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Dmitry Kuleba has cited Kiev backers’ reluctance to provide long-range weaponry and allow strikes deep inside Russia The blame for any military setbacks suffered by Kiev lies squarely with Ukraine’s Western donors,…

The funds are to come from interest garnered by Russian assets immobilized in the West, a move that Moscow calls illegal Washington is behind a delay in finalizing a G7 plan to…

Initial Jobless Claims Drop Again As Labor Market Sends Mixed Signals Initial jobless claims continue to drift along in the same range it has been in for three years, with unadjusted claims…

Houthis To Allow Salvage Crews To Access The Oil Tanker They Hit In The Red Sea By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The Iran-aligned Houthis have agreed to allow salvage crews including rescue…

Q2 GDP Unexpectedly Revised Higher On Bizarre Surge In Personal Consumption Just two hours after (ultra) discount retailer Dollar General reported catastrophic earnings, moments ago the Biden Bureau of Economic analysis decided…

The Ukrainian leader’s interview following his meeting with Modi in Kiev came as a diplomatic ambush for New Delhi and changed the whole narrative of the PM’s visit Indian Prime Minister Narendra…

Ukraine has access to a trove of commercial satellite images, according to the head of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Kiev had access to a wide array of commercial satellite images for planning…

Futures Rebound From NVDA Earnings Slide Tech stocks recovered from the knee-jerk selling of Nvidia, which plunged as much as 8% after the company’s Q3 guidance disappointed some even as Q2 results met…

The US Republican presidential candidate has attributed his surviving last month’s assassination attempt to divine intervention US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said it was God who spared his life in…

Dollar General Shares Crash After Earnings Miss & Outlook Slashed On “Financially Constrained Core Consumer”  Shares of Dollar General Corp. crashed 23.5% to hit levels not seen since 2018 in premarket trading in…

Russia views Narendra Modi’s trip as a contribution to the settlement of the crisis, the foreign ministry says Moscow will continue dialogue with New Delhi following a visit to Kiev by Indian…

The Telegram CEO cannot be involved in crimes that have nothing to do with him, David-Olivier Kaminski says Charges against Telegram CEO Pavel Durov alleging that he was complicit in a litany…

The West’s “ostrich-like stance” on Kiev’s “recklessness” is a threat to Europe, the Russian deputy envoy to the UN has warned The refusal to hold Ukraine accountable for attacks on the Zaporozhye…

General Pavel Popov is being investigated for allegedly grifting off a state-owned military exhibition in Moscow Region Former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov was taken into custody and is being investigated…

The US must stop providing weapons to the Taiwanese army, a top Chinese military official has said Washington should stop collaborating with the Taiwanese military and must respect China’s core interests, Chinese…

The group is encouraging countries of the continent to challenge Western influence, Samsondeen Olagunju has said BRICS has become a significant source of motivation for many African countries, encouraging them to assert…

Italy Ramps Up Punishment For Boats Rescuing Illegals In Mediterranean In a sharp escalation of Italy’s ongoing crackdown on illegal migration across the Mediterranean, the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has…

48% Of NYC Bus Riders Don’t Pay Fares As New York City and the MTA devises their next plan to tax or hike prices on everything from owning a vehicle to ‘congestion’…

The US wants to use the conflict to consolidate the West and contain Moscow, Numan Kurtulmus says Russia and Ukraine were close to agreeing peace terms during the Istanbul talks in the…

Access to US markets will be easier for British companies under a “pro-business” Republican president, experts have told the outlet British business would prefer to see Republican nominee Donald Trump prevail over…

The country’s eastern government has rejected its rival’s unilateral appointment of a new governor for the monetary institution Libya’s eastern government has vowed to maintain a blockage on oil production and exports…

Support For AfD Surges In Germany After Knife Attack Leaves 3 Dead Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, In the wake of three fatal stabbings by a Syrian immigrant whose asylum was…

Hungary’s criticism of the restrictions would reportedly make it impossible to agree on a new package in the near term The EU will likely have a hard time agreeing on a new sanctions…

Peter Szijjarto has criticized Josep Borrell’s remarks on the use of Western-supplied weapons for strikes deep into Russia Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has slammed the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, over…

Study Quantifies Germany’s Disastrous Switch Away From Nuclear Power Authored by Ross Pomeroy via RealClearScience, At the dawn of the millennium, Germany launched an ambitious plan to transition to renewable energy. “Die…

Russia often loses all contact with local residents forcibly taken by Kiev troops in an unknown direction, the Foreign Ministry has said Ukrainian troops occupying part of Russia’s Kursk Region have been…

NATO still denies killing civilians in Libya, but victims’ families are not giving up This August marks 13 years since the bloodiest month for Libyan civilians in the NATO air campaign against…

Thoe foreign nationals will be held accountable for the crimes they have committed, Rodion Miroshnik has said Moscow has the names of thousands of foreign nationals employed to fight for Ukraine, a…

Saudi Arabia Outraged At Ben-Gvir’s Call To Build Synagogue Over Al-Aqsa Mosque In recent years Saudi Arabia and Israel have been moving remarkably fast toward the restoration of official relations, in what’s been…

Ukraine’s New Long-Range Weapon Won’t Be The Wunderwaffe That Some Imagine Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The Associated Press reported that “Ukraine counts on new long-range weapon to bypass Western restrictions…

These Are The Countries With The Highest Wealth Per Person In 2023, global wealth increased by 4.2% as global stock markets rebounded and inflation eased. While Europe, the Middle East, and Africa achieved the…

The new smart cities will position the country as a strong player in the global value chain, New Delhi has said The Indian government on Wednesday approved the creation of 12 industrial…

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…

The encrypted app was the “darling of the CIA,” according to ex-State Department diplomat Mike Benz The US and its CIA-controlled “soft power” arm utilized the encrypted social media app Telegram to…

Deputy CIA Director David Cohen hopes Kiev’s troops will put up a “difficult fight for the Russians” Ukraine’s ongoing cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region will likely continue “for some period of…

An Amazonian Superfruit May Reverse Fatty Liver Disease, Study Finds Authored by Cara Michelle Miller via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Camu camu, a small yet powerful berry from the Amazon rainforest,…

China Dominates Global Coal Consumption Despite many nations transitioning away from fossil fuels, in 2023, world coal consumption reached a staggering 164 exajoules (EJ) of energy, a record high for any year.  For this…

The Western Way Of War – Owning The Narrative Trumps Reality Authored by Alastair Crooke, War propaganda and feint are as old as the hills. Nothing new. But what is new is…

Underreported Polling Suggests Trump Is Poised To Win PA Authored by Athan Koutsiouroumbas via RealClearPennsylvania, If past is prologue, Donald Trump will win Pennsylvania. Eight years ago this week, Hillary Clinton led…

Indian Hindus And Muslims See Neighbors Negatively Indians tend to perceive their neighbors much more negatively than they are perceived themselves. This is according to a new survey by Pew Research Center. Interestingly,…

Gavin Newsom Considers Plan To Force Public Colleges To Hire Illegal Immigrants Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, California lawmakers passed a bill Aug. 26 that would prohibit colleges and…

Zelensky Claims West-Supplied F16s Successfully Shot Down Russian Missiles This week Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that for the first time Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets have been engaged in combat against the Russians, and…

Toxic Homes For Sale: How California’s Illegal Marijuana Industry Ruins Houses Authored by Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), LOS ANGELES—On a recent summer morning, a caravan of unmarked state…

Turley: Zuckerberg’s Censorship Admission Is More Contrived Than Contrite Authored by Jonathan Turley, “I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it.” Those…

Visualizing US Election Contributions By Corporate Employees Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a tightly matched race, with political donations now leaning in the Democratic party’s favor. Since President Joe Biden…

Is Tesla At Risk From Marco Rubio’s Push to ‘Blacklist’ Chinese Battery Firm CATL? US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and US Representative John Moolenaar (R-MI) penned a letter to US Department of Defense…

Russian tech billionaire Pavel Durov was detained in Paris and formally indicted on multiple charges Footage of Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov being released from French custody late Wednesday has been…

Shall Not Be Infringed: Massachusetts Supreme Court Strikes Down Switchblade Knife Ban Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Massachusetts Supreme Court on Aug. 27 struck down the…

What Sanctions? China Imports Record Amount Of Iranian Oil China’s imports of Iranian oil are poised to reach a record 1.75m b/d this month, data from Kpler show. That will surpass the previous peak of…

I’m not surprised, I’m just angry.  According to Kevin Rojek, the head of the FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office leading the investigation into the attempted assassination of President Trump, Matthew Crooks acted alone…

The Dutch authorities were unable to say whether a cyberattack could be to blame A network failure at the Dutch Defense Ministry has caused cascading computer problems across the Netherlands, shutting down…

Attorneys General Of 24 States Ask Supreme Court To Block EPA’s Methane Reduction Rule Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, Attorneys General in 24 states have asked the Supreme Court…

5 Signs That The US Is Collapsing Authored by Clark Barnes, The US has always been a famously optimistic country. From our beginning, rebelling against the greatest empire the world has ever…

Big-Tech, Bullion, & Bitcoin Battered Before NVDA’s Big Night Coming off yesterday’s lowest volume (full) session of the year (and Monday was the 2nd lowest), the low level of liquidity was very…

NVDA Dumps And Pumps After Smashing Q2 Expectations But Guidance Is A “Mixed Bag” For the second year in a row, Nvidia has been the world’s most important company, rising more than…

New Funding Round Talks Indicate OpenAI Worth North Of $100 Billion According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft-backed OpenAI is preparing to raise at least a billion dollars in a…

2,000 Workers Gone: Klarna Is First Major Company To Unleash Mass Layoffs Thanks To AI Last March, when the world was just learning about the AI crazy that would send markets to…

I do not know much about Mark Halprin other than what I have discerned from watching him sporadically discuss politics for years.  However, I have noticed in the last few years he…

The body, tied by its hands and feet, was discovered in a city park in Antwerp A Palestinian man has been found dead in a park in the heart of the Belgian…

The would-be assassin’s motive remains a mystery, US authorities have said The Pennsylvania man who tried to kill Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump most likely worked alone, the FBI has said, adding…

Biden-Harris Admin Busted Using Secret Rule To ‘Trump-Proof’ DOJ Authored by Luis Cornelio via HeadlineUSA.com, The Biden-Harris administration appears to have intensified its efforts to block a potential return by President Donald…

The European Commission is reportedly looking into the messaging app’s possible failure to provide accurate user data The European Commission is investigating whether Telegram breached EU digital rules by failing to provide…

The crypto exchange insists it only froze a “limited number” of accounts over “illicit funds” Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been accused of seizing “all funds from all Palestinians” on a request…

A French court has accused the Russian billionaire of a dozen offenses, including facilitating illegal transactions A French court has formally indicted Telegram founder Pavel Durov, accusing him of complicity in a…

Florida Can Enforce Ban On Puberty Blockers, Gender Surgeries For Children: Appeals Court Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, A federal appeals court has allowed Florida to enforce a ban…

Venezuelan Migrant Driving For Amazon Hits Mother And 4 Month Old Child, Flees The Scene Today in “the unending successes of migration” news, a Venezuelan migrant working for Amazon drove his truck into…

The Telegram boss has reportedly been accused of violence against his six-year-old son French authorities have launched an investigation into claims that Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov committed “serious acts of…

Unwind Of China’s Great Carry Trade Could Unleash $20 Billion In Monthly FX Sales By Martin Lynge Rasmussen of Money: Inside and Out China’s trade balance reached $852bn in the year to…

The two competitors have fulfilled all qualification requirements, according to the Russian Paralympic Committee France has refused to grant visas to two Russian athletes for the Paris Paralympic Games, the Russian Paralympic…

Economic hardship in Europe and military humiliation in Ukraine mean this pivotal event won’t stay on the figurative sea floor forever As we approach the second anniversary of the Nord Stream pipeline…

Kamala Harris has yet to give a press conference or sit down with any journalist to discuss the construct of a campaign around her.  The media has largely tried to cover for…

Purveyors of “fake news” were among the almost 100 blacklisted Americans The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that it has blacklisted 92 American citizens, including two dozen employees of the Wall…

Officers are within their rights to open fire in “self-defense,” a regional enlistment authority has warned Draft officers are within their rights to use lethal force in “self-defense” against citizens, a Ukrainian…

Mexico Pauses Relations With US, Canadian Embassies Amid Judicial Reform Concerns Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced a halt in…

Chinese researchers have urged governments to build a warhead-based planetary defense system to protect against asteroids Nuclear weapons may be the best means of protecting the Earth from asteroids, according to scientists…

Yields Hit Session High After 5Y Auction Tails After yesterday’s solid 2Y auction, moments ago the US Treasury sold $70BN in 5 year notes, in an auction which saw yields tumble 46.8bps,…

“Please Bring Signs”: Marylanders To Protest AI Data Center Power Lines As Eminent Domain Threatens Small Farms  A power line battle is unfolding across the Mason–Dixon, a demarcation line separating Pennsylvania and Maryland, as…

Binance Defends Seizing Palestinian Funds At Israel’s Request Via The Cradle Crypto exchange platform Binance has seized the accounts of numerous Palestinian users at the request of the Israeli government for allegedly being linked…

The IDF has launched a significant “counterterrorism operation” in response to a failed suicide bombing attempt in Tel Aviv Israel has killed around a dozen suspected militants in a series of airstrikes…

US Warns Tanker Hit By Houthis Could Cause Largest Ship Oil Spill In History Via Middle East Eye, The US Pentagon has warned that an oil tanker attacked by Yemen’s Houthis last week is still on…

France is after Telegram’s encryption codes, Aleksandar Pavic has claimed in an interview with RT France is extorting Pavel Durov for Telegram’s encryption codes so they can censor the messaging platform, Serbian…

Bug Diets, Once Labeled ‘Conspiracy Theory’ By MSM, Now Becomes Fact After UK Gov’t Backs ‘Sustainable’ Food Let’s start here.  Earlier this year, NPR’s Code Switch, Gene Demby and NPR reporter Huo Jingnan…

Nassim Taleb says the French president’s words about the arrest of the Telegram founder should be interpreted “in reverse” French President Emmanuel Macron’s statements about the arrest of Telegram founder and CEO…

West Bank Explodes Overnight With Largest IDF Raid In Decades, ‘Evacuations’ Could Be Next The situation in the already restive and tense West Bank has exploded overnight, following major Israeli military raids…

The current contract between Moscow and Kiev expires in 2024 The termination of Russian gas transit through Ukraine will seriously hit consumers in the EU, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP has called a total strike in West Bengal, where the party is in opposition Chaos erupted in eastern India’s West Bengal state on Wednesday, 24 hours after…

The Republican presidential nominee came within inches of death when a gunman shot at him at a rally in July Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suggested that his Democratic rival and…

Court papers contradict claims that the probe against the Telegram CEO was launched in July, Politico has reported France issued arrest warrants against Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and his brother Nikolay, the…

The loan must be interest-free and the funds need to be available for any use, Prime Minister Denis Shmigal has said G7 countries must provide $50 billion in aid to Kiev this…

Several States Refuse To Remove RFK Jr.’s Name From Ballots, Hurting Trump After Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped out of the presidential race last week and threw his support behind former President…

WTI Extends Losses After Smaller-Than-Expected Crude Draw Oil slipped for a second day, extending a bumpy run so far this month, with the market focusing on Libyan supplies, key technical indicators and US…

The three are among 51 people arrested in May in connection with a failed military takeover in the DR Congo Prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) have demanded…

Drone Strike Hits Russian Oil Depot Which Lies At A Record 1,500km From Ukraine A new wave of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia has damaged and set alight several more oil depots…

Yield Curve Shifts Offer Signals For Stockholders Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The level of U.S. Treasury yields and the changing shape of the Treasury yield curve provide investors with critical…

The Telegram CEO had a face-to-face discussion with the French leader in 2018 that was not previously reported, the outlet has said French President Emmanuel Macron had lunch with Telegram CEO Pavel…

The Ukrainian leader has said that F-16s were deployed to intercept Russian missiles during the massive attack on Monday The Ukrainian Air Force deployed US-made F-16 fighter jets for the first time…

Away From Earnings By “The Most Important Company In The World”, A Lot Is Going On By Michael Every of Rabobank Tomorrow, back to only thinking “Rate cuts!” Today, markets are only…

Super Micro Shares Plunge 15% After Company Delays 10-K, One Day After Hindenburg Alleges Accounting Manipulation Shares of Super Micro Computer are down over 15% heading into the cash open after the…