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Shipments of the fuel to the South American nation soared by 6,000% last year as Moscow seeks new outlets for its petroleum products Russia has unseated the US as the largest exporter…

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 Elite 1 Percent Behind The Cultural Civil War Authored by Newt Gingrich via RealClear Wire, Scott Rasmussen has done America an enormous service. He and his team have identified the driving…

Where Corruption Is Rampant Transparency International has released its 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index which gauges levels of perceived public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories around the world. The index scores them on a scale…

Trans Runner Breaks 2 Women’s Track & Field Records For New York College Authored by Jennifer Kabbany via The College Fix, A biological male who now identifies as female recently set two…

Optimistic Mindset Linked To Poor Decision Making Authored by Ayla Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), While a positive mindset is often associated with success, a new study suggests that optimism…

Admiral Dong Jun also praised Moscow’s stance on the “Taiwan issue”  China’s defense minister Dong Jun has told his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu that strategic cooperation between Moscow and Beijing is a…

As hundreds of millions head to the polls this year, Congress party and its allies are struggling to come together to take on the ruling BJP Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is…

DoubleLine’s Gundlach Doubles Down On Recession As The Other “Big Short” Is Now “Blissfully Long” Despite Powell’s pushback on expectations for a March rate cut, signaling that the US economy is hotter…

Interesting move and office location in yet another election year.  In 2022, Joe Biden appointed John Podesta as the “Clean Energy Czar,” essentially giving him control over doling out the $326 billion…

US Patriot Missile Downed Russian Transport Plane Which Killed 74: Putin President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that a Russian investigation into the shoot down of an Il-76 military transport plane which crashed close to the…

Ex-IRS Contractor Who Leaked Trump’s Tax Returns Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison Authored by Sam Dorman and Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A former contractor for the IRS…

Portland Declares Emergency Over Fentanyl Crisis Three Years After Decriminalizing Drug Possession The idiots running Portland, Oregon have declared a 90-day state of emergency over an ongoing fentanyl crisis, just three years…

FDA Finds Safety Signals For Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Updated COVID-19 vaccines may cause heart inflammation and severe allergic shock, according to a…

“Entirely Counterfeit”: Harvard’s Chief Diversity Officer Plagiarized At Least 40 Times According To Complaint Weeks after the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay over a plagiarism scandal, the university’s chief diversity and…

Ireland may also cut the government-funded housing limit to 90 days Dublin may cut welfare benefits to Ukrainian refugees by more than 80 percent and introduce limits on their stay in Irish…

28 Republican AGs Say Ending Ammo Sales At Missouri Plant Could Harm National Security Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Attorneys General of 28 states are demanding…

The Real Victors In All The Bloodshed: US Arms Exports Hit Record High In 2023 Hundreds of thousands dead in Eastern Europe as the Russia-Ukraine war is about to reach a grim…

Oregon University Will No Longer Give ‘D-‘ Or ‘F’ Grades Authored by David Glasser via The College Fix, Citing a wrongheaded “GPA fixation,” Western Oregon University leaders have announced plans to abolish…

Hamas Returning To Northern Gaza, Reasserting Control In Some Areas Now 117 days into the Gaza war, with fighting having long been focused in the south, and there are already reports that…

Earlier today President Donald Trump participated in a roundtable discussion with the Teamsters executive board, its president and members at the annual meeting in Washington DC.  President Trump chose to attend the…

A cybersecurity analyst has told an undercover journalist that US officials are privately worried about the president and his VP A White House aide has admitted that his colleagues are worried about…

During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing yesterday, Representative Robert Garcia (Democrat-CA) wanted to deliver a snarky retort about the unsecure southern border, complete with graphics and talking points.  Unfortunately, what followed…

Robotic “Companions” Are Testing The Scope Of Privacy And Sexual Freedom Authored by Jonathan Turley, Consider this: A brothel opens, offering “sexual services,” including “experiences” with girls under 15 years old. Typically,…

This is kind of a funny and very real political story if you follow the mechanics of it.   Essentially, it starts out with Politico noting the Ron DeSantis’ Super PAC Never Back…

Washington allegedly prevented an “imminent“ strike against a US aircraft, as the rebels attacked yet another “American vessel“ The US military and Yemen’s Houthi rebels have made dueling claims of successful strikes…

Split The International Energy Agency Into Two To Avoid Shocks Authored by Mark Mills via RealClear Wire, The International Energy Agency (IEA) turns 50 this year. It’s time to rethink the IEA’s…

Modi First, Scholz Worst: Ranking The Approval Ratings Of World Leaders What are the approval ratings of world leaders in 2024?  Morning Consult set out to answer the question, surveying people from 15…

Arizona Lawmaker Introduces Bill Requiring Schools To Teach About Harms Of Communism Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An Arizona state GOP lawmaker has introduced a bill that…

Moscow’s forces must ensure Kiev’s troops cannot strike Russian cities with Western longer-range weapons, the president has said Russia needs to create a large “demilitarized zone” in Ukraine, one that is big…

Atlanta Water Company Charges Contractor $30,000 For Water Usage On A Lot With No Water Line Today in ‘automation is better’ news, a contractor in Atlanta is facing a $30,000 water bill…

The Russian president has said he does not understand why Kiev would attack an aircraft carrying its own servicemen Kiev’s forces used an air defense system supplied by Washington to attack a…

Kiev’s military intelligence chief believes that spring will bring another opportunity to break Russia’s defenses Ukrainian forces will go on the offensive against Russia once more in the spring, military intelligence chief…

Suddenly The News Gatekeepers Are The News Authored by Frank Miele via RealClear Wire, The jig is up, as the bad guys used to say in the movies. When Rachel Maddow told…

The White House has blamed an “Iranian-backed” umbrella group in Iraq for an attack that killed three American troops at a base in Jordan President Joe Biden’s administration has identified the Islamic…

Toyota Tells 50,000 US Owners To Stop Driving, Seek Immediate Repair Toyota Motor Corp on Monday warned 50,000 owners of older American vehicles to stop driving them immediately and seek repairs for…

The Era Of Easy-Money Ruined Us Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The rot caused by easy money will only become fully visible when the hollowed out institutions start collapsing…

Stocks, Bond Yields, & Bullion Puke After Powell Pummels Dovish Dreamers, Assails AI ‘Soft’ survey data continued its trend weaker… Source: Bloomberg And NYCB shit the bed… Source: Bloomberg Which is probably…

Visualizing 20 Years Of Apple Vs Microsoft For years, Apple and Microsoft have been switching places as the world’s most valuable company, in terms of market capitalization. In today’s chart, Visual Capitalist’s…

The government in West Jerusalem has reportedly discussed allowing Palestinian militants to take refuge in another country Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has reportedly floated the idea of exiling some Hamas…

Washington’s Planned Theft Of Credit Card Benefits Authored by Kevin van Elswyk via The Mises Institute, Our vacation airline tickets in September were funded by accumulated miles on our Alaska Airlines credit…

Walter Sofronoff’s subpoenaed mobile phone records show he made 55 phone calls for a total of 7 ½ hours to Rupert Murdoch’s The Australian, mostly with Janet Albrechtsen, in their collusion to…

Four States Consider Lifting Taxes On Precious Metals Via SchiffGold.com, Citizens of Georgia, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Kansas may soon enjoy lower taxes on precious metals if recently introduced pro-metal bills are made…

American elites believe in democracy at home and dictatorship abroad; that’s why the world is so dangerous right now Ukraine is a convenient, rather cheap tool for the US to weaken and…

Tesla’s shareholders signed off on the record compensation deal because they were “starry-eyed” about their “superstar” CEO, a Delaware judge has ruled A Delaware judge has voided Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla…

South Africa’s top diplomat has condemned military support for West Jerusalem following the World Court’s genocide ruling All countries must refrain from supporting Israel’s military in light of last week’s International Court…

Watch Live: Fed Chair Powell Walk Hawkish-Dove Tight-Rope Given today’s dovish surge in March rate-cut odds (and 2024 rate-cut expectations) after NYCB’s results, one can’t help but think Powell will use the…

Hawkish Fed Hammers Dovish Market: No Cuts Imminent, Removes ‘Banking System Soundness’ Comment Since The Fed’s (uber dovish) last meeting on December 13th, the dollar is down, bonds and gold are up,…

Iran Vows To Hit Back If US Strikes Target Its Soil; US Destroyer Comes Under Attack In Red Sea Iran has signaled it is prepared to counterattack in response to any US…

MPs have approved a new bill envisaging asset forfeiture for those endangering national security People committing crimes against Russia’s national security could potentially face confiscation of assets under new legislation passed by…

‘Independent Contractor’ Rule Latest Dumpster Fire Exported From California Authored by Mary Katherine Ham via RealClear Wire, California is known for many things –  beautiful scenery, surfing, wine, movies, singing raisins. But…

The US-led military bloc was originally designed for a confrontation with Moscow, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has pointed out NATO’s Steadfast Defender 2024 war games that kicked off in Europe last week present…

Biden Finally Remembers To Visit East Palestine, One Year After Toxic Train Derailment Recall nearly one year ago, the mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, ripped President Biden a new one for traveling halfway across…

Trillions Spent On ‘Climate Change’ Based On Faulty Temperature Data, Climate Experts Say Authored by Katie Spence via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), To preserve a “livable planet,” the Earth can’t warm…

‘Soft’ Survey Data Collapse Continues With Chicago PMI Plunge The trend for ‘soft’ survey data is very much not the friend of the ‘soft-landing’ or ‘goldilocks’ narrative peddlers as it slumps from…

Companies Turn To AI Because Real Intelligence Is Hard To Find Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, Today, UPS announced it will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reduce office workers. It Joins…

Western powers seek to sting Moscow with a thousand pinpricks as they push for all-out conflict As support for NATO’s proxy war against Russia in Ukraine shows signs of collapsing, hysterical anti-Russian…

Tehran is “not afraid of war” with America, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has said Iran will not let any threat from the US go “unanswered,” the head of…

Here Is The Scariest Chart In Today’s Treasury Refunding Announcement On Monday, after we got the first part of the Treasury’s Quarterly Refunding Announcement (QRA), in which the Treasury unexpectedly announced a…

“One Of The Most Brilliant Explanations Of The Modern World”: Russell Brand Sits With Tucker Carlson For Explosive Interview Russell Brand flew too close to the sun, it would seem. Just as…

WTI Extends Losses After Surprise Crude Build, January Cushing Stocks At 2008 Lows Oil prices were lower this morning, amid broad derisking after weak macro data and no immediate escalation in the…

Previous methods of destroying the passages have reportedly proven ineffective The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on Tuesday that it has been flooding Hamas’ underground tunnel network with seawater, a controversial tactic…

Markets being flooded with cheap agricultural goods has been a major source of discontent for farmers across the bloc The European Commission has proposed extending the suspension of customs duties on agricultural…

A total of 195 Russian servicemen have returned home, the country’s defense ministry has said Russia and Ukraine conducted a major prisoner exchange on Wednesday, with both Moscow and Kiev confirming the…

Man Who Destroyed Satanic Shrine In Iowa Capitol Charged With ‘Hate Crime’ Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Michael Cassidy, a Christian veteran who decapitated a Satanic shrine on display in the…

The Pink Floyd co-founder has previously suggested that the split was caused by pressure from the company’s pro-Israeli owners German-based music company BMG is reportedly looking to cut ties with Pink Floyd…

Quarterly Refunding Preview: Another Increase In Coupon Auction Sizes, All Eyes On Bills Today at 830am, the Treasury will publish its laters Quarterly Refunding Announcement in which it is expected to follow…

ADP Employment Report Job Gains Slowing Analysts expected the ADP employment report to show a slowdown in job additions from last month’s rebound (driven entirely by Services as Manufacturing jobs declined), and…

Futures Slide Dragged by Tech Giants Ahead Of Fed Decision US equity futures slumped after earnings from tech giants GOOGL, MSFT and AMD fell short of Wall Street’s lofty expectations and as investors prepared…

Dmitry Peskov has weighed in on reports that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky wants to fire his top general  Reports that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is planning to fire the country’s top general…

An $84 million Hindu temple being built in Abu Dhabi will be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi next month Indian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Sunjay Sudhir gave a tour of…

The two countries have conducted a new swap, one week after Kiev’s forces downed a plane carrying 65 of their compatriots Moscow will continue to exchange POWs with Ukraine despite last week’s…

PA Man Posts Video Of Decapitated Father On YouTube During Unhinged Manifesto Rant Submitted by blueapples on X If 2024 is anything like 2020 then the political tensions leading up to this…

Treasury Increases Coupon Auction Sizes Again, Does Not Expect More Boosts For “Several Quarters” As highlighted in our preview, and as the Treasury itself noted in its last refunding announcement, moments ago…

Ilhan Omar is accused of violating her oath of office by claiming she would protect Somalia’s interests Ilhan Omar, the first Somali-born member of the US Congress, is facing calls to step…

Late-Night Vote Advances Mayorkas Impeachment Articles To House Floor Authored by Mark Tapscott via The Epoch Times, All 18 Republican members of the House Committee on Homeland Security (HCHS) voted on Jan….

Boeing Shares Rally After Beleagured Planemaker Pulls Guidance Boeing announced better than expected revenue, profits, and cash-flow for Q4… All sectors of its business beat top-line expectations: Revenue $22.02 billion, estimate $21.06…

Paramount Shares Jump After Report Says Media Mogul Byron Allen Makes $14 Billion Offer Paramount Global Class B shares rocketed higher in premarket trading after a report from Bloomberg specified media mogul Byron Allen…

The Value Of Diamonds Sinks As Gold Stays Strong Via SchiffGold.com, Valentine’s Day is here and you might find yourself buying (or wishing you had remembered to buy) a Valentine’s Day present….

The Ukrainian leadership has so far been unable to find a replacement for Valery Zaluzhny, the newspaper reports Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was poised to fire the country’s top general, Valery Zaluzhny,…

There’s a “high probability” that the Russian Il-76 aircraft was hit by an American-made Patriot, a source has told TASS There is “a high probability” that Kiev’s troops used a US-supplied Patriot…

Washington maintains that there are no plans to put American boots on the ground US Air Force personnel in Iraq have been ordered to remain on standby in case of “on ground…

Confiscating Moscow’s frozen central-bank reserves must be “legally watertight,” Dominic Johnson has urged Any step towards confiscating frozen Russian assets must be done in strict accordance with international law, Britain’s investment minister,…

The US and its allies have shown “complete disrespect” to the opinions of the bloc’s members, the Russian foreign minister has said Initiatives by China, Brazil, and South Africa on settling the…

The expected 2.6% growth is double the previous projection The dramatically upgraded forecast issued by the IMF for Russia’s GDP growth this year is interesting, said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday. …

Shipping Faces Lengthy Disruptions As Middle East Fallout Worsens By Greg Miller of FreightWaves The Red Sea crisis — and the Middle East situation in general — is worsening. There’s growing conviction…

A new shipment has arrived in Nigeria as part of the effort to fight food insecurity, Uralchem has reported Nigeria has taken delivery of 34,000 tons of potash donated by Russian fertilizer…

New Delhi is planning to increase fuel production by over 20% in the next five years   India is poised to significantly increase its crude refining capacity in an effort to accommodate…

Washington and Berlin reportedly believe that admitting Kiev into the alliance would risk a full-scale clash with Moscow The US and Germany are resisting calls by NATO allies to invite Ukraine into…

Alejandro Mayorkas is accused of failing to enforce immigration laws at the border with Mexico Republican lawmakers took another step on Wednesday towards launching an impeachment process against US Homeland Security Secretary…

Moscow is one of the key pillars of the economic bloc, Anil Sooklal has told RT Russia’s presidency of BRICS has resulted in a total revamp of the organization, South African sherpa…

Republican lawmaker Claudia Tenney cited the ex-US president’s role in facilitating the “historic” Abraham Accords Former US President Donald Trump has been put forward for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role…

A Fed Pivot While Lamborghini Sees Full Order Books Doesn’t Compute Did the Federal Reserve jump the gun on the pivot? Last month, investors cheered after the Fed announced that interest-rate cuts are coming…

New Delhi should have “more confidence” as it competes with Beijing in South Asia, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has said India should “welcome competition” and have “more confidence” in the face of growing Chinese…

The African Union says it would have liked to be consulted prior to the launch of the Italian partnership project Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni unveiled a partnership initiative on Monday, aiming…

The economy is projected to expand much more rapidly this year than previously expected The IMF significantly has raised its growth forecast for the Russian economy in 2024 in its latest World…

Massive New Russian Natural Gas Pipeline To China Faces Delays By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Russia and China are still at odds over the costs and delivery prices of a new major…

The State Of The World’s 7,168 Languages What are the roots of a living language, and how many are at risk of extinction? This graphic via Visual Capitalist, from Stephen Jones, CEO of…

The comments come days after Kiev uncovered another major arms corruption case The Ukrainian military and politicians do not believe in victory, and expecting defeat, are stealing Western aid on a massive…