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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko cited Kiev’s violation of his nation’s airspace in issuing the warning Ukraine’s diplomatic presence in Belarus will be jeopardized if Kiev continues its reckless policy towards Minsk, the…

Liberal Party cocaine dealer John Macgowan bragged on social media about impersonating an ASIO agent in a post he published on the 13th of March 2024, which is a federal crime, and…

Russia never offered to trade a key nuclear plant for a Ukrainian withdrawal from Kursk, the Foreign Ministry said A video in which Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova offers to hand…

US Arms-Makers Warily Consider Production In Ukraine At Pentagon’s Urging At the urging of the Pentagon, several American arms-makers are exploring the possibility of producing weapons inside Ukraine, but are grappling with…

Manners Are The Glue That Binds Society Authored by Rob Smith via RealClearMarkets, Convention, customs, manners and civility. When my daughter Ella was 16, I met her at a local restaurant for…

Polling On Latinos Shows Trouble For Harris Authored by Jeffrey Baldwin via RealClearPolitics, According to a new survey, Latinos are disillusioned with President Joe Biden and his administration’s policies.  The survey, primarily…

There is “no justification for these massacres,” the EU high representative for foreign affairs has said Israel’s airstrike on a school in Gaza cannot be justified, top EU diplomat Josep Borrell said…

Biologist Richard Dawkins Says Facebook Nuked Account After Posting That Male Boxers Shouldn’t Fight Women Facebook has nuked the account of famed evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins after he said that genetically male…

Beijing’s initial proposal was rejected by the local authorities in 2022 over security concerns The Chinese government has revived its efforts to build a massive embassy complex in the heart of London,…

Central Bank Gold Buying Through First Half Of 2024 Sets Record Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, Despite central bank gold buying slowing moderately in the second quarter, it set a…

An Iskander has eliminated 15 members of the staff of Kiev’s 22nd separate mechanized brigade, the Defense Ministry has claimed A missile strike has destroyed a Ukrainian command-and-control center in Russia’s Kursk…

Thomas Bach has stood by his committee’s decision to clear for competition two boxers at the center of a gender eligibility controversy International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach on Friday said…

The attack on Saturday reportedly killed 100 people and left dozens more injured The Israeli military should refrain from attacks on civilian infrastructure in Gaza, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said…

The billionaire is “a keyboard warrior” and could be prosecuted, Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has warned London’s Metropolitan Police commissioner has threatened to charge foreigners for “whipping up hatred” online, naming X…

Tucker Carlson has been talking for a while now, about the parallels/similarities of how the CIA and Intelligence Community targeted Richard Nixon and how the same group targets Donald Trump almost 50…

Berlin’s own history with genocide suggests it should know better than to shut down any protest against the mass deaths in Gaza On 6 August, a court in Berlin sentenced a young…

Records Reveal Trump Shooter Visited Local Gun Range Dozens Of Times – And May Have Had Company Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has released records from…

Earnings Call Mentions Of “Consumer Downturn” Soar To Highest Level Since Financial Crisis Goldman Sachs analyst Scott Feiler told clients this AM the consumer is experiencing a “noticeable slowdown, moderation, or whatever…

Brazil has been ramping up purchases of soil enhancers in recent months due to increasingly erratic weather  Russia supplied a record volume of fertilizers to Brazil in July, the news agency RIA…

Several Ukrainian aircraft that were likely drones were shot down by Belarusian air defenses, President Alexander Lukashenko has said Belarus has destroyed what appear to have been several Ukrainian drones that illegally…

The goal of the attack is to expose Russia’s “weaknesses,” Andrey Zagorodnyuk has told FT Taking control of Russian territory and holding on to it is not the aim of Kiev’s cross-border…

New Delhi is set to introduce its payments system to boost tourism to the island nation Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is the Maldives on an official visit. This is the minister’s…

Budapest has recently drawn criticism from its EU peers by easing the visa rules for Russians Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday warned against Hungary’s potential expulsion from the Schengen Area…

“Japan Mixed The Batter, The Fed Will Bake The Cake…” Via SchiffGold.com, Americans are already struggling to feed their families and pay their bills, but having predicted every US recession since 1960, the…

These Are The US Universities With The Most Athletes At Paris 2024 American universities are often considered the best in the world for providing a world-class education. They’re also a rich environment for superstar…

Ukraine Demands Mexico Arrest Putin At Presidential Inauguration  Ukraine has issued a formal request for Mexico to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he travels to Mexican soil for the inauguration of…

The key point about Tim Walz history of lying about his military combat service and service in general, is to remember the people who constructed the Harris campaign genuinely don’t view Walz’s…

Moscow has been deploying additional forces to the border area amid an incursion by Ukrainian troops The Defense Ministry in Moscow has published footage of Russian tanks taking up positions in Kursk…

Kiev’s supporters do not appear to be pressuring the country to ease off on its incursion into western Russia, the outlet has reported Ukraine’s Western backers do not object to Kiev’s large-scale…

Algeria’s Imani Khelif has beaten a Chinese boxer amid a heated dispute about the athlete’s eligibility Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won Olympic gold on Friday after defeating China’s Yang Liu in the…

UK’s Night Of The Ghost Fascism Authored by Charlotte Gill via The Critic, Did you know that the UK defeated fascism on Wednesday? Blink and you might have missed it, but newspapers…

The large influx of migrants has made it difficult to integrate them into society, the authorities in Pirmasens have claimed The southern German town of Pirmasens has stopped accepting Ukrainian refugees after…

West Jerusalem claims that the facility was being used by Hamas as a military headquarters Dozens of people have been killed and many more injured in an Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter…

Kiev’s forces lost 12 service members and two boats as they attempted to raid the Kinburn Spit, Russia’s Defense Ministry has said The Russian military has wiped out a Ukrainian special forces…

Moscow has been assisting New Delhi in the repatriation of citizens lured to the Ukraine conflict by human traffickers Around 70 Indian nationals are awaiting discharge from the Russian Army after being…

The Ukrainian attack has already led to civilian casualties, the National Antiterrorism Committee has said Counterterrorism efforts have been announced in Kursk Region, Russia and two neighboring regions in response to a…

This is the second attack in recent days against American forces in the Middle East amid rising tensions US troops at Rumalyn Landing Zone in northeastern Syria have been attacked by a…

The Republican presidential candidate was heading to a campaign rally in Montana Former US President Trump’s Boeing 757 plane, dubbed “Trump Force One,” was diverted on Friday on its way to his rally 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…

Climate Fear-Mongering Fail: Great Barrier Reef Sees Third Record Year Of Coral Growth Authored by Chris Morrison via DailySceptic.org, Massive increases in coral across the Australian Great Barrier Reef (GBR) have been…

What Effect Will Voter ID Laws Have In The 2024 Election? Since the last presidential election in the United States, four states have implemented strict photo ID laws at the polls, bringing the count…

Fauci’s “DNA Of Caring” Authored by Randall Block via The Brownstone Institute, Dr. Anthony Fauci often claims a “DNA of caring” yet his actions reveal a stark contrast. Avoiding direct patient care, Dr….

Panama Hits ‘VIP’ Chinese Migrant-Smuggling Route Through Notorious Darien Gap In the latest indication that new President Jose Raul Mulino may be serious about his campaign pledge to end the country’s role…

Democratic California State Lawmaker Switches To Republican Party Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A California state lawmaker announced on Thursday that she’s switching affiliation to the Republican…

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…

Visualizing 45 Years Of Growth In US Real Wages, By Income Group Since 1979, the top income earners in America have seen their real wages grow at more than double the rate…

President Aleksandar Vucic has said that the nation’s security services are already working on the leads provided by Moscow Russia has informed Serbia about a risk of a potential coup attempt, President…

National security spokesman John Kirby stated the White House won’t allow ceasefire talks to be “blown off course” by “extremists” US President Joe Biden will not allow “extremists,” including those in Israel,…

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…

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…

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…

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”…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…