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People had been ‘thirsty for that kind of in-depth explanation’ of Moscow’s thinking, Mikatekiso Kubayi told RT Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson last week was “mind-blowing” and…

Household Debt Tops $17.5 Trillion And Americans Are Feeling The Strain Authored by Mike Maharrey via Money Metals, You’ve got to give credit to Visa, Mastercard, Discover and Amex. They’ve managed to…

The former officers thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for personally intervening to secure their release Qatar has released eight former Indian Navy officers previously sentenced to death on alleged espionage charges, New…

Russians dumb down their speeches at the UN to avoid miscommunication, deputy representative Dmitry Polyansky has said Russian diplomats perceive the current approach to international affairs of their Western counterparts to be…

Visualizing The Rise Of The US As Top Global Crude Oil Producer Over the last decade, the United States has established itself as the world’s top producer of crude oil, surpassing Saudi Arabia…

Germany To Replace Nuclear With Natural Gas Plants For $16B Authored by Alex Kimani via OilPrice.com, Last April, Germany shut down its last three nuclear power stations, marking the end of the…

Airman: Secret Drone Ops Run From US Base In Jordan Where 3 Soldiers Killed, 40+ Wounded The United States government would have you believe the military base in Jordan where three soldiers…

The departure of the HMS Prince of Wales for NATO drills has been delayed, the UK Defense Ministry has said The HMS Prince of Wales has been unable to depart for the…

Jailed Imran Khan Claims Pakistani Electoral Win Via The Cradle, Independent candidates affiliated with imprisoned Pakistani political leader Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have won the most seats in elections for…

The number of millionaires in the bloc is expected to see a massive surge over the next decade, according to a newly released report Total investable wealth currently held by the BRICS…

Disruptions in the Red Sea could last for up to a year, according to Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines The disruptions to global supply chains caused by the ongoing tensions in the Red…

Ending the occupation of the Golan Heights is a ’top priority’ for Damascus, Faisal Mekdad has said Damascus is fully prepared to defend its territory in a potential military conflict with Israel,…

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 Coming 2024 Leftist Election Grift Authored by Daniel Street via American Greatness, The 2024 U.S. presidential election will likely pit former President Donald J. Trump against current President Joseph Biden in…

The French president earlier promised finalize a security deal with Kiev French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed his planned visit to Ukraine due to security concerns, the French magazine Challenges reported on…

When “Good For You” Is Too Good Authored by Todd Hayen via Off-Guardian.org, The ultimate “good for you” is to be dead. At least that is what it would be if some…

Beware Of The Philanthropaths! Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog, I think this made up word in the meme below perfectly captures the tyrannical billionaire psychopaths who seem to…

NYC ‘Super Speeders’ Amass Hundreds Of Speeding Tickets “Super speeders” in New York – or people who have racked up over 100 infractions for going 10 miles per hour or more above the…

The assailant was shot dead by two off-duty officers, Houston’s top law enforcement official said The attacker who opened fire inside a packed evangelical Chrsitian church in Houston on, Texas on Sunday was…

The “Unassailable” Theory Faces A Potential Unanimous Rejection Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, the argument before the Supreme Court in Trump v. Anderson captivated the nation as the justices considered the…

Ukraine has claimed that the Russian military is using the satellite connection devices on the frontline SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has denied supplying his Starlink satellite internet network to Russian troops. The…

Gaslight Supreme: Mayorkas Says “We Don’t Bear Responsibility” For Border Crisis The Biden administration can’t stop lying to the American public. On Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had the audacity to…

More evidence of questionable experiments on civilians has been uncovered in the city of Mariupol The Russian city of Mariupol was a testbed for large-scale medical research on local civilians while under…

I made the notation during the Tucker Carlson interview that Russian President Vladimir Putin knows everything below in this article about Russian Sanctions and the formation around a dollar-based U.S. CBDC. Unfortunately,…

Gold Wars: The US Versus Europe During The Demise Of Bretton Woods By Jan Nieuwenhuijs of Gainvesville Coins The story on the emergence of the US dollar hegemony. * * * After…

“Stupid No Longer”: Trump Says No More Foreign Aid Without Guarantees, Warned NATO Countries Who Refuse To Pay Fair Share While the Biden administration reels from its own Justice Department concluding that…

State AGs Pressure CBS To Not Run Temu’s 2024 Super Bowl Ad Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, A group of six state attorneys general are asking CBS and its…

Lloyd Austin has sought urgent treatment for the second time this year US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized over a medical emergency on Sunday, the Pentagon announced. According to Pentagon spokesman…

SecDef Austin Hospitalized… Again Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has been readmitted to hospital, the Pentagon said on Sunday afternoon. Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder gave an update on the…

One Nation, Two Anthems? Via The Washington Examiner, The NFL will continue trying to disunite America by featuring two separate “anthems” to begin the Super Bowl. Our country has only one national anthem, which speaks…

The Next ZeroHedge Live Debate: The Fate Of The US Dollar It’s perhaps the most important question in all of finance, so much so that Vladimir Putin and Elon Musk have both…

The former US president had challenged Washington’s NATO allies over their failure to pay their share of the bloc’s defenses Former US president Donald Trump’s disparaging comments about NATO members’ failure to…

Gunfire was heard at the Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston on Sunday, witnesses said Several police units were dispatched following reports of a shooting at an evangelical church in Houston, Texas…

Kiev needs even more weaponry from its Western backers to resolve its troubles, Aleksey Danilov insists The situation on the conflict frontline has become even more “difficult” for Kiev, the secretary of…

Distorting casualty counts, failing to critically analyze statistics and misrepresenting facts, Western media is exposing its anti-Palestinian bias Shortly before the International Court of Justice’s highly anticipated decision to pursue South Africa’s…

Which Teams Have Played The Most Super Bowl Games? The Kansas City Chiefs will play the San Francisco 49ers in the LVIII Super Bowl in Las Vegas, Nevada today. The game is a rematch…

Hillary Admits Biden’s Age Is “Legitimate Issue” As Trump Urges Mandatory Cognitive Tests For All Candidates …well, well, well, how the turn tables… Something just changed. Instead of an overwhelming avalanche of…

Kiev will have to accept the “new reality” first before any new talks with Moscow can actually start, presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said Ukrainian authorities must accept the “new reality” no…

CDC Is Now Retaliating Against Its Own Scientists For ‘Wrong’ Mask Research Authored by Paul D. Thacker via The Disinformation Chronicle (subscribe here), In a congressional hearing last November on restoring trust…

Egypt Warns Israel: Rafah Invasion Could Negate ’79 Peace Treaty With Israel on the verge of invading Gaza’s southernmost city, Egypt is warning that such a move could trigger a suspension of…

The Heartland Institute claimed fraudulent mail-in votes swung the presidential election for Democrat Joe Biden Mail-in ballot fraud “significantly” impacted the 2020 US presidential election, handing President Joe Biden his victory, according…

“Oh What A Tangled Web Biden Weaves, When He First Practices To Deceive” Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, Joe Biden and his White House handlers continue to peddle misinformation if not lies…

Demonstrations have been staged across the country, demanding an end to the flow of cheap Ukrainian produce Traffic in cities and town across Poland was severely obstructed on Friday as farmers staged…

A Super Bowl Ticket Costs Roughly 11.7% Of The Median Household Income Purchasing a ticket for the Super Bowl in 2024 costs roughly 11.7% of the median household income, according to a…

Peter Schiff: We Are On The Brink of A Catastrophe Via SchiffGold.com, Jerome Powell’s 60 Minutes portrayal of the national debt crisis as a distant concern starkly contrasts with the urgent reality we face….

For The First Time Ever, Poll Shows Le Pen Winning French Presidency In The Second Round Authored by Denes Albert via ReMix News, In an exclusive poll conducted by IFOP, the National…

Russia would never accept a NATO member like Kiev on its doorstep, Hungary’s Viktor Orban has said Ukraine’s best geopolitical bet would be to become a “buffer zone” between Russia and the…

A confrontation is not inevitable but Berlin must nonetheless ramp up its defenses, Carsten Breuer has said Germany should beef up its military to prepare for a potential conflict with Russia in…

Penalties have hasntened the demise of the Hollywood system in the country and a rejuvination of the local industry One and a half years ago, the Russian movie industry found itself in…

Mutant Wolves Of Chernobyl Appear To Be Resistant To Cancer After nearly 40 years, mutated wolves roaming the deserted streets of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) appear to have developed cancer resistance,…

EU Farmers Rise Against the Climate Cult Authored by David Thrunder via The Brownstone Institute, Many major arteries connecting Europe have been obstructed or brought to a standstill in recent days by…

The West is becoming increasingly unpredictable and “could stoop to anything,” Dmitry Peskov has claimed Moscow was concerned that US journalist Tucker Carlson could face “persecution” even before his interview with Russian…

A growing number of manufacturers are relocating operations outside the country, an industry lobby warns One in three German manufacturers is considering moving production to other countries amid economic troubles, double the…

Russia is working on response measures to Western restrictions, a Foreign Ministry diplomat says Belgium will lose its status as the global diamond trading hub due to Western sanctions on Russian diamonds,…

“Germany Is In Really Big Trouble”: Perfect Storm Of Terrible Trends Paints “Bleak” Picture As “Distress Is Spreading To Other Sectors” Things are not great in Germany. A confluence of economic stagnation,…

According to an investigation cited by the newspaper Rzeczpospolita, public opinion has shifted dramatically since 2022 A growing number of Poles are against state-financed payouts, free accommodation, and meals for Ukrainian refugees,…

Global borrowing topped a record $300 trillion last year Major economies that fail to address their mounting debt issues will die a “fiscal death,” the head of investment and wealth advisory Laffer…

New Delhi reportedly wants to secure a steady supply of crude instead of one-off purchases State oil refiners in India are negotiating long-term agreements for supplies of crude with Russian energy giant…

Washington can’t send money to Kiev while “America’s own borders are bleeding,” Mike Lee has said US Republican Senator Mike Lee has spent four hours on the floor of Congress denouncing a…

Citigroup has reportedly received complaints about employees overindulging at client events US banking giant Citigroup has warned employees to drink less alcohol at client events following complaints of disorderly behavior, Bloomberg reported…

The head of Access Bank Group, Herbert Wigwe, was aboard a helicopter that went down in California in the US on Friday The CEO of Access Bank Group, one of Nigeria’s top…

Washington needs to have leverage over countries it helps fund in case they “drop us like a dog,” the ex-president has said The US should support Ukraine and other countries by giving…

Washington has introduced a slew of export restrictions aimed at stalling advances in China’s semiconductor industry Chinese chipmakers expect to make next-generation smartphone processors as early as this year despite US attempts…

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has warned Israel against attacking Rafah Israel’s full-blown assault on the southern part of the Gaza Strip will lead to even more civilian deaths, German Foreign Minister Annalena…

The shipping disruptions are pressuring prices but not to the point that inflation projections should be hiked, Kristalina Georgieva says The Houthi rebel attacks on vessels in the Red Sea have had…

Germany is set to make a large investment in four gas-fired plants, the government has announced Germany is set to spend €16 billion to construct four gas-fired power plants as it seeks…

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…

Billionaire Wealth: The Biggest Winners (& Losers) In 2023 In early February, Mark Zuckerberg added $28 billion to his wealth in a matter of hours as Meta’s shares soared after the company announced its…

Global Economic War Is Coming And The Threat To The US Dollar Is Real Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, In a recent statement posted to social media, Tucker Carlson explained succinctly his…

The Greatest Trick Big Brother Ever Pulled Authored by Daniel Nuccio via The Brownstone Institute, “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist” is a quote…

Swift Or The Super Bowl: Who Is The Real MVP? Is Taylor Swift and her already iconic Eras Tour bigger than the Super Bowl? The question that started with a quote alleging so from…

Trump: 2nd Biden Term Would Be The Death Knell For The 2nd Amendment Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times, The former president and current frontrunner for the GOP nomination for…

The IDF has said that the underground compound was vital to Hamas’ activities in Gaza The Israeli military says that it has discovered a Hamas tunnel and a secret data center underneath…

Republicans Should Ally With The American People – Not Washington Democrats: Gingrich Authored by Newt Gingrich via RealClear Wire, No one should be surprised that conservatives are not supporting the U.S. Senate’s…

Riyadh has said that going ahead with a major ground offensive planned in southern Gaza would cause a humanitarian disaster Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry has issued a warning to Israel and its…

A New Year Every Two Months? ‘Year-End’ Celebrations Around The World Lunar New Year festivities, celebrated in China, Vietnam and South Korea among others, are ringing in a new year today, February…

Biden Admin Confirms Using Financial Surveillance To Help Feds Catch Jan6’ers Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, The Treasury Department has admitted that it helped law enforcement catch people involved…

Mark Epstein has argued that the previously unreported image contradicts the official story about the convicted pedophile’s demise The brother of Jeffrey Epstein has revealed a previously unreported autopsy photo, arguing that…

Poll Shows Biden Border Policy Has Backfired With Latinos Authored by Bill King via RealClear Wire, A poll by the University of Houston was released last week on the prospects for the…

The Royal Air Force is easing restrictions on hand tattoos amid a historic slump in recruitment The UK Royal Air Force dropped a ban on hand tattoos for new recruits and current…

Dem Calls For 25th Amendment Against Trump Come Back To Haunt Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClear Wire, Thursday’s news crescendo ending in a calamitous presidential press conference carried hidden lessons for…

Estonian authorities are pressing Russians into skipping upcoming presidential election, Moscow’s envoy says Estonian officials and media alike have been putting “psychological pressure” on Russian nationals residing in the country ahead of…

Surging energy costs have led to factory closings and the shifting of production lines overseas, Bloomberg says Germany’s reign as an industrial superpower is “coming to an end” as the loss of…

Brussels went further in its “blackmail” campaign against Budapest than previously reported, a senior government aide has said Several EU heads of state directly told Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban that they…

Katalin Novak’s pardon of a man convicted of concealing sexual abuse of a child triggered protests across Budapest Hungarian President Katalin Novak stepped down on Saturday and apologized for pardoning a man…

These Were The 10 Best-Selling Vehicles In The US In 2023 In a banner year, U.S. automakers sold 15.5 million cars in 2023, driven by pent-up demand. Overall, sales jumped 12.4%, with many car…

Friendlyjordies claims NSW authorities are ignoring death threats being made by organised criminals which is linked to the firebombing of his house in November 2022 which itself is attempted murder. Friendlyjordies had…

US Intelligence Officials Say Israel Not Close To Defeating Hamas Via Middle East Eye Israel has not even come close to defeating Hamas through its military offensive on the Gaza Strip, US intelligence…

President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will deliver remarks at a Get Out the Vote Rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina.  He’s scheduled…

Mail-In Ballot Fraud Study Finds Trump ‘Almost Certainly’ Won In 2020 Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new study examining the likely impact that fraudulent mail-in ballots…

“More Red Flags Than Before 9-11”: Ohio Sheriff Warns American People Of Worsening Border Invasion The Biden administration’s radical southern border policies have led to the greatest invasion of migrants this nation…

The Republican frontrunner has mocked his opponent for not being able “to string two sentences together” Former US President Donald Trump has mocked President Joe Biden’s apparent cognitive decline, telling supporters that…

Washington is well aware of Moscow’s position but lacks the “political will” to engage in negotiations with Russia, Dmitry Peskov has said The US has not shown a readiness to negotiate with…

Europe is finished, and Russia’s geographical and cultural advantages means it doesn’t have to go down with the sinking ship At the end of the 2000s, with a group of young colleagues,…

Supreme Court Rules Biden Administration Must Face False Debt Reporting Lawsuits Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 8 rejected an attempt by…

7 Super Bowl Charts That Sum Up Fan Expectations As the Super Bowl approaches, anticipation is mounting, not only for the rematch between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs…

The rock legend has said he wants “no association” with the rapper Aging British rocker Ozzy Osbourne has said that he forbade Kanye West from using a Black Sabbath sample, calling the…

An Open Letter To The Davos Crowd Authored by Rob Jenkins via The Brownstone Institute, Dear self-styled “global elites:” No doubt, should this missive ever come to your attention, you will simply…