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Full-Time Jobs Suggest Recession Risks Higher Than Thought Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In the most recent BLS employment report, the percentage of full-time jobs relative to the population dropped sharply….

Seoul’s intelligence agency has apparently suggested that Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Kim Ju-ae, will probably take over the reins South Korea’s intelligence agency has speculated that Kim Jong-un’s daughter, believed to be named…

Boris Naroditsky was responsible for creating the adenovirus vector platform that served as the basis for the Sputnik-V shot One of the lead developers of the Russian Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine, Boris Naroditsky,…

Dozens of people have drowned or died of cold while trying to cross into Romania amid Kiev’s conflict with Russia, the newspaper said More than 20 Ukrainians have died while trying to…

Burberry Crashes Most Since 2012 As Luxury Downturn Accelerates Shares in Burberry Group Plc crashed as much as 15% in UK trading, hitting lows not seen since the early days of the…

New Delhi and Tehran share common goal of “mitigating global concerns” about the Middle East as conflict there escalates Foreign Minister of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is planning to visit Iran in the…

The former US president’s potential return to the White House in 2025 is a source of concern, according to Christine Lagarde Donald Trump’s potential election as US president in 2024 is “clearly…

A Moscow-based electric car producer is set to build a components plant in Giza Egyptian real estate major GV Investments and Russian electric vehicle producer Concordia have struck a deal for the…

Gluttony is “killing the planet,” the Catholic leader has said in a sermon Pope Francis has singled out gluttony as possibly the most serious sin of all, citing its destructive impact on…

The European Commission is reportedly willing to allow the Hungarian leader to opt out of the funding deal after one year European officials are reportedly prepared to bow to the demands of…

The Ukrainian president has vowed to personally compensate American aid skeptic Ron DeSantis “once Kiev has won the war” Ukrainian pensioners will die without social benefits financed by Western aid, President Vladimir…

Risk-On Moment For China Yet To Come After Still-Weak Data Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Money and inflation data released overnight in China continues to show scant signs of an…

Outlays accelerated while receipts fell in the first quarter of the new fiscal year, Treasury data shows The US federal budget deficit reached half a trillion dollars in the first three months…

Yield-Curve Dis-Inverts After ‘Cool’ PPI, Bullion & Bond Prices Bounce ‘Cooler-than-expected’ PPI apparently trumps ‘hotter-than-expected’ CPI and the markets are reacting ‘dovishly’ with rate-cut expectations soaring. The odds of a March rate-cut…

Core Producer Prices At Record High In December, Up 17% Since Biden Elected Following yesterday’s hotter-than-expected CPI, this morning’s Producer Price Index was expected to accelerate (headline not core). However, it did…

JPM Reports Mediocre Q4 Earnings But Impresses With Stellar 2024 Forecast (Which Is Based On 6 Fed Cuts) As happens every quarter, moments ago JPM – the largest US bank – officially…

New Protests Threaten to Take Key Libyan Refinery Offline Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Just days after similar protests shut down the country’s largest oilfield, Sharara, new protests against corruption and distribution…

The two Western nations launched a series of strikes on Friday in response to attacks on vessels in the Red Sea Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned the joint US and…

Logistics emerged one of the key issues discussed by Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar and Russian officials on his visit to Moscow, and it’s good news for bilateral ties As expected, Indian…

Mass unrest has gripped the Pacific nation over a public sector pay cut, later blamed on an administrative error Soldiers and police patrolled the streets of the Papua New Guinea capital on…

Burundi accuses Rwanda of hosting and training a rebel group that has been carrying out deadly cross-border raids Burundi has announced the closure of its border with Rwanda, while suspending diplomatic relations…

Lloyd Austin suffered complications after treatment for cancer, but did not inform the White House of his whereabouts US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered and oversaw the overnight strikes on dozens of…

The loan is aimed at funding rural road projects in Gujarat The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) has announced the approval of a $500 million loan to fund rural road projects in…

The former Russian president was reacting to the imminent signing of a security agreement between London and Kiev Moscow would consider the open deployment of British troops to Ukraine as a “declaration…

Futures Slide As Earnings Season Begins, Oil Surges After US Strikes Houthi Rebels In Yemen US equity futures are muted on the last day of the week, as investors mull the impact…

Fanigate Goes Full Jerry Springer: DA’s Alleged Lover Left Wife ‘In Dire Need’ After Failing To Disclose $700K According To Divorce Docs Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis – who has charged…

Andrzej Duda has reportedly vowed not to pass any bills put forward by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s new cabinet Polish President Andrzej Duda is reportedly planning to launch an all-out offensive against…

Manhattan Apartment Hunters Get No Relief Ahead Of Spring Season Manhattan’s rental market showed no signs of easing, with prices climbing higher in December. This indicates that apartment hunters will face near-record-high…

Nikhil Gupta is accused of being linked to a plan to kill Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a prominent Sikh activist based in New York The US has refused to produce evidence against an…

There is no justification for the US-led military action under international law, Russia has stated The overnight airstrikes conducted by the US and its allies against targets in Yemen were illegal, Kremlin…

The West owes oppressed nations apologies, but those seem to be part of the same old colonial system These days in Africa, we often hear calls for reparations for the three Western…

The Soviet leader’s depiction contradicts historical facts, the Georgian Orthodox Patriarchate has said The Orthodox Church of Georgia has ordered changes to an icon featuring Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Its presence in…

There is no organization that can end war alone, Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter has told RT While hearings in The Hague on South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice…

60% Of Global Economy Is In For A ‘Lost Decade’ Due To Record Debt Authored by Sam Bourgi via CreditNews.com, The World Bank has issued a grim warning to developing countries: Sort…

Washington and London have retaliated against Houthi attacks on ships passing through the Red Sea Crude oil prices have gained more than 2% on Friday after the US and UK carried out…

Will Direct Lithium Extraction Disrupt The $90B Lithium Market? Current lithium extraction and refinement methods are outdated, often harmful to the environment, and ultimately inefficient. So much so that by 2030, lithium…

Chinese Scientists Reveal Experiments With Virus 100% Fatal To Mice Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Scientists in China, experimenting with a coronavirus closely related to the virus…

Italian defense chief Guido Crosetto has told MPs that Rome will diversify its strategy, while continuing to back Kiev with weapons The conditions are ripe for a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine…

Washington is ratcheting up regional tensions for its own goals, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Western airstrikes in Yemen are aimed at escalating tensions in the Middle East, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman…

The Latin American country is heading towards 200% inflation amid the worst economic crisis in decades The International monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to unlock $4.7 billion for Argentina as part of…

Officials in Kiev have argued that strikes deep inside Russia are the best way to defend their nation Western donors should not tell Ukraine how it can use the weapons provided to…

“Futile Waste Of Human Resources & Money” – EU PM Says West Got Ukraine All Wrong A lone outlier and rare voice of dissent to come out of the generally staunchly pro-Ukraine…

The Western bombing raids follow a series of attacks on commercial vessels by Yemeni militants Lawmakers in Washington have given mixed reactions to a series of US and UK retaliatory strikes on…

The St. Nikolas was transporting crude from Iraq to Turkey when it was boarded An oil tanker has been boarded and seized by Iranian forces in Gulf of Oman, Tehran’s Navy confirmed…

The EU’s Worst-Nightmare: Pitchforks! Authored by John Butler via FortuneAndFreedom.com, Farmers are revolting in Germany and neighbouring countries Populist parties continue to rise in the polls The EU may not survive in…

Production drilling still managed to reach the highest level in a decade last year, data shows   Russian oil companies were on track for record drilling at their oil fields last year…

It is hoped the initiative will become an “antidote” to the country’s energy challenges The UK government announced plans on Thursday for what it described as the country’s “biggest expansion of nuclear…

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…

Criminality In The White House: The Rise Of The Political Psychopath Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “When the President does it, that means that it is not…

The most watched CNN broadcast in all of 2023 was a townhall with President Donald Trump. Last night as President Trump appeared on Fox News and Ron DeSantis/Nikki Haley held a debate,…

Advanced Prostate Cancer Cases On The Rise After Years Of Decline Authored by Cara Michelle Miller via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was recently diagnosed and is…

Second-Largest Foreign Owner Of US Land Is Member Of The CCP A member of the Chinese Communist Party is the second-largest foreign owner of US land, according to the Daily Caller. Screenshot/Haokan/印度留学生Tony…

The brief scare came on the last day of a legal battle linked to hundreds of millions in alleged fraud Police in New York have responded to a bomb threat against the…

Even Insured Americans Can’t Afford Medical Bills Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Millions of Americans are struggling under the crushing weight of rapidly rising health care costs…

The White House has reiterated its call for Congress to approve additional funds for Kiev The military aid Washington has been providing Kiev has come to a halt, White House national security…

The Root Cause Of Academic Groupthink Authored by Bruce Abramson via RealClear Wire, The shroud is coming off elite academia and America is not pleased with what it’s seeing. Its leaders have…

Maersk Boss Warns Red Sea Chaos Could Last Months President Biden’s efforts to stop Iran-backed Houti attacks on commercial shipping routes in the Red Sea continue to face significant challenges. The boss…

Biden “Saves” Democracy By Destroying It; VDH Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, When faced with the possible return of President Donald Trump, the current agenda of the Democratic Party…

Is A Tech Layoff Wave Slated For 2024? There have been a number of layoff announcements by big tech firms at the start of the new year, signaling a potentially weakening labor…

Trust me, I had to dumb down this headline to avoid the Google “reputation” block.   But let me start by reminding everyone [CHECK DATE]: [SOURCE] {GO DEEP} – And so, it begins:…

China Says It Cracked Apple’s AirDrop Encryption To Track Senders Authored by Dorothy Li via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Chinese authorities have claimed that they can identify individuals who use Apple’s…

The blasts occurred in Sanaa, Hodeidah and other cities, the Iran-backed Shia militias said The US and UK have begun carrying out strikes on Yemen in the early hours of Friday local…

Griffin, Singer, And Schwarzman Pour Millions Into McCormick Super PAC In Hopes Of Flipping PA Senate Seat Red One of the most competitive 2024 Senate races is heating up, thanks in large…

Liz Cheney Vs. Stefan Passantino: The Jan. 6 Committee Fraud Authored by Newt Gingrich via RealClear Wire, It’s becoming increasingly clear that U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney was dishonest, manipulative, and destructive while…

The Best Bank Stock Rally In Years Raises Scrutiny By Jessica Menton, Bloomberg Earnings Watch reporter and analyst Fresh off their best quarter since 2021, banks stocks are set for a high-stakes…

Somewhat surprising the inquisition duo, President Trump announced last night he knows who his Vice-Presidential candidate is going to be.  WATCH: . President Trump also explains how he would staff his new…

Energy Lease Hypocrisy: Biden Uses Taxpayer Protections To Prop Up Wind, Gut Oil Authored by Pete McGinnis via RealClear Wire, What constitutes a “proven technology” with “predictable income” to the Biden administration?…

President Donald Trump’s lawyer was asked about presidential immunity on Tuesday, by Federal Judge Florence Pan.  The specifics of the question surrounded if President Trump could order SEAL Team Six to assassinate…

Hunter Biden Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Tax Charges World-renowned painting legend and crackhead hooker-connoisseur, Hunter Biden, pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he failed to pay taxes on millions of…

Israel Alarmed At ‘Terrifying’ Number Of Troops Wounded Since Start Of Gaza War Via The Cradle, Over 6,000 members of the Israeli security establishment – including the army and the police –…

“Hurricane-Force Blizzard” Could Hit Northeast Next Week, Weather Forecaster Warns The weather forecast for next week paints an ominous picture for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, as Ryan Maue, a meteorologist and former…

Pentagon Responds To Claims Taylor Swift Is ‘Front For Covert Political Agenda’ Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Pentagon on Wednesday responded to reports that singer Taylor…

There were reports of explosions in Sanaa and Hodeidah on Friday The US and the UK have launched an attack on Yemen, striking the cities of Sanaa and Hodeidah, Houthi spokesman Abdulsalam…

Media coverage has soft-pedaled Stephane Sejourne’s relationship with France’s youngest-ever PM Gabriel Attal French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal appointed his husband Stephane Sejourne as foreign minister on Thursday, just days after he…

London and Washington may launch missiles against the Houthis as early as Thursday evening, multiple outlets say The British and American governments have decided to launch air and missile strikes against the…

Kiev reneged on a peace deal with Moscow following the visit by then-UK PM Britain did not strong-arm Ukraine into abandoning peace with Russia early on in the conflict, former Prime Minister…

The current Ukrainian and US leadership effectively function as an “organized crime ring,” Andrey Derkach has claimed Ukraine has been plagued by high-profile corruption, which is being actively covered up by top…

Fed Balance Sheet Expands By Most Since SVB Crisis As Banks Arbitrage Bailout Fund For the third week in a row, money-market funds saw sizable inflows (+$10BN) last week, pushing total AUM…

The Financial System Has Reached ‘The End’; Von Greyerz Authored by Egon von Greyerz via GoldSwitzerland.com, The world is now witnessing the end of a currency and financial system which the Chinese…

Hot-flation Hammers Hope: Crypto Rips As Yield-Curve Bull-Steepens Bitcoin (spot) ETFs dominated the overnight headlines as they started trading after the begrudging SEC approval last night. That sparked a large wave of…

US Army Struggling To Recruit White Soldiers And The Reason Is Obvious Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, People reacted to the news that the U.S. Army is struggling to recruit…

US Budget Deficit Soars By 50% In December As Fiscal Collapse Under Biden Accelerates Remember when we showed that the “stealth” secret sauce behind Bidenomics was nothing more than a massive, multi-trillion…

“Too Late…” – The Fed’s QE-Comeback Could Be Dangerous Authored by Melissa Davies, chief economist at Redburn Atlantic, op-ed via The FT, The Fed has already started down the path to resuming…

The pop star’s name came up in a 2019 “psyop” presentation that surfaced recently The notion that the US military could be using songstress Taylor Swift in psychological operations is a conspiracy…

Psychological stress was also a deciding factor in the decrease in Austrian recruitment last year, according to Klaudia Tanner Young Austrians are getting too fat to join the military, Defense Secretary Klaudia…

UK, US Preparing To Carry Out Offensive Strikes On Yemen’s Houthis: Reports Chatter and rumors are growing on reports that the Western coalition is cobbling together a plan to go on the offensive…

Lloyd Austin’s Deputy Ran The Pentagon From The Beach, Didn’t Cancel Vacation Amid growing pressure on the Biden administration in the wake of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin going MIA for nearly four…

‘A Significant Shift’: Blue Collar Democrats Switching To Republican In ‘Deep Purple’ Pennsylvania Authored by Beth Brelje via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Nearly 59,000 registered Pennsylvania Democrats left the party in…

Impressive 30Y Auction Sees Solid Foreign Demand, No Tail After yesterday’s mediocre 10Y auction, which in turn followed a stellar 3Y, moments ago we also got the first sale of long duration…

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement incites anti-Semitic rhetoric, a UK government minister claimed UK MPs voted on Wednesday to back a Conservative government bill that proposes a ban on public institutions…

Hertz Begins Dumping 20,000 EVs In Shift Back To Petrol Cars In 2021, rental car company Hertz Global Holdings Inc. tapped Tom Brady to promote its massive push to electrify its fleet. …

“We Need To Find Ways To Suppress Douglas Murray & Joe Rogan”: Inside A Counter-Terrorism Course For UK Civil Servants Authored by Anna Stanley via FathomJournal.org, Scandalous Indoctrination: Inside a Kings College…

The outspoken tech billionaire is the embodiment of both America’s main problem and its main founding principle Billionaire tech entrepreneur, space visionary, and the richest man in the world Elon Musk may…

For many American extremists, the risks reportedly outweigh the rewards Ukraine has gone from “a destination for American extremists” to a lost cause, the Guardian said on Thursday, citing chatter on social…

Premature Extrapolation: Inflation Bears Are Popping The Champagne Too Soon Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Confidence is growing that inflation has been defeated. What is typically forgotten is that it…

Illegal migration rose by 67% in 2023 compared to the year prior, data has shown Europe remains exposed to the ongoing flow of migrants at its borders despite measures designed to mitigate…

The majority of the world is no longer willing to accept Western diktat. That heralds a revolution. The main events of international politics in 2023 have shown that the origin of the…

Amid ‘Dueling Debates’, Vivek Warns ‘The System’ Will Force Haley-DeSantis Ticket To Bring Down Trump Given Donald Trump’s absolute dominance over the current 2024 GOP field, Vivek Ramaswamy has a prediction: Nikki…

Former Stanford President Retracts “Ground-Breaking” Alzheimer’s Paper Authored by Maggie Kelly via The College Fix, Former Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who resigned in July of last year after an investigation found…