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‘September’ October Surprises! Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, An October surprise is usually defined as the well-known (and more often left-wing) tactic of manufacturing or unloading a news story…

Y’all know I sit very close to Suspicious Cat when it comes to the motives and intents of Robert F Kennedy Jr.  However, that said, I put aside those concerns to state…

Massive losses have seen the energy giant drop out of the country’s top 100 most-profitable companies, according to the magazine Russia’s state-run energy giant Gazprom has dropped out of this year’s Forbes…

The Israeli military has said the airstrike on southern Beirut targeted Abu Saleh The Israeli military claimed on Thursday that it had killed Mohammed Srur, allegedly the head of Hezbollah’s drone command,…

The order comes despite mounting international calls for a ceasefire Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his country’s military to continue “fighting with full force” against Lebanon, rejecting international calls for…

In First Post-Rate-Cut Speech, Fed Chair Powell Doesn’t Comment On Monetary Policy Fed Chair Powell has a chance to express his opinions for the first time after the unexpected 50 basis point…

The two nuclear powers clashed along their Himalayan frontier in 2020 and have been negotiating ever since India and China have made “significant progress” on resolving issues along their border in eastern…

Pending Home Sales Limp Off All-Time Record Lows In August Despite tumbling mortgage rates and surging mortgage applications, pending home sales in the US rose just 0.6% MoM in August (less than…

Moscow’s embassy in Cameroon says the trip is a sign of strengthening bilateral cooperation The Russian Navy ship Smolny has docked at Cameroon’s largest port, Douala, as part of an Atlantic tour,…

The US president’s authorization from Congress to spend the money expires next week US President Joe Biden announced nearly $8 billion in military aid to Ukraine on Thursday, releasing the remaining funding…

Final Q2 GDP Beats Estimates On Inventory, Government Boosts; Second Half 2023 Revised Lower Nobody will care about today’s final revision of the Q2 GDP print for the simple reason that the…

The Ukrainian leader has nothing to offer his Western backers, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has no genuine plan to resolve the conflict with Russia, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov…

It will allow member states to effectively and independently service trade with each other, the Russian president has said The BRICS member nations are jointly developing a payment and settlement framework to…

Between 40,000 and 100,000 Poles are estimated to have been murdered by Ukrainian Nazi collaborators European MPs have voted down a proposal calling on Kiev to apologize for the so-called Volyn massacres…

Former FBI staff operations specialist Marcus Allen gave stunning testimony Wednesday, outlining how the FBI targets and persecutes anyone inside the institution who does not align with the institutional mission of domination…

Oil Prices Slide After FT Report On Saudi Production, Russia Denies OPEC+ Shift Is there something about $70 WTI that ‘the powers that be’ are afraid of? Source: Bloomberg A month ago,…

Global Markets Soar, Gold Hits Record After China Vows Fiscal Policy Bonanza, Micron Surges Global stocks are soaring after China pledged fiscal stimulus even as traders raised their bets on interest-rate cuts…

China Goes “All Out”As Xi Vows Fiscal Stimulus To Save Private Economy, Stabilize Real Estate And Boost Stock Markets Yesterday, when describing the latest round of monetary stimulus out of Beijing, we…

Port Of New York-New Jersey Details Strike Operations Plan By Stuart Chirls of FreightWaves The second-busiest U.S. ocean container port urged shippers to wind down cargo business less than a week before…

Keir Starmer made the gaffe as he was outlining London’s stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has demanded that Palestinian armed group Hamas release “sausages” being held in…

Vladimir Zelensky’s refusal to make a deal with Russia has cost him his country, the former US president has declared Former US President Donald Trump has hammered Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky for…

Belgian firms cannot break long-term contracts with Moscow unless there are bloc-wide restrictions, its energy minister has said    Belgium, one of the EU’s biggest importers of Russia liquefied natural gas (LNG),…

Hurricane Helene Becomes ‘Nightmare’ Storm With ‘Unsurvivable’ Storm Surge Ahead Of Florida Landfall  The National Hurricane Center has upgraded fast-moving Hurricane Helene to a Category 2 storm, with forecasts expecting further intensification to Category 3 or higher…

Moderator For VP Debate Tied To Donations For Radical, Pedo-Friendly ‘Lincoln Project’ Authored by Ben Sellers via HeadlineUSA, The husband of one of the two moderators in next week’s CBS News debate…

Initial Jobless Claims Drop Back Near Multi-Decade Lows Just a week after The Fed slashed rates by a crisis-like 50bps, initial jobless claims tumbled back towards multi-decade lows (217k)… Source: Bloomberg Texas…

The Alphabet subsidiary has restricted the creation of new accounts in the country, according to Moscow’s digital ministry Russian Google users should create backup copies of their data, Moscow’s Ministry of Digital…

The former US president has said any attack against him is “a death wish” for the perpetrator Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has claimed there are “big threats” on his life by…

Swiss police have detained several people after an American woman died using the device Police in Switzerland announced several arrests on Tuesday after the controversial Sarco pod, nicknamed the ‘suicide capsule’, was…

The US-led bloc would likely have to evacuate large numbers of casualties using hospital trains, its logistics chief has said  NATO would have to deal with a large number of frontline casualties…

The Krasnodar Region is expanding its trade with countries including Egypt and Cote D’Ivoire, the deputy governor has said The Krasnodar Region, one of Russia’s main agricultural hubs, continues to develop trade…

The late PMC boss reportedly made deals with Chinese companies by transferring money with the help of HSBC and JPMorgan Evgeny Prigozhin, the late founder of Russian private military company Wagner, secretly…

Sam Altman-Backed Nuclear Startup Oklo Signs Agreement With Dept. Of Energy For Next Phase Of Siting In Idaho Sam Altman-backed Nuclear SMR company Oklo announced this morning it had finalized an agreement…

Millionaire Home Renters: The Start Of A Multi-Income Bracket Trend Authored by Jack Ryan & John Tamny via RealClearMarkets, “We steadily began to realize the magnitude of the task ahead of us,…

New Delhi is eyeing Africa for critical minerals that are instrumental in shaping the nation’s energy transition, as well as establishing it as a leading power in the Global South Lithium, frequently…

As many as 250 robotic aircraft have been destroyed on the ground by Moscow’s forces, the Russian military has claimed The Russian Defense Ministry claims to have destroyed up to 250 Ukrainian…

Washington will send medium-range cluster bombs and munitions for HIMARS systems as part of the package The US has approved a $375 million package of “urgently needed weapons” for Kiev, US Secretary…

Putin’s proposal to update Russia’s nuclear doctrine should discourage the West from supporting aggression against Moscow, the Kremlin says A proposal by Russian President Vladimir Putin to update the national nuclear doctrine…

Qatar Becomes 1st Arab State To Join US Visa Waiver Program Despite Warm Hamas Ties Via Middle East Eye The US has said it will waive visa requirements for citizens of Qatar, making the gas-rich…

Former CDC Director Robert Redfield Praises “Make America Healthy Again”  Former CDC Director Robert Redfield, who served during the Trump administration, wrote an editorial in Newsweek praising President Trump’s decision to join forces…

The region bordering Pakistan is holding its first local assembly election in a decade New Delhi has invited diplomats from 15 countries to observe the election in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), a…

The Telegram founder reportedly earns just one dirham per year ($0.27), despite having a fortune worth up to $15.5 billion The founder and CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has told French investigators…

The culprits are forcing Berlin to hide the truth and blame “Ukrainian desperados,” Russian intelligence has claimed The US and UK masterminded the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in an…

The UN says the parties have signed a preliminary agreement on procedures for appointing new leadership of the institution The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) says representatives of the country’s rival…

The German weekly claims it knows the identities of Ukrainian divers which it says blew up the pipelines German weekly Der Spiegel has claimed that it knows the identities of the divers…

Kiev’s plans for 2025 will require support from partners to have a chance of success, Rustem Umerov has said Ukraine is almost entirely dependent on Western military assistance to continue fighting Russia,…

Any decision on Kiev joining the bloc should not be rushed, the Turkish president has said The US is the main opponent of Ukraine joining NATO, although many other countries in the…

These Are The Most Dangerous Migration Routes Between 2014 and September 25, 2024, more than 30,000 people either died or went missing in the Western, Central and Eastern Mediterranean according to data by…

US To Sanction Former Georgian Leader Over Opposition To NATO Membership Authored by Kyle Anzalone via The Libertarian Institute, Washington is preparing sanctions against former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili over his…

Claims that the operation was privately funded are laughable, Vyacheslav Volodin said following Der Spiegel’s latest retelling of the events US President Joe Biden “was behind” the sabotage of the Nord Stream…

World’s Top Financial Centers Grow More Diverse Established financial centers have lost some of their shine in the past decade, according to the Global Financial Centres Index by UK research initiative Long Finance, which has…

A Globalism Of Ideas – Inside The UN’s “Pact For The Future” Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, The United Nation’s Summit of the Future is over. The “great and good”  of…

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…

China Poses Greater Challenges To US Than Cold War: Deputy Secretary of State Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The United States is facing a threat from China’s…

Beijing has said the “routine” test was not directed against any country Beijing has test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), with the Chinese military calling it part of routine annual training, even…

Moscow’s updated deterrence doctrine is a warning to the West to stop testing its patience, Colonel Rohit Dev believes The Russian government has announced changes to its nuclear doctrine, but according to…

Does The Gen Z “Doom Spending” Trend Explain Why Retail Sales Haven’t Collapsed Yet? Increasing retail sales have been constantly held up over the past couple of years by the establishment media…

ID Theft And False Credit Applications Drive 54% Surge In Auto Fraud: Equifax Canada Authored by Ritika Dubey via The Canadian Press, Driven by fake credit applications and identity theft, automotive fraud…

Ports Preparing For Hurricane Helene As Storm Bears Down On Florida By Brinley Hineman of FreightWaves Florida ports are preparing for Hurricane Helene, which is expected to make landfall in the state…

The New York Times is reporting that a federal indictment is soon to be unsealed against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.  Details of the indictment are unknown. New York Times –…

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Hit With Historic Federal Indictment New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal criminal charges, marking a historic first for the city as he becomes…

High Survey Nonresponse Rates May Affect Monthly Jobs Report Authored by Andrew Morgan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Employment growth has been overestimated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) over…

Texas Warns Venezuelan Prison Gang “Activity Happening Across State”  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took to X on Tuesday. He wasn’t speaking about the need for racial equity in America’s highways or woke activism…

The Counter-Constitutional Movement: The Assault On America’s Defining Principles Authored by Jonathan Turley, Kamala Harris declared in Tuesday’s debate that a vote for her is a vote “to end the approach that is…

Musk Was Right… OpenAI Shuts-Down Non-Profit Control, CTO Exits OpenAI’s Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati became the latest in a string of high-profile departures from the leading AI company this afternoon.  Ilya…

99 College Campuses Closed Over the Past Year – Is Yours Next? Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Abbey Ballentine, a student from Ohio’s Cleveland area, selected nearby…

Energy Secretary Granholm Emphasizes Need For Small Modular Reactors To Power AI Data Centers In an appearance on CNBC Tuesday morning, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm sure seemed to acknowledge that small modular…

The latest escalation has erased the “unwritten rules” of war between Israel and Hezbollah, the diplomat has told RT The risk of full-scale war between Israel and Lebanon is extremely high, according…

The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (SHSGAC) wants everyone to know that the Secret Service really made a lot of mistakes in Butler, Pennsylvania, leading to the attempted assassination of…

Those who built the Nazi death camp will presumably attend, Aleksandar Vucic has said Excluding Russians from marking the 80th anniversary of Soviet troops liberating Auschwitz illustrates what’s wrong with the West,…

Putin Lowers Threshold Of Nuclear Weapons Use In Dramatic Warning Aimed At NATO At a moment the West – especially the US and UK – are still mulling whether to allow Ukraine…

Damning Senate Report On Massive Secret Service Failures Authored by Jeff Carlson & Hans Mahncke via Truth Over News, The Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs just released a blistering…

The National Hurricane Center is narrowing the forecast path of Hurricane Helene, while strongly emphasizing the importance of preparation for a dangerous storm impact in the Florida panhandle region.  Everyone in the…

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Enforcement of San Diego’s Offensive Speech Ordinance Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on Sept. 23 temporarily blocked the enforcement of San Diego’s…

The top House Republican has accused Ukraine’s envoy of meddling in US politics Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has called for Vladimir Zelensky to fire Oksana Markarova, the Ukrainian ambassador in…

“Sounds Like Corruption”: FCC Fast-Tracks “Soros Shortcut” Purchase Of 200+ Radio Stations The recent approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of billionaire activist George Soros’ acquisition of more than 200 Audacy…

Infamous DNC election manipulation operative Marc Elias is working furiously in the state of Pennsylvania to counter the disqualification of fraudulent ballots. In the Keystone state, specifically the area around Pittsburg known…

Leaks Show Russia Has Secret Project To Develop Advanced Drones In China: Report A new Reuters exclusive report is alleging that Russia is currently overseeing a secret program in China to produce long-range…

Deep strikes by Ukraine and attack on Belarus would now trigger atomic response Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a series of updates to the national strategy for using nuclear weapons, intended…

Holding a summit between Russia, US, China, France and UK cannot happen at present, Dmitry Peskov has said Moscow is still ready and willing to discuss the most pressing issues with the…

The Corrupt Economics Of Immigration Authored by Edward Ring via American Greatness, The common refrain among supporters of the Democratic Party’s open borders policy is that immigration helps the economy. A very…

At Least He’s Not A Communist… Authored by Eric Peters via EricPetersAutos.com, Trump is exasperating.  But he’s not a communist. The election that’s already under way (in part because of Trump’s exasperating…

Home Prices Set To Soar Amid Mortgage Refi Explosion The Fed could not have picked a worse time to start easing (although with the election in just over a month, the “apolitical”…

Watch: RNC Chair Tries To Memory-Hole Mark Robinson; N.C. Christians Won’t Let Him Authored by Ben Sellers via Headline USA, “North Carolina is becoming like a second home to me,” quipped Sen….

New Transcripts Prove President Trump’s Request For More Troops On January 6th Was Denied Authored by Eric Lendrum via American Greatness, After years of mainstream media accusations that former President Donald Trump…

Journalist Rick Morton has gone on a full-frontal attack against his fellow journalist at The Saturday Paper, Chris Wallace, accusing her of bias and dodgy reporting regarding her article on former public…

Is America’s Cultural Glue Weakening? Authored by David Rose via the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), It’s hard to imagine a starker difference in political visions than between Trump-Vance and Harris-Walz….

Stocks, Bonds, Crypto, & Crude Plunge Ahead Of Powell/PCE Markets are reversing some of the positive momentum seen over the past few sessions. The Nasdaq outperformed on the day (thanks to NVDA…

Lucky Timing: Nancy Pelosi’s Husband Dumps $500k In Visa Stock Months Before Federal Antitrust Charges Today in ‘total coincidences’ news, the world’s most gifted stock-picking family, the Pelosis, appear to have done…

First, my apologies for not emphasizing the point you raise within your sincere question. Several people have the same query, and it is worth reiterating a key facet that might help guide…

Kiev lost over 300 troops and many pieces of heavy equipment in Kursk Region, including two Leopard tanks, according to Moscow Russia’s Armed Forces have successfully repelled three attempts by Ukrainian troops…

It is the only language the West understands, the Russian Foreign Minister has said Moscow will achieve victory in Ukraine because that is the only language the West understands, Russian Foreign Minister…

“High-End Cat. 3” Hurricane Helene Forecast To Hit Florida’s Big Bend The National Hurricane Center reports around 1100 ET that Helene has reached hurricane status and is expected to produce “life-threatening storm surge,…

Mediocre 5Y Auction Prices On The Screws, Lowest Yield Since March 2023 One day after a solid 2Y auction stopped “on the screws”, moments ago the $70 billion 5Y auction did it…

The president has suggested several new criteria that would merit a nuclear response Russia should update its nuclear doctrine to clearly define circumstances that would prompt Moscow to launch a nuclear strike,…

China Reloads Monetary Bazooka With Record Cut To One-Year Policy Rate, But Everyone Waiting For Fiscal Firehose China is not done stimulating. One day after the PBOC shocked markets with a monetary…

Hidden Agendas: Beware Of The Government’s Push For A Digital Currency Authored by John & Nisha Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the…

Congress should know the situation before it continues to fund Kiev’s war effort, a Republican representative has argued Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has demanded information on Ukraine’s losses in the conflict with…

The organization is a tool of Western pressure, a Russian lawmaker has claimed The Council of Europe is engaged in “openly Russophobic” activities and Moscow should declare it undesirable, Russian lawmaker Andrey…

IDF Prepares Ground Invasion Of Lebanon, Calls Up Reserve Brigades After Hezbollah’s launch of an Iran-made ballistic missile on Tel Aviv, a first of the war which we detailed earlier, Israel is…