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“Best Hunker Down”: Blizzard Pounding Sierra Nevada To Dump 10-Plus Feet Of Snow A powerful Pacific storm will dump up to 10 feet of snow across the highest elevations of Sierra Nevada…

Trump And Jack Smith Request Competing Trial Dates In Classified Documents Case Authored by Caden Pearsen via The Epoch Times, Former President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Jack Smith filed motions on…

Defeating Russia is essential and everything possible must be done to achieve that goal, Manuel Valls has said The possibility of the Ukraine conflict escalating into World War III cannot be ruled…

Democrats Lost Faith In February As UMich Inflation Indicator Ticked Up Democrats’ consumer confidence tumbled in February, falling 7.1 pts (from 101.7 to 94.6) – the most since June 2022. At the…

WTF Is Going On With US Manufacturing PMI Data… After yesterday’s ugly data, S&P Global’s US Manufacturing PMI offered a ray of ‘soft’ hope with an acceleration intra-month – from 50.7 in…

Columbia University Hospital DEI Chief Accused Of Plagiarizing Wikipedia, 27 Others In Dissertation In the continuation of a trend rocking “elite” institutions, Columbia University Medical Center’s chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)…

Paris will do “everything” to avoid a direct conflict with Moscow while continuing to aid Kiev, Stephane Sejourne has said No combat troops will be sent to Ukraine, French Foreign Minister Stephane…

Haley: Nominating Trump Means “Suicide For Our Country” Authored by Philip Wegmann via RealClearPolitics.com, As Nikki Haley stubbornly clings to life ahead of Super Tuesday, warning that nominating Donald Trump for president…

US Blocks Security Council Motion Blaming Israel For Deadly Gaza Aid Delivery Incident There was an overnight push among Arab nations to get the UN Security Council (UNSC) to pass a motion…

Dumb Money Almost Back To Even, Making The Same Mistakes Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, After over two years, retail investors, also known as the “dumb money,” are almost back to breakeven. A…

Futures Flat As Rally Fades, CRE Stress Returns US stock futures briefly fell to a session low – then quickly recovered – as Apple slumped in premarket trading after Goldman removed the…

ECB Rate-Cuts In Jeopardy As Disinflation Grinds To Halt Authored by Simon Black, Bloomberg macro strategist, Eurozone inflation data for January just came in higher than expected, as hinted by the readings…

Washington is trying to justify spending more taxpayer money on aggressive foreign policy, Havana has claimed The US falsely accuses other countries of spying while itself engaging in widespread espionage, Cuban Foreign…

The late opposition figure – who died last month at a prison in northern Russia – has been laid to rest in his home city Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has been buried…

The move is part of the MONUSCO peacekeeping mission’s withdrawal from the DR Congo The UN stabilization mission (MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has withdrawn troops from…

On March 1, 1896, Ethiopian troops defeated the Italian army in the legendary Battle of Adwa, and defended their country’s independence “I know the tactics of European governments when they wish to…

Elon Musk Hits OpenAI With “Breach Of Contract” Lawsuit For Abandoning Foundational Mission Elon Musk claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday evening in the San Francisco Superior Court that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its chief…

Low Volatility In Gold Is Calm Before Inflation Storm Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Inflation is back on the radar this week after yesterday’s release of PCE in the US….

Milena Melnichuk accused the Russian and Belarusian finalists of the Miss Europe contest of paying off the judges The Winner of the Miss Europe 2024 beauty pageant, Russian national Roza Gadieva, has…

Today’s Western leaders exhibit a strange mix of self-assuredness and anxiety that’s characteristic of those defending the status quo during times of sweeping change US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has become the…

The terms allowed Kiev to seek membership of the EU, but not NATO, according to the outlet The Wall Street Journal has published what it says are details of a draft peace…

The country’s GDP surged 8.4% between October and December 2023, data has shown  India is the world’s fastest-growing economy and its expansion in the final quarter of last year exceeded expectations, according…

The text in Russian was published by RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, hours after she reported receiving the recording The full text of what is claimed to be a discussion by senior German…

New Delhi has approved acquisition of $4.7 billion-worth of weaponry, including missiles and MiG29 engines co-developed with Russia The Indian Ministry of Defence has approved five arms-acquisition contracts worth $4.7 billion (391…

Inflation’s Impact: The Penny’s Plunge Into Irrelevance Via SchiffGold.com, It’s no surprise to readers of this site that metals are often worth more than fiat currency. Gold, silver, and other precious metals…

Watch: First Cybertruck Sells At Manheim For $244,000 Customers who purchase Tesla’s long-awaited Cybertruck are bound by a buyer’s agreement that they cannot sell the futuristic vehicle in the first year –…

The American espionage network is even larger than what the US press describes, Moscow believes The CIA has “many” bases in Ukraine, the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Aleksandr…

The Latin American country already owes the fund some $44 billion Argentina is in talks with the IMF over a new aid program designed to accelerate the process of exiting from capital…

Berlin Walks Back Plan For Daycare ‘Sex Rooms’ For Toddlers To Masturbate In Privacy Authored by Thomas Brooke via ReMix News, The controversial plans were recommended by educational experts and included in…

The Sahel nation’s military government had accused Yaya Dillo of leading a deadly attack on a state security agency Chadian opposition figure Yaya Dillo, who was also the cousin of the Sahel…

Cocoa Panic? World’s Largest Chocolatier Plans 19% Workforce Cut As Prices Hit Record Highs The world’s largest maker of bulk chocolate is planning to cut about 19% of its workforce, totaling 2,500…

After simulated zero-gravity training in Russia and theoretical studies in Bengaluru, the astronauts will lift off in a module atop a three-stage rocket It was the best-kept secret at the Indian Institute…

Kiev has long sought to destroy the critical Russian infrastructure, with two bombings damaging the bridge in the past two years German military leaders allegedly discussed an operation to bomb the Crimean…

COVID-19 And Its Vaccines Linked To Sudden Hearing Loss, Considered An ‘Emergency’: Doctor Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Dr. Clarice Saba, an otorhinolaryngologist in Brazil, developed sudden…

The statement by US defense chief Lloyd Austin shows who the real aggressor is, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said A claim by US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that NATO and Russia could…

EU leaders are reluctant to seize the frozen billions, fearing retaliation and damage to the euro  President Joe Biden is pushing his fellow Group of Seven (G7) leaders to make progress on…

China Tops Global Diplomacy Index China has the most diplomatic posts abroad out of any country in the world, according to the Lowy Institute’s 2024 Global Diplomacy Index, published Sunday. Close on its…

Escobar: Two Years After The Start Of The SMO, The West Is Totally Paralyzed Authored by Pepe Escobar, February 24, 2022 was the day that changed 21st century geopolitics forever… Exactly two years…

The French leader has said he would not rule out a NATO military deployment to assist Ukrainian forces More than two-thirds of the French public believe President Emmanuel Macron was wrong to…

Baltic ports in Latvia and Lithuania have become a gateway for wine and whisky imports to the sanctioned country There is no need for Russia to impose an embargo on wine and…

Nearly 30% of total income went to 10% of the population last year, according to Rosstat Income disparity among the Russian population increased in 2023, according to the latest report on the…

Paris will use the river for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics, and as a site for swimming competitions French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to take a swim in the…

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…

Obama’s CIA Asked Foreign Intel Agencies To Spy On Trump Campaign Authored by Robert Chernin via RealClear Wire, The revelation that the U.S. intelligence community, under the Obama administration, sought the assistance…

What Caused China’s Quant Quake While it has gone largely underreported in western media, in the past week China launched a war against both quant funds and High Frequency Traders, claiming they…

“We Can’t Wait”: Speaker Johnson Demands Action On Border During ‘Intense’ Meeting Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has described reports that he…

Pentagon Chief: If Ukraine Is Defeated, NATO Will Be At War With Russia This is the single most important, dangerous and highly revealing statement from a top defense official in the West…

Washington uses hyped up foreign threats as a pretext for military expansion, Beijing’s defense spokesman has said The United States is leading a dangerous drive to militarize outer space, the Chinese military…

US Deploys “Project Maven” In Middle East As AI Warfare Underway Remember in 2018 when thousands of Google employees protested its Pentagon contract called “Project Maven” that used article intelligence technology to analyze drone…

Election Embezzlement: Harris Says Administration To Pay College Students To Register Voters Like the increasingly brazen thievery in America’s cities, the Democrats’ use of government resources to reinforce their hold on power…

A Global, Digital Coup d’État Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, There was a time. What seemed to be unfolding was a huge intellectual error for the history books. A…

Lloyd Austin: Israel Killed “Over 25,000” Women & Children In Gaza Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Thursday that Israel has killed over 25,000 Palestinian women…

“Everything Is Gone”: Texas Wildfire Ravages America’s Cattle-Mecca A devastating wildfire ravages parts of the Texas Panhandle, home to more than 85% of the state’s cattle herd. This comes when the nation’s…

Hunter Biden spent 6 hours testifying on Capitol Hill Wednesday and giving obtuse answers to questions from a joint panel from the House Oversight and House Judiciary Committee. Within his testimony Hunter…

Federal Judge Blocks New Texas Law To Arrest Illegal Immigrants By Jack Phillips of Epoch Times, A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a Texas law that grants state police the capacity…

Sen. Cotton Asks Pentagon Why Airman Who Self-Immolated Was Allowed To Serve Authored by Aaron Pan via The Epoch Times, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has questioned why the Pentagon allowed an active-duty…

Seismic Shift: Indonesia Floods Market With Cheap Nickel, Sparking Wave Of Unprofitable Mines   The global nickel industry is experiencing a seismic shift as Indonesia emerges as a major low-cost supplier, contributing to…

Putin Warns Of Nuclear War If West Sends Troops To Fight In Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin used the occasion of his much anticipated annual state of the nation address to directly warn NATO…

An IDF source claimed soldiers “felt threatened” and blamed any casualties on the Palestinians At least 104 Palestinians have been killed and another 750 wounded at an aid distribution point west of…

Hunter Finally Admits Joe Biden Is “The Big Guy” Hunter Biden on Wednesday testified to Congress that his father, Joe, was indeed “the big guy” referenced in an email pertaining to a…

Gavin Newsom Faces Criticism For Minimum Wage ‘Bread’ Carveout That Benefited Top Donor Authored by Eric Lendrum via American Greatness, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) is facing greater scrutiny after it was…

While for the US, the conflict is a “lucrative business project,” Dmitry Birichevsky has said A senior Russian diplomat pushed back on the attempt by Albania, a US ally, to use a…

Why Didn’t “Healthy, Robust” Biden Take A Cognitive Test During Medical Exam? Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Questions are mounting as to why Joe Biden was not given a cognitive…

NYCB Re-Crashes After Finding “Material Weaknesses” In Internal Controls, Delays Filing Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the regional bank waters… Remember New York Community Bank –…

Bank of America, Wells Fargo Offer Spot Bitcoin ETFs To Clients After sitting out the first round of bitcoin ETF frenzy, and quietly watching the mind-blowing pace of inflows into the various…

Technocensorship: When Corporations Serve As A Front For Government Censors Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice…

The French president brushed off criticism from fellow NATO members, insisting his words were “thought-through and measured” French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday stood by his controversial remarks on Monday about the…

Cuba has asked the World Food Programme for donations of powdered milk Cuba has appealed to the World Food Programme (WFP) for help with providing milk to children on the island, for…

“I Wrote What!?” – Matt Taibbi Unloads On Google’s ‘AI-Powered Libel Machine’ Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, Last night, after seeing chatter about Google/Alphabet’s much-ballyhooed new AI tool, Gemini, I…

Wendy’s Walks Back ‘Surge Pricing’ Report After CEO Comments Fast  food giant Wendy’s has refuted reports that they’re going to use ‘surge pricing’ – the practice of raising prices when demand is…

Dmitry Peskov has responded to British media revelations Britain’s direct military involvement in Ukraine was never a secret, but one of the country’s establishment media outlets has now admitted it outright, Russian…

URAL BASKET player Semyon Debda has shared his emotions after winning bronze in the Sber phygital basketball tournament at the Games of the Future. “A very cool tournament! I think our team…

Ten Serious & Recurring Economic Fallacies That Our Leaders Cannot (Or Will Not) Stop Projecting Via SchiffGold.com, In a compelling guest piece by American historian H.A. Scott Trask, various economic myths are…

China Bans High Frequency Trader as Quant Trading Crackdown Expands Just days after China cracked down on quant funds, Beijing took our advice (from around 2009) and started cracking down on the…

We Are Supposed To Be In A “Restrictive Phase Of Monetary Policy” So What The Hell Is Going On By Michael Every of Rabobank Enjoy your cup of digital cocoa For many…

Banks Increase Car Loan Rejections Over $1,000 Monthly Payment Concerns ​​​​​​As borrowers struggle with making their $1,000 monthly car payments, banks with auto financing units are swiftly adjusting to stricter credit conditions by…

Investors Finding It Increasingly Pointless To Be Bearish By Jan-Patrick Barnert and Michael Msika Investors are finding it increasingly pointless to be bearish as equity markets are about to lock in a…

The men and women working and fighting for Russia are the true elite of the country, President Vladimir Putin has said The true Russian “elite” are the people working and fighting for…

A Novaya Gazeta social media post sought to “discredit” the army, a court has said Sergey Sokolov, the editor-in-chief of the outlet Novaya Gazeta, was detained and issued an administrative fine on…

Exxon Looking To “Extract A Pound Of Flesh” From Chevron’s Proposed Takeover Of Hess Exxon’s challenge of Chevron’s acquisition of Hess could result in a windfall for Exxon shareholders, a new report from…

The country’s military intelligence directorate said that the messenger may pose a security threat The Ukrainian parliament’s Freedom of Speech Committee has called for a ban on the messaging application Telegram, describing…

Trump And ‘Joke’ Biden Hold Dueling Border Visits On Thursday, former President Donald Trump will be at Eagle Pass, TX, where he’ll visit with residents and community leaders to discuss the complete…

SBF Lawyers Ask For Just 5 To 6 Years In Sentencing Memo, Citing “Autism Spectrum Disorder” We’re certain that no one is lamenting the rise in Bitcoin more than Sam Bankman-Fried, who…

The Fastest And Slowest Selling Housing Markets In 2024 By Sam Bourgi of CreditNews Faced with chronically low supply and record housing costs, 2023 was America’s worst year for home sales in…

Aid Truck Stampede ‘Massacre’ In Gaza: Israel Accused Of Opening Fire On Crowd There are reports of a mass casualty event in Gaza City on Thursday, with Hamas claiming at least 104…

Peter Schiff: Booming Stock Market Mirrors Dot-Com Bubble Via SchiffGold.com, This week Peter covers the highlights of the last few weeks of volatile trading, paying special attention to Nvidia, Wall Street’s favorite…

Kiev is within its rights to use Finnish-supplied weaponry as it sees fit, Helsinki has said Ukraine is free to use the weapons it has received from Finland however it sees fit,…

Currently, 90% of the country’s growth comes from non-resource-based industries, according to the president The Russian economy is becoming more complex and technologically advanced and less based on natural resources, President Vladimir…

Kiev has denied the claim, saying no negotiations about temporarily closing the border were taking place Poland and Ukraine are in talks about temporarily closing the border between the two countries amid…

Russian leader spoke about issues like the Ukraine conflict, international relations, and the nation’s socio-economic development Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed the Federal Assembly, the country’s national legislature, detailing plans for…

Pending Home Sales Puked In January, Back Near Record Lows Pending home sales puked in January, tumbling 4.9% MoM (vs +1.5% MoM exp). This was made worse by a large downward revision…

Survey-Based Sentiment Slump Continues As Prices Paid Accelerates in Plunging Chicago PMI The trend for ‘soft’ survey data is very much not the friend of the ‘soft-landing’ or ‘goldilocks’ narrative peddlers as…

Musk Announces Tesla Collab With SpaceX, Says New Roadster Will Go 0-60 In Less Than 1 Second “Tonight, we radically increased the design goals for the new Tesla Roadster. There will never…

Estonia wants all options on the table, PM Kaja Kallas has said Estonia is “not afraid” of Russia and thinks sending NATO ground troops to Ukraine ought to be under consideration, Prime…

SEC Investigates Whether OpenAI Deceived Investors, WSJ Says The Securities and Exchange Commission sent a subpoena to ChatGPT creator OpenAI in December, requesting internal communications from CEO Sam Altman and current and…

Meta Adds Censorship Supporter To Board Of Directors Authored by Jonathan Turley, Texas billionaire John Arnold has long held a notorious position for many in the free speech community as the financier…

The Russian president said the escalatory rhetoric of US and EU officials betrays their lack of understanding of what is at stake Western officials indulging in escalatory rhetoric should realize that they…

Policies enacted by the US and EU have discredited Western banking and its currencies, according to the Russian president The West is discrediting its own currencies and banking system, while established monopolies…

The co-creator of the film ‘Air’ gives an interview to RT, discussing the permanence of Russian culture and connections between artists ‘Vozdukh’ (‘Air’) – a new film by Alexei German Jr. (best…