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Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Container Ship “Potentially Atop High-Pressure Underwater Gas Line” The federal government authorized $60 million for salvage efforts for the 1.6-mile-long Francis Scott Key Bridge at the Port of Baltimore,…

Biden’s New Math: 25% = 100% So Free-Lunch For Everybody Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk.com, The Biden administration just issued a new directive. If 25 percent of a school is low…

Judge Rebukes DOJ Arguments Against Release Of Jan. 6 Defendant Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Kevin Seefried holds a Confederate flag outside the Senate Chamber during a…

The authorities say the relocations are not related to the Games, claiming emergency accommodation centers have reached saturation At least 500 migrants and rough-sleepers have been moved from the capital to rural…

Why The Department Of Justice Wants To Take Down Apple Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, On May 5, 2021, White House press secretary Jen Psaki issued a mob-like warning to…

The troops would reportedly take charge of maintaining law and order in the region and escorting humanitarian aid convoys Israel is considering establishing a multi-national military force in Gaza to take charge…

Admiral Rob Bauer has suggested the bloc should get better prepared, while Moscow has dismissed attack speculation as “utter nonsense” There are no signs that Russia is gearing up for an attack…

‘Microsoft’ Remains (By Far) The Most Impersonated Brand In Email Scams We all know the emails: “Dear user, please click the following link to update your credentials. Otherwise your Office 365 account…

Chris Hedges: The Crucifixion Of Julian Assange Authored by Chris Hedges via ScheerPost, The Crucifixion of Julian Assange – by Mr. Fish Prosecutors representing the United States, whether by design or incompetence,…

From an ancient homily for Holy Saturday. What is happening? Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the King sleeps; the…

Mapped coordinates show the routes people took to the location from July 2016 until the financier’s arrest in July 2019, according to Wired Nearly 200 people made multiple trips to disgraced financier…

New Delhi attributed the incident, which took place in March 2022, to a ‘technical malfunction’ during maintenance The Indian Air Force (IAF) has for the first time disclosed the details behind an…

The US Navy “did not have adequate internal controls to prevent overexecution” of allocated funds, the department’s watchdog has said The US Navy has overspent hundreds of millions of dollars in aid…

The Congress Party has blamed the ruling BJP of denying it a level playing field after being served a $218mn tax notice The Indian National Congress, the country’s largest opposition party, has…

The Hungarian PM has said he is making efforts towards reaching a diplomatic solution to the conflict between Kiev and Moscow Ukraine’s path to peace and security could lie in establishing a…

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…

Guyana President Dr Irfaan Ali sat down with BBC narrative engineer Stephen Sackur, host of BBC’s HardTALK, to talk about Guyana’s vast offshore oil and gas reserves and how it is transforming…

The quoted banker does not specifically talk about the Central Bank Digital Currency that lays at the end of the promoted rainbow; the author does. However, the banker does outline a familiar…

The Optimism-Fatalism Historical Cycle Authored by Gregory Copley via The Epoch Times, No fundamental form of human behavior, for better or worse, disappears forever. Cycles of wealth, fear, or frustration force changes,…

The Ukrainian leader has claimed that restoration of 2022 status quo would be enough to kick off negotiations with Moscow President Vladimir Zelensky has indicated that a return to Ukraine’s 1991 borders…

Washington fuels the war in Gaza with fresh arm supplies despite a rift with West Jerusalem The US has signed off on the transfer of billions of dollars worth of bombs and…

New Yorkers Silently Worrying Over Ramifications Of Trump Ruling Authored by Janice Hisle and Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty Images) Monday’s dramatic bond…

An oft familiar set of questions circles around a variation of ‘does President Trump know this’, or ‘can President Trump eliminate this’, or ‘is President Trump the solution’. The most brutally honest…

As Easter Looms, Church Attendance In The US Declines Christianity is on the decline in the United States. As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, new data from Gallup shows that church attendance has dropped across all…

Stress Creates A 4-Fold Increase In Spread Of Cancer: Study Authored by Cara Michelle Miller via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A breakthrough discovery links stress hormones with a fourfold surge in the…

Buffett Is Still The Richest Person In Finance The combined net worth of the 10 richest people in finance reached $446.9 billion in 2024. Here, Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte ranks them based…

Ahead Of 2024 Election, Abortion Battles Heat Up Across Nation Authored by Beth Brelje via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), (Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty Images, Shutterstock) Parents could be charged…

ESG Frustration And Backlash In The Banking Sector Continues “Facts that don’t align with ill-informed prejudice are often infuriating. That doesn’t make them wrong. Someone needs to tell the truth about what…

The Ukrainian leader has renewed his demands for American money and weapons Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has confirmed media reports that the White House urged him to stop attacks on Russian infrastructure,…

Lithuania has used the conflict to “cancel” all historical references to Russia Authorities in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius have agreed to consider a proposal to rename ‘Russian Street’ after the first…

$1 Billion In Tax Refunds Remain Unclaimed As May 17 Filing Deadline Approaches Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The IRS building in Washington on Oct. 16, 2023….

The suspects were allegedly preparing a bombing in the southern Stavropol Region Russia’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB), has claimed to have foiled a terrorist plot in the country’s…

Hazardous Material Containers ‘Breached’ During Baltimore Bridge Collapse: NTSB Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The scene after the cargo ship Dali struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge…

Rising cost of living, disappointment with political leaders, and crushing loneliness are souring moods in the Land of the Free From a sputtering economy and high inflation to a lack of trust…

For his recent episode, Tucker Carlson revisits a former guest, Mike Rowe.  Mr. Rowe has good and humorous sense of curiosity about things, about stuff, about the real world around us, and…

The Tower Of Sauron Can’t Pay Its Debt: Brooklyn’s Tallest Building Is In Foreclosure While everyone says that the looming commercial real estate crash is nothing to worry about since, well, everyone’s…

US President Joe Biden is reportedly weighing a plan to hand green cards to millions of illegal immigrants Tesla CEO Elon Musk has accused the US Democratic Party of opening up the…

Mikhail Bulgakov’s legacy should be examined over links to “Russian imperial policy,” according to an official statement The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory has ordered the legacy of renowned novelist and playwright…

The apprehended individual, who was traveling on a French passport, was found in possession of six firearms Malaysian police have apprehended a heavily armed Israeli national who investigators believe might be a…

Go back in your mind to the time when anxiety around the COVID-19 pandemic was at its apex.  Think about what you saw, heard, witnessed in real life, and understood about the…

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Wealth Gap And The Road To Serfdom Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, One of the most interesting conundrums is the surging wealth gap in America. Despite two of the largest bull…

United Airlines Boeing 777 Diverted To Denver After ‘Engine Issues’  The Federal Aviation Administration should expedite its plan to curb United Airlines’ growth, including preventing the carrier from adding new routes, following a…

Unconditional patriotism has surged to 62% since last year Some 94% of Russians describe themselves as patriots, more than at any point since surveys first began, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center…

The Meltdown Of Commercial Real Estate Authored by Peter St. Onge via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In case you’ve still got money in a bank, Bloomberg is warning that defaults in commercial…

West Jerusalem has stuck to its usual policy of silence after allegedly killing 40 Syrian soldiers and Iran-backed fighters The Syrian Defense Ministry has accused Israel of launching a series of airstrikes…

Rishi Sunak has announced a surprise round of honors, including Egyptian-born billionaire Mohamed Mansour UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a backlash and accusations of cronyism for his decision to confer…

At least 20 Poles have died in battle, Piotr Mitkiewicz told RMF radio At least 20 Polish nationals fighting for Kiev have been killed in battle, according to one soldier of Ukraine’s…

Beware Of Squatters Authored by Betsy McCaughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), If you own a home and don’t want to lose it, keep reading. A sign advertises apartments for rent…

Last week’s Crocus City Hall attack was organized anonymously via social media, according to officials The chief suspects in last week’s terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall outside Moscow have testified that their…

Thousands have been affected and displaced in Madagascar At least 18 people have died and thousands displaced in the wake of tropical cyclone Gamane that hit Madagascar this week, Reuters reported on…

The trio of US presidents were interrupted multiple times during a fundraising event in New York US President Joe Biden, along with his predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, were heckled by…

Israel Mounts Largest Attack On Syria In Years, Over 40 Dead On Friday Israel conducted its deadliest strikes on Syria in months, or perhaps even years, given the immense death toll is…

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The large-scale attack also targeted anti-aircraft defenses, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said Russia carried out a large-scale attack against the Ukrainian energy sector and its anti-aircraft defenses overnight on Thursday,…

The Tajikistani national was detained for violent behavior near Crocus City Hall, one day after the shooting Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has placed a ninth suspect under arrest in connection with last…

Sick Of It All Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance Every week, usually once or twice, I sit down to put onto paper my thoughts about the market. And every week, my disgust…

Discussions are ongoing after Niger canceled a military cooperation deal with Washington, spokesperson Pat Ryder has said Washington has not made any decisions regarding the withdrawal of its forces from Niger, where…

German parliamentary experts have evaluated the implications of an attack on NATO troops in Ukraine, according to a report seen by dpa   Article 5 of the NATO treaty, which calls for…

Argentinian President Javier Milei has repeatedly insulted his Colombian counterpart Colombia has expelled all Argentine diplomats from the country’s embassy in Bogota after Argentinian President Javier Milei called Colombian President Gustavo Petro…

Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell Speaks With Global Markets Closed With global capital market closed, crypto maybe the only price action to monitor to judge if Fed Chair Powell says anything new…

Russia’s embassy in Seoul had denounced the sketch in the Korea Herald as a vile and offensive joke The Korea Herald newspaper has issued an apology for publishing a cartoon mocking the…

Ukrainian remarks about diplomatic engagement with Moscow don’t make sense, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Ukraine is contradicting itself by claiming that it could hold peace talks with Russia after a proposed…

Kiev’s foreign minister is visiting New Delhi to seek support for a ‘peace formula’ rejected by Moscow Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has claimed India’s ties with Russia have “no future,” unlike…

Kiev has reportedly bolstered its ranks with extremists, several of whom are accused of plotting attacks in Russia and the EU Ukrainian authorities believe that an Australian-Algerian jihadist was responsible for the…

The Crocus Hall terrorist attack rallied world sympathy massively for Russia, while Biden‘s prime concern is to sequester Zelensky so that all is not lost With hindsight, it was not a coincidence…

Improvement Of US-Russia Relations ‘Impossible’ Under Biden, Ambassador Says Russian ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has issued a dire assessment of the current state of US-Russia relations in an interview with…

The detainees were allegedly in contact with the gunmen responsible for the deadly attack at Crocus City Hall on March 22 Nine people with suspected ties to gunmen responsible for last week’s…

The French president’s remarks were intended to serve as a “distraction” for voters at home, the Russian foreign minister believes Remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron that the West could send troops…

Jn 18:1—19:42 Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley to where there was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered. Judas his betrayer also knew the place,…

America’s Minsky Moment Approaches Authored by Michael Wilkerson via The Epoch Times, Named after American economist Hyman Minsky, the idea behind a Minsky moment is that a financial markets crisis (especially in…

Disinflationary Path Stalls As Non-Durable Goods Prices Spike But Supercore PCE Slides One of The Fed’s favorite inflation indicators – Core PCE Deflator – was flat at +2.8% YoY in February (as…

Asian Stocks Gain With US and Europe Closed Ahead Of Core PCE Print, Powell Speech With US futures and European markets closed for Good Friday, the only markets trading overnight were in…

The new law is necessary to preserve the traditional family, according to Konstantin Tolkachev, chairman of the Bashkiria State Assembly Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan has adopted a new law that would allow…

A man was killed and his wife injured in the latest strike on Belgorod on Friday A Ukrainian kamikaze drone has hit a residential building in the Russian city of Belgorod, killing…

A video shows an ordnance disposal specialist stripping down an intercepted, Western-made Ukrainian projectile A video has emerged of a long-range missile donated to Ukraine by the West being disarmed after it…

One more person wounded in last week’s massacre at Crocus City Hall has died in the hospital   The death toll in last Friday’s terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall outside of…

A Borno State court has ordered their release for lack of evidence, a defense official has said More than 300 people suspected of being involved in the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency in…

With the event just three months away, the attack in Russia has prompted Paris to tighten anti-terrorism measures France has called on its international allies to help enhance security for the upcoming…

The world is now facing the most critical moment since the end of World War II, the Polish prime minister has said Europe has entered a “pre-war era” in which any scenario…

What Will The Fed Do Next? Authored by Louis-Vincent Gave via Evergreen Gavekal blog, So far this year, we have seen US inflation repeatedly beat expectations, US gasoline prices creep higher, gold…

The European rights body is discrediting itself by ignoring last week’s massacre, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said The Council of Europe has disgraced itself by failing to condemn the recent…

10 Easter Traditions Around The World It’s Easter this weekend and while many around the world will be celebrating by eating chocolate easter eggs and setting out on easter egg hunts, some communities will…

Moscow has expressed no interest in the conference, saying it will revolve around Kiev’s ‘peace formula’ that it has long rejected Ukraine could engage in diplomacy with Russia after a peace summit in Switzerland…

Air Tanzania plans to launch direct flights to the UAE four times a week Air Tanzania has confirmed plans to commence direct flights to Dubai from its hub in Dar es Salaam…

Why Morgan Stanley Says To Buy Energy Stocks Right Now By Alex Kimani of OilPrice.com The AI boom and Big Tech might be hogging all the media limelight right now, but the…

America’s Sports Betting Boom Five years after the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), sports betting continues to boom in the United States. As Statista’s Felix Richter reports,…

Heart-Scarring Detected Over 1 Year After COVID-19 Vaccination: Studies Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Heart scarring was detected more than one year after COVID-19 vaccination in some…

Last week’s terrorist attack in Russia has reportedly raised concerns over the event becoming a target French intelligence services have recommended scrapping plans for a grand opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris…

Israel is reportedly standing in the way of discussions for post-war planning in the Palestinian enclave The US has offered funding to partners in the Middle East for a peacekeeping force in…

The PM spoke with the US billionaire in New Delhi about benefits and dangers of AI, technological inclusion, and climate change Indians are not only adapting to new technology but also leading…

Moscow is ready for “serious” talks to end the conflict, the Russian president has said Russia remains committed to engaging in substantive discussions about a political and diplomatic resolution to the Ukraine…

A White House official called Russian claims that the Crocus City attack may have been directed by Kiev “nonsense and propaganda” Russia has hit back after a senior White House official accused…

Property investment has reportedly slowed due to rising rents and daily expenses Russians are scaling back their property investments in Dubai due to a rise in local prices and tighter US sanctions…

Watch: Russian Su-35 Jet Reportedly Shot Down Over Crimea A Russian military fighter jet has crashed into the Black Sea near Sevastopol, Crimea on Thursday, the region’s Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev has confirmed. The…

Fresh measures have become even more vital after the recent Moscow terror attack, officials have said  Russia is calling on the UN to target the use of cyberspace for extremist purposes as…

India Won’t Let Germany, The US, Nor Anyone Else Meddle In Its Internal Affairs Via Andrew Korybko’s Substack, The emerging information warfare narrative being pushed by the West via Germany and the…

The conflict is just one facet of the West’s campaign to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia, the Foreign Minister has said The Ukraine conflict is only one part of a wider…

The combined wealth of the richest people in the US has grown to $44.6 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve The wealthiest Americans got even richer last year and now possess $44.6…