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Daleep Singh played a key role in freezing Moscow’s assets early in the Ukraine conflict, according to reports Daleep Singh, a former senior US national security adviser who helped orchestrate Washington’s sanctions…

The move could undermine the European financial system, chief executive Lieve Mostrey has claimed A plan by the G7 to use Russia’s frozen assets as a backstop to issue loans for the…

Visualizing Global Uranium Reserves By Country There can be a tendency to believe that uranium deposits are scarce from the critical role it plays in generating nuclear energy, along with all the…

EU Demands Hungary, Poland, & Slovakia Open Their Borders To Cheap, Poor-Quality Ukrainian Grain Authored by Denes Albert via ReMix News, The European Commission insists on extending the duty-free and quota-free access of Ukrainian…

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…

Joblessness accelerated in January, jumping above 4%, official statistics show Australia’s unemployment rate has risen to its highest level since early 2022, hitting 4.1% in January, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)…

GDP is now expected to grow by just 0.2% this year, according to Robert Habeck The German government will revise down its forecast for economic growth in 2024 to 0.2% from an…

Gears Of The Refugee Machine Authored by Spike Hampson via the Brownstone Institute, A solid majority of American citizens now recognize that Biden’s many millions of alleged refugees are anything but the…

President Joe Biden said failure to back Kiev at such a “critical time” would “never be forgotten” The US House of Representatives was unable to pass legislation that would devote some $95…

US Digital Video Spend Beats TV Ads The market for moving image advertisement formats is developing away from linear television and towards digital video formats such as streaming, apps and social media. As Katharina…

Biden: Candidate Of The Elites Authored by Steve Cortes via RealClear Wire, Remember when Democrats advocated for working-class Americans? My maternal relatives were all Irish Catholic Democrats in decades past. They were…

Newsom Sued Over Transgender Policy, Teachers Claim They Are Forced To Lie To Parents Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Teachers are suing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and…

WSJ Tells Readers: “To Save Money, Maybe You Should Skip Breakfast” President Biden’s attempt to sell Americans on ‘Bidenomics’ could be one of the most significant marketing failures by an administration in…

New Delhi has sealed state borders to prevent crowds from entering the capital as tension rises Farmers in India, who have been protesting on the outskirts of New Delhi for the past…

Seattle English Students Told It’s “White Supremacy” To Love Reading, Writing Authored by Jason Rantz via KTTH (emphasis ours), Students in a Seattle English class were told that their love of reading…

Egypt Erects 8-Square-Mile Walled Enclosure In Sinai Desert For Rafah Refugee Spillover  In a press briefing earlier this week IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi said, “We know that it is more…

The Curse Of Ultra-Pasteurization Authored by Sally Fallon Morell via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In the summer of 1983, an outbreak of listeriosis occurred in Massachusetts. Forty-nine people became sick and 14…

Mr. Bean Was Right – And So Was Toyota Authored by Duggan Flanakin via RealClear Wire, When auto (even EV driving) enthusiast Rowan Atkinson – Mr. Bean to his fans – last…

Insensitive Racial Prejudice? Classic Tomb Raider Games Re-Released With “Trigger Warnings” Was the world more racist 28 years ago compared to today?  Or, are people today simply more inclined to see “cultural…

The Reagan Miracle, 40 Years Later Authored by Newt Gingrich via RealClear Wire, Forty years ago, America was at a peak of optimism, technological opportunity, and self-confidence. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter…

Ukraine has legalized medical cannabis, with first batches of imported product expected later this year    Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has signed a bill legalizing the medical use of cannabis, with officials arguing…

Special Counsel Casts Pre-Election Doubt On Biden ‘Burisma Bribe’ With Dramatic Airport Arrest Last June, the leaked contents of a stonewalled FBI document, form FD-1023, alleging that President Joe Biden was paid…

Climate Agenda Set To Push Food Prices Even Higher, Analysts Say Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As inflation remains stubbornly high, farmers throughout the Western world are…

Biden Staffer Who Mishandled China, Iran Secrets Retains High-Security Pentagon Job Authored by Paul Sperry via RealClear Investigations, While Special Counsel Robert K. Hur has raised the issue of mental deterioration in…

The Global Deep State: A Fascist World Order Funded By The American Taxpayer Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “The madmen are in power.” – Philip K. Dick, The…

Greece has granted almost full parental rights to same-sex couples Greek lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex weddings in the country, despite staunch opposition by the Orthodox Church of Greece and almost…

Today In CRE’s Collapse: Philadelphia’s 1515 Market Put Into Special-Servicing With $59.4 Million Left On Mortgage Another day, another city, another collapse in the commercial real estate market. This week the property…

India’s Natural Gas Consumption Set To Triple by 2050 By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com, India’s industry expansion and rising oil refining to meet higher fuel demand are set to drive a tripling…

Inspired Idiot Of The Week: American Psychological Association Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, “Can Selecting the Most Qualified Candidate Be Unfair?” asked researchers in a recent study published by the American…

Reverse Repo Liquidity Plunges Below Key Level As Fed’s QT Stalls After two big weekly inflows, money market funds saw very modest outflows last week (-$4.3BN), but still hold above $6 trillion,…

A notion at the root of Nazi ideology has spread in the West, the Russian president has said Nazism was rooted in the idea of “exceptionalism” that has now become widespread in…

The deeply unpopular vice president says she’s ready to replace Joe Biden, but that would likely destroy the party’s hopes for a 2024 win With President Joe Biden’s advanced age and cognitive…

Biden Ghostwriter Faces Scrutiny Over Deleted Recordings In House Judiciary Probe Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 14 demanded that the ghostwriter…

Artyom Uss did not rule out the participation of state security services Rumors of spy involvement in his escape from Italy are “ridiculous,” Russian entrepreneur Artyom Uss said on Thursday. The US…

Amid a backlash from Ukrainian Instagram users, the actress told her detractors to “let a girl make a joke for f**ks sake” American actress Megan Fox has whipped up social media outrage…

Small Caps ‘Squeeze’ To Pre-CPI Highs On Dismal Data; Bonds, Oil, & Gold All Bounce A Japanese recession (and new equity market highs) and a UK recession (and rising stock market) and…

35 years ago, on February 15, 1989, Moscow withdrew its troops from the conflict-ridden Central Asian country On February 15, 1989, Lieutenant General Boris Gromov crossed the bridge over the Amu Darya…

An “undetermined number” of people were killed and injured in Thursday’s operation, Medecins Sans Frontieres has said Israeli troops on Thursday stormed Al Nasser hospital in southern Gaza, the largest still-functioning health…

With Russia poised to capture Avdeevka, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called on Congress to give Kiev more ammunition Russian forces are preparing to capture the Donbass stronghold of Avdeevka after…

Israel Kills Elite Hezbollah Commander, But Unleashes Single Deadliest Day For Lebanese Civilians Israel on Thursday announced that it killed a senior commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, identified as Ali al-Debs,…

Yield-Curve Bear-Steepening Spells Trouble For Markets Authored by Simon White , Bloomberg macro strategist, The yield curve has proven a poor (or very early) recession indicator in this cycle. This year, though, it will be…

The Incoming Gold Shortage Nobody Is Talking About Authored by Peter Reagan via Birch Gold Group, When private money follows central banks, will there be enough gold to go around? Having been…

Should the deal go ahead, the billionaire financier would part-own broadcasters in 45 US states Liberal financier George Soros has bought a major stake in the US’ second-largest radio company and could…

People can’t be held responsible for their family members, Mikhail Podoliak has said Mikhail Podoliak, the fiercely anti-Russian aide to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, admitted on Thursday that his own brother is…

Many Are Addicted To “Buy Now, Pay Later” Plans, It’s A Big Trap Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Buy Now Pay Later, BNPL, plans are increasingly popular. It’s another sign of…

The president has once again urged citizens to have more children President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged Russians to start families early and have at least two children, preferably more.  His comments…

“This Is Scary”: Soros Prepares Takeover Of 200 Radio Stations Ahead Of US Presidential Election America’s second-largest radio broadcaster could soon emerge from bankruptcy with a new shareholder: Soros Fund Management.  According…

Air Force & Space Force Unveil Major Overhaul To Prepare For War With China Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US Air Force and Space Force announced a plan for a major…

WikiLeaks co-founder is battling extradition to the US, where he faces a possible sentence of 175 years on espionage charges Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was among several federal lawmakers to vote…

Another Mega-Merger Is Brewing In The U.S. Shale Patch By David Messler of OilPrice.com Summary: Devon Energy seeks to fill gaps in its Bakken acreage through potential merger with Enerplus. Enerplus’ high-productivity…

JP Morgan Pulls Out Of $68 Trillion “Climate Action 100+” Group We have been covering the full on implosion of ESG and “green” investing for the better part of the last 6…

You’ll Never Believe What Senator Elizabeth Warren Just Did As far as we can tell, this is not ‘The Onion’, not ‘Babylon Bee’, and it’s not the first of April… After years…

The confiscated vehicles will be handed over to Ukraine, Latvia’s Transport Ministry said The Latvian government’s deadline for the owners of vehicles with Russian license plates to register them locally or get…

Having taken control of Nagorno-Karabakh last year, Baku wants to press into neighboring territory, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has claimed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accused Azerbaijan of planning “a full-scale…

Warsaw now says the issue of reparations was closed many years ago Poland is dropping its demand for more than a trillion dollars in compensation from Germany for World War II losses…

More Attacks On Red Sea Vessels As US Coalition Pounds Houthi-Held Port City Attacks on Red Sea shipping from Yemen’s Houthis have continued over the last several days, but so has the…

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has accused “Kiev Nazis” of committing barbaric attacks against civilians in Belgorod Kiev has once again demonstrated its “neo-Nazi essence” to the world, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday…

“Stock Prices Have Reached What Looks Like A Permanently AI Plateau” By Benjamin Picton, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Normal Service Resumed UK CPI inflation shook off the narrative of the previous…

Former Puerto Rico Mayor Gets 5 Years After Being Caught In “High Profile Bribery Case” A former Puerto Rico mayor faces 5 years in prison after he was caught on tape in…

Cases peaked shortly after the Hamas attack on October 7, according to research Reports of anti-Semitic hate incidents reached record levels in the UK last year and peaked in the week after…

Judge Denies Trump Motion To Dismiss Stormy Daniels ‘Hush Money’ Case, Sets March Trial Date The judge in former President Donald Trump’s New York hush-money trial says the case will go forward…

Trump SPAC DWAC Soars After Regulators OK Merger Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) spiked Thursday morning after regulators approved a plan for the SPAC to merge with the parent company…

US Manufacturing Output Plunged In January (Despite Surge In PMI) US Industrial Production fell 0.1% MoM in January, dragging it down to unchanged YoY Source: Bloomberg As cold weather crushed mining but…

Israeli Forces Storm Southern Gaza Hospital In Search Of Hostage Remains Civilians have been trickling out of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, regional media has observed, as Israel’s major ground assault looms,…

Biden ‘Mis-Remembered’ Again: Hur Never Brought Up Beau’s Death, The President Did Hours after last week’s release of special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents — which described the…

The economy has now registered two consecutive quarters of contraction The British economy fell into recession in the final quarter of 2023, according to official figures released on Thursday. GDP dropped by…

Oleg Deripaska is accused of sourcing raw materials in the country for weapons manufacturing in Russia The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has filed charges in absentia against Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska,…

Masterpieces by Picasso and Rembrandt will allegedly be dissolved in acid if WikiLeaks co-founder dies in prison Artist Andrey Molodkin says he has arranged for 16 valuable paintings to be destroyed should…

The Supreme Court struck down as ‘unconstitutional’ an electoral bonds scheme allowing anonymous donations by businesses India’s Supreme Court on Thursday abolished a six-year-old scheme that permitted individuals and companies to donate…

The bloc should instead prioritize building a common European army and cyber-defense system, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann said The EU should not focus on trying to create an independent nuclear deterrent and instead ought…

The landlocked country is reportedly in talks with Togo to maintain maritime trade despite its withdrawal from ECOWAS Niger has taken steps to secure access to the sea through neighboring Togo for…

The planned production of UAVs for Kiev will involve Latvia and several other European nations Britain has joined other European nations in a project to provide a million drones for Ukraine’s military…

The new government in Warsaw has stepped up efforts to receive compensation from Germany Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has questioned why the previous government in Warsaw did not formally demand World…

US Retail Sales Plunged In January, Worst YoY Growth Since COVID Lockdown As we detailed in our preview for premium subscribers, if the omniscient analyst at BofA are right this morning, the…

UK (& Japan) Shows Markets Go Up, Not Down After Technical Recessions Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The UK and Japan slipping into mild technical recessions with today’s GDP releases…

Budapest is opposed to restrictions on Chinese firms included in Brussels’ package of measures, sources told the news outlet Hungary was the only member state that refused to sign off on the…

Futures Rise Ahead Of Flood Of Economic Data Tuesday’s post-hot CPI dump now seems like a distant bad dream as US equity futures continued their rebound, following a tech fueled rally on…

Russian gas that is piped though Ukraine adds billions of dollars to Kiev’s coffers The EU has no intention of extending the gas transit contract with Russia via Ukraine when it expires…

These Are America’s Best Places To Work In 2024 Research is divided on when is the best time to look for a new job, but it’s undeniable that a new year tends…

Several US media outlets have claimed that Moscow wants to put a nuclear anti-satellite system into orbit Western media reports claiming that Russia could place nuclear weapons in space are nothing more…

The agency stood by as the infamous pedophile abused “scores of children and young women,” the claimants say A dozen victims of Jeffrey Epstein have sued the FBI, alleging that the agency…

Despite Ongoing Mass Corporate Layoffs, Govt-Supplied Jobless Claims Data Continues To Decline As mass corporate layoffs continue to mount, with CSCO the latest to announce (a 5% global workforce reduction), why should…

Future US assistance to Kiev could be made on “extraordinarily good terms,” the Republican presidential candidate has argued Former US President Donald Trump has said future aid to Ukraine could come in…

Scientists Try Risky Air And Water Experiments Hoping To Stop Climate Change Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Scientists desperate to stop or reverse climate change are dumping chemicals in the ocean…

“Lunar Lander Deployed”: SpaceX Rocket Launches US Spacecraft Towards Moon At 0105 ET, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, propelling an American spacecraft successfully…

The world’s largest exporting countries are opposed to the introduction of minimum pricing for agricultural crops A group of the world’s largest agricultural exporters has raised concerns over India’s subsidization of farmers…

Consumer prices in the South American country have been soaring after the devaluation of the peso by the new government Annual inflation in Argentina hit a three-decade high of 254% in January…

Ukraine’s foreign ministry has called out MAC Cosmetics over how it has named a shade The American cosmetics manufacturer M·A·C has crossed a line by calling one of its lipstick shades ‘Russian…

Chip Roy jokes that the move could trick the Biden administration and US senators into helping the state tackle border security Republican congressman Chip Roy from Texas has slammed the US Senate…

The bloc’s chairperson has condemned Israeli assaults on Gaza, warning that ongoing conflicts could reverse regional development gains African Union (AU) Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has warned that the continent is…

US Opens Probe Into US-Supplied Weapons & Possible Israeli War Crimes Throughout the months-long brutal Israeli bombing campaign against Gaza and the accompanying ground assault, President Biden has been consistent in refusing…

Escobar: Life During Wartime – On The Road In Donbass Authored by Pepe Escobar, Pepe Escobar embarked on a journey across Donbass to share his thoughts on the many first-hand encounters with…

The attack on the border city has left at least five dead and 18 injured, including children, Vyacheslav Gladkov has said Several people have been killed and many others injured in a…

Outrage In Spain As Children Paraded Around In Lingerie For ‘Pride’ Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Video has emerged online of young children taking part in a parade in Spain wearing…

US House Speaker Mike Johnson previously said his hand will not be forced on the issue NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says he expects the US Congress to appropriate additional funding for…

The Asian nation fell below Germany after an unexpected slip into recession Japan is no longer the world’s third largest economy after unexpectedly slipping into recession at the end of last year,…

If elected, the ex-US president reportedly plans to leverage US military aid to Kiev to bring it to the negotiating table Republican presidential frontrunner and ex-US leader Donald Trump is planning to…

These Are The World’s Biggest Democracies Presidential elections are underway in Indonesia this week, which is the third-biggest democracy in the world. But, as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports, like in many countries, concerns…

The Russian leader accuses Annalena Baerbock of disregarding the economic interests of her own people The German foreign minister is showing hostility not only to Russia, but also to her own country,…