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Visualizing The Growth Of The Weight-Loss-Drug Market Think everyone and their cousin is already on Ozempic? And surely everyone can stop talking about it now? Think again. The weight-loss drug market still…

What Is A Healthy Life Expectancy After Retirement In Europe? How many years can we expect to enjoy our retirement in good health? According to calculations by Statista’s Anna Fleck, Europeans could…

Here’s Why Georgia Chose Russia Over The EU Via Remix News, Bordered by Russia to the north and Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan to the south, Georgia is taking a sharp turn towards…

Washington has an “ironclad” commitment to bringing the country into the EU and NATO, the Secretary of State has said The US is considering additional sanctions against individuals in Georgia it has…

A Tale Of Two Countries Authored by Eldar Vakhitov via BondVigilantes.com, A few days ago, Bulgaria finally reached an agreement with Austria, removing the last hurdle that blocked its entry to the…

South Africa’s presidency is expected to change the group’s vision of the world economy As South Africa assumes the presidency of the G20 in December 2024, it carries the hopes of Africa…

Officials in the bloc are privately considering diplomatic ways to wind down Kiev’s conflict with Russia, according to the outlet Ukraine’s Western backers are shifting from attempting to push for a military…

Yerevan has passed the point of no return in its relations with the Collective Security Treaty Organization, Nikol Pashinyan has said Armenia will not participate in the affairs of the Russia-led Collective…

The head of state, Yoon Suk Yeol, also faces impeachment after parliament blocked his attempt to impose martial law South Korean police have launched a probe targeting President Yoon Suk Yeol, after…

Aleksey Poroshenko has reportedly flouted mobilization law and ignored multiple conscription notices The eldest son of former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko, Aleksey Poroshenko, is being sought by law enforcement for dodging the…

You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making A List, And You’re On It Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “He sees you when you’re sleeping He…

The Russian president has hailed New Delhi’s focus on economic policies that prioritize national interests Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised efforts by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to foster “stable conditions” for…

Blinken Ramps Up Pressure For Zelensky To ‘Get Younger People Into The Fight’ It’s no secret that the Biden administration has been pressuring Ukraine’s Zelensky behind the scenes to drop the age…

South Korea Martial Law Decree Spotlights Challenge Of Communist Infiltration Authored by Eva Fu and Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A martial law order from South Korean President Yoon…

Yes, The President Can Deploy Troops To Enforce Immigration Law Authored by Patrick O’Malley and Joe Buccino via RealClearDefense, President-elect Trump’s confirmation last month of his plan to deploy military assets for…

Cutting Back Blood Pressure Drugs Doesn’t Raise Heart-Related Risk, Study Finds Authored by Rachel Ann T. Melegrito via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Blood pressure (BP) medications are some of the most…

President Biden, Where Are The Children? Authored by Samuel Rodriguez via RealClearPolitics, In recent months, a disturbing revelation has emerged from the heart of our nation’s immigration system: Over 300,000 unaccompanied migrant…

Kremlin Trolls South Korea & US: ‘Professed Democracy’ Can Morph Into ‘Absolute Chaos’ In Couple Of Hours The Kremlin in a fresh Wednesday statement appeared to engage in a bit of trolling…

“Who’s Laughing Now?” NYC Mayor Boasts About Bitcoin Paychecks “Remember y’all laughed at me when I first got my Bitcoin – who’s laughing now?” In early 2022, Adams took his first three paychecks as…

World War III Is Heating Up On Several Fronts, But Most Americans Have No Idea… Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, In recent months, quite a few pundits have been openly warning…

Was Gen Z Key to Trump’s Electoral Success? Authored by Nick Kayal via RealClearPennsylvania, Donald Trump completed his comeback to become the 47th president of the United States in resounding fashion. Trump…

Renovation Downturn Forces These Home Furnishing Retailers To Increase Deals Record-high home prices, combined with the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate surpassing 7% once again, continue to create the worst housing affordability environment…

Watch: Terror Leader Julani Makes Rare Appearance In Aleppo, Ending Rumors Of His Death Soon after the fall of Aleppo last week, rumors began to circulate that the longtime head of Syrian…

Eh, I’m not going to dwell on it.  Kelly is paying for the inauguration, and hubs Jeff is likely selling Bakkt to Nunes, so whatever.  But there is a remarkable irony with…

Fauci, Schiff, And Cheney May Receive ‘Preemptive Pardons’ Days after President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter for a 10-year period dating back to his involvement with Burisma, senior White House aides…

This is interesting.  President Trump has announced that David A. Warrington will now lead the Office of the White House Counsel, as well as “Asst to the President and Counsel to the…

The FBI Has Been Political From The Start Authored by Connor O’Keefe via The Mises Institute, On Saturday night, Donald Trump announced he intends to appoint Kash Patel as director of the FBI. The…

Warsaw has categorized WWII massacres by OUN and UPA as genocide Several Polish lawmakers want to criminalize the propaganda of the ideology that drove Ukrainian nationalists, citing the genocidal massacres of ethnic…

Trump Selects Peter Navarro As Top Trade Adviser Authored by Jackson Richman and Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President-elect Donald Trump announced on Dec. 4 that he has selected…

Israel Warns Troops Against Traveling Abroad Over ‘Blacklists’ In Europe  Israel continues feeling the pressure in the wake of the controversial International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue arrest warrants against Prime…

It would be “inappropriate” to speculate on the idea before the hostilities end, the German Chancellor has said Deployment of German troops to Ukraine is “out of the question” and it would…

Tucker Carlson Returns To Russia; Warns “We Are Closer To Nuclear War Than Ever” Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Tucker Carlson has returned to Moscow to interview Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov…

Microsoft Urges FTC Inspector General To Investigate Alleged Leaks To Media Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, Microsoft formally requested that the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Inspector General investigate potential…

Excellent news. Within trade and MAGAnomics Peter Navarro serves as the counterbalance to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the influence visible with David Macintosh (Club for Growth). President Trump announces the…

The pro-western opposition just lost a key election, but its leaders won’t accept the results Since November 28, large-scale protests have rocked Georgia following the government’s decision to freeze negotiations for the…

Bitcoin Nears Record High As Trump Nominates Crypto-Friendly Paul Atkins To Replace Gensler As SEC Chair With the departure of the most corrupt and incompetent – not to mention most hacked – SEC chair in history, Gary Gensler,…

The Minimum Salary Needed For Financial Success, By US Generation “Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.” – P.T. Barnum How much money does it take to be considered financially successful…

The Dollar And Oil Foresee A Santa Rally For Bonds Via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Bond yields are primarily driven by macroeconomic factors such as inflation and economic growth. Given their impact on inflation and…

Only a quarter of foreign companies exited the country under US and EU pressure, according to the president Russia has never pressured foreign companies to leave the country amid Western sanctions and…

Why More Middle Income Americans Are Struggling to Save Money Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times, Reduced inflation and wage increases haven’t stemmed the economic struggles of middle-class Americans. In…

Unexpectedly Hawkish Beige Book Finds Economic Activity “Rose” In Most Districts As “Slowness” Tumbles Back in September, the otherwise sleepy and mostly boring report that is the Fed’s Beige Book report (which…

French Government Falls As PM Barnier Loses Confidence Vote What seemed like a foregone conclusion is now confirmed – French PM Barnier just lost a no-confidence vote (with 331 votes – 288…

Southwest Airlines Agrees To End DEI Employment Practices In Response To Lawsuit Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times, Southwest Airlines dropped its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) requirements on Monday,…

Jared Isaacman has led two private spaceflights through SpaceX, in 2021 and 2024 US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Jared Isaacman, the billionaire CEO of payments company Shift4, who has led two…

The UK is not prepared for Ukraine-level casualty rates, Alistair Carns has said In case of an actual conflict, the UK would run out of soldiers in six months to a year,…

Michel Barnier is the first prime minister since 1962 to lose a no-confidence vote French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has lost a vote of no-confidence vote in parliament, as lawmakers on both…

The Russian military has released a new video showcasing the destruction of a military vehicle at the front The Russian Defense Ministry has released a new video reportedly showing the destruction of…

Kiev has to make “hard decisions” like getting younger people to the conflict’s front lines, the top US diplomat has told Reuters US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Ukraine needs…

Justice Department has reportedly endorsed a taxpayer-funded procedure for inmate who sent explosives to their Washington address The US Department of Justice has reportedly endorsed a taxpayer-funded “gender reassignment” surgery for a…

The short-lived period of martial law was the result of a complex internal power struggle and will likely lead to the president’s downfall The political crisis that culminated in South Korean President…

Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell Delivers Final Remarks Before Dec FOMC Meeting Fed Chair Powell is about to deliver his final publicly scheduled comments on the state of the economy before the…

Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Supporting AQ-Linked Fighters In Syria, & There Is Some Evidence While the issue of potential Ukrainian government support to Syria’s Al Qaeda spin-off Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has remained…

Enemies Of The State By Benjamin Picton, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Just when you thought that politics in 2024 couldn’t get any crazier, the President of South Korea declares martial law….

WTI Holds Gains After Big Surprise Crude Draw Oil prices were limping lower this morning (after yesterday’s surge) after the weak ISM Services print as traders await this week’s OPEC+ decision. API…

Total Grid Collapse Strikes Cuba (Again)  Cuba’s national power grid collapsed shortly after 0200 local time on Wednesday, plunging 11 million people into darkness.  Total blackout. Well done, Communists—can’t even keep the power on….

Roger Ver Moves To Dismiss US Tax Evasion Charges As “Unconstitutional” Authored by Tom Mitchelhill via CoinTelegraph.com, Roger Ver — also known as Bitcoin Jesus — urged a United States judge to…

Live: Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Jackson Compares Child Sex Changes To Interracial Marriage In Tennessee Trans Case The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a pivotal case challenging Tennessee’s…

Russian Ship Fires Warning Shots At German Military Helicopter In Baltic Sea In a rare dangerous incident and close-call, European media reports have described that the crew of a Russian ship ‘fired’…

Derrick Bales is to stand trial for committing a terrorist act in Russia’s Kursk Region, according to the Investigative Committee A Russian court has issued an arrest warrant for US citizen Derrick Bales, who…

Foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has cited a report that Kiev’s intel may be working with terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham A significant “Ukrainian trace” has been detected among foreign fighters in…

The president-elect’s crude attempt to scare away de-dollarization is based on an illusion of Washington’s omnipotence Donald Trump still has it, that old magic: Long known for using social media to great…

Republican Mike Johnson is opposed to a $24 billion request from the White House The US House of Representatives will not consider President Joe Biden’s request to include $24 billion in additional…

A Danish investment bank reveals its annual list of unlikely events that could potentially send shockwaves across markets Denmark’s Saxo Bank has released its annual list of “outrageous predictions,” considering some possible…

Odessa has supported the dismantling a statue of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin The city council in the Ukrainian city of Odessa approved on Wednesday a plan to dismantle the local statue of…

Russia offers better conditions for Western business and not the other way around, the president tells forum Western firms are provided with a much better business environment in Russia than the country’s…

Foot Locker Plunges On “Softened” Sneaker Demand  Low- to mid-income consumers, feeling the brunt of sticky inflation, elevated prices, and high interest rates, have dialed back their demand for fancy sneakers. As a…

ADP Employment Disappoints, US Manufacturing Sees Biggest Job Losses Since June 2023 After surging 233k higher in October (biggest jump since July 2023), expectations were for a slowdown in job additions in…

Futures Rise To Fresh Record High Ahead Of Powell Speech, French Government Collapse Futures are higher following yesterday’s geopolitical events in France and S. Korea – which ironically highlight the stable exceptionalism…

All the proposals include Kiev ceding land and giving up on NATO aspirations, the media outlet has claimed Donald Trump’s advisers have presented him with three plans for resolving the conflict between…

The former German chancellor claims the Russian president brought his pet to a 2007 meeting despite knowing that she is afraid of dogs Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has claimed that Russian…

ISM Services Sentiment (Oddly) Slumps In November; Prices Up, Orders Down On the heels of US Manufacturing surveys improving yesterday (though both still in contraction) – in the face of what we…

GM To Take More Than $5 Billion Charge, Close Plants, As Part Of China Restructuring This morning, General Motors announced it will take over $5 billion in noncash charges and write-downs to…

UnitedHealthcare head Brian Thompson was ambushed and fatally shot in Manhattan A masked attacker opened fire on UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday morning in Manhattan, the New York Police Department has…

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze previously accused the West of trying to orchestrate a Maidan-like coup in the country Up to a third of those identified at recent protests in Tbilisi have turned…

Encouraging minors to take part in riots is “extremely disturbing,” country’s Patriarchate has warned The Patriarchate of the Georgian Orthodox Church has blasted the country’s President Salome Zourabichvili’s call on schools to…

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won more than 57% of the votes cast last week, the African nation’s electoral authority has stated Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia’s ruling party candidate in last week’s disputed presidential election, has…

The prosecutor general’s office claims the US-based quasi-religious organization supports “members of extremist and terrorist movements” Russian authorities have designated the US-based Satanic Temple as an undesirable organization, claiming that the quasi-religious…

A shooter believed to be a former Khalistan militant opened fire at the famous Sikh shrine in Amritsar Prominent Sikh politician Sukhbir Singh Badal has survived an assassination attempt after a gunman…

Wells Fargo Selling Its San Francisco Headquarters Building Downtown San Francisco – already ground zero of the commercial real estate implosion – is about to get one more empty skyscraper. According to…

The “Price Stability” Myth Undermines Our Economy And Well-Being Authored by Frank Shostak via The Mises Institute, For most commentators, a “stable price level” is the key for economic stability. For instance,…

These Were The Most Expensive And Most Affordable U.S. Cities In 2024 Research from Doxo has revealed the most expensive – and most affordable U.S. cities to live in – for 2024….

The bloc plans to have sea surveillance in the Atlantic and Mediterranean by next June, a senior official has told Defense News NATO military commanders want to launch a fleet of unmanned…

The country’s businesses are adapting and thriving as trade continues to grow, the president has said Western attempts to defeat Russia on all fronts, including inflicting damage to the country’s economy, have…

The Netherlands might find itself in a major conflict in the next five to ten years, according to a document from the defense ministry The Dutch Defense Ministry is considering the possibility…

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharovahas called Seoul “unpredictable” following the brief imposition of martial law North Korea’s concerns over its security are understandable given the political instability in the South, Russian Foreign…

Cadets and officers from the Assad Military Engineering School broke through the encirclement in Aleppo Syrian Army cadets and officers have been rescued in a joint Syrian-Russian counter-terrorism operation carried out to…

As militants move on the city of two million, Damascus’ military weakness and Tehran’s inaction raise questions about the future The recent escalation in northwest Syria has placed Aleppo at the center…

Annalena Baerbock has reportedly said Berlin would support an international peacekeeping force in Ukraine “with all its strength” Berlin will not rule out sending its troops to Ukraine to secure a ceasefire…

Elon Musk’s satellite internet service was used by individuals who trafficked meth into the country, a high-ranking officer said Indian police will seek information from Starlink after smugglers used the satellite internet…

Trump’s Wild Bunch Is Ready For Action Authored by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics, If for no other reason than that it will elicit fear in the hearts of autocracy-phobics, I propose that…

VC Head Reveals “Most Important Graph Ever Conceived”  American businessman and venture capitalist Stephen Jurvetson laid out over a century of Moore’s Law on computational power advancements in a post on X.  Jurvetson, the founder of Future Ventures who…

UK Pays Wind Farms $1.3 Billion To Shut Down When It’s Windy Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The clean Green energy fiasco has reached a new level of incompetence and waste……

Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Pleads Guilty To Multi-Billion Dollar Fraud Scheme Yet another crypto giant has fallen unceremoniously – this time it’s Alex Mashinsky, founder and CEO of Celsius who has “pled…

Wild sturgeon is strictly protected in the country, with only farmed products allowed on the market Two Russian citizens have been caught transporting some 260kg of sturgeon caviar and over 310kg of…

The canines that killed the EC president’s pony in 2022 will lose their protection from being hunted The majority of EU nations have agreed to downgrade the protection offered to wolves from…

Western sanctions meant to cripple the country’s economy have instead become an incentive to develop domestic industries, a report has found   Wages in Russia’s industrial centers have shown double-digit growth over…

Authorities and health agencies have rushed to identify the disease spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo A deadly unidentified flu-like illness has killed dozens of people over a two-week period…

A Kenyan middle-distance gold medallist has described Moscow as a “great sporting power” Kenyan Olympic champion Wilfred Bungei has denounced the ban on Russia’s national team from international sports competitions as shameful,…

Kim Yong-hyun has apologized for causing “confusion and concern” by advising President Yoon Suk Yeol to declare martial law South Korean Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun has announced that he is…

Making good pancakes is one of the easiest processes; however, you need just the right ingredients.  Consider this recipe next time: 2 large eggs 1 1/4 cups whole milk 4 tablespoons melted…