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Economist Jeffrey Sachs Reveals How Neocons Subverted Russia’s Financial Stabilization In Early 1990s Authored by Jeffrey Sachs and Matt Taibbi via Racket News, Editor’s note: thanks in large part to Ryan Grim,…

The US president’s son reportedly wishes to skip a potentially damaging federal trial Lawyers for US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter have told a federal court that he is prepared to plead…

Seasonal workers should be barred from bringing their families to Russia altogether, former president Dmitry Medvedev has said Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has floated a handful of ideas to tackle migration-related…

NY Taxi Insurer American Transit Lost $700 Million In Q2 And Is Delaying Payouts Carlos Quiles was injured when his Uber driver crashed in May 2022. Now he’s in the midst of…

The AI Paradox Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times, If the rush to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) seems familiar, it’s because we’ve seen this movie before. In the late nineties,…

Attractive partners could be honeypots aiming to lure youngsters into spying, the Ministry of State Security has warned China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), the country’s main agency responsible for foreign intelligence…

On Being A “Threat To Democracy” Authored by Donald Jeffries via “I Protest”, Merriam-Webster defines “democracy” as: “a: Government by the people especially : rule of the majority, b: a government in…

If US Gives Long-Range Weapons To Kiev, Occupied Buffer Zone May Reach Poland: Medvedev The Kremlin has just threatened to take over and directly occupy essentially the whole of Ukraine, extending the…

Ukraine Taps Former Ambassador Andrii Sybiha As Foreign Minister On Wednesday Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced his resignation amid an ongoing major Zelensky shake-up of his cabinet – which the biggest of the…

One of the fighters reportedly posted a battlefield video of himself shouting “Glory to Russia” Multiple Lithuanian citizens are fighting in the Ukraine conflict on Russia’s side, Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas has…

Washington has accused Moscow of attempting to use the media to manipulate public opinion ahead of the presidential election Washington’s attempts to silence Russian media ahead of the 2024 US presidential election…

Olga Stefanishina has dismissed the corruption case against her as politically motivated Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olga Stefanishina was appointed as justice minister on Thursday, despite being a suspect…

Reporter Richard Medhurst was held in detention for nearly 24 hours under the UK’s terror law The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and UK’s National Union of Journalists (NUJ) have condemned the…

Hvladimir the celebrity beluga was most probably killed, two Norwegian animal rights group have claimed A beluga whale once alleged by Western media to be a Russian spy was likely shot dead,…

Trump Will Adopt Elon Musk’s Proposal For Gov’t Efficiency Commission To Conduct “Complete Financial Audit” On Federal Gov’t Former President Trump plans to adopt Elon Musk’s proposed new commission, the Department of Government…

Oil Rises After OPEC+ Agrees To Delay October Output Hike Less than a week ago, when Reuters published a bullshit fake news report meant to hammer the price of oil, “reporting” based…

When Fiscal And Monetary Policy Join At The Hip, Markets Can Be Told What To Do… Or To Do Nothing By Michael Every of Rabobank Final Destination Yesterday, stocks were mostly down,…

US Services Surveys Confirm “Baffle ‘Em With Bull$hit” Season Is Back… After the disaster that was the Manufacturing surveys earlier in the week, the Services surveys are the ‘soft landing’-narrative-believers last great…

The Indian leader made a veiled dig at Beijing’s claims to the South China Sea while visiting Brunei India supports a policy of “development” and not “expansionism,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said…

Edouard Philippe has reportedly told his party to prepare for a snap presidential election in 2025, which he intends to take part in Former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe believes President Emmanuel…

Ukrainian troops use cluster munitions in attacks on residential areas, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russian troops only strike military targets in Ukraine, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told Izvestia on Thursday,…

The former GDR is distancing itself from Western liberalism, reclaiming its heritage and national identity The recent elections in East Germany reveal something far more profound than a shift in political allegiance…

Karl Nehammer has offered the OSCE HQ in Vienna as a venue for negotiations Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer has offered Vienna as the venue for peace talks between Moscow and Kiev. Speaking…

Oil Slides Despite Huge Draw Sending Total US Crude Inventories To 2024 Low With oil trading at 2024 lows, despite a report earlier denying last week’s Reuters fake news that OPEC+ would…

The Russian president’s lengthy keynote speech in Vladivostok focused on regional development and foreign policy issues Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a lengthy keynote speech on Thursday at the plenary session of…

In January, Burkina Faso’s military government joined Mali and Niger in withdrawing from ECOWAS over harsh sanctions Burkina Faso has issued new biometric passports that do not feature the Economic Community of…

Today President Trump will be delivering remarks to The Economic Club of New York. The keynote address is scheduled to begin at 12:00pm ET with RSBN broadcasting the event starting at 10:00am….

Islamist Gunman Killed Trying To Attack Israeli Consulate In Munich Was Already Known To Police A suspected terror attack was attempted near the Israeli Consulate in Munich on Thursday, which resulted in…

US Not Rethinking Arms Exports To Israel After UK Halt Authored by Brett Wilkins via Common Dreams, Palestine supporters hopeful that the United Kingdom’s announcement of a partial suspension of arms export licenses to Israel were left…

“Selling Frenzy”: You Don’t Need Unrealized Gains Tax, Just Lifting Capital Gains Tax Will Unleash Hell There has been much talk of the calamitous possibility that Kamala Harris will implement an unrealized…

Ukraine and its supporters in Europe are paying for the derailment of the Istanbul peace talks, the president has said The West thought it could defeat Russia when it ordered Kiev to…

Last night President Donald J. Trump held a town hall event in front of an audience in Harrisburg, PA.  President Trump considers Sean Hannity a friend and that likely explains why he…

The French president has been bitterly condemned by the left for awarding the position to Michel Barnier French President Emmanuel Macron has named former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier as the country’s new…

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov cited the Maidan coup as the reason, saying that Vladimir Zelensky has no legal right to power Ukraine has not had a legitimate government or president since the…

People should return to biblical teachings and “be fruitful and multiply,” a State Duma deputy has suggested Russians should follow biblical teachings as inspiration to reduce the country’s population decline, an MP…

Schools are closed for the rest of the week in Barrow County, Georgia as the community deals with a major tragedy.  Four people including two students, and two teachers are dead; nine…

Verizon To Buy Frontier Communications For $20 Billion In Major Nationwide Fiber Network Expansion  Verizon Communications announced a $20 billion deal to acquire rival telecommunications operator Frontier Communications Parent Inc., the US’s largest pure-play…

Volkswagen’s Choice: Fire Union Workers And Cut Costs, Or Go Bankrupt Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The unions and government leaders are howling but what must be done will be done….

New Delhi is looking to continue increasing oil, coal and fertilizer imports from Moscow to support its high pace of economic growth Russia remains India’s largest partner in the energy sector, covering…

Achieving sustainable growth in birth rates is a matter of life and death for Russia, the Kremlin has previously said Pre-natal clinics in the city of Ivanovo in western Russia will try…

Jobless Claims Data Refuses To Accept ‘Hard Landing’ Scenario… Initial jobless claims continues to ignore the ‘other crappy data’, printing 227k (in line with 230k exp) and basically unchanged at two-month lows……

ADP Employment Report Weakest Since Jan 2021 Ahead of tomorrow’s “most important data point in history” payrolls print, this morning we get the ADP employment report and jobless claims (and ISM Services)…

Futures Flat Ahead Of Key Data As Global Market Rout Eases After several days of rollercoaster volatility and uniform pain across global equity markets for bulls, US equity futures are flat as…

Former top diplomat Dmitry Kuleba will be succeeded by his deputy, Andrey Sibiga, who previously served as ambassador to Türkiye Ukraine’s Rada has agreed to replace former Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba with…

Kiev will soon have to form its own “Hitler Youth” to make up for huge losses, but this won’t help, the Russian president believes Ukraine seems to be ruled by ‘aliens’ who…

The suspected gunman was shot and killed by police, with no other casualties reported A gunman fired several shots outside the Israeli consulate in Munich, Germany, on Thursday, several outlets have reported….

Washington will go to great lengths to protect its interests, Anwar Ibrahim has told the Russian news outlet Washington’s claim that Russian media is interfering with the US presidential election should be…

New sanctions confirm Washington’s Russophobic stance, Ambassador Anatoly Antonov has said The US is trying to hide the “inconvenient truth” by targeting Russian media with sanctions, Moscow’s ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, said…

Worst Finally Over? Intel To Move Forward With Assessing Strategic Transactions This Month The dumpster fire at Intel under the direction of CEO Pat Gelsinger, who is doing his best to replace Marissa…

The country is among those that have applied to join the Moscow-led bloc Malaysia will be attending the upcoming BRICS summit in Russia and is eagerly awaiting a decision on its bid…

President Xi Jinping has announced the plans as part of efforts to strengthen ties with the continent Leaders and delegations from more than 50 African countries are in Beijing for a three-day…

Poland Scrambles Fighter Jets As Russia Strikes Far Western Ukraine Another overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine included major strikes on the far western city of Lviv, which lies hundreds…

The future of Christian churches on the continent depends on the ability to develop an authentic African Christianity, moving away from its Westernized forms In May 2024, the United Methodist Church (UMC)…

Arms exporter Rosoboronexport has outlined plans for joint ventures regarding military equipment with the continent Russian arms export agency Rosoboronexport is advancing multiple cooperation projects with African nations valued at over 50…

Kiev’s incursion in Kursk Region has failed to achieve its goal and may lead to a complete defeat, the Russian president has said High casualties incurred by the Ukrainian military since Kiev…

The Russian president told a conference in Vladivostok that he respected Joe Biden’s choice of successor Moscow will support US Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election in November, Russian…

Moscow was refused the option of using the greenback for settlements, the president has said Russia is not behind the emerging global trend towards dropping the US dollar in trade, President Vladimir…

The former UN weapons inspector commented after Washington imposed restrictions on Russian media Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter has announced that the latest US sanctions imposed on RT mean he will…

Kiev should consider the consequences of possible retaliation, the Russian president has said Ukrainian attacks on Russian nuclear power plants (NPP) could lead to a global disaster, President Vladimir Putin has warned….

Mohammed bin Salman facilitated the exchange involving the American journalist, the Russian president has said Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, was among the world leaders who helped Moscow…

Dmitry Kuleba was reportedly saved by the US from being ousted earlier this year, but this week resigned amid a major cabinet reshuffle Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky reportedly accused Foreign Minister Dmitry…

Who Drinks The Most Beer In The World? The global beer industry is not only a cultural phenomenon but also a massive economic engine, contributing over half a trillion dollars to the…

Top UK North Sea Oil Firm Sees Rising Windfall Tax Hitting Investments Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, The UK government’s plan to further raise the windfall tax on North Sea oil…

Hungary Rejects EU ‘Hysteria’ Over Work Visas For Russians Hungary and its leader Viktor Orban are once again at the center of an EU firestorm of controversy over a new work visa and…

Facts & Speculation About The State Of Russo-Indo Financial Ties Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The financial dimension of the Russian-Indian Strategic Partnership is qualitatively evolving as a result of the…

The State Department imposed new sanctions on Russian media on Wednesday Repeated sanctions to limit the freedom of Russian media in the US point to the erosion of democratic values in Washington,…

A flight to Birmingham made an emergency landing in the Russian capital due to engine problems An Air India Boeing 787 flying from New Delhi, India to Birmingham in the UK has…

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…

These Are The World’s Largest Megaprojects Megaprojects have been growing larger globally and many of them have recently centered on the Arab Gulf Region. Construction software company 1Build estimates that before the end of the…

Activist Investors And Healthcare Innovation Don’t Mix Authored by Jerry Rogers via RealClearPolicy, The U.S. healthcare system may have its share of flaws, but fortunately leading the world in healthcare ingenuity and…

A public inquiry has uncovered “decades of failures” by the government, which contributed the the loss of life in the 2017 fire British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has apologized to the families…

This Is Awkward: Elites Told Anyone Making Less Than $300k: “Try Lentils Instead Of Meat” Two and a half years after Bloomberg Opinion published advice for those earning under $300k on how to…

“These Results Are Alarming”: Billions Of People Have Inadequate Micronutrients, Study Estimates Authored by Huey Freeman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), More than half the world’s population is deficient in micronutrients…

War Prep? Two Major Chinese State Owned Shipbuilders Merge To “Better Serve The Military” In a move that we can’t help but think looks suspiciously like war prep, two Chinese state-owned shipbuilders announced…

Daddy Government Is Afraid Of His Rebellious Children Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Negotiation is the art of getting an opponent to advocate for your position.  You want one thousand dollars…

Judge Hands Elon Musk’s X A Win In Lawsuit Against California’s Content-Moderation Law Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal appeals court has granted X Corp.’s request…

The Green Subsidy Scam Authored by Jonathan Lesser via RealClearEnergy, Like the Jeopardy! game show, green energy subsidies have been Congress’ answer to every energy policy question. The first OPEC oil embargo…

West Jerusalem has been sidelining diplomacy in favor of a “military solution” to the Gaza war, Moscow said Israel has been using peace negotiations to mislead the international community and hide its…

Popular Conservatives Allegedly Tricked Into $10M Russian Influence Campaign: DOJ It looks like we’re doing September surprises now… Illustration via MediaITE The DOJ has accused several conservative influencers of unwittingly working for…

Watch the first 10 to 12 minutes.  Or watch more if you like, but from my position (having spent 15 years calling this out day-by-day as it takes place in real time)…

The Democrats’ Attacks Against Jill Stein Show How Desperate They’re Getting Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The Democrats have all of a sudden zeroed in on Green Party leader Jill Stein…

Lebanon’s Christian Bloc Charges Hezbollah With ‘Imposing’ War On The People Hezbollah on Wednesday unleashed its largest volley of rockets on northern Israel since late August. At around noon local time, nearly…

“I Am Different” – CNN Rehires Brian Stelter After Firing Him 2 Years Ago Two years after his ouster, CNN host Brian Stelter announced he’s returning to the network… but he’s different this…

The Democrat Plan To Restore The Higher Education Indoctrination Industrial Complex Authored by Robert Weissberg via American Thinker, The Democrat party’s craving for power is insatiable so nothing is ever enough. How…

Tobias Billstrom, who oversaw Sweden joining NATO, is retiring from politics Tobias Billstrom, who oversaw Sweden’s accession to NATO, has announced his resignation as foreign minister and retirement from politics, offering no…

SPAC Is Back With Biggest Monthly Flow Of Deals & Proceeds Since 2022 After a blockbuster year in 2021, with athletes and celebrities promoting blank-check offerings, the SPAC bubble imploded and has since been depressed…

What If All The Conventional Models Fail To Predict What Happens Next? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The ‘novel, apocalyptic situation which has now arisen’ goes largely unrecognized. A…

This might be a point that many people do not want to hear, but if you have watched the granular world of politics – specifically how the tradecraft from the IC has…

Illinois Bans Mini Shampoo Bottles In Hotel Rooms Authored by Dylan Sharkey via IllinoisPolicy.org, Tiny hotel toiletries will soon be outlawed in Illinois. A new law will make Illinois hotels ditch small…

In the information war era, the targeting mechanisms have moved away from content targeting to direct targeting of the voices who produce the content that is averse to the interests of the…

Gloom Surrounds Jeff Currie’s Super-Bull Copper Thesis As China Woes Cap Prices At $9,500 Veteran commodities analyst Jeff Currie appeared on Bloomberg TV on Tuesday to explain how his bullish thesis for copper, which…

The White House has responded to the Apalachee High incident by calling for gun control Four people were killed and at least nine more injured in a mass shooting at Apalachee High…

Commissioner Paul Brereton is digging in and claims he didn’t breach recusal common law when he “recused” himself from decision making for the “Robodebt 6” referrals while he still “retained visibility of…

Biden Says He’s Not Allowed To Go Out Into Crowds Anymore… After two weeks slumped in a deck-chair on a beach, The (reported) President of The United States of America – Joe…

A Stunning Chart Ahead Of Friday’s Job Report Buried deep inside today’s JOLTs report was some data that is simply stunning, and suggests that Friday’s jobs report – now that the data…

Hard-Landing Panic Leads To First Yield Curve Disinversion In Two Years, As Nvidia Plunge Continues If yesterday’s market dump was a bang, today’s continued selling more of a whimper. One day after…

The Russian president’s visit to Mongolia strengthens Moscow’s influence in Asia and sets an important precedent President Vladimir Putin’s recent two-day state visit to Mongolia was not just a significant event for…

As you guys know, my current focus is research of the James Clyburn network of precinct level ballot scanner operations.  Previously we mapped the trip by Clyburn through Wisconsin (pre-Biden withdrawal). Next,…

The Far East region has an economically advantageous location close to global logistic routes, according to the Russian president The proximity of Russia’s Far East to major international logistic routes is one…