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Human Rights Advocates Urge Biden Administration To Blacklist Nigeria Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClear Politics, More than two dozen leading human rights, religious freedom, and Christian advocacy groups are pressing Congress…

Output and sales are forecast to reach record highs by the end of 2023 Worldwide demand for coal is set to reach a historic high this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA)…

Luongo: Running On Empty, The US Leaves Zelenskyy Hanging Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, n’ Guns blog, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made one last ditch effort to plead for US…

The White House is being urged to take action against New Delhi for alleged attempts to “silence religious minorities” The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a federal government body, has…

The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, was hospitalized last month due to an undisclosed health condition The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, has passed away at…

The Northern Sea Route is already a superior alternative to other major global trade waterways, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev says Russia is actively expanding trade via the Northern Sea Route…

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has signaled that Budapest will resist any attempts to put it at a disadvantage Hungary will block the EU’s accession talks with Ukraine if it believes they…

A spokesman for the Russian church branded the move “lawless” and an “attempt to intimidate parishioners” Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been put on a criminal wanted…

The phygital movement is winning new fans ahead of the first-ever championship in Samara Over the course of two weeks, the main symbol of the Games of the Future, which combine e-sports…

Matthew Perry’s passing in late October was brought on by the “acute effects of ketamine,” the coroner’s office concluded The death of Canadian-American actor Matthew Perry in late October was caused by…

The total volume has hit almost £3 billion, according to Ofgem British households have piled up record debts of almost £3 billion ($3.8 billion) with electricity and gas suppliers, national energy regulator…

Romi Meitei’s film covering issues of violence and displacement in India’s remote Manipur state earned him the best director award at the Kazan International Muslim Film Festival When an insurgent group banned…

Sadiq Khan reportedly argued that the transfer would not benefit city residents, sparking outrage London Mayor Sadiq Khan has rebuffed a request from his counterpart in Ukraine’s capital to donate cars that…

The currency’s reputation has been jeopardized by Brussels’ freezing of Russian assets, Elvira Nabiullina says The euro could lose its status as a global reserve currency if Brussels goes through with threats…

The army has said it bears “full responsibility” for the deaths The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said it accidentally killed three Israeli nationals taken hostage by Hamas, explaining that the “tragic” error…

The new ban includes requirements for parents of minors to give their permission to use the platform British people below the age of 16 may be barred from using social media to…

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…

10 Key Measures In The Mammoth Defense Policy Bill Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times, The $886.3 billion defense budget is headed for President Joe Biden’s desk and Congress is…

Tropical-Storm-Like System Will Slam Eastern Seaboard  Hurricane season ended two weeks ago, but meteorologists on X forecast a strong area of low pressure developing in the Gulf of Mexico this weekend that…

Egg prices have risen by more than 40% since the start of the year, official statistics show The Russian government said this week it would exempt 1.2 billion eggs from the import…

Pfizer mRNA Vaccine Makes ‘Aberrant Proteins’, Experts Concerned About Autoimmunity Events Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), There may be around a 1 in 10 chance that Pfizer…

Mark Zuckerberg Building Top-Secret Hawaii Doomsday-Bunker With Blast-Resistant Door A Wired investigation reveals Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is building a massive underground bunker with a “blast-resistant door” to survive the end times.  For years, Zuckerberg…

Harris Unveils New Gun Control Initiative Urging States To Ban Assault Weapons, High-Capacity Magazines Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Vice President Kamala Harris has announced a new…

The economy will grow 1.5% in 2024, the regulator forecast The Russian economy is not expected to go into a recession next year, the head of the central bank, Elvira Nabiullina, announced…

The top diplomat said that Moscow has “never rejected” peace negotiations out of hand Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that multiple Western leaders had approached him about potential negotiations to…

The French leader demanded that Moscow respect “Ukrainian interests and sovereignty” French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is open to renewed dialogue with Russian President Vladimir Putin if it leads to…

A very strong and deliberate interview of Representative Clay Higgins (R-LA) by Lara Logan.  Rep Higgins has been very critical of DHS, DOJ and FBI conduct in the January 6th insurrection narrative….

GM’s Cruise To Slash 24% Of Its Workforce As Part Of Restructuring After GM announced it was cutting back its investment in its Cruise subsidiary following a pedestrian accident earlier this year,…

Brazil To Mandate COVID-19 Shots For Kids As Young As 6 Months Authored by Augusto Zimmermann via The Epoch Times, The Brazilian government via its Health Ministry has added the mRNA COVID-19…

Earth Blasted With X-Class Flare, Sparking “Largest Solar Radio Event Ever Recorded”  The NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center reported a massive solar flare from the northwest part of the Sun on Thursday evening…

“We’re Just Uber Drivers”, Border Patrol Agent Says America Is Being Destroyed Authored by Brad Jones, John Fredricks via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Two older SUVs appear to come out of…

Russia’s Urals Oil Exports Disrupted By Storm And Maintenance By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com A storm and planned maintenance have forced Russia to suspend on Friday around two-thirds of the shipments of…

Drug Companies To Face Inflation Penalties For ‘Jacked Up’ Prices, Says Biden Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The White House announced on Thursday that 48 drugs will…

Death To Pedos: DeSantis Supports Execution For ‘Sexual Battery’ Against Children Under 12 While California lawmakers are trying to protect pedophiles, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday threw support behind his…

Venezuela And Guyana Pledge Not To Use Force In Territorial Dispute By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Venezuela and Guyana agreed to avoid the use of force as they tried to settle a…

Kremlin Shrugs After Putin Critic Alexey Navalny ‘Disappeared’ In Prison System Jailed Putin critic and anti-Kremlin activist Alexei Navalny has been reportedly ‘disappeared’ within Russia’s prison system, as his lawyers say they…

How The Supreme Court Could Reshape Free Speech Online Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A looming battle at the Supreme Court may determine how social media companies…

Big picture #1 – The FBI/DOJ is now seriously worried that President Trump will win the 2024 election. Big picture #2 – CNN (Natasha Bertrand, Evan Perez and Zachary Cohen) mouthpieces for…

Iranians Claim IRGC Chased US Aircraft Carrier Out Of Persian Gulf Days ago, Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani vowed that his forces would soon “force” a US Navy aircraft carrier…

“I’m With Him”: Trump Secures Another GOP Senate Endorsement For 2024 Comeback Bid Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former President Donald Trump has secured another endorsement for…

A commission investigating the disaster accused Russia of bombing the plane but never provided evidence The Polish Defense Ministry has shut down an investigation into a 2010 plane crash that killed President…

Kiev’s forces have launched more than 30 unmanned aerial vehicles targeting the peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry has said The Russian troops have thwarted several Ukrainian drone attacks on the Crimean Peninsula,…

Israeli Troops Mistakenly Kill 3 Hostages Who Were Trying To Escape In an incredibly rare and surprise admission, the Israeli army has owned up to killing its own citizens who had been…

Rudy Giuliani Ordered To Pay $148 Million To Defamed Election Workers Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was ordered to pay more than $148 million to a mother-daughter pair of Georgia…

Bank Loan Volumes Shrink As Deposits Rise, But Trouble Is Brewing… Yesterday we discovered that Regional bank shares have been soaring up towards pre-SVB levels despite yet another increase to a new…

Money For Nothing And Nothing For Money Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “Society lives and acts only in individuals… Everyone carries a part of society on his shoulders; no one…

Washington is basically telling Kiev’s soldiers to “go and die” while knowing they cannot win, Dmitry Peskov has told NBC The US has to review its current position on both the Ukraine…

FedSpeak Pushes Back On Powell ‘Pivot’ Panic-Bid In Bonds & Stocks Powell “pivoted” and everything exploded (bonds, stocks, rate-cut expectations, gold, oil, and crypto) as the dollar dumped. The result was a…

New York Post Says Harvard Made Legal Threats Over Its Plagiarism Probe Into Claudine Gay Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Daily tabloid newspaper The New York Post…

Thousands of Americans have found themselves on the list, which was declared unconstitutional in a 2019 court ruling The US government’s list of known or suspected terrorists has nearly doubled in size…

Trans Athlete To Become First Male Recipient Of Women’s Division 1 Scholarship Via The College Fix, A transgender volleyball player and high school junior from California verbally committed to play for the…

The French president said that he will defend existing members’ interests during talks with Kiev The EU will need to substantially reform its rules before Ukraine can join, French President Emmanuel Macron…

“He Will Unravel The Institutions Of Our Democracy!”: Supercut Of Dramatic Dems Freaking Out Over ‘Dictator’ Trump Here we go again… In a hilarious repeat from 2016, ivory tower leftists are absolutely…

Fake Vendors And Cash Kickbacks: Ex-Facebook DEI Manager Stole More Than $4 Million In ‘Elaborate’ Criminal Scheme Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A former diversity manager at…

Biden Tells Federal Employees To Use EVs And Trains On Official Travel By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The Biden Administration is directing Federal agencies to prioritize the use of sustainable transportation such…

Moscow plans to develop major infrastructure systems that will link the country to South and Eastern Asia, the president has said The coming decade will see Russia greatly expanding its infrastructure, particularly…

“Big Cold Weather Pattern Change” Forecasted For Eastern US  The weather blog Severe Weather Europe provides an in-depth analysis of “cold anomalies across much of the central, southern, and eastern United States” after the…

Can The Government Ban Bitcoin? Four Things You Need To Know Today Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, Recently, we’ve heard powerful bankers and politicians expressing their desire to ban Bitcoin. The…

Oh No! Satanic Goat Skull Display In Iowa’s State Capitol Destroyed Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The Pentagram adorned Baphomet Satanic Christmas display that had been installed in Iowa’s State Capitol…

Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty in August to conspiring with Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to violate US sanctions A US judge sentenced former FBI counterintelligence bureau chief for New York Charles McGonigal to…

Piers Morgan and other Mirror editors knew they were breaking the law by tapping the British royal’s phone, a judge has ruled Britain’s Prince Harry has won a significant part of his…

An industry seminar in Cairo provided an opportunity for officials to discuss progress of the El-Dabaa NPP Construction of Egypt’s first nuclear power plant is proceeding smoothly thanks to support from Russia,…

A small but growing minority believe Kiev should abandon its territorial goals The share of Ukrainians willing to make territorial concessions to Russia in exchange for a peace deal has almost doubled…

Pivot Trains Are Lining Up At Central Bank Central By Philip Marey, Senior US Strategist at Rabobank The pivot trains are lining up at Central Bank Central US stock markets rose further…

India and Egypt are among the nations that increased their liabilities last year Foreign debt to Russia jumped by nearly 9% in 2022, RBK reported on Friday, citing data from the World…

Several settlements have been flooded with icy water, Kamchatka’s governor, Vladimir Solodov, has said A massive storm hit Kamchatka Region in Russia’s Far East on Friday, with the Bering Sea and the…

The Three Myths Of The Biden Impeachment Defense Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my (slightly updated) column in the New York Post on three myths being widely repeated in the Biden…

The assault on the Palestinian enclave has only caused mass destruction and civilian deaths, says Haji Mohammad Afif The Israeli army has achieved nothing in its assault on Gaza and has instead…

The two countries have been ramping up economic cooperation at an unprecedented pace Russia supplied more oil and petroleum products to China in the first ten months of this year than during…

The incident was reported near the Yemeni coast on Thursday and comes amid attacks by Houthi rebels in the region   A Bulgarian-owned cargo vessel sailing under the Maltese flag was boarded in…

Illinois NAACP President Apologizes, Then Blames AI Deepfake, After Referring To Immigrants As “Savages” Ever since the Biden administration began bussing thousands of migrants to Chicago, the city’s black community has been…

US PMIs Suggest “Weak GDP Growth” In Q4, Prices Remain “Elevated” After dismal data from Europe, which followed earlier PMI numbers from Australia which pointed to a less steep decline, and a gauge for Japan which…

Wealth Effect Increases And Recession Risks Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, What is the “wealth effect,” and why is it important? It is a great question and reminded me of “A Funny…

US Industrial Production Rebounds In November As Striking Autoworkers Returned To Work US Industrial Production rebounded modestly in November from a drop in October, +0.2% MoM (below the +0.3% MoM exp) after…

Such extreme snowdrifts have not been seen for more than a century, Russia’s senior meteorologist has said A record snowfall has blanketed Moscow and the regions of central Russia. On Thursday night…

“Largest Ever” Options Expiration Imminent With Massive Gamma ‘Unclench’ Goldman’s John Marshall estimates that today’s options expiration will be the largest ever with over $4.9 trillion of notional options exposure expiring, including…

Bonds, Stocks, Gold Tumble After Fed’s Williams Comments Who could have seen this coming? And now Fed speakers start to backtrack on the pivot — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 14, 2023 It appears…

Empire Fed Manufacturing Unexpectedly Crashes Into ‘Contraction’ After three strong ‘beats’ in a row, the Empire State Manufacturing Survey crashed back into contraction, well below expectations in December (from +9.1 to -14.5,…

More Firms Set To Add Bitcoin To Balance Sheets After Major Accounting Rule Change Authored by Jesse Coghlan via CoinTelegraph.com, The rules now allow crypto-holding companies to report their paper gains, not…

S&P Poised For 7th Weekly Gain As Futures Gain Ahead Of $4.9 Trillion Quad-Witching 2023 is almost in the history books (the last two weeks of December are usually a volumeless, skeleton…

The Lebanese militant group says it will continue attacking Israeli positions to support the besieged people of Gaza The Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah is now part of the Israeli-Palestinian war and…

A series of blasts in Transcarpathian Region injured 26 people, according to authorities At least two dozen people have been injured in a series of blasts during a session of a rural…

India plans to produce 1.5 billion tons of coal by 2030, but its ambition to embrace renewables like wind an solar power has secured it some leeway In the run-up to the…

The prime minister has said he allowed accession talks to begin, but will “pull the handbrake” if necessary Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said his government will have around 75 more opportunities to…

Eurozone PMIs “Paint A Disheartening Picture” Of The Economy On the heels of Christina Lagarde’s more-hawkish-than-The-Fed comments yesterday, the European Union’s economy appears to be deteriorating faster than anticipated. The Euro area…

The country is targeting 2027 to send another lunar probe that will return samples to Earth India will launch another mission to the Moon within four years to bring back samples from…

Ex-FBI Intel Chief Who ‘Investigated’ Trump-Russia Collusion Gets 4 Years In Prison For Colluding With Russia A former top FBI official who led the agency’s New York counterintelligence division, and played a…

EU Integration Stopped And Is Now Headed In Reverse Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The EU has always been dysfunctional. But integration and cooperation are now going backward. Hoping to stop…

Activists claimed they had wanted to draw attention to unemployment and ethnic violence The suspected mastermind behind an attack on the Indian Parliament surrendered to police in New Delhi on Thursday. Lalit…

A subsidiary of Yandex will launch new services in Ivory Coast, media say Ride-hailing service Yango, owned by Russian tech major Yandex, has announced a substantial investment in Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire),…

Geert Wilders is aiming to become prime minister after November’s surprise victory in parliament The Netherlands should not send more war aid to Kiev if it leaves the Dutch military unable to…

The move comes after the West African country signed a defense agreement with Russia Washington plans to resume security and development cooperation with Niger, Molly Phee, US assistant secretary of state for…

The US Defense Department says it could soon have to sacrifice the country’s own readiness unless Congress approves new aid for Kiev The Pentagon has urged Congress to approve US President Joe…

Agreements were signed with 30 African universities during the Africa Seeks Solutions congress in St. Petersburg Russian institutes signed agreements with more than 30 African universities during a major congress in St….

Starlink’s Global Traffic Triples In 2023, Crowning Elon Musk As Leader In Space Internet  New data from IT security firm Cloudflare reveals a surge in popularity for Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service, with its…

German Energy Giant Warns Europe Remains Exposed To Natural Gas Supply Shocks Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Despite reducing significantly its dependence on Russian gas, Europe remains exposed to natural gas…

Activists claimed they had wanted to draw attention to unemployment and ethnic violence The suspected mastermind behind an attack on the Indian Parliament surrendered to police in New Delhi on Thursday. Lalit…

FM Dmitry Kuleba has pushed back against concerns of “war fatigue” in the West, portraying the failed counteroffensive as a temporary setback Skeptics who seriously doubted that Kiev’s counteroffensive would result in…

The fifth hike since summer comes amid high inflationary pressure, according to the regulator The Bank of Russia on Friday raised the key rate by 100 basis points to 16% per annum,…