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Niger says the labels served as reminders of historical abuse under French rule Niger’s government has removed the name of the late French president General Charles De Gaulle from a major street…

“Blunt lawlessness” in a major cathedral on Thursday was backed by Kiev, diplomat Rodion Miroshnik claims An armed raid on St. Michael’s Cathedral in the Ukrainian city of Cherkasy on Thursday directly…

The IDF reported killing three Hamas militants in Gaza, one of whom could be the group’s leader Yahya Sinwar The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday said that it has been investigating…

Expedia Jumps On FT Report That Uber Explored Takeover Shares of Expedia Group surged in premarket trading in New York following a report from the Financial Times, which stated that Uber Technologies…

Initial Jobless Claims Drop As Storm Impact Fades After last week’s storm- and strike-driven surge in initial jobless claims, the headline data slipped back from 260k (revised higher) to 241k… Source: Bloomberg…

Retail Sales ‘Reality Check’: This Was The Biggest Positive September Seasonal-Adjustment Ever! As we warned in our preview last night, the almost omniscient folk at BofA warned, ‘brace’ for a blowout retail…

ECB Cuts Rates As Expected With Disinflation “Well On Track”. Keeps Guidance Unchanged As expected by literally every economist, moments ago the ECB cut its three key rates by 25bps for the…

The leader has described his conversation with former US President Donald Trump as he promotes his ‘victory plan’ to Western backers Ukraine can protect itself either by becoming a nuclear state or…

US Manufacturing Output Plunged In September US Manufacturing contracted 0.4% MoM in September (dramatically worse than the 0.1% decline expected). This dragged Manufacturing output down 0.5% YoY… Source: Bloomberg This helped drag…

Dutch defense chief Ruben Brekelmans says Kiev has the right to strike military facilities using jets provided by his country Ukraine can use Dutch-supplied F-16 fighter jets against military targets deep inside…

The Next Wave(s) Of Inflation Authored by Adam Sharp via DailyReckoning.com, Have you ever been caught in a set of gnarly waves at the ocean? The kind where you get smashed by…

Ukraine’s hyper-nationalists and extremists are supposedly not really there and yet they are strong enough to force the government’s hand Ukraine under the Zelensky regime is a place that is difficult to…

Players from Russian clubs CSKA and Zenit have been accused of “war propaganda” by the notorious Mirotvorets database Directors and players at two of Russia’s top football clubs have been added to…

Great News: Americans’ Trust In Mass Media Hits All-Time Low Good news is hard to come by in this late-stage American empire, but a new poll offers a ray of hope, finding…

Futures Jump After Blowout TSMC Earnings And Ahead Of ECB Rate Cut Futures are higher and on the verge of another all time high with Tech leading: NVDA is up +2.5% pre-market…

Liam Payne, 31, was reportedly “overwhelmed with drugs and alcohol” prior to his death Liam Payne, a former member of the boy band One Direction, was found dead on Wednesday after falling…

An immediate invitation for Kiev to join the US-led military bloc is part of Vladimir Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’ The next nation to join NATO may not be Ukraine, the military bloc’s secretary…

TSMC Beats Forecasts On ‘Insane’ AI Demand Nasdaq 100 futures rose 80 bps as US chip stocks jumped in premarket trading in New York after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing reported ‘insane’ AI demand….

ECB Preview And Cheat Sheet: How To Trade The 3rd Rate Cut The ECB is expected to cut interest rates Thursday for the third time this year and for a second-straight meeting,…

African Nations Plan To Launch Their Own ‘Energy Bank’ Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, African nations are planning the creation of an African Energy Bank. African resource-rich countries have grown frustrated…

US weapons maker Raytheon has been charged with foreign bribery and inflating federal contracts The US government has ordered defense contractor Raytheon to pay more than $950 million in fines for inflating…

Vladimir Putin feels that Russia is “the stronger party,” President of Lithuania has argued The current moment in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is the “worst” possible one for Kiev to…

St. Michael’s Cathedral in Cherkasy has been “transferred” to Kiev-backed rivals amid a crackdown on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church A church in central Ukraine was raided overnight by men in military-style clothing,…

Moscow has promised to share modern technology and expertise with the continent Russia fully supports Africa’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its economic sovereignty, Director of the African Department of the Russian Foreign…

German Companies Skirt Sanctions To Help Putin’s War Machine Authored by Liz Heflin via Remix News, Germany continues to sell industrial goods to Russia, including machines for manufacturing vehicle and aircraft parts…

Rigathi Gachagua will become Kenya’s first sitting vice leader to be impeached if the senate approves the motion Kenya’s senate has begun hearing an impeachment petition against the country’s deputy president, Rigathi…

President Donald Trump appears for a townhall event hosted by Univision for a Latino audience.   President Trump took questions from the audience and explained policy and 2024 election priorities while asking the…

The surge comes amid overall growth in trade and tourism between the countries Japan exported 132.2% more passenger cars to Russia in September 2024 than in the same month last year, despite…

Will The Conflicts In The Middle East Spill Over Into The Caucasus? Authored by Conor Gallagher via NakedCapitalism.com, With the ongoing US/Israel rampage across the Middle East, we’re getting an increasing number…

Ukraine’s Azov Brigade Has ‘Changed’ Back in June, the US State Department announced that it had lifted its longtime ban on giving weapons and training to Ukraine’s notorious Azov Brigade (often referenced by its earlier…

The import duty on spirits has been cut from 100% to 10% in an attempt to boost the economy Hong Kong has slashed its import duty on premium liquor from 100% to…

For too long, the US and its allies haven’t listened to our officials. Those days are over 1. Putin makes all fundamental decisions personally, on the basis of his own ability, expertise,…

The work is expected to increase the lifespan of the T90 fleet by two decades India has concluded an overhaul of its fleet of Russian-manufactured T-90 Bhishma tanks, in a major undertaking…

Taiwan & South Korea Have The Lowest Fertility Rates In The World The fertility rate is the average number of children born per woman of child-bearing age in a country. Usually, a…

The mayor of London’s financial district has told Reuters the area has lost tens of thousands of jobs since 2016 The City of London, the historical financial district within the British capital,…

US Politicians Are Pressuring Ukraine To Lower Draft Age To 18 Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A Ukrainian official said Tuesday that American politicians are pressuring Ukraine to lower the minimum age of…

B-2 aircraft have hit Houthi weapons storage facilities, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said The US has used long-range bombers to strike five targets in parts of Yemen controlled by the Houthi…

Italy’s Meloni On Israel Arms Embargo: “We Have Blocked Everything” The Italian government has imposed the strictest arms embargo on Israel among any European nation, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni having confirmed…

Salman Khan, a popular actor, is believed to be the main target following a murder that sent shockwaves across India’s cinema capital India has beefed up security outside the home of Bollywood…

The Democratic hopeful vows to “represent a new generation in leadership” US Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has distanced herself from the political course set by President Joe Biden, in…

EU Energy Ministers Debate Russian Gas Flows As Ukraine Transit Deal Nears End Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, EU ministers are debating alternatives to Russian gas imports as the Ukraine transit…

The destruction of roads and rail lines is an “inevitable and legal response” to provocations by Seoul, Pyongyang has said North Korea’s border with the “absolutely hostile state” of South Korea will…

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…

NFL Beer Cost Inflation Over The Past Decade This graphic, via Voronoiapp.com, shows where beer prices have increased the most across NFL teams between 2013 and 2023, based on data from Team…

Brace Yourselves: A Tsunami Approaches Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by…

Syrian, Russian Warplanes Pound AQ In Idlib After Israeli Attacks On Damascus Via The Cradle Syrian and Russian fighter jets carried out several air raids on Wednesday targeting positions belonging to the Hayat Tahrir…

The US Plans To Let BRICS Fail In A Geopolitically Explosive Environment Authored by Peter Hanseler via VoiceFromRussia.ch, Introduction In less than two weeks, the 2024 BRICS Summit will take place in…

10 Signs That The Economy Is A Giant Mess As The Election Approaches Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, The health of the economy has been a major determining…

Anthony Fauci: The Man Who Thought He Was Science Authored by Jayanta Bhattacharya via The Brownstone Institute, As a young medical student, I admired Tony Fauci. I bought and read Harrison’s Principles of…

These Are The Most & Least ‘Green’ Cities In America WalletHub compared the country’s 100 largest cities across 28 “green” indicators. Voronoiapp.com visualizes the 10 greenest and 10 least green cities in…

Here’s What’s Driving The Arctic Dimension Of The Russian-Indian Strategic Partnership Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Rising Indian influence in the Arctic serves as a counterbalance to China’s, which meets both…

Beijing has been materially supporting Moscow and helping it evade sanctions, an American diplomat has said China has clearly been helping Russia in the Ukraine conflict, despite presenting itself as a neutral…

Fox News host Bret Baier interviews Kamala Harris.  Here’s the interview as uploaded by Fox News: . Posted in Big Government, Donald Trump, Election 2024, Illegal Aliens, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, media…

“Superhuman”: Nvidia CEO Blown Away After Musk Sets Up 100,000 GPUs In 19 Days Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says Elon Musk pulled off a “superhuman” feat by setting up a supercluster of…

SBA’s Disaster Loan Program Runs Out Of Money As Hurricanes Drive Demand Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) disaster assistance loan program is out of…

WTI Rallies After API Reports Across-The-Board Inventory Draws Oil prices dipped very marginally today (with WTI holding above $70), down for the fourth day in a row as traders focused on an…

Doug Casey’s Top 3 Predictions for Post-Election America Via International Man, International Man: In the 2020 Presidential elections, there were allegations of cheating, voter fraud, and all sorts of shenanigans. What do you…

Beware Of War Hawks In “America First” Clothing Authored by Connor O’Keefe via The Mises Institute, For the past eight years, the two major political parties have been gripped by a messy…

The US Democratic presidential candidate said that Biden still has the necessary “judgment” to perform his duties Vice President Kamala Harris has defended the mental fitness of US President Joe Biden during…

Where Americans Should Retire Vs Where They Actually Retire This chart, via Voronoiapp.com, compares the top states for retirement (based on five metrics analyzed by experts), with those states where retirees are actually…

Pollster Predicts ‘Biggest Mental Health Crisis In American History’ If Trump Wins Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via modernity.news, Pollster Mark Halperin predicts that America will experience the biggest mental health crisis…

President Biden has promised to send additional anti-air missiles and other ammunition to Kiev US President Joe Biden has unveiled a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $425 million, promising more…

A UNIFIL observation post in southern Lebanon has been shelled by an Israeli Merkava tank, according to the contingent An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank has fired at a UN peacekeeping outpost…

Australia will donate more Abrams tanks to Kiev than the US has given Australia has announced it will donate most of its retired M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, after months of Kiev…

The classified component details attack plans on Russia and a weaponry wish list, according to Mikhail Podoliak The secret component of the “victory plan” unveiled by Vladimir Zelensky on Wednesday includes Kiev’s…

It should not come as a surprise given the volume of examples that have been presented in the last several years; however, according to Gallup polling, amid all the top national civic…

Former ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold has had a big win as complaints against him, based on findings Walter Sofronoff made in his ACT Inquiry Report, where dropped by the…

Is The Harris Media Blitz Backfiring Or Is Her Slippage Due To Something Else? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The polls and election odds are breaking for Trump. Why? Sky News…

Israel’s Iran Attack Plan ‘Ready’ & Will Happen Before US Election: Officials Following Tuesday widespread reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu will heed the Biden administration’s plea to avoid targeting Iranian oil and…

Gold, Bitcoin, & The Dollar Surge Ahead Of Retail Sales; Markets “Very Convinced” Of Trump Victory VIX remains ‘sticky’ above 20… even as stocks manage gains… Source: Bloomberg The short-term vol market…

“Probably Worse Than It Looks”: IMF Sounds Alarm Over Government Spending Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a stark warning about the rising…

NYPD Admits Armed Migrant Kids From Gov’t-Funded Roosevelt Hotel Terrorizing Times Square The Biden-Harris administration misled the public with phony FBI crime statistics, pushing the narrative that far-left policies were actually making America safer. Weeks…

Nevada Governor Backs Female Volleyball Players Boycotting Game Over Male Player Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Nevada’s governor on Oct. 15 said he supports female volleyball players refusing to…

Ken Griffin’s Ritzy Chicago Penthouse Under Contract For Big Loss  Citadel founder Ken Griffin has gradually withdrawn from Chicago’s real estate market after relocating his hedge fund from the lawless city run by far-left Democrats…

Relations between Ottawa and New Delhi soured after the death of a Sikh independence activist Canada may have received evidence from ‘Five Eyes’ allies that India was behind the killing of a…

Some US customers are reportedly still using the Russian company’s anti-virus software despite ‘security risk’ warnings by their government Some Americans are still using anti-virus software made by the Russian cybersecurity company…

Kiev fears what is to come after the American elections in November Admitting Ukraine into NATO before the end of the year could be a major part of Joe Biden’s legacy as…

Kiev recently claimed that Pyongyang has been supplying soldiers to fight with Russian forces against Ukraine NATO cannot confirm reports about North Korean military personnel allegedly fighting alongside Russian forces in the…

Joining the US-led military bloc is not a “short-term” matter, Julianne Smith, Washington’s permanent representative to the organization, has said Kiev’s accession to NATO is not a “short-term” matter, Washington’s permanent representative…

Israel Hurriedly Sends 50 Aid Trucks Into Gaza After Scathing US Letter Israel is trying to show its powerful backer Washington that it is taking urgent action over the spiraling humanitarian crisis…

Mark Halprin gives his prediction about what will happen when President Trump wins the election.  Tucker Carlson plays along, with both pretending not to remember what happened in 2016. What Mark Halprin…

The Ukrainian leader’s proposal is a set of “incoherent slogans,” according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova Moscow has dismissed Vladimir Zelensky’s much-touted eight-point ‘victory plan’ as nothing but a “plan…

The desire of the US and UK to conduct a proxy war destroyed the Istanbul+ process In February 2022, Russia started its military operation against Ukraine to impose a settlement after a…

Regional rivalries among campaign staff could reportedly spell trouble for Kamala Harris Some of the top Democrats in Pennsylvania are reportedly unhappy with the way Vice President Kamala Harris has run her…

Liz Cheney Under Fire For Allegedly Improper Contacts With Cassidy Hutchinson Authored by Jonathan Turley, Former J6 Committee Co-Chair and Rep. Liz Cheney has long been criticized for her role in creating…

Ukraine Fatigue ‘Real & Increasing’, Admits NATO’s Newest Member State One of NATO’s two newest members has issued a warning about war fatigue related to Ukraine. Asked in an interview in FT…

The Most Beautiful Word In The Dictionary By Michael Every of Rabobank The Most Beautiful Word in the Dictionary Donald Trump sat down for an hour long interview with Bloomberg Editor in…

Vladimir Zelensky’s “victory plan” boils down to more bloodshed, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The so-called “victory plan” unveiled by Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky on Wednesday is merely a roadmap for the continuation of the conflict between Moscow and…

Georgia reported more than double the number of ballots cast on the first day over the 2020 figure Early voting in the US presidential election in the critical battleground state of Georgia…

Ebrahim Rostami has suggested that the munitions have already been used in the past but that information about them is top secret Tehran possesses weapons that are “superior” to nuclear bombs, Iranian…

Can We Rein In The Excesses Of Financialization Without Crashing The Economy? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Or we can let the bubble implode under its own weight and…

In this interview Tucker Carlson talks with Mark Halprin, a well-connected journalist that Tucker Carlson cites as the epicenter of all political power and journalistic knowledge since the mid-1980’s. Accordingly, the magnanimous…

ASML CEO Apologizes For Leaked Earnings Report That Sparked Crash In Shares ASML Holding (ASML) shares crashed the most in 26 years on Tuesday after the Dutch semiconductor giant accidentally posted its third-quarter…

US Drinking Rates Hit Highest Level Since 1970s Inflation Storm As Tequila Demand Soars A broad overview of America’s beer, spirits, and wine consumption reveals a steady increase since the Dot Com…

The issue is expected to be discussed at the European Council meeting this week, according to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday that he believes…

The bloc “lures” countries to join it only to “absorb and subjugate them,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has likened the EU to a…

After polls were held in Kashmir for the first time in a decade, the scion of the valley’s oldest party takes the reins under scrutiny from New Delhi Elections have successfully concluded…

The warning comes after China staged large-scale drills around the island Beijing will not reject the possibility of using force over Taiwan if it “dares to take risks” and declare independence. However,…

The billionaire has confirmed his contribution to America PAC, becoming one of the top donors supporting the Republican nominee Elon Musk has donated $75 million to a pro-Donald Trump group in recent…