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Metropolitan Police have not yet recovered the artwork, a stop sign decorated with three drones The second of two men seen in a viral video removing a Banksy artwork from a south…

The display’s creator cited Pope Francis allowing priests to bless same-sex couples in his defense of the controversial scene Tens of thousands of Italians have called on Catholic authorities to condemn a…

“Everyone” may end up getting a call, including those who left the country, the defense minister says Ukraine has been working on a single database to list all the potential recruits, with…

Dave Collum’s 2023 Year In Review: Down Some Dark Rabbit Holes, Part 2 Authored by David B. Collum, Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology – Cornell University (Email: dbc6@cornell.edu, Twitter: @DavidBCollum),…

President Trump releases his 2024 Christmas message. {Direct Rumble Link} […] “This holiday we give thanks for the many blessings God has bestowed upon us. We pray for the safety of our…

The Israeli leader has denounced a media report suggesting the US president persuaded him to cancel a strike against Hezbollah Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that a Wall Street Journal…

This is a repeat post from years past. I like to post it on Christmas Eve, a place to share our own best memories of Christmases past. The Secret Sam was my…

A “Textbook” Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event Appears To Be Unfolding Meteorologists on social media channel X are posting weather models about the increasing threat of a so-called sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) over…

Russia must take urgent action to ensure the “proliferation” of its people, Patriarch Kirill believes Russia must take “extraordinary and effective measures” to fix its demographic situation, the head of the Russian…

The Grinch Who Overpriced Christmas: Biden’s Christmas Tree Inflation Authored by Catherine Salgado via PJMedia.com, Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow… money. The Grinch in the White House is…

The Fed Is Afraid… Of Something Authored by Mark Jeftovic via DollarCollapse.com, In the last issue we covered how Ecoinmetrics posited that the Bitcoin rally wasn’t being confirmed on-chain and that there was a…

Belgrade was warned in advance about a plot to storm government buildings, the Serbian president has said Pro-Western demonstrators have attempted to break into government buildings in Belgrade in what Serbian President…

Papal envoys in Moscow and Kiev “are doing an excellent job,” Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi said Pope Francis’ efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine are gaining pace, the pontiff’s lead negotiator…

Carry On Carolling! Why Bizarre Warnings About Christmas Customs Should Be Ignored Authored by William Brooks via The Epoch Times, American historian Paul Kengor has amply documented the early poems and plays…

One In Five Americans Will Flock To Church This Christmas One in five Americans will be heading to church on Christmas this year, according to a survey by Statista Consumer Insights. You will find more…

It is often said in recent years that events in Europe present as the precursor for events that later follow in the U.S. and North America.  Indeed, there are many points of…

Andrzej Duda denounced the newly elected Polish government’s “blatant violation of the Constitution” Polish President Andrzej Duda vetoed a 2024 budget bill on Saturday to protest the newly elected government’s controversial overhaul…

Tehran’s navy has unveiled a new long-range weapon that can switch targets after being launched The Iranian navy has upgraded its firepower with the addition of domestically produced missiles that have a…

The Battle For Higher Education Authored by Bruce Abramson via RealClear Wire, Higher education is making news these days.  In Congressional testimony, the Presidents of Harvard, MIT, and Penn couldn’t tell whether…

The idea that a US president commissioned a move aimed at a close ally, however, remains a taboo in the West The attack on the Nord Stream pipelines commissioned by US President…

Pierre Krahenbuhl was accused of spending UN money to take his married girlfriend traveling The Red Cross announced on Friday that Pierre Krahenbuhl will take over as director-general of the organization. Krahenbuhl…

Rocky Mountain High: Why Trump Should Love The Colorado Ruling Authored by Tim Donner via RealClear Wire, The Colorado Supreme Court, acting as supplicants for the enemies of Donald Trump seeking the…

The California man allegedly threatened to commit a “mass murder spree” at an FBI office US federal agents arrested a California man on Friday for allegedly threatening to detonate a “dirty bomb”…

Taunting Biden, Iran Now Threatens To Close Mediterranean Sea Over Gaza War Pressure is mounting on the Biden administration to respond to Iran or its Middle East regional proxies in some way…

Everyone Loves A Generous Government Until They Have To Pay For It Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via Substack, Not only does everyone love getting “free money” from the state, they also…

Former Estonian FM Urmas Reinsalu has said that Russians living in the EU should not be allowed to vote in the 2024 presidential election The Russian Foreign Ministry has called out what…

The deputy head of Zelensky’s office believes the holdouts will have the political will to eventually endorse the document Six EU member states have yet to support a declaration on security guarantees…

The former president has been criminally charged for allegedly provoking the Capitol Hill riot US President Joe Biden has said that he “can’t think of one” former president who should be immune…

Uran Ferizi reportedly snuck into Britain on the back of a truck pretending to be a refugee Albania’s new envoy to the UK entered the country illegally in 1998 and made a…

Josep Borrell believes uncertainty could lead Europeans to demand drastic changes in the upcoming parliamentary election The stakes will be high in the European parliament election next June, as many EU voters…

The African country has quit the cartel after 16 years of membership Several members of OPEC affirmed on Saturday their commitment to the organization and its objectives after Angola decided to quit…

The French bank had been a controlling shareholder of the Russian lender before it divested amid Ukraine-related sanctions last year Russian lender Rosbank has received permission to buy out the local assets…

Roadblocks around cities will start appearing next week, military officer Nazariy Kishak has claimed Ukrainian authorities will start erecting roadblocks around cities and between regions in the last week of December with…

12 Days Of Christmas Conspiracies Authored by Nicole James via The Epoch Times, The 12 days of Christmas are sometimes also known as Twelvetide. Those are the days of drummers drumming and…

Democrats Rob Youth Of Future As Inner City Education Implodes Progressives often pride themselves as the sole party focused on education, particularly in inner cities, and frequently criticize conservatives for being ‘heartless’…

Saudi-French Plan Proposes Exile For Hamas Leadership Via The Cradle, The French newspaper Le Monde published details this week of a Saudi document containing a plan to end the war in Gaza, which stipulates the…

Shipments of crude to China and India have surged as Moscow redirects supplies from the EU Russia has sharply increased oil shipments to China and India this year, Nikolay Tokarev, the CEO…

India says extremists in foreign countries should not have space to operate, amid an ongoing row with the US and Canada  New Delhi reacted strongly on Saturday to the defacement of a…

Barbie, Shakira, & War In Israel Dominated Google Search In 2023 2023 has been eventful, to say the least, and a look at the biggest trending Google searches this year can serve as a…

The plan to replace coal-fired plants by 2030 is “unrealistic,” lobby chief Siegfried Russwurm has warned Berlin’s plan to phase out coal-fired power plants ahead of schedule is likely to fail, the…

EU Asylum Deal Proves Our Elites Don’t Really Believe “Diversity Is Our Strength” Authored by John Cody via ReMix News, The new EU migration pact will allow countries like Germany to dump…

The unsatisfied demand for workers is stalling economic growth, a researcher says The Russian economy is suffering from a shortage of skilled labor according to a recent study by Nikolay Akhapkin, a…

Italian defense chief Guido Crosetto believes the hostilities can only be stopped at the negotiating table It is time for all countries involved in the Ukraine conflict to start looking for a…

Aleksey Makeev, Kiev’s envoy to Berlin, made the denial amid media claims that a top German official had privately endorsed the idea of territorial concessions Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Aleksey Makeev, has…

The increase will be included in a new budget plan to aid the struggling health sector in part of the UK Wide-ranging cuts to public services have been announced by the Welsh…

Reading 1 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 When King David was settled in his palace, and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he said to…

Officials have reportedly said that the damage caused by the scandal outweighed the security threat Officials from the administration of US President Joe Biden initially hoped to conceal the Chinese balloon incident…

The British security firm Ambrey has described the Chem Pluto as Israeli-affiliated The Pentagon has accused Iran of orchestrating a drone attack on an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean on Saturday,…

The nation still remembers the old days of real sovereignty it had before 2011 Twelve years ago, the so-called Arab Spring visited Libya, ending Muammar Gaddafi’s rule and plunging the country into…

Big brands have warned about supply shortages due to the shipping disruption through the Suez Canal The disruption of cargo ships in the Red Sea due to attacks by Houthi militants from…

‘Letters From Father Christmas’ By J.R.R. Tolkien Authored by Anita L. Sherman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), When I was a very small girl, one of my favorite places to be…

The Chinese currency has topped the Japanese yen in international transactions, according to data The Chinese yuan has risen to become the fourth most active currency for global payments by value in…

Falling consumer sentiment has been attributed to fear of economic shocks Online and offline Christmas sales in Germany have slowed amid rising economic uncertainty, the managing director of the German Retail Association…

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…

Israel’s Eilat Port Sees 85% Drop In Activity As Mediterranean Imports Also Take Hit This week the chief executive of Israel’s Eilat Port confirmed that Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping has…

Supreme Court Will Reverse Trump Ballot Removal But Dodge Insurrection Question, Expert Predicts Authored by Petr Svab via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Supreme Court is likely to strike down…

A group of men escaped under the pretext of delivering aid amid fears of total mobilization in Kiev A group of volunteers, who had been granted exemptions to temporarily leave the country…

CBS floated some ridiculous story about President Trump asking advisors their opinion of Nikki Haley as a VP option.  That story is nonsense.  Anyone in the orbit of Donald Trump knows Nikki…

The Velvet Fascism Of “Protect Our Democracy” Authored by Thomas Buckley via The Brownstone Institute, Deciding that a person who has not been charged with, let alone convicted of, insurrection is guilty…

These Are The Most Desired Christmas Gifts This Year In The US While it may not seem like the most romantic option, the useful gift of money is the most desired Christmas present in…

Tokyo sends Patriot missiles to the US in another step toward full remilitarization Japan has agreed to supply Patriot missiles to the US after ending a ban on military exports imposed under…

Metropolitan Mark believes medics should refrain from questioning the unborn babies’ “right to live” Russian doctors should drastically change their approach when dealing with pregnant women, Metropolitan Mark of Ryazan Diocese said,…

22-Year-Old Quits Her Job For ‘Tradwife’ Lifestyle, Embraces 1940s—Has Words For Couples Today Via The Epoch Times, Millennial Aria Lewis is infatuated with the 1940s—and has been since she was 15 years…

“I Am Not A Student Of Hitler”: Trump Defends “Poisoning Blood” Comments, Says Illegal Immigration Is “Destroying Our Country” Former President Donald Trump on Friday defended his past comments on immigration amid…

Monika Schnitzer’s call for a “Ukraine surcharge” comes as the German government’s approval ratings hit record lows Berlin should tax citizens’ incomes more in order to strengthen military aid to Ukraine as…

House Judiciary Seeks Documents From Jack Smith Over Trump Cases Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and House Subcommittee on Crime…

Many Ukrainian officials believe it is “cool” to take bribes, Mikhail Podolyak has said A certain number of Ukrainian public office holders continue to engage in corrupt activities despite the ongoing conflict…

Senator Rand Paul has highlighted such boondoggle outlays as researching Russian cats and monkey gambling From a Pentagon lobster tank to a transgender monkey study, the US government found a wide range…

A Rigged-System From Top To Bottom: George Orwell Meets Lewis Carroll Authored by Donald Jeffries via ‘I Protest” Substack, Just the other day, New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a remarkable…

Biden Shafts Kennedy Over Secret Service Protection For 3rd Time The Biden administration has denied political rival Robert F. Kennedy Jr. US Secret Service protection for the third time, according to a…

As the story is told, the “republicans” have the lowest amount of reserve cash on hand in the past seven years. However, as readers here are well aware, it’s not the republicans…

US Attacked 100 Times In Iraq & Syria Since October Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A Pentagon official said Thursday that US troops in Iraq and Syria have come under attack at least…

Sadiq Khan has changed his mind amid political pressure regarding a request from Kiev’s Vitaly Klitschko London Mayor Sadiq Khan has dropped his refusal to send four-wheel-drive cars and trucks to Ukraine,…

With hopes of a Ukrainian victory fading, Antti Hakkanenn foresees a long face-off against Moscow The West does not have enough ammunition to prop up Kiev’s forces indefinitely, and without a serious…

It has been a good year for the Kangaroo Court of Australia website and YouTube channel and that is as a direct result of you the supporters. The highlight of the year…

‘No, No, No’ – Christmas Vacations Score Low On This Year’s Wishlists While Christmas and the holiday season are usually reserved for spending time at home alone, with friends or visiting family,…

Russian President Vladimir Putin traditionally sends foreign leaders his holiday wishes in December The leaders of nations Moscow considers “unfriendly” will not be sent traditional New Year and Christmas greetings from President…

Dave Collum’s 2023 Year In Review: Down Some Dark Rabbit Holes, Part 1 Authored by David B. Collum, Betty R. Miller Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology – Cornell University (Email: dbc6@cornell.edu, Twitter: @DavidBCollum),…

Israeli-Linked Tanker Struck By Drone Off India, Signaling Attacks Set To Widen In a truly unprecedented scenario, an Israeli-linked tanker has come under attack not in the Red Sea, but as far…

Next year will be worse for the country than 2022 and 2023 combined, an air defense commander has said Ukraine is likely to resort to “total mobilization” next year in a bid…

Watch: CNN Caught Editing RFK Jr Speech To Mislead Viewers When he appeared on CNN last week, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was confronted with a video from one of…

‘Misery Index’ Near Lowest Level Since Pre-COVID, But Are Americans Happy? Authored by Sam Bourgi via CreditNews.com, Americans should be in a better financial position heading into the holidays, according to a…

US scientists have successfully repeated a historic experiment creating fusion energy, proving the process can be replicated US government scientists have claimed that they can now “consistently” produce fusion energy after successfully…

The “Control System” Is Collapsing – ‘The Great Taking’ Looms As Globalism’s Last Gasp Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, The Great Taking: The Latest “Anti-Mainstream” Conspiracy A new book has exploded…

The new rules aim to curb excessive spending on video games, but the country’s tech giants are unhappy China unveiled new rules on Friday aimed at reducing spending on online video games….

“It’s Disgusting What They’re Doing”: Tucker Carlson Describes Visit With Julian Assange As Julian Assange approaches his ‘final’ appeal against extradition to the United States, where he faces some 18 counts related…

A UN agency employee was among those who perished in one of the deadliest strikes of the ongoing war in Gaza More than 90 Palestinians, including 76 members of one extended family,…

The star reported that the same woman had previously dumped trash on his property and defaced his car Actor Charlie Sheen was attacked by a neighbor at his Malibu home on Wednesday,…

The presidential candidate has said he is willing to go head to head with the incumbent as times as can be organized Former US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he…

A local parliament committee plans to ask the Russian Constitutional Court to review whether the 1954 handover was legal Crimea’s handover to Kiev in 1954, which made the peninsula part of the…

The former president has insisted he wasn’t channeling ‘Mein Kampf’ during a speech on illegal immigration Former US President Donald Trump has defended his assertion that illegal immigration is “poisoning the blood”…

3 Out Of 5 Illegal Alien Households Are Supported By Taxpayer-Funded Welfare Authored by Eric Lendrum via American Greatness, A new analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reveals that almost…

Only 30% think Olaf Scholz is doing a good job, according to a new poll German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s approval rating has fallen off a cliff, with more than two-thirds of the…

Washington’s attempt to put together a coalition against the Houthis is attracting almost none of the regional powers In yet another case of blowback, reflecting the failure of Western military interventionism in…

Christmas Comes Early For 1 In 5 American Families Christmas traditions vary greatly across the world. While some countries hold the main celebration on Christmas Eve, others wait until Christmas Day to get…

It Was Meant To Be A Campaign Winner. Has ‘Bidenomics’ Become A Liability? Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden, who has typically refrained from discussing…

White and rosé are now preferred, the food quality regulator has said Russian wine lovers are switching from red wine to white and rosé, Maxim Protasov, the head of Roskachestvo, the food…

In The Wake Of ESG’s Ongoing Death, The Texas-Focused ETFs Have Arrived No sooner have we witnessed the death of ESG investing, including the shuttering of several ESG and “green” themed ETFs,…

Moscow has shipped about 250 million tons of crude this year Russian oil exports this year will be higher than before the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, indicating a failure…