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Moscow was refused the option of using the greenback for settlements, the president has said Russia is not behind the emerging global trend towards dropping the US dollar in trade, President Vladimir…

The former UN weapons inspector commented after Washington imposed restrictions on Russian media Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter has announced that the latest US sanctions imposed on RT mean he will…

Kiev should consider the consequences of possible retaliation, the Russian president has said Ukrainian attacks on Russian nuclear power plants (NPP) could lead to a global disaster, President Vladimir Putin has warned….

Mohammed bin Salman facilitated the exchange involving the American journalist, the Russian president has said Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, was among the world leaders who helped Moscow…

Dmitry Kuleba was reportedly saved by the US from being ousted earlier this year, but this week resigned amid a major cabinet reshuffle Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky reportedly accused Foreign Minister Dmitry…

Who Drinks The Most Beer In The World? The global beer industry is not only a cultural phenomenon but also a massive economic engine, contributing over half a trillion dollars to the…

Top UK North Sea Oil Firm Sees Rising Windfall Tax Hitting Investments Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The UK government’s plan to further raise the windfall tax on North Sea oil…

Hungary Rejects EU ‘Hysteria’ Over Work Visas For Russians Hungary and its leader Viktor Orban are once again at the center of an EU firestorm of controversy over a new work visa and…

Facts & Speculation About The State Of Russo-Indo Financial Ties Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The financial dimension of the Russian-Indian Strategic Partnership is qualitatively evolving as a result of the…

The State Department imposed new sanctions on Russian media on Wednesday Repeated sanctions to limit the freedom of Russian media in the US point to the erosion of democratic values in Washington,…

A flight to Birmingham made an emergency landing in the Russian capital due to engine problems An Air India Boeing 787 flying from New Delhi, India to Birmingham in the UK has…

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…

These Are The World’s Largest Megaprojects Megaprojects have been growing larger globally and many of them have recently centered on the Arab Gulf Region. Construction software company 1Build estimates that before the end of the…

Activist Investors And Healthcare Innovation Don’t Mix Authored by Jerry Rogers via RealClearPolicy, The U.S. healthcare system may have its share of flaws, but fortunately leading the world in healthcare ingenuity and…

A public inquiry has uncovered “decades of failures” by the government, which contributed the the loss of life in the 2017 fire British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has apologized to the families…

This Is Awkward: Elites Told Anyone Making Less Than $300k: “Try Lentils Instead Of Meat” Two and a half years after Bloomberg Opinion published advice for those earning under $300k on how to…

“These Results Are Alarming”: Billions Of People Have Inadequate Micronutrients, Study Estimates Authored by Huey Freeman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than half the world’s population is deficient in micronutrients…

War Prep? Two Major Chinese State Owned Shipbuilders Merge To “Better Serve The Military” In a move that we can’t help but think looks suspiciously like war prep, two Chinese state-owned shipbuilders announced…

Daddy Government Is Afraid Of His Rebellious Children Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Negotiation is the art of getting an opponent to advocate for your position.  You want one thousand dollars…

Judge Hands Elon Musk’s X A Win In Lawsuit Against California’s Content-Moderation Law Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal appeals court has granted X Corp.’s request…

The Green Subsidy Scam Authored by Jonathan Lesser via RealClearEnergy, Like the Jeopardy! game show, green energy subsidies have been Congress’ answer to every energy policy question. The first OPEC oil embargo…

West Jerusalem has been sidelining diplomacy in favor of a “military solution” to the Gaza war, Moscow said Israel has been using peace negotiations to mislead the international community and hide its…

Popular Conservatives Allegedly Tricked Into $10M Russian Influence Campaign: DOJ It looks like we’re doing September surprises now… Illustration via MediaITE The DOJ has accused several conservative influencers of unwittingly working for…

Watch the first 10 to 12 minutes.  Or watch more if you like, but from my position (having spent 15 years calling this out day-by-day as it takes place in real time)…

The Democrats’ Attacks Against Jill Stein Show How Desperate They’re Getting Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The Democrats have all of a sudden zeroed in on Green Party leader Jill Stein…

Lebanon’s Christian Bloc Charges Hezbollah With ‘Imposing’ War On The People Hezbollah on Wednesday unleashed its largest volley of rockets on northern Israel since late August. At around noon local time, nearly…

“I Am Different” – CNN Rehires Brian Stelter After Firing Him 2 Years Ago Two years after his ouster, CNN host Brian Stelter announced he’s returning to the network… but he’s different this…

The Democrat Plan To Restore The Higher Education Indoctrination Industrial Complex Authored by Robert Weissberg via American Thinker, The Democrat party’s craving for power is insatiable so nothing is ever enough. How…

Tobias Billstrom, who oversaw Sweden joining NATO, is retiring from politics Tobias Billstrom, who oversaw Sweden’s accession to NATO, has announced his resignation as foreign minister and retirement from politics, offering no…

SPAC Is Back With Biggest Monthly Flow Of Deals & Proceeds Since 2022 After a blockbuster year in 2021, with athletes and celebrities promoting blank-check offerings, the SPAC bubble imploded and has since been depressed…

What If All The Conventional Models Fail To Predict What Happens Next? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The ‘novel, apocalyptic situation which has now arisen’ goes largely unrecognized. A…

This might be a point that many people do not want to hear, but if you have watched the granular world of politics – specifically how the tradecraft from the IC has…

Illinois Bans Mini Shampoo Bottles In Hotel Rooms Authored by Dylan Sharkey via IllinoisPolicy.org, Tiny hotel toiletries will soon be outlawed in Illinois. A new law will make Illinois hotels ditch small…

In the information war era, the targeting mechanisms have moved away from content targeting to direct targeting of the voices who produce the content that is averse to the interests of the…

Gloom Surrounds Jeff Currie’s Super-Bull Copper Thesis As China Woes Cap Prices At $9,500 Veteran commodities analyst Jeff Currie appeared on Bloomberg TV on Tuesday to explain how his bullish thesis for copper, which…

The White House has responded to the Apalachee High incident by calling for gun control Four people were killed and at least nine more injured in a mass shooting at Apalachee High…

Commissioner Paul Brereton is digging in and claims he didn’t breach recusal common law when he “recused” himself from decision making for the “Robodebt 6” referrals while he still “retained visibility of…

Biden Says He’s Not Allowed To Go Out Into Crowds Anymore… After two weeks slumped in a deck-chair on a beach, The (reported) President of The United States of America – Joe…

A Stunning Chart Ahead Of Friday’s Job Report Buried deep inside today’s JOLTs report was some data that is simply stunning, and suggests that Friday’s jobs report – now that the data…

Hard-Landing Panic Leads To First Yield Curve Disinversion In Two Years, As Nvidia Plunge Continues If yesterday’s market dump was a bang, today’s continued selling more of a whimper. One day after…

The Russian president’s visit to Mongolia strengthens Moscow’s influence in Asia and sets an important precedent President Vladimir Putin’s recent two-day state visit to Mongolia was not just a significant event for…

As you guys know, my current focus is research of the James Clyburn network of precinct level ballot scanner operations.  Previously we mapped the trip by Clyburn through Wisconsin (pre-Biden withdrawal). Next,…

The Far East region has an economically advantageous location close to global logistic routes, according to the Russian president The proximity of Russia’s Far East to major international logistic routes is one…

Michigan Residents Weary Of National Politics, Hopeful For Truth Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Michigan voters helped swing the Electoral College to Donald Trump in 2016 and…

The two organizations seek to maximize their cooperation at countering a trend towards “growing radicalization,” according to a press release A joint conference of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and the…

China Should Try to Reclaim Land From Russia Under Chinese ‘Territorial Integrity,’ Taiwan President Says Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), TAIPEI, Taiwan—The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is…

The upcoming deep-sea port in Sakhalin will boost the Northern Sea Route, which will benefit Asian markets  Russia’s Far East is emerging as a global maritime logistics hub, and businesses from India…

‘Foreign Instructors’ Targeted In Mass Casualty Strike On Ukraine Military Academy: Russia Earlier we detailed Tuesday’s Russian attack on a Ukrainian military academy in the central part of the country, which resulted…

Two individuals identified as employees of the Russian network were criminally charged and four more sanctioned The US Department of Justice has charged two Russians it identifies as RT employees with money…

Ugly Beige Book Reveals Economic Activity “Flat Or Declining”, Consumer Spending Slowing In Most Districts One week after the latest Q2 GDP revision came in hotter than expected on the back of…

“The Deal Is Done”: In Massive Political Shake-Up, Canada’s Progressive NDP Pulls Plug On Pact With Trudeau In what’s turned into a massive political shake-up in Canada, Jagmeet Singh, leader of the…

Harris-Walz: The Ticket Of COVID Tyranny Authored by J.W.Rich via The Mises Institute, Quarantine, lockdowns, social distancing – words I’m sure everyone reading never wants to hear again. Even several years removed,…

The Kiev regime has revealed its true nature, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has said Kiev’s declaration that it wants to hang on to a small part of Russia’s Kursk Region shows Ukraine’s…

Yield Curve Shifts, Part 2: Bull Steepening Is Bearish For Stocks Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Part One of this article described the burgeoning bull steepening yield curve environment and what it…

The officer in charge of the USS John McCain was previously seen in a picture holding a rifle with a scope mounted backwards The captain of the destroyer USS John McCain, Cmdr….

Claims that Belgrade will provide Kiev with MiG-29 fighters are totally false, President Aleksandar Vucic has said Claims that Serbia has agreed to send its MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine via France are…

The agency will reportedly demand more effort from Kiev to cover the country’s budget gap The International Monetary Fund is expected to ratchet up pressure on the Ukrainian government to cover the…

Judge Rules Illinois Public Transit Firearms Carry Ban Unconstitutional Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge recently ruled that Illinois’s ban on carrying guns in public…

Transmashholding, Russia’s largest locomotive manufacturer, has won a $6.5 billion tender to produce train coaches for Indian Railways A Russian-Indian joint venture that secured a $6.5 billion deal to manufacture 120 electric…

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Steps Down Amid Biggest Cabinet ‘Reboot’ Of War And now Ukraine’s top diplomat is out, amid an ongoing major Zelensky shake-up of his cabinet – the biggest of the…

The bid will be considered by the group’s member states, an aide to the Russian president has said Türkiye has officially applied to join BRICS, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said on…

The climate activist was among a group of students attempting to occupy a university building in Copenhagen Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained at a pro-Palestinian rally in the Danish capital…

US Steel CEO Warns Collapse Of Nippon Deal Would Spark Plant Closings  Just days after Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris publicly opposed Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion bid for US Steel, the CEO…

Catastrophic JOLT: Job Openings Crater To Lowest Since 2021 As Data Manipulation Fails Last month, after the latest JOLTS report came in fractionally stronger than expected as the Kamala Department of Labor…

A Few More Things To Watch By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities As discussed in the Fog of War, we are starting to get some economic data. The market did not like…

The US president is expected to claim, yet again, that the Russian network is interfering in an American election The administration of US President Joe Biden is planning to accuse Russia of…

How Reuters Manipulates The Oil Market, In Two Headlines 100% of the time, Reuters’ oil market manipulation – on behalf of various unnamed deep tate interests – works 100% of the time….

Mariana Bezuglaya will remain deputy chair of a parliamentary defense committee despite an ongoing conflict with army commanders Ukrainian lawmakers declined to support a motion to remove MP Mariana Bezuglaya from her…

A Malakhit-M vehicle was taken out by a Lancet drone in Sumy Region, according to the Defense Ministry Russian forces have destroyed a Ukrainian mobile radar station, the Defense Ministry in Moscow…

Kiev’s ill-advised incursion into Russia was meant to embarrass Putin, but has cost Zelensky tremendous losses instead Almost a month ago, on August 6, Ukraine launched a major incursion into the Russian…

First Dollar General, Now Dollar Tree Shares Plunge As Both Discount Retailers Warn Of Core Customer Under Pressure  Shares of Dollar Tree plunged nearly 12% in premarket trading in New York after the discount retailer, which operates…

Bank of Canada Cuts Rates For Third Consecutive Month, Says “Expect Further Cuts” While Hungary may have already ended its rate cuts as prices surge and the currency tumbles, becoming the first…

The Russian president has also promised to discuss gas supplies to Serbia as he welcomes the country’s deputy PM at the Eastern Economic Forum The volume of bilateral trade between Russia and…

The factions will work together to appoint a central bank governor within 30 days, according to a joint statement Libya’s two rival governments have agreed to jointly appoint a central bank governor…

Starlink Agrees To Comply With Brazil’s Orders To Block X Elon Musk’s internet service, Starlink, has announced that it will comply with a Brazil Supreme Court order to shut down X while…

FBI Warns Of North Korean ‘Social Engineering’ Schemes To Steal Crypto Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to employees at…

Moscow takes the supply of long-range missiles to Ukraine very seriously, the foreign minister has said The US is well aware that any decision to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles crosses Moscow’s…

The former US president has blamed the conflict on the Biden administration and renewed his pledge to bring peace if reelected US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused Ukraine of intentionally…

A prisoner was tied to a desk and apparently electrocuted, according to the footage Ukrainian troops can be seen filming themselves brutally torturing a defiant Russian prisoner of war (POW) who refused…

Further aggression by Kiev will be met with an immediate and extremely painful response from Moscow, Russia’s Foreign Ministry cautioned Russia will give an immediate and painful response to further acts of…

California Scuttles Reparations Bills As Supporters Denounce A Political Bait-And-Switch Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have previously discussed (here and here and here and here) the push for reparations in California that has been touted by California Gov….

Watch: Ukraine Unveils Terrifying Flamethrower Drone Which Spits Thermite Ukraine appears to have in its possession a new drone which spits fire. A viral battlefield video posted to the internet early this…

Risks Facing Bullish Investors As September Begins Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Since the end of the “Yen Carry Trade” correction in August, bullish positioning has returned with a vengeance, yet two key…

Nomcebo Zuma’s betrothal to King Mswati III was confirmed at a traditional dance ceremony Nomcebo Zuma, daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, confirmed her engagement to King Mswati III of…

The former US president has been accused of attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat Former US President Donald Trump will enter a not guilty plea to criminal charges in a revised…

The HIMARS and MLRS systems taken out had reportedly been concealed in Sumy Region, from which Kiev launched its incursion into Russia A Russian missile has hit a concealed Ukrainian position where…

US Futures Slide, As Global Market Rout Extends For Second Day US stock-index futures fell, pointing toward a continued selloff on Wall Street after a slump Tuesday, when dire manufacturing PMI and ISM data…

Kiev’s support for rebels in Africa cements its status as a terrorist state in the eyes of the Global South Currently, many nations are vying to enhance their influence in Africa, drawn…

Moscow has repeatedly stated that it has no plans to attack the countries of the bloc The European Parliament is set to hold closed-door, high-level discussions on Wednesday in relation to a…

Budapest has not eased the entry procedure for Russian and Belarusian nationals, Peter Szijjarto insists Several fellow EU member states are spreading falsehoods about Hungary allegedly easing visa rules for Russian and…

Ethiopian Airlines says its bank account has been blocked by Eritrea’s aviation authority, making transactions impossible Ethiopian Airlines (EA) has suspended flights to and from Eritrea due to its bank account being…

At least three fatalities were reported in an artillery attack on a city market A Ukrainian artillery strike has killed at least three people at a market in the city of Donetsk,…

There can be no justification for curtailing religious practices, Orthodox officials have stressed The Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, one of the oldest Christian churches in the world, has called on the…

Finland Unveils World’s First Deep-Earth Repository To Bury Nuclear Waste By Alex Kimani of OilPrice.com Summary Currently, there are thousands of metric tons of used solid fuel from nuclear power plants worldwide…

The province is among many parts of the UK facing a spike in attacks on ethnic minorities, after a knife assault by a teen of Rwandan descent in July Hate crimes against…

Foreign instructors were providing instruction in electronic warfare and the use of drones in Poltava, the MOD says Moscow’s forces have carried out a high-precision strike on a Ukrainian training center in…

Poland Says It Has ‘Duty’ To Shoot Down Russian Missiles, NATO Leadership Warns Against Poland’s foreign minister has sparked fresh controversy and intense discussion within the NATO military alliance by saying that…

X accounts belonging to Donald Trump’s relatives were compromised to tout a token tied to a family cryptocurrency venture Social media accounts belonging to family members of Donald Trump were compromised on…

The US Secretary of State will not be able to testify to lawmakers on the day he was called, his office has said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will not appear…