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Recession And Bonds: Navigating The Next Slowdown Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, It’s odd to consider, but a recession could flip our bullish outlook on bonds to bearish. It’s unusual because…

Florida Man Charged In Deadly Pacific Palisades Inferno A former Los Angeles resident turned Florida man has been arrested and charged with starting one of the most devastating wildfires in city history…

Yields Jump After Ugly 10Y Auction Tails, Foreign Demand Tumbles After yesterday’s ugly 3Y auction, moments ago the Treasury sold $39 billion in 10Y paper (technically a 9 Year, 10 Month reopening…

DHS Highlights Slew Of September Immigration Arrests In Portland Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested several “worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens”…

White House Will Use Tariffs To Fund Low-Income Food Aid Program During Shutdown How’s your shutdown going so far?  Illustration via Politico So far, no mass firings. The sky is intact. Cats…

Today at 3:00pm ET, President Trump will hold a roundtable on Antifa as a domestic terror group operating inside the United States.  Livestream Links Below: . . Posted in 1st Amendment, Antifa,…

FOMC Minutes Signal Dovish Policy Tilt, But ‘Majority’ Fear Inflation Upside Risks Since the last FOMC meeting (when The fed cut rates by 25bps with one dissent for 50bps on Sept 17th),…

The leaks published by Candace Owens suggest that Kirk fell out with a Jewish donor just days before his assassination Leaked text messages in which late conservative activist Charlie Kirk admits to…

WTI Holds Gains After US Crude Production Hits Record High Oil prices are higher this morning as investors brushed off oversupply fears, having digested a decision earlier by OPEC+ to restrain production…

Could AI’s Growing Thirst For Water Usher In Localized Resource Wars  In the era of artificial intelligence, water availability is poised to become a top concern for developers, just as low-cost, reliable electricity…

Momentum From Trump-Putin Talks In Alaska Has Run Out: Kremlin The Kremlin has expressed its view Wednesday that the positive momentum created in the wake of the August 15 meeting in Alaska…

‘Progress’ Reported In Gaza Talks, As Trump Denies Telling Israeli PM To Not Be ‘F*cking Negative’ Axios last week reported that President Trump recently told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop being so “f*cking…

Waste Of The Day: Illinois Corrections Employees Exploit Vacation-Overtime Loophole Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Topline: Overtime pay is meant for employees working more than eight hours per day, but the…

50’s Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be By Michael Every of Rabobank The RBNZ cut the OCR 50bps to 2.50% vs. 25bps expectations but in-line with our forecast. Notably, the RBNZ…

The powers of currently serving officials have been extended until after martial law is lifted Ukrainian lawmakers have voted to delay all local elections and extend the powers of regional councils and…

The technology is being developed not for public benefit, but to increase corporate profits, Senator Benie Sanders has claimed Artificial intelligence and automation technologies pose a threat to nearly 100 million jobs…

The South African president has announced a new ten-point list aimed at boosting economic growth and creating jobs Partners in South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) have rejected President Cyril Ramaphosa’s…

New Delhi plans to tap a pool of more than 650 companies under the Innovation for Defense Excellence initiative India is keen to have a defense “unicorn” from its startup pool, a…

Foreign interests must not shape Poland’s future, Slawomir Mentzen has warned Poland must prevent Ukrainian migrants from gaining political sway in the country, MP Slawomir Mentzen has warned, after Ukrainian media discussed…

The Portuguese star’s wealth rose sharply after he signed a new $400 million deal in Saudi Arabia, the agency has said Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first footballer to join…

Thankfully, people in Washington DC are finally starting to realize the full scale of the Obama surveillance system. All of the evidence and datapoints -released and yet to surface- flow in one…

Homeland Security: Arrests At Southern Border Hit 55-Year Low Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, The 2025 fiscal year had the lowest number of arrests of illegal immigrants made on the…

The motion to suggest the US president for the award failed to gather enough support among lawmakers, according to reports The Ukrainian parliament has failed to pass a motion to nominate US…

The German luxury carmaker has been hit by US import duties and growing competition in China Elon Musk’s Tesla overtook Mercedes-Benz in global sales in the third quarter of 2025, according to…

Javier Milei has led Argentine to ruin by utterly subjugating it to the US Argentina is on the brink of bankruptcy. Because that’s the name for where you are when you desperately…

Burkina Faso’s government has detained the leaders of an NGO over claims of illicit intelligence gathering Burkina Faso’s government has arrested eight workers for a Netherlands-based NGO on charges of spying. The…

BMW Shares Post Sharpest Drop In Year After Profit Warning; Citi Flags China Troubles As Potentially “Irreversible” BMW shares in Germany plunged the most in a year after the company issued a…

Futures Rise As Global Debasement Trade Sends Gold Over $4000 Futures are higher again, reversing Tuesday’s modest Oracle-led decline, and are led by small caps despite additional multi billion tech investment headlines….

Prime Minister Bart De Wever has insisted any liability for the proposed Ukraine “reparations loan” be shared among bloc members Patience among EU members is “running thin” over Belgium’s refusal to approve…

People fear wearing Jewish symbols and are forced to order pizza under fake names, the anti-Semitism commissioner has said The living conditions of the Jewish population in Germany have sharply deteriorated over…

Vienna is seeking a sanctions waiver to unfreeze Oleg Deripaska-linked shares to compensate Raiffeisen Bank for losses in Russia Austria’s bid to unfreeze €2 billion ($2.1 billion) in assets linked to sanctioned…

From the moment your daughter is taught to read and write – you, her family, her teachers, peers and all of society tell her she must keep a diary of everything she…

The accounting giant has agreed to partially refund Australia’s Labor Department for “hallucinations” in its product The Australian arm of UK ‘big four’ accounting firm Deloitte has agreed to partially refund the…

Greece Still Has The Highest Debt-To-GDP In Europe; Bulgaria The Lowest As European countries pour billions into defense spending, their debt piles are expanding—raising questions of national fiscal stability. In France, a…

Chip Equipment Makers Slide After U.S. House Panel’s Explosive Report Reveals Allied Firms Bolstered China’s Chip Industry ASML Holding NV shares tumbled in Europe after a months-long bipartisan investigation by the U.S….

Surveillance Money: The European Central Bank Accelerates The Digital Euro Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Many market participants have built long positions on euro-denominated assets, expecting a positive outcome from the German stimulus plan…

The impulse to resolve the Ukraine conflict has been extinguished by European supporters of prolonged war, the deputy foreign minister said The momentum generated during the Alaska summit between Russian President Vladimir…

Lai Ching-te is “propagating separatist fallacies” while selling out to foreign powers, officials have said Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is selling himself out to foreign powers to advance separatism in the self-ruled…

The Defense Ministry in Moscow has also reported downing over 50 drones throughout the night across multiple regions Six civilians have been killed in overnight Ukrainian attacks on the Russian regions of…

Two of Georgia Meloni’s ministers and the CEO of a major weapons manufacturer have also been reported to the court, the prime minister herself has revealed  Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni revealed…

US Bitcoin Reserve Funding “Can Start Anytime” – Senator Lummis Authored by Brian Quarmby via CoinTelegraph.com, Crypto-friendly US Senator Cynthia Lummis has confirmed that acquiring funds for the US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve…

“We have unleashed a monster,” Danish PM Mette Frederiksen has said, as she proposed new restrictions for those under 15 The Danish government intends to ban minors under the age of 15…

Appearing on Fox News with Sean Hannity (but of course) FBI Director Kash Patel states he has begun to focus his efforts on clearing out the DC-based FBI officials and agents who…

The suspect allegedly planted a bomb under a Russian officer’s car and carried out other missions for Kiev A Russian citizen suspected of working for Ukrainian intelligence has been detained in Moscow…

Signal, AfD Slam EU Chat Control As End Of Privacy In Europe Via Remix News, After Germany dropped its long-standing opposition to EU chat control, leading encrypted messenger Signal issued a dire…

Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., demand accountability as evidence behind the FBI ‘Arctic Frost’ operation starts to surface.  Slowly at first, then suddenly…. Johnson and Schmitt are not bad…

The US could gradually lift restrictions on using the long-range missiles, a senior official in Kiev has told the Telegraph Ukraine could use US Tomahawk missiles to launch increasingly escalatory strikes on…

The F/A-XX program had been stalled through spring and summer by a debate between the Department of War and Congress on funding Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has decided what the US…

Over 9,000 flights were canceled or delayed and several major airports were temporarily closed Over 9,000 flights were delayed or canceled across the US on Monday and Tuesday, according to Federal Aviation…

The EU’s foreign policy chief is described as “more cop than diplomat,” the outlet has reported European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas’ blunt communication style and fixation on Russia is damaging…

Nigeria’s Anglican body has said it cannot accept Sarah Mullally as a leader and cites her support for same-sex blessings The Anglican Church of Nigeria has formally rejected the appointment of the…

Goldman: $10,000 Is New Price Floor For Copper  Copper futures on the London Metal Exchange are near record highs as traders weighed supply disruptions at major mines, the Federal Reserve’s interest rate outlook,…

For two days, the forum participants will discuss the impact of creative industries on the economy and society, as well as form new partnerships On Wednesday, October 8, the International Conference on…

The country’s regulator has said water may enter starter motor creating a risk of possible vehicle fires BMW and South Africa’s consumer regulator have announced a recall of more than 12,000 vehicles…

The program features over 60 events for like-minded professionals to share ideas about society’s future and ways to tackle today’s challenges The second ‘Inventing the Future’ International Symposium has opened in Moscow,…

Close To Chaos? Where People Worry About Unrest More than a third of respondent in Mexico, South Africa and Brazil said that they were worried about riots or violent protests happening in their country….

Tatarstan is keen to be a “gateway” to the Russian market, regional head Rustam Minnikhanov has said The Russian region of Tatarstan is eager to expand economic cooperation with India and could…

Egypt Wants US Troops In Gaza As Part Of Peacekeeping Mission Via Middle East Eye US troops will need to deploy to Gaza if the international force of peacekeepers that President Donald…

The BritCard Digital ID PsyOp Authored by Iain Smith via Off-Guardian.org, Apparently, in order to be able to work in the UK, we will all be forced to adopt digital ID—the mandatory…

“Global overcapacity is damaging our industry,” Ursula von der Leyen has claimed The European Commission has proposed a 50% tariff on steel imports that exceed a lowered annual quota, in an effort…

Pro-Palestinian witnesses earlier claimed that the Swedish activist was “dragged on the ground” Swedish activist Greta Thunberg has alleged that she and other detainees from the Gaza flotilla were subjected to harsh…

The Left’s Political Playbook: Redefining Words And Standards Authored by Thaddeus McCotter via American Greatness, Last week, I wrote about the left’s playbook of projection and deflection, wherein they ascribe their own sins…

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…

Trump Signs Order Approving 211-Mile Mining Road In Alaska President Donald Trump issued a presidential memo on Oct. 6 ordering the approval of a proposed 211-mile industrial road in Alaska to allow…

WHO Warns Chikungunya Virus Has Potential To Spread To More Countries Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The World Health Organization (WHO) said in an outbreak notice last…

Gold Tops $4,000 For The First Time, And How Goldman Is Trading The Meltup From Here Gold has just topped the $4,000/oz level for the first time ever, cementing its status as…

Kirill Dmitriev replied to recent revelations regarding the former US president’s dealings published by the CIA Former US President Joe Biden provoked the Ukraine conflict to hide his family’s corrupt dealings, Kremlin…

As Israelis Mourn Two Years Since Oct.7, Houthis Attack Eliat With At Least 4 Drones Tuesday marks the grim two-year anniversary of the Oct.7 terror attack by Hamas which targeted southern Israel,…

Shut-Down The Shutdown Propaganda Authored by Frank Miele via RealClearPolitics, Shut it down. Shut it all down! Not the government. I’m talking about the fake news that spent the past two weeks…

Ukrainian Drones Reach Western Siberia In Furthest Attack Of Entire War Another day, another Ukrainian long-range drone attack on energy and industrial sites deep inside Russian territory. But overnight, Kiev set a…

California County Reinstates Mask Mandate In Certain Health Care Facilities Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A county health officer in California issued an order requiring masking in…

Prosecutors dropped the investigation last month over a lack of evidence Top UK security officials will face a probe over a dropped case over two “Chinese spies”, Bloomberg wrote on Tuesday. British…

“Not The Taxpayers’ Money!”: Baltimore City Residents Furious After Leftist Mayor Rides In Luxury Residents in crime-ridden Baltimore City, controlled by leftists, are demanding answers after Mayor Brandon Scott received a new…

CDC Endorses Standalone Chickenpox Vaccination For Younger Children Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Oct. 6 stopped recommending a combination …

Anaheim Man Shot After Charging Cop With Shovel Outside Elementary School Bodycam and dashcam footage show a fatal September 15 confrontation in Anaheim where 36-year-old Rudy Anthony Martinez II was shot after…

A detained Gaza flotilla participant attacked prison medical staff during examination, the ministry has said Israel has accused a Gaza flotilla activist of biting a member of prison staff, claiming it was…

Gold’s Gains Imply $644K Bitcoin In ‘Equivalent Value’; VanEck Authored by Jesse Coghlan via CoinTelegraph.com, Bitcoin could be worth half as much as gold by its next halving, slated for 2028, and…

If Mamdani Wins, The Gig (Work) Is Up Authored by Jonathan Wolfson via RealClearPolitics, One of Zohran Mamdani’s most harmful proposals is getting the least attention: his plan to restrict “gig” work…

Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension Viewership Bump Evaporates; Traditional TV Meltdown Continues As Advertisers Scramble Disney briefly suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! in September after host Jimmy Kimmel falsely claimed that Tyler Robinson, the furry-obsessed…

Israeli Families Express Optimism For Peace On 2nd Anniversary Of Oct. 7 Attack Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, Two years ago today, the lives of many Israelis were upended…

The Hungarian prime minister accused the German chancellor of unwillingness to talk to Moscow German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has admitted to having a heated argument with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over…

Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has rejected Finnish claims that Russia breached international rules Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has rejected claims by Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen that Moscow violated the principles…

At today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), a man who was also targeted by the FBI Arctic Frost surveillance operation, demanded answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi.  WATCH: ….

CDC Says COVID-19 Vaccination Now Up To Each Individual Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer broadly recommends COVID-19 vaccination….

Subpar 3Y Auction Stops Through Despite Pullback In Foreign Buying The week’s first coupon auction just priced, and it was quite solid, taking advantage of the broader risk off mood.  At 1pm…

Tesla Unveils Cheaper Model Y Starting at $37,990 After Tax Credit Loss Tesla unveiled a cheaper Model Y today with prices starting at $37,990–$39,990, about 15% below the previous base model, as…

Furlough Backpay Not Automatic, Instead – Congress Must Authorize: Leaked WH Memo Democrats are in a panic today after Axios reported a leaked memo from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…

The former US president demanded a coverup of Kiev’s views on his business dealings, according to unveiled CIA records Joe Biden asked the CIA to cover up a report about his family’s…

The conduits should have never been built anyway, Donald Tusk has said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has expressed his opposition to extraditing a Ukrainian suspect in the Nord Stream sabotage case…

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Sea Isl) has become a parody of himself as he takes dramatic acting to new levels during his monologues.  Apparently, Senator Cruz and CBS’s Margaret Brennan have the same…

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., questions Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday as she testified for the first time before the Senate Judiciary Committee since her confirmation hearing in January. Senator Schmitt walks…

The Caribbean deployment is less about cocaine and more about control, reviving America’s oldest imperial playbook President Donald Trump has hinted that US forces could soon move from sea to land operations…

The question that matters comes up before things go off the rails.  Senator Hirono asks Attorney General Pam Bondi about the reauthorization of FISA-702, that will be needed when the authority expires…

The glossy US peace plan masks Gaza’s fate as an American-Israeli vassal –peace in name, domination in practice. “Diplomacy is the pursuit of war with other means.” (The author). Time and again,…

‘Bigger, Faster, More Permanent Than All Waves Combined’: No Sector Will Be Untouched By AI Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Hajnen Payson is a highly valued internet search and marketing expert.  He’s worked for companies…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney travels to the U.S. for a White House meeting with President Trump.  The two leaders hold a press availability prior to entering negotiations.  WATCH: . Posted in…

Ford Shares Hammered On Report Aluminum Plant Fire May Disrupt Ford F-150 Production A devastating fire at a major aluminum plant in New York in mid-September is set to roil the U.S. auto…

Tech, Crypto Dump On Report Exposing ORCL’s ‘Razor Thin’ Margins On AI Chips Is the ‘batshit insane’ delusion of AI/ORCL about to break? As a reminder, a month ago, ORCL stock soared…