Yemen Overtakes Afghanistan As The World’s “Least Peaceful” Nation The Global Peace Index is a scoring system adopted by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). It identifies and measures 23 different metrics that drive peace in a country. Every year the non-partisan group ranks 163 countries based on factors such as military expenditure, weapons imports and exports, political terror scale, deaths from internal and external […]

Grand Jury Indicts New Hampshire Supreme Court Justice Over Allegations Of Case Interference Authored by Stephen Katte via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A New Hampshire Supreme Court Associate has been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly trying to interfere in an open investigation of her husband. The entrance to the Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers inside the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., on March 14, 2024. Todd […]

Billionaires’ Row Developer Buys Madison Ave. Office Tower For Condo Conversion Whether to tear down old office towers or convert them into multi-family residential structures involves a lot of consideration—including real estate values and zoning codes—and it’s important to note that some towers are not structurally supportive for conversion.  Developers have hired engineers to examine old towers across Manhattan and other […]

Deep Dive: The Election Will Decide President Trump’s Legal Fate Authored by Mike Davis via Unfazed and Determined (emphasis ours), For years, the Biden-Harris Justice Department, partisan Democrat state and local prosecutors, and private citizens—often funded by wealthy anti-Trump donors—have waged an unprecedented lawfare campaign against President Trump. We set out to provide a detailed update on the mind-boggling number of […]

Canada’s Trudeau Slammed Over “Black Justice” Proposal That Would Decriminalize Drugs, Empty Jails Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being slammed by conservatives over recommendations he seeks to implement from a standing committee on “black justice” in Canada. The proposal will make crime worse in Canada, conservatives led by MP Jamil Jivani have argued.  Jivani challenged Liberal Diversity Minister Kamal Khera at a […]

Albert Einstein & The Folly Of Marxist Sympathies Authored by Kgatlhiso Darius Leshaba via The Mises Institute, In the year 1949, the first issue of the socialist publication Monthly Review was released. Within the collection of essays, one stood out in particular. Notably, its author was none other than Albert Einstein. Somewhat misleadingly titled “Why Socialism?” the essay reads more like a critique of capitalism […]

We’re Told This Is Progress, But It’s Actually Anti-Progress Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, We need a new definition of Progress, and a reset of the mythology guiding our descent into “Anti-Progress”. There’s a curious disconnect between our glorification of Technological Progress and our real-world experience. If we step outside the tent of relentless propaganda touting science-fiction fantasies come to […]

“The Case Is More Serious”: NYT Hid Extent Of Kamala Harris Plagiarism From Their Own Expert Earlier this week journalist Chris Rufo revealed that Kamala Harris plagiarized giant sections of her book on crime, after famed Austrian “plagiarism hunter” Dr. Stefan Weber found that “Kamala Harris plagiarized at least a dozen sections of her criminal-justice book.” In response, the New York Times bent over backwards (and forwards) to […]

Netflix Stock Jumps After Beating Across The Board, Adding 5 Million New Subs Lots of eyes into NFLX earnings tonight, not only because it is the first “tech” company reporting, but because its stock has underperformed as of late post a big run YTD. According to Goldman, investors are looking for ~6mn subs in quarter, upside to FY FCF guide of ~6bn and then a revenue guide for 4Q that is inline-ish with the street (as a reminder, […]

Globalism And Freedom Do Not Mix Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Speaking with a friend about the migrant crisis in the United States, she made an interesting observation. Many of the most prosperous Western nations in the world today are facing the same problem. They are flooded with migrants who are overwhelming the system, infuriating the citizenry, adding fiscal burdens, disrupting public order, and leading to […]

Gold Hits New Record High; Dollar & Bond Yields Soar On ‘Good’-Data, ‘Trump-Trade’ ‘Soft’ (Philly Fed & NAHB) and ‘Hard’ data (Retail Sales, Initial Claims) improved today but manufacturing production shit the bed… Source: Bloomberg Ignoring the manufacturing slump, this data reinforced the ‘no landing’ narrative and pushed rate-cut expectations notably (hawkishly) lower… Source: Bloomberg Additionally, The Trump […]

Kamala Harris Celebrates Hamas Chief’s Killing, After Loudly Opposing Operation That Got Him Update(1600): Kamala Harris is hailing Israel’s killing of Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar. But last spring as the IDF was poised to expand its operations further south into Rafah, she was firmly against it. She had even warned of “consequences” (which of course never came). Throughout the more than year-long conflict the Biden-Harris […]

Russia Issues Forceful Warning Against Planned Israeli Strike On Iran Israeli security sources have told ABC News and CNN that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved a set of targets for retaliation strikes on Iran, considered imminent, following the Oct.1 major Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel. Still, no timeline has been given—only that the attack is expected to be carried out before November 5th, election […]

McKinsey Nears $500 Million Settlement With DOJ Over Opioid Probe McKinsey is going to be paying “at least $500 million” to settle probes into the company about its role in helping opioid makers boost their sales.  The settlement would add to penalties McKinsey has already paid to U.S. states for its work with opioid manufacturers, according to Bloomberg.  In 2021, the firm agreed to pay hundreds of millions to settle claims it […]

If Trump Wins, Guess Who Will Be In Charge Of Certifying The Election? Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, Do you know who will be in charge of certifying this election?  In January 2021, it was Vice-President Mike Pence, and we all remember how that turned out.  Well, an even more interesting scenario is shaping up this time around.  In January 2025, Vice-President Kamala Harris will be in charge of […]

After DEI Disaster, John Deere Announces More Layoffs Amid Worsening Farm Slump Illinois-based John Deere said a deepening farm slump has led to a drop in demand for its agricultural equipment, triggering a new round of layoffs across multiple US-based tractor factories. This also comes as Deere pulled back on disastours diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives following conservative backlash and boycotts.  Local media […]

Nvidia’s New Open-Source AI Model Beats GPT-4o On Benchmarks Authored by Tristan Greene via CoinTelegraph.com, Nvidia unceremoniously launched a new artificial intelligence model on Oct 15 that’s purported to outperform state-of-the-art AI systems including GPT-4o and Claude-3.  According to a post on the X.com social media platform from the Nvidia AI Developer account, the new model, dubbed Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct, […]

Chinese Stocks Tumble After Latest Round Of Property Stimulus Is A Dud After a brief burst of hope that Beijing had finally learned its lesson to not parade with fake “big bazookas” meant to simply boost its stock market for a few days (allowing members of the nomenklatura to sell their holdings into the spike) but to follow through forcefully and with resolve, we regret to inform readers that nothing at all has changed, and China […]

Zelensky Unveils ‘Victory Plan’ But No Sign It Has Support From The West Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday and unveiled his so-called “victory plan,” but there’s no sign any of Ukraine’s Western backers will support his proposals. Zelensky’s plan includes five points and three classified sections that he did not make public. The […]

SpaceX Sues California Over Political Targeting Authored by Eric Lendrum via American Greatness, On Tuesday, Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has filed a lawsuit against a California state agency over alleged political discrimination against the company. As reported by Politico, the lawsuit stems from the California Coastal Commission’s (CCC) decision to reject SpaceX’s plans to increase the number of experimental rocket […]

US Sends B-2 Stealth Bombers To Hit Houthi Underground Bunkers In War’s First In the early morning hours of Thursday the US sent B-2 stealth bombers to launch major bombing raids on Houthi targets in Yemen. Was this a preview bombing run ahead of the expected major Israeli attack on Iran? The warplanes hit underground bunkers used by the Houthis, and is the first known instance the B-2 stealth jets were deployed in combat over […]

Is “Peak Semi” The Real Deal By Russell Clark of the Capital Flows and Asset Markets Substack As hard as it may seem now, peak oil was a big thing around 2007 or so, as the oil price surged. The idea was that all the easy oil had been extracted, and that oil production was headed for a period of decline and high oil prices would be with us forever. Of course, economics and finance suggests that high prices will attract […]

Watch: CNN Panel Goes Berzerk When Guest Suggests ‘Field’ Blacks Voting For Trump Two CNN hosts went absolutely berzerk after a guest quoted Malcom X to suggest that blacks who support Kamala Harris are ‘house African Americans,’ while working class ‘field’ African Americans support Donald Trump. During a Wednesday appearance on CNN News Central, co-anchor Sara Sidner hosted pro-Trump radio host Shelley Wynter vs. pro-Harris […]

5 Reasons Why The Gold Rally Is Not Over Yet Authored by Ronnie Stoeferle via VonGreyerz.gold, +28.1%, +27.2%, +28.3% – this is the impressive performance of gold in the first 9 months of the year in US dollars, Euros and Swiss Francs, respectively. +42.3%, +35.0%, +31.1% – this is the even more impressive year-on-year performance as of the end of September. Given these figures, the question automatically arises: has the […]

Press Conferences, Meetings, & Summits By Maartje Wijffelaars, senior Eurozone economist at Rabobank Yesterday’s press conference by ASML’s CEO Fouquet did little to reassure investors. After a major drop in the company’s share price on Tuesday over disappointing orders, erasing some EUR 50bn of market value, shares fell another 5% on Wednesday – with some large swings during the day. ASML’s extended fall did drag […]