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“Why Haven’t You Done That Already?” Authored by James Howard Lunstler via Kunstler.com, The Significance of the Passage of Time DANA BASH: “You’ve been Vice President for three and half years. The…

The Fed’s Fiat Money Is The Real Cause Of Price Inflation By Tom Mullen of Mises Wire During election years, incumbent presidents are routinely blamed for every societal ill during the previous…

Zelensky Fires Air Force Commander After Ukraine F-16 Was Downed By Friendly Fire President Zelensky has fired Ukraine’s longtime Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk, according to a just published official government decree…

Extreme Gaslighting: Here Are 7 Signs That The Mainstream Media Is Flat Out Lying To Us About The Economy Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, How many times have…

A missile strike with cluster munitions on Belgorod and its suburbs has also injured 37 civilians Five civilians were killed and 37 wounded, including six children, in a Ukrainian missile attack on…

Kiev wants Mongolia to detain Russia’s president during his upcoming visit The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has urged Mongolia to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin and surrender him to the International Criminal Court…

Mongolia has obligations under the Rome Statute, the international court has said Mongolia must detain Russian President Vladimir Putin because it is a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a spokesman…

GDP is expected to jump nearly 4% this year, according to Anton Siluanov The Russian economy is growing at a faster pace than projected, with GDP expected to soar 3.9% this year,…

Human Rights Campaign President Calls For Rejection Of “The Little Piece Of Paper” Of The Founders Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have been discussing Democratic leaders and activists who have been calling…

‘No’: Harris Says She Won’t Change US Policy On Arming Israel US Vice President Kamala Harris’ much anticipated CNN interview which aired Thursday night is only likely to anger her hardcore Progressive…

Holding Gold Yields Better Returns Than Mining For It Authored by Stefan Gleason via Money Metals, With spot gold prices at record highs, investors might expect that shares of precious metals mining…

How The Job Market Is Faring As Fed Shifts Focus To Employment Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, in his prepared speech at…

Soldiers are criticizing the leadership in Kiev for allowing Russian forces to make rapid advances in Donbass, according to the outlet Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has reportedly come under a “barrage of criticism”…

Tulsi Gabbard Reveals The Real Reason Behind Endorsing Trump: ‘This Is Personal For Me’ Former Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI) offered a detailed explanation for her endorsement of former President Donald Trump’s…

Musk’s X Lawsuit Against Media Matters Can Proceed To Trial: Judge A federal judge in Texas has ruled that a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk’s X against Media Matters can proceed to…

He will remain Venezuela’s de facto president, according to Josep Borrell The EU’s foreign ministers have agreed that they will not recognize the “democratic legitimacy” of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro following the…

The Ukrainian leader has tried to pressure PM Narendra Modi into endorsing his “peace platform” Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky offered Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to host a peace conference on ending…

Sahra Wagenknecht, an outspoken critic of Berlin’s policies on Ukraine, was giving a speech when she was sprayed with red paint Veteran German left-wing politician Sahra Wagenknecht was splattered with red paint…

The 2024 event brings together some 100 diplomats from around 30 countries of the global East and South The BRICS+ Young Diplomats Forum is underway in the Russian city of Ufa, the…

Majority Of Americans Can No Longer Afford An Average House Housing affordability in the United States has taken a sharp turn for the worse in recent years, as house prices surged to…

A Look At Income And Taxation Relative To Gold Authored by Clint Siegner via Money Metals, Gold and silver prices moved higher for a second week. The odds of a September rate…

Ukraine Says “Druzhba Pipeline Will Cease Operations” Of Russian Fuels This Winter Ukrainian media has reported that starting January 2025, the transit of Russian oil through the Druzhba pipeline in the Eastern…

Ukrainians are in possession of up to five million unregistered military-grade weapons, interior minister says Millions of illegal military-grade firearms are circulating in Ukraine and Kiev is now trying to get the situation…

New Delhi shares a tense relationship with Islamabad, largely over claims to the troubled Kashmir region Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has lawed out at neighbouring Pakistan, vowing that New Delhi will…

Consumer Sentiment Misses As Home-Buying Conditions Hit Record-Low UMich consumer sentiment once again missed expectations slumped in the final August data, even as it staged the tiniest of rebound from the July…

New Delhi is investigating several insurance companies over a $610 million tax-evasion scheme  Aviva, a UK-based insurance company, is being investigated by an Indian agency for allegedly providing fake invoices to claim…

Some of the union members are pushing for the move, while others have warned that it could lead to an escalation of the conflict   There is still no consensus in the…

Japanese Style Policies And The Future Of America Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In a recent discussion with Adam Taggart via Thoughtful Money, we quickly touched on the similarities between the U.S….

The explosion at one of Diehl Defence’s factories has reportedly left two employees seriously injured A powerful detonation at the Diehl Defence explosives manufacturing plant in the city of Troisdorf, Germany has…

Most of the ‘fourth estate’ is no longer able or willing to hold politicians accountable, and act instead like another branch of power When some combination of Western and Ukrainian terrorists with…

There are always those moments in the battles of significant consequence, when the tempered voices saying, “hold… hold… wait…”, feel the blood pulse, sense their pupils focus,…. feel the energy of the…

The Russian leader will visit the Central Asian country next week Russian President Vladimir Putin is not concerned that Mongolia might arrest him on International Criminal Court charges during his upcoming trip,…

Moscow has rapidly made new gains in Donbass, while Kiev continued its effort to push deeper into Russia’s Kursk Region The past week in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has seen intensive combat along…

The monitors keep hearing explosions near the Zaporozhye Power Plant, the UN watchdog has said Drone threats have interrupted the work of UN inspectors at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant in Russia…

Fed’s Favorite Inflation Indicator Unexpectedly Misses As Savings Rate Plunges To Near Record Low The broadly weak trend of US macro data was jolted yesterday by the hotter than expected GDP print…

Trump Warns Zuckerberg And Anyone Who Illegally Interferes In Election Will Be Jailed For Life Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Donald Trump has warned that Mark Zuckerberg and anyone else…

Report on new book says that in it the Republican candidate warns the Meta CEO against interfering in the upcoming election Former US President Donald Trump has accused Mark Zuckerberg of plotting…

US Taxpayers Paid $150 Billion In 1 Year For Migrants: Report In 2023, roughly $150 billion in US taxpayer money was doled out for government services and support to help the 20…

Oil Tumbles On Reuters Report OPEC+ Will Hike Output In October With two months left until the election and amid growing speculation that the China/Russia axis may unleash an “October” surprise to…

Intel Mulls Foundry Split & Other Options Amid Stock Collapse  Intel’s disastrous second-quarter report has forced management to scramble for new strategies to rescue the sinking ship. With shares in freefall, sales plummeting, layoffs…

Multiple countries are on their way to establishing full control over their gold and foreign exchange reserves The global crisis that has affected the entire world is compelling many countries to look…

Futures Rise Ahead Of Fed’s Favorite Inflation Print US equity futures were set for a stronger open to close the week after two days of wobbles, with tech stocks outperforming, paring back…

For the first time since stopping the practice in 2021, Berlin has expelled 28 “convicted offenders” to the Taliban-ruled country Germany has deported 28 Afghan nationals to their homeland, the first such…

As Dems Decry AI Over Ballot-Deadline ‘Misinfo’, 3 Key Battlegrounds May Still Omit Kamala Authored by Ben Sellers via Headline USA, Earlier this month, leftist secretaries of state pounced at the opportunity…

The La-La-Land Fairy Tale Of A “Soft Landing” Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, When everyone finally leaves the La-La-Land casino and abandons the fairy tale, household wealth held in…

The billionaire made the remarks after journalist Tucker Carlson said it was “hard to believe” Paris didn’t consult Washington The possibility that the US government may have been involved in the arrest…

Pavel Durov left Russia years ago amid a conflict with the authorities Telegram CEO Pavel Durov did not strike any special arrangement with the Russian government, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on…

Ukraine and its sponsors see Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics as a source of money, the former Russian president has said Ukraine is fighting so hard for Donbass because of its vast…

The destruction of private property appears to be a form of entertainment for the invading troops, a diplomat has claimed Ukrainian troops are seemingly trying to inflict maximum damage on civilian property…

The move comes after the agency came under scrutiny following the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump The US Secret Service will be provided with additional military support capabilities for…

Will AI Take Over The World? Authored by James Rickards via Daily Reckoning, As you know, artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage these days. From a market perspective, it’s certainly taken…

The two countries’ foreign ministers have discussed responses to security threats on the African continent Russia is ready to assist Senegal and other African countries in strengthening their defense capabilities and counterterrorism…

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Abuja had previously threatened to send troops to invade Niger as part of a planned regional mission in response to Niamey’s coup Nigeria and Niger have signed a security cooperation agreement despite…

Days After RFK Jr. Declares War On Big Food, Time Mag Gaslights Readers On Junk Food How it started.  How it’s going: Just days after Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vocal critic of…

The social media platform X is on the brink of being taken down in the Latin American country Elon Musk’s Starlink announced that Brazil’s top judge had ordered the company’s financial accounts…

Interior Minister Nancy Faeser’s announcement comes a week after a deadly stabbing allegedly perpetrated by a Syrian migrant Germany will clamp down on illegal immigration, Islamism, and knife crime in the wake…

In an effort to provide as much assistance as possible, CNN heavily edited the Kamala Harris interview as agreed between their producers and the campaign of Kamala Harris (Brian Fallon).   The narrative…

A court in Moscow has ordered the detention of two suspects, who were allegedly hired by Kiev to fight Russia The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has published evidence against two Colombian…

Wild wolves have killed eight people and injured dozens in India’s Uttar Pradesh state in recent weeks The Forest Department in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh has conducted an operation to…

China Shuts Down Speculation That It Has Reached Peak Emissions By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com China has yet to see its carbon dioxide emissions peak as it is a developing nation and…

The EU’s top diplomat has expressed frustration with Budapest for not allowing the reimbursement of weapons expenses EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has expressed frustration over Hungary’s refusal to lift its…

Washington has effectively become a party to the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova has said Washington is prepared to lift its ban on Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia’s territory with the…

US To Help Halt Chinese Drug Trafficking In Pacific Nations The United States has agreed to help combat illicit drug trafficking in the Pacific Islands – a key node for drug trade…

Member states are deciding for themselves how Kiev can use their weapons, the foreign policy chief has said The EU cannot give the greenlight to Ukraine to use weapons donated by member…

Monkeypox: An Un-Gaslit Reality Check Authored by David Bell via the Brownstone Institute, Public health responses are most effective when they are grounded in reality. This is particularly important if the response…

Belgrade has defied Western pressure to join trade restrictions on Moscow Belgrade is unashamed of its choice to not impose sanctions on Moscow, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told journalists at a press…

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…

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…

It’s “Heating Up” In The Arctic? Via SchiffGold, In the same week that Biden said he would not seek reelection, Russian and Chinese bombers were escorted out of the Alaskan Air Defense…

Big Lots Reportedly Mulls Bankruptcy Amid Consumer Downturn The theme of a consumer downturn (mainly for low/mid-tier) remains strong. On Thursday morning, Dollar General missed Wall Street’s profit and sales expectations and…

Aluminum Foil: Convenient In The Kitchen, But Is It Safe? Authored by Sheramy Tsai via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Aluminum foil, a kitchen staple used by millions for baking, grilling, and…

Which US Industries Spend The Most On Lobbying? In the United States, companies, unions, trade associations, and other organizations invest billions of dollars each year to lobby Congress and federal agencies. In…

Led By Gen X, 401(k) Millionaires At Fidelity Hit A New All Time High Bear witness to one of the miracles of inflation: it won’t be long until everyone is a millionaire…one way or…

Moscow has previously dismissed the plan as entirely “detached from reality” The European Union currently views Vladimir Zelensky’s so-called “peace formula” as the only viable option to achieve a “just” resolution to…

Just In Time, They Are Really Ramping Up The Fear For 3 Different Very Frightening Diseases Authored by Michael Snyder via The Most Important News, Why are there suddenly so many stories…

Israel Agrees To Phased Pauses In Gaza Fighting To Allow Polio Vaccination It appears Israel has given into US and international pressure, including from global health organizations, to allow for a phased…

Mariana Bezuglaya believes the military may be hiding the true cause of the incident The Ukrainian military has officially confirmed the loss of a Western-supplied F-16 fighter jet along with its pilot…

Sarah Palin Prevails In Getting New Defamation Trial Against NY Times Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been granted a new trial…

US Ramps Up Military Support For Kenyan Operations In Haiti Via The Libertarian Institute The White House is upping its support for the Kenyan operations in Haiti by sending an additional two…

In California roaming groups of military-aged illegal migrants have been caught trying to take control of school busses full of children [STORY HERE].  Parents of the children formed defensive perimeters to block…

Pyotr Poroshenko has delivered donated supplies to troops near Pokrovsk Kiev should urgently reinforce the frontline in the Donbass, which lacks both fortifications and supplies, former Ukrainian president Pyotr Poroshenko has said….

Lawsuits Pile Up After Company Confirms Social Security Numbers Were Hacked Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More lawsuits have been filed against background check company National Public…

From what I am hearing, the interview did not go well.  Total tape time with takes and edits will be less than 18 minutes.  CNN will not provide a transcript of the…

Tonight, President Trump holds a Town Hall event in La Crosse, Wisconsin, at 7:00pm EDT. The recent emphasis of the Trump campaign has been to highlight the contrast between candidate Donald Trump…

Lulu Prints Lemons, Ulta Gets Ugly As Shawties Spend Less On Plumage In what should hardly be a surprise after today’s record plunge in Dollar General, which is where the lower, pardon…

The mixed martial art is too violent and incompatible with Islamic law, the authorities have said The Taliban has prohibited mixed martial arts (MMA) in Afghanistan, claiming the sport is too violent…

Nvidia Dumps, Gold Pumps As Dollar General Craters Most On Record It was all about Nvidia’s earnings, and how the market would react to them, and… well, it left a bit to…

IDF Fires Missiles On West Bank Mosque, Killing Top Terror Commander, In Day 2 Of Incursion Thursday marks day two of the Israeli military and security forces’ large-scale raid into the West…

Is the success of Black Myth: Wukong a sign of China‘s grip on modern media or another symbol of hope for gamers? In all industries, there are companies that challenge the status…

The French president has denied inviting the Telegram founder to dinner French President Emmanuel Macron has denied any advance knowledge of Pavel Durov’s trip to Paris or any role in his arrest…

Two-Thirds Of Americans Now Believe That The American Dream Is Unattainable Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, When we were young, most of us believed that we would achieve…

China Is Rethinking Its Russian Pipeline Plans Via Eurasianet.org, China appears to be reconsidering the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline project with Russia, as indicated by Mongolia’s exclusion of funding for…

Subpar 7Y Auction Tails As Direct Bidders Tumble To Lowest Since March 2020 In the week’s final coupon auction, moments ago the US Treasury sold $44 billion in 7Y paper in what…

First US-Made F16 Jet Downed In Ukraine During Combat, Pilot Killed US and Ukrainian officials have revealed to The Wall Street Journal that a F-16 fighter jet has crashed during combat in…

Peter Schiff: Fed’s Pivot Is Misguided Via SchiffGold.com, In this episode, Peter analyzes the Fed’s conference in Jackson Hole and the pivot Jerome Powell signaled in figure monetary policy. He also dives into the…