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By locking away one journalist and abetting the misery of an entire people, the West combines oppressive structure with disregard for law Recently, two of the defining injustices of the contemporary West…

WeightWatchers Shares Take A Dump After Oprah Winfrey’s Exit WW International, previously known as “Weight Watchers,” crashed in premarket trading after the company revealed late Wednesday that media icon Oprah Winfrey will…

SuperCore Inflation Soars In January, Services Costs Re-Accelerate GOOD NEWS… One of The Fed’s favorite inflation indicators – Core PCE Deflator – dropped to +2.8% YoY in January (as expected) – the…

Core PCE Preview: Hot Print Incoming But Will It Be Too Hot Core PCE lor January, the Fed s preferred gauge of inflation, will be released on Thursday, 29th February at 8:30am…

Who Error-Corrects AI? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Part of why AI chatbots are so dreadful is we know the corporation / agency doesn’t care whether our problem gets…

WTF Is Going On With The Jobless Claims Data… In the real world labor market, 2024 has been a shitshow of layoffs… 1. Twitch: 35% of workforce 2. Roomba: 31% of workforce…

The Supreme Court has granted certiorari and accepted the case of President Trump arguing presidential immunity from prosecution for official acts while in office.  At the heart of the issue the court…

Futures Fall Ahead Of Key PCE Print For the third day in a row, US equity futures dropped and bonds fell as investors braced for a print of the Federal Reserve’s favorite…

No Asset Class Is Remotely Ready For More Inflation Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Stocks, bonds, commodities and other real assets are dramatically unpriced for a resurgence in inflation. If…

Biden’s Labor Department Sparks Confusion With Email “Explaining” January CPI Spike There was a collective gasp of surprise two weeks ago when not only did CPI and core CPI both come in…

Those who take their funds abroad risk “losing everything,” according to the president Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the country’s businesses to invest at home so that they don’t have…

France and Germany have warned that outright confiscation would reflect badly on the West’s financial system A rift is growing between Western allies over confiscating frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine as…

The media outlet claims to have obtained a new risk analysis prepared for MPs The German government has prepared a model for a potential Russian attack on NATO, Bild has claimed. According…

India has sought assistance from the US as it cracks down on supporters of the Khalistan secession movement The Indian government has again asked the US to investigate alleged crimes by Sikh…

Stocks Set For Timeout As Risk Appetite Shows Signs Of Fatigue By Garfield Reynolds, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist The recent euphoria around stocks may fizzle, as a key indicator of…

Sometimes it isn’t even safe. I saw a post at Ace of Spades about women who love feminized men. They are calling them babygirl, and apparently both the young women who are…

Vanguard Expands Proxy-Voting Choice As Big Three Indexers Give More Investors A Say The Vanguard Group is expanding a pilot program that gives investors in index funds the power to choose a…

The US says it is “deeply troubled” by the West African nation’s anti-gay legislation Lawmakers in Ghana have unanimously approved a bill criminalizing homosexual activity, despite warnings from Western governments including the…

Kinzhal missiles and Avangard nuclear gliders make Russia stronger and safer, the president has said Moscow’s plans to deploy new, advanced weaponry, first revealed in 2018, have been realized or are in…

A NASA official had previously reported that air loss from the Zvezda module had doubled Air leaking from the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) poses no risk to its…

The conglomerate led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani will be the majority shareholder in the merged entity, worth $8.5bn Indian mega-conglomerate Reliance has struck a deal with the Walt Disney Company to merge…

Washington is trying to trick Russia into negotiating purely for its own benefit, President Vladimir Putin has claimed Claims that Russia is planning to deploy nuclear weapons in space are merely an…

The country hopes to become one of the top four global economic powerhouses, the president has said Russia is already the biggest economy in Europe in PPP terms, and could join the…

Russia’s LNG Cargoes Bound For China Avoid The Red Sea By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Russia has started diverting its LNG cargoes away from the Suez Canal and is using the longer…

The group will account for 36.6% of the world’s GDP in PPP terms by 2028, according to the Russian president The BRICS states are overtaking the G7 in terms of share in…

This is his 19th message to the Federal Assembly, coming just weeks before the country’s presidential elections President Vladimir Putin is delivering his annual message to the Federal Assembly, Russia’s national legislature….

Mali’s army “has the opportunity to defend its territory” and the nation needs to continue to work with Moscow, Abdoulaye Diop has said Military cooperation with Moscow has helped strengthen the security…

The US and its allies want Russia to be “withering space” like Ukraine, the president has claimed The West intended to do to Russia what it did to Ukraine and many other…

The group will account for 36.6% of the world’s GDP in PPP terms by 2028, according to the Russian president The BRICS states are overtaking the G7 in terms of share in…

The chancellor said giving Kiev long-range missiles would require assistance from German troops, citing London’s example German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has come under fire from the UK after he suggested that there…

There Can Be No Ceasefire In Gaza With Hamas In Power Authored by Con Coughlin via The Gatestone Institute, For all the various efforts world leaders are investing in arranging a ceasefire…

Decade-old military documents give an insight into Moscow’s military thinking, the British newspaper has alleged Russia’s threshold for using shorter-range tactical nuclear weapons may be lower than defense experts in the West…

Zelensky Travels To Rally Saudi Arabia & Albania To Ukraine’s Cause With the weapons pipeline to Washington still held up by appropriately recalcitrant House Republicans, Ukraine’s President Zelensky has turned to countries…

Washington’s evangelical desire to re-create the world in its own image has hit a roadblock because not everyone wants to be converted China is the world’s largest economy, in terms of purchasing…

Prices for heating, electricity and refueling are reportedly 41% higher in 2024 than before the crisis Consumers in Germany are having to pay significantly higher for heating and electricity in 2024 than…

American officials have reportedly visited Türkiye to persuade banks and companies to cut ties with the sanctioned country Turkish businesses are at risk of being banned from carrying out currency operations if…

PM Gabriel Attal attributes the loss of French positions in the Sahel to Russian “destabilization” Russia has become a menace to France in view of its actions since the onset of 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…

War Is Bad For You… And The Economy Authored by William Hartung via Counterpunch.org, Joe Biden wants you to believe that spending money on weapons is good for the economy. That tired…

A $60 billion aid package for Kiev faces gridlock in Congress amid Republican opposition The US military is considering whether to draw on its last remaining funds allocated for Ukraine, even with…

Moscow Accuses Zelensky Of Lying After Issuing ‘Very Low’ Ukraine Troop Death Count Just after the Russia-Ukraine war hit the two-year mark this past weekend, entering a third year and with no…

Researchers at the TATA Institute have developed a medicine that could prevent the recurrence of cancer and reduce the side effects of treatment by 50% The TATA Institute in Mumbai has developed…

From Trucker-Boycotts To Grid-Down – There’s Only One Way To Survive A Food Crisis Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, If there is one reality that Americans need to accept, it’s that…

“Who Could Be Next”: Top Canadian Pension Fund Sells Manhattan Office Tower For $1, Sparking Firesale Panic New York during the inflationary surge of the late 70s and early 80s was a…

The Beltway Judge Hearing Trump Cases & Her Anti-Trump, Anti-Kavanaugh Husband Authored by Julie Kelly via RealClearInvestigations, Washington glitterati assembled at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in October…

Joy Reid Posts Crazed Rant About Alabama IVF Case – Suggests The State Wants Slaves Alabama’s Supreme Court has recently ruled on the designation of fertilized embryos held by vitro clinics in…

Illinois Judge Removes Trump From Primary Ballot By Catherine Yang of Epoch Times Ahead of a Supreme Court ruling on whether former President Donald Trump can be disqualified as a candidate by…

The move is likely to delay the former president’s trial schedule by several months The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether ex-President Donald Trump should enjoy legal immunity…

India’s Oil Supply From Russia Threatened by New US Sanctions By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Indian refiners are concerned that the latest U.S. sanctions against Russia could further impact their ability to…

Supreme Court Seems Divided Over ATF Bump Stock Regulation Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court seemed divided during oral argument on Feb. 28 over whether it would…

Goldman Says Office Tower Prices Must Plunge 50% For Housing Conversion To Make Sense As office tower vacancies continue to rise nationwide, many of these buildings are becoming economically nonviable workspaces, raising…

Ankara repeatedly sought to act as mediator since the derailed round of negotiations less than a month into the conflict Ankara is ready to be the go-between for peaceful dialogue between Russia…

Army National Guard Hit With “Aviation Safety Stand Down” After Two Crashes The director of the Army National Guard ordered an “aviation safety stand down” of all helicopter units until a safety review is…

Biden Admin Tax Policy Proposals Hurt US Competitiveness Authored by Michael Wilkerson via The Epoch Times, Usually when someone starts to talk about taxes, the eyelids grow heavy and the attention wanes,…

Japan’s Demographic Implosion: Live Births Crash To Record Low, 12 Years Ahead Of Forecast When it comes to monetary and fiscal policy, Japan is doomed. Unfortunately it is also doomed demographically. Extending…

Leaked Gaza Ceasefire Proposal Is US ‘Psychological Warfare’, Hamas Says Via The Cradle Hamas official Ahmad Abdul Hadi stated Tuesday that a leaked proposal for a ceasefire deal in Gaza is part of a…

The transparency of this timing is almost too clear.  A couple of days ago, the Koch network said they were going to drop back to a defensive position and look to retain…

Illinois has joined two other states’ efforts to prevent the ex-commander in chief from vying for the GOP nomination An Illinois judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump can not appear…

The thorough medical examination did not include a cognitive test President Joe Biden underwent his annual physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Wednesday, with doctors saying the oldest…

In Blow To Special Counsel Smith, SCOTUS Agrees To Hear Trump Immunity Appeal The Supreme Court granted certiorari of former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claim in the federal criminal case charging…

A Moment Of Truth: Five Questions For Hunter Biden Authored by Jonathan Turley, Below is my column in the New York Post on the closed door deposition of Hunter Biden.  After years…

Rural America Set To Be Transformed By Up To 55 Million-Acre Federal Solar Plan Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Solar energy’s appetite for vast amounts of land…

There seems to be growing opposition in Washington to funding the conflict indefinitely Several prominent Republicans in the US Senate have openly advised Kiev to negotiate, as the $61 billion in economic…

Stocks Slip As Crypto Rips & Dips On Record ETF Volumes Well that escalated… and de-escalated quickly… but in the end, bitcoin was best… Bitcoin rallied a stunning 13% to with a…

Vitalik: The Application Of Blockchain In Democracy, Consensus, & Government Governance Via Wu Blockchain substack, This article is a text transcription by the Wublcokchain team of the Chinese podcast featuring Ge Rujun…

One American fighter has made that revelation to Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus American spies and special forces operatives are in Ukraine helping its military in the conflict with Russia, according to…

Navalny’s Public Funeral Set For Friday In Small Moscow Church Russian authorities have belatedly given approval for anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny’s family to hold a public funeral, after his mother alleged she was…

Google CEO Pledged To Use AI To Counter “Fake News”, Racism, & Populism After Trump Victory Authored by Michael Shellenberger via Public Substack, Google CEO Sundar Pichai today addressed public upset with its AI…

GOP Senators Sound Alarm Over CBDCs, Propose Bill To Ban Them Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times, A group of Republican senators led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has introduced…

All 1/8 final matches in the phygital MOBA Mobile Legends: Bang Bang strategy challenge category have concluded at Games of the Future in Kazan. Turkish team Fire Flux Esports left no chance…

The US-supplied vehicle got hit by a suicide drone into the rear of its turret, sustaining ammunition cook-off, new footage shows New video footage showing the exact moment the first-ever Ukrainian M1…

Scott Morrison’s great legacy will be that he encouraged more Australians to vote for independent candidates then probably any other Prime Minister and the destruction of the Liberal Party which will likely…

Will A Money-Hungry Government Take Away Your IRA And 401K? Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, A Bloomberg op-ed proposes the government will kill the 401K, and also that it should. Your…

Analysts: Apple Dropping EV Plans ‘Black Eye’ For Industry, ‘Indirect Nod’ Tesla Is Leader Analysts are just now getting their footing on what Apple dropping out of the EV race means. For…

A German warship fired two missiles at what it thought was a Houthi UAV, but missed The German frigate Hessen, which was deployed to the Red Sea as part of an EU…

Overbought Stock Markets Often Become Even More Overbought Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, When stock indices display signs of overboughtness, they typically go on to outperform. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq…

Breakaway Transnistria Asks Russia For ‘Protection’ – Setting Stage For Military Intervention As previously predicted, things are erupting in Transnistria at a moment Western officials have warned Moscow not to expand its war…

“We Don’t Do That Here”: Former NY Times Editor Blasts The “Gray Lady” For Bias And Activism Authored by Jonathan Turley, Former New York Times editor Adam Rubenstein has a lengthy essay at…

Mitch McConnell – Longest Serving Senate Leader In US History – To Step Down From Position In November Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who turned 82 last week and has suffered multiple public ‘glitches,’…

Mitch McConnell of Kentucky intends to remain in his seat through 2027, however Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the longest-serving Senate leader in US history, announced on Wednesday he will step down…

Russia has pledged to address Transnistria’s plea, while Moldova has condemned the call as a “propaganda declaration” Transnistria, an unrecognized republic that split from Moldova in the early 1990s, asked Russia on…

Problems with Gemini are “completely unacceptable,” CEO Sundar Pichai has said Some of the responses generated by Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence were “problematic” and have “shown bias,” CEO Sundar Pichai said in…

Why a ground operation in the border city would be a violation of the 1979 Camp David peace agreements Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statement concerning the plan to evacuate civilians…

Cartoon Versions Of Everything By Michael Every of Rabobank Cartoon Versions Of Everything President Macron’s remarkable public speech saying Europe will “do everything needed” to stop Russia winning in Ukraine, and “not…

Here’s What Will Be Affected During Impending Government Shutdown As Congress scrambles once again to avert a government shutdown before a Friday headline, which is looking more and more likely, here are…

Kremlin spokesman has said he’s unaware of US cellphone-tracking operations as described in a recent book by reporter Byron Tau Moscow is unaware of any US tracking operations aimed at Russian President…

Major Shot Across Biden’s Bow: 100,000+ Michigan Dems Vote “Uncommitted” An initiative organized by dissident Democrats outraged over President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Gaza war has sent a powerful shot across the…

Dr. Phil Shocks ‘The View’ Hosts By Slamming Impact Of COVID Lockdowns On Children Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Dr. Phil left The View hosts stunned after revealing the true…

Animal rights activists have been pleading with authorities for over a year to stop using the injured animal for tourist rides A Russian tourist broke her foot after an elephant used for…

Russia doesn’t threaten non-hostile countries, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Moscow has dismissed as “groundless” some concerns voiced by the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban about once-again sharing a border…

OpenAI Accuses New York Times Of Hacking AI Models In Copyright Lawsuit Authored by Amaka Nwaokocha via CoinTelegraph.com, OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss parts of The New York Times’…

The current five-year contract between Moscow and Kiev is due to expire at the end of this year The European Commission is working hard to abandon Russian gas supplies that it receives…

WTI Retraces Gains After Crude Build; Spreads Signal Physical Market Tightening Oil prices are extending gains this morning, reversing earlier losses, as reports suggest OPEC+ will rollover its production cuts. This will…

Two years after the start of the Ukraine conflict, Moscow’s partnerships in the Middle East continue to develop On February 24, 2022, President Vladimir Putin announced the start of Russia’s special military…

Apple’s Magic – Are Buybacks Worth Paying Up For? Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Apple’s valuations are near their most expensive levels of the last ten years. Now consider that today’s…

The assessment contradicts earlier claims by Western officials that the loss of the Donbass town was not crucial for Ukraine The White House has sounded the alarm over the Russian military’s continued…

Yellen Wants Frozen Russian Bank Funds To Be Given To Ukraine Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday called for the US and its allies to hand $300 billion…

US GDP “Grew” $334 Billion In Q4…. That Growth Cost $834 Billion In Debt Moments ago, two things happened: Biden’s Bureau of Economic Analysis released the first revision of Q4 2023 GDP,…

Immigration Surges To Top Of Most Important Problem List: Gallup By Jeffrey Jones of Gallup Significantly more Americans name immigration as the most important problem facing the U.S. (28%) than did a…