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What’s Really Happening With Monkeypox Authored by David Bell via the Brownstone Institute, The World Health Organization (WHO) acted as expected this week and declared Mpox a Public Health Emergency of International…

WTI Extends Losses After API Reports Small (Surprise) Crude Build Oil prices limped lower once again today (5th decline in the last six days) as stocks stalled and a potential cease-fire in…

What Has The Fed Done To Our Lives? Authored by George F. Smith via LewRockwell.com, The following is derived from a speech in my novel, The Flight of the Barbarous Relic Wars must…

The Russian president visited the Special Forces University in Gudermes Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Special Forces University in Chechnya, praising the trainees who volunteered for service as protectors of…

China On The Verge: Welfare State Crumbles, Explosion In Social Unrest As Youth Unemployment Soars, Strikes Surge In retrospect, it was clear that the bottom was falling out of China’s economy (the…

The Israeli PM had reportedly previously endorsed a US plan to end the fighting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out accepting a ceasefire proposal that includes ending the war in…

Gold Hits New Record High As Kamu-nism/Growth-Scare Spoils Stocks’ Party The S&P 500 has not had a nine-day win-streak since 2004 and it appears Kamu-nism was enough to stop stocks doing it…

Harris Proposes Raising Corporate Tax Rate To 28 Percent Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris is proposing to increase the corporate tax rate…

​​​​​​​Industry Groups Urge Trudeau ‘Take Action’ As Inflation-Reigniting Canadian Rail-Strike Looms  Top industry trade groups have warned in a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to avert a rail strike that could snarl…

Krugman: Harris Hasn’t Proposed Price Controls… But It’s Good That She Did Authored by Jonathan Newman via The Mises Institute, In Paul Krugman’s latest column, he claims that Kamala Harris hasn’t advocated for…

By remaining in the race, Kennedy is hurting the Republican nominee’s chances of winning, his vice presidential candidate admitted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is weighing whether to end his third-party presidential campaign…

U. Illinois Has 42 “Illegal” Race-, Sex-Based Scholarships: Federal Complaint Authored by Matt Lamb via The College Fix, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has 42 “illegal” scholarships that discriminate against applicants…

A Kamala Harris campaign surrogate has targeted J.D. Vance A prominent Democrat has wished for Republican nominee Donald Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance to have to deal with a pregnancy resulting from…

$1 Million Gold Bars For The First Time Ever! Authored by Mike Maharrey Via Money Metals, For the first time ever, a 400-ounce bar of gold is worth $1 million. No wonder…

RFK Jr Campaign Mulling “Joining Forces With Trump” Because We ‘Run The Risk Of Enabling A Harris/Walz Presidency’ Just days after refuting reports that RFK Jr approached Harris for a cabinet position,…

As Israel Recovers Bodies Of 6 Hostages, Victims’ Families Blast Netanyahu For No Deal The Israeli military (IDF) on Tuesday announced the recovery of six hostage bodies from the Gaza Strip. They…

The wait for retaliation by Tehran over the killing of a Hamas leader could be long, according to the Revolutionary Guards Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that Tehran’s retaliation over…

Robert F Kennedy sent the following tweet message earlier today: [Source Link] It looks increasingly like Robert F Kennedy notices the sand within his influence clock is running out fast.  At the…

Commander-in-chief Aleksandr Moiseev is in New Delhi for a visit   Russian Naval Commander-in-Chief Aleksandr Moiseev has met with his Indian counterpart, Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, and other military officials, during a…

Trump Vows To Slash Energy Costs By Half If Elected Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Donald Trump has pledged to reduce energy costs by half within his first year in office…

Harris’ DNC Platform Calls For ‘Radical’ Mass Amnesty For Millions Of Illegals The official Democratic party platform calls for the passage of the US Citizenship Act – which the Trump campaign on…

Dormant For Decades, US Uranium Producers Are Regaining Traction Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times, Since the Senate unanimously passed the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act and President Joe Biden…

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The disease can be controlled without plunging Europe into lockdown, Hans Kluge has said at a briefing Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, does not pose the same public health threat as Covid-19,…

What Milton Friedman Said 5 Decades Ago About Government Spending Still Holds True Today Authored by John Robson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A friend’s mother was fond of saying there’s…

Did Kam-unism Send Philly Fed Business Survey Crashing To COVID Lows? Everything is awesome, right? Well something just hit the wall in the Philly Fed’s region… and the timing is awkward for…

The fate of a Gothic cathedral in upstate New York has become a viral issue online The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, New York has commented on the sale of a historic…

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Washington’s charge d’affaires over an American PMC taking part in Kiev’s cross-border assault The US charge d’affaires in Moscow, Stephanie Holmes, has been summoned to Russia’s Foreign…

The Zelensky regime is running incalculable risks by weaponizing a nuclear power station in its information war, and its Western backers won’t even call it out Recently, Zaporozhe nuclear power station has…

Footage shows numerous Russian civilians being executed at a point-blank range, Major General Apty Alaudinov has claimed The Ukrainian forces that have occupied part of Russia’s Kursk Region have committed atrocities against…

The policy document still includes a host of promises for Joe Biden’s “second term” Democratic delegates have voted to approve the party’s 2024 platform. The 94-page document still states that President Joe…

Russian Army Captures New York Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has once again admitted the situation in Ukraine’s east is “difficult” amid a continuing Russian troop advance in the Donetsk region. He said…

Pity Those Having To Make Forecasts For The Global Economy Right Now By Michael Every of Rabobank Breaking With Convention Pity those having to make forecasts for the global economy right now….

Lowe’s Cuts Full-Year Outlook On “Challenging Macroeconomic Backdrop” Hitting Homeowners  Home improvement retailer Lowe’s beat second-quarter earnings expectations but fell short on sales, slashing its full-year outlook due to “lower-than-expected DIY sales”…

The GOP presidential nominee said he wasn’t surprised by his rival’s decision not to take part in a planned September 4 showdown on Fox News Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said…

Deutsche Welle has engaged in “subversive activities,” according to the State Duma Russian lawmakers have proposed a ban on the activities of German media corporation Deutsche Welle (DW) in the country. The…

The Scottish foreign secretary’s recent actions were criticized as the “normalization” of ties with the Jewish state Scotland said it has suspended all meetings with Israeli officials until there is “real progress”…

Senegal’s president has been keen on renegotiating deals with foreign operators since taking office in April Senegal’s new government has established a commission to begin reviewing various gas and oil contracts signed…

The shelter pets appeared to have brought FC Rotor good luck, judging by the squad’s win on its home turf Russian First League football team FC Rotor Volgograd took the pitch with…

Riga’s Edvards Ratnieks says he has applied to the Latvian Justice Ministry to restrict the use of Russian in public spaces Riga Vice Mayor Edvards Ratnieks has officially called on the Latvian…

Harris Polls “Much Less Rosy” Than Reported, SuperPAC Admits The founder of the main outside spending group backing Kamala Harris for president says their own internal opinion polling is “much less rosy”…

The ruling comes amid nationwide protests over the rape and murder of a trainee in the state of West Bengal The Supreme Court of India set up a national task force of…

CCP Conducts Emergency Drills For ‘Pneumonia Of Unknown Cause’ Across China Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In recent months, local health authorities have conducted emergency infection disease…

The latest reported failure comes less than a month after the company pleaded guilty to criminal fraud over 737 Max crashes US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has halted test-flights of its 777X twin-engine…

“This Is Awful” – Biden’s Final Indignity: ‘Angry Old Man’ Demoted To Midnight Speech At DNC Day one of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) kicked off with excitement as delegates and attendees…

Plot Thickens? British Tech Titan’s Co-Defendant Killed In Car Crash, Days Before Yacht ‘Hit By Tornado’ An unexpected violent storm, which some EU media outlets described as a ‘tornado,’ sank the British-flagged superyacht “Bayesian” early…

Far-right MPs have asked top officials to comment on reports that Germany suspects Ukrainian involvement in the Nord Stream sabotage Several MPs from the right-wing Party for Freedom (PVV) have grilled the…

Futures Flat As Gold Soars To New Record High US equity futures are flat after another narrow overnight range, following another euphoric session on Wall Street amid bets the Fed chair Powell…

EU Cuts Planned Tariffs On Tesla’s China-Made EVs To 9% The European Commission announced this AM that, in its ongoing findings of an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese imports of battery electric vehicles, all…

American Peronism – Kamala Harris’ Radical Left Plan To Ruin America Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Price controls, higher taxes, government intervention, and subsidies paid for by printing a constantly devalued currency. These…

Is The Equity Market Decline Over? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvioce.com, The market’s 8.5% decline during August sent shockwaves through the media and investors. The drop raised concerns about whether this…

The billionaire has stated he is “willing to serve” after the GOP nominee floated giving him an advisory role Billionaire Elon Musk has expressed a willingness to take a position in the…

The 2004 terrorist attack, one of the most tragic in modern Russian history, claimed the lives of 334 people Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the southern city of Beslan to…

The night strike targeted a site in Sumy Region, which is essential for Kiev’s logistics in its ongoing incursion into Russia A Russian airstrike has destroyed a Ukrainian command post in Sumy…

The iconic US bike maker has dropped its policies after pressure from critics who previously accused it of going “totally woke” American motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson has ended its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion…

Moscow’s forces have eliminated a large group of Ukrainian troops near the heavily-fortified town, the Defense Ministry has reported Russian troops have fully captured the town of Novgorodskoye, also known as New…

BurgerFi Might Go Bankrupt BurgerFi’s financial situation is only getting worse. It expects to report net losses of $18.4 million for the quarter ending July 1 compared to a $6 million loss…

The Republican presidential nominee says he is open to appointing the billionaire to an advisory role, describing him as a “very smart guy” Donald Trump has said billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk…

New legislation could provide for the outright prohibition of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church if it fails to cut ties with Moscow The Ukrainian parliament has approved a law that would allow authorities…

The Ukrainian leader has called on his backers to be bolder in giving Kiev long-range weapons without fear of Russia’s reaction The West should agree to Ukrainian requests for long-range weapons without…

America is “winning” under Democratic leadership, the incumbent president has claimed Former President Donald Trump is wrong to say the US is in decline, the current leader, Joe Biden, told party delegates…

The EU Just Declared War On Free Speech In America. It Is Time To Fight Back… Authored by Jonathan Turley, Eighty years ago, the U.S. government launched a war bond campaign featuring…

Denmark Is The World’s Best Country For Women Metrics assessing women’s safety, inclusion, and access to justice vary greatly by country and region. In this graphic, Visual Capitalist’s Julia Wendling ranked the…

Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his friend, investment banker Jonathan Bloomer, are among six people unaccounted for after a tornado hit their vessel near Sicily British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and Morgan…

The US president has complained that he had to spend almost 200 hours in discussions to reunite the bloc Donald Trump damaged NATO unity by putting American interests first during his time…

Dubai Court Recognizes Crypto As A Valid Salary Payment By Ezra Reguerra of CoinTelegraph In a significant update to the United Arab Emirates’ judiciary approach to crypto, the Dubai Court of First…

The country’s finance minister has emphasized the need to fund teachers’ pay and other essential services Kenya’s government is set to reinstate some of the tax measures that were previously scrapped following…

The monetary authority shut down on Sunday in response to the abduction of its IT director The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has announced the resumption of operations after the release of…

The US president claims he has never yielded to “dictators” and neither will his VP US President Joe Biden has accused his predecessor, Donald Trump, of being unfit for the role of…

We Cannot Have Monetary Policy Based On Luck By Tor Vollalokken. The blog appeared earlier this month as an op-ed in Dagens Næringsliv. Tor Vollalokken enjoyed more than fifteen years as an…

Huge Protests Target Rio Tinto’s Lithium Project In Serbia – Would Be Europe’s Largest Mine A massive, early-stage lithium mining project in Serbia faces huge and animated public opposition, casting some doubt…

Tehran’s operatives utilized “social engineering” to gain direct access to the campaigns of both presidential candidates, the agency has claimed The US intelligence community is “confident” that Iran tried to hack the…

Why Might Ukraine Want Russia To Use Nuclear Weapons? Authored by Andrew Korybko via substack, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warned on Sunday in an interview with leading Russian media that: “Such escalation on the…

US media reports have claimed that Vladimir Zelensky initially approved the sabotage Ukraine should pay for the damage done to the German economy following the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines, Bundestag MP…

Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim is visiting New Delhi ahead of the group’s summit in Russia Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is visiting New Delhi to discuss bilateral ties and to seek support…

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…

Time For NeverTrump Republicans To Put On Their Big Boy Pants & Think Of Their Country Authored by Brian C. Joondeph via American Thinker, My flak jacket is on as I write…

More Than 1 In 9 Americans Live In Poverty In 2022, the U.S. official poverty rate was 11.5% with a total of 37.9 million people in poverty. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Kayla Zhu,…

Manhattan DA Defers To Judge On Delaying Trump’s Sentencing Date Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said it will defer to a New York…

Which US States Have The Highest Violent-Crime Rates? In 2022, there were about 1.2 million violent crimes reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Violent crimes comprise of four offenses: homicide (murder and…

RNC Asks Supreme Court To Block 41,000 Arizona Voters From Voting In November Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The Republican National Committee (RNC) asked the Supreme Court on Aug….

The new drug is designed to treat allergy to birch pollen much faster than existing methods Moscow will start testing the first-ever drug designed to cure allergy to birch pollen, according to…

President Petr Pavel suggested that the alliance could admit Ukraine with “temporary” borders NATO could allow Ukraine to become a member even without having to recapture all of its territory from Russia,…

Into The Great Depression, Part 1: The Roaring ’20s & The Creation Of The Fed Authored by Tumoas Malinen via substack, Something that has been a particular interest of mine is the…

IRS Launches Initiative To Combat Growing Number Of Tax Scams Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a new coalition with members of…

Democratic D.C Councilman Arrested & Charged With Bribery, Faces 15 Years In Jail Washington, D.C., Councilman Trayon White Sr. has been charged with bribery, according to court filings unsealed on Aug. 19….

The video comes to my attention via the Twitter Account of Tony Seruga.  The video appears to capture Thomas Crooks walking through the vendor section of the Butler rally at approximately 4:26pm,…

Tonight, Joe Biden will be delivering a speech at the DNC Convention opening night in Chicago, Illinois, and then departing the world of politics forever. According to the rough sketch of the…

The Democrats have gathered in Chicago to officially nominate US Vice President Kamala Harris as their new presidential candidate Pro-Palestine protesters have torn down a section of the metal security fence outside…

Earlier this afternoon, President Donald Trump delivered remarks on jobs and the economy from York, Pennsylvania.  The full video of his remarks is below. WATCH: . Posted in Donald Trump, Election 2024,…

The Ukrainians will ultimately be disappointed with their current helpers, the president of Belarus has said The people of Ukraine will eventually recognize that the US and its allies have treated them…

Where DNCs And RNCs Have Taken Place When the Democratic Party picked the city of Milwaukee as the location for its 2020 National Convention, it chose a Midwestern city other than Chicago for…

In this picture, a screengrab from a recent media question, you will notice Brian Fallon on screen right, using his cell phone to record the Q&A in case the principal, Harris, says…

For A Democrat, The American Heartland’s Normalcy Is A Terrifying Dystopia Authored by Andrea Widburg via AmericanThinker.com, The Civil War tore America apart and left 600,000 dead. Still, despite its ferocity, it…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reportedly declined to serve as a mediator, however Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is willing to relay communications between Kiev and Moscow, but will not try to…

Local Cop, Not Secret Service, Shot Trump Rally Shooter First The first shot to hit Thomas Crooks, the man who sprayed eight shots at a Butler, Pennsylvania Trump rally on July 13…

Carry Trade Trap: The Real Reason Why The Fed Has Waited So Long To Cut Rates Authored by Brandon Smith, via Alt-Market.us, In 2022 there was considerable debate among alternative economists what…

Forty Centuries Of Failure: Price Controls, Debasement, & Tyranny Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, It hasn’t worked once, so why would a politician go all-in on price controls now? August 15th was the…

SEC Slaps Carl Icahn With Disclosure Fines In Margin-Loan Probe The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has imposed a multimillion-dollar fine on Carl Icahn, a famed activist investor, and his company, Icahn Enterprises LP…