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Lower Oil Prices Are Set to Hurt Alberta’s Budget By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com The Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith has warned that lower oil prices will have an impact on the…

Teamsters Union Makes First Major GOP Donation Since 2004 Following Trump Meeting Weeks after a meeting between former President Donald Trump and Teamsters Union leaders, including President Sean O’Brien and Secretary-Treasurer Fred…

ADNOC CEO: Global Energy Demand Growth Is Unsustainable By Alex Kimani of OilPrice.com Last month, U.S. oil and gas supermajor Exxon Mobil released its long-term global energy outlook report. Exxon has predicted that global…

Lack Of Credibility Places US Deterrence Under Great Strain Authored by James E. Fannell and Bradley A. Thayer via American Greatness, American national security and the security of many of our allies…

The rift between the neighbors is now being felt on an emotional level as old tensions begin to reemerge The European Commission has called on Polish security forces to ensure the transit…

The agency doesn’t want “other issues” to interfere with the orbital partnership The US is hoping to continue its longstanding peaceful cooperation with Russia in space, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said on…

Florida May Require History Of Communism Classes In Public Schools Authored by T.J. Muscaro via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Florida State Legislature is one step closer to passing legislation making…

Nikol Pashinyan says his decision was motivated by the simmering conflict with Azerbaijan Armenia has de facto suspended its participation in the key security agreement with Russia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said,…

Bloc is unlikely to draft a negotiation framework for Kiev until after EU parliament elections, Ursula von der Leyen has said Kiev’s EU membership bid is likely to remain stalled for at…

‘Everything Is Awesome’, Right? It’s not the economy, it’s Nvidia stupid! With $2 trillion market cap in its crosshairs, NVDA stock soared today, extending overnight gains after beating-and-raising again… Adding the most…

Will Resurgent Inflation Savage The Tech Trade By Simon White, Bloomberg Markets Live reporter and strategist Equity markets are facing mounting concentration risks as just a handful of stocks drive returns. Not…

Jeffrey Epstein Had Secret ‘Panopticon’ Recording Room To Monitor ‘Guests’: Lawsuit In late 2019, Jeffrey Epstein victim Maria Farmer alleged that the deceased pedophile had a “media room” on the first floor…

All Of The Elements Are In Place For An Economic Crisis Of Staggering Proportions Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, They were able to delay the U.S. economy’s day…

The warmongering US senator has laughed off the label Moscow slapped on him, but the joke is on him Let’s play a little game, shall we? It’s called: “Who said it: a…

Fed Fears “Notable” Financial System Vulnerability As Renowned CRE Investor Tells Team ‘Stop All NYC Underwriting’ Democrat politicians in cities such as New York, often criticized for their disastrous progressive policies, have…

Groq AI’s LPU: The Breakthrough Answer To ChatGPT’s GPU Woes? Authored by Savannah Fortis via CoinTelegraph.com, Groq’s LPU chip emerges as a potential solution to the challenges faced by AI developers relying…

Venezuela Blocks Flights Carrying Deported Migrants From US, Mexico Venezuela has blocked flights of migrants deported from the United States and Mexico, undermining one of the few policies the Biden administration had…

Another UK Ship On Fire Near Yemen As Sea Becomes Littered With Disabled Tankers The last several days have witnessed well over half a dozen attacks or attempted attacks by Houthis on…

Why Are There 30 Cuts In This 2 Minute Biden Speech? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A pre-recorded video shared Tuesday to the official “POTUS” account on X has a whopping…

ECB Claims “Bitcoin Has Failed” (Again), Says Recent Post-ETF Gains Are “Flash In The Pan” “…thou does protest too much…” The bard (the real one, not the woke AI one) would be…

UK Quits Treaty Allowing Oil Firms to Sue Governments Over Climate Policy By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com, The UK will leave the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), a 1994 pact that allows oil…

VDH: What The Left Has Bequeathed Us? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, The Left has created new rules for national politics. Here are 20 some precedents they now have established for America…

Berlin should talk to Moscow instead of sending weapons to Kiev, Matthias Moosdorf has said Nations willing to bet on military force alone in their relations with Moscow are bound to suffer…

Ten lawyers have argued that the seizure would be legitimate due to the Ukraine conflict A group of self-styled “experienced public international lawyers and practitioners” have put together a case for confiscating…

The West is “weaponizing” LGBT propaganda to distract voters from its crumbling economic infrastructure, the former US Senate aide told RT Russia places more importance on protecting children and family values than…

Economy Minister Robert Habeck was asked if he turns to the domestic security service to run checks on dissenting ministry employees German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, who is also the country’s minister…

Zelensky Opens Ukraine’s National Guard To Foreigners Amid Severe Manpower Crisis Ukraine’s devastating troop losses are long past crisis levels, and its forces are in retreat along some key front line areas,…

The measures target munitions manufacturers, electronics companies, as well as diamond and oil traders British Foreign Secretary David Cameron announced more than 50 new sanctions targeting Russian individuals and businesses on Thursday, according…

Positioning Is Worrying And Nobody Seems To Care By Jan-Patrick Barnert and Michael Msika, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists The market was braced for Nvidia’s earnings and they lived up to expectations, while…

Mask Off: Google’s Gemini Blames Its Own Creators For Anti-White Racism Google went into damage-control mode this week after its new artificial intelligence model, Gemini, was caught engaging in historical revisionism which,…

Lara Trump Vows Largest-Ever Legal ‘Ballot Harvesting’ Operation If Elected RNC Co-Chair Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Lara Trump says efforts of “historic” proportions are needed to…

WTI Extends Gains After Big Product Draw, Smaller Crude Build Oil prices dumped and pumped overnight but are holding gains for now ahead of the official inventory data as traders continue to…

The security system of the historic tournament in Kazan, Russia, is successfully repelling attacks, the competition’s head says Games of the Future head Igor Stolyarov says the tournament has been hit with…

Judge Overseeing Trump-Georgia Case Once Donated To Fani Willis’ Campaign Is anything even surprising anymore? Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee, who is in charge of the case against former President Donald…

Greece Protests Netflix’s Portrayal Of Alexander The Great As Gay By RemixNews Greek Cultural Minister Lina Mendoni is outraged by U.S. streaming service Netflix’s take on Alexander the Great with its new…

US Existing Home Sales Disappoint As Price Hits Record High For January US existing home sales disappointed in January jumping 3.1% MoM (vs +4.9% MoM exp). Quite a different picture from the…

New Delhi is hoping to reel in investors to set up local manufacturing India has eased restrictions on foreign direct investment (FDI) in its space sector, in a bid to attract global…

The US leader’s “crazy SOB” comment only proves his point, the Russian president has said US President Joe Biden’s recent insulting remarks are proof that it would be better for Russia if…

The German Shepherd’s aggression toward agents tasked with protecting its owners eventually led to its exile from Washington Commander, the Biden family dog, bit Secret Service agents tasked with protecting the president…

Within 10 Years, Interest And Medicare Will Each Cost $1.6 Trillion A Year Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Fact check true: For the first time in history spending on interest will…

Moscow’s forces have liberated the settlement of Pobeda (Victory), also defeating several Ukrainian formations in the area Moscow’s forces have liberated the settlement of Pobeda near the capital of Russia’s Donetsk People’s…

Dani Alves will serve more than four years in prison for an attack on a woman in a Spanish nightclub Retired Brazilian footballer Dani Alves was sentenced to four and a half…

‘Tunnel-vision’ and a lack of flexibility on Ukraine has alienated the region from the Global South, a Russian envoy to the UN has said Russia does not feel isolated in the international…

An idea was floated at a Moscow forum by an Italian student of what she calls “impatriation,” and is supported by President Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin has supported a proposal to…

The Fed’s “Solution” To The Mess It Created: It Will Tighten And Loosen At The Same Time By Michael Every of Rabobank So, the Nvidia earnings came and went, with talk of…

US Services Sector Slumps In Feb, Manufacturing Hits 17-Month-High The US Services PMI plunged in preliminary February data (from 52.5 to 51.3) by the most since August 2023 (as hard data declined)….

NYC’s Non-Citizen Voting Law Struck Down By Appeals Court New York City’s law that lets non-citizens vote in local elections hit a brick wall on Wednesday, as a state appeals court ruled…

The shareholders of Mondelez International have never pressured the company to quit the market, Dirk Van de Put has said   The shareholders of Mondelez International, one of the world’s biggest snack companies,…

The modernized Tu-160M is “like a new plane,” the president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin will greenlight the modernized Tu-160M to enter service, he said on Thursday after a flight on…

Officials in the African nation believe the “historic” move will strengthen efforts to protect national sovereignty Somalia has signed a defense and economic agreement with Türkiye, which includes security guarantees for the…

The incident followed ‘self-defense strikes’ by the US targeting Houthi missiles and a launcher prepared to fire toward the Red Sea A vessel caught fire after being hit by two missiles southeast…

With enough tanks and guns, the Ukrainian army can “destroy” Russia, Aleksey Danilov has claimed The EU should donate all its heavy weapons to Kiev, Ukrainian national security council Aleksey Danilov has…

NVDA Adds Record $250BN In Market Cap Overnight: Two Goldman Sachs Or A Whole Netflix Nvidia shares are extending overnight gains this morning, up almost 15% at their peak to a new…

Initial Jobless Claims Plunge Near Record Lows… Fed Questions Data’s Accuracy As mass corporate layoffs continue to mount, why should we be shocked that expectations were for a very small rise in…

AIphoria: Nvidia Blowout Sends US Futures Soaring, Pushes Japan And Europe To New Record Highs US equity futures blasted higher, and were set to push US the S&P500 to a new all…

Mercedes-Benz has regained the top position, with its brand value reaching almost $60 billion, according to a consultancy German carmaker Mercedes-Benz has overtaken the US rival Tesla to regain its position as…

Ukrainians Growing Discontent With Country’s Outlook Ukrainians have remains steadfast in their belief in victory against Russia through much of the aftermath of the invasion that started in February 2022. Now, two years on,…

Viktor Orban has reportedly said dissatisfaction with EU policies represents an opportunity for conservatives throughout the bloc Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said the immediate future is bleak for the European…

Legislation allowing such a move should be called “Navalny Laws,” Norbert Rottgen said Russia’s assets that remain frozen in the West should be confiscated in response to the death of opposition activist…

The Democratic incumbent maintains an advantage over Trump despite concerns about his advancing age, a survey has found US voters have again expressed concerns about Joe Biden’s age, according to the findings…

Mikhail Podoliak has dismissed protests against cheap grain imports as an attempt to hit his country’s “most painful point” Polish farmers protesting near the border with Ukraine are trying to “humiliate” their…

The CBO Revised The Cost Of Biden’s Energy Policies Up By $466 Billion Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk.com, The cost estimate of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act coupled with EPA mandates, just…

Plans to release the tranche come as the US aid package for Kiev remains stalled in Congress The International Monetary Fund could agree to unlock $900 million for Ukraine as soon as…

The Coming Collapse Of El Nino And Flip To La Nina Authored by Arcfield Meteorologist Paul Dorian,  Above-normal sea surface temperatures continue this month across most of the equatorial part of the…

The West African country’s government has postponed a presidential election for ten months, triggering violent protests Heightened tensions in Senegal sparked by the postponement of a presidential election by ten months have…

Aluminum Prices Soar After Biden Says “Major” Sanctions Package Against Russia Is Imminent Aluminum and nickel futures rose on Wednesday after President Biden’s announcement that the US is planning to introduce a…

The American president reportedly called his Russian counterpart a “crazy S.O.B.” at a public event Americans should be ashamed of their leader after their president reportedly called Russia’s Vladimir Putin a “crazy…

Deutsche Bank Sees Brent Oil Price At $88 By The End Of 2024 By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com A nearly balanced market in the first half of the year and seasonal strengthening…

The leaders of seven African states are planning to visit Moscow and Kiev together A number of African leaders have plans to visit Russia and Ukraine, with the aim of persuading President…

The measure would be introduced if the IDF continues to escalate its operation in Gaza, sources told the agency Britain is considering restricting some arms exports to Israel if the country launches…

President Donald Trump held a townhall event with Laura Ingraham, a woman who feels remarkably self-important given her irrelevance. Within the interview President Trump extended the allotted time to give the audience…

These Are The Brands That Dominate The Bottled Water Business A joint investigation by Le Monde newspaper and Radio France’s investigative unit has revealed the widespread use of prohibited bottled water purification…

The donation comes despite Stockholm lacking funds to replenish stockpiles after previous donations   Sweden has announced its largest-ever donation of military hardware to Ukraine, despite struggling to replenish stocks after previous aid…

Giving Kiev new military capabilities poses the risk of unintended escalation, the former Russian president said Supplying Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets poses a risk of causing a nuclear conflict, former Russian…

Officials say a group of Palestinians went on a shooting spree outside Jerusalem Three terrorists staged a shooting spree to the north of Jerusalem on Thursday, killing one man and injuring eight…

Russia will have to deal with it sooner or later, the former president told reporters Russia will have to keep fighting Ukraine until it takes its capital Kiev, since it “emanates threat”…

Korybko: Russia’s Capture Of Avdeevka Will Reverberate Across Europe & Accelerate Geostrategic Shifts Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Russia finally captured the Ukrainian fortress town of Avdeevka following a protracted battle that ended…

The new offer has sparked heated discussions on social media Starbucks has made a surprising offer for its customers in China to mark the Lunar New Year, launching a coffee beverage flavored…

Alfa-Bank has been assessed at AA- with the outlook stable   China Lianhe Credit Rating has assigned Alfa-Bank, Russia’s largest private lender, an international rating of AA- with a stable outlook, the…

A top State Department lawyer says only negotiations can resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict The US government has told the UN’s top court that Israel should not be required to end its occupation…

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…

COVID-19 Tested Our Commitment To Freedom. Three Years Later, We’re Still Failing Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “The remedy is worse than the disease.” – Francis Bacon…

Which Lifestyle Changes Can Make You Live Longer? Lifestyle and habits can have a big effect on our health – and our life expectancy. A recently released study that followed U.S. veterans of the age group…

New York AG Says She May Seize Trump Buildings, Assets If He Can’t Pay $355 Million Penalty Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), New York Attorney General Letitia…

Biden Defies Supreme Court Again, Cancels $1.2 Billion In Student Debt From 153,000 Borrowers Demonstrating yet again that nobody is quite about the law – and the constitutions – like the Biden…

‘Sue And Settle’ Looks To Some Like Crony Democracy… And Under Biden’s Lawfaring Eco-Politics, It’s Back Authored by James Varney via RealClear Wire, When the Biden administration announced in 2022 that it…

Iran Sends Russia Hundreds Of Ballistic Missiles, Washington Powerless Back in early 2022 just weeks into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western officials began raising suspicions that the Islamic Republic of Iran…

“Consolidate Or Get Eaten”: Wall Street Finally Embracing Shale After $250 Billion In Oil Deals Last Year It’s no sooner than we’ve been documenting the collapse of ESG and ‘clean green investing’…

International sanctions bar the transfer of vehicles to North Korea, a senior US spokesman said The US State Department has argued that Russia violated international sanctions on North Korea when President Vladimir…

The sabotage was aimed at disrupting the natural gas supply, Iran’s oil minister says The explosions at two Iranian gas pipelines last week were an Israeli plot, the Islamic republic’s oil minister,…

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Sending National Guard To Border ‘Warzone’ Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (Emphasis ours), South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has ordered the state’s National Guard…

Too Much Niacin May Increase Risk Of Heart Disease: Study Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), High levels of niacin, also known as vitamin B3, have been shown…

BuzzFeed Shares Soar After Sale Of Complex  Corporate media is on life support. Advertising revenues are sliding, mass layoffs are hitting woke publications, and ‘restructurings’ are happening all over. Last month, Authentic…

COVID Vaccine mRNA Can ‘Spread Systemically’ To Placenta And Infants Of Women Vaccinated During Pregnancy Authored by Megan Redshaw via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new report suggests vaccine mRNA does…

How Do Democrats & Republicans Feel About Certain US Industries Much and more has been written, in the last decade particularly, about the U.S. political sphere becoming increasingly polarized. The two main parties…

Study Dismantles Link Between Preterm Birth And Autism Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Contrary to previous research and popular belief, premature birth alone does not lead to…

US Court Ruling Sends Venezuela’s Oil-Backed Bonds into Collapse By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com A day after a New York court ruling that Venezuelan law would determine the validity of bonds issued…

The Mantra For The Next Cycle: Allocate 1% To Bitcoin Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, “Nobody got fired for buying IBM” …but you might get fired for not buying Bitcoin Every Bitcoin cycle has a…

Nvincible Nvidia Surges After Smashing Estimates, Guiding Sharply Higher It’s now officially the “most important stock on planet earth“, and thus everyone was watching what Nvidia would report after the close, with…