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Why U.S. Arms Control Efforts Are Failing Authored by Matthew Mai via RealClearWire, Prospects for arms control among the world’s nuclear-armed great powers are growing worse by the day. Last week, China…

Colorado HOA Calls The Police On Children’s Lemonade Stand While the southern border remains wide open and crime sweeps through U.S. cities, one Colorado HOA is doing their part to protect the…

The introduction is here [CATCH UP], I am not going to slow down, re-review and/or rewrite anything. We have a limited amount of time, and the focus of these outlines is easy…

Hackers Attack US Blood Bank, More Than 250 Hospitals Asked To Activate Blood Shortage Protocols Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Nonprofit blood bank OneBlood, which serves hundreds of American…

Obama’s Fourth Term: Bidenomics & Neofascism On Steroids Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Americans have just passed through the most eventful and tumultuous four weeks in memory. The only comparisons are…

Israeli Strike Kills Al Jazeera Journalists Near Slain Hamas Leader’s Home In Gaza Via Middle East Eye An Israeli air strike near Ismail Haniyeh’s home in Gaza killed two Al Jazeera journalists who were reporting…

Debate Erupts About Banning G-String Bikinis From Australian Waterparks In what can only be described as a pronounced step away from unifying an already divided world, thousands of people in Australia are…

VDH: Harris Is Recycling The 2020 Democrat Campaign Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election through a successful tripartite subterfuge. One, Biden never really…

Amazon Slides After Missing On Revenue, Guiding Below Estimates Despite Solid AWS Results Heading into Amazon’s Q1 earnings, we said earlier that the investment thesis will be driven by i) e-commerce share,…

The Right To Not Be Lied To: Making The Case For Truth In Politics Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, Q: “How can you tell if a politician…

Tech CEO Amjad Masad talks to Tucker Carlson about the cults of Silicon Valley.  Indeed, I think we can all see a modern Technocratic shift taking place. Chapters: 00:00 Artificial Intelligence 10:01…

Apple Pumps And Dumps As iPad Sales Help Topline Beat, But China Revenues Tumble With most of the megatechs having already released earnings – with most disappointing and seeing their shares slide…

More than two dozen high-profile inmates have been exchanged via Türkiye Moscow and Washington have exchanged a total of 26 prisoners that had been held in several countries, in the biggest such…

Russian citizens who left the country and spoke out against Moscow should stay away, Kremlin spokesman has said Russians who fled the country due to the Ukraine conflict and adopted the positions…

Stocks & Bond Yields Puke Amid ‘Most Volatile Earnings Season’ Since GFC …well that escalated quickly… Bad (macro) news was bad news today as jobless claims surged, manufacturing surveys slumped, and construction…

Hezbollah Chief Vows ‘New Phase’ Of War During Slain Commander’s Funeral Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in a Thursday speech coming on the same day as the funeral of Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr…

70% Of Students ‘Believe Speech Can Be As Damaging As Physical Violence’: Survey Authored by Daniel Isfresne via Campus Reform, A new Knight Foundation-Ipsos study shows a decline in students’ views concerning…

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Voentorg CEO Vladimir Pavlov faces fraud charges for the alleged theft of $4.6 million through overpriced contracts A Moscow court has remanded Vladimir Pavlov, the CEO of Voentorg, a major supplier to…

Slovakia and Hungary requested European Commission to hold emergency consultation with Kiev over its sanctions on oil major Lukoil The European Commission (EC) has rejected complaints by Hungary and Slovakia over Ukraine’s…

New York Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Gag Order Challenge Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A New York state appeals court has denied former President Donald Trump’s request to lift…

CEOs Discussing Fed Policy On Earnings Calls Soars To Record The July FOMC meeting confirmed Powell and company are inching closer and closer to embarking on the interest rate cutting cycle. Rate…

Rudy Giuliani Reaches Last Minute Deal To End Bankruptcy Case Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has agreed to a last-minute deal in…

Italy’s Angela Carini lasted 45 seconds against Algeria’s Imani Khelif A women’s boxing match at the Paris Olympics has triggered international condemnation and questions about the fairness of letting a “biological male”…

The Russian president has granted clemency to 16 people sent to the West Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally pardoned the 16 individuals sent to the West via Turkey on Thursday as…

Brent Crude Call Options Soar Most Since April Amid OPEC+ & Middle East Crisis In Focus Brent crude’s price trajectory hangs in the balance as OPEC+ ministers discuss output policy on Thursday. Insiders tell…

17-year-old Axel Rudakubana is accused of stabbing three children to death and injuring ten others A British court has named the 17-year-old suspect accused of stabbing three children to death in the…

Matt Taibbi Uncensored: Kamala, Trump & The Death Of Objective Truth Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance I had the great pleasure of interviewing Matt Taibbi this week. We talked about Kamala Harris’…

A top Holy See official suggested earlier that Zelensky’s ‘peace formula’ was not enough Moscow has praised the Vatican’s call for Russia to be involved in the Ukraine peace talks and its…

Vladimir Zelensky has signed a law allowing Kiev to suspend debt payments to Western creditors for two months Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has signed a decree allowing for the suspension of the country’s…

Ilya Ponomarev fled Russia in 2014 amid embezzlement accusations and has been living in Ukraine ever since Former Russian MP Ilya Ponomarev, who is accused of terrorism in his home country, has…

Washington has praised the “brave steps” taken by the former Soviet republic’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan The United States is working to “create the conditions” for the government of Armenia to wind…

“The Descent Is Starting”: Stellantis’ CEO Has His ‘Back Against The Wall’ Trying To Sell Jeeps All of a sudden, Stellantis is having trouble selling Jeeps. And it comes at a time…

Local police have said the child believed the weapon to be a toy A six-year-old boy in India’s Bihar state took a gun into school on Wednesday and shot a classmate, local…

A $1 Million Starter Home Is Now The Norm In 237 American Cities Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Hundreds of cities across the United States now have starter homes…

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Hershey Slides As CEO Warns: “Consumers Pulling Back On Discretionary Spending”  US consumers are tightening their belts in the second half of the year as pandemic savings dry up, credit card debt maxes out,…

“Near Stalling Of Production” – US Manufacturing Surveys Collapsed In July The start of the third quarter saw a deterioration in business conditions at US manufacturers as new orders declined for the…

A total of 26 people were traded in the biggest exchange since the Cold War, a statement from President Biden reads Three American citizens and one US resident have been released by…

Mohammed Deif, the chief of the group’s military wing, was eliminated in a strike in Khan Yunis last month, the IDF has claimed The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that it…

Raging California Wildfire Swells To 5th Largest In State History Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, A massive fire in Northern California grew again July 30 to nearly 610 square…

United, Delta, Lufthansa, British Airways & Others Cancel Flights To Tel Aviv On War Fears The Lufthansa Group is the latest major airline to cancel all passenger and cargo flights to and…

How Will You Sit For This Friday’s Close? By Michael Every of Rabobank As widely expected, as our Fed watcher Philip Marey covers here, the Fed left rates unchanged at 5.50% and…

“National Disgrace” – Republican Lawmakers Blast Biden Admin Plea Deal With Three 9/11 Defendants “The Administration’s cowardice in the face of terror is a national disgrace.” Republican Kentucky Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell condemned…

Ties between the two countries worsened in 2020 after a clash killed soldiers on both sides Officials from India and China held “constructive” and “forward-looking” conversations on Wednesday to resolve a border…

Relations with Georgia have deteriorated since the country passed its so-called foreign agents law The US may introduce sanctions against Georgia to force the former Soviet republic to change its policy course…

The controversial deal will spare the lives of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his henchmen The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and two of his accomplices have agreed to plead guilty…

“This Is Unjust!” Female Boxer Quits Olympic Match, Melts Down In Tears After ‘Biological Male’ Brutalizes Her In 46 Seconds Feminists are once again silent after a female boxer was destroyed in…

Initial Jobless Claims Surge To 12-Month Highs The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time rose to 249k last week – the highest since last August… Source: Bloomberg…

New York Decouples Student Standardized Test Scores From Teacher Evaluations Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times, A new law that takes effect in the coming academic year allows New York…

Futures Gain As Meta Earnings Restore Faith In AI Bubble Futures extend on yesterday’s post FOMC gains, but are off session highs, with tech outperforming and the Russell in the red, following…

WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich & Ex-Marine Paul Whelan Freed By Russia In Major Prisoner Swap With US In a massive overnight night development, Russia has released Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US…

Migrant Shelter Costs In Massachusetts To Exceed $1 Billion For The Next Several Years, State Predicts By American Military News Gov. Maura Healey’s administration expects to spend more money than originally anticipated…

Insufficient industry, readiness, innovation, and funding would hamper the military’s ability to prevail in a conflict, a congressional commission has found   The US is unprepared for a potential war with major…

Last year, the African state denied claims that the French leader planned to visit Rabat amid strained relations Moroccan King Mohammed VI has invited French President Emmanuel Macron to visit the North…

Moderna Shares Tumble 12% After Full-Year Sales Guidance Slashed Shares of Moderna tumbled in premarket trading in New York after the biotech slashed its full-year sales guidance. The company cited lower sales in Europe, potential…

The Great Unwinding: Is There Any Way To Come Out Ahead? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, History suggests being wary of the “strong buys” at $45 when the eventual…

The exchange will reportedly involve Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and US Marine veteran Paul Whelan Russia and a number of Western countries, including Germany and the US, have reportedly agreed…

Media reports suggest that WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-Marine Paul Whelan are already en route to destinations outside Russia Russia has agreed to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and…

Executives And HR Admit RTO Is Meant To Make People Quit Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Return to Office (RTO) orders are one ploy companies use to get employees to quit….

Kiev should increase its own budget revenues, the US representative for Ukraine’s economic recovery has said The US is beginning to struggle to find resources in its budget to support Ukraine, and…

Riots Erupt In England After Teenage Child Of Migrants Goes On Stabbing Spree Twenty years ago such an incident would be widely regarded in the UK and Europe as a terrorist attack. …

EU AI Act Comes Into Effect – Here’s What To Expect Authored by Savannah Fortis via CoinTelegraph.com, The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act officially takes effect on Aug. 1, following its publication…

Visualizing The Top 10 Emerging Technologies In 2024 Emerging technologies of today have the power to reshape industries, achieve significant scale, and shift the economic landscape. As Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld details…

Moscow’s forces have also bombarded a Ukrainian drone control center and trains transporting ammo and troops The Russian military has conducted successful strikes on three Ukrainian US-made Patriot air-defense systems, Moscow has…

The US paper’s CEO has been accused of deceiving British police in a criminal investigation more than a decade ago London police are looking into claims that the Washington Post’s new CEO,…

Bank of England Cuts Rate to 5.0% In “Finely Balanced” 5-4 Vote, Offers No Signals On Next Moves The global easing train is now well and truly on its way. While the…

Moscow should be invited to the next peace summit, set for November, the Ukrainian leader has said The entire world believes the diplomatic settlement of the Ukraine conflict is only possible with…

Biden’s exit from the election race has shifted some of the focus to the Republican candidate’s age  Donald Trump has insisted he would step down as president if he were to suffer…

Judges ruled that the process leading to the enactment of the Finance Bill 2023 was flawed Kenya’s Court of Appeal declared the Finance Act 2023 unconstitutional on Wednesday. The ruling comes after…

Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets won’t have a significant impact on the battlefield and will be destroyed, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The recent reported delivery of Western F-16 fighter jets…

The death of Ismail Haniyeh is a challenge to Iran and other members of the anti-Israeli ‘Axis of Resistance’ The last few days of July were exceptionally hot in the Middle East,…

Alexander Bikantov was speaking after the UN Security Council lifted an arms embargo on the Central African Republic Russia is planning to strengthen security cooperation with the Central African Republic (CAR) after…

The Wall Street Journal reporter was sentenced to 16 years on espionage charges US journalist Evan Gershkovich, imprisoned in Russia on spying charges, is set to be released by Moscow as part…

Alleged Iranian Arms Deal With Armenia Sparks Controversy In The Caucasus Via  Eurasianet.org Iran International reported that Iran sold $500 million worth of arms to Armenia, a claim denied by both countries….

The blast caused the partial collapse of a residential building in Nizhny Tagil, destroying some 15 apartments A suspected household gas explosion has caused part of a five-story apartment block in the…

Zelensky Suspends Ukraine’s Foreign Debt Payments Starting Aug 1st Who could have seen this coming? Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a new law which defers public debt payments until October if necessary, Reuters has…

“The knot is tightening” in the region, with the US being the main culprit behind the crisis, Dmitry Medvedev has said Peace in the Middle East will only be achieved through a…

Visualizing The Global Demand For Oil (2022-2045F) Economists have been attempting to forecast the point of peak oil—the year when oil demand reaches its maximum level—since the 1970s. Despite increasing warnings regarding…

The countries exchanged direct fire earlier this year, sparking fears of an all-out war Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered a direct strike on Israel in retaliation for the killing…

The Polish-Hungarian Dispute Is Getting Nastier After Sikorski Lied About Szijjarto Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Polish-Hungarian relations are in crisis over their polar opposite approaches towards Ukraine, which already just…

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…

The US VP had reportedly rejected Kiev’s demands to preemptively sanction Russia and arm Ukraine before combat began in 2022 The relationship between Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky and US Vice President and presumptive…

Kari Lake Wins GOP Senate Primary In Arizona, Setting Up Showdown With Rep. Ruben Gallego Authored by Nathan Worcester and Arjun Singh via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In this combination photo,…

China Leads The World In Critical Minerals Production Demand for critical minerals such as copper, cobalt, lithium and nickel is soaring. These raw materials are used in a range of new technologies,…

Did Jeffrey Epstein & William Barr Attend Interlochen In 1967? Authored by Nick Bryant via nickbryantnyc.com, Interlochen is a prestigious fine arts preparatory school in northern Michigan, and Jeffrey Epstein attended Interlochen…

Who Funds The US Presidential Campaigns? Campaign financing, whether for supporting or opposing a candidate running for public office, can be costly, even more so when the stakes are who will become…

Doug Casey On ‘Your Enemy, The Deep State’ Authored by Doug Casey via InternationalMan.com, A lot of people would like political solutions to their problems, i.e., getting the government to make other people…

New Jersey AR-15 Ban Ruled Unconstitutional, But Large Capacity Magazines Still Outlawed New Jersey AR-15 fans were handed a big victory on Tuesday, after US District Judge Peter G. Sheridan issued an…

Report Finds US Military Lacks Ability To Defeat China, Suggests Cold War Style Defense Spending Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new congressional report suggests that the…

Eight Other Times Israel Likely Behind Covert Assassinations In Iran Mainstream media headlines both in US and European media often portray as an ‘aggressor’ and ‘terrorist state’ while simultaneously presenting Israel as…

5 Reasons Why You Should Be Prepping Like Crazy Right Now Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, A lot of people seem to think that the summer of 2024…

Cars, Cows, & Condos: Just How Much Do Olympic Athletes Make For Winning Medals? With the Paris 2024 Olympics well into its first week, medalists – in addition to their medals and…

China Now “Placates” US & NATO With New Drone Export Controls Targeting Putin’s War Efforts One week after Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in China to improve dialogue…

L.A. Officials Reject Newsom Order To Clear Out Homeless Encampments Via Headline USA, Los Angeles officials are pushing back on California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order this month to start clearing homeless encampments,…

Bill Ackman Unexpectedly Pulls IPO Of Pershing Square USA Fund First it was supposed to be $25 billion, then $10 billion, then $2 billion… and now it’s gone. Bill Ackman, the suddenly…

At least four Russian nationals incarcerated in America can no longer be found on the list Records of several Russian inmates held in the US jails are no longer accessible in the…

Project 2025: The Good, The Bad, & The Frustrating Authored by Connor O’Keefe via The Mises Institute, Anyone following the 2024 presidential election has undoubtedly heard about the political establishment’s latest villain,…

Kamala Harris & The Californication Of America Authored by Edward Ring via American Greatness, If you have ever confronted the astonishing hatred that San Francisco Bay Area Democrats have for anything Republican,…