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Prediction markets are surging, enabling wagers of up to $100 million on either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump Election betting using so-called ‘prediction markets’ is skyrocketing in the US after a ban…

The bloc is prepared for a zero-transit scenario, its energy chief has claimed Any new deal to keep Russian gas flowing to the European Union through Ukraine would be a “dangerous” choice,…

The US-led bloc’s strategy involves supporting Kiev until it can negotiate with Russia from a “position of strength,” Mark Rutte has said NATO will continue to provide Kiev with large amounts of…

The VIX And Market Climb: Should We Care? Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, The financial media frequently opines on what the daily gyrations of the VIX (implied volatility index) signal regarding…

Futures Flat Near All Time High As ASML Sends Global Shockwaves Futures are mixed as chip stocks recover partially from Tuesday’s rout and as traders looked ahead to more major earnings. As…

According to Nigerian authorities, locals were collecting fuel spilled on the road by the crashed vehicle when it blew up More than 100 people have been killed and over 50 others injured…

The Indian foreign minister stressed the need for peace and security as he addressed a summit in Pakistan The goal of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to promote “mutual trust, friendship, and…

Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats Authored by John R. Lott Jr. via RealClearInvestigations, When the FBI originally released the “final” crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported…

Vladimir Zelensky’s “victory plan” boils down to more bloodshed, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said The ‘victory plan’ that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky unveiled to the public on Wednesday would merely lead to…

Amazon To Invest More Than $500 Million In Small Modular Nuclear Reactors To Power AWS It’s starting to feel like every single day the embrace of nuclear to power the future of…

The Ukrainian leader demanded an immediate invitation to join NATO Vladimir Zelensky presented his much-hyped “victory plan” to the Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday, suggesting it could help bring the conflict with Russia…

While the methods former colonial powers use are softer, their agenda remains the same In late August, the revolutionary government of Burkina Faso nationalized two gold mines, reclaiming them from the London-based…

Belgrade has recently accused Brussels of issuing new conditions for accession to the bloc BRICS is a more welcoming and member-oriented group than the European Union, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said,…

BMW Says EU Ban On Gasoline Cars From 2035 Is “No Longer Realistic” By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Germany’s car manufacturing giant BMW is warning that an EU ban on the sale…

Orange Juice Prices Near Record Highs Amid Fears Of Worst Florida Harvest In A Century Frozen concentrated orange juice futures on the Intercontinental Exchange in New York are nearing new record highs….

These 3 Conditions Must Be Met Before Silver Surges Like Gold Authored by Jesse Colombo via Substack, Just two months ago, the precious metals community was growing frustrated with gold after its…

A hegemonic power tends to create chaos and violence as it is being replaced, Vaclav Klaus believes Veteran Czech politician Vaclav Klaus expects Ukraine and Russia to remain locked in armed conflict…

Berlin is ready to negotiate peace in Ukraine with Moscow, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said DETAILS TO FOLLOW

The Georgia state election rule is simple. Remove the paper ballots from the containers after voting and hand count the number of paper ballots. The number of paper ballots must match the…

An attack on an apartment block in the north of the country on Monday reportedly claimed 23 lives, with six more injured An Israeli airstrike on northern Lebanon on Monday killed 23…

Ukraine has reportedly been pushing the Financial Action Task Force to rank Moscow as a high-risk jurisdiction The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will consider whether to place Russia on its blacklist…

The drought caused by El Nino has left over 27 million people in danger of hunger, according to the World Food Program Southern Africa is currently in the grip of its worst…

The West is doing too little to undermine Russia’s military efforts, Mikhail Podoliak has complained Ukraine is unlikely to see the opening of a “second front” against Russia, a top adviser to…

Vladimir Zelensky is meanwhile preparing to make public his ‘victory plan’ for the conflict with Russia Behind closed doors, the British military has grim expectations for the Ukraine conflict and believes that…

Shell exited the Sakhalin-2 LNG joint venture in Russia’s Far East in 2022   The Russian Prosecutor General’s office is seeking over €1 billion ($1.09 billion) in damages from UK-based energy giant…

Ten vehicles, including tanks, were destroyed in the missile strike, the ministry has reported A Ukrainian facility involved in the production and repair of armored vehicles in the port city of Nikolaev…

Officials have warned that escalating conflicts between nations could threaten the continent’s development African defense ministers are meeting in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, for a conference on security and peace at a…

Satellite Constellation Projects Ready For Takeoff International competition is intensifying for the deployment of satellite constellations into orbit, notes Statista’s Katharina Buchholz. Satellite constellations – the most well-known being SpaceX’s Starlink –…

Louis Vuitton Owner LVMH Sinks As Luxury Demand Cools For Handbags, Wine, & Watches The world’s largest luxury goods company reported third-quarter organic sales that missed the average analyst expectations tracked by Bloomberg. This…

Kiev is trying to provide alternative solutions to cities particularly vulnerable to Russian strikes, Denis Shmigal has said Almost all of Ukraine’s thermal power generation capabilities have been destroyed by Russian long-range…

The French leader has said the Jewish state was “created by a UN decision” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron after being angered by his…

Alex Proyas has implied that Tesla’s androids and cars are derived from his ‘I, Robot’ sci-fi action film Movie director Alex Proyas has accused billionaire Elon Musk of reusing designs shown in…

Berlin Freezes School Budgets While Allocating Billions For Migrant Housing Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Berlin’s public schools are facing a budget freeze that has halted spending on key activities,…

Synthetic Versus Natural Caffeine And How Each May Affect Aging Authored by Vance Voetberg via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), From Starbucks to Red Bull to Coke, caffeine has become an energy…

As Morale Hits Rock Bottom, UK Police Exodus Throws Planned Expansion Into Disarray Britain’s Labour party’s ambitious plan to put 13,000 extra police officers on the streets is “unobtainable” – as officers…

People have become increasingly disillusioned with supporting refugees from the neighboring country, polls suggest Taxpayers in Poland are outraged when they see Ukrainian refugees living luxury lifestyles, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has…

London has urged West Jerusalem to combat violence against Palestinians in the West Bank The UK has imposed sanctions on several Israeli settler outposts and organizations in the West Bank, calling on…

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…

73% Of Mexicans Own A Dog Data from a Statista Consumer Insights survey reveals that dog ownership varies greatly around the world. Where as many as seven in ten respondents said they had…

FEMA Still Paying $9,000 For COVID Funerals, Billions On Pandemic Payouts By Brian McGlinchey at Stark Realities As the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) carries out widely-criticized responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton,…

Canada Expels 6 Indian Diplomats For Alleged Involvement In Murder Of Sikh Separatist Via Middle East Eye Canada expelled six top Indian diplomats and consular officials on Monday, including India’s high commissioner,…

Home Prep Guide: What You Need To Last 2 Weeks In An Emergency Authored by Mikai Allbert via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Two hurricanes have barreled through the Southeast in just…

Questions, Outrage After Israel Attacks Northern Lebanese Christian Stronghold Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, On Monday, Israeli warplanes carried out an attack on a small apartment building in the northern Lebanese village of…

It’s Obvious Why Chicago Politicians Hate What Donald Trump Says About The City Authored by Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner via Wirepoints.org, Presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump is in Chicago…

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments, And Natural Approaches Authored by Mercura Wang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or just autism, is a neurological and developmental condition…

The attention has been diverted from the conflict in Europe to the war in the Middle East, Finland’s top diplomat has said Western countries are increasingly feeling tired in terms of supporting…

Where Trump And Harris Stand On China Policies Authored by Terri Wu and Lily Zhou via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The next president will likely preside over one of the most…

2024 Campaign: Too Much Negativity, Not Enough Policy With just three weeks until election day, a long and often tumultuous campaign is approaching the home stretch. For months the race between Donald…

India Plans $109 Billion Of Grid Investments To Boost Renewables By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com, India plans a massive upgrade and expansion of its power transmission system, expecting investment opportunities of $109…

Iranian TV Shows Quds Force Chief After Deemed ‘Missing’ For Two Weeks The head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s (IRGC) Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, has been spotted at a military funeral in…

Israel’s Supply Of Interceptor Missiles Under Strain Amid Daily Assaults Israel has been at war on several fronts for more than a year at this point, and is rapidly expending ammo and…

Monkeypox: Evidence Of The “Pandemic Preparedness” Lie Authored by Clayton Baker via The Brownstone Institute, This article was co-authored by Brian Hooker, PhD and Heather Ray. “Pandemic Preparedness,” and the gain-of-function research…

Trump Pulls Ahead In Battleground States As of Oct. 14, 2024, polling averages aggregated by website RealClear Polling show that Republican candidate Donald Trump has caught up in battleground states ahead of the U.S. presidential…

Georgia Judge Rules County Officials Can’t Delay, Decline To Certify Election Results Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Georgia judge has ruled that county election officials must…

Mike Johnson has accused the network of gutting his answers on ‘Face the Nation’ Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson has accused CBS of selectively editing his interview to…

Crude Crashes, Tech Tumbles; But Bonds, Bullion, & Bitcoin Bid Quite a day… Headlines on Israel reportedly agreeing not to blow up energy facilities wiped a chunk of geopolitical risk premium off…

Michigan Judge Accepted Donation From Secretary Of State While Considering Her Appeal Authored by Steven Kovac via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Michigan State Supreme Court justice accepted an $82,500 donation…

Stagflation Odds Jump In Latest NY Fed Survey As Inflation Expectations Rise, Delinquency Fears Hit 4 Year High In recent weeks, we have discussed on multiple occasions (here, here and here) how…

IEA Sees “Sizeable Surplus” In Oil Market As Demand Growth Slows By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The oil market faces a sizeable surplus next year amid ample supply and slowing demand growth,…

The Deep State And The 2024 Election Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, The Deep State is the permanently entrenched bureaucracy that really runs a country. It is THE establishment. While the Deep State…

Lufthansa barred more than 120 Orthodox Jewish men from boarding their connecting flight in May 2022 The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has announced a $4 million penalty against German national airline…

“It’s a good thing” to talk to a leader with thousands of nuclear weapons, the former US president has said Former US President Donald Trump has refused to confirm or deny contacting…

Washington threatened to revoke military contracts if companies didn’t stop cooperating with the Soviet state, according to a newly released file Major American corporations were heavily pressured to cut ties with the…

The Republican candidate is planning to make the billionaire his “secretary of cost-cutting” Former US President and Republican candidate Donald Trump has promised to create a new office specifically for SpaceX and…

Tonight, President Trump heads to Atlanta, Georgia, for a MAGA rally at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center.  The event is scheduled to begin at 7:30pm EDT, with speakers ahead of Donald…

German intelligence chiefs claim to need more money and power to counter the alleged threats from Moscow Russia is obsessed with Germany and is seeking to undermine its unity through disinformation, influence…

Harris-Walz: “The Most Anti-Free-Speech Ticket In Centuries” Authored by Jonathan Turley, Roughly five centuries ago, a new dance first reported in Augsburg, Germany was promptly dubbed the “waltz” after the German term…

President Donald Trump sits down with Bloomberg Editor-In-Chief John Micklethwait for an extended interview. The interview is in partnership with the Economic Club of Chicago and is structurally President Trump facing down…

Cold Blob Invades Central & Eastern US As Proper Autumn Arrives For Millions  A cold front swept across the north-central US through the eastern half of the US late weekend into the early part of…

Glavproduct has been placed under temporary state control by presidential decree The Russian business of a major US-owned food maker has been temporarily nationalized, according to a decree signed by Russian President…

Kiev’s military intelligence agency previously admitted to arming anti-government militias in the Sahel stat Kiev “strongly rejects” accusations that it is involved in the supply of drones to Tuareg militants in Mali,…

Peter Schiff: FEMA Makes Hurricanes Worse Via SchiffGold.com, In this week’s episode, Peter offers an important reminder: the government has a strong incentive to bend the truth with their data, especially when…

Walgreens Jumps Most In Years After Better-Than-Expected Earnings, Outlook, & Widespread Store Closures Walgreens shares in New York surged the most in 16 years on Tuesday after the struggling pharmacy chain delivered an…

Rickards: This Is What Will Destroy The Dollar Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Janet Yellen gave a speech on Sept. 26 at the 2024 U.S. Treasury Market Conference in New York….

The bloc’s cyber watchdog did not observe any actual interference Brussels has not recorded any serious cases of interference in the European Parliament elections, EU commissioner Vera Jourova has said. The bloc…

Only 31% of Americans say they have confidence that the press reports news fairly and accurately Less than a third of Americans trust US news media, a record low figure, according to…

One of the most blatant examples of media manipulation was recently discovered when CBS 60-Minutes deceptively edited a response from Kamala Harris, replacing her ‘word salad’ answer with a completely different answer…

A Pro-Khalistan leader has said he will “track” India’s high commissioner after New Delhi and Ottawa expelled each others’ diplomats Sikhs for Justice, a secessionist group banned in India, has announced a…

Of 435 House Seats Only 11 Are Rated Tossup Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The outcome in a mere 11 seats may determine which party wins the House of Representatives. The…

The US Vice President and former district attorney allegedly stole from several sources for her 2009 book on policing US Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris has been accused of multiple…

Kim Yo-jong, a senior official and the sister of the country’s leader, has warned Seoul that it “will have to pay a dear price” Pyongyang has proof that Seoul was behind the…

Last Time Halloween Shoppers Spent Less, It Was… The National Retail Federation’s annual Prosper Insights & Analytics survey shows that total Halloween spending is forecasted to drop by 5% to $11.6 billion…

A return to the White House for Donald Trump would be better for Budapest, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said A victory for Donald Trump in the upcoming US presidential election…

Time Magazine Owner Blasts Harris For Rejecting Interview Requests Via HeadlineUSA.com, The owner of Time magazine blasted Vice President Kamala Harris for rejecting multiple interview requests from the prominent left-leaning publication ahead of November’s election. Marc…

Multiple election prediction platforms have shifted toward the Republican candidate Donald Trump has opened up his largest lead over Kamala Harris in the betting odds for the White House just three weeks…

Bank of America Trading Results Beat As Net Interest Yield Hits Cycle Lows, Charge-Offs Unexpectedly Hit 11 Year High It wasn’t just Goldman Sachs that reported better than expected Q3 earnings this…

Appearing on CNN, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin discusses a lawsuit filed last week by the DOJ against the State of Virginia for an effort to remove illegal alien voters from their voter…

Daniel Ortega has also labeled Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky “another Nazi” Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, comparing both politicians to Nazi…

Empire Fed Manufacturing Crashes From 30-Month High To 5-Month Low… After nine straight months of ‘contraction’, September’s surge to 30-month highs in the Empire Fed’s Manufacturing survey was greeted by all as…

Greed And How To Lose 100% Of Your Money Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In the movies, greed is a trait often exhibited by the rich and powerful as a means…

The bloc “urgently” needs a plan to deal with 4.5 million refugees, the European Commission president has said The EU must take into account its limited resources when deciding what to do…

Russia must be sent “screaming in terror” in order for Kiev to achieve its goals, senior aide Mikhail Podoliak has claimed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is set to reveal the details of…

Netanyahu Denies Substance Of WaPo Iran Strike Report Which Sent Oil Prices Sliding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is denying a Monday Washington Post report which sent oil prices sliding and which…

Goldman Q3 Profit Jumps 45% On Surge In Equity-Trading Revenue As Earnings Beat Across The Board Goldman extended the banks’ solid results this morning when it reported a 45% jump in profit…

Mark Rutte made the claim as Kiev remains hard-pressed on the front line in Donbass A new NATO command specifically tasked with coordinating Western military aid to Ukraine will help Kiev tip…

The first meeting between Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian marks new chapter in Moscow-Tehran relations One of the highlights of the international forum ‘The Interconnection of Times and Civilizations: The Basis of…

“Insane Demand”? ASML Pukes After Dismal Third Quarter Results, Forecast Slashed  ASML Holding (ASML) shares plunged Tuesday morning after third-quarter bookings missed average analyst estimates and forecasts were slashed. Nasdaq puked on this…

The event is a step toward improving Moscow’s relations with countries on the continent, according to its organizers The first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa partnership forum, taking place next month in…

More European nations could soon face mobilization, higher taxes, and other restrictions, according to Viktor Medvedchuk Parts of Europe could be turned into “a concentration camp” as Kiev tries to provoke a…