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The import duty on spirits has been cut from 100% to 10% in an attempt to boost the economy Hong Kong has slashed its import duty on premium liquor from 100% to…

The work is expected to increase the lifespan of the T90 fleet by two decades India has concluded an overhaul of its fleet of Russian-manufactured T-90 Bhishma tanks, in a major undertaking…

For too long, the US and its allies haven’t listened to our officials. Those days are over 1. Putin makes all fundamental decisions personally, on the basis of his own ability, expertise,…

Taiwan & South Korea Have The Lowest Fertility Rates In The World The fertility rate is the average number of children born per woman of child-bearing age in a country. Usually, a…

The mayor of London’s financial district has told Reuters the area has lost tens of thousands of jobs since 2016 The City of London, the historical financial district within the British capital,…

US Politicians Are Pressuring Ukraine To Lower Draft Age To 18 Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A Ukrainian official said Tuesday that American politicians are pressuring Ukraine to lower the minimum age of…

B-2 aircraft have hit Houthi weapons storage facilities, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said The US has used long-range bombers to strike five targets in parts of Yemen controlled by the Houthi…

Salman Khan, a popular actor, is believed to be the main target following a murder that sent shockwaves across India’s cinema capital India has beefed up security outside the home of Bollywood…

Italy’s Meloni On Israel Arms Embargo: “We Have Blocked Everything” The Italian government has imposed the strictest arms embargo on Israel among any European nation, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni having confirmed…

EU Energy Ministers Debate Russian Gas Flows As Ukraine Transit Deal Nears End Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, EU ministers are debating alternatives to Russian gas imports as the Ukraine transit…

The Democratic hopeful vows to “represent a new generation in leadership” US Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has distanced herself from the political course set by President Joe Biden, in…

The destruction of roads and rail lines is an “inevitable and legal response” to provocations by Seoul, Pyongyang has said North Korea’s border with the “absolutely hostile state” of South Korea will…

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…

Brace Yourselves: A Tsunami Approaches Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by…

NFL Beer Cost Inflation Over The Past Decade This graphic, via Voronoiapp.com, shows where beer prices have increased the most across NFL teams between 2013 and 2023, based on data from Team…

Syrian, Russian Warplanes Pound AQ In Idlib After Israeli Attacks On Damascus Via The Cradle Syrian and Russian fighter jets carried out several air raids on Wednesday targeting positions belonging to the Hayat Tahrir…

The US Plans To Let BRICS Fail In A Geopolitically Explosive Environment Authored by Peter Hanseler via VoiceFromRussia.ch, Introduction In less than two weeks, the 2024 BRICS Summit will take place in…

10 Signs That The Economy Is A Giant Mess As The Election Approaches Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, The health of the economy has been a major determining…

Anthony Fauci: The Man Who Thought He Was Science Authored by Jayanta Bhattacharya via The Brownstone Institute, As a young medical student, I admired Tony Fauci. I bought and read Harrison’s Principles of…

These Are The Most & Least ‘Green’ Cities In America WalletHub compared the country’s 100 largest cities across 28 “green” indicators. Voronoiapp.com visualizes the 10 greenest and 10 least green cities in…

Here’s What’s Driving The Arctic Dimension Of The Russian-Indian Strategic Partnership Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Rising Indian influence in the Arctic serves as a counterbalance to China’s, which meets both…

Fox News host Bret Baier interviews Kamala Harris.  Here’s the interview as uploaded by Fox News: . Posted in Big Government, Donald Trump, Election 2024, Illegal Aliens, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, media…

Beijing has been materially supporting Moscow and helping it evade sanctions, an American diplomat has said China has clearly been helping Russia in the Ukraine conflict, despite presenting itself as a neutral…

“Superhuman”: Nvidia CEO Blown Away After Musk Sets Up 100,000 GPUs In 19 Days Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says Elon Musk pulled off a “superhuman” feat by setting up a supercluster of…

Beware Of War Hawks In “America First” Clothing Authored by Connor O’Keefe via The Mises Institute, For the past eight years, the two major political parties have been gripped by a messy…

Doug Casey’s Top 3 Predictions for Post-Election America Via International Man, International Man: In the 2020 Presidential elections, there were allegations of cheating, voter fraud, and all sorts of shenanigans. What do you…

WTI Rallies After API Reports Across-The-Board Inventory Draws Oil prices dipped very marginally today (with WTI holding above $70), down for the fourth day in a row as traders focused on an…

SBA’s Disaster Loan Program Runs Out Of Money As Hurricanes Drive Demand Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) disaster assistance loan program is out of…

The US Democratic presidential candidate said that Biden still has the necessary “judgment” to perform his duties Vice President Kamala Harris has defended the mental fitness of US President Joe Biden during…

Where Americans Should Retire Vs Where They Actually Retire This chart, via Voronoiapp.com, compares the top states for retirement (based on five metrics analyzed by experts), with those states where retirees are actually…

Pollster Predicts ‘Biggest Mental Health Crisis In American History’ If Trump Wins Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via modernity.news, Pollster Mark Halperin predicts that America will experience the biggest mental health crisis…

A UNIFIL observation post in southern Lebanon has been shelled by an Israeli Merkava tank, according to the contingent An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank has fired at a UN peacekeeping outpost…

President Biden has promised to send additional anti-air missiles and other ammunition to Kiev US President Joe Biden has unveiled a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $425 million, promising more…

Australia will donate more Abrams tanks to Kiev than the US has given Australia has announced it will donate most of its retired M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, after months of Kiev…

It should not come as a surprise given the volume of examples that have been presented in the last several years; however, according to Gallup polling, amid all the top national civic…

The classified component details attack plans on Russia and a weaponry wish list, according to Mikhail Podoliak The secret component of the “victory plan” unveiled by Vladimir Zelensky on Wednesday includes Kiev’s…

Former ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold has had a big win as complaints against him, based on findings Walter Sofronoff made in his ACT Inquiry Report, where dropped by the…

Is The Harris Media Blitz Backfiring Or Is Her Slippage Due To Something Else? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The polls and election odds are breaking for Trump. Why? Sky News…

Israel’s Iran Attack Plan ‘Ready’ & Will Happen Before US Election: Officials Following Tuesday widespread reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu will heed the Biden administration’s plea to avoid targeting Iranian oil and…

“Probably Worse Than It Looks”: IMF Sounds Alarm Over Government Spending Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a stark warning about the rising…

Ken Griffin’s Ritzy Chicago Penthouse Under Contract For Big Loss  Citadel founder Ken Griffin has gradually withdrawn from Chicago’s real estate market after relocating his hedge fund from the lawless city run by far-left Democrats…

Nevada Governor Backs Female Volleyball Players Boycotting Game Over Male Player Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Nevada’s governor on Oct. 15 said he supports female volleyball players refusing to…

NYPD Admits Armed Migrant Kids From Gov’t-Funded Roosevelt Hotel Terrorizing Times Square The Biden-Harris administration misled the public with phony FBI crime statistics, pushing the narrative that far-left policies were actually making America safer. Weeks…

Gold, Bitcoin, & The Dollar Surge Ahead Of Retail Sales; Markets “Very Convinced” Of Trump Victory VIX remains ‘sticky’ above 20… even as stocks manage gains… Source: Bloomberg The short-term vol market…

Relations between Ottawa and New Delhi soured after the death of a Sikh independence activist Canada may have received evidence from ‘Five Eyes’ allies that India was behind the killing of a…

Some US customers are reportedly still using the Russian company’s anti-virus software despite ‘security risk’ warnings by their government Some Americans are still using anti-virus software made by the Russian cybersecurity company…

Kiev recently claimed that Pyongyang has been supplying soldiers to fight with Russian forces against Ukraine NATO cannot confirm reports about North Korean military personnel allegedly fighting alongside Russian forces in the…

Kiev fears what is to come after the American elections in November Admitting Ukraine into NATO before the end of the year could be a major part of Joe Biden’s legacy as…

Joining the US-led military bloc is not a “short-term” matter, Julianne Smith, Washington’s permanent representative to the organization, has said Kiev’s accession to NATO is not a “short-term” matter, Washington’s permanent representative…

Israel Hurriedly Sends 50 Aid Trucks Into Gaza After Scathing US Letter Israel is trying to show its powerful backer Washington that it is taking urgent action over the spiraling humanitarian crisis…

The Ukrainian leader’s proposal is a set of “incoherent slogans,” according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova Moscow has dismissed Vladimir Zelensky’s much-touted eight-point ‘victory plan’ as nothing but a “plan…

Mark Halprin gives his prediction about what will happen when President Trump wins the election.  Tucker Carlson plays along, with both pretending not to remember what happened in 2016. What Mark Halprin…

The desire of the US and UK to conduct a proxy war destroyed the Istanbul+ process In February 2022, Russia started its military operation against Ukraine to impose a settlement after a…

Liz Cheney Under Fire For Allegedly Improper Contacts With Cassidy Hutchinson Authored by Jonathan Turley, Former J6 Committee Co-Chair and Rep. Liz Cheney has long been criticized for her role in creating…

Regional rivalries among campaign staff could reportedly spell trouble for Kamala Harris Some of the top Democrats in Pennsylvania are reportedly unhappy with the way Vice President Kamala Harris has run her…

Ukraine Fatigue ‘Real & Increasing’, Admits NATO’s Newest Member State One of NATO’s two newest members has issued a warning about war fatigue related to Ukraine. Asked in an interview in FT…

The Most Beautiful Word In The Dictionary By Michael Every of Rabobank The Most Beautiful Word in the Dictionary Donald Trump sat down for an hour long interview with Bloomberg Editor in…

Vladimir Zelensky’s “victory plan” boils down to more bloodshed, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The so-called “victory plan” unveiled by Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky on Wednesday is merely a roadmap for the continuation of the conflict between Moscow and…

Georgia reported more than double the number of ballots cast on the first day over the 2020 figure Early voting in the US presidential election in the critical battleground state of Georgia…

Ebrahim Rostami has suggested that the munitions have already been used in the past but that information about them is top secret Tehran possesses weapons that are “superior” to nuclear bombs, Iranian…

Can We Rein In The Excesses Of Financialization Without Crashing The Economy? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Or we can let the bubble implode under its own weight and…

ASML CEO Apologizes For Leaked Earnings Report That Sparked Crash In Shares ASML Holding (ASML) shares crashed the most in 26 years on Tuesday after the Dutch semiconductor giant accidentally posted its third-quarter…

US Drinking Rates Hit Highest Level Since 1970s Inflation Storm As Tequila Demand Soars A broad overview of America’s beer, spirits, and wine consumption reveals a steady increase since the Dot Com…

In this interview Tucker Carlson talks with Mark Halprin, a well-connected journalist that Tucker Carlson cites as the epicenter of all political power and journalistic knowledge since the mid-1980’s. Accordingly, the magnanimous…

The issue is expected to be discussed at the European Council meeting this week, according to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday that he believes…

The warning comes after China staged large-scale drills around the island Beijing will not reject the possibility of using force over Taiwan if it “dares to take risks” and declare independence. However,…

After polls were held in Kashmir for the first time in a decade, the scion of the valley’s oldest party takes the reins under scrutiny from New Delhi Elections have successfully concluded…

The bloc “lures” countries to join it only to “absorb and subjugate them,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has likened the EU to a…

The billionaire has confirmed his contribution to America PAC, becoming one of the top donors supporting the Republican nominee Elon Musk has donated $75 million to a pro-Donald Trump group in recent…

Prediction markets are surging, enabling wagers of up to $100 million on either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump Election betting using so-called ‘prediction markets’ is skyrocketing in the US after a ban…

The VIX And Market Climb: Should We Care? Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The financial media frequently opines on what the daily gyrations of the VIX (implied volatility index) signal regarding…

The US-led bloc’s strategy involves supporting Kiev until it can negotiate with Russia from a “position of strength,” Mark Rutte has said NATO will continue to provide Kiev with large amounts of…

The bloc is prepared for a zero-transit scenario, its energy chief has claimed Any new deal to keep Russian gas flowing to the European Union through Ukraine would be a “dangerous” choice,…

Futures Flat Near All Time High As ASML Sends Global Shockwaves Futures are mixed as chip stocks recover partially from Tuesday’s rout and as traders looked ahead to more major earnings. As…

According to Nigerian authorities, locals were collecting fuel spilled on the road by the crashed vehicle when it blew up More than 100 people have been killed and over 50 others injured…

Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats Authored by John R. Lott Jr. via RealClearInvestigations, When the FBI originally released the “final” crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported…

The Indian foreign minister stressed the need for peace and security as he addressed a summit in Pakistan The goal of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to promote “mutual trust, friendship, and…

Vladimir Zelensky’s “victory plan” boils down to more bloodshed, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The ‘victory plan’ that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky unveiled to the public on Wednesday would merely lead to…

The Ukrainian leader demanded an immediate invitation to join NATO Vladimir Zelensky presented his much-hyped “victory plan” to the Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday, suggesting it could help bring the conflict with Russia…

Amazon To Invest More Than $500 Million In Small Modular Nuclear Reactors To Power AWS It’s starting to feel like every single day the embrace of nuclear to power the future of…

Belgrade has recently accused Brussels of issuing new conditions for accession to the bloc BRICS is a more welcoming and member-oriented group than the European Union, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said,…

These 3 Conditions Must Be Met Before Silver Surges Like Gold Authored by Jesse Colombo via Substack, Just two months ago, the precious metals community was growing frustrated with gold after its…

Orange Juice Prices Near Record Highs Amid Fears Of Worst Florida Harvest In A Century Frozen concentrated orange juice futures on the Intercontinental Exchange in New York are nearing new record highs….

BMW Says EU Ban On Gasoline Cars From 2035 Is “No Longer Realistic” By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Germany’s car manufacturing giant BMW is warning that an EU ban on the sale…

While the methods former colonial powers use are softer, their agenda remains the same In late August, the revolutionary government of Burkina Faso nationalized two gold mines, reclaiming them from the London-based…

A hegemonic power tends to create chaos and violence as it is being replaced, Vaclav Klaus believes Veteran Czech politician Vaclav Klaus expects Ukraine and Russia to remain locked in armed conflict…

The Georgia state election rule is simple. Remove the paper ballots from the containers after voting and hand count the number of paper ballots. The number of paper ballots must match the…

Berlin is ready to negotiate peace in Ukraine with Moscow, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said DETAILS TO FOLLOW

The drought caused by El Nino has left over 27 million people in danger of hunger, according to the World Food Program Southern Africa is currently in the grip of its worst…

Ukraine has reportedly been pushing the Financial Action Task Force to rank Moscow as a high-risk jurisdiction The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will consider whether to place Russia on its blacklist…

An attack on an apartment block in the north of the country on Monday reportedly claimed 23 lives, with six more injured An Israeli airstrike on northern Lebanon on Monday killed 23…

The West is doing too little to undermine Russia’s military efforts, Mikhail Podoliak has complained Ukraine is unlikely to see the opening of a “second front” against Russia, a top adviser to…

Vladimir Zelensky is meanwhile preparing to make public his ‘victory plan’ for the conflict with Russia Behind closed doors, the British military has grim expectations for the Ukraine conflict and believes that…

Shell exited the Sakhalin-2 LNG joint venture in Russia’s Far East in 2022   The Russian Prosecutor General’s office is seeking over €1 billion ($1.09 billion) in damages from UK-based energy giant…

Ten vehicles, including tanks, were destroyed in the missile strike, the ministry has reported A Ukrainian facility involved in the production and repair of armored vehicles in the port city of Nikolaev…

Officials have warned that escalating conflicts between nations could threaten the continent’s development African defense ministers are meeting in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, for a conference on security and peace at a…

Satellite Constellation Projects Ready For Takeoff International competition is intensifying for the deployment of satellite constellations into orbit, notes Statista’s Katharina Buchholz. Satellite constellations – the most well-known being SpaceX’s Starlink –…

Louis Vuitton Owner LVMH Sinks As Luxury Demand Cools For Handbags, Wine, & Watches The world’s largest luxury goods company reported third-quarter organic sales that missed the average analyst expectations tracked by Bloomberg. This…

The French leader has said the Jewish state was “created by a UN decision” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron after being angered by his…