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The central bank had previously hiked rates at five successive meetings over a six-month period Russia’s central bank left its key interest rate unaltered at 16% at its scheduled meeting on Friday,…

The September Surprise Authored by Heather Higgins via RealClear Wire, What’s a Democrat to do? President Biden’s poll numbers seem set in quicksand. Now the special counsel’s justification for not recommending charges…

Stocks Set To Make It A Record 15 Weeks Higher Out Of 16 As Tech Surge Goes On After stocks successfully recovered from a mid-week rout following the much hotter than expected…

How Long Can This Last? 15 Months Ago, ChatGPT Kicked Off The AI Bubble On Thursday, we polled our followers on X, asking them: “Have you used Grok, ChatGPT, Gemini or any other…

Kiev’s local commander has said the situation in Avdeevka is “critical,” with one brigade partially encircled Ukrainian troops are “maneuvering” in the key Donbass stronghold of Avdeevka and the surrounding areas, Brigadier…

The Gold/Silver Ratio Says Silver’s Still Cheap Via SchiffGold.com, The silver price has dipped since December, from almost $26 per ounce to around $22 today. We reported on silver being a relative bargain at…

US neocolonialist policies are hurting the world as the majority strives for a more just future, the ex-Russian president says The “rules-based order” touted by the US is an illusion that Washington…

Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Dies In Jail  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a maximum-security prison in the country’s far north, the Interfax news service reported Friday, citing the Federal…

The authority that rules on voting appeals has deemed the West African nation’s decision “unconstitutional” Senegal’s Constitutional Council has canceled a law that pushed back the West African nation’s presidential elections and…

Pyotr Poroshenko has been blocked from leaving the country to attend the Munich Security Conference this week Former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko has slammed the government’s decision to block him from attending…

The violin-shaped Hofner 500/1 bass guitar, potentially worth $12 million, was stolen from the Beatles’ van over 50 years ago An iconic violin-shaped bass guitar purchased by Beatles legend Paul McCartney in…

You Will Live In Tiny Homes & Drive EVs And Be Happy: This Is The Future They Have Planned For Us Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, In recent years, “van life’,…

The jailed blogger lost consciousness after going for a walk, and resuscitation efforts failed, authorities have said Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has died in jail in central Russia after falling ill…

The operation aimed to degrade the vessel’s ability to share intelligence with the Houthis, US officials told the broadcaster The US carried out a cyberattack on an Iranian warship in the Red…

The leader of the CAR is in Moscow to take part in the ‘For Freedom of Nations’ forum against neo-colonialism The president of the Central African Republic (CAR), Faustin-Archange Touadera, has been…

Corn Drops To 3-Year Low As Supplies Expected To Surge To 1987 Levels Corn futures hit a three-year low as traders waited for the US Department of Agriculture’s annual outlook forum on…

As Tucker Carlson talks about feeling “radicalized against western leadership,” I find myself rolling my eyes and saying, “welcome to the party pal.” But seriously, it’s good to see him awakening more…

Membership for Kiev can only come after the conflict with Moscow ends, a State Department official has said Ukraine should not expect to become a NATO member at the bloc’s key summit…

Authorities in the US capital say an investigation is underway to determine the cause of Walter Nyamato’s death A Kenyan police officer who was part of a team in Washington DC for…

Modi held talks with the Qatari emir days after the country released eight navy veterans who had been sentenced to death India is looking to scale up cooperation with energy-rich Qatar in…

Western nations are fostering chaos to protect their hegemony, Nikolay Patrushev has said The US-led strikes against targets in Yemen are illegitimate and have no justification under the UN Charter, Russian Security…

UK Met Office Says It Can’t Back Up Senior Meteorologist’s Claim That Storms Are “More Intense” Due To Climate-Change Authored by Chris Morrison via DailySceptic.org, The Met Office has been unable to…

The Israeli leader has said he will not be pressured into accepting a separate nation for Palestinians Israel will continue to oppose international recognition of a Palestinian state, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…

Daleep Singh played a key role in freezing Moscow’s assets early in the Ukraine conflict, according to reports Daleep Singh, a former senior US national security adviser who helped orchestrate Washington’s sanctions…

The move could undermine the European financial system, chief executive Lieve Mostrey has claimed A plan by the G7 to use Russia’s frozen assets as a backstop to issue loans for the…

Visualizing Global Uranium Reserves By Country There can be a tendency to believe that uranium deposits are scarce from the critical role it plays in generating nuclear energy, along with all the…

EU Demands Hungary, Poland, & Slovakia Open Their Borders To Cheap, Poor-Quality Ukrainian Grain Authored by Denes Albert via ReMix News, The European Commission insists on extending the duty-free and quota-free access of Ukrainian…

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…

Joblessness accelerated in January, jumping above 4%, official statistics show Australia’s unemployment rate has risen to its highest level since early 2022, hitting 4.1% in January, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)…

GDP is now expected to grow by just 0.2% this year, according to Robert Habeck The German government will revise down its forecast for economic growth in 2024 to 0.2% from an…

Gears Of The Refugee Machine Authored by Spike Hampson via the Brownstone Institute, A solid majority of American citizens now recognize that Biden’s many millions of alleged refugees are anything but the…

President Joe Biden said failure to back Kiev at such a “critical time” would “never be forgotten” The US House of Representatives was unable to pass legislation that would devote some $95…

US Digital Video Spend Beats TV Ads The market for moving image advertisement formats is developing away from linear television and towards digital video formats such as streaming, apps and social media. As Katharina…

Biden: Candidate Of The Elites Authored by Steve Cortes via RealClear Wire, Remember when Democrats advocated for working-class Americans? My maternal relatives were all Irish Catholic Democrats in decades past. They were…

Newsom Sued Over Transgender Policy, Teachers Claim They Are Forced To Lie To Parents Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Teachers are suing California Gov. Gavin Newsom and…

WSJ Tells Readers: “To Save Money, Maybe You Should Skip Breakfast” President Biden’s attempt to sell Americans on ‘Bidenomics’ could be one of the most significant marketing failures by an administration in…

New Delhi has sealed state borders to prevent crowds from entering the capital as tension rises Farmers in India, who have been protesting on the outskirts of New Delhi for the past…

Seattle English Students Told It’s “White Supremacy” To Love Reading, Writing Authored by Jason Rantz via KTTH (emphasis ours), Students in a Seattle English class were told that their love of reading…

Egypt Erects 8-Square-Mile Walled Enclosure In Sinai Desert For Rafah Refugee Spillover  In a press briefing earlier this week IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi said, “We know that it is more…

The Curse Of Ultra-Pasteurization Authored by Sally Fallon Morell via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In the summer of 1983, an outbreak of listeriosis occurred in Massachusetts. Forty-nine people became sick and 14…

Mr. Bean Was Right – And So Was Toyota Authored by Duggan Flanakin via RealClear Wire, When auto (even EV driving) enthusiast Rowan Atkinson – Mr. Bean to his fans – last…

Insensitive Racial Prejudice? Classic Tomb Raider Games Re-Released With “Trigger Warnings” Was the world more racist 28 years ago compared to today?  Or, are people today simply more inclined to see “cultural…

The Reagan Miracle, 40 Years Later Authored by Newt Gingrich via RealClear Wire, Forty years ago, America was at a peak of optimism, technological opportunity, and self-confidence. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter…

Ukraine has legalized medical cannabis, with first batches of imported product expected later this year    Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has signed a bill legalizing the medical use of cannabis, with officials arguing…

Special Counsel Casts Pre-Election Doubt On Biden ‘Burisma Bribe’ With Dramatic Airport Arrest Last June, the leaked contents of a stonewalled FBI document, form FD-1023, alleging that President Joe Biden was paid…

Climate Agenda Set To Push Food Prices Even Higher, Analysts Say Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As inflation remains stubbornly high, farmers throughout the Western world are…

Biden Staffer Who Mishandled China, Iran Secrets Retains High-Security Pentagon Job Authored by Paul Sperry via RealClear Investigations, While Special Counsel Robert K. Hur has raised the issue of mental deterioration in…

The Global Deep State: A Fascist World Order Funded By The American Taxpayer Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “The madmen are in power.” – Philip K. Dick, The…

Greece has granted almost full parental rights to same-sex couples Greek lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex weddings in the country, despite staunch opposition by the Orthodox Church of Greece and almost…

Today In CRE’s Collapse: Philadelphia’s 1515 Market Put Into Special-Servicing With $59.4 Million Left On Mortgage Another day, another city, another collapse in the commercial real estate market. This week the property…

India’s Natural Gas Consumption Set To Triple by 2050 By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com, India’s industry expansion and rising oil refining to meet higher fuel demand are set to drive a tripling…

Inspired Idiot Of The Week: American Psychological Association Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, “Can Selecting the Most Qualified Candidate Be Unfair?” asked researchers in a recent study published by the American…

Reverse Repo Liquidity Plunges Below Key Level As Fed’s QT Stalls After two big weekly inflows, money market funds saw very modest outflows last week (-$4.3BN), but still hold above $6 trillion,…

A notion at the root of Nazi ideology has spread in the West, the Russian president has said Nazism was rooted in the idea of “exceptionalism” that has now become widespread in…

The deeply unpopular vice president says she’s ready to replace Joe Biden, but that would likely destroy the party’s hopes for a 2024 win With President Joe Biden’s advanced age and cognitive…

Biden Ghostwriter Faces Scrutiny Over Deleted Recordings In House Judiciary Probe Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 14 demanded that the ghostwriter…

Artyom Uss did not rule out the participation of state security services Rumors of spy involvement in his escape from Italy are “ridiculous,” Russian entrepreneur Artyom Uss said on Thursday. The US…

Amid a backlash from Ukrainian Instagram users, the actress told her detractors to “let a girl make a joke for f**ks sake” American actress Megan Fox has whipped up social media outrage…

Small Caps ‘Squeeze’ To Pre-CPI Highs On Dismal Data; Bonds, Oil, & Gold All Bounce A Japanese recession (and new equity market highs) and a UK recession (and rising stock market) and…

35 years ago, on February 15, 1989, Moscow withdrew its troops from the conflict-ridden Central Asian country On February 15, 1989, Lieutenant General Boris Gromov crossed the bridge over the Amu Darya…

An “undetermined number” of people were killed and injured in Thursday’s operation, Medecins Sans Frontieres has said Israeli troops on Thursday stormed Al Nasser hospital in southern Gaza, the largest still-functioning health…

With Russia poised to capture Avdeevka, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called on Congress to give Kiev more ammunition Russian forces are preparing to capture the Donbass stronghold of Avdeevka after…

Israel Kills Elite Hezbollah Commander, But Unleashes Single Deadliest Day For Lebanese Civilians Israel on Thursday announced that it killed a senior commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, identified as Ali al-Debs,…

Yield-Curve Bear-Steepening Spells Trouble For Markets Authored by Simon White , Bloomberg macro strategist, The yield curve has proven a poor (or very early) recession indicator in this cycle. This year, though, it will be…

The Incoming Gold Shortage Nobody Is Talking About Authored by Peter Reagan via Birch Gold Group, When private money follows central banks, will there be enough gold to go around? Having been…

Should the deal go ahead, the billionaire financier would part-own broadcasters in 45 US states Liberal financier George Soros has bought a major stake in the US’ second-largest radio company and could…

People can’t be held responsible for their family members, Mikhail Podoliak has said Mikhail Podoliak, the fiercely anti-Russian aide to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, admitted on Thursday that his own brother is…

Many Are Addicted To “Buy Now, Pay Later” Plans, It’s A Big Trap Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Buy Now Pay Later, BNPL, plans are increasingly popular. It’s another sign of…

The president has once again urged citizens to have more children President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged Russians to start families early and have at least two children, preferably more.  His comments…

“This Is Scary”: Soros Prepares Takeover Of 200 Radio Stations Ahead Of US Presidential Election America’s second-largest radio broadcaster could soon emerge from bankruptcy with a new shareholder: Soros Fund Management.  According…

Air Force & Space Force Unveil Major Overhaul To Prepare For War With China Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, The US Air Force and Space Force announced a plan for a major…

WikiLeaks co-founder is battling extradition to the US, where he faces a possible sentence of 175 years on espionage charges Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was among several federal lawmakers to vote…

Another Mega-Merger Is Brewing In The U.S. Shale Patch By David Messler of OilPrice.com Summary: Devon Energy seeks to fill gaps in its Bakken acreage through potential merger with Enerplus. Enerplus’ high-productivity…

JP Morgan Pulls Out Of $68 Trillion “Climate Action 100+” Group We have been covering the full on implosion of ESG and “green” investing for the better part of the last 6…

You’ll Never Believe What Senator Elizabeth Warren Just Did As far as we can tell, this is not ‘The Onion’, not ‘Babylon Bee’, and it’s not the first of April… After years…

The confiscated vehicles will be handed over to Ukraine, Latvia’s Transport Ministry said The Latvian government’s deadline for the owners of vehicles with Russian license plates to register them locally or get…

Having taken control of Nagorno-Karabakh last year, Baku wants to press into neighboring territory, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has claimed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accused Azerbaijan of planning “a full-scale…

Warsaw now says the issue of reparations was closed many years ago Poland is dropping its demand for more than a trillion dollars in compensation from Germany for World War II losses…

More Attacks On Red Sea Vessels As US Coalition Pounds Houthi-Held Port City Attacks on Red Sea shipping from Yemen’s Houthis have continued over the last several days, but so has the…

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has accused “Kiev Nazis” of committing barbaric attacks against civilians in Belgorod Kiev has once again demonstrated its “neo-Nazi essence” to the world, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday…

“Stock Prices Have Reached What Looks Like A Permanently AI Plateau” By Benjamin Picton, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Normal Service Resumed UK CPI inflation shook off the narrative of the previous…

Former Puerto Rico Mayor Gets 5 Years After Being Caught In “High Profile Bribery Case” A former Puerto Rico mayor faces 5 years in prison after he was caught on tape in…

Cases peaked shortly after the Hamas attack on October 7, according to research Reports of anti-Semitic hate incidents reached record levels in the UK last year and peaked in the week after…

Judge Denies Trump Motion To Dismiss Stormy Daniels ‘Hush Money’ Case, Sets March Trial Date The judge in former President Donald Trump’s New York hush-money trial says the case will go forward…

Trump SPAC DWAC Soars After Regulators OK Merger Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC) spiked Thursday morning after regulators approved a plan for the SPAC to merge with the parent company…

US Manufacturing Output Plunged In January (Despite Surge In PMI) US Industrial Production fell 0.1% MoM in January, dragging it down to unchanged YoY Source: Bloomberg As cold weather crushed mining but…

Israeli Forces Storm Southern Gaza Hospital In Search Of Hostage Remains Civilians have been trickling out of Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, regional media has observed, as Israel’s major ground assault looms,…

Biden ‘Mis-Remembered’ Again: Hur Never Brought Up Beau’s Death, The President Did Hours after last week’s release of special counsel Robert Hur’s report on Biden’s handling of classified documents — which described the…

The economy has now registered two consecutive quarters of contraction The British economy fell into recession in the final quarter of 2023, according to official figures released on Thursday. GDP dropped by…

Oleg Deripaska is accused of sourcing raw materials in the country for weapons manufacturing in Russia The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has filed charges in absentia against Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska,…

Masterpieces by Picasso and Rembrandt will allegedly be dissolved in acid if WikiLeaks co-founder dies in prison Artist Andrey Molodkin says he has arranged for 16 valuable paintings to be destroyed should…

The Supreme Court struck down as ‘unconstitutional’ an electoral bonds scheme allowing anonymous donations by businesses India’s Supreme Court on Thursday abolished a six-year-old scheme that permitted individuals and companies to donate…

The bloc should instead prioritize building a common European army and cyber-defense system, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann said The EU should not focus on trying to create an independent nuclear deterrent and instead ought…

The landlocked country is reportedly in talks with Togo to maintain maritime trade despite its withdrawal from ECOWAS Niger has taken steps to secure access to the sea through neighboring Togo for…

The planned production of UAVs for Kiev will involve Latvia and several other European nations Britain has joined other European nations in a project to provide a million drones for Ukraine’s military…

The new government in Warsaw has stepped up efforts to receive compensation from Germany Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has questioned why the previous government in Warsaw did not formally demand World…

US Retail Sales Plunged In January, Worst YoY Growth Since COVID Lockdown As we detailed in our preview for premium subscribers, if the omniscient analyst at BofA are right this morning, the…

UK (& Japan) Shows Markets Go Up, Not Down After Technical Recessions Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, The UK and Japan slipping into mild technical recessions with today’s GDP releases…

Budapest is opposed to restrictions on Chinese firms included in Brussels’ package of measures, sources told the news outlet Hungary was the only member state that refused to sign off on the…