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How Much Of The World Is Covered By Croplands? Over the last 50 years, the world’s human population worldwide has grown exponentially. And, as Visual Capitalist’s Adam Symington details below, this population…

In this video [see below], presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is essentially describing the “splitter strategy” CTH has discussed and outlined in granular detail for years.  Essentially, a process where the billionaire donors,…

The CEOs of leading Indian companies promised more investments in the prime minister’s home state, praising his economic policies  India’s top business leaders on Wednesday showered praises on Narendra Modi, who will…

Hospital Diagnostic Errors Send Nearly 1-In-4 Patients To ICU, Study Finds Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Diagnostic errors in U.S. hospitals are sending nearly one in four…

Chinese FDI Inflows Hit Multi-Year Lows The Chinese economy has thrown up several red flags in 2023 and now foreign investors are losing confidence in the world’s second-largest economy. In the following graphic, Visual…

America’s Fiat Money Gestapo: The Untold History Of The Secret Service Authored by Joshua Glawson via The Mises Institute, There is an untold story in American monetary history. Some are reluctant even to…

The Latvian authorities have reportedly alerted schools about a popular show depicting teenage gangs Latvian police have been warning schools in the country’s capital Riga that smash hit Russian crime mini-series ‘The…

Trump Says Georgia Case “Totally Compromised” After Allegations Of DA Fani Willis’ “Improper” Romantic Relationship Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday called…

Chris Christie’s exit came amid lagging poll numbers in early battleground states Ex-New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has announced his departure from the 2024 presidential race, acknowledging he lacks a path to…

The Chechen Republic has vowed to do all it can to accommodate the Palestinians Russia’s Muslim-majority region will build apartments to house the Palestinians fleeing the Gaza Strip, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head…

ISIS Kills At Least 14 Syrian Soldiers In Palmyra Bus Attack Via The Cradle, ISIS militants attacked a military bus in the Syrian desert on Tuesday, killing at least 14 Syrian army…

Speaker Johnson Pledges To Stand ‘Shoulder To Shoulder’ For ‘Defense Of Taiwan’ House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) met with Taiwan’s US envoy at the US Capitol on Tuesday, after which he vowed…

Congress Takes Step To Hold Hunter Biden In Contempt By Zachary Stieber of Epoch Times Members of Congress on Jan. 10 approved a report and resolution that recommends holding President Joe Biden’s…

There are several layers around this story that are interesting and funny. The obvious story is how Chris Christie is talking to Wayne MacDonald, a former chair of the New Hampshire Republican…

US Beef Output Slides As Blizzard Disrupts Midwest Meat Plants A powerful winter storm swept across the country’s midsection on Monday, dumping more than a foot of snow in some areas and…

Canadian Police Arrest Conservative Journalist On Trumped-Up Charge Of Assault Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have been discussing the rapid decline of free speech protections in Canada under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A vivid…

White House Backs Legislation To Seize Frozen Russian Assets For Ukraine Reconstruction It seems this is how President Joe Biden hopes to circumvent the Congressional hold-up and get badly needed funds to…

Some House Republicans Willing To Force Government Shutdown After Eagle Pass Border Visit Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Following a visit to the southern border last week,…

Is Honda’s New EV A Copy Of The 1980s Lamborghini Countach? It could be just us, but Honda’s new electric vehicle, called “Saloon,” unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas…

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (U-DC) is quitting on cue having played his part.  Christie ended his 2024 bid for the White House moments ago.   It’s clear to me tonight that…

The White House’s Infrastructure Goals Risk Disruption… By The White House Authored by Michael Ireland & Michael Johnson, Michael Philipps via RealClear Wire, For Americans to start seeing evidence of the Biden…

Keep watching this story as much as possible folks. It might be difficult to find the details because western corporate media do not want to cover the specifics, but the pushback deep…

The leading economies of Europe are experiencing “difficult times,” Russia’s president says Russia has shown true resilience by not bowing to foreign pressure, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. He stated that…

“Politics Is So Confusing Right Now” – Dems & Reps Have Switched Sides & Now Half Of Voters Identify ‘Independent’ Authored by Peter Savodnik via The Free Press, The Great Scramble Democrats…

Nearly 2,000 people previously housed in a Brooklyn tent city were moved into a high school gym due to an approaching storm Thousands of New York City public school students were ordered…

Blinken Slams South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel As ‘Meritless’ & ‘Galling’ A key aspect of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit and press conference in Israel on Tuesday was to make a…

The First Amendment, Brought To You By Pfizer Via The Brownstone Institute, Pfizer now claims the right of a corporate sovereign, arguing that states have “no legitimate interest in regulating” the company’s…

Will The Texas Power Grid Survive Next Week’s Polar Vortex? The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center forecasts extreme cold weather “across the heart of the country this weekend and is expected…

‘This Year In The New Normal’ – 2024 Edition Via Off-Guardian.org, If our readers are anything like us then you spent the majority of the weekend taking down Christmas decorations and carefully…

The Final Countdown To CBDC Authored by Aaron Day via The Brownstone Institute, Though a work of fiction, “The Final Countdown: Crypto, Gold, Silver, and the People’s Last Stand Against Tyranny by…

What Is Going To Happen To Our Society As AI And Robots Take Most Of Our Jobs? Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, If you haven’t lost your job…

Bonds & Black Gold Dip, Big-Tech Rips As Event Risk Looms A nothing-burger of a day from a macro (and micro) perspective left stocks and bond yields to drift higher ahead of…

The defendant, who denied any wrongdoing, was found guilty of high treason and collaborating with Russia A court in the southwestern Ukrainian city of Zhitomyr on Tuesday sentenced 82-year-old Yuri Chernishov to…

Mariusz Kaminski insists that his sentence for abuse of power is politically motivated Former Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski has announced that he is on hunger strike to protest his imprisonment for…

Hunter Biden surprised Congress by showing up at a hearing about possible contempt charges, then left a few minutes later US presidential scion Hunter Biden stormed out of a congressional hearing debating…

Boeing CEO Admits “Mistake” After 737 Max Door Blowout Incident Boeing Co. Chief Executive Officer Dave Calhoun admitted the planemaker made a “mistake” after a door plug on Alaska Airlines 737 Max…

Texas GOP Moves To Support Gold Via SchiffGold.com, This March, Republican primary voters in Texas won’t just be choosing which candidates to represent their party in November – they will also be…

The new year will offer plenty of surprises As we enter 2024, a convergence of robust economic activity and waning inflationary pressures has shifted the prevailing market narrative towards the likelihood of…

First 10Y Auction Of 2024 Prices To Tepid Demand, 4th Tail In A Row One day after a stellar 3Y auction launched the coupon Treasury issuance for 2024, moments ago we got…

Appeals Court Strikes Down Biden Admin’s Washing Machine Regulations Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals earlier in the week blocked the Biden administration’s…

The ‘Hotel California’ Wealth Tax Advances, You Cannot Leave To Escape It Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The California legislature takes up the wealth tax idea this week. It’s a Hotel…

Scottish Parents Who Refuse To Let Their Kids Go Trans Could Face 7 Years In Prison Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Parents who refuse to accept their children identifying as…

A Supreme Court Win Is In The Cards For Jan. 6 Defendants, Lawyers Predict Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Supreme Court will strike down the use…

“I Don’t Recall”: Forgetful Fauci’s Memory Fails Over 100 Times During Congressional Grilling Anthony Fauci, the longtime head of the US National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) seemed sharp as…

US Warship Directly Targeted In ‘Largest Ever’ Houthi Red Sea Missile Attack The US Navy shot down nearly two dozen missiles and drones in a major new Red Sea incident, US Central…

Tourism in the Maldives is facing uncertainty after “derogatory” remarks made by officials about Indian PM Narendra Modi The tourism industry in the Maldives is facing boycott calls in India after officials…

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has called it important that the border remains “calm” Finland is reportedly planning to extend the closure of its border with Russia for at least another month, according…

During his first trip ever to Chukotka, the Russian president met with the governor and held a Q&A session with residents  President Vladimir Putin has paid a visit to Chukotka. It is…

Hunter’s Art Dealer Contradicts White House Claims Over Art Sales Authored by Jonathan Turley, Over the last two years, ethicists and public interest groups have raised concerns over the selling of art by Hunter Biden as…

Slovakia’s Robert Fico has slammed the “stupid liberal demagogues” who still support military aid to Kiev Funding and arming Ukraine is a “futile waste of human resources and money” that will serve…

WTI Slides After Unexpected Crude Build, Cushing Stocks Decline For First Time Since Oct. Oil prices extended their recent gains, as traders weighed escalating violence in the Red Sea and tighter US…

Those seeking to reside in the country must sign up within a week of arriving, the consulate warns Ukrainians living abroad must register for military service, according to a recently adopted government…

Economic growth across the world is forecast to slow for the third year in a row in 2024   The global economy is on track for its worst five-year period of growth…

Doocy Questions Potential Cover-Up Over Biden’s Health Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy reacted to the revelation that the Pentagon had kept secret details of the…

Yen Plunges After Japan Wage-Growth Collapses, Crushing Hope For BOJ Hikes ZH premium subscribers who have access to our private twitter feed, are aware that one of our favorite trades of 2023…

Expiry Of Fed Bank Bailout Facility Strengthens Calls For Earlier Rate-Cut Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The Federal Reserve is likely to retire the Bank Term Funding Program in March….

Ray Epps was filmed repeatedly urging fellow Stop the Steal demonstrators to “go into the Capitol” January 6 rioter Ray Epps, one of the alleged instigators of the unauthorized entry into the…

The Artemis II and III lunar missions were expected to take off in 2024 and 2025 respectively NASA has delayed two of its flagship missions meant to take humans back to the…

David Cameron believes that Beijing’s attitude has gotten worse since he served as prime minister British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has claimed that China has become more “aggressive and assertive” in the…

The president has no more allies and is a traitor to the nation, Viktor Medvedchuk has said President Vladimir Zelensky has antagonized all his allies, both domestic and foreign, and is doomed…

Renovations to the London landmark have been repeatedly postponed, despite complaints from staffers and watchdogs Politicians and aides alike “dread” coming to work at Westminster Palace, Politico reported on Tuesday, describing how…

The former officials have been accused of abusing power Former Polish interior minister Mariusz Kaminski and his deputy Maciej Wonsik have been arrested and are facing prison over accusations of abuse of…

Massive protests have broken out as Berlin continues to pile cash on Ukraine instead of supporting its own workers Farmers and their tractors started gathering on Monday here in Berlin as well…

Demand has spiked due to Western efforts to arm Kiev, the Swedish military chief of staff has said The deficit of ammunition in Europe has led to inflated prices as Western nations…

The Goldilocks Narrative Reigns For Now Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Market narratives have been around for ages. However, the internet and, more recently, social media allow narratives to spread much…

The PKB-500U Drel has reportedly completed all trials amid the conflict with Ukraine This year, Russia will reportedly start mass-producing a new gliding aerial bomb which has been in development for years….

Felix Tshisekedi has been reelected as leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo with more than 73% of the vote The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday declared…

Poland’s Obstruction In Nord Stream Pipeline Probe Raises Alarm For Investigators At this point, one might be forgiven for thinking that the Nord Stream pipelines sabotage is already ancient history. After all,…

It marks the fourth time Uralchem Group has donated agriculture supplies to the continent A ship carrying a humanitarian cargo of 23,000 metric tons of fertilizers bound for Zimbabwe has reached Beira…

The South American nation has been hit by a wave of armed gang violence Ecuadorian state-run oil producer Petroecuador has announced that it has stepped up security measures at its facilities amid…

Blue States Just Can’t Stop Taxing Authored by Stephen Moore via The Epoch Times, The latest Census Bureau data on population changes in America should have been a wake-up call to lawmakers…

Where Boeing’s 737 Max 9 Is In Operation On Friday January 5, the ‘door plug’, replacing a possible extra exit in the fuselage of a Boeing 737 Max 9 operated by Alaska Airlines, was…

An incident in which a panel ripped off a 737 Max-9 plane has led to the aircraft model being grounded in multiple countries Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has acknowledged design faults that resulted…

America’s Biggest Problem Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, Survey after survey has shown that Americans overwhelmingly agree that this country is moving in the wrong direction.  So how did we get…

US government debt is unpayable, Roscongress has warned US government debt and the budget deficit present the biggest threat to the global economy this year, Russian government agency Roscongress has said. Washington’s…

Mauritius garment factories that supply PVH, Barbour, and other companies are accused of violating workers’ rights American clothing company PVH, the owner of Tommy Hilfiger, and Calvin Klein, British brand Barbour, and…

Analysis-Paralysis: The Rise To One Million Investment Choices By 2031, there could be one million managed investment products. As the number of investment choices grows, investors are suffering from analysis-paralysis. Visual Capitalist…

The drug was hidden on a ship that arrived from Nicaragua, the customs service reported Agents of the Russian Federal Customs Service (FTS) have intercepted a shipment of cocaine weighing over a…

An action by train drivers, coupled with an ongoing protest by farmers, has brought transportation in many cities to a near halt Train drivers in Germany have gone on a large-scale strike,…

Talks reportedly held in Saudi Arabia last month did nothing to resolve the crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry has claimed The reported “secret meeting” to discuss a Ukrainian peace plan in Saudi…

Cold weather has caused a surge in energy consumption in the bloc Supplies of natural gas in the EU’s underground storage facilities continue to shrink as cold weather is forcing more fuel…

Membership in the group will “help reduce the Western dominance generally,” Muda Yusuf told RT The prominent Nigerian economist claimed that BRICS memberships are a “win-win situation.” On Tuesday, speaking during an…

Germany Ponders Banning Its Second Most Popular Political Party Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Similar to US states attempting to ban Trump from elections, Germany is discussing banning AfD, its second…

Iran Warns Against US ‘Adventurism’ After Parking Cruise Missile-Armed Warship In Red Sea The Red Sea continues to grow busy with the presence of naval assets, as the West and its allies…

The country’s economy is projected to grow 1.3% this year, according to the latest report The Russian economy outperformed expectations in 2023, according to the latest report by the World Bank, which…

Pyongyang is beefing up its military capabilities, but only for defensive purposes and will not strike first, leader Kim Jong-un has stressed North Korea is prepared for war and will have “no…

US Flies F-16 Fighter Jets Over Bosnia In Threat To Serbs Who Want Secession Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US flew two F-16 fighter jets over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday as…

Russia Is Still – By Far – The World’s Most-Sanctioned Countries In the wake of its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is now the most-sanctioned country in the world, with 16,077 sanctions on Russian…

Mexico’s leader misgendered a political ally, but has disputed claims he was being transphobic Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador apologized on Tuesday to a transgender lawmaker whom he previously described as…

Authorities are urging the population to make the reports in a bid to de-Russify the country Complaints about the use of the Russian language in Ukraine increased 30% last year, as the…

A large hospital in Dnepr is receiving up to 100 soldiers in serious condition daily, an official told the outlet The number of severely wounded Ukrainian soldiers streaming from the frontline to…

Will Orbán Become ‘Emperor’ Of Europe? Brussels Fears Scenario Where He Controls EU Council Presidency Via Remix News, European Council President Charles Michel has confirmed that he will stand in the European Parliament elections….

The US Navy downed a barrage of incoming projectiles during the latest barrage Yemen’s Houthis have fired dozens of missiles and drones toward Red Sea shipping lanes in one of the group’s…

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…

Spending during the holiday season was weaker than expected, according to industry data UK retailers reported lackluster sales around Christmas as consumers continue to struggle amid soaring inflation, the British Retail Consortium…

Factory output dropped in November amid persisting economic headwinds German industrial production dropped for the sixth straight month in November, likely indicating the country entered a recession in the final quarter of…

The Perpetual War On Free Speech Authored by Donald Jeffries via “I Protest” substack, The Founding Fathers made the Constitution palatable by including a Bill of Rights. Without the First 10 Amendments,…

Cyberattack Hits Second Largest US-Non Bank Mortgage Lender US mortgage lender loanDepot confirmed in an 8k filing on Monday that it is the latest victim of a cyberattack that has brought critical…

Plastic Chemicals Causing Infertility, Diabetes Found ‘Widespread’ In Common Food Items: Report Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Many of the foods consumed by Americans are contaminated with…