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Washington reportedly wants to come up with a plan in time for the group’s February summit The United States has called for working groups from the Group of Seven (G7) countries to…

Speculative Money Dumps Vintage Champagne Bottles As ‘Bubble In Bubbly Pops’ Sentiment around the luxury market quickly turned negative in the second half of this year as elevated inflation, high interest rates,…

The attack, which hit a residential area of Belgorod, has also reportedly left several people killed and injured A Ukrainian strike on the Russian city of Belgorod has killed two children and…

EU Governance Is “Anti-Democratic”: European Lawmaker Authored by Savannah Hulsey Pointer and Jan Jekielek via The Epoch Times, A member of the European Union (EU) Parliament asserts that the EU’s way of…

A high-ranking Russian diplomat says he does not expect any “spikes” in deliveries of Western arms to Kiev Ukraine’s stocks of weapons are exhausted and it shows on the battlefield, Konstantin Gavrilov,…

Despite all efforts to defeat Moscow in the Ukraine conflict, the combat-readiness of its army has risen, Anatoly Antonov said The reaction of Washington to Moscow’s recent massive airstrikes on Ukrainian military…

Recruitment centers will take great interest in those celebrating outdoors, a senior Ukrainian official has said Ukrainians who violate an overnight curfew during New Year’s celebrations could be detained by police and…

Russian politics has moved from crisis mode to a new normality. And the divorce from the West is permanent Back in 2022 high stakes were at play. Everyone wanted to know whether…

Moldova had previously announced plans to no longer buy the fuel from Gazprom Gazprom may once again become the only gas supplier to Moldova if the latter can secure a better price…

The man was found during technical checks after the Air Algerie flight from Algeria to France A man, who was not identified, was discovered during technical checks on Thursday in the landing…

The sector is expected to rake in $36 billion in profits by the end of Q4 The outgoing year is set to become the best in history for Russian banks, which saw…

The West must redouble its efforts to provide Kiev with military hardware, Britain’s defense secretary has said London will send 200 air defense missiles to Kiev, the Defense Ministry announced on Friday,…

Despite security concerns, the president doubled down on his pleas that Congress approve more funding for Kiev’s military The Ukraine conflict poses a grave threat to NATO security, US President Joe Biden…

Warsaw claims the violation took place during airstrikes on targets throughout Ukraine on Friday Poland summoned Russian Charge d’Affaires Andrey Ordash and demanded an explanation for an alleged violation of Polish airspace…

Violence in the Palestinian territory has reached “unprecedented levels,” the United Nations body says The UN’s agency for children, UNICEF, has deemed 2023 the deadliest year on record for young people living…

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…

The plaintiffs accused the tech giant of tracking the data of millions of users Google has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in 2020, claiming its Chrome browser secretly tracked the…

A fifth of global supplies were sold and purchased in other currencies, according to analysts’ estimates Global consumers and exporters of crude are now managing without dollar-denominated trade deals, the Wall Street…

Escobar: How Yemen Changed Everything Authored by Pepe Escobar via The Cradle, In a single move, Yemen’s Ansarallah has checkmated the west and its rules-based order… Whether invented in northern India, eastern…

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US Military Launches Highly Classified Unmanned Space Plane The US Space Force launched a secretive plane on Thursday which has been equipped with heavier boosters that could feasibly send it further into…

Chris Christie said it was wrong to bar ex-President Donald Trump from Maine’s primary ballot Former New Jersey governor and 2024 presidential candidate Chris Christie has accused Democrats of helping to turn…

The New Blue Screen Of Death? “Your Vehicle Cannot Be Driven” The more things change, the more they stay the same. Gone are the days of Windows 95; heading into the year…

Over 500 Israeli Soldiers Killed Since October 7: IDF Via The Libertarian Institute,  The death toll for Israeli soldiers continues to grow. Nearly 400 members of the Israeli security forces were killed…

It is impossible to defeat Russia, its envoy told the UN Security Council Ukraine’s ambitious plan to defeat the Russian forces has ended in a “complete fiasco,” Russian envoy to the UN…

Upcoming US Presidential Election Could Fuel Global Instability In 2024 Authored by Fred Fleitz via American Greatness, A failed, last-minute visit to Mexico by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security…

Tesla Cybertruck Vs. Toyota Corolla In Real-World Crash The first real-world accident involving a Tesla Cybertruck occurred in Northern California’s Bay Area this Thursday. Photos of the accident, uploaded on the r/Cybertruck…

China’s New Rare Earth Policy Shakes Global Tech Industry Authored by Kurt Cobb via OilPrice.com, The ban includes technology for making rare earth magnets used in various industries. China, controlling 90% of…

Jamie Dimon, Who “Hates” Bitcoin, Will Be Broker-Dealer On The Bitcoin ETF Of The World’s Biggest Asset Manager Remember when Jamie Dimon was yelling and screaming that Bitcoin is a “fraud that…

“We Have Reached A Breaking Point” Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, If you don’t have a border, you don’t have a country.  It certainly wouldn’t be a surprise to hear me…

Malfunctioning air defense missiles, not Russian strikes, are to blame for residential deaths, Ambassador Nebenzia told the UN Ukraine deploying Western-provided air defense systems in residential areas leads to civilian casualties when…

I’m very serious when I share with people that almost everything we understand about the geopolitical purposes and impacts of sanctions against Russian economic interests is entirely fabricated.  However, because the scale…

Belarus has decided a storage facility matters more than survey satellites The government of Belarus has decided to pay for a new potato storage facility from the space exploration fund, according to…

Top 10 COVID Events Of The Year: Revealing The Facts Unspoken And Unknown Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), COVID-19 in 2023 has been full of revelations and…

At least one person was killed in a “massive barrage,” Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said Ukrainian troops have launched rockets and drones at Russia’s Bryansk and Belgorod regions, the Russian Defense…

Israel Rejects “With Disgust” South Africa’s Gaza-Related Genocide Case At World Court Israel is seething with outrage after South Africa has formally asked the International Court of Justice (or “World Court”) to open…

What’s Behind Biden’s Sliding Poll Numbers? Authored by James Piereson via RealClearPolitics.com, President Biden’s sliding poll numbers have set off alarm signals among Democrats who are beginning to see that he might…

US Banks Suffer Trillion-Dollar Deposit Loss In 2023, Small Bank Capitalization Remains Problematic On a non-seasonally-adjusted basis (why adjust when we are looking at annual changes), US domestic banks saw a stunning…

2024: Good-Times, Weak-Men, & The ‘Secret Sauce’ Of Globalist Wickedness Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Do You Dare Even Look? – Forecast 2024 “I’ve also lost patience with the Sharia…

Almost 11,000 men have been detained while trying to escape across the border Ukrainian border guards have detained almost 8,000 men who tried to sneak out of the country over the course…

Blanchard’s conspiracy to kill her own mother was documented in multiple true-crime series Gypsy Rose Blanchard, whose plot to kill her own mother spawned multiple true-crime series, has been released from prison…

Powell’s Pivot Adds $20 Trillion To Global Debt/Equity Markets In 2023; ‘Fiat Alternatives’ Fly Global bond and stock markets added almost $20 trillion in capitalization during 2023… and all of that gain…

“We’re Headed To A System Where The Elites Pick Our Leadership”: RFK Jr. Authored by Jeff Louderbeck via The Epoch Times, Facing a monumental challenge to get on the ballot in all…

We all know the routine. Water-saving toilets that don’t flush (flush twice), water/energy-saving dishwashers and clothes washers that don’t clean (run two cycles), lightbulbs that don’t light, dryers that don’t dry (run…

Are You In An Anti-Free-Speech State? We Now Have The Definitive List Authored by Jonathan Turley, For years, we have discussed the alarming shift in the Democratic party on free speech with candidates…

“Biden Destroying America” As Invasion Of Southern Border Hits Record; DoJ Plans To Sue Texas The Biden administration is the king of spreading misinformation. These radicals in the White House have tried…

COVID Mask Mandates Return Across US Hospitals Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Hospitals in places across the United States have reimplemented mask mandates because of what officials say is…

Treasuries Tumble After $1 Trillion Reverse Repo Drains $190BN In Liquidity, Index Change Earlier today, when discussing the sudden spike in the SOFR rate to an all time high 5.40% and which…

Naftali Bennett called on the US to help his country “take on Iran directly” Israeli forces carried out a drone strike on an Iranian military base and assassinated a senior Iranian commander,…

A total of ten people were found guilty of working for Israeli intelligence, Iranian state media has said Four people linked to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad have been sentenced to death…

South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice to intervene in Gaza conflict South Africa has filed an appeal before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, alleging that…

The latest move to bar the former President from a state primary ballot is “hyper-partisanship on full display,” an official said A Republican representative has filed impeachment proceedings against Maine Secretary of…

One area in the UK has seen a 2000% increase in anti-Semitic incidents, according to a British media report Data obtained from UK police forces has reflected a surge in anti-Semitic and…

The Goading Authored by Eric Peters via EricPetersAutos.com, What are they up to? It is obvious that the Left is doing its damndest to goad the not-Left (it isn’t the Right, at…

Shock Veto: Ohio’s RINO Governor Nukes GOP Bill Banning Sex Changes For Children ‘Republican’ Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio stunned state Republicans on Friday, vetoing a bill that would ban doctors from…

Romania and Bulgaria will become part of world’s largest borderless area, with free movement allowed only by air and sea for now Romania and Bulgaria have reached a political agreement with Austria…

A Free And Open Internet Is An Existential Threat To The Establishment Authored by Connor O’Keefe via The Mises Institute, Last week, a video clip of Francis Fukuyama went viral. In the clip, the…

Harvard Academics Were Slamming Scandal-Plagued Claudine Gay Long Before Plagiarism Accusations The Wall Street Journal just published a sympathetic piece on Harvard President Claudine Gay, painting her as the victim of a…

The aide to Kiev’s top general has made a novel argument for mobilization A death in battle is preferable to a car crash, Alla Martinyuk, an aide to the supreme commander of…

Record Global Gasoline Consumption Defies IEA Forecast (& EV Hype) Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Global gasoline consumption hit a record 26.9 million barrels per day (bpd) this year, exceeding the…

Iran’s IRGC Suffers Single Deadliest Day In Syria As Israel Strikes Damascus Airport In the late night hours of Thursday, Israel launched a series of new airstrikes on the Syrian capital, especially…

After Maine, Matt Taibbi Asks ‘Is There Any Way This Ends Well?’ Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows decided Thursday to remove Donald Trump from…

Ukraine is asking for more US-made Patriots despite admitting its current systems haven’t been effective Kiev’s forces have been unable to shoot down a single Kh-22 or Kh-32 supersonic cruise missile out…

Warsaw has blamed Russia, but NATO is reserving judgment The Polish military has claimed that a Russian missile entered the country’s airspace from the direction of Ukraine before veering back over Ukrainian…

Newly elected President Javier Milei had previously expressed his reluctance to join the bloc Argentina has formally rejected an invitation to become a member of the BRICS group of nations, several news…

Including transgender issues in discrimination laws would reportedly have “detrimental” effects on biological women Rule changes to sexual discrimination legislation proposed by the US government designed to prevent the banning of transgender…

When Will The Fed Pivot? Authored by John Hartnett via The Mises Institute, I previously produced a chart like this one below. There I showed the US Federal Reserve Liabilities normalised to 1914…

Western hopes of a mass exodus of athletes from the country did not materialize, Oleg Matytsin said Russian athletes have shown unity in the face of bans imposed on national sports over…

Russia Unleashes Biggest Aerial Attack On Ukraine Since Opening Days Of War Ukraine has said on Friday Russia launched the largest single day of airstrikes ever conducted throughout nearly two years of…

GDP growth is set to outperform that of all major Western countries The Russian economy has been growing much faster than expected in 2023, despite numerous rounds of sanctions – in what…

SEC’s Bitcoin ETF Update Deadline Today: Cash-Create Vs In-Kind Authored by Helen Partz via CoinTelegraph.com, The SEC wants to minimize the number of intermediaries in spot Bitcoin ETFs to make them a…

…And The Final Economic Data-Point Of 2023 Is A Disaster Remember in November when Chicago PMI unexpected exploded higher, back above 50 to its highest since May 2022, prompting an array of…

Israel Pressures US For More Apache Helicopters Even While Owning Up To Mass Civilian Casualty Airstrikes Already the bulk of Israel’s military arsenal is courtesy of the US and the American taxpayer,…

The US is reportedly pushing the G7 to expropriate $300 billion in frozen funds Russia will retaliate in kind to the potential confiscation of its assets by Western countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…

Admiral Dong Jun had served as commander of the country’s navy since 2021 The Chinese government has named the commander-in-chief of its naval forces as defense minister. The move comes after the…

How Russia Makes A Mockery Of US Sanctions In One Picture Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Unprecedented US and EU sanctions against Russia have had no impact on Russia’s oil exports…

A leading Russian tech university was asked to militarize civilian vehicle platforms at Grozny’s request Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the southern Russian republic of Chechnya, demonstrated three prototypes of weaponized civilian…

Socialist Protests Erupt In Argentina As Milei Implements “Austerity” Cuts In a scene that is probably a small taste of what is to come, socialist activists and workers unions carrying images of…

California Secretary Of State Rejects Calls To Remove Trump From Ballot Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, California’s secretary of state has kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s…

Bribery, drugs and prostitution cause “serious damage to the image of the party,” a government commission said Members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will face expulsion for a range of offenses…

Futures Flat On Last Trading Day Of 2023 As All Time High Beckons US futures once again flirted between gains and losses on the last trading day of the year, but with…

The prime minister has urged a group of Western donors to meet in January Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal has sent a letter to an international group coordinating funds, to request an…

The Republican presidential candidate has walked back her comments amid a barrage of criticism US President Joe Biden has hit out at Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley after she avoided citing slavery…

A research organization says 20% of respondents use neural networks on a daily basis One in three Russians has used neural networks in the last three months, mostly for entertainment purposes, business…

ECOWAS imposed an embargo on Niger in response to the country’s recent coup Benin has lifted sanctions imposed at the behest of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) that had…

Almost a fifth of all electricity in the country is generated by nuclear reactors Spain has confirmed plans to shut down all of the country’s nuclear reactors by 2035, setting the goal…

As New Delhi continues its delicate balancing act, S Jaishankar’s interactions in Moscow come under close scrutiny in Western capitals As the five-day visit of External Affairs Minister of India Dr. Subrahmanyam…

Several members of the US-led effort to protect ships from Houthi attacks have yet to confirm their participation, the agency says Several US allies are withholding their support for a maritime coalition…

The possibility of compromise was “very real” in April 2022, a key negotiator from Kiev’s side has said Russian President Vladimir Putin personally sought a peace agreement with Ukraine in April 2022,…

The country’s navy has deployed more warships after a merchant vessel was hit near Gujarat After pledging to “ensure” security in the Arabian Sea region in response to Houthi rebel attacks on…

Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces Herzl Halevi, however, has insisted there was “no malice” in the event The IDF published a report on Thursday detailing the accidental…

No matter what weapons Ukraine receives, it won’t be able to stem the tide in the conflict, Sergey Nechayev has said Western countries have no weapons that could empower Ukraine to miraculously…

Wheat Rises As Grain Ship In Black Sea Hit By Mine The war in Ukraine has transformed parts of the Black Sea into a conflict area. Commercial vessels transporting agricultural goods from…

Are Cycles About To Make Our Lives “Interesting”? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via Substack, Longtime readers know I have written about cycles from the start of the blog 18 years ago….

‘Monster-ous’ Returns: These Are The Top S&P 500 Stocks Over The Past 20 Years Everyone knows that Apple has seen impressive returns in recent years, but looking back 20 years is even…

Human-rights and other groups unite to challenge ‘colonial-influenced’ sanctions against Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Guinea A number of African non-governmental organizations have come together to act against sanctions imposed by regional…

Manufacturing is doomed due to the first-ever artificial destruction of natural gas trade, CEO Aleksey Miller says The EU is intentionally destroying demand for natural gas, Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller stated at…

New US Oil Field Developments Are A Sign Of Things To Come For Saudi Arabia Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, Due to the exceptional efforts of U.S. Secretary of State, Antony…

An overnight operation added to 50 group strikes conducted throughout the week, the Defense Ministry reported The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that its forces launched a series of air attacks against…