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Which EU Countries Are The Most Expensive (And Cheapest)? Which EU countries are the cheapest, and which ones are the most expensive? In this graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Jenna Ross, we look…

CNN Shared A Glimpse Of Just How Bad Everything Has Become For Ukraine Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The Ukrainian Armed Forces are in the midst of converging crises caused by…

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…

DoJ Admits Illegal Immigrant Stole American’s ID, Voted In US Elections Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that an illegal immigrant agreed to plead…

China, Russia Set For Series Of Joint Exercises This Month Aimed At Bolstering Pacific Presence China revealed Monday that it plans to hold another major joint military exercise with Russia. It confirmed…

Which Countries Dominate The Supply Chain For Strategic Metals? As the energy transition continues, tapping into the reserves of critical minerals and securing their supply chains is crucial.  For this graphic, Visual…

Professor: People’s “Street Race” Should Be Included In U.S. Census Via The College Fix, A sociology professor at the University of New Mexico believes “how you believe others see you” should be…

Secretary Blinken Visited Haiti As US-Backed Police Fail To Wrestle Control From Gangs Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute, Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently traveled to Haiti to show…

Maryland Bill Aims To Protect Farms From Eminent Domain Threat For New AI Data Center Power Lines Powering up America by upgrading power grids for artificial intelligence data centers, onshoring manufacturing trends, and electrifying the…

Has The Electricity Reality Check Arrived? Authored by Todd Snitchler via RealClearEnergy, At meetings of energy regulators, policymakers, consumer advocates, and industry this summer, the content and tone of the conversations around…

In “Last Hurrah”, Credit Card Debt Unexpectedly Soars Despite Record High APRs As Savings Rate Hits Record Low One month ago, when multiple discount retailers (here and here) were lamenting the sudden…

The Blair Witch Project: Former UK PM Calls For Global Censorship Authored by Jonathan Turley, In the 1999 cult classic The Blair Witch Project, one character tells his friends “I could help you,…

The details of the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are now clarified. When is the debate? Harris and Trump will debate on Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 9 p.m. ET. The…

McCormick Outlines ‘Playbook’ In Tight Pennsylvania Senate Race Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, With August in the rear-view mirror, Senate candidate Dave McCormick (R-PA) admits he never really made much of…

At least nine UAVs were shot down while approaching the Russian capital overnight Russian air defenses thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow during the night, according to the city’s mayor, Sergey…

One Polish soldier damaged a roof, while another got caught on a power line Around a dozen Polish soldiers descended on a local village during a botched airborne exercise on Monday, just…

Porn Streamer OnlyFans Spews $630 Million In Dividends On Owner Radvinsky Since the start of 2023, UK-based OnlyFans, a major hub for porn content-creators, has paid more than $630 million in dividends…

James Earl Jones, 93, was a powerful presence on both stage and screen James Earl Jones, one of the world’s greatest stage, screen and voice actors, died on Monday at his New…

Does Anyone Else Smell A Market Crash In The Air? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Markets are manipulated, yes, but they’re still structures of tightly bound, self-organizing complexity which…

Goldman Finds “Thrift Trends Outperform” Amid Consumer Slowdown  Goldman cited new data in a note to clients on Monday from Placer.ai, a startup that tracks and analyzes foot traffic from mobile devices at…

VDH: The Biden-Harris World Is Afire Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Somehow the United States ended up this summer with no engaged president and an absent vice president who…

Stocks Bounce After Brutal Week Despite Apple Unveiling A Dud After the worst week for the S&P since the March 2023 bank crisis… … one which sent the Nasdaq to one of…

Draghi Says Europe In Existential Danger Without Massive new Spending And Joint Debt; Germany Immediately Says “Nein” It has been a while since we were reminded that without the ECB’s constant (and…

Israeli Strike On Alleged Syrian Chemical Weapons Facility Leaves High Death Toll A late Sunday night apparent Israeli aerial attack on Syria has left at least 18 people dead and 36 injured,…

Dodgers Kowtow To Teachers Unions, Honor ‘Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence’ Authored by Brenda Lebsack & Rebecca Friedrichs via RealClearPolitics, The “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” according to Catholic Vote, is “a vile anti-Catholic…

The “Russian symbol” was found at several places in a Lithuanian seaside town Authorities in the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda have launched an investigation into disruption of public order after “symbols resembling…

Dmitry Simes claims that the current US government – which he accuses of “lawlessness and blatant lies” – doesn’t believe in the First Amendment The US Department of Justice has accused the…

Footage shows buildings occupied by Kiev’s forces being leveled to the ground The Russian Air Force has successfully destroyed a concentration of Ukrainian troops in Kharkov Region, the Defense Ministry in Moscow…

Democratic nominee Kamala Harris faces a crucial televised debate with the GOP presidential nominee on September 10 US Vice President Kamala Harris has spent several days intensively preparing for the upcoming presidential…

The supposedly temporary measure is meant to address anti-immigration backlash Germany will reimpose passport controls on its land borders for at least the next six months, in order to curb “irregular migration,”…

Latvia accuses Moscow of violating its airspace after a UAV crashed on its territory during the weekend The Latvian military will take additional measures to secure the nation’s eastern border after an…

Embattled Finance Firm B. Riley Looks To Raise Up To $410 Million From Asset Sales Distressed financial firm B. Riley is planning the sale of its majority stake in Great American Group…

Watch Live: Apple CEO Tim Cook Unveils iPhone 16 Watch the Live Launch Event “It’s Glowtime” guys…  Apple Park is glowing! #AppleEvent pic.twitter.com/gVgtMbZhaM — Tim Cook (@tim_cook) September 9, 2024 *   *   * …

With American efforts to mediate a solution going nowhere, Moscow appears the next best option for negotiations with Gaza Following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, diplomatic efforts led…

Austin Tells Zelensky: Long-Range Strikes in Russia Won’t Be A Game Changer In the latest $250 million weapons package for Ukraine approved and released by the Biden administration, noticeably absent were the longer…

Inflation Expectations Rise Over Medium-Term As Delinquency Fears Unexpectedly Hit 4 Year High With the Fed now supposedly only focused on the jobs part of its mandate, as inflation has supposedly been…

Here’s What To Watch For In Congress In September Authored by Jackson Richman, Joseph Lord, Stacy Robinson, Terri Wu, Arjun Singh, Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), WASHINGTON—Lawmakers are returning…

The West’s insistence on sticking to the Ukrainian leader’s peace plan indicates it doesn’t want to negotiate honestly, the Russian foreign minister said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s peace initiatives have become an…

A Jordanian trucker targeted Israeli civilians at Allenby Bridge crossing A Jordanian man has fatally shot three Israeli civilians at the border crossing between Jordan and the occupied West Bank. This is…

Cheney Reaction By Benjamin Picton, senior macro strategist at Rabobank Cheney Reaction Friday’s US payrolls report was supposed to settle the question of whether the Fed would be cutting by 25bps next…

Limits have been set on purchases of gemstones and metals as well as overseas real estate operations Ukraine’s central bank has tightened its rules on citizens purchasing precious metals and certain luxury…

The Paris mayor’s proposal to leave the iconic logo on France’s landmark tower has sparked a public row The descendants of the engineer who designed the Eiffel Tower say they will fight…

Leaked US Army Documents: Thousands Of Violent Venezuelan Prison Gang Members Run Amok Across America Investigative reporter James O’Keefe published unclassified information from the US Army North Division on X, revealing that the Venezuelan…

If The Fed Cuts Rates A Half-Point, Should Trump Complain, Rejoice, Neither, Or Both? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Think carefully. I will grade your answer… The current odds suggest only…

Key Events This Week: CPI, PPI, Presidential Debate, And Fed Blackout The week after payrolls is often quiet, but as DB’s Jim Reid notes, with the 25bps vs 50bps Fed debate for…

Boeing Shares Rise On “Historic Contract Offer” With Union, Potentially Averting A Crippling Strike  Boeing shares rose in premarket trading after the US aerospace giant reached a tentative agreement with the union representing 33,000 of…

Russia has consistently been the top target for hackers in recent years, according to Kaspersky Lab Russia has been subjected to more cyber attacks than any other country over the past two…

The bloc needs ‘unprecedented’ investment in defense and other sectors, former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has said The European Union needs a massive increase in investment to meet its goals,…

Kiev has lost thousands of troops and military hardware during its incursion into Russian territory, the Defense Ministry in Moscow says Ukraine has lost around 11,400 troops since it launched an incursion…

A former ECB chief says the lack of access to cheap energy from Russia has undermined the bloc’s competitive advantage The global economic competitiveness of the European Union has been substantially eroded…

A Bradley infantry fighting vehicle was caught by a Russian drone in Kharkov Region, Moscow’s military has said Russian forces in Ukraine’s Kharkov Region have tracked down and destroyed a US-made Bradley…

Ethiopia is locked in a dispute with Somalia and Egypt over a maritime deal and a hydroelectric dam project Ethiopia will “humiliate” any nation that attempts to threaten its sovereignty, Prime Minister…

Texas Man Sentenced 14 Years For Running $110 Million Tax Refund Scheme Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Texas man was sentenced to more than 14 years…

Oil Rises As Major US Refineries In Path Of Strengthening Gulf Storm Oil and gasoline futures moved higher early Monday as the National Hurricane Center tracked a potential tropical system that threatened parts of…

Futures Rebound From Worst Weekly Rout Of 2024; Yields, Dollar Rise Futures are higher in a modest relief rally following the worst weekly loss of the year, triggered by cooling US jobs…

The platform’s archive footage was used in a show that landed in hot water over Hindu names being used for Muslim terrorists Asian News International (ANI), one of the largest media outlets…

Toyota Slashes EV Output By 30% For 2026 In keeping with innumerable automakers that are cutting back investment and production into electric vehicles, Toyota has become the latest to slow its EV…

Illinois Trucking Company With 480 Drivers Abruptly Ceases Operations By Clarissa Hawes of FreightWaves, An Illinois-based trucking and logistics company, which contracted with the U.S. Postal Service to haul mail has notified…

Yaroslav Oleynik was responsible for boosting Ukraine’s UAV manufacturing for further attacks against Russia An adviser to Ukraine’s former Strategic Industries Minister Aleksandr Kamyshin was killed in a car crash during the…

The army has beefed up security in Jammu and Kashmir, bordering Pakistan, ahead of state-level elections Indian security forces thwarted a terrorist infiltration attempt in the troubled Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) region,…

Professors Rally Academics Around “Less Bad” Candidate Trump By Will Caldwell of The College Fix University professors have started a petition for academics to rally behind Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential…

Kiev’s new Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga has reportedly dismissed the diplomat because it was considered inappropriate to buy home appliances Ukraine’s new Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga has reportedly fired the country’s temporary…

The president rushed and “picked optics over security” in 2021, a partisan report has concluded US House Republicans issued a scathing report on Sunday blaming the administration of President Joe Biden for…

Pierre de Gaulle reportedly announced his intention during a meeting with speaker Vyacheslav Volodin Pierre de Gaulle, the grandson of the late French leader General Charles De Gaulle, intends to move to…

Group chief Oliver Blume has defended job cuts, citing the ‘serious’ economic situation, according to German media The situation at the Volkswagen Group is alarming and major changes are needed for the…

The US presidential candidate has pledged 100% tariffs on countries that are seeking to replace the greenback in international transactions Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has claimed that dumping the US dollar…

Abdelmadjid Tebboune has, however, denounced a “contradiction” in results from the top electoral authority Algerian leader Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been declared the winner of presidential elections held on Saturday. However, Tebboune and…

Ukraine-Russia talks fell apart after Kiev asked foreign backers for advice, the former US deputy secretary of state has said Kiev consulted with the US, UK and other allies during the 2022…

Indonesia Is The Most Charitable Nation In The World Indonesia is the world’s most charitable country, according to the Charities Aid Foundation’s (CAF) World Giving Index 2024. Based on surveys by Gallup, the…

Germany Rejects Carbon Credit Certificates Over Alleged China Fraud Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The German Environment Agency on Friday said it had rejected carbon credit certificates from eight projects over concerns about…

Zahi Hawass has launched a petition demanding the repatriation of historical artifacts from Europe Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass has started a petition demanding the return of three historical artifacts, including the iconic…

A complete ban on the use of artificial intelligence during election campaigning may be necessary, a senior lawmaker has said Russian lawmakers are preparing to tackle the issue of AI-generated content, including…

The European Commission could freeze billions of euros in assistance over a controversial criminal justice reform The EU is reportedly moving forward with its threat to withhold funds from Slovakia in retaliation…

High-Frequency Indicators Provide Clear Snapshot Of China’s Dismal Recovery  A deepening property crisis and sluggish consumer spending derailed China’s economic recovery by late summer. Last week, Bloomberg Market Live reporters noted that soft…

The attack reportedly targeted the country’s Hama province More than a dozen people have been killed and many others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on Syria, the state-run Sana news agency has…

Children forced to grow up in war conditions will hate Russia and help their nation to survive, Dmitry Korchinsky has claimed Ukraine should ban children from leaving the country, so that they…

Professor Warns Of “European Christian Imperialism” In Outer Space Authored by Dave Huber via The College Fix, One of the sillier aspects of DEI/critical theory is the erosion of reason and rationality…

German Politician Threatens X, Telegram With Bans Two weeks ago, we suggested that the stunning arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France was a trial balloon for how Europe will go…

Mongolia’s Embrace Of Putin Despite His ICC Warrant Exposes South Africa’s Political Cowardice Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, President Putin was greeted with an honor guard after arriving in Mongolia for his trip…

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…

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…

Mapping The Shocking Purchasing Power Disparity Of $100 In Each US State While $100 may seem like it holds the same value across the U.S., that’s far from the reality. The purchasing…

Zurich councilwoman Sanija Ameti has used a Christian painting for target practice A Muslim member of the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland (GLP), Sanija Ameti, has apologized for using an image of…

Do Americans Prefer Equalizing Outcome Or Opportunity In 2024? Authored by Gonzalo Schwarz via RealClearPolitics.com, The American Dream was built on a promise of equality – a promise of equality in terms…

China Faces Worst Deflationary Streak Since 1999 By John Liu and Zheng Wu, Bloomberg markets live reporters and strategist Three things we learned last week: 1. China’s former central bank chief made…

A Post-Google World Authored by Matt Stoler via TheBIGNewsletter.com, “The essence of antitrust law is to try to keep the system working by recognizing that, at certain points, some companies may get…

First Fridays And Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities First Fridays & Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect Last weekend’s Fog of War T-Report listed “lack of liquidity” as our number one…

Is Artificial Intelligence The Next Easy-Money Bust? Authored by Justin Murray via The Mises Institute, Since early 2022, the big buzz in the tech industry, and among laymen in the general public,…

Elon Musk Says First Starship Mars Mission In Two Years; Make America Healthy Again To Ensure Space-Bearing Civilization SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said via X on Saturday evening that the Starship mega…

The Torture Of Government Statistics Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Ever since I started writing about fishy government economic statistics, I’ve been flooded with a fun series of letters…

A Harris Victory In 2024 Makes The US A One-Party State Authored by James E. Fanell and Bradley A. Thayer via American Greatness, The election of 2024 will be epochal for the…

The SpaceX and Tesla CEO is already the richest man with an estimated wealth of $237 billion Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2027,…

The Ukrainian leader reportedly hopes that Rome could help him secure additional Patriot batteries Ukraine wants Italy to use its presidency in the G7 to pressure the US to deliver more Patriot…

“Can’t Take It Anymore”: Residents Of Springfield Ohio Beg For Help After 20,000 Haitians Overwhelm City, Eat Local Wildlife The city of Springfield, Ohio – population 60,000, has been overwhelmed by roughly…

Was the satirical planet-hopping shooter’s enormous success too big for its creators to handle? In 2011, a small, independent Swedish developer, Arrowhead Game Studios, released a game about a group of wizards…

Macy’s Set To Close 55 Stores By The End Of 2024 By Bernadette Giacomazzo of RetailWire Macy’s has announced that it is closing a total of 55 stores by the end of…

Senator Tom Cotton appears on the CNN show State of The Union with Dana Bash.  Apparently, the joint U.S. State Dept./CNN production team in control of setting election year objectives have decided…

The time has come for discussions about ending the Ukrainian conflict as soon as possible, Chancellor Olaf Scholz says A renewed effort to try and bring an end to the enduring conflict…

Tulsi Gabbard Destroys Cheney Endorsement: “A Vote For Kamala Harris Is A Vote For Dick Cheney” Tucker Carlson’s Live Tour show in Colorado Springs, CO on Saturday featured Tulsi Gabbard among his many…