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The Iranians won’t know what hit them, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said Israel’s response to the Iranian missile attack will be “deadly, pinpoint accurate, and surprising,” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has…

The Man Who Shouts Fire In A Crowded Theater Authored by Daniel Klein via The Brownstone Institute, In the Vice-Presidential debate, the Democratic candidate Tim Walz used shouting fire in a crowded theater…

The Republican is supposed to be anti-war and anti-interventionist, but keeps making a glaring exception for Israel When Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky recently stood next to Trump in search of support against…

Gross domestic product is expected to decline by 0.2% this year, according to the ministry for economic affairs Germany’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to decline by 0.2% in 2024, according…

FOMC Minutes Show Fed Considerably More Divided Over Size Of Rate Cut Since the last FOMC meeting on September 18th, bonds have suffered a bloodbath while gold, stocks, and the dollar are…

Russia possesses “irrefutable evidence” of the supply of toxic chemicals to Kiev, the country’s mission to the UK has said The collective West has been facilitating the supply of banned toxic chemicals…

More than 30 countries are jointly developing the experimental reactor Russian energy giant Rosatom is extending its participation in a global nuclear fusion megaproject currently being developed in southern France, the company’s…

The US spy agency is having a #MeToo moment, according to the outlet Almost a third of CIA employees have experienced inappropriate sexual conduct in the workplace at least once during their…

Milton Could Trigger $175 Billion Worst-Case Damage Scenario As of Wednesday afternoon, Milton, a dangerous Category 4 hurricane, is set to make landfall on Florida’s Central Gulf Coast near the Tampa region later tonight…

Near Record Foreign Demand For Tailing 10Y Auction After yesterday’s ugly, tailing 3Y auction, which saw a plunge in foreign demand as a result of the recent spike in yields as faith…

Judge Denies Deadspin’s Bid To Dismiss Defamation Suit Involving 9-Year-Old Chiefs Fan Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, A Delaware judge has refused to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against online…

President Trump did a more lighthearted interview/discussion with the Flagrant podcast to, in their words: “break down his stance on abortion, who he really thinks tried to take him out, and his…

Russia & Turkey Block Discord Over Content Violations In the last 24 hours the governments of Russia and Turkey have effectively banned the Discord social media platform. Both countries cited the failure…

Russia Blasts Kamala Harris For ‘Outrageous, Boorish’ Remarks On Putin Russia has blasted the “outrageous” remarks of US Vice President Kamala Harris when talking about President Vladimir Putin during a Howard Stern interview…

Analyzing Agency REITs Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Numerous reader requests following our article, Agency REITs For A Bull Steepener, prompted us to write this follow-up with more detail about how to…

Today, President Donald Trump will deliver remarks in Scranton, Pennsylvania at 3:00 pm EDT.  President Trump will be holding two campaign rallies today in Pennsylvania, one in Scranton (3pm) and another in…

It will be very interesting to see how CBS News and 60-Minutes respond to the evidence of their severe manipulation of the Kamala Harris interview. CBS has been caught with direct evidence…

Disney Resort In Direct Path Of Hurricane Milton, Faces $200 Million Hit  Walt Disney World Resort is in Hurricane Milton’s forecasted path. Analysts from Goldman expect closures and disruptions from the storm…

Ukraine’s ambassador to Türkiye has floated a proposal for indirect negotiations Ukraine is still interested in holding a “peace summit” that would involve Russia by the end of this year, Kiev’s envoy…

European “submission” to the US would be prolonged for a century if Moscow loses in Ukraine, according to Emmanuel Todd A Ukrainian defeat would represent a victory for Europe, French anthropologist Emmanuel…

Who Is Peter Todd – The Man HBO Identified As Satoshi Nakamoto? Authored by Stephen Katte via CoinTelegraph.com, On Oct. 8. HBO’s documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery identified Peter Todd as Bitcoin’s pseudonymous…

Ukrainian forces have been driven out of two Russian villages near the border, the Defense Ministry has said Russian troops have liberated two villages in Kursk Region, the Defense Ministry announced on…

The bloc is losing its competitiveness due to soaring prices, according to the Hungarian PM The EU’s refusal to buy Russian energy has been crippling the bloc’s economic growth, Hungarian Prime Minister…

WTI Holds Losses After Large Crude Build, Huge Gasoline Draw Oil prices are falling once again as hope for more China demand (stimmies) fade and last night’s huge crude inventory build reported…

“Chaos Is Coming” – Rubino Warns “Trust Horizon Is Shrinking Everywhere” Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Analyst and financial writer John Rubino has long warned of a massive financial crisis.  With unstoppable wars in…

Kiev’s forces have also lost two tanks and numerous Western-made artillery systems over the past 24 hours, according to military officials in Moscow Russian troops have destroyed two Ukrainian armored vehicles with…

China Stocks Crash Most Since Covid As Desperate Investors Bet On Saturday MoF Bazooka Announcement One day after Hong Kong stocks crashed the most since Lehman even as Chinese A-shares jumped to…

The Colorado Supreme Court has dismissed a case against Jack Phillips who refused to make a gender transition cake The Colorado Supreme Court has dismissed a case against a Christian baker who…

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gives an update on state preparations for Hurricane Milton.  There is a strong state emphasis on fuel supplies and alternatives from Port of Tampa to ensure fuel is…

NatGas Bulls Rejoice: Colder Winter Lower 48 Forecasts May “Place Upward Pressure” On Prices The Energy Information Administration and the Natural Gas Supply Association recently released reports forecasting colder winter weather trends for the…

These 6 Michigan Counties Could Decide Who Wins 2024 Presidential Election Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), It’s no surprise Democratic Party presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris…

German Sour Grapes By Teeuwe Mevissen, senior macro strategist at Rabobank Sour grapes. According to the Cambridge Dictionary one of the ways to interpret this idiom is: ‘bad behaviour that happens because…

The gathering was reportedly scrapped after US President Joe Biden pulled out This week’s planned meeting of the heads of state of Ukraine’s backers in Germany has been canceled after US President…

The “boorish” rhetoric from the US Democratic nominee is a sign of “frustration and impotence,” the Russian embassy has said Derogatory statements about Russian President Vladimir Putin by US Vice President Kamala…

By now I am assuming many people on the West and Southwest coast of Florida are either evacuated or staying put.  With approximately 12 hours before deteriorating conditions arrive, I have been…

Burkina Faso’s prime minister says his country prefers to work with Moscow as a new partner Burkina Faso’s prime minister, Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambela, has cited dissatisfaction with previous partnerships with Western…

MOSCOW, OCTOBER 9, 2024 — RT Academy, RT’s international educational project, is launching its first Chinese-language media course for journalists. The online course, which is free of charge, will commence on November 5, with…

Biden To Announce $2.6 Billion In Wisconsin For Replacing Lead Pipes Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Joe Biden will be in Wisconsin on Oct. 8 to…

Afghan National Who Entered US On Special Visa Charged With Plotting Election Day Massacre A 27-year-old Afghan national who entered the US shortly after the Biden-Harris administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan has…

Harris Attempts To Blame Trump For FEMA Hurricane Relief Failures Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Kamala Harris reverted to her default position when talking to the cackling hags on The View…

Boeing Nukes Contract Offer With Union As S&P Warns About Potential Negative Credit Rating On Prolonged Strike  Boeing’s troubles keep piling up. On Tuesday, S&P Global Ratings placed the struggling aircraft manufacturer on…

The US president has canceled a trip to Germany to deal with Hurricane Milton US President Joe Biden has opted out of a meeting between Western arms donors and Ukrainian officials in…

The troop was seized while taking part in an anti-terrorism operation Tensions have resurfaced in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), an insurgency-hit region along India’s border with Pakistan, after the body of an…

Pyongyang has said it will build strong defense structures on the border in response to US-South Korean military drills North Korea’s military has announced that it will cut off all roads and…

The parts of Bob Woodward’s book about contacts continuing after the US president left office are ‘bogus’, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said A claim that former US President Donald Trump had as…

Republicans Most Trusted On Energy Policy As US Election Nears… But Barely Authored by Julianne Geiger via OilPrice.com, Energy has become a hot-button issue as voters prepare to head to the polls,…

Futures Drop On DOJ’s Google Crackdown, China Plunge US equity futures are lower on news that the DOJ is considering a breakup of Alphabet’s Google search engine, in what would be a…

Milton Barrels Towards Tampa-Area As A Cat. 5 Hurricane   Milton strengthened overnight into a devastating Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds in excess of 160 mph. The National Hurricane Center reported early…

US Antitrust Officials Consider Google Breakup As ‘Trustbusting Era’ May Return The US Department of Justice and a group of states submitted a document detailing a proposed remedy framework in the ongoing antitrust case against big…

American warships were operating in the area with their transponders switched off, Politiken has reported US Navy vessels were operating at the scene shortly before the explosions that crippled the Nord Stream…

There’s So Many Single-Stock ETFs, We’re Running Out Of Ticker Symbols “Competition for them has never been fiercer. In a way similar to ‘cybersquatting,’ we can see market participants constantly grabbing tickers,…

Nuclear Power Likely To Grow By Getting Smaller Authored by Kevin Stocklin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), In the midst of growing demand for low-carbon base-load electricity, nuclear power is increasingly…

Californian Households To Receive Climate Credit In October Utility Bills To Offset Increased Prices Authored by Travis Gillmore via The Epoch Times, More than 11.5 million customers of privately owned utility companies…

Denmark Delays Hydrogen Pipeline To Germany Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Denmark looks to commission a cross-border green hydrogen pipeline to Germany in 2031, three years later than the previous timeline,…

Trevor Reed traveled to the country after being released by Moscow in a 2022 prisoner swap with Washington Former US Marine Trevor Reed has been sentenced in absentia by a Moscow court…

The Irish Times claims Dublin is considering ending free-accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees starting from March 2025 The Irish government is considering ending its program of providing free housing to all new…

The Israeli PM insists that he needs to talk to President Joe Biden and work out a response to Iran’s attack first, the media has reported Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has…

The popular messaging platform was blocked by court decision over safety concerns after having faced a similar verdict in Russia Turkish authorities have blocked access to the popular instant-messaging platform Discord after…

Algeria’s head of state has accused Paris of colonial-era “genocide” Algeria’s leader, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has ruled out an official visit to France amid a feud over President Emmanuel Macron’s support for Morocco…

A new Marburg fever vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective ahead of clinical trials A vaccine for the prevention of Marburg virus disease, developed by Vector State Scientific Center…

Over 1,000 employees are demanding wage hikes Employees at a Samsung Electronics factory in southern India’s Tamil Nadu state are set to continue their month-long strike after rejecting a settlement offer from…

Overnight, Hurricane Milton weakened somewhat and lessened in size. However, it is expected to regain strength today and then perhaps weaken as it closes in on the Florida West Coast. All interests…

Military victory over Ukraine may be followed by reparation demands, Rodion Miroshnik has said Russian officials are keeping track of damage caused by Ukrainian military actions, so that Moscow has accurate figures…

If Donald Trump wins the US presidential election, he will make the EU stance on the conflict irrelevant, the Hungarian PM claims The European Union must act now to settle the Ukraine…

Paris Preps For WWIII: 1000s Of French Soldiers To Arrive In Romania For Simulated Combat With Russia Via Remix News, The next year will be crucial for the French army, which has…

Projected Supply Deficits For Key Energy Transition Metals The demand for clean energy metals will grow by more than 400% by 2030, according to the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC).  Supply, however, is…

A wish list for weapons has been compiled by the senior American general in Europe, Christopher Cavoli, according to the news network The top general for US forces in Europe, Christopher Cavoli,…

Jens Stoltenberg was recently succeeded as head of the US-led military bloc by former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will chair the Munich International Security Conference…

Corrupt Ukrainian Official’s Son Found Lying In Bed With Huge Sum Of Money; $6 Million Seized From Medical Fraud Op Via Remix News, A huge corruption case was uncovered in Khmelnytskyi, western…

Zelensky’s public demands for ending the conflict with Russia do not reflect discussions behind the scenes, the agency has said Kiev’s allies in the West believe that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky may…

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…

America Is Falling Apart: Our National Priorities Are In Dire Need Of Restructuring Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way…

Google Turns To Nuclear To Power Its Data Centers Two weeks ago, Microsoft set the utility space ablaze – metaphorically speaking – when we learned that the tech giant had made a…

Two former Moscow investigators were found guilty of accepting a $75.4 million bribe from hackers they extorted A Moscow court has sentenced former investigator Marat Tambiev to 16 years in a maximum-security…

Russia Tacitly Recognizes China’s Self-Proclaimed Status As A “Near-Arctic State” Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, CNN reported last week that “China’s Coast Guard claims to have entered the Arctic Ocean for…

‘Self-Rescue’ – Yes, You Need To Be Able To Do This… Authored by Karl Denninger via Market-Ticker.org, Self-rescue. How many times do you need to see it before you believe it? People…

The people of Lebanon should overthrow the armed group to avoid the fate of Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Israeli strikes have killed not only Hezbollah’s longtime chief Hassan Nasrallah but also…

David Stockman On Why Biden-Harris Could Not Print, Borrow, Or Spend Their Way To A Strong Economy Authored by David Stockman via InternationalMan.com, A goodly part of the “strong” economy illusion derives…

Ron Paul: American Neocons Get Their Iran War As Congress Sleeps Authored by Ron Paul Over the weekend, the Commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), General Michael Kurilla, arrived in Israel to…

After Ending Presidential Bid, RFK Jr. Focused On America’s Chronic Disease Problem Authored by Jeff Louderback via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), As the dust settles on his White House bid, Robert…

The messaging and VOIP platform has run afoul of anti-terrorism laws The Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor has issued a ban on Discord, the messaging platform popular with gamers and cryptocurrency groups, for…

New York’s Prop One: A Trojan Horse Of Epic Proportions Authored by Bobbie Anne Flower Cox via The Brownstone Institute, was interviewed last week by the New York Post about an extremely important issue…a…

The Category 5 Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall in Florida late Wednesday Over a million people in Florida have been told to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton, a Category 5…

Costco Gold Bars Are Selling Out Even As Prices Surge, Survey Finds Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Costco shoppers are purchasing the store’s 1-ounce gold bars at a high…

US Set Record-Highs In Natural Gas Power Generation This Summer By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com Low natural gas prices, hotter summer weather, and new generation capacity sent U.S. natural gas-fired power generation…

Many of Kiev’s sponsors are only pretending to back the country’s membership, according to Hungarian FM Peter Szijjarto Most NATO members are acting “unfairly” towards Ukrainians and do not actually support the…

Brazil Reinstates X After Musk Meets Demands Five weeks after Brazil’s full Supreme Court upheld a nationwide ban on social media platform X, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday authorized…

North Korea Becoming A Nuclear ‘Military Superpower’, Kim Jong Un Declares North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country is becoming a “military superpower” capable of deploying nuclear weapons, an…

IV Fluid Shortage: Hospital Group Asks Federal Government To Declare National Emergency Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The American Hospital Association (AHA) is urging the federal government to declare…

Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk sat down for a conversation about current political events. The almost two-hour discussion was carried live on Twitter and is available on the platform HERE. Also Embedded…

The US should fix its domestic mess instead of blaming everything on Russia, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman believes The “enormous scandal” around US rapper Sean Combs, also known as P Diddy, has…

A missile attack on Damascus reportedly left at least seven dead and 11 wounded, including women and children At least seven civilians were killed and 11 more wounded in an Israeli airstrike…

US Mega-Cap Tech Spikes As China’s Chunder Drags Down Crude, Crypto, & Gold Chinese stocks puked hard overnight as the return from Golden Week was greeted by less-then-wished-for stimulus chatter from China……

Is This The Democrats’ Doomsday Plan In Case Trump Wins? Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, Election Headed for Photo Finish It’s hard to believe, but the election is now under a…

California Faces Wave Of Lawsuits Over Gender Identity Notification In Schools Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A mother’s tears of worry and frustration over her 17-year-old daughter’s…

I was initially wondering why it took CBS 60-Minutes over 36 hours to upload the full interview to their YouTube account.  Now things make sense. CBS 60-Minutes not only edited the interview,…

The Securities and Exchange Commission is overstepping its jurisdiction by regulating the cryptocurrency industry, Crypto.com alleges The cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has filed a lawsuit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for…

The Opposite Of Truth Is Not Just Lies, It Is Chaos… Authored by Patricia McCarthy via AmericanThinker.com, “A society becomes totalitarian when its structure becomes flagrantly artificial:  that is when its ruling…

Gruesome, Tailing 3Y Auction Sees Plunge In Foreign Demand As Buyers Flee One would think that the first coupon auction after the Fed’s rate cut would have passed better; one would be…