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US Ambassador Boycotts Nagasaki A-Bomb Ceremony Because Israel Not Invited Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel boycotted Friday’s memorial service in Nagasaki commemorating the 79th anniversary of the…

Breast Or Bottle? China Is The Global Market For Infant Formula In a press release published ahead of World Breastfeeding Week (August 1 to 7), the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that:…

Smith Is No Longer In A Hurry: Special Counsel Moves To Slow Down District Court Judge Authored by Jonathan Turley, For over a year, Special Counsel Jack Smith has made one element…

Harris’s Big Gift To Trump… If He Uses It Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via X, Harris’s selection of Walz at least reveals the left’s full-bore agenda, something that previously her handlers…

Just a quick reminder on the data that aligns around Robert F Kennedy Jr and the 2024 race. Again, I will state emphatically, as I have from the outset, that almost all…

Cartel Drones Fly With Explosives Near Southern Border  Vice President Kamala Harris’ role as President Biden’s “border czar” has sparked the worst border crisis in American history, a fact well known by now. However,…

RNC Asks Supreme Court To Reinstate Arizona’s Citizenship Check Voting Laws Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Republican National Committee (RNC) is asking on the U.S. Supreme…

Tonight, President Trump heads to Bozeman, Montana for a MAGA Rally in support of down-ticket candidates.  President Trump is scheduled to speak at 10:00 pm ET with livestream links below. Trump Campaign…

Ammunition worth $125 million comes after Ukraine invaded Russia’s Kursk Region Washington will send Kiev another $125 million worth of missiles and ammunition, the Pentagon announced as fierce fighting continued in Russia’s…

Abbott Orders Texas Hospitals To Report Health Care Costs For Illegal Immigrants Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Aug. 8 requiring…

Putin Said To Be Stunned By Ukraine’s Shock Attacks On Kursk & Lipetsk In addition to the ongoing Ukrainian cross-border offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, Russia has been hit hard by a “massive attack”…

Investors Flooded Into Money-Market Funds & Bank Deposits As Markets Crashed Money-market fund assets rose to a fresh record ($6.19TN) as a global selloff in risk assets earlier in the week sent…

The company claims to have discovered hackers and fake news sites linked to Tehran Hackers and fake news sites allegedly linked to Iran might be up to something nefarious in the US,…

We suspected they would go too far, because that’s what the left always does.  Once their pop-narrative enters the entire tribe of progressives, the various factions within it always try to one-up…

There’s Just One Problem: AI Isn’t Intelligent, And That’s A Systemic Risk Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Mimicry of intelligence isn’t intelligence, and so while AI mimicry is a…

I’m only posting this because there are so many voices that keep talking about Donald Trump needing some version of Steve Bannon to assist him in the election or White House. This…

Stocks Erase ‘Black Monday’ Losses As Vol Tumbles; Bond Yields & Black Gold Surge If you took the week off and are just now looking at your book, you could be forgiven…

Even if Maduro stole the election, no one would believe the US anyway The 2024 presidential election in Venezuela, held on July 28, has stirred international concern – much like the preceding…

Denmark is seeking to contain the spread of disorder from neighboring Sweden Denmark will strengthen border controls with Sweden following a resurgence of gang violence that has spilled over into the country…

CBP Agents Snag Record $48 Million In Meth Hidden Inside Lettuce Shipment At Southern Border By Caleb Revill of FreightWaves U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced several large drug busts this week…

Harris/Walz Are “Levitating In Fake Polls On Gusts Of Idiot Wind” Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “Who Elected YOU Boss of This Outfit?” “There’s some perversion that’s happened in our…

Virginia Mandates Paper Ballots, Tracking, And Proof Of Residency For 2024 Election Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) on Wednesday signed an executive order to implement various security measures ahead of the November…

Recession-Risk Reality-Check Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Greg Ip says the conditions for recession are not in place. I disagree. And I show where and how he went wrong. The chart…

Donald Trump Jr. Is Launching A Crypto-Platform To “Take On” The Banks Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com, Donald Trump Jr. has announced plans to launch a new decentralized finance (DeFi) cryptocurrency…

Cadbury Doubles Prices Of Candy Bars For ‘First Time In Decade’ This year, an increasing number of the world’s top candy companies have been sounding the alarm about skyrocketing cocoa prices, leading them to…

Machiavelli said, “It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of…

Cisco Prepares Second Round Of Layoffs Amid Increasing AI Skepticism; Report The potential of generative AI to transform companies, industries, and societies has been widely touted around the clock by Wall Street…

An Open Letter To UK PM Keir Starmer Dear Prime Minister, Your condemnation of everyone as Far Right suggests a misunderstanding of the phrase. Left wing means Big Government or Constructive Rationalism,…

Minnesota Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Voting Rights For Felons On Probation Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 2023 state law…

Roskomnadzor cited terrorism concerns as the reason for the ban The Russian internet watchdog Roskomnadzor has restricted access to the messaging app Signal, citing legal issues. Signal has long been promoted as…

Discussions focused on ensuring the long-term “safety of space activities,” according to foreign ministry in Moscow Russia and China have held talks on a wide range of issues relating to the use…

One case of shoddy welding set production back seven months, the agency’s inspector general found NASA’s inspector general has issued a damning report on Boeing’s rocket division, stating that the aerospace giant’s…

It’s The Positioning, Stupid! By Maartje Wijffelaars, Senior economist at Rabobank US jobless claims were down by 17,000 to 233,000 in the week that ended 3 August. The drop was largest in…

One of Kiev’s formations in the region shares its name with a German special operations unit that was active during World War II One of Kiev’s battalions involved in the cross-border attack…

Kiev had launched sea drones at Crimea and a landing force near Kherson The Russian military has intercepted an attempted landing by Ukrainian marines near Kherson and destroyed a group of sea…

Firm used fictitious transactions and overestimated the cost of produce it purchased to get tax credit, authorities have said Ukrainian law enforcement officials have seized more than $5 million from a company…

Universal Basic Income – Tried, Tested, And Failed As Expected Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, A Universal Basic Income (UBI) sounds great in theory. According to a previous study by the Roosevelt Institute, it…

China Inflation Unexpectedly Hits Five Month High Driven By Soaring Pork Prices China’s consumer prices rose faster than expected in July, driven mostly by a surge in food/pork prices, even as core…

Washington strategically pressured Sheikh Hasina, fully aware that her potential successors might be less democratic and have stronger Islamist ties The forced ouster of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power by…

Reports of violence against minorities have surfaced in the wake of the PM’s departure New Delhi has appointed a high-level committee to monitor the safety of Indians and Hindus in Bangladesh, Home…

RFK Jr. Cancels Iowa State Fair Appearance Citing Increased Security Concerns Authored by Jeff Louderbeck via The Epoch Times, Almost a month after a gunman shot and injured former President Donald Trump…

Chicago Fed Head Says The Quiet Part Out Loud In Fox News Interview The Fed’s constant narrative shield of its ‘apolitical-ness’ took a battering this morning when Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee…

White House Speaks Of ‘Finalizing’ Gaza Deal While Diplomats Admit It’s ‘Hail Mary’ Time With the Middle East on the brink of a possible major war between Iran and Israel, also involving…

The bloc’s preliminary ruling on import duties “lacks factual and legal basis,” Beijing has argued China has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the European Union’s imposition of…

Additional troops and equipment have been deployed to the border area amid an attempted incursion by Ukraine, the MOD has said Russia’s Defense Ministry has announced the deployment of additional weapons and…

Rheinmetall has boosted its sales by a third this year Rheinmetall, Germany’s leading arms manufacturer, has announced that it almost doubled its operating profit in the first half of 2024, and now…

Kiev is facing condemnation after officials appeared to claim credit for an ambush that killed local soldiers and Wagner contractors Ukraine is at the center of a diplomatic storm in Africa after…

The move comes as part of a broader strategy aimed at boosting the country’s defense industry, Handelsblatt reports The German federal government is considering taking a stake in arms manufacturers and defense…

Washington has given Reliance Industries its approval to restart oil transactions with the sanctioned South American nation India’s Reliance Industries is planning to pay for Venezuelan oil partly with naphtha supplies and…

Canberra is losing its strategic autonomy due to its security pact with the US and UK, Paul Keating has argued The US is surrounding Australia with military bases under the AUKUS pact,…

Large parts of the Sahel could fall under the “effective control” of the jihadist group, a top counterterrorism official has warned A vast territory stretching from Mali to northern Nigeria could fall…

Su-34 supersonic jets are being used to hit high-value targets with powerful gliding munitions, according to the military Russia is using Sukhoi Su-34 multipurpose fighter jets to fend off the Ukrainian incursion…

The thieves allegedly used the bodies to produce biomaterials such as bone grafts, according to reports Chinese prosecutors are reportedly investigating a criminal network which allegedly stole thousands of bodies from crematoriums…

California Power Bills Are Soaring Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, California residents face the second-highest average electricity bills in the U.S., driven by investments in wildfire mitigation, grid upgrades, and renewable…

A high-level government commission has made the decision due to the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk Region A federal emergency has been declared in Russia’s Kursk Region amid a cross-border incursion by Ukrainian…

G7 countries set a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian crude two years ago as part of Ukraine-related sanctions Several Western insurance companies are continuing to provide cover for tankers shipping Russian oil,…

The authorities in a Western Ukrainian region have ordered the demolition of dozens of Soviet monuments The Russian Foreign Ministry has denounced the reported demolition of a Soviet war memorial in a…

Futures Flat In Muted Trading As Sentiment Remains Extremely Fragile With both Goldman and JPMorgan asking the question on everyone’s lips, namely whether the market has bottomed, so far the answer remains…

Watch: Explosion Rocks Container Ship At China’s Top Port  A massive explosion rocked a container ship loaded with hazardous goods at the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan, China’s busiest port by cargo tonnage. The port is situated…

Are We Being Watched? Authored by Freddie Attenborough via The Critic, A shadowy state agency with no statutory footing, previously used to monitor perfectly lawful yet dissenting speech during the Covid lockdowns,…

“It is not up to us,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has said The President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has rejected a request by Ukraine to arrest Vladimir Putin, if…

A militant force accused of torturing and murdering Russian POWs is reportedly taking part in the incursion Members of the Georgian Legion, a paramilitary force backed by Kiev, are reportedly taking part…

Production may be halted due to soaring flour and manufacturing costs, the head of the country’s bakers’ association has warned Ukraine is running the risk of facing a deficit of bread, the…

WADA and USADA have traded blame for cover-ups of violations by competitors The international anti-doping agency and its national counterpart in the US have accused each other of shielding cheating athletes from…

The Venezuelan leader has accused Elon Musk of “inciting civil war” in the country after the recent election Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a temporary ban on X (formerly Twitter) in…

Putin Signs Law Legalizing Cryptocurrency Mining In Russia Authored by Nik Hoffman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially signed a law that legalizes cryptocurrency mining in Russia. According to a report by…

Gazprom Exports To Europe Via Ukraine Continue Despite Fighting Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Russian gas exports to Europe have continued despite reports of Ukrainian forces seizing a key gas metering…

Australian hockey player Tom Craig tried to flee from police after purchasing the drug Australian Olympic hockey player Tom Craig has been issued with a public reprimand for trying to buy cocaine…

The African nation aims to make a new gold-backed currency the sole legal tender ahead of a 2030 timeline Zimbabwe’s government has approved a roadmap to transition from using US dollars to…

Kiev has lost nearly 1,000 soldiers and over 100 armored vehicles over the past several days, Russia’s Defense Ministry has said Russian forces continue to inflict heavy losses on Ukrainian troops that…

The government is targeting Scott Ritter and other critics of America’s endless wars, the former aide to Joe Biden has said You’re only free to speak your mind in the US if…

Tanks and howitzers sent by Kiev to attack Russia’s Kursk Region are met with Lancet kamikaze drones, according to footage Videos released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday morning showcase the…

Ford Files Patent For System To “Automatically Snitch” On Speeders Ford has filed a new patent called “Systems and Methods for Detecting Speeding Violations” that reveals the company is looking at ways to…

Officials in Kiev reportedly believe easing restrictions on the use of ATACMS missiles could give them leverage in talks with Moscow Kiev wants the US to allow it to use long-range ATACMS…

Five Lessons For Russia To Learn From Ukraine’s Sneak Attack Against Kursk Region Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Ukraine’s sneak attack against Russia’s Kursk Region appears to have successfully penetrated the border according to…

Oslo and Brussels have condemned the “extreme action” of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government The Israeli government has expelled eight Norwegian diplomats, who served as Oslo’s interface with the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the…

Kiev’s forces have reportedly used Marder infantry fighting vehicles their cross-border incursion German-made heavy armor pieces are rolling through the fields of Russia’s Kursk Region again, some 80 years since one of…

Kiev’s troops have been deliberately targeting civilians and medics, Russian officials have said At least 66 civilians including nine children have been wounded by Ukrainian artillery strikes in the past few days, amid…

Bulgaria Bans LGBT Propaganda In Schools Authored by Grzegorz Adamczyk via Remix News, The Bulgarian parliament has passed an amendment to the preschool and school education law, which bans the “promotion of…

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…

2024 Echoes ‘1984’ Authored by Victor Joecks via American Greatness, The book “1984” is supposed to be a warning. Today’s leftists are using it as an instruction manual… George Orwell’s classic novel…

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…

Every Second American Buys Food Online According to Statista’s Consumer Insights, more than half of Americans have ordered groceries online for delivery in the past 12 months before the survey was carried out between…

The 1948 Irgun Re-Born? Submitted by Alastair Crooke, The signposts are there for all to read: The West — in deliberately overlooking such explicit markers — cannot then complain, or escape, the ensuing consequences.  …

Moscow’s military has published a video of glide bomb strikes on Kiev’s troops foraying into Russian territory The Russian Defense Ministry has released drone footage showing FAB-500 glide bombs hitting Kiev’s forces…

Kiev has conducted “massive” drone attack on multiple targets across Lipetsk Region, in the latest series of attempted strikes Ukraine has fired multiple drones at the city of Lipetsk in central Russia,…

Nevada Agrees To Purge 90K Ineligible Voters From Election Rolls Authored by Luis Cornelio via HeadlineUSA.com, Nevada has agreed to purge over 90,000 ineligible voters from its rolls following a legal battle…

Yet Another Cargo Theft From A Refrigerated 18 Wheeler In Philadelphia Cargo thefts are becoming a trend in Philadelphia…and it doesn’t look like the swearing in of new Mayor Cherelle Parker –…

Neuroscientists Blame Racism For Black Women Aging Faster Authored by Micaiah Bilger via The College Fix, Stress on the body caused by racism may cut African American women’s lives short, according to…

US Hints At Regime Change In Tehran If Israel Is Attacked The US is preparing to play Air Force for Israel’s skies as it deploys a dozen F-22 stealth raptor jets to…

“Progress” – NIH Brags About Using Tax Dollars To Fund More Research By Black Scholars Authored by Micaiah Bilger via The College Fix, Even as diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts draw increased…

Value Of US Housing Hits Record $50 Trillion, Up 7% In Past Year, Just In Time For Fed Rate Cuts The Fed’s rate hikes were supposed to slow down the economy and,…

How Chinese Traders & Miners Got Around China’s Crypto Ban Authored by Yohan Yun via CoinTelegraph.com, Chinese investors are finding innovative ways to tap into the digital assets markets and participate in…

Earlier today, President Trump gave a press conference from Mar-a-Lago in Florida.  Unlike the Kamala/Walz heavily controlled and scripted relationship with their allies in media, President Trump and JD Vance will take…

When reviewing the conversation, I note a lot of this sentiment… KT Says – “Trump staffing? He hasn’t even won. Harris polls are rising as long as she’s kept on teleprompter (like…

50 Years On… The Bait-And-Switch Behind Post-Watergate “Reforms” Authored by Stephen Anderson via The Mises Institute, Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the resignation of President Richard Nixon, who later was pardoned…

Exiled Catalan politician Carles Puigdemont has managed to evade authorities Carles Puigdemont has returned after seven years in self-imposed exile to crash the vote for the new president of Spain’s Catalonia region,…