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Artificial Intelligence: Our Days (Probably) Aren’t Numbered Authored by Art Carden via The American Institute for Economic Research, Maybe it’s a law of history: every innovation faces opposition. The early nineteenth-century Luddites…

Gov. DeSantis Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Dangerous Hurricane Threat  Tropical Storm Helene formed in the northwestern Caribbean on Tuesday morning and is forecasted to strengthen rapidly over the next few…

Jury Clears Most Defendants In ‘Trump Train’ Case A federal jury in Texas on Sept. 23 rejected voter intimidation allegations against nearly all of the President Donald Trump supporters who surrounded a…

An attack on Belgorod has reportedly caused casualties and property damage At least four civilians have been wounded in a Ukrainian attack on the Russian city of Belgorod and several villages along…

Polish PM Donald Tusk has blamed the critters for a catastrophic flood Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called for decisive action against beavers, suggesting the industrious rodents are partly responsible for…

Failed Trump Assassin Had A List Of Everywhere Trump Would Be August To October Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The deranged leftist who attempted to kill president Trump was in possession…

Red Sea Maritime Chokepoint Disruption To Persist Into 2025, Top Shipping Exec Warns  Speaking at the Marine Money conference in Singapore earlier today, Jeremy Nixon, CEO of Ocean Network Express, warned that…

Navigating The Market Post-Rate-Cut Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Last week, the Federal Reserve made a significant move by cutting its overnight lending rate by 50 basis points. This marks the…

Russia Issues Rare Blanket Condemnation Of Israeli Offensive In Lebanon Russia has taken the rare step of issuing a blanket condemnation of Israeli military actions in Lebanon. On Tuesday its foreign ministry…

The Secret Service will tighten security around the former US president following the second attempt on his life in just two months Security around former US President Donald Trump will be heightened…

Watch Live: It’s Time To TRACE The Market Last week we introduced readers to “…the best new tool in the financial space to see options flows,” enabling us to see below the…

China Fires A Monetary Bazooka… It Won’t Be Enough By Bas van Geffen, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank A fresh coat of paint After widespread speculation on social media, a Chinese zoo…

Pavel Bumchik has been designated as a traitor and deserter in the infamous Mirotvorets database Ukrainian Instagram blogger Pasha Bumchik has been added to the notorious Kiev-backed Mirotvorets (Peacemaker) database after dodging…

Today, President Donald J. Trump, heads to the second interception state Kamala Harris needs when losing Pennsylvania.  If Obama (Fallon/Harris) lose Pennsylvania, they need North Carolina and Georgia.  President Trump rallied in…

US East/Gulf Coast Port Strikes Loom As Goldman Provides Congestion Update Ahead Of D-Day A supply chain storm is brewing for major US East and Gulf Coast ports, with the International Longshoremen’s Association threatening…

Nebraska State Senator Just Killed The Idea Of An Electoral College Tie Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Mike McDonnell deflates the GOP hope for a Nebraska electoral college winner-take-all scenario. This…

Why is the country’s energy system on the brink of collapse, and what lies in store? Ukraine could be on the verge of a point of no return. Various estimates suggest that…

Watch Live: Biden To Defend His Foreign Policy In Final UN Address World leaders will gather in New York City on Tuesday for the U.N. General Assembly, where President Joe Biden is…

White House Urges All Americans To Flee Lebanon As 3rd Israeli Strike Rocks Beirut On Tuesday White House national security spokesman John Kirby urged that all Americans should leave Lebanon immediately while…

“Seems Like Magic” – Sam Altman Says ChatGPT Will Bring Unimaginable Prosperity, Fix Climate Authored by Tristan Greene via CoinTelegraph.com, Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence firm OpenAI, published a…

US Home Prices Hit New Record High, But YoY Appreciation Slows Significantly For the fourth month in a row, US home price annual appreciation slowed in July (according to the latest data…

There will be peace when Russia achieves the goals of its military operation in Ukraine, Dmitry Peskov has said The conflict between Russia and Ukraine will end when Moscow fulfills all the…

Bulgaria says the influx of cheap produce has destabilized the domestic market Bulgaria has called on the European Commission to ban chicken eggs from Ukraine, claiming domestic producers are suffering from unfair…

The system has reportedly failed to address the country’s persistent inequality, which is considered the worst in the world The director of South Africa’s flagship black economic empowerment program has announced plans…

Up to 40 Ukrainian troops and five vehicles have been destroyed in the strike, the Russian military estimates The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday released video footage showcasing an airstrike with an…

The clade 1 variety of the virus has been detected in a resident from the southern state of Kerala who recently returned from Dubai India has reported its first case of the…

Ohio Sheriff Removed From Election Security After Comments On Harris Yard Signs Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Portage County Board of Elections in Ohio has voted…

US Consumer Confidence Plunges Most In 3 Years As Labor Market Weakens Significantly Thanks to a plunge in ‘Present Situation’, The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence index tumbled back near the lows of…

A Word To Undecided Voters Authored by Jenna McCarthy vua Jennaside.rocks, As unfathomable as it may be for folks on the farthest sides of the aisle to believe, there are American citizens…

Ukrainians served in Waffen SS units and were complicit in the Holocaust during WWII, Andrzej Duda has said in an interview Ukraine has “problems” with its history, Polish President Andrzej Duda has…

Futures Rise As Beijing Panics: Stimulus Avalanche Sends Chinese Stocks Soaring Most Since Covid US equity futures are higher, led by tech with small-caps underperforming, as European stocks jump near record high…

The latest talks on Sudan have reached a deadlock, yet Washington continues its misguided mediation The war in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by the de-facto head of state,…

Boeing’s ‘Best & Final Offer’ Rejected By Union As Strike Drags On   Boeing made a “best and final offer” to tens of thousands of striking International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers…

DoJ Reportedly Preparing To Hit Visa With Antitrust Suit Over Debit Card Monopoly  Visa shares are lower in premarket trading in New York after a Bloomberg report revealed that the US Justice Department is preparing…

The Palestinian Football Association has called for the country to be barred from sporting events over the war in Gaza The world football governing body, FIFA, reportedly has no intention of suspending…

Negotiating with Russia is not necessary to stop the fighting, the Ukrainian leader has claimed The end of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev could be closer than one might think, Ukrainian…

So The Economy Now Depends On Stocks Which Depend On Front-Running The Fed… And This Is Fine? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, So the entire economy depends on the…

Moscow reportedly plans to ratify an agreement on military cooperation with an island nation in the Gulf of Guinea Russia is poised to gain access to a naval port in the Atlantic…

Home Minister Amit Shah referred to Bangladeshis as “infiltrators” and called for illegal immigrants to be driven out  Dhaka has lodged a “strong protest” with New Delhi following comments by India’s home…

Margarita Simonyan has accused the US of engaging in the “hidden propaganda of Nazism” RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan has acknowledged that she learned from the West when it comes to information warfare,…

Membership presents an opportunity to challenge the dominance of the dollar and euro, the Burkinabe prime minister says Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela has expressed an interest…

US-led Western export controls on Russian diamonds have hit the world’s largest cutting and polishing hub, which had already been left reeling from the Covid-19 slowdown It was a routine morning at…

Shell Abandons Norway’s Hydrogen Projects Due To Lack Of Demand Authored by Alex Kimani via OilPrice.com, Shell Plc has ditched plans to build a low-carbon hydrogen plant on Norway’s west coast due to a…

A recipient of US aid is in no position to weigh in on a presidential candidate, the Republican nominee’s son has argued Donald Trump’s eldest son has lashed out at Vladimir Zelensky,…

Somalia has won Cairo’s support against Ethiopia, which both accuse of threatening regional security An Egyptian ship has delivered a major consignment of military equipment to Somalia, officials from the two African…

Mapping The (Declining) State Of Global Freedom According to the Global Freedom Index by Democratic watchdog organization Freedom House, Iran scored just 11 points out of 100 in 2024, which is one point worse off than…

The move comes as the result of mounting debts linked to the pandemic and the Ukraine conflict, Yle has reported  A Finnish zoo is preparing to return two giant pandas to China…

Canada And Europe Dominate US Foreign Land Ownership In the run-up to the U.S. presidential elections, both candidates have outlined their visions for agricultural policy – which do differ significantly. After the…

Those calling for diplomatic solutions are being stigmatized, attacked and criticized, Peter Szijjarto has said It is wrong that “peace” has become a curse word in international politics, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter…

Why The EU Is Falling Behind In The Global AI Race Via OilPrice.com, The EU’s stringent regulations on data and technology are stifling AI innovation within the bloc. The UK, with a…

EVs Are “Up To Twice As Expensive” To Run As Regular Gas Cars In The UK, New Data Finds As if the EV boom needed another nail its in coffin, the UK…

Reforming global institutions is key to keeping them relevant, the Indian PM has told the UN General Assembly Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocated reforms to global institutions while stressing the need…

France’s Macron Calls For End Of “Incomplete & Unjust” World Order Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFPlan.com, French President Emmanuel Macron has called for reform of the current “unjust” world order so that humans…

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 Madness Of Antony Blinken Authored by Joe Lauria via Consortium News, On March 7, 2022, two weeks after Moscow entered the civil war in Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told…

Your Tax Dollars At Work: San Fran Cops Dress Up As Inflatable Chicken To Catch Speeding Drivers Today in “your tax dollars at work” news, San Francisco police are donning inflatable chicken suits…

China Panics: Cuts Multiple Rates And Reserve Ratio Requirements, Goes All-In To Prop Up Stocks This morning, when we reported that a sudden – and extremely overdue – urgency appeared to grip…

Japanese F-15s Fire Warning Flares After Russian Spy Plane Violates Airspace 3 Times US ally Japan just had a close call with a Russian military airplane. The country’s defense ministry has condemned…

US Border Agents Find RPGs & IEDs Near Southern Border Amid “Internal Alert” Of “Drastic Escalation” In Weaponry Used By Cartels An alarming battle between rival factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel…

Young America Is Right To Reject Traditional News Authored by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics, It’s become a truism in the past few years that younger people get their news predominantly, if not…

Nuclear Is Back: PA Governor Shapiro Pushes For “Fast Track” Re-Open For Three Mile Island The plan to power AI and data centers using nuclear power just caught another tailwind, just days…

Those in the area of Sarasota, Clearwater/St Pete to the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend area need to pay particular attention to the path of this storm throughout the day today and…

Meanwhile, the IDF is preparing for the “next phases” of its military operation against Hezbollah The US is deploying a “small number” of additional troops to the Middle East after Israel launched a…

In a heavily coordinated and strategic political visit to Pennsylvania, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was essentially campaigning for Kamala Harris and a continuation of the Biden foreign policy which provides billions of…

Israel Mulls Plan To Indefinitely Expel 300,000 Palestinians From North Gaza Via The Cradle Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers that he is considering the so-called “generals’ plan” to lay total…

Trump Says He Won’t Run Again If He Loses In 2024 Former President Donald Trump said in a new interview that he likely will not run for president again if he loses…

Hopefully everyone can see the assembly of datapoints that are creating the 2024 redux of 2016.  Previously we noted how Iran is the new cover story to justify investigative leaks and throw…

“Wake-Up Call”: Amid Growing Violence, More Churches Turn To Faith-Based Security Groups Authored by Allan Stein via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Carl Chinn, 65, is a man of deep faith who…

Yellen Meddles: Warns That Policy “Veering Off Course” Could Harm “Economic Trajectory” U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned that a significant change in current economic policies could damage the American economy….

The DOJ has released a letter reportedly written by Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump on September 15 in Florida. Within a court filing…

West Point Needs A Reset Authored by Tony Lentini via RealClearDefense, When I attended West Point back in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, cadets used to joke that we got a…

Russia may end up in “temporary” control of some territory, Czech President Petr Pavel has said Kiev should accept “temporary” Russian control over some territories as the likely outcome of the conflict,…

President Trump heads to the Keystone state today for a rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania.  The anticipated start time is 7:00pm ET with livestream links below. Pennsylvania is the key to electoral victory…

Stockman: What The Coming US Election Means For America’s Fiscal Future Authored by David Stockman via InternationalMan.com, When in the course of history’s twists and turns dire necessity becomes the mother of…

Georgia won’t be swayed by threats from Brussels about visa-free travel, Tbilisi mayor has said The European Union’s threat that it would end visa-free travel for Georgians is just extortion ahead of…

VDH: Our So-Called ‘Experts’ And Their Silly Group-Speak Letters Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, One of the most preposterous recent trends has been the political use of supposed expert…

Goldman Commodity Traders: Gold Buying On Our Desk Has Been Relentless, And Silver Is Starting To Move Too Something remarkable happened to the price of gold back in early 2022 around the…

The government has supported a draft bill on the issue while urging the country’s legislature to iron out the finer details The Russian government on Monday backed “in principle” proposed legislation to…

Matt Walsh’s ‘Am I Racist?’ Movie Taking On DEI Remains In US Box Office Top 10  Matt Walsh’s latest film, Am I Racist? is a scathing takedown of the far-left diversity, equity,…

Markets Calm Ahead Of Macro Storm, But… After last week’s chaotic dumps and pumps across various asset classes amid Powell’s comments, a giant ‘quad witch’ OpEx, and mean-reverting FedSpeak, today saw markets…

Durov Changes Tune While On Bail In France: Telegram To Allow More Data To Governments It has been one month since the arrest by French authorities of Pavel Durov, the billionaire co-founder and…

Metal Mania Starts Soon… Authored by Adam Sharp via DailyReckoning.com, I’ve had at least a dozen Uber drivers pitch me on suspect investments. For a while, it seemed like every trip came…

“Game-Changer”: Global Mega Banks Prepare Major Support For Nuclear Power  The revival of nuclear power generation could get an enormous boost as more than a dozen of the world’s largest banks and…

“What Could Go Wrong? Probably More Than You Might Imagine…” Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Wheezing Past The Graveyard “The Democrats are self-immolating on the altar of their own tenuous relationship with…

Spain has declared “deep dismay” over the bombing of Lebanon Spain has denounced the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon and called for a ceasefire in Gaza, after reports that more than 350 people…

Israel Denies Connection To Mass Pager Attack In Lebanon Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Israeli government had “no connection” to widespread pager attacks that left dozens…

Most citizens of this Middle Eastern country favor a military solution to the conflict with Hezbollah, and some even hope to “resettle Lebanon’s south” Israel is on the offensive. Since Monday morning, the…

The Russian military has showcased the attack UAV’s destruction of the target The Russian Defense Ministry released a drone video on Monday reportedly showing a strike on a Ukrainian armored vehicle in…

The Supreme Crisis Of Chief Justice John Roberts Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in The Hill on a growing crisis at the Supreme Court for Chief Justice John Roberts….

China Launches More Stimulus: PBOC Cuts Rates, Announces Rare Press Conference On Support For Economy One month ago, when describing the rapid deterioration in China’s economy – including the crumbling welfare state,…

The Fed’s Last Sign Of Independence May Be Gone Authored by Daniel Lacalle, The Federal Reserve decided to cut rates by 50 basis points despite what Chairman Powell considers “no risk of a recession or downturn,”…

US Proposes New Rule Banning Chinese Tech In Connected Vehicles Over National Security Risks  Modern vehicles have GPS tracking, cameras, microphones, and other optical sensors connected to the internet. If Chinese-made software…

Mexican President Blames US For Upsurge In Cartel Violence In Sinaloa Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has blamed the United States for an…

Foreign backers financed only 27% of Kiev’s state budget in the first half of 2024, according to Vedomosti The flow of Western funds into Ukraine’s state budget has almost halved compared to…

Russia’s bailiff service is set to introduce more video monitoring as a means of quality control The Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) is expected to get new tools to record the work of…

Escaping Bureaucratic Gravity: The Case For Free Market Economics In Space Exploration Via SchiffGold.com, The spirit of space exploration is one of curiosity and innovation, not suffocating government bureaucracy… Thus, as we…

Policing The Narrative Authored by Allen Mendenhall via The Mises Institute, The Deep State has struck again. The Biden Administration’s intrepid Department of Justice (DOJ), ever-vigilant in its quest for Russian bogeymen,…

Rocket fire has intensified since the Beirut airstrike that killed the group’s senior commander Dozens of Hezbollah missiles have struck northern Israel, in what the Shia group said was retaliation for Israeli…

The Israel Defense Forces has reportedly killed hundreds in its widening air campaign against Hezbollah The Israeli military carried out a series of airstrikes on Lebanon on Monday, reportedly killing over 270…