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Too much debt! The Federal Reserve thinks economic growth comes with lots of debt and low interest rates. The Fed succeeded in that banks, consumers and The Federal government went wild in borrowing money, but now a hangover is happening as inflation surged and interest rates rose. First, debt laden banks. Paper losses on the most opaque part of US banks’ bond portfolios are now close to $400bn — an all-time high, and 10 per cent above the peak at the start of the year that caused the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. Rising interest rates are really causing havoc...

As the war between Hamas and Israel unfolded in recent days, a Plainfield man became increasingly concerned about what he was hearing on conservative talk radio — and became agitated about the tenants living in his home, a Palestinian American mother and her young son, prosecutors said. On Saturday, he allegedly attacked her and then stabbed her 6-year-old son to death — horrific allegations that have stunned the Muslim community in Chicago and beyond and drawn condemnation from around the world, including from President Joe Biden. Joseph Czuba, 71, appeared in Will County court Monday morning in a red jumpsuit...

Less than six months after filing with the Chinese government to add solid-state batteries to three of its EV models, NIO has just filed to include the potentially game-changing technology to 11 more. With dozens of EVs powered by the lighter, safer, and more energy-dense cells, the automotive landscape overseas could soon look very different in that drivers can go further and charge faster. As one of the leading EV automakers in China, NIO ($NIO) is continuing to push innovation to its current limit, at least in terms of range and charge speeds. The company has been leveraging its relationship...

KINGSLAND, Ga. — A Black man who spent more than 16 years imprisoned in Florida on a wrongful conviction was fatally shot Monday by a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia during a traffic stop, authorities said. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is reviewing the shooting, identified the man as Leonard Allen Cure, 53. Cure had been represented in his exoneration case by the Innocence Project of Florida. The group’s executive director, Seth Miller, said he was devastated by news of the death, which he heard from Cure’s family.“I can only imagine what it’s like to know your son is innocent...

IT’S ON! The “Monday Night Football” matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and Los Angeles Chargers was scheduled for an 8:15 p.m. ET start time. Still, neither team had any interest in waiting, brawling in a pregame fight that saw the two sides throw haymakers at each other at SoFi Stadium. Things kicked off when Chargers defensive backs were running drills, eventually being interrupted by Cowboys players when they crossed into them. Then, Dallas defensive tackle Mazi Smith and Los Angeles safety Dean Marlowe started chirpin’ at each other, which escalated into an all-out brawl when tensions hit a boiling point....

How badly have we been infiltrated? Consider the state of the Department of Defense. In late September, we learned that Ariane Tabatabai who had worked with the Iranian government and secretly promoted their agenda before appearing to testify in Congress was working as the Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict. Now, Rep Jack Bergman is demanding answers over Yousra Fazili who worked for the Islamic terror state of Qatar and now works at the Pentagon. In 2022, she became the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear,...

Kibbutzniks who drove Arabs from Gaza for treatment in hospitals in Israel saw those Gazans participating in the looting of the kibbutzim. This is what Avigdor Lieberman says on N12 that he was told by people from the Kibbutzim. In addition, those Arabs from Gaza passed on information about the moshavs and kibbutzim.

The Israeli military has signalled that the next steps of its campaign against Palestinian militant group Hamas need not be a long anticipated ground incursion. “We are preparing for the next stages of war. We haven’t said what they will be. Everybody’s talking about the ground offensive. It might be something different,” a spokesperson said. Israel is on its 11th day of an aerial bombardment campaign of the Gaza Strip, over which it has ordered a total siege, cutting off water, food and electricity supplies to a population of 2 million people. The siege, which human rights groups have criticized...

Senate Republicans embarrassed by the prolonged stalemate in the House over electing a new Speaker are warming up to the idea of Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) taking the job in hopes that he’ll be able to corral conservative House rebels. Jordan has long been regarded in Washington as one of the most hard-line conservatives in Congress. He founded the House Freedom Caucus and played a leading role in challenging President Biden’s 2020 election victory. But Senate Republicans who were pulling for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to hang onto his job and then quietly rooted for House Majority Leader Steve...

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said Monday on CNN’s “NewsNight” that she had concerns about Israel using “collective punishment” in Gaza. Ocasio-Cortez said, “I think what is important, in terms of response, is Israel does have a right to self defense. I think what we need to take a look at in this situation is, if collective punishment qualifies as defense. If the blockade on water, food, electricity, if the dropping of white phosphorus, which is an indiscriminate weapon, qualifies. So I do believe that there is a discussion to be had here. I don’t believe that, in either or approach...

NATIONAL PASTA DAY | OCTOBER 17 October is National Pasta Month, and October 17th recognizes National Pasta Day. Pasta lovers celebrate! #NationalPastaDay While we find noodles all over the world, pasta is a type of noodle of traditional Italian cuisine. The first reference dates to 1154 in Sicily and was first attested to in English in 1874. Typically, it is made from an unleavened dough of durum wheat flour. The flour is mixed with water or eggs and formed into sheets or various shapes. It can then be served fresh or dried to be stored for later use. Types of...

“Carnival of idiots!” This is not the name of a new jam band music festival, nor is it the title of a podcast that focuses on the deterioration of state fairs across the country. It’s how Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade chose to describe House Republicans currently embroiled in an embarrassing bit of legislative chaos trying to elect a new Speaker of the House. It’s been two weeks since Rep. Kevin McCarthy was voted out of the speakership by roughly a dozen rogue members of the GOP congressional caucus led by Matt Gaetz, aligned with Democrats who were not...

What would you call a person who refused to honor the victims of 9/11 and now opposes honoring the victims of Hamas’ brutal attack in Israel? The answer? A Fairfax County school board member. ... Glenn Youngkin is governor of Virginia today because northern Virginia school boards have veered so far left that they engage in conspiracies to hide trans-“women” raping girls in their bathrooms, and terrorist sympathizers oppose condemning terrorists. Fairfax and Loudoun Counties both abut the District of Columbia and are filled with government workers and contractors who form the core of the Democrat coalition, which means they...

Badly constructed and designed Thetis founders during first dive trial, June 1939. His Majesty's Government (Chamerlaine, Conservative) lets the crew and guests drown, but saves the ship.

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Choice: protect our homeland or surrender to the borderless globalists? For three years now, America’s sovereignty and safety have already been vaporized enough by Biden But the leftists, predictably, want even more. Now, they pine for a mass importation of Palestinian refugees into America. Fire alarm-pulling Congressman Jamaal Bowman of New York declared that “the United States should be prepared to welcome refugees from Palestine.” Following the horrific terror attacks upon Israel from Hamas and the resulting swift Israeli Defense Forces response, American globalists ascertain yet another opportunity to import a wave of unvetted migrants likely to bring violence and...

India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea to legalize same-sex marriage, a stinging setback for gay people seeking equal rights in this socially conservative country of 1.4 billion people. A five-member bench of judges ruled unanimously against the petitioners, with the chief justice saying it was up to Parliament to create any laws recognizing same-sex unions. “The judgment is extremely disappointing,” said Anjali Gopalan, a petitioner in the case and the head of the Naz Foundation, a nonprofit group in New Delhi that works on sexual health issues. Still, it offered a few glimmers of hope to same-sex marriage...

The United States Mail steamship Columbia, Capt. D.B. BARTON, from New-Orleans Oct. 10, with mails, passengers and a cargo of sugar and cotton, arrived yesterday afternoon. The Columbia passed going up the river the United States ship Morning Star, from New-York, and bark Arcade, from Providence. On Sunday, 11th, lat. 26 36, lon. 86, was boarded by United States steamer San Jacinto, cruising. On Monday, 12th, 20 miles west of Sand Key, passed brig Belle Barnard, steering west. We are under obligations to EDWARD HENDERSON, Esq., Purser of the Columbia, for prompt delivery of our files and correspondence. OUR SPECIAL...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemActs 3Peter Speaks to the Onlookers 11 While the man held on to Peter and John, all the people were astonished and came running to them in the place called Solomon’s Colonnade. 12 When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? 13 The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus. You handed him over to be killed, and you...

17 October 2023 Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr on Tuesday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Saint Ignatius Catholic Church, Antioch, TennesseeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRomans 1:16-25 ©These people knew God and failed to honour himI am not ashamed of the Good News: it is the power of God saving all who have faith – Jews first, but Greeks as well – since this is what reveals the justice of God to us: it shows how faith leads to faith, or as scripture...