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The country made history last year by landing a spacecraft near the lunar south pole Indian scientists are considering a location in the country’s hilly Ladakh region to set up a Mars…

Chevron Abandons California For New Headquarters In Houston Bye-bye, Governor Gavin Newsom.  After more than a century of operations in California, energy giant Chevron announced that it will move its San Ramon headquarters to Houston, Texas. Bloomberg states the move…

Russia’s Federation Council has approved a bill that legalizes the mining of cryptocurrencies and allows the central bank to authorize selected businesses to carry out cross-border settlements and exchange trading in digital…

President Biden has vowed to back West Jerusalem amid concerns of Iranian retaliation over the killing of a Hamas political chief   US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

Harris And The Bouncing Balloon Campaign Authored by Sean Trende via RealClearPolitics, We all know that this election will be different than any other election we’ve had in recent decades – how…

Has Olaf Scholz gone too far with his subservience to Washington by agreeing to host American missiles? For a government, it’s one thing to have bad ideas of its own, but far…

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US Futures, Global Stocks Tumble, Japan Crashes Amid Panic Fed Is Now Behind The Curve It is a global selling carnage this morning, as risk-off extends across worldwide equity markets but nowhere…

UK Prime Minister Calls For Crackdown On Angry Brits – Violent Migrants Get A Pass Beyond the obvious Cloward-Piven agenda in play throughout most of Europe and the US, open border policies…

After Campaigning On Free Natural Gas, Erdogan Hikes Prices By 38% Authored by Alex Kimani via OilPrice.com, Turkey’s state energy company BOTA? has raised natural gas prices by 38% for households and…

Stocks, Crude, & Bond Yields Plunge As ‘Growth Scare’ Sparks Surge In Rate-Cut Hopes Just as we warned earlier in the week, the macro playbook has shifted to “bad is bad and…

Recession Triggered: Payrolls Miss Huge, Up Just 114K As Soaring Unemployment Rate Activates “Sahm Rule” Recession In our payrolls preview last night we asked “just how bad will it get“, and we…

All newly built housing must now measure more than 28 square meters The city of Moscow has banned the construction of microapartments, according to a decree published in a centralized legislation database…

“It’s A Disaster” – Japanese Stocks Suffer Biggest Point Drop Since Black Monday We warned yesterday that the BoJ has boxed itself into a corner – forced to decide between a crashing…

The Berlin Conference at the end of the 19th century finalized the colonial division of the continent that European countries had been engineering for four centuries The colonial division of Africa was…

“Seek first to understand, then to be understood” 1.) First, please READ THIS ENTIRELY – and the full text of any discussion you wish to participate in. 2.) PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC…

Officials in Washington believe the Islamic Republic will avenge the assassination of Hamas leader Haniyeh in Tehran Iran and its allies are expected to launch a large-scale attack on Israel within the…

New York City Shutters Hundreds Of Illegal Marijuana Shops Authored by Jana J. Pruet via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Thousands of unlicensed marijuana shops opened in New York City after the…

In reading the responses about “the emissary” post, I am reminded why our nation is in this mess, and the scale of trying to get people to fathom the depth of our…

Microsoft’s Electricity Use Has Doubled Between 2020–2023 Big Tech’s AI arms race has a significant energy cost. For example, a study found that training OpenAI’s GPT-4 used up to 62,000 megawatt-hours, equal to the…

Now For Another Failed UK Policy: Conscription Authored by Terence Greene via The Mises Institute, On the 11th of June, Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party stunned the United Kingdom by officially declaring in their 2024 election…

The bloc is “deeply concerned” about possible US policy changes after the November election The EU has set up a dedicated team of officials to prepare for the potential return of Donald…

The incumbent president, Nicolas Maduro, condemned an attempted “coup” following protests Washington has recognized Western-backed opposition figure Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia as the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election, despite the official results showing…

Shipments from the sanctioned country almost matched American supplies last month, the outlet has reported Shipments of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Russia to the EU in July almost matched those from…

A debate is scheduled to take place on August 12, Sierra Leone’s UN representative has announced The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is set to discuss Africa’s representation on the international body…

Officials have accused the platform of preventing users from posting condolences over the death of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh Turkish authorities have blocked Instagram after officials in Ankara accused the platform of…

Aleksandar Vucic’s remarks come after a controversial Olympic boxing match between a female and a transgender athlete Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has said “madness rules the world” in response to a transgender…

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Malian counterpart have discussed ways of strengthening “traditionally friendly” ties Moscow will continue to provide crucial support to Mali, including training its national army to combat…

Rescue crews are at the scene of a household gas explosion which caused a building to partially collapse in Nizhny Tagil Four people, including two children, have died after a gas explosion…

How Fast Are Countries Burning Through Natural Resources? Earth Overshoot Day landed yesterday, August 1, in 2024. This means that after only seven months, we have already used up all of the…

The IDF insists that Ismail al-Ghoul was a Hamas operative involved in the October 7 attack The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has admitted to killing an Al Jazeera journalist that it says…

Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov has criticized Washington’s threat to expand its nuclear arsenal The US is attempting “to lecture” Russia and China on nuclear weapons while itself pursuing a “deeply hostile” policy,…

US, UK Accelerate Quantum Computing Programs After China Breakthrough Authored by Tristan Greene via CoinTelegraph.com, Scientists and lawmakers in the United States, United Kingdom and European Union are ramping up efforts to…

These Countries Are Using The Most Energy Per Capita Global energy consumption has significant regional variations due to differences in industrialization levels, climate conditions, population density, and access to natural resources, as…

The bomb that took out the Hamas chief was planted in the Tehran some two months in advance, sources told The New York Times The assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh…

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 Propaganda Model Has Limits Authored by Mattias Desmet via The Brownstone Institute, Normally, I let my pen rest during the summer months, but for some things, you set aside your habits….

Where To Get The Best Return On An MBA Degree, According To A New “ROI Calculator” Bloomberg Businessweek has published an ROI calculator that is supposed to help students assess if pursuing an advanced…

Footage from Russia’s security service shows US and German nationals boarding a plane before the exchange The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has released a fresh video showing the moments before the…

Wildfire Smoke May Be Linked To Higher Risk Of Dementia, New Study Finds Authored by Summer Lane via The Epoch Times, Exposure to wildfire smoke may be linked to a higher risk…

Crowdstrike Says Delta Rejected “Repeated Efforts To Assist” During IT Meltdown Earlier this week, Delta Air Lines’ CEO criticized cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and software provider Microsoft for triggering the ‘blue screen of death‘ across…

Senators Introduce Bill To Blacklist Chinese Drones In The US Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Two senators have introduced bipartisan legislation to prevent Chinese drone technologies from…

Uranium Mining Stocks Sink After World’s Largest Producer Boosts Production Guidance Uranium mining stocks plunged on Thursday after the world’s largest uranium producer raised its full-year 2024 uranium production guidance. Kazakhstan’s state-owned miner Kazatomprom…

Google Slammed Over “Soul Crushing” AI Olympics Ad Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Google has been blasted for a commercial touting its Gemini AI tool, with viewers describing the ad as…

Muscle Over Medicine: Why Ozempic Alone Won’t Cut It For Weight Loss Authored by Sheramy Tsai via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Numbers indicate that America has an obesity problem. According to…

Haniyeh Killed By Bomb Placed In Tehran Guesthouse 2 Months Ago In Astounding Mossad Penetration Of IRGC Security New details have emerged in the Israeli covert assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh while he…

Why U.S. Arms Control Efforts Are Failing Authored by Matthew Mai via RealClearWire, Prospects for arms control among the world’s nuclear-armed great powers are growing worse by the day. Last week, China…

Colorado HOA Calls The Police On Children’s Lemonade Stand While the southern border remains wide open and crime sweeps through U.S. cities, one Colorado HOA is doing their part to protect the…

The introduction is here [CATCH UP], I am not going to slow down, re-review and/or rewrite anything. We have a limited amount of time, and the focus of these outlines is easy…

Hackers Attack US Blood Bank, More Than 250 Hospitals Asked To Activate Blood Shortage Protocols Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Nonprofit blood bank OneBlood, which serves hundreds of American…

Obama’s Fourth Term: Bidenomics & Neofascism On Steroids Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Americans have just passed through the most eventful and tumultuous four weeks in memory. The only comparisons are…

Israeli Strike Kills Al Jazeera Journalists Near Slain Hamas Leader’s Home In Gaza Via Middle East Eye An Israeli air strike near Ismail Haniyeh’s home in Gaza killed two Al Jazeera journalists who were reporting…

Debate Erupts About Banning G-String Bikinis From Australian Waterparks In what can only be described as a pronounced step away from unifying an already divided world, thousands of people in Australia are…

VDH: Harris Is Recycling The 2020 Democrat Campaign Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election through a successful tripartite subterfuge. One, Biden never really…

Amazon Slides After Missing On Revenue, Guiding Below Estimates Despite Solid AWS Results Heading into Amazon’s Q1 earnings, we said earlier that the investment thesis will be driven by i) e-commerce share,…

The Right To Not Be Lied To: Making The Case For Truth In Politics Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, Q: “How can you tell if a politician…

Tech CEO Amjad Masad talks to Tucker Carlson about the cults of Silicon Valley.  Indeed, I think we can all see a modern Technocratic shift taking place. Chapters: 00:00 Artificial Intelligence 10:01…

Apple Pumps And Dumps As iPad Sales Help Topline Beat, But China Revenues Tumble With most of the megatechs having already released earnings – with most disappointing and seeing their shares slide…

More than two dozen high-profile inmates have been exchanged via Türkiye Moscow and Washington have exchanged a total of 26 prisoners that had been held in several countries, in the biggest such…

Russian citizens who left the country and spoke out against Moscow should stay away, Kremlin spokesman has said Russians who fled the country due to the Ukraine conflict and adopted the positions…

Stocks & Bond Yields Puke Amid ‘Most Volatile Earnings Season’ Since GFC …well that escalated quickly… Bad (macro) news was bad news today as jobless claims surged, manufacturing surveys slumped, and construction…

Hezbollah Chief Vows ‘New Phase’ Of War During Slain Commander’s Funeral Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in a Thursday speech coming on the same day as the funeral of Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr…

70% Of Students ‘Believe Speech Can Be As Damaging As Physical Violence’: Survey Authored by Daniel Isfresne via Campus Reform, A new Knight Foundation-Ipsos study shows a decline in students’ views concerning…

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Voentorg CEO Vladimir Pavlov faces fraud charges for the alleged theft of $4.6 million through overpriced contracts A Moscow court has remanded Vladimir Pavlov, the CEO of Voentorg, a major supplier to…

Slovakia and Hungary requested European Commission to hold emergency consultation with Kiev over its sanctions on oil major Lukoil The European Commission (EC) has rejected complaints by Hungary and Slovakia over Ukraine’s…

New York Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Gag Order Challenge Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A New York state appeals court has denied former President Donald Trump’s request to lift…

CEOs Discussing Fed Policy On Earnings Calls Soars To Record The July FOMC meeting confirmed Powell and company are inching closer and closer to embarking on the interest rate cutting cycle. Rate…

Rudy Giuliani Reaches Last Minute Deal To End Bankruptcy Case Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has agreed to a last-minute deal in…

Italy’s Angela Carini lasted 45 seconds against Algeria’s Imani Khelif A women’s boxing match at the Paris Olympics has triggered international condemnation and questions about the fairness of letting a “biological male”…

The Russian president has granted clemency to 16 people sent to the West Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally pardoned the 16 individuals sent to the West via Turkey on Thursday as…

Brent Crude Call Options Soar Most Since April Amid OPEC+ & Middle East Crisis In Focus Brent crude’s price trajectory hangs in the balance as OPEC+ ministers discuss output policy on Thursday. Insiders tell…

17-year-old Axel Rudakubana is accused of stabbing three children to death and injuring ten others A British court has named the 17-year-old suspect accused of stabbing three children to death in the…

Matt Taibbi Uncensored: Kamala, Trump & The Death Of Objective Truth Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance I had the great pleasure of interviewing Matt Taibbi this week. We talked about Kamala Harris’…

A top Holy See official suggested earlier that Zelensky’s ‘peace formula’ was not enough Moscow has praised the Vatican’s call for Russia to be involved in the Ukraine peace talks and its…

Vladimir Zelensky has signed a law allowing Kiev to suspend debt payments to Western creditors for two months Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has signed a decree allowing for the suspension of the country’s…

Ilya Ponomarev fled Russia in 2014 amid embezzlement accusations and has been living in Ukraine ever since Former Russian MP Ilya Ponomarev, who is accused of terrorism in his home country, has…

Washington has praised the “brave steps” taken by the former Soviet republic’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan The United States is working to “create the conditions” for the government of Armenia to wind…

“The Descent Is Starting”: Stellantis’ CEO Has His ‘Back Against The Wall’ Trying To Sell Jeeps All of a sudden, Stellantis is having trouble selling Jeeps. And it comes at a time…

Local police have said the child believed the weapon to be a toy A six-year-old boy in India’s Bihar state took a gun into school on Wednesday and shot a classmate, local…

A $1 Million Starter Home Is Now The Norm In 237 American Cities Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Hundreds of cities across the United States now have starter homes…

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Hershey Slides As CEO Warns: “Consumers Pulling Back On Discretionary Spending”  US consumers are tightening their belts in the second half of the year as pandemic savings dry up, credit card debt maxes out,…

“Near Stalling Of Production” – US Manufacturing Surveys Collapsed In July The start of the third quarter saw a deterioration in business conditions at US manufacturers as new orders declined for the…

A total of 26 people were traded in the biggest exchange since the Cold War, a statement from President Biden reads Three American citizens and one US resident have been released by…

Mohammed Deif, the chief of the group’s military wing, was eliminated in a strike in Khan Yunis last month, the IDF has claimed The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that it…

Raging California Wildfire Swells To 5th Largest In State History Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, A massive fire in Northern California grew again July 30 to nearly 610 square…

United, Delta, Lufthansa, British Airways & Others Cancel Flights To Tel Aviv On War Fears The Lufthansa Group is the latest major airline to cancel all passenger and cargo flights to and…

How Will You Sit For This Friday’s Close? By Michael Every of Rabobank As widely expected, as our Fed watcher Philip Marey covers here, the Fed left rates unchanged at 5.50% and…

“National Disgrace” – Republican Lawmakers Blast Biden Admin Plea Deal With Three 9/11 Defendants “The Administration’s cowardice in the face of terror is a national disgrace.” Republican Kentucky Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell condemned…

Ties between the two countries worsened in 2020 after a clash killed soldiers on both sides Officials from India and China held “constructive” and “forward-looking” conversations on Wednesday to resolve a border…

Relations with Georgia have deteriorated since the country passed its so-called foreign agents law The US may introduce sanctions against Georgia to force the former Soviet republic to change its policy course…

The controversial deal will spare the lives of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his henchmen The alleged mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and two of his accomplices have agreed to plead guilty…

“This Is Unjust!” Female Boxer Quits Olympic Match, Melts Down In Tears After ‘Biological Male’ Brutalizes Her In 46 Seconds Feminists are once again silent after a female boxer was destroyed in…

Initial Jobless Claims Surge To 12-Month Highs The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time rose to 249k last week – the highest since last August… Source: Bloomberg…

New York Decouples Student Standardized Test Scores From Teacher Evaluations Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times, A new law that takes effect in the coming academic year allows New York…

Futures Gain As Meta Earnings Restore Faith In AI Bubble Futures extend on yesterday’s post FOMC gains, but are off session highs, with tech outperforming and the Russell in the red, following…

WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich & Ex-Marine Paul Whelan Freed By Russia In Major Prisoner Swap With US In a massive overnight night development, Russia has released Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US…

Migrant Shelter Costs In Massachusetts To Exceed $1 Billion For The Next Several Years, State Predicts By American Military News Gov. Maura Healey’s administration expects to spend more money than originally anticipated…