edibles before going berserk An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Salt Lake City, Utah after an intoxicated traveler attempted…

The Austrian government is reportedly planning to fully abandon imports from Moscow Austria’s ruling coalition has reportedly agreed to completely eliminate the country’s Russian gas supply by 2027, media outlet Kurier reported…

Support for the Palestinian militant group has plummeted in Gaza since the start of the war with Israel, according to The Economist The October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas is viewed…

Tehran will likely launch a series of strikes on the Jewish state within 48 hours, the outlet’s sources expect The US and Israel are continuing preparations for a major attack by Iran…

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…

As Ukrainian Defenses Collapse, What Can US Patriots Learn From The Conflict? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us In my article ‘Russia Is About To Overrun Ukraine’s Defenses – Why Are There…

Mapping The Number Of US Billionaires In Each State The U.S. has the most billionaires in the world by a wide margin, more than twice the number of the next-highest country in…

These Are The World’s Largest Silver-Producing Companies Silver is one of the world’s most precious metals, holding an important position as a tradeable commodity and an essential part of many industrial processes and necessary…

The Civil War Didn’t ‘Settle’ The Question Of State Secession By Brian McGlinchey at Stark Realities Secessionist inclinations are on the rise in the United States, and are sure to intensify after…

Hotez Calls For Police Deployment Against “Anti-Vaxxers” Authored by Paul Thacker via The Brownstone Institute, Social media went a little bonkers last week when an interview of Texas Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Peter…

Goldman Says Mid-Atlantic Power Prices “Finally Caught Up To AI Data Center Load Growth Story”  Marylanders and residents in surrounding states should brace for rising power bills due to capacity constraints on the…

DHS Puts Migrant Parole Program On Hold Amid Alleged Fraud In Application Process Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The Biden administration’s parole program allowing tens of thousands of migrants…

Waves Of Ukraine Civilians Flee As Russia Makes Steady Gains In East Regional and international sources, including Reuters, continue to report on Russian forces making steady gains in Ukraine’s east. But now…

San Francisco Proposes Student Loan Forgiveness Fund For First Responders Authored by Summer Lane via The Epoch Times, The San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week approved an ordinance establishing a student…

Kamala Harris’s Husband Admits To Cheating On 1st Wife With Homewrecker Nanny, Knocking Her Up Less than a week after people were snickering over Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff taking a SoulCycle…