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There’s A Lot Of Garbage In This US Election, And Everywhere Else By Michael Every of Rabobank There’s a lot of garbage in this US election. There were two recent examples from…

“It Looks Like A VaR Shock To Me”: Gilts, Pound Crash Amid Panic Over Unsustainable UK Deficit As we warned yesterday in our review of the just announced UK Budget (see “UK…

Shares Of Driverless Truck Startup Aurora Crash After Commercial Launch Delayed Shares of autonomous truck maker Aurora tumbled in New York this morning after management revealed during an earnings call on Wednseday…

A French court found Eugene Rwamucyo guilty of “complicity in crimes against humanity” in 1994 A court in Paris has sentenced a former Rwandan doctor to 27 years in jail for crimes…

Switzerland repatriated three convicted criminals on Wednesday, for first time since the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict The Swiss authorities have deported three Ukrainian nationals convicted of committing “serious crimes,” the Neue…

That type of outcome may not address the concerns of all nations in Eurasia, the Russian foreign minister has said Russia envisions a resolution of the Ukraine conflict that meets the interests…

Two men have been detained for alleged ballot-stuffing, the Internal Affairs Ministry has announced Two people have been arrested over an alleged election violation at a polling station in Georgia following this…

The ambitions of a single person, Vladimir Zelensky, are now the main obstacle to peace, the Belarusian president has claimed Western backers of Kiev may drop their demand of victory in the…

Budapest has objected to Sweden’s criticism of PM Viktor Orban’s decision to congratulate the winning party in the recent Georgian election The Hungarian Foreign Ministry has summoned Swedish ambassador Diana Madunic after…

The firefighters who let the hooded guests into their party say that being accused of racism “hurts bad” A Canadian fire department has issued an apology and denied accusations of racism after…

Kiev still has a lot to do when it comes to fighting corruption, according to an EU Commission report Every EU candidate country, including Ukraine, could join by 2029 if they meet…

Stability can only be ensured by providing long-term security guarantees, the Russian foreign minister has said The plans for resolving the Ukraine conflict proposed by Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky range from “stupid”…

The projectile may be capable of flying more than 15,000km, a senior Japanese government official has warned North Korea’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) could potentially reach US shores, according to Japan’s…

Is The Left Preparing For War If Trump Wins? Authored by Lee Smith via RealClearPolitics, The propaganda campaign labeling Donald Trump as an aspiring dictator determined to use the military and national…

The Philadelphia District Attorney filed a lawsuit against the tech mogul’s initiative aimed at getting Trump supporters out to vote A court in the US city of Philadelphia has ordered Elon Musk…

Initial Jobless Claims Plunge To 6-Month-Lows With the impacts of the hurricanes wearing off, initial jobless claims plunged last week to 216k (from 228k) – the lowest since April… Source: Bloomberg North…

Fed’s Favorite Inflation Indicator Hotter Than Expected In September The Fed’s favorite inflation indicator – Core PCE – printed hotter than expected in September  (+2.7% vs +2.6% exp), flat with August’s 2.7%…

Futures Slide Dragged By Meta, Microsoft Futures fell ahead of the busiest day of the earnings season, dragged down by META and MSFT which are both down about 4% following last night’s earnings…

Halloween Spending Expected To Fall Short Of 2023 Record After hitting a record high in 2023, U.S. consumer spending for Halloween items like candy, decorations and costumes is expected to drop by $600 million…

Harvard Memorial Church To Host “Reading Taylor Swift As A Sacred Text” Event Authored by Jennifer Kabbany via The College Fix, A Harvard Memorial Church student program is slated to host a…

Nikol Pashinyan has stressed that his country actually produces brandy, while ‘cognac’ is a French trademark Armenians should not refer to their country’s flagship alcoholic drink as ‘cognac’ as this is “disrespectful”…

Latvia had previously banned athletes from competing against Russian teams or taking part in any sporting events in the country Latvian basketball star Janis Timma has decided to take part in a…

The watchdog turned a blind eye to Chisinau’s misuse of state resources under pressure from the West, the SVR has claimed The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is well…

High Yield Bonds: Excess Spread Vs Excess Optimism? Authored by Charles de Quinsonas via BondVigilantes.com, With the US Treasury curve yielding above 4%, high yield (HY) bonds still offer mid-single digit yields….

Brussels has questioned in an annual report the much-criticized United News marathon The Ukrainian government has “noted” the EU’s concerns about media freedom in the country and intends to address them sometime…

Prior to being dismissed, Diana Mondino voted in favor of ending the US embargo against the island nation Argentine President Javier Milei has fired Foreign Affairs Minister Diana Mondino after she supported…

Households should also be prepared for cyberattacks and the use of chemical weapons, a report has warned EU citizens should start stockpiling three days’ worth of goods in order to be ready…

Saudi Arabia Vows To Maintain Its Status As An Oil Giant Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Saudi Arabia aims to maintain its position as a major oil producer, ensuring global energy…

Moscow Warns German Arms Factory In Ukraine Is ‘A Legitimate Target’ The Dusseldorf-based German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall this week announced that it has completed delivery of twenty more 20 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting…

The Russian minister of economic development highlighted Tanzania’s strategic position in the Indian Ocean for expanding logistics Russia is in talks with Tanzania to establish a regular maritime cargo line, Russian Minister…

Nigeria’s former leader, Olusegun Obasanjo, has previously stated that the government system was imposed by colonial powers Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged his country to consider adopting a government system…

Foreign officials reportedly cannot be sure they correctly understand the Ukrainian leader’s “mediocre” English US officials are not always certain they correctly understand what Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and chief-of-staff Andrey Yermak…

The projectile remained airborne for 87 minutes, reaching an altitude of 7,000km, Japanese and South Korean officials have said North Korea has test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in a warning to…

Troops have reportedly disengaged at designated points following agreements reached at diplomatic and military levels last week   The Indian and Chinese armies have disengaged at designated points along the two countries’…

China Hemorrhages Third Of All Billionaires Amid Property Market Crisis  Chinese billionaires have lost massive wealth due to the property market downturn and turmoil in the world’s second-largest economy. In response, Beijing has rolled out…

Regional Conflict Vs World War III? Authored by Daniel Oliver via American Greatness, In a recent National Review, John O’Sullivan makes a compelling case for aiding Ukraine but not a convincing one. There…

Washington and Seoul have “an unequivocal nuclear based alliance,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said The US is ready to support South Korea with both its nuclear and non-nuclear military capabilities,…

The Politics Of Fear: Laying The Groundwork For Fascism, American-Style Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his…

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 US Republican presidential candidate has accused the Democrats of demonizing his supporters Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pulled up to a Wisconsin rally in a garbage truck on Wednesday, in an…

Continuing a seemingly ridiculous need to speak about private conversations with President Trump, Robert F Kennedy Jr has created quite a stir by telling his supporters that President Trump has promised him…

The Spinal Tap Election: Everything Is Turned Up To 11 Authored by Charles Lipson via RealClearPolitics, To hear the candidates and their surrogates tell it, we live in Weimar Germany 1932. There…

Trick-Or-Treat Around The World Trick-or-treating has been associated with Halloween celebrations in the U.S. and Canada since the early 1900s, but, as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz shows below, traditions of children going door to door…

The Swedish national had served near Kiev and in the Donbass A Swedish national fighting on the side of the Ukrainian army was killed in action last week, the Swedish broadcaster SVT…

Did Boston Dynamics Get Jealous After Spotlight On Tesla’s Optimus Robot? Less than a day after Tesla CEO Elon Musk made bold claims at the Future Investment Initiative Conference in Saudi Arabia, touting…

Nosy NYTimes Journos Uncover Elon Musk’s Secret Luxury Compound In Austin   The world’s richest man and Donald Trump’s most prominent supporter has reportedly acquired two mansions in Austin, Texas, within walking distance of each other, paying upwards…

Dominion voting access terminals were notorious in the 2020 election for demonstrable issues that led to compromises in the voting process. Unfortunately, those voting problems associated with Dominion appear to be carrying…

US Coast Guard To Expand Presence, Cooperation In Indo-Pacific Amid China Concerns Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Coast Guard said that it intends to send…

President Trump is the funniest politician ever; it’s not even close.  During his Green Bay, Wisconsin, rally President Trump tells the hilarious story of how his team coordinated the “garbage” worker plan. …

The Generational Opportunity For US LNG Authored by Tristan Abbey via RealClearEnergy, It should go without saying that natural gas in normal conditions doesn’t liquify itself. It’s a shame the Biden-Harris administration…

Election Lawsuits Heat Up Authored by The Epoch Times Staff, As election day approaches, courts have been making a series of decisions that bear on how Americans’ votes get counted in the…

Zelensky Fumes Over White House Leak Of Secret Missile Plan To NY Times Despite all the recent billions in US taxpayer monies recently sunk into Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky is fuming after key…

Not The Woman We’ve Been Waiting For Authored by Tiffany Marie Brannon via RealClearDefense, Two weeks ago, Bret Baier questioned Vice President Kamala Harris about the young women being raped or killed by criminals…

Income Inequality And Social Security Authored by Brenton Smith, Policy experts and pundits appear to have a ready answer for the financial challenges of Social Security: Let’s tax that fellow behind the…

The US has expelled an Izvestia cameraman who arrived to cover the presidential election The detention of Russian journalists in the US violates the freedom of the press, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov…

Celebrity Endorsements: High Risk, Little Reward? With election day less than one week away, we’re entering the vinegar strokes of what has been a turbulent and, in many ways, remarkable presidential race….

Um, hey folks…. Remember this? Look what just happened…. . . My mission in life is accomplished.   Posted in Donald Trump, Election 2024, Humor & Quizzes, President Trump, Uncategorized The post…

Salome Zourabichvili has accused the ruling party of rigging Saturday’s parliamentary vote Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has refused to be interviewed by the prosecutor general’s office about her claims of election fraud,…

The Russian National Guard has released a video of Ukraine’s VAB personnel carrier being hit by a drone The Russian troops have destroyed a French-made VAB armored personnel carrier in the Kursk…

Democrats Plan For Color Revolution Authored by Jeff Carlson and Hans Mahncke via Truth Over News, It feels like there’s been a notable shift amongst Democrats in the last month. A recent…

“How Did They Get My Email?”: UWisc Student Angered Harris-Walz Promos Sent En Masse To Students By Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix The Kamala Harris presidential campaign is hosting a huge…

Chicago Tops ‘Rattiest Cities’ List For Decade As Other Democrat-Run Metros Plagued With Disgusting Rats Pest control company Orkin published its annual Rattiest City In America list, with Chicago securing the top spot for the tenth consecutive year. As…

Biden’s New Anti-Russia Sanctions Blitz Puts India & Others On Notice The United States on Wednesday unveiled a new sanctions blitz targeting Russia and third parties believed to be helping it circumvent…

Bucks County is the milquetoast capital of Pennsylvania.  A solidly conservative county run by white wine spritzer politicians, Democrats and Republicans, who dine on little crustless triangle finger sandwiches filled with cucumbers. …

Tonight, President Donald Trump will deliver remarks at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin.  The anticipated start time is 6:00 p.m. EDT.  Livestream links below: RSBN YouTube Livestream – RSBN Rumble Livestream…

Democrats are reportedly coordinating activity on Reddit and abusing X Community Notes Kamala Harris’ and Tim Walz’s campaign staff have organized “astroturf” operations on the social media platform Reddit and conspired to…

Meta Beats On Revenue, Misses On Ad Impressions, Raises CapEx Forecast; Stock Falls As Everyone Is Already Long After two stellar Mag 7 earnings (TSLA and GOOGL) in the past week to…

Microsoft Shares Waver After Top- & Bottom-Line Beat, Cloud Growth Slowed Microsoft shares are rising after hours after beating top-and bottom-lines in Q1 earnings: Revenue was $65.6 billion and increased 16%, estimate…

Gold Hits Another Record High On ‘Goldilocks’ Data Micro topped macro on the day, according to Goldman Sachs trading desk, as volumes exploded but bear in mind that there is month-end pension…

Michigan Says ‘Nationwide Issue’ With Certain Dominion Machines, While Colorado SoS Leaked Voting System Passwords Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has admitted that split-ticket voters using Dominion ICX Voter Assist Terminals…

The former US president reportedly wants Israel’s war with Hamas over by inauguration day Former US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he wants the war in Gaza…

The broadcaster has sought Tara Reade’s input on what it calls “Russian disinformation narratives” Major US media are desperately trying to give Democrats an edge in a last-minute attempt to influence the…

Further restrictions by the West could trigger a humanitarian crisis in the poorest countries, according to a report Attempts to further tighten Western sanctions on Russian oil could undermine the global economy,…

The ongoing surveillance of Donald Trump continues to generate a need for the U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) to attribute foreign adversaries to the origin.  However, substantively we all know the surveillance itself…

NACC Commissioner Paul Brereton engaging “in officer misconduct” has met and exceeded the NACC’s own “exceptional circumstances” criteria to justify a public hearing into Brereton’s “misconduct”. Failure to have a public hearing…

Harris Echoes Biden’s Democracy Warning In ‘Closing Argument’ Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics, Kamala Harris stood in the Washington Ellipse shortly after dusk, one week before Election Day. Before her, the…

Hamas Rejects Ceasefire Proposal That Would Keep Israeli Troops In Gaza Via Middle East Eye Hamas has rejected a ceasefire proposal that would have brought the release of a small number of Israeli captives…

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Projects Are Foundering In Five-Eye Nations. What Gives? Authored by Nick Corbishley via NakedCapitalism.com, Canada and Australia shelve plans for retail CBDCs while the US could soon…

It Is Beginning To Look Like A Debt Emergency By Benjamin Picton, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Meditations In An Emergency It’s now less than a week to go until the USA…

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today allowed Virginia to continue its purge of more than 1,600 ineligible voters from the state’s voter rolls. [pdf ruling here] The stay was issued 6 to…

ANO Dialog plans to challenge US accusations that it spread disinformation, according to Kommersant A Russian company specializing in counteracting fakes plans to sue the FBI over accusations of disseminating false information,…

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.  Ongoing, Stream began at 1:00 p.m. EDT. . Posted in Donald Trump, Election 2024, media bias, President Trump, Uncategorized…

The Curious Case Of Ariane Tabatabai Authored by Jay Solomon via The FP.com, A senior Pentagon official faced scrutiny when her past ties to Iran came to light. Is that why she’s been…

Kiev must first give up its NATO ambitions and withdraw from all Russian territory, Moscow has said No negotiations with Kiev can take place unless Ukrainian troops first withdraw from Russian territory…

Hungary’s Viktor Orban has congratulated Georgia on an election that saw the pro-Western party lose Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban took a break this week from annoying the EU establishment at home…

Courts in three states have shot down GOP efforts to remove potentially illegal voters The US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin can go ahead with purging 1,600…

UK Gilt Yields Soar After Reeves Reveals Budget: Market Braces For Inflationary Debt Surge Ahead of today’s UK budget announcement, much of its content had already been leaked including the biggest novelty…

Harris Campaign Slashes North Carolina Ads As Dems’ Plunging Turnout Portends Loss North Carolina may no longer be a swing state: With under a week to go until Election Day, the Kamala Harris…

Budapest has long refused to send weapons to Kiev Foreign intelligence services have attempted to organize a delivery of Hungarian weapons to Ukraine, but Budapest’s counterintelligence stopped them, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s…

Moscow has accused Latvia of violating the International convention on racial discrimination and infringing on the rights of Russians Russia has threatened to file a lawsuit against Latvia in the UN International…

Pennsylvania News Station Apologizes For Showing Presidential Election ‘Results’ Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, A news station in Pennsylvania was forced to apologize for flashing up the US presidential election…

Nevada Supreme Court Upholds Law On Mail-In Ballots Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Ballots that arrive by mail can be counted up to three days after Election…

80,000 Evacuate Ancient Lebanese City Of Baalbek As Israel Unleashes Huge Airstrikes Huge Israeli airstrikes rocked Lebanon’s eastern city of Baalbek on Wednesday, nearly 70km northeast of Beirut, after Israel warned some…

WTI Holds Gains After Gasoline Stocks Hit 2-Year-Low (As Pump-Prices Plunge?) Oil prices are higher this morning after a two-day decline on the possibility of more attacks in the Middle East and…

Quarterly Refunding: Treasury To Hold Debt Sales Steady For “At Least Several Quarters” On Monday, the US Treasury published its debt sources and uses estimates for the coming quarter, it noted that…

US Supreme Court Lets Virginia Purge Noncitizens From Voter Rolls The US Supreme Court has granted a request by Virginia officials to move forward with its removal of roughly 1,600 alleged noncitizens…

Norway is seeking to clarify Israel’s obligations under international law Norway has requested the UN determine whether Israel is violating international law by barring the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…

The technology would reportedly allow intelligence agencies from the US, Canada, Britain, New Zealand and Australia to share data The Five Eyes intelligence group is reportedly considering the creation of a top-secret…