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Renewed clashes in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, Lebanon on Wednesday
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Nancy Pelosi Illegally Ripping Up Documents Meant For The Congressional Record

Dramatic, but in the end there were other copies of President Trump’s State of the Union speech.
Posted by: Jeremiah Jomosing7109 || 08/03/2023 06:34 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1  Have not heard much from the old cow of late. Is she well ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/03/2023 8:39 Comments || Top||

#2  Pelosi’s daughter is “caretaker” for Feinstein. I Pelosi is focused in on influencing the Senate on the DL. Based on Nancy’s condition, the daughter may end up double-shifting.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/03/2023 10:00 Comments || Top||

#3  Look at that putz Pence. I was inspired to learn a term: Backpfeiengesicht.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 08/03/2023 11:24 Comments || Top||

#4  Oops, "backpfeifengesicht".
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 08/03/2023 11:29 Comments || Top||

#5  tANYA
CHUTPAH
THE tRIAL jUDGE bACKS wARMONGER jOE bIDEN
Posted by: Winky Smiter of the Hatfields1440 || 08/03/2023 16:03 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Now NYC is considering housing migrants in tents in CENTRAL PARK - a drastic move not seen since the pandemic - as 500 flood into the city every day
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/03/2023 07:50 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


#2  ^ that's why there was Ellis Island - to screen contagious diseases from entering the population. Fools never learn. Enjoy stuffing the ballot box.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/03/2023 10:29 Comments || Top||

#3  New Yorkers voted for it. Think they'll learn their lesson? Me neither.
Posted by: Shinemble Omenter9007 || 08/03/2023 10:31 Comments || Top||

#4  NYC dwellers go to places that aren't sh*tholes and then can't wait to rush back to their kennel smelling garbage dump and insist it's the best place in the world.

No, learning is not their strong suit.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/03/2023 10:35 Comments || Top||

#5  Let the UN run the camp. We can get a look at their skills up close and personal.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/03/2023 11:19 Comments || Top||


Economy
US credit rating downgraded in shock move: 'Deterioration in standards of governance'
[NYPOST] Ratings agency Fitch on Tuesday downgraded the US government’s top credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing an expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years as well as a high and growing general government debt burden.

The dollar ticked lower following the downgrade, which came two months after President Biden and the Republican-controlled House reached a debt ceiling agreement after months of political brinkmanship. The deal lifted the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling.

"In Fitch’s view, there has been a steady deterioration in standards of governance over the last 20 years, including on fiscal and debt matters, notwithstanding the June bipartisan agreement to suspend the debt limit until January 2025," the rating agency said in a statement.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she disagreed with Fitch’s downgrade, in a statement that called it "arbitrary and based on outdated data."

Investors use credit ratings to assess the risk profile of companies and governments when they raise financing in the debt capital markets.

"This was unexpected, kind of came from left field," said Keith Lerner, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Truist Advisory Services, Atlanta. "As far as the market impact, it’s uncertain right now. The market is at a point where it’s somewhat vulnerable to bad news..."

The dollar moved lower against a basket of major currencies after the announcement. US stock index futures had yet to resume trading.

In a previous debt ceiling crisis in 2011, Standard & Poor’s cut the US top ’AAA’ rating by one notch a few days after a debt ceiling deal, citing political polarization and insufficient steps to right the nation’s fiscal outlook. Its rating is still ’AA-plus’ — its second highest.

After the S&P downgrade, US stocks tumbled and the impact of the rating cut was felt across global stock markets, which were at the time already in the throes of a financial meltdown in the euro zone. Paradoxically, US Treasuries prices rose because of a flight to quality from equities.

In May, Fitch had placed its "AAA" rating of US sovereign debt on watch for a possible downgrade, citing downside risks including political brinkmanship and a growing debt burden.
Posted by: Fred || 08/03/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  'Deterioration in standards of governance'

No shit. Someone finally noticed and said it out loud?
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/03/2023 0:05 Comments || Top||

#2  US credit downgrade 'entirely unwarranted': Yellen
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/03/2023 0:23 Comments || Top||

#3  Like the downturn in doctor's house calls, perhaps it's only "transitory."
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/03/2023 2:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Where are the downgrades for the ESG scammers?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/03/2023 7:08 Comments || Top||

#5  The "best" part about it was all of these "Biden" admin. buffoons blaming it all on Trump.

Just can't make it up.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 08/03/2023 8:34 Comments || Top||

#6  We have charged up all our credit cards. We will now go through the minimum payment portion of the spiral of death. The people that are finger pointing are out of line. It is too early for that stage of the inevitable process of demise.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/03/2023 9:33 Comments || Top||

#7  some of my democrat(idiot)friends blame it ( most arrogently) on the Republican congress
Posted by: 746 || 08/03/2023 11:49 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Barack Obama 'warned Joe Biden that Donald Trump's die-hard following and media mastery will make him hard to beat in 2024'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/03/2023 07:26 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


#2  /\ Fewer FBI infiltrators and agent provocateurs as well? NYC per diem is very high and the hotels are full of.... migrants. Can we have that 6Jan baseline again please Director Wray ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/03/2023 7:48 Comments || Top||

#3  There doesn’t seem to be an end to the media willingness to shovel some more “Obama is a genius” manure onto our lifetime supply.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/03/2023 10:18 Comments || Top||

#4  What's the latest on that chef?
Posted by: Shinemble Omenter9007 || 08/03/2023 10:37 Comments || Top||

#5  ^ Still dead pining for the fjords
Posted by: Frank G || 08/03/2023 11:11 Comments || Top||

#6  Consider that Obama may have been actually doing an in-person assessment about how far gone the Puppet really is, to get a sense of how much time is left, and what are the options to finish the term or pop smoke and eject what left of the tendrils of Version 3.0?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 08/03/2023 12:23 Comments || Top||


Bad Dad
[PJMedia] Joe and Jill Biden’s daughter Ashley confirmed on an audio recording that the diary she abandoned at a Palm Beach residence is hers, according to a shocking new report by Project Veritas. The investigative news outlet founded by James O’Keefe not only confirmed again that the diary and other belongings left behind at the home were Ashley’s but also included the original call to Veritas’s tip line to prove they hadn’t stolen it.
So the Secret Service knew it wasn't stolen but tried to hang the owners of the house anyway.
An audio recording of the woman who called Project Veritas’s tip line on Sept. 3, 2020, said her family knew the people who rented out the house and that Ashley Biden stayed in one of the bedrooms and left behind a diary. On the voicemail, the unidentified woman said, "The diary is pretty crazy. I think it’s worth taking a look at. It’s not a joke, it’s real. I’d love to get it in your hands."

It sure was "crazy." Ashley Biden suffered from sexual and drug addictions and wrote in her diary that her dad would often take showers with her. She also wrote that she would wait until late at night to take showers to avoid her dad slipping into the shower with her.
So Creepy Joe really is a pedophile. This doesn't say much for "Doctor" Jill, either
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 08/03/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [30 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Weekend at Bernie's
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/03/2023 0:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Does it matter? Not in the least.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 08/03/2023 0:51 Comments || Top||

#3  Shocking? Only to a very few.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/03/2023 2:03 Comments || Top||

#4  Not the most dysfunctional fambly in America, but the most catastrophically misplaced one as far as our country's present and future are concerned.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/03/2023 7:09 Comments || Top||

#5  Their dysfunction spans several decades and is a reason to pray for them. This weaponization of federal officers is why character is important in who you vote for even in low position.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/03/2023 9:21 Comments || Top||

#6  Bongino had this shocking poll this morning that showed: "A strong majority of 63% in our poll suggested that President Joe Biden should either be impeached (33%) or resign immediately (30%) if the charges prove true. Just 20% said Biden should “Stay in office and run again in 2024, if he wishes.” Another 17% said they weren’t sure."

37% of those polled didn't care or were unsure even if Biden was proved to be corrupt!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 08/03/2023 12:30 Comments || Top||

#7  So the hardcore Democrat or die is down to 20%. Good to know.
Posted by: ruprecht || 08/03/2023 20:37 Comments || Top||



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