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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…

Obama’s CIA Asked Foreign Intel Agencies To Spy On Trump Campaign Authored by Robert Chernin via RealClear Wire, The revelation that the U.S. intelligence community, under the Obama administration, sought the assistance…

What Caused China’s Quant Quake While it has gone largely underreported in western media, in the past week China launched a war against both quant funds and High Frequency Traders, claiming they…

“We Can’t Wait”: Speaker Johnson Demands Action On Border During ‘Intense’ Meeting Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has described reports that he…

Pentagon Chief: If Ukraine Is Defeated, NATO Will Be At War With Russia This is the single most important, dangerous and highly revealing statement from a top defense official in the West…

Washington uses hyped up foreign threats as a pretext for military expansion, Beijing’s defense spokesman has said The United States is leading a dangerous drive to militarize outer space, the Chinese military…

US Deploys “Project Maven” In Middle East As AI Warfare Underway Remember in 2018 when thousands of Google employees protested its Pentagon contract called “Project Maven” that used article intelligence technology to analyze drone…

Election Embezzlement: Harris Says Administration To Pay College Students To Register Voters Like the increasingly brazen thievery in America’s cities, the Democrats’ use of government resources to reinforce their hold on power…

A Global, Digital Coup d’État Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, There was a time. What seemed to be unfolding was a huge intellectual error for the history books. A…

Lloyd Austin: Israel Killed “Over 25,000” Women & Children In Gaza Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Thursday that Israel has killed over 25,000 Palestinian women…

“Everything Is Gone”: Texas Wildfire Ravages America’s Cattle-Mecca A devastating wildfire ravages parts of the Texas Panhandle, home to more than 85% of the state’s cattle herd. This comes when the nation’s…

Hunter Biden spent 6 hours testifying on Capitol Hill Wednesday and giving obtuse answers to questions from a joint panel from the House Oversight and House Judiciary Committee. Within his testimony Hunter…

Federal Judge Blocks New Texas Law To Arrest Illegal Immigrants By Jack Phillips of Epoch Times, A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked a Texas law that grants state police the capacity…

Sen. Cotton Asks Pentagon Why Airman Who Self-Immolated Was Allowed To Serve Authored by Aaron Pan via The Epoch Times, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has questioned why the Pentagon allowed an active-duty…

Seismic Shift: Indonesia Floods Market With Cheap Nickel, Sparking Wave Of Unprofitable Mines   The global nickel industry is experiencing a seismic shift as Indonesia emerges as a major low-cost supplier, contributing to…

Putin Warns Of Nuclear War If West Sends Troops To Fight In Ukraine Russian President Vladimir Putin used the occasion of his much anticipated annual state of the nation address to directly warn NATO…

An IDF source claimed soldiers “felt threatened” and blamed any casualties on the Palestinians At least 104 Palestinians have been killed and another 750 wounded at an aid distribution point west of…

Hunter Finally Admits Joe Biden Is “The Big Guy” Hunter Biden on Wednesday testified to Congress that his father, Joe, was indeed “the big guy” referenced in an email pertaining to a…

Gavin Newsom Faces Criticism For Minimum Wage ‘Bread’ Carveout That Benefited Top Donor Authored by Eric Lendrum via American Greatness, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) is facing greater scrutiny after it was…

While for the US, the conflict is a “lucrative business project,” Dmitry Birichevsky has said A senior Russian diplomat pushed back on the attempt by Albania, a US ally, to use a…

Why Didn’t “Healthy, Robust” Biden Take A Cognitive Test During Medical Exam? Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news, Questions are mounting as to why Joe Biden was not given a cognitive…

NYCB Re-Crashes After Finding “Material Weaknesses” In Internal Controls, Delays Filing Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the regional bank waters… Remember New York Community Bank –…

Bank of America, Wells Fargo Offer Spot Bitcoin ETFs To Clients After sitting out the first round of bitcoin ETF frenzy, and quietly watching the mind-blowing pace of inflows into the various…

Technocensorship: When Corporations Serve As A Front For Government Censors Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice…

The French president brushed off criticism from fellow NATO members, insisting his words were “thought-through and measured” French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday stood by his controversial remarks on Monday about the…

Cuba has asked the World Food Programme for donations of powdered milk Cuba has appealed to the World Food Programme (WFP) for help with providing milk to children on the island, for…

“I Wrote What!?” – Matt Taibbi Unloads On Google’s ‘AI-Powered Libel Machine’ Authored by Matt Taibbi via Racket News, Last night, after seeing chatter about Google/Alphabet’s much-ballyhooed new AI tool, Gemini, I…

Wendy’s Walks Back ‘Surge Pricing’ Report After CEO Comments Fast  food giant Wendy’s has refuted reports that they’re going to use ‘surge pricing’ – the practice of raising prices when demand is…

Dmitry Peskov has responded to British media revelations Britain’s direct military involvement in Ukraine was never a secret, but one of the country’s establishment media outlets has now admitted it outright, Russian…

URAL BASKET player Semyon Debda has shared his emotions after winning bronze in the Sber phygital basketball tournament at the Games of the Future. “A very cool tournament! I think our team…

Ten Serious & Recurring Economic Fallacies That Our Leaders Cannot (Or Will Not) Stop Projecting Via SchiffGold.com, In a compelling guest piece by American historian H.A. Scott Trask, various economic myths are…

China Bans High Frequency Trader as Quant Trading Crackdown Expands Just days after China cracked down on quant funds, Beijing took our advice (from around 2009) and started cracking down on the…

We Are Supposed To Be In A “Restrictive Phase Of Monetary Policy” So What The Hell Is Going On By Michael Every of Rabobank Enjoy your cup of digital cocoa For many…

Banks Increase Car Loan Rejections Over $1,000 Monthly Payment Concerns ​​​​​​As borrowers struggle with making their $1,000 monthly car payments, banks with auto financing units are swiftly adjusting to stricter credit conditions by…

Investors Finding It Increasingly Pointless To Be Bearish By Jan-Patrick Barnert and Michael Msika Investors are finding it increasingly pointless to be bearish as equity markets are about to lock in a…

The men and women working and fighting for Russia are the true elite of the country, President Vladimir Putin has said The true Russian “elite” are the people working and fighting for…

A Novaya Gazeta social media post sought to “discredit” the army, a court has said Sergey Sokolov, the editor-in-chief of the outlet Novaya Gazeta, was detained and issued an administrative fine on…

Exxon Looking To “Extract A Pound Of Flesh” From Chevron’s Proposed Takeover Of Hess Exxon’s challenge of Chevron’s acquisition of Hess could result in a windfall for Exxon shareholders, a new report from…

The country’s military intelligence directorate said that the messenger may pose a security threat The Ukrainian parliament’s Freedom of Speech Committee has called for a ban on the messaging application Telegram, describing…

Trump And ‘Joke’ Biden Hold Dueling Border Visits On Thursday, former President Donald Trump will be at Eagle Pass, TX, where he’ll visit with residents and community leaders to discuss the complete…

SBF Lawyers Ask For Just 5 To 6 Years In Sentencing Memo, Citing “Autism Spectrum Disorder” We’re certain that no one is lamenting the rise in Bitcoin more than Sam Bankman-Fried, who…

The Fastest And Slowest Selling Housing Markets In 2024 By Sam Bourgi of CreditNews Faced with chronically low supply and record housing costs, 2023 was America’s worst year for home sales in…

Aid Truck Stampede ‘Massacre’ In Gaza: Israel Accused Of Opening Fire On Crowd There are reports of a mass casualty event in Gaza City on Thursday, with Hamas claiming at least 104…

Peter Schiff: Booming Stock Market Mirrors Dot-Com Bubble Via SchiffGold.com, This week Peter covers the highlights of the last few weeks of volatile trading, paying special attention to Nvidia, Wall Street’s favorite…

Kiev is within its rights to use Finnish-supplied weaponry as it sees fit, Helsinki has said Ukraine is free to use the weapons it has received from Finland however it sees fit,…

Currently, 90% of the country’s growth comes from non-resource-based industries, according to the president The Russian economy is becoming more complex and technologically advanced and less based on natural resources, President Vladimir…

Kiev has denied the claim, saying no negotiations about temporarily closing the border were taking place Poland and Ukraine are in talks about temporarily closing the border between the two countries amid…

Russian leader spoke about issues like the Ukraine conflict, international relations, and the nation’s socio-economic development Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed the Federal Assembly, the country’s national legislature, detailing plans for…

Pending Home Sales Puked In January, Back Near Record Lows Pending home sales puked in January, tumbling 4.9% MoM (vs +1.5% MoM exp). This was made worse by a large downward revision…

Survey-Based Sentiment Slump Continues As Prices Paid Accelerates in Plunging Chicago PMI The trend for ‘soft’ survey data is very much not the friend of the ‘soft-landing’ or ‘goldilocks’ narrative peddlers as…

Musk Announces Tesla Collab With SpaceX, Says New Roadster Will Go 0-60 In Less Than 1 Second “Tonight, we radically increased the design goals for the new Tesla Roadster. There will never…

Estonia wants all options on the table, PM Kaja Kallas has said Estonia is “not afraid” of Russia and thinks sending NATO ground troops to Ukraine ought to be under consideration, Prime…

SEC Investigates Whether OpenAI Deceived Investors, WSJ Says The Securities and Exchange Commission sent a subpoena to ChatGPT creator OpenAI in December, requesting internal communications from CEO Sam Altman and current and…

Meta Adds Censorship Supporter To Board Of Directors Authored by Jonathan Turley, Texas billionaire John Arnold has long held a notorious position for many in the free speech community as the financier…

The Russian president said the escalatory rhetoric of US and EU officials betrays their lack of understanding of what is at stake Western officials indulging in escalatory rhetoric should realize that they…

Policies enacted by the US and EU have discredited Western banking and its currencies, according to the Russian president The West is discrediting its own currencies and banking system, while established monopolies…

The co-creator of the film ‘Air’ gives an interview to RT, discussing the permanence of Russian culture and connections between artists ‘Vozdukh’ (‘Air’) – a new film by Alexei German Jr. (best…

By locking away one journalist and abetting the misery of an entire people, the West combines oppressive structure with disregard for law Recently, two of the defining injustices of the contemporary West…

WeightWatchers Shares Take A Dump After Oprah Winfrey’s Exit WW International, previously known as “Weight Watchers,” crashed in premarket trading after the company revealed late Wednesday that media icon Oprah Winfrey will…

SuperCore Inflation Soars In January, Services Costs Re-Accelerate GOOD NEWS… One of The Fed’s favorite inflation indicators – Core PCE Deflator – dropped to +2.8% YoY in January (as expected) – the…

Core PCE Preview: Hot Print Incoming But Will It Be Too Hot Core PCE lor January, the Fed s preferred gauge of inflation, will be released on Thursday, 29th February at 8:30am…

Who Error-Corrects AI? Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Part of why AI chatbots are so dreadful is we know the corporation / agency doesn’t care whether our problem gets…

WTF Is Going On With The Jobless Claims Data… In the real world labor market, 2024 has been a shitshow of layoffs… 1. Twitch: 35% of workforce 2. Roomba: 31% of workforce…

The Supreme Court has granted certiorari and accepted the case of President Trump arguing presidential immunity from prosecution for official acts while in office.  At the heart of the issue the court…

Futures Fall Ahead Of Key PCE Print For the third day in a row, US equity futures dropped and bonds fell as investors braced for a print of the Federal Reserve’s favorite…

No Asset Class Is Remotely Ready For More Inflation Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Stocks, bonds, commodities and other real assets are dramatically unpriced for a resurgence in inflation. If…

Biden’s Labor Department Sparks Confusion With Email “Explaining” January CPI Spike There was a collective gasp of surprise two weeks ago when not only did CPI and core CPI both come in…

Those who take their funds abroad risk “losing everything,” according to the president Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on the country’s businesses to invest at home so that they don’t have…

France and Germany have warned that outright confiscation would reflect badly on the West’s financial system A rift is growing between Western allies over confiscating frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine as…

The media outlet claims to have obtained a new risk analysis prepared for MPs The German government has prepared a model for a potential Russian attack on NATO, Bild has claimed. According…

India has sought assistance from the US as it cracks down on supporters of the Khalistan secession movement The Indian government has again asked the US to investigate alleged crimes by Sikh…

Stocks Set For Timeout As Risk Appetite Shows Signs Of Fatigue By Garfield Reynolds, Bloomberg markets live reporter and strategist The recent euphoria around stocks may fizzle, as a key indicator of…

Sometimes it isn’t even safe. I saw a post at Ace of Spades about women who love feminized men. They are calling them babygirl, and apparently both the young women who are…

Vanguard Expands Proxy-Voting Choice As Big Three Indexers Give More Investors A Say The Vanguard Group is expanding a pilot program that gives investors in index funds the power to choose a…

The US says it is “deeply troubled” by the West African nation’s anti-gay legislation Lawmakers in Ghana have unanimously approved a bill criminalizing homosexual activity, despite warnings from Western governments including the…

Kinzhal missiles and Avangard nuclear gliders make Russia stronger and safer, the president has said Moscow’s plans to deploy new, advanced weaponry, first revealed in 2018, have been realized or are in…

A NASA official had previously reported that air loss from the Zvezda module had doubled Air leaking from the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) poses no risk to its…

The conglomerate led by billionaire Mukesh Ambani will be the majority shareholder in the merged entity, worth $8.5bn Indian mega-conglomerate Reliance has struck a deal with the Walt Disney Company to merge…

Washington is trying to trick Russia into negotiating purely for its own benefit, President Vladimir Putin has claimed Claims that Russia is planning to deploy nuclear weapons in space are merely an…

The country hopes to become one of the top four global economic powerhouses, the president has said Russia is already the biggest economy in Europe in PPP terms, and could join the…

Russia’s LNG Cargoes Bound For China Avoid The Red Sea By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Russia has started diverting its LNG cargoes away from the Suez Canal and is using the longer…

The group will account for 36.6% of the world’s GDP in PPP terms by 2028, according to the Russian president The BRICS states are overtaking the G7 in terms of share in…

This is his 19th message to the Federal Assembly, coming just weeks before the country’s presidential elections President Vladimir Putin is delivering his annual message to the Federal Assembly, Russia’s national legislature….

Mali’s army “has the opportunity to defend its territory” and the nation needs to continue to work with Moscow, Abdoulaye Diop has said Military cooperation with Moscow has helped strengthen the security…

The US and its allies want Russia to be “withering space” like Ukraine, the president has claimed The West intended to do to Russia what it did to Ukraine and many other…

The group will account for 36.6% of the world’s GDP in PPP terms by 2028, according to the Russian president The BRICS states are overtaking the G7 in terms of share in…

The chancellor said giving Kiev long-range missiles would require assistance from German troops, citing London’s example German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has come under fire from the UK after he suggested that there…

There Can Be No Ceasefire In Gaza With Hamas In Power Authored by Con Coughlin via The Gatestone Institute, For all the various efforts world leaders are investing in arranging a ceasefire…

Decade-old military documents give an insight into Moscow’s military thinking, the British newspaper has alleged Russia’s threshold for using shorter-range tactical nuclear weapons may be lower than defense experts in the West…

Zelensky Travels To Rally Saudi Arabia & Albania To Ukraine’s Cause With the weapons pipeline to Washington still held up by appropriately recalcitrant House Republicans, Ukraine’s President Zelensky has turned to countries…

Washington’s evangelical desire to re-create the world in its own image has hit a roadblock because not everyone wants to be converted China is the world’s largest economy, in terms of purchasing…

Prices for heating, electricity and refueling are reportedly 41% higher in 2024 than before the crisis Consumers in Germany are having to pay significantly higher for heating and electricity in 2024 than…

American officials have reportedly visited Türkiye to persuade banks and companies to cut ties with the sanctioned country Turkish businesses are at risk of being banned from carrying out currency operations if…

PM Gabriel Attal attributes the loss of French positions in the Sahel to Russian “destabilization” Russia has become a menace to France in view of its actions since the onset of the…

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…

War Is Bad For You… And The Economy Authored by William Hartung via Counterpunch.org, Joe Biden wants you to believe that spending money on weapons is good for the economy. That tired…

A $60 billion aid package for Kiev faces gridlock in Congress amid Republican opposition The US military is considering whether to draw on its last remaining funds allocated for Ukraine, even with…

Moscow Accuses Zelensky Of Lying After Issuing ‘Very Low’ Ukraine Troop Death Count Just after the Russia-Ukraine war hit the two-year mark this past weekend, entering a third year and with no…