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Acclaimed in the West, ‘20 Days in Mariupol’ recycled an image taken in Donbass more than eight years before the events depicted in the film At least one of the images featured…

The erectile dysfunction drug could ward off cognitive decline, new research suggests Sildenafil, the generic name for Viagra, may not only treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension, but also ward off…

Wall Street Bonuses Fall For Second Year To 2019 Lows Amid Capital Markets Freeze Wall Street bonuses have declined for two consecutive years, falling to levels last seen in 2019, according to…

Three Fantasyland Budget Projections By The Fed, Biden, And Congress Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, What’s the key item that’s wrong in the following table of GDP, inflation, unemployment, and interest…

“I’ve Changed My Mind”: Swedish Open Borders MP Makes Complete U-Turn Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, A Swedish MP who advocated for open borders during the 2015 refugee crisis said…

Housing Starts And Permits Surged In February (Despite Plunging Rate-Cut Odds) Housing Starts and Permits rebounded firmly in February from an ugly January. Starts soared 10.7% MoM (+8.2% exp) recovering some of…

US Futures Slide As Nvidia Keynote Disappoints And FOMC Decision Looms One day after we asked if Jensen Huang’s keynote speech at the NVDA GTC presentation would be a “sell the news”…

Why The BOJ’s Rate-Hike Is Actually Good For Markets Authored by SImon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The Bank of Japan finally exited its negative-rate regime. Far from being restrictive, though, the move…

The presumptive Republican nominee has said his administration would take “appropriate action” if the British royal lied about using drugs Former US President Donald Trump has hinted that Britain’s Prince Harry could…

A Bloomberg report last week suggested that the conglomerate was being investigated  India’s Adani Group has denied media reports suggesting it is being investigated by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) over…

Skyrocketing energy prices sent real wages plummeting in 2022 more than in any year since 1950, new research has shown. Germany’s 2022 living standards took the biggest downturn since World War II, a report released…

The president is already “making most of the decisions” in the country, Sergey Demchenko has said Ukraine may need to become a dictatorship in order to prevail in the conflict with Russia,…

Vkusno i Tochka raked in nearly $1.7 billion in 2023 Russian fast-food chain Vkusno i Tochka, which replaced McDonald’s after the US company left the country due to sanctions, more than doubled…

The Supreme Court earlier banned the scheme used for funding parties – weeks before a national election The Indian Supreme Court on Monday asked the State Bank of India (SBI), a government-owned…

The decision was reportedly made over a picture of Musa Evloev with a “No to Nazism” poster Russian wrestler and Olympic champion Musa Evloev has been barred from qualifying for the upcoming…

In Ukraine, Graham Urges Expanded Conscription Despite Mounting War Fatigue On his latest of far too many visits to Ukraine, Sen. Lindsey Graham on Monday urged legislators to expand the pool of…

BODEN & TREMP – The Memecoins We Deserve For Financializing Attention Via FinTech Blueprint, Today we highlight the following: DIGITAL ASSETS: Solana’s soaring memecoins and the echoes of King Lear’s fool CURATED UPDATES: Financial…

Visualizing Major US Banks By Commercial Real Estate Exposure The six largest U.S. banks saw delinquent commercial property loans nearly triple to $9.3 billion in 2023 amid high vacancy rates and increasing borrowing costs….

US Economic Conditions Scream “Buy Gold” Authored by Daniel Lacalle via The Epoch Times, The manufacturing and consumer confidence weaknesses of the United States are deeply concerning, particularly considering that all those…

Thirteen years ago, the NATO operation against Libya demolished one of the most well-off African nations Once one of the leading and most economically prosperous countries in North Africa, Libya has today…

The restrictions will reportedly target cereals, oil seeds and their derivatives The European Union is preparing to impose tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus under pressure from protesting farmers and…

The head of the Talant commune has said he cannot accept his subordinate’s “collusion” with Moscow The mayor of the commune of Talant in Cote-d’Or, southern France, Fabian Ruinet, says he has…

Cairo says Washington’s expression of opposition to the Jewish state’s plans for an operation in Rafah is not enough Washington must explain to Israel what the consequences would be of a ground…

Kiev does not have the resources or manpower to continue the fight against Russia, Rajmund Andrzejczak has said Ukraine’s losses in the conflict with Russia should be counted “in the millions,” the…

More Than Half Of Migrant Deaths Are From Drowning At least 8,565 people died on international migration routes in 2023, according to data from the Missing Migrants Project of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). This…

Somaliland will apply to the International Court of Justice with a request for sovereignty The government of Somaliland is set to appeal to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a bid…

Official data shows that crude imports from Moscow jumped more than 40% year-on-year in January Sales of Russian oil to India have continued to rise in 2024, despite the pressure from Western…

The Canadian fighter was allegedly struck by a Russian drone    A French-Canadian mercenary fighting for Kiev and alleged leader of the so-called ‘Norman Brigade’ private military group has been killed, Canadian…

Lindsey Graham has said he cannot believe Kiev is allowing its youth to stay in the rear US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) has urged the Ukrainian parliament to pass a highly…

Western personnel are on the ground to oversee Kiev’s use of foreign-supplied weapons, the newspaper has claimed Active and former military personnel from NATO states have long been operating in Ukraine, overseeing…

Did The Used Rolex Watch Market Finally Bottom? In December, we asked if the secondary market for pre-owned Rolex and Patek Philippe watches was finally bottoming after a vicious bear market. Bottom?…

The German government has vowed not use the Russian leader’s official title, having criticized the election process Berlin’s decision not to refer to Russian President Vladimir Putin by his proper title in…

Niger’s coup leaders have canceled a defense pact with Washington, citing a breach of diplomatic protocol A US delegation that traveled to Niger last week warned the new leadership of the West…

Poland’s prime minister previously called for an end to preferential trade rules granted to Kiev due to the conflict with Moscow France has supported Poland’s call for further restrictions on imports of…

Bengaluru’s IT professionals, many working for global tech giants, have to get in line for water as the city battles shortages Known as India’s Silicon Valley, with 67,000 registered information technology (IT)…

“Wherever there is a terrorist, we’ll find and eliminate him,“ the Turkish leader said Türkiye’s military is set to carry out operations to achieve full security along the country’s borders, President Recep…

UK Tells Ukraine To Focus On Targeting Crimea Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, British military officials advised that Ukraine should focus on defense in its ground fight against Russia in the…

These Will Be The Jobs Most Impacted By AI Large language models (LLMs) and other generative AI tools haven’t been around for very long, but they’re expected to have far-reaching impacts on…

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has expressed concern over a potential expansion of the hostilities into the region The Ukraine conflict is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon and has the potential to…

A UN-backed report warns that mass death is imminent without an immediate ceasefire and food supplies Northern Gaza has already exceeded famine levels, the global hunger monitor said on Monday. Around 300,000…

Anti-Semitism As The Harbinger Of Global Chaos Authored by Stephen Soukup via American Greatness, On the off chance you hadn’t noticed, the world appears to be at an especially precarious moment presently….

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…

Cereal For The Peasants? How The Elites Use “Skimpflation” To Control Our Eating Habits Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us People who have been reading my analysis for a long time are…

Bank Of Japan (Finally) Kills The World’s Last Negative Interest Rate, Yen Weakens As has been thoroughly warned, straw-manned, leaked, and hinted at over the past few weeks (here, here, and here…

Trump Tells Ramaswamy ‘No’ For VP, But Leaves Cabinet Door Open Donald Trump ‘personally told’ Vivek Ramaswamy that he’s been ruled out as a running mate, however the former president is eyeing…

Report Criticizes ‘Catastrophic Errors’ Of COVID Lockdowns, Warns Of Repeat Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), It was four years ago, in March 2020, that health officials declared…

Yen’s Whiplash Day Only Begins With A Rate Hike By Mark Cranfield, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist USD/JPY may be priced for the Bank of Japan to exit negative rates –…

The 4th Bitcoin Halving Explained Sometime in April 2024, the reward that cryptocurrency miners receive for mining bitcoin (BTC) will go from ₿6.25 to ₿3.125, with significant consequences for the world’s most…

The European bloc will double its production of artillery shells by the end of 2024, Charles Michel said The EU must reimagine its military strategy and drastically ramp up its defense production…

When Atlanta Judge Scott McAfee ruled recently in the Fani Willis decision TechnoFog noted, “Judge McAfee rules that only one potential liar can prosecute the case – but not both potential liars….

Illegal Immigrant Can Carry Guns: Federal Judge Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, An illegal immigrant was wrongly banned from possessing guns, according to a recent ruling. A federal law,…

Trust In Flying Still High, But Passengers Take More Precautions The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the panel blow out of a Boeing 737 MAX operated by Alaska…

Within the U.K the timing of the 2024 election is decided by the Prime Minister [LINK].  “Prime Minister Rishi Sunak can call an election at any time up to Dec. 17, with…

Beijing is reportedly working behind the scenes to convince the EU to invite Moscow to a potential international summit China will boycott the talks to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict unless Moscow will…

Queenpin Of Guatemalan Drug Cartel Sentenced Over International Trafficking Conspiracy Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A Queenpin of the Lorenzana drug trafficking network has been sentenced to…

More & More Americans Turn To TikTok For News The House of Representatives passed a bill last week that could lead to a nationwide ban of the social media platform TikTok in…

Oral arguments were heard today in the appeal of the government against the states of Louisiana, Missouri and seven plaintiffs who claim that Biden officials, including Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, violated the…

High-Schoolers Are Losing Confidence In The Benefits Of A College Degree Via Campus Reform, A recently released study that involved focus groups and a national study explores how high school students and…

Google Denies Election Interference After Report Cites Dozens Of Instances Helping Dems, Censoring Republicans Google has denied a new report by the right-leaning Media Research Center (MRC) alleging 41 instances of “election…

The ruling party of Georgia says that the measure will be supported by the public Mamuka Mdinaradze, who leads the Georgian Dream party in parliament, told reporters that the bill will be…

Biden Wants To Hike Taxes By $7 Trillion Dollars Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, If Democrats win the trifecta with a clean sweep of the Senate, House, and White House in…

Only 10% of Germans have confidence in the Bundeswehr’s defense capabilities, a fresh survey has shown A majority of Germans have little to no confidence in their military’s ability to defend the…

President Obama was presumably in London, England, for a fundraising meeting for the Obama foundation when he was spotted going to the Prime Minister’s office at #10 Downing Street. Details of the…

Russia Mulls Security Buffer Zone As Ukraine Drones Shut Down 600,000 Barrels Of Daily Refining After Russian President Vladimir Putin’s post-election victory speech and Q&A with the press wherein he first unveiled the…

US Announces Plan To Evacuate American Citizens Stranded In Haiti Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The State Department confirmed that it will try to evacuate Americans who…

“It’s Like The Wild West”: Crime And Violence On NYC Transit Underreported According To NYPD Source Authored by Matthew Lysiak via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Crime and violence in New York…

Israeli Official Accuses US Of ‘Slow-Walking’ Arms & Ammo Deliveries An Israeli official has told ABC News that the pace of military aid from Washington to Israel has noticeably slowed, but stopped just…

The US president was told in October that Israeli airstrikes were often carried out without “solid intelligence,” the newspaper claims The White House knew since late October that Israel was regularly bombing…

Google’s A.I. Fiasco Exposes Deeper Infowarp Authored by Bret Swanson via The Brownstone Institute, When the stock markets opened on the morning of February 26, Google shares promptly fell 4%, by Wednesday…

It’s Not Coercion If We Do It… Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, Gags and Jibes “My law firm is currently in court fighting for free and fair elections in 52…

Big-Tech & Black Gold Surge As Bonds & Bitcoin Purged Ahead Of Fed After last week’s data and down-trend, Monday started fresh and shiny for BTFDers ahead of this afternoon’s “most important…

German Lawmaker In Blistering Ukraine Speech To Parliament: “Have You All Lost Your Minds?” Sahra Wagenknecht was long well-known as one of the leading members of the Left Party (Die Linke), but…

Moldova’s President Maia Sandu is refusing to include an autonomous region’s elected head in her cabinet, citing “criminal” links Moldovan President Maia Sandu has refused to sign a decree appointing the head…

At least eight people were reportedly killed as the Afghan militants traded cross-border fire with the Pakistani military Afghanistan’s Taliban government accused Pakistan of killing eight civilians in an air raid on…

A sabotage and reconnaissance unit was stopped while attempting to cross into Russia’s Belgorod Region, according to the Defense Ministry Kiev’s forces sought to mount a cross-border attack on Russia’s Belgorod Region…

“We’re One Event Away From A 1970s-Style Stagflation Explosion…” Excerpted from ‘The Turning Point’ report via Larry MacDonald’s TheBearTrapsReport.com, We hear the comparisons more and more; they are growing louder by the…

Sens. Scott, Rubio Call For Plan To Handle Influx Of Haitian Migrants Florida Republican Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio have called on the Biden administration to produce a plan to deal…

Trump Says Putting Forward $464 Million Bond “Impossible” In NY Appeal Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times, Attorneys for former President Donald Trump urged a New York appeals court again…

Watch Live: Nvidia CEO’s Keynote Speech, The “Week’s Most Important Event” Watch Jensen Huang’s keynote speech live: As we wrote in our weekly preview note earlier, while this week is chock-full of…

For some reason CBS Sunday Morning put Christine Blasey-Ford back into the media cycle with an interview about her life after accusing Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Full Interview Here…

The billionaire shared a screenshot of a satirical story highlighting the mechanical troubles with the US aerospace giant’s aircraft Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has ribbed US aerospace giant Boeing…

Taibbi Dismantles ‘Absurd’ NYT Hit Piece Heading into the 2024 election, corporate media is once again spinning lies in order to re-frame, or contain, legitimate news stories. In his latest reports, Racket…

Exxon Chief Darren Woods Has Conquered The Woke ESG Giant Exxon CEO Darren Woods isn’t mincing words or actions as the broader market has finally started to turn its back on the ‘ESG’…

Biden Blames Trump For Derailing The Border Deal… But Are Voters Buying It? Authored by Emel Akan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The border crisis is putting President Joe Biden in…

Billionaire Narayana Murthy has presented shares in his company to a 4-month-old baby, sparking controversy on social media Indian billionaire Narayana Murthy, the founder of the tech company Infosys, has gifted shares…

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has said neighboring Moldova’s “only solution” is further integration with Europe. Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has endorsed Moldova’s pro-Western president’s reelection campaign, declaring that the former Soviet…

Moscow’s embassy has demanded that Berlin accept responsibility for the atrocities of the Third Reich Russia has issued a formal demand that Germany officially acknowledge the siege of Leningrad during World War…

Macron’s Long Telegram By Benjamin Picton, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank The focus of markets last week was, quite rightly, on US inflation figures. US 2-year yields posted gains every day to…

“Less Flights And More Full Aircraft”: Airlines Stung By Boeing Delays Ahead Of Busy Summer Travel Season The incessant stream of bad news for Boeing is starting to take its toll on…

Moscow has branded the West’s criticisms of the Russian presidential elections as both predictable and irrelevant The Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz will not send a message of congratulations to Russian President…

Russia’s envoy urged the organization to force Kiev to abide by international rules The obvious lack of a reaction to Ukrainian attacks on Russian cities demonstrated by the Organization for Security and…

Half Of Downtown Pittsburgh Office Space Could Be Empty In 4 Years Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, The CRE implosion is picking up steam. Check out the grim stats on Pittsburgh….

33-year-old woman surveilled a Russian ship unloading ammonia at “sensitive site” in Normandy, France, Journal du Dimanche reports French law enforcement have arrested a suspected Ukrainian spy who used a drone to…

Putin Warns Of ‘Full-Scale WW3’ If West Sends Troops To Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin’s election victory speech and Q&A with the press was full of familiar themes, but he used the occasion…

“Guys, I F**ked Up” – SLERF Developer Accidentally Burns Millions As Memecoin-Mania Grows Authored by Prashant Jha via CoinTelegraph.com, Traders want to make their millions on Solana memecoins, but crypto proponents believe…

The trade volume is being diverted from Suez to route around South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope, the International Monetary Fund reports The Suez and Panama Canals have seen drops in trade…

Beijing is considering taking part in the peace conference being suggested, according to its ambassador in Bern China is examining the possibility of taking part in a proposed Swiss-hosted peace conference on…

The country’s top spy is en route to Qatar for ceasefire talks with the militants Mossad chief David Barnea is traveling to Qatar to continue ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, but will not…

There were no talks between Russia and the West about exchanging the opposition figure before his death, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russian President Vladimir Putin did not say there were negotiations…