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Proposed changes to Iraqi law have alarmed women and children’s rights activists Iraq’s parliament has passed the first reading of proposed changes to a law which would reportedly allow girls to marry…

Don’t Throw Away A Nest Egg By Teeuwe Mevissen, senior macro strategist at Rabobank Don’t throw away a nest egg! As this week made clear once more, it is always important to…

The alert followed a 7.1-magnitude temblor that struck off the coast of the country’s third largest island, sparking a tsunami advisory The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its first-ever “mega earthquake caution”…

Multiple Explosions Rock Tanker Off Indonesia’s Bali Island, 5 Dead, 15 Injured Multiple explosions erupted on a tanker off the coast of Indonesia’s Bali island on Wednesday, resulting in the deaths of…

The Justice Department Makes The Case Against Hunter Biden (And Itself In California) Authored by Jonathan Turley, Special Counsel David Weiss appears to have finally made the long-awaited case exposing years of…

Fear…But No Panic Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, Did VIX Really Hit 65 on Monday? Without a doubt, the official VIX calculation reported a level of 65.73 on Monday at 8:34 am…

CNN Effectively Worthless After Parent Warner Bros Takes $9.1 Billion Writedown What had been obvious “to the rest of us” for years, is finally official: late last night, shares of Warner Bros….

Bezalel Smotrich has complained that it’s impossible to wage war in today’s global reality Starving the citizens of Gaza could be a “just” way of forcing Hamas to release hostages, but this…

Some medics were killed by Kiev’s troops during their incursion into Russia’s border area, acting regional head has said Kiev’s troops are deliberately targeting civilians and medics in their assault on Kursk…

Pair driving near Sudzha town in Kursk Region are seen in dash-cam footage dodging bullets and anti-tank mines in frantic escape Dramatic dash-cam video footage filmed just outside the Russian town of…

The Russian president has reportedly been invited to the inauguration of the North American country’s new leader in October Ukraine has called on Mexico to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he…

The RT contributor’s house was raided by the FBI on Wednesday Former US Marine turned journalist Scott Ritter has accused the US government of committing an “act of intimidation” against him for…

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Stocks Surge On Small Drop In Initial Jobless Claims; Continuing Claims Hits 33-Month High The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time fell from 12-month highs at 249k…

Futures Rebound From Overnight Lows As Sentiment Remains On Edge After three rollercoaster days of wild, brutal swings, futures are flat ahead of the Thursday open, erasing overnight losses if still below…

Judge Tosses Mexico’s $10 Billion Lawsuit For 6 Of 8 Named American Gun-Makers Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times, A Massachusetts District Court Judge has dismissed Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit…

A Malian official has reportedly questioned Kiev’s ability to act alone in providing intelligence to armed groups Mali and Niger have asked the UN Security Council to investigate claims that Ukraine provided…

UK’s Met Police Chief Threatens “Keyboard Warriors” With Terrorism Charges Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Head of the Met Police Sir Mark Rowley has warned that “keyboard warriors” could be…

Washington does not believe an attack by Tehran to be imminent, officials have told the outlet Iran could be reconsidering its plans to carry out “a multi-pronged attack” on Israel in response…

Russians don’t respond to anything else, Mikhail Podoliak has claimed  Kiev launched its cross-border incursion into Kursk Region in an attempt to instill fear among the Russian population, a senior aide to…

Locals are reeling after a deadly landslide wiped out two villages in the upper reaches of Kerala’s Western Ghats – but the political blame-games in India have already begun It wasn’t just…

The Rot In The Commercial Real Estate Market In One Story Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, I’ve been watching the commercial real estate (CRE) sector as a potential catalyst for…

Nassau County Criminalizes Masks To Counter Far-Left Mask-Wearing Activists  Nassau County Republicans passed the “Mask Transparency Act” on Monday, making it a misdemeanor for anyone 16 and older to wear a face mask…

Berlin could include transport infrastructure costs in its defense budget to maintain spending above the 2% threshold Germany is seeking to include the cost of transport infrastructure used by the military in…

Alleged Terror Plot Sparks Cancellation Of Taylor Swift Concerts In Austria Three huge concerts by superstar pop singer Taylor Swift have been cancelled in Vienna after authorities on Wednesday announced they’d arrested…

The Russian military has released video footage of Lancet strikes on Kiev’s Kazak and US-made Bradley armored personnel carriers The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video showing the destruction of Ukrainian…

European countries should be “self-sufficient” in opposing Russia, the Republican vice presidential nominee has argued European NATO members need to do a better job of deterring a hypothetical Russian attack and dealing…

Brussels Is Hellbent On Destroying European Farming Authored by Dénes Albert via ReMix News, The EU, under the control of the global elite, is systematically crushing agriculture through its policies, but this…

Morgan Stanley Starts Pitching Bitcoin ETFs To Clients Today Morgan Stanley has officially begun pitching shares of two exchange-traded bitcoin funds – with some 15,000 financial advisors given the green light to…

Kamala Harris hired Eric Holder to do the background vetting on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, prior to the announcement of Walz being her VP candidate. Keep in mind, Barack Obama and Eric…

Israeli Group Practices Red Heifer Ritual In Front Of Al-Aqsa Mosque Via Middle East Eye A group of religious Israelis have been pictured practicing the ritual of the red heifer, which is meant to…

US Hands Ukraine $3.9BN in ‘Budgetary Aid’ Through World Bank Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced early this week that his government had received $3.9 billion from the United States in the form…

Washington should rein in its “terrorist clients” by cutting off Kiev’s arms flow, Ambassador Antonov has said Ukrainian forces have used American weapons to strike schools, hospitals, ambulances and homes in Russia,…

Brits Warned Merely ‘Retweeting’ Information About Riots Could Be A Criminal Offense Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, UK authorities have warned people that merely retweeting information about the riots could…

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has been forced to relocate for the second time since the fighting started Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has ordered the relocation of his…

Reports of the sexual abuse of detainees are “horrific,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller has said The Israeli authorities must fully investigate alleged incidents of rape against Palestinian detainees and hold those…

The Jewish state has reportedly threatened a “disproportionate” response to a potential attack by the Lebanon-based militia Hezbollah may carry out an independent strike on Israel before Iran does, CNN has reported,…

Cocoa Prices Rise As US Stockpiles In Exchange-Monitored Warehouses Hit Four-Year Low Cocoa futures in New York remain range-bound within a symmetrical triangle pattern after peaking near $12,000 a ton in mid-April,…

The “terrorist operation” in Kursk Region justifies going “to Kiev and further,” the former president believes Russia should respond to Kiev’s attempted incursion in Kursk Region by taking over land that Moscow…

Ukraine’s Sneak Attack Against Russia’s Kursk Region Might Be Its Last Hurrah Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Russia is fighting to fend off Ukraine’s sneak attack its Kursk Region, though conflicting…

US President Joe Biden took a swipe at Republican nominee Donald Trump in his first interview since dropping out of the race US President Joe Biden has said he doubts that power…

European Commission spokesman Peter Stano reaffirmed the bloc’s support for Kiev after its cross-border attack into Kursk Region The European Union fully supports the actions of Ukraine’s forces, including striking Russian territory,…

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…

American Theocracy: Politics Has Become Our National Religion Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “You shall have no other gods before me.” – The Ten Commandments “Christians, get…

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…

USA Has More Millionaires Than The Entire Population Of Ireland The world’s total millionaire count comes in at 15 million, more than all of Rwanda, the 28th most populous African country. In…

A Tale Of Two Diagrams Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Are Local Police Deflecting Blame for Assassination Attempt? Ahead of Tuesday’s Senate grilling of acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, local…

Israel Vows To Eliminate New Hamas Chief Sinwar, Seen As Even Closer To Tehran Israel has vowed to “eliminate” new Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, who just yesterday was announced as the new…

Whack-A-Fallacy: A Game For The Election Season Authored by Jeff Minick via The Epoch Times, In Whack-a-Mole, an arcade game invented by the Japanese nearly 50 years ago, moles or other figures…

Words, Words, Words Authored by John Maxwell Hamilton via RealClearPolitics, Words everywhere. Words in laws passed by Congress, words in instructions for the devices that make our lives easier, words in novels…

Coming Clean On Clean Energy: It’s A Dirty Business Authored by Kristen Walker via RealClearEnergy, Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are probably aware of the massive push to transition…

FBI Raids NY Home Of Ex-UN Weapons Inspector & Anti-War Pundit Scott Ritter On Wednesday the upstate New York home of Scott Ritter was raided by the FBI and state police. The…

Kentucky Governor Plans To Collect Sales Tax On Gold And Silver Despite New Law Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has decided he’s going to continue collecting…

National Security In A Second Trump Administration Authored by Dan Greenwood via RealClearPolitics, After a tumultuous and nearly life-ending July, Donald Trump narrowly retains his lead in the polls. Business leaders would…

Copper Slumps As China Dumps Base Metal Into Asian Warehouses Copper inventories in Asian warehouses are swelling at an incredibly fast pace as the base metal that led the ‘Next AI Trade’ is…

This article was originally published in 2023 and has recently been requested to provide context for why Governor Tim Walz was selected by Barack Obama and Eric Holder as their Brat’s vice-president….

NASA Head Considers Elon Musk’s SpaceX To Save Stranded Boeing Starliner Crew At ISS  On Wednesday, Steve Stich, NASA’s commercial crew program manager, informed reporters that mission control still needs to confirm…

I succeeded in Wisconsin. I transmitted the exact travel pattern, location and sequencing for Clyburn’s network visit.  We are seeing the outcome detail in the pattern of campaign visits by Brat and…

Global Government Is No Conspiracy Theory Authored by Dr. David McGrogan via DailySceptic.org, We live in an age that is gesturing towards global government. This is not a conspiracy theory; it is…

Kansas Police Chief Who Led Raid Of Newspaper Violated Law: Prosecutors Marion, Kansas – A recent investigation into a contentious raid on the Marion County Record newspaper has taken a surprising turn,…

Three events in Vienna, Austria were called off after two terrorism-related arrests US pop mega-star Taylor Swift has canceled three upcoming concerts in Vienna, Austria after two suspects were arrested for allegedly…

Throughout the Minsk process, Ukrainian officials became masters at stalling for time. Talk of a new referendum is most likely preparation for repeating the strategy. The head of the Kiev regime Vladimir…

The Republican VP candidate would not take Kiev’s calls about F-16s, according to texts Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, whom Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump picked as his running mate, refused to…

President Trump calls-in to Fox and Friends for an interview discussing Kamala Harris VP selection in Tim Walz. WATCH: . President Trump also answered questions from the audience attending the Sturgis Motorcycle…

The Russian military has released drone footage of a ballistic missile strike on Kiev’s forces advancing on Kursk Region The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday released a new video of a missile…

Journalist Evgeny Poddubny has reportedly been seriously injured in Russia’s Kursk Region Evgeny Poddubny, a war correspondent for the state-run TV channel Russia-1, has been wounded in Kursk Region, the broadcaster confirmed…

‘Do Not Fly’ Alert Over Iran Issued For Airlines During Oddly Specific Night Hours Egypt has just issued a rare and oddly specific NOTAM, or Notice to Air Missions alert, instructing all of…

Stocks Puke Back Overnight Dovish BoJ Gains; Bond Yields & Black Gold Rise For a few brief hours overnight, everything was awesome again after the BoJ folded like a broken lawnchair, dovishly…

On Verge Of Credit Shock: Credit Card Debt Posts Biggest Drop Since Covid Crash As Rates Hit Record High On a day when an early attempt by the BOJ to kickstart the…

Jurisdiction-Stripping Or Court-Killing? The “No Kings Act” Is A Decapitation Of The Constitution Authored by Jonathan Turley, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) has introduced the “No Kings Act” with great fanfare and…

No Debate Required With Natural Gas Authored by David Callahan via RealClearEnergy, It often feels like common ground is a rare commodity in today’s highly charged political climate, where heated debate emphasizes…

The former congresswoman has reportedly been placed on the TSA ‘Quiet Skies’ watchlist The US government has put former Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard on a special air traffic surveillance list, according to…

Naval and aerial drills were reportedly a response to joint exercise involving Philippines, US, Canadian and Australian forces China has conducted a combat patrol near disputed territory in the South China Sea,…

‘Stolen Valor’: Walz Under Fire For Bailing On Iraq Tour, Then Lying About Combat Deployment Kamala Harris’ VP pick Tim Walz has come under fire over his extreme left-wing policies, from joking…

Combatting China’s Legacy Chip Threat: Time To Revive Section 421 Authroed by Jonathan Harman & Lillian Ellis via RealClearDefense, The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has long sought to make geopolitical competitors…

I Thought Gold Was A Safe Haven! Why Did It Tank With Stocks? Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, And in the blink of an eye, the expectation of a “soft”…

Stocks Plunge After Ugly 10Y Auction Tails Bigly Amid all the chaos in markets over the past few days, it is perhaps no surprise that ‘demand’ for bonds would be somewhat weaker….

Student protests against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led to 440 lives lost, ending not just her 16-year reign but also her political career A student-led movement against a quota system which secured government…

Washington intends to ask Kiev about what’s going on, a spokesman has said The US intends to get more information from Kiev about the Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Kursk Region, the White…

Confidence Is The Underappreciated Economic Engine Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Ask economists how they forecast economic activity. It’s likely they will mention productivity, demographics, debt, the Fed, interest rates, and…

Diamond Hands: Mt.Gox Creditors HODL Bitcoin Despite 10-Year Wait Authored by Francisco Rodrigues via CoinTelegraph.com, Mt. Gox was once a dominant cryptocurrency exchange, but a devastating security breach caused it to collapse…

WTI Extends Bounce Off 6-Mo Lows After Sixth Straight Weekly Crude Draw Oil prices have rebounded strongly overnight on the heels of the BoJ’s big dovish ‘fold’, which trumped the across-the-board inventory…

White House Believes Iran Backing Down From Israel Strike After Diplomatic ‘Blitz’ The Washington Post has said that intensive international diplomatic efforts to get Iran to step back from launching a new…

Comparisons To 1987 Are Multiplying By Benjamin Picton, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Political Pickers Equity markets closed broadly higher yesterday and bond yields rose to retrace some of the falls over…

Disney CFO Admits Lower-Income Consumers Are “Stressed & Shaving Time Off At Parks”  Shares of Walt Disney Co. are lower in premarket trading following mixed third-quarter results on Wednesday. Disney’s streaming and movie businesses reported…

An invading force of some 1,000 servicemen and dozens of armored vehicles has entered Russia’s Kursk Region What happened? Early on Tuesday, the Ukrainian military launched a major raid on Russia’s Kursk…

EU NatGas Soars As 1,000-Soldier Ukraine Raid Into Russia Captures Key Gas Facility The Kremlin has announced that its forces thwarted a major ground assault from Ukraine forces into Russia’s southwestern Kursk…

Hugo Boss stores will reportedly reopen in autumn and Christian Dior has applied to register new trademarks in the country Stores of German fashion brand Hugo Boss will reopen in Russia this…

The attack was set for June 1945, according to transcripts of interrogations of a senior Nazi official, declassified by the FSB Adolf Hitler planned to use nuclear weapons against the USSR in…

Only essential personnel will stay to assist citizens remaining in the country amid political turmoil New Delhi has evacuated all non-essential staff and their families from its embassy and consulates in Bangladesh,…

Kiev has managed to offend a whole lot of countries by openly supporting terrorists in a weird act of anti-diplomacy The government of Mali has officially severed diplomatic ties with Ukraine. Ukraine…

Airbnb Shares Plunge On Slowing US Demand As Consumer Downturn Worsens Shares of Airbnb plummeted in premarket trading in New York after the company reported disappointing second-quarter earnings, falling short of Wall Street’s…

Sheikh Hasina had fled Dhaka amid violent protests Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has had her US visa revoked and is now exploring asylum options in the UAE and European countries,…

How Progressive Is Tim Walz? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Yesterday, a friend told me that Walz was not as much a Liberal Progressive as I thought. Let’s investigate. What the…

Washington is preparing to help its key ally fend off an imminent retaliatory strike by Iran, the secretary of state says All parties in the Middle East, including Israel, should refrain from…

Kiev has suffered an estimated 315 casualties during the attempted incursion, the Russian military has reported Ukraine’s attempted incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region has been halted, the chief of the Russian General…