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Key Events This Busy Week: CPI, PPI, Retail Sales It is a macro-heavy week, and the market’s key focus will be on US inflation data, with the July CPI print on Wednesday…

The cost of gas futures at the hub in the Netherlands has jumped to its highest level since December Natural gas prices in Western Europe continued to climb on Monday, according to…

At least 12 civilians have reportedly been killed and more than 120 injured in Ukraine’s cross-border attack on the Russian region The Ukrainian Army has occupied 28 settlements in Russia’s Kursk Region,…

Futures Gain As Yen Resumes Slide, Oil Jumps US equity futures are seeing a slight bid, tracking Asian and European markets higher, as the week starts off more muted than last week…

“Travel Trends Deteriorating” As Consumer Downturn Worsens Consumers are quickly changing their spending habits as the pullback across the leisure and travel industry becomes more pronounced. We first asked this question in early…

Those carrying arms should be killed on the spot, according to the instructions a captured POW has said troops were given A Ukrainian military commander ordered his men to kill armed civilians…

Around 240 garbage-laden inflatables were sent toward South Korea on Saturday, according to the country’s military North Korea launched approximately 240 trash-laden balloons toward South Korea on Saturday, around ten of which…

NASA Inspector General Report Criticizes Boeing’s Quality Control Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has raised concerns over quality control and standards…

The Ukrainian drone that ignited a blaze at the Zaporozhye NPP contained an accelerant, according to the facility’s director The Ukrainian drone that caused a blaze inside one of the cooling towers…

The US-led West is clinging to global domination and can’t accept a multipolar world, Andrey Belousov has said The Ukraine conflict is a de facto clash between Russia and the West, in…

Credit-Card And Auto-Loan Delinquencies Surged In The Second Quarter Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Over ten percent of credit card outstanding debt is over 90 days delinquent. Banks will be curtailing…

Israel Says Iran Poised For Major Retaliation; US Deploys Sub, Hurries Carrier Group In a major shift in its recent assessment of Iran’s intentions, Israeli intelligence reportedly now believes that Iran is…

Several people have been poisoned after coming under fire from toxic shells, according to Aleksey Smirnov DETAILS TO FOLLOW

The risk of death on a commercial flight has halved every decade for the past 60 years, researchers have estimated Air travel has become significantly safer since the early days of large-scale…

The leader of the interim government has condemned the atrocities, describing them as “heinous” Protests have erupted in Bangladesh over communal violence that has been reported following the ouster of Prime Minister…

The Russian president has condemned Ukraine’s indiscriminate strikes and attempts to target nuclear power facilities amid the Kursk incursion Any peace talks with Ukraine are impossible as long as it conducts strikes…

Theater Of The Absurd, Harris-Walz Edition Authored by Roger Kimball via American Greatness, H.L. Mencken apparently never quite said that “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”…

“The Worst Is Behind Us”: The US Trucking Industry Is Showing Signs Of A Resurrection It has been a long ugly road for the trucking industry in the U.S. since Covid caused…

15 States Sue To Block Federal Government From Expanding Obamcare To Cover Illegal Immigrants Authored by Chase Smith via The Epoch Times, Fifteen states have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration…

The local government has described the situation in the Belovsky district of Kursk Region as “tense” The acting governor of Russia’s Kursk Region, which shares a border with Ukraine, has ordered an…

The country’s innovative weapons technology is unmatched and continues to be improved upon, the president has said Russia’s unrivaled achievements in weapons technology have already been proven on the battlefield and continue…

A deputy energy minister sought $500,000 for evacuating coal-mining equipment, the country’s Security Service has said Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) claims to have uncovered a large-scale corruption scheme within the country’s government…

Anyone who considers themselves a political analyst yet doesn’t watch this guy closely is missing the forest while staring at trees.  Team James Clyburn and Team Barack Obama head the control mechanisms…

An assassin could target President Aleksandar Vucic over Belgrade’s neutrality on Ukraine, his key political ally has claimed Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is risking his life by refusing to back Western nations…

The continent is becoming a dumping ground for e-waste, bearing the brunt of the world’s rapid technological advancement While most African countries gained independence decades ago, a new form of exploitation is…

It’s mid-August and the headlines are increasingly looming around the Ukraine v Russia conflict.  You can sense it; I can sense it, and we all need to trust our instincts. As we…

An explosives-laden UAV was prevented from crashing into a vehicle packed with troops, a video on social media shows A Russian soldier has shot down a Ukrainian kamikaze drone that was buzzing…

Washington and Berlin unveiled plans last month to deploy American intermediate-range rockets in the EU nation, starting from 2026 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has called for a public debate over the…

The incident in the Ugandan capital was caused by a structural failure in “waste mass,” according to authorities At least 21 people, including a three-month-old baby, have been killed in a landslide…

These Are The Cities With The Highest Robbery Rates In 2024 A recent Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) report has revealed the U.S. cities with the highest rates of robberies.  Robberies, for…

Two drone strikes started a fire that devastated one of the facility’s cooling towers, Rosatom has said A Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP) started a fire at…

Inciting “war crimes” should have consequences, the bloc’s foreign policy chief has argued Israeli ministers who incite “war crimes” should face EU sanctions, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has said….

The messaging app has been ignoring Ankara’s requests to shut down channels selling child porn and drugs, Takvim newspaper claims Türkiye could be set to block Telegram over the messaging app’s alleged…

3 Billion People Exposed In Massive Unreported Data Theft It’s one of the “biggest data breaches ever” and you might be exposed as a result.  Background check company Jerico Pictures Inc., which does…

The UK’s Ploy To Pull Their Gold From The Wastebasket Via SchiffGold.com, While the topic of conservation has grown in prominence over the past few decades, it sometimes takes forms that would…

Experts commissioned by the Swiss president reportedly suggest that the country should revise its neutrality policy The Swiss government is seeking to revise its security policy by strengthening cooperation with the EU…

Two boxers with contested eligibility to participate in women’s sports won gold medals in the French capital The outgoing head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hailed the “gender parity” of the…

‘Eating Ze Bugs Is Vegan’ – What The Rise Of “Ento-Veganism” Really Means Via Off-Guardian.org, The latest “Dude, eating insects is so hip and cool” article dropped this week, this time from The Guardian, 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…

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…

Big Question: How Are Ukraine Stakeholders, CIA, & The US Intel Community Going To Stop Donald Trump? Authored by ‘sundance’ via TheConservativeTreehouse.com, This is the simple albeit massive question that even President…

Ohio Prosecutor Fired After Biting Man’s Finger Off In Bizarre Road Rage Incident Here’s something to think about the next time you want to give someone ‘the finger’ in traffic. An assistant…

Audit Finds NYC Overpaid Upstate Hotels By Millions For Sheltering Illegal Immigrants Authored by Cara Ding via The Epoch Times, A new audit by the New York City Comptroller’s Office found the…

Combatting “False Narratives”: D.C. Circuit Refuses To Block Judge Limiting The Speech Of Jan. 6th Defendant Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have previously discussed controversial sentences handed down in cases involving rioters on January…

Russian Military Ship Spotted 30 Miles Off Alaska By Coast Guard A U.S. Coast Guard cutter on routine patrol around Alaska’s Aleutian Islands came across a Russian military ship in international waters…

Vice-Presidential nominee JD Vance made the Sunday talk circuit today with appearances on several news programs.  In the interest of convenience and reader time, the three primary interviews are below.  WATCH: ….

Former RBC CFO Sues For $36 Million After Being Terminated For Alleged Affair With Co-Worker RBC’s former CFO is suing the bank that terminated her, alleging they made a a “devastating” error in…

The Ardent Pipe-Dreams Of American Voters Authored by Edward Curtin via Off-Guardioan.org, To hell with the truth! As the history of the world proves, the truth has no bearing on anything. It’s…

Their jabs at each other are rapidly increasing in both number and intensity The situation in the Middle East, where the aspirations of Iran and Israel have once again collided, is paradoxical in…

Zelensky Blames Russia, Goads Western Allies, After Fire Breaks Out At Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Just hours before futures in the US open, troubling news has surfaced on X that Ukraine’s Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear…

Bitcoin Is Change Management Authored by Kane KcGukin via The Mesh Point, For the past few years, after every Bitcoin Conference, I take time to reflect on my learnings and observations. What did…

Appeals Court Rules Against ATF’s Pistol Brace Ban Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A federal appeals court in North Dakota has found that a rule issued by the Bureau…

Drinking cognac let the “demons” in, the rapper claimed Rapper Kanye West has admitted that he was drunk when he posted a tweet announcing that he would go “death con 3” on…

Military service is “sacred” when it is for “defending the fatherland and its holy places,” a senior cleric has told RIA Novosti Giving a blessing to a nuclear weapon is possible even…

A Question Of Timing Authored by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com, France, 1788.    Russia, 1916.    Germany, 1937. These dates have something in common. In France in 1788, political conditions had been getting questionable,…

The flaw in every proposal from the left-wing thinking of Brian Fallon, is simply to say, “why hasn’t she done it already?”  Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are currently in office, if…

Wikipedia says a logical fallacy is the use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument. We used to be taught this in school. My first formal exposure…

The US president acknowledged that he was dragging Democratic lawmakers down in the polls US President Joe Biden has admitted that his fellow Democrats convinced him that he would “hurt them” by…

Ukraine is unable to defeat Moscow through “conventional means” and is employing increasingly risky strategies, Gustav Gressel believes Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk Region across the border in Russia is a risky gamble…

ATF Dispatched After McMansion Explodes Near Baltimore A McMansion in Harford County, Maryland, exploded on Sunday morning, resulting in one fatality at the 2300 block of Arthur Woods Drive in Bel Air….

Imagine There’s No Carry, It’s Easy If You Try By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities What were we thinking about markets last weekend? In some ways, that seems like an obvious question,…

The Zaporozhye plant has been put into cold shutdown as a precaution while emergency workers fight to extinguish the blaze The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has caught fire after being shelled…

President Trump is apparently returning to Twitter, at least for his interview with Elon Musk tomorrow. The interview will be hosted on @RealDonaldTrump tomorrow at 8:00pm ET . It’s going to be…

The country will be carved into three separate entities if Kiev refuses to negotiate with Moscow, Kazuhiko Togo predicted Former Japanese diplomat Kazuhiko Togo has warned that Kiev’s bargaining position will only…

The IOC had granted permission to the country’s athletes to attend the festivities Russian athletes will not be taking part in the Paris Olympics closing ceremony on August 11, despite receiving permission…

ActBlue Tightens Donation Security Requirements Amid Investigations Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times, ActBlue agreed to tighten its donation security requirements, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who,…

Plagiarizing Trump, Copy Cat Kamala Promises No Tax On Tips At a Saturday rally in Las Vegas just three weeks into her campaign, Kamala Harris “stole” one of Donald Trump’s defining policy…

Appeals Court Blocks Key Parts Of Biden’s Student Loan Relief Plan Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A federal appeals court has issued an order blocking key parts of the…

The long-shot deal would reportedly involve Washington dropping narcotics charges against the Venezuelan president American officials have offered to drop “narco-terrorism” charges against Nicolas Maduro if the Venezuelan president transfers power to…

Belarus displayed UAVs that were brought down while in its airspace earlier this week The Belarusian Defense Ministry has published footage of the wreckage of the Ukrainian drones that were shot down…

The former president accused his opponent of hiding from the media Former US President Donald Trump has hammered Vice President Kamala Harris for refusing to give off-the-cuff interviews, accusing her of recycling…

How Overpriced Are Basic Necessities In Prison? Apart from receiving basics like soap, toilet paper, a tooth brush and tooth paste as well as clothes and three meals per day, prisoners in the…

What Is AI Really? Digital Illusions, False Promises, And Mass Re-Education Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, Much fanfare has been lavished on the concept of Artificial Intelligence in the past five…

Russia Begins Heavy Retaliation On Ukrainian Capital As Zelensky Breaks Silence On Kursk Invasion Now in the sixth day of the Kursk invasion, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky explained the following on Sunday, breaking…

The Danish police are trying to curb gang violence as criminal bosses often rely on teenagers from Sweden to do their bidding Denmark is stepping up security at the border with Sweden…

Demonstrations have recently swept Spain, one of the world’s most visited countries Protests against mass tourism which have recently swept Spain are expected to spread across the entire region, according to Peter…

Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign and flee the country earlier this week amid violent protests Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was forced to resign and flee the country amid…

Belgrade has claimed that the rally is a plot against the government along the lines of the 2013-14 coup in Kiev Thousands of protesters took to the streets in the Serbian capital,…

London Calling: Police Chief Threatens To Arrest People Around The World For Online Speech Authored by Jonathan Turley, In its hit song London Calling the Clash warns: “London calling to the faraway towns Now…

The NHS reportedly issued the new guidance after an expecting transgender person had a CT scan, which could endanger the fetus British health authorities have instructed doctors performing X-ray, CT and MRI…

Belarus previously accused Kiev of violating its airspace with attack drones The Belarusian military is deploying tank units to the Ukrainian border, the Defense Ministry has announced. The move comes after Minsk…

“She’s Literally Running Against Herself”: VP Kamala Harris Admits Families Hit By ‘Cost Of Living’ Crisis  Vice President Kamala Harris has been the biggest ‘Bidenomics’ cheerleader over the last 3.5 years. “That is…

Hindenburg Research has alleged that the chair of the stock market regulator invested in offshore funds linked to Adani Group US-based investment research firm Hindenburg Research has alleged that the head of…

Last Year’s Pentagon Leaks Proved That Zelensky Was Plotting To Invade Russia Since January 2023 Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, So much has happened since spring 2023’s Pentagon leaks that few…

Tatyana Moskalkova has called for steps to be taken to prevent further human rights violations amid Ukraine’s cross-border attack Russian human rights ombudswoman Tatyana Moskalkova has called this week’s cross-border incursion by…

People should become familiar with the THIRD AMENDMENT to the United States Constitution.  It is there for a very specific reason. Amendment III – No ¹soldier shall, in time of peace be…

The Case For Mass Deportations Authored by C.A.Skeet via PJMedia.com, Name one advantage that mass immigration from third-world countries has brought to any Western nation, anywhere, at any time. I’ll wait… The…

This is the simple albeit massive question that even President Trump himself doesn’t spend time thinking about.  Melania does. ♦ To stop him in 2016, the FBI and DOJ ran a comprehensive…

Lin Yu-ting of the Chinese Taipei team defeated Poland’s Julia Szeremeta in the women’s featherweight finals Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu-ting won Olympic featherweight gold in Paris on Saturday, defeating Poland’s Julia Szeremeta….

A Russian Lancet drone took out a Soviet-era tank during fighting near the border, the Defense Ministry has said The Russian military has destroyed a Ukrainian tank with a kamikaze drone in…

Be thankful that God has allowed you to see what is unfolding.  Others that remain asleep are not as lucky as you.  Ask yourself in prayer, why you. Why now?  Then, think…

Moscow says it is working closely with New Delhi to discharge those who ended up in the military The Russian authorities have never made any effort to recruit Indian citizens into the…

At least 13 people have been injured in Kursk amid a cross-border incursion by Kiev’s forces Ukrainian forces launched a major missile attack on the Russian city of Kursk overnight Saturday into…

The commander of Russia’s Akhmat Special Forces has predicated a collapse after Ukraine is defeated in the border region The fight in Russia’s Kursk Region is a “decisive battle” which will ultimately…

Russiagate Continues To Survive Like A Sci-Fi Monster Resilient To Bullets Authored by Ray McGovern via Consortium News, Russiagate continues to survive like a science fiction monster resilient to bullets.    The…

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…

These Are The Most (& Least) Popular US Governors With a net approval rate of 13 percent, Democratic nominee for the vice presidency, Tim Walz, is only the 36th most popular governor…

Trump Campaign Hacked, Microsoft Says Iran-Backed Group “Mint Sandstorm” Responsible Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Microsoft’s cyber threat assessment unit said on Aug. 9 that a high-ranking…

Half Of OECD Countries Earn Less Now Than Pre-Pandemic According to a recent report, around half of OECD countries are earning less now than they had before the pandemic. As Statista’s Katharine…