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Welcome To The ‘Cover Your Ass’ Olympics Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, “If the entire political and media elite can manufacture the lie for 4+ years that candidate now-President Biden…

Small Caps Break-Out To Best Week In 8 Months; Bonds & Bullion Big Week On Bad Data A bad data week… Source: Bloomberg …was good news for doves as rate-cut expectations soared……

Moped-Mounted Crime Soars: Migrants Bring Third World Tactic To USA Open-border advocates love to tell you that “diversity is our strength.” Unfortunately, illegal immigrants flooding into the United States are diversifying the…

Biden’s Student Loan Plan “SAVE” Will Cost $230 Billion Via SchiffGold.com, As student loan debt in America swells to a staggering $1.7 trillion, President Joe Biden’s new SAVE plan could actually cost…

After Hundreds Of Launches, SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Suffers Rare Engine Failure SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket suffered a rare engine failure on Thursday night during a Starlink mission to deploy satellites in low…

The publication is based on the work of Western war correspondents covering the Eastern front The Russian History Perspective Fund has released a new history book covering the events on the Eastern…

Brussels has gone after the platform over alleged “deceptive practices” X (formerly Twitter) is facing persecution by the European Union because it rejected Brussels’ demand to secretly censor opinions on the platform,…

BlackRock ‘Tokenized’ Treasury Fund BUIDL Tops $500 Million Authored by Brayden Lindrea via CoinTelegraph.com, The BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund has reached a $500 million market cap, making it the first…

US Issues Largest Ever Batch Of Sanctions On Israeli Settlers & Outposts The White House on Thursday unveiled its most comprehensive round of sanctions on Israeli settlers and ‘extremists’ do date. The…

During the NATO summit in DC Hungarian President Viktor Orban said, “at today’s NATO Summit, I will reaffirm that Hungary will not participate in the NATO-Ukraine mission, but we will continue to…

The EU’s chief diplomat recently admitted that there is a high level of support for Russia on the continent African nations are not looking to Russia because it is standing up to…

Zelensky Angry US Won’t Lift Restrictions On Strikes Deeper Into Russia Anything Zelensky had to say Thursday at the close of the NATO summit in Washington was overshadowed by President Biden’s verbal…

The “Broken Clock” Fallacy & The Art Of Contrarianism Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Some state that “bears are like a ‘broken clock,’ they are right twice a day.” While it may seem…

“The First Amendment Is Out Of Control”: Academic And Media Figures Rally Against Free Speech Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org, “The First Amendment Is Out of Control.” That headline in a…

A Defiant Biden Vows To Press On As Top Democrats, Donors Freak Out Over “Path Forward” Democrats are in a worst-case scenario after last night’s NATO summit press conference. While President Biden…

Beijing has targeted drone manufacturers over sales to Taiwan Six American military industry enterprises have been blacklisted in China for participating in weapons sales to Taiwan, the foreign ministry in Beijing announced…

The US president called the Russian leader a “murderous madman” at the NATO summit in Washington US President Joe Biden’s latest insult of Russian President Vladimir Putin is “unacceptable,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…

The US president has a history of offending his Russian counterpart in public statements US President Joe Biden has once again insulted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, labeling him a “murderous madman”…

Orbán Continues Ukraine ‘Peace Mission’ With Trump Meeting: “He Is The Man Of Peace” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a Reuters interview this week that Hungary believes a second Trump…

US Is “A Few Short Years” From Data Reliability Crisis, Study Warns Via SchiffGold, U.S. economic data is hitting headlines yet again—this time, due to serious concerns about its continued reliability. “Federal…

I’m glad I waited before sharing the following analysis because I’m not as concerned today as I was when I originally read the Guardian article.   Yesterday, The Guardian reported that Donald Trump…

Zelensky Admits: Can ‘Never’ Get Enough Weapons From West Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while attending the annual NATO summit in Washington as a special guest has admitted that from Kiev’s point of…

Veterans of the Obama and Clinton administrations have reportedly formed a clandestine “anti-Biden network” A growing number of “very-connected” Democrats are scheming to get US President Joe Biden to withdraw from the…

The left-wing alliance that took the most seats in the recent parliamentary elections has promised to raise taxes on the rich Many of France’s most wealthy residents may consider leaving the country…

A report suggesting that Moscow had planned to kill Rheinmetall boss Armin Papperger is untrue, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Claims by CNN that Russia plotted to assassinate the CEO of Germany’s Rheinmetall…

The US “disregards” Israel’s deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure, Turkish President Recep Erdogan has said US President Joe Biden and his administration are complicit in Israeli war crimes in Gaza, Turkish president…

Most Voters Want Biden To Step Down, Oldest Voters Least Concerned Authored by Garbiella Fine via RealClearPolitics.com, The 2024 presidential campaign is now enmeshed in skepticism about Joe Biden’s mental acuity. Some…

After Dumping $22 Billion Overnight, Is The BoJ Intervening Again In USDJPY? Mrs Watanabe will not be best pleased again this morning as it appears – having dumped billions of dollars into…

“Stubbornly Subdued” – UMich Sentiment Slumps As Home-Buying Conditions Hit Record-Low UMich consumer sentiment slumped in preliminary July data with Current Conditions at their lowest since Dec 2022… Source: Bloomberg   UMich…

US Producer Prices Surge At Fastest Pace In 15 Months As Services Costs Soar After yesterday’s soft CPI, this morning’s PPI seems somewhat ‘less than’ but as we noted earlier, in fact…

JPM Reports Record Quarterly Income After Surge In One-Time Items, Unexpectedly Boosts Loan Loss Reserves And we’re off: Q2 earnings season has officially open after two of the largest US banks –…

AT&T Reveals Hackers Stole “Nearly All” Records Of Customer Calls, Texts Surprise. Surprise. AT&T has revealed a massive hack of customer data for the second time this year. This latest batch of customer…

Gold-Silver Ratio Could Indicate The Early Stages Of A Silver Breakout Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, Two months ago, the gold-silver ratio broke an important support level, indicating the white…

Türkiye’s obligations to the US-led military bloc are not consistent with the Eurasian organization’s values, Moscow has said Türkiye’s bid to become a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is…

The service could experience slowdowns in Russia because its servers have not been updated in two years, Dmitry Peskov has explained The Russian authorities have no plans to restrict access to YouTube,…

Around 4,500 people in Cape Town have been forced to flee their homes A powerful storm hit the South African city of Cape Town and its surrounding regions on Thursday, tearing roofs…

Futures Flat After Hot PPI, Mixed Bank Earnings US equity futures are flat, erasing a modest earlier gain, as yesterday’s rotation continues this morning with RTY rallying +0.8% pre-mkt even as megacap…

Trump’s Return: Get Ready For Chaos To Be Unleashed And Blamed On You Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us Yeah, it’s happening. The last half of 2024 is shaping up to be…

A Sukhoi Superjet 100 has gone down in Moscow Region, with only three crew members listed on board, officials have said A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliner has crashed outside of Moscow,…

Moscow has rejected a resolution demanding the return of the Zaporozhye NPP to Kiev’s control Russia has urged the UN not to support Ukraine’s claims to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, the…

Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin claims Brussels may be gathering intel on Russian facilities in Armenia Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has claimed that the EU mission in Armenia may be…

Substantive dialogue with the Russian leader is impossible unless he “changes his behavior,” the US president has said US President Joe Biden has said he has no reason to talk with his…

Some of the arms pledged to Kiev are yet to be produced, according to the newspaper NATO officials do not expect Kiev to mount a new attempt to push back Russian troops…

The move comes after a congressional report exposed a coalition of companies allegedly controlling online speech in the US   Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter), announced on Thursday that he…

Kiev has been tightening restrictions on the use of the Russian language, despite it being the native tongue of many Ukrainians Ukrainian children don’t know their official state language well enough because they’re…

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has expressed dismay at the level of support for the Russian president in Africa The EU’s chief diplomat has expressed surprise at the high level of…

All is well in India-Russia ties. Diplomacy succeeded on both sides in finding common language on some sensitive issues in the final communique – with the West, no doubt, disappointed by its…

Is Carbon Capture Big Oil’s Next Pay Day? Authored by Craig B. Smith & William D. Fletcher via RealClearEnergy, THE PROPOSAL Carbon capture and storage — the concept of sucking carbon dioxide (CO2)…

Kiev has been pushing to lift all restrictions on using foreign weapons, which Moscow has warned would amount to the West’s direct participation in the conflict Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky on Thursday lashed…

Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia with donated Storm Shadow missiles are “not going to happen,” a source has told the newspaper Claims by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky that the UK has cleared him…

The US president has refused to further loosen restrictions on attacks deep inside Russia using American-made weapons The US sees no reason to allow Ukrainian strikes deeper inside Russian territory despite pleas…

Mapping Americans’ Energy Costs By State In 2024 Despite the average energy consumption per person trending downward since 2000, energy cost still represents a significant part of American household budgets. This map, via Visual Capitalist’s…

These Are The Eight US States With Population Declines In 2023 Between 2022 and 2023, the U.S. added approximately 1.58 million people, or grew its population by about 0.5%. However, not all…

NATO Opens First Liaison Office In The Arab World NATO has set up permanent shop in the Middle East, on Thursday announcing its first liaison office in the Arab world, located in…

Foreign Minister Wang Yi has responded to the military bloc’s claims that Beijing is shoring up Russia’s defense industry Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has hit out at NATO for making “groundless…

Russian plants owned by Silgan Holdings Austria have been taken under state management   Russia has temporarily nationalized the assets of metal packaging manufacturer Silgan Holdings Austria. According to a decree signed…

Washington reportedly pushed India to reschedule its leader’s visit to Moscow, which coincided with a NATO summit Washington tried to persuade India to reschedule a visit to Moscow by Prime Minister Narendra…

The role of legislatures is more crucial than ever in overcoming international challenges, the Russian president has said Russian President Vladimir Putin has stressed the importance of global inter-parliamentary cooperation in helping…

The Hungarian prime minister says he is sure the Republican will “solve” the Ukraine crisis Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has met with GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump as part of the…

Nearly Half Of German Welfare Payments Go To Foreign Migrants Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, The argument that mass migration is needed to support GDP levels and pay for pensions…

Germany ‘In Crosshairs’ As US Plans Deployment Of Long-Range Missiles, Russia Warns In 2019, the US withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which prohibited land-based missile systems with a range of…

Value Of Norway’s Oil Fund Soars To New High Of $1.7 Trillion By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com For the first time in its nearly three-decade history, Norway’s oil fund, the world’s largest…

West Jerusalem’s military methods run counter to the bloc’s core values, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has argued Türkiye will not support any cooperation between Israel and NATO while the Jewish state continues…

The Indian parliament speaker has emphasized the role of BRICS in advocating for the developing world at a Russia-hosted summit India has called for reforms to global governance structures such as 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…

Keir Starmer has said that he doesn’t believe that the US leader is “senile” Newly appointed UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has brushed aside concerns over US President Joe Biden’s age and…

Project Total Control: Everything Is A Weapon When Totalitarianism Is Normalized Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “The biggest mistake I see is people waiting for A Big…

People Are Now Setting Up Trusts To Last Hundreds Of Years So They Can Cryogenically Freeze Themselves It may be soon that the expression “you can’t take your money with you when…

Colorado Governor Declares Disaster Emergency Over Bird Flu Outbreak Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Colorado Gov. Jared Polis issued an emergency disaster declaration in his state over…

Researchers Find Precise Way To Kill Cancer Cells Authored by Huey Freeman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Cancer treatments that aim to destroy deadly cells often cause damage and pain as…

Is It Time To Get Bullish On Platinum? Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, Is now a good time to get bullish on platinum? I’ve written a lot about the fact…

US Solar And Wind Power Generation Tops Nuclear For First Time By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com For the first time ever, U.S. electricity generation from utility-scale solar and wind exceeded nuclear power…

7 In 10 People To Live In Urban Areas By 2050 Seven in ten people will live in urban areas by 2050, according to predictions by the UN World Population Division. That’s up from…

Microplastics In Bloodstream Increase Stroke Risk 4.5-Fold: Study Authord by JoJo Novaes and Ben Lam via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The issue of microplastic pollution in the environment is gaining increasing…

La Nina Watch Remains In Effect As Development Odds High For Northern Hemisphere Winter Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued an update Thursday stating that there is a…

Nearly 200,000 people have signed contracts with Russia’s Defense Ministry this year alone Nearly 200,000 people have enlisted in the Russian army in 2024, the Russian Defense Ministry has said. The average…

Aramco Secures $31 Billion In Orders For Bond Offering By Irina Slav of OilPrice.com Saudi Aramco has attracted orders worth a total $31 billion for a fresh bond the company said it…

Lawsuit Alleges Hyundai Conducted “Secret Program” With Dealers To “Inflate” EV Sales Napleton Aurora Imports in Illinois recently filed a lawsuit in federal court in Chicago, alleging that Hyundai pressured US auto…

Freedom Caucus Chair Responds To Anonymous ‘A**hole’ Allegations Authored by Molly Burns via Headline USA, Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., brushed off the anonymous allegations from Capitol Hill insiders that his recent primary…

Top New York City Law Firm To Deny Employment Over Pro-Palestine Protests Via Middle East Eye Participation in Gaza solidarity protests and student groups could become a disqualifying factor for applicants at…

This latest admission adds fuel to a few fires.  #1 That Biden is having major cognitive issues; and #2 That the actual Hur tapes of the Biden deposition are unlikely to match…

Biden Resumes Transfer Of 500-Pound Bombs To Israel As Fight Returns To Gaza City The Biden administration’s punitive ‘pause’ of arms transfers for certain types of munitions to Israel, namely 500-pound and…

China Has Been Practicing For Strikes On US Jets & Warships In Remote Desert Region Recently emerged satellite images reveal that the Chinese military has been practicing for attacks on US fighter…

Sam Altman-Backed Nuclear Startup Oklo On Pace To Launch First Reactor By 2027 Sam Altman-backed nuclear company Oklo is “push[ing] towards its target of building its first small modular reactor by 2027…

VDH: Our Brezhnev, Our Pravda, Our Soviet Union… Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Leonid Brezhnev led the former Soviet Union as General Secretary of the Communist Party until 1982. But…

Oh, this is just too funny.  You cannot make this stuff up. During his NATO press remarks where the eyes are upon Joe Biden’s cognitive incapacity, he introduces Volodymyr Zelensky as “President…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted on ending the Gaza war first Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has called for setting up a commission of inquiry into the October 7 Hamas attack,…

Anti-Diet: General Mills Pushes “Health At Any Size” Research With Dietitian Influencers As Obesity Rate Doubles In news that some could as a surprise to no one, the people leading the charges…

Is Nashville Trans Shooter’s Psych Hospital Behind The Push To Keep Evidence Secret? Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, Nashville Judge I’Ashea Myles caused an uproar among transparency advocates earlier this…

Do The Democrats Have An October Surprise That Could Win The Election Authored by Jon Rappoport via jonrappoport.com, (This article is Part-3 in a series; for Part-2, go here.) You might recall…

Joe Biden will be holding what the White House calls his first, “big boy press conference” in eight months.  The professionally Democrat people in DC are holding their collective breaths, with the…

The US president is reportedly facing a mutiny within the campaign US President Joe Biden has no way to recover from the debate disaster and needs to drop out of the race,…

If we accept the actions and outcomes that are visible from Democrats right now, their definition of “democracy” is apparently to dismiss the will of tens-of-millions of Democrat party voters, and instead…

Nasdaq Pukes To Worst Day Versus Small Caps In 22 Years, Gold Soars Near Record High After Soft CPI Misses across the board today in CPI left US macro surprise data languishing…

US Spent A Record $140 Billion On Debt Interest In June, 30% Of All Tax Revenues On the surface, and following 4 months of triple-digit deficits (in the billions), the June budget…

Here’s Our Big Problem: The Ratchet Only Moves Us Closer To The Cliff Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Imagine an institution whose ratchet was set to relentlessly reduce budget,…

Biden Camp Thinks Obama Working ‘Behind The Scenes’ Orchestrating Calls To Drop Out The Biden campaign thinks former President Barack Obama is working behind the scenes to orchestrate calls for President Biden…

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is accused of helping the former French president silence a witness Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a former supermodel and wife of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has been charged with witness tampering…

A UAV dropped a grenade on five boys playing in the courtyard of an apartment building Five children in a Russian town near the border with Ukraine were injured when a Ukrainian…