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Berkshire Hathaway has slashed its stake in the tech giant by nearly 50%, filings show Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has significantly cut its investment in Apple, offloading nearly half of…

The New Jersey man reportedly consumed marihuana edibles before going berserk An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Salt Lake City, Utah after an intoxicated traveler attempted…

The Austrian government is reportedly planning to fully abandon imports from Moscow Austria’s ruling coalition has reportedly agreed to completely eliminate the country’s Russian gas supply by 2027, media outlet Kurier reported…

Support for the Palestinian militant group has plummeted in Gaza since the start of the war with Israel, according to The Economist The October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas is viewed…

Tehran will likely launch a series of strikes on the Jewish state within 48 hours, the outlet’s sources expect The US and Israel are continuing preparations for a major attack by Iran…

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…

Mapping The Number Of US Billionaires In Each State The U.S. has the most billionaires in the world by a wide margin, more than twice the number of the next-highest country in…

As Ukrainian Defenses Collapse, What Can US Patriots Learn From The Conflict? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us In my article ‘Russia Is About To Overrun Ukraine’s Defenses – Why Are There…

These Are The World’s Largest Silver-Producing Companies Silver is one of the world’s most precious metals, holding an important position as a tradeable commodity and an essential part of many industrial processes and necessary…

The Civil War Didn’t ‘Settle’ The Question Of State Secession By Brian McGlinchey at Stark Realities Secessionist inclinations are on the rise in the United States, and are sure to intensify after…

Hotez Calls For Police Deployment Against “Anti-Vaxxers” Authored by Paul Thacker via The Brownstone Institute, Social media went a little bonkers last week when an interview of Texas Children’s Hospital’s Dr. Peter…

Goldman Says Mid-Atlantic Power Prices “Finally Caught Up To AI Data Center Load Growth Story”  Marylanders and residents in surrounding states should brace for rising power bills due to capacity constraints on the…

Waves Of Ukraine Civilians Flee As Russia Makes Steady Gains In East Regional and international sources, including Reuters, continue to report on Russian forces making steady gains in Ukraine’s east. But now…

DHS Puts Migrant Parole Program On Hold Amid Alleged Fraud In Application Process Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The Biden administration’s parole program allowing tens of thousands of migrants…

San Francisco Proposes Student Loan Forgiveness Fund For First Responders Authored by Summer Lane via The Epoch Times, The San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week approved an ordinance establishing a student…

US Embassy Implores Americans To Leave Lebanon On ‘Any Ticket Available’ The US embassy in Lebanon has issued an alert warning American citizens to exit Lebanon on “any ticket available” as the…

Judge Chutkan Denies Trump’s Motion To Dismiss Election Case, Sets Status Conference Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has scheduled a mid-August status conference in…

Kamala Harris’s Husband Admits To Cheating On 1st Wife With Homewrecker Nanny, Knocking Her Up Less than a week after people were snickering over Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff taking a SoulCycle…

President Donald J. Trump, and his running mate J.D. Vance, will be in Atlanta today for a rally at Georgia State University Convocation Center.  Doors for the rally open at 1 pm,…

Corrupt Robodebt Commissioner Catherine Holmes, who protected Scott Morrison, has been caught trying to protect corrupt former Deputy Queensland Premier Jackie Trad. Catherine Holmes protected Scott Morrison and 5 public servants with…

Central Banks Purchase Gold To Offset Their Own Monetary Destruction Authored by Daniel Lacalle via The Mises Institute, Why is the price of gold rising if the global economy is not in…

Buffett Calls The Top: Berkshire Quietly Dumps Half Its Apple Shares Amid Unprecedented Selling Spree When yesterday we said, when discussing Buffett’s ongoing liquidation of his Bank of America stake, that “Berkshire’s…

Trump Says Mark Zuckerberg Called Him And Said He Won’t Support Democrats Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Donald Trump has claimed that Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg reached out to him to…

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said he reserves the exclusive right to enter into pre-trial agreements in this case US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has withdrawn a plea deal with three…

The attorney tried to blow up a backpack full of explosives at a Chinese consulate in Washington A Florida attorney has pleaded guilty to attempting to detonate explosives outside the Chinese embassy…

New York State Supreme Court Blocks NYC Mayor Adams’ Attempt To Pause Migrant Arrivals Authored by Michael Washburn via The Epoch Times, The New York State Supreme Court has denied New York…

Is it time to make DNA and other tests to ascertain athletes’ gender as important as drug screenings? Ever since the Paris Olympics triggered culture warriors by dumping drag queens all over…

The Democratic presidential candidate has accused her Republican opponent of “running scared” from an alternate debate on ABC News US Vice President Kamala Harris has declined former President Donald Trump’s invitation to…

Both Washington and the tech tycoon supported the opposition candidate in Venezuela’s presidential election Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday accused the US and American entrepreneur Elon Musk of attempting to orchestrate…

Trump Agrees To Debate Kamala Harris On Fox News With “Full Arena Audience” Let’s get ready to rumble. US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced late Friday that he will debate Democratic…

Josh Shapiro Downplays IDF Volunteerism As ‘Service Project’ As Wikipedia Scrubs Evidence Authored by Matt Margolis via PJ Media (emphasis ours), AP Photo/Matt Rourke It seems inevitable that Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.)…

The deadly attack on Ismail Haniyeh involved a “short-range projectile with a warhead of about seven kilograms,” the IRGC has claimed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosion caused…

Senegal has summoned the Ukrainian ambassador over his praise for an attack on Russian military contractors in Mali The foreign ministry of Senegal has condemned the Ukrainian embassy for supporting a terrorist…

The rise to 4.3% from the 4.1% recorded in June marks the fourth straight monthly increase The US unemployment rate rose for the fourth straight month in July to 4.3%, up from…

A popular seaside spot in Mogadishu, Somalia was targeted by gunmen and a suicide bomber on Friday Over 30 people were killed in a terrorist attack on Lido Beach in Somalia’s capital,…

A Royal Navy contractor tried to save money by having communications software for nuclear engineers designed in Belarus A firm hired to design software for a British submarine builder outsourced the job…

Hungary & Slovakia Consider Cutting Electricity Supply To Ukraine If Kiev Keeps Blocking Russian Oil Supplies Via ReMix News, Roughly 40 percent of Ukraine’s electricity imports pass through the Ukrainian-Hungarian border, which…

About Face! SecDef Austin Kills Plea Deal That Would Spare 9/11 Plotters From Death Penalty ​In a stunning turnaround, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has killed the deal that would have…

Worldcoin Spreads Across Europe With Austria Digital ID Launch Authored by Savannah Fortis via CoinTelegraph.com, The Worldcoin Foundation has announced that its World ID-issuing orb has been introduced in Austria, which adds…

Kiev wants to showcase “achievements” to attract more Western support, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said New Ukrainian threats to blow up Russia’s Crimean Bridge could be timed to coincide with…

“Millions” Wasted On Electric School Busses As Maryland Pivots Back To Diesel A school district in Maryland is finding out just how costly virtue signaling can wind up being.  Maryland’s largest school…

The energy-rich nation has threatened to transfer the development rights to its fields to allies  Venezuela could transfer the development rights to its vast oil and gas fields that are currently operated…

The Interior Ministry has detected the highest number of such crimes in nearly two decades Russia has seen an alarming surge in crimes linked with terrorism and extremism in the first half…

Europe’s Recipe For Disaster: The Von Der Leyen Program Authored by Drieu Godefridi via The Gatestone Institute, In a speech to the European Parliament on July 18, 2024, the President of the European Commission,…

Orban’s Insight Into The Global Systemic Transition & Hungarian Grand Strategy Is Worth Reading Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban elaborated on the global systemic transition and his country’s…

The move gives potential spies and saboteurs easy access to the EU, the bloc’s Home Affairs commissioner has warned The EU has asked Hungary to explain its decision to ease visa requirements…

The highly flexible UAV could even be used to monitor radiation levels in a nuclear wasteland, according to its developers Russia has developed a ‘Doomsday drone’ capable of conducting reconnaissance missions in…

The country failed to make a coupon payment on its 2026 Eurobond  S&P Global Ratings has lowered Ukraine’s credit rating to ‘selective default’ after Kiev missed an international bond payment earlier this…

The event will take place in Pennsylvania on September 4 and will have a full audience Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has agreed to face his Democratic rival Kamala Harris in a…

Today is a travel day.  I’ll be checking in throughout the day and reading the open threads to keep up on events.   Posted in Uncategorized The post Travel Day appeared first…

Kiev says work is underway to destroy the strategic Russian link by the end of the year Kiev is working on plans to destroy Russia’s Crimean Bridge within the next few months…

The Pentagon will send additional military resources amid the escalation between West Jerusalem and Tehran Washington has ordered more destroyers, cruisers, and an additional fighter squadron to the Middle East to defend…

Trump’s China Tariffs: Extraordinarily Good For America Authored by Gordon Chang via The Gatestone Institute, “I can’t believe how many people are negative on tariffs that are actually smart people,” President Donald…

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…

Cattle Market Rattled By Recession Risks As Cash-Strapped Consumers Pull Back Is a meat recession coming? The dismal US jobs report has ignited recession fears, with some major Wall Street banks forecasting at…

What Type Of Society Will We Become? Authored by Ken Williams via The Epoch Times, “Each teacher shall endeavor to impress upon the minds of the pupils the principles of morality, truth,…

“Open War” On Police: NYC DA Lets Two Migrants Who Attacked, Bit Cops Free Without Bail Two migrants who bit and attacked two New York City Police officers are…wait for it…back on…

California Drivers Lead US In Road Rage, Study Finds Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, California drivers have the worst road rage, according to a new study by Forbes. The…

Certain Dark Chocolates Contain High-Level Heavy Metals, Study Finds Authroed by Sina McCullough via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Is your favorite dark chocolate bar harboring a hidden health risk? A new…

Graham Pushes Senators To Commit To War On Iran If Israel Attacked South Carolina Republican Senator and well-known hawk Lindsey Graham is salivating over the prospect of war with Iran at a…

Beijing Helicopter Taking Off: China Central Banker Calls For Direct Money Transfers To Households When the US economy crashed in a deflationary vortex during the global financial crisis (and just after the…

Why The Future Of Work Is Hybrid Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Many aspects of everyday life were transformed during the COVID-19 pandemic and the government’s response…

Biden Pledges New Military Deployments To Defend Israel In Netanyahu Call President Biden in a Thursday phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that the United States would help defend Israel in…

The DEI Trap Authored by Richard Porter via RealClearPolitics, Kamala Harris’s sudden ascendancy within the Democrat Party, with nary a peep from other ambitious Democrats, spotlights the uncomfortable contradictions of identity politics…

Cocoa Prices Slide To Five-Month Low On Demand Destruction Fears From Hershey US chocolate maker Hershey slashed its sales and earnings outlook on Thursday, citing higher cocoa prices that have resulted in demand…

Judge Overturns $4.7 Billion Verdict In NFL Sunday Ticket Antitrust Lawsuit Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A California judge has thrown out the $4.7 billion verdict against…

Biden Angry Over Being Kept In The Dark On Israel’s Operation To Kill Hamas Chief Fresh reporting by Barak Ravid of Axios has revealed that President Biden held a “tough” phone call…

‘Accidentally Posted’ Campaign Ad Suggests Harris To Pick Shapiro For VP A staffer for Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker ‘accidentally posted’ a video meant to be released next week which reveals Pennsylvania Governor…

Tonight? Iran State TV Suggests Attack On Israel Is Just ‘Hours’ Away It is well after midnight in the Iranian capital of Tehran and there are two significant developments that suggest an…

Texas Rancher Sues Biden, DHS Over Damage To Property Allegedly Caused By Illegal Immigrants Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Texas rancher has filed a lawsuit against…

Illinois’ Stupidest Bill Of The Year Signed Into Law: the Falsely Labeled, Unconstitutional “Worker Freedom Of Speech Act” By Mark Glennon of Wirepoints Illinois progressives are all over the media congratulating themselves…

This is a little awkward. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker appears to have accidentally posted a video on her X-account celebrating Kamala choosing Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro as her Vice-Presidential nominee. [Source Link]…

British researchers based their conclusion on the NHS data of almost 46 million people New research produced by British scholars has claimed that vaccination with any of the Covid-19 shots actually lowered…

Fed Finagles $173 Billion In (Positive) US Bank Deposit ‘Adjustments’ In The Last 3 Weeks For the third straight week, US bank total deposits rose last week (+$16.7BN) on a seasonally-adjusted basis……

Market Ka-Mauling This was the week when – like Biden’s dementia – economic weakness became too much for the mainstream to ignore and while Powell hinted at cuts to come, the market…

North Korean Defector Says Kim Wants To Restart Nuclear Talks If Trump Wins Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute, A recent high-level North Korean defector said Pyongyang would be interested…

Warren Buffett’s BofA ‘Dump-A-Thon’ Grows By Another 19 Million Shares Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has been offloading tens of millions of shares of Bank of America in the last several weeks. Since…

US Suspends Aid To Georgia Over Foreign Influence Law Authored by Adam Morrow via The Epoch Times, The United States is pausing more than $95 million in aid to Georgia, a small…

Exxon Reports Blowout Earnings, Record Output Thanks To Pioneer Deal Two weeks ago when Exxon previewed its upcoming earnings, there was some disappointment amid what was viewed as weakness in upstream prices…

The US vice president has become her party’s presumptive nominee without winning a single public vote US Vice President Kamala Harris has won the votes of enough Democratic delegates to become the…

The Kremlin seems to have decided it would rather deal with Biden-Harris than wait for Trump Russia is delighted with Thursdays prisoner exchange in Ankara, Western media outlets report, citing sources in…

Anna Netrebko is supposed to return to Rome for a Tosca revival The government in Kiev has called on Ukraine’s Western backers to ban soprano Anna Netrebko from performing anywhere outside Russia….

The Chinese-owned short-video platform has “unlawfully collected and retained children’s personal information,” according to the Justice Department The US Justice Department (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against TikTok and its China-based parent…

Into The Weird! Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “What we are witnessing is nothing less than the failure of the greatest propaganda apparatus in history.” – Mattias Desmet Have you…

The Treasury Department on Friday announced an extension for transactions with the platform and several subsidiaries The US Treasury Department has extended a license allowing transactions with the Moscow Stock Exchange (MOEX)…

Paris cited an increased risk of military escalation as the reason for its latest advisory The French Foreign Ministry has issued a recommendation that the nation’s citizens leave Iran and avoid traveling…

Financial Strain On American Households Hits Retailers Hard Authored by Michael Wilkerson via The Epoch Times, If anyone still believes that the U.S. economy is doing just fine, they should take a…

Car Repos Rise 23% YoY Authored by Martin Armstrong via ArmstrongEconomics.com, The private debt crisis is becoming apparent in America after car repossessions jumped 23% during the first half of 2024. Data…

Harris Has Enough Virtual Votes To Be Democratic Nominee To the surprise of nobody, Vice President Kamala Harris has passed the threshold required to become the Democratic presidential nominee. During a Friday…

The facility is meant to become a vital part of the International North-South Transportation Corridor for shipping goods via Iran The Indian government has approved a proposal for building a large port…

Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Gaza-based militant group’s political bureau, was assassinated in Tehran earlier this week Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib has accused the US of greenlighting Israel’s plans to…