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The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack...

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack...

The MONTHLY Gardening Thread is a gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack the...

Orders for manufactured goods dropped 0.2 percent in August, following a notable increase the previous month, as reported by the Commerce Department on Thursday. This decline marks the third decrease in orders within the last four months, signaling ongoing difficulties within the manufacturing sector. Economists had predicted that orders would remain unchanged in August, reflecting a cautious outlook amid a mixed economic environment. The data revealed that orders for durable goods were adjusted to show no change for the month, a significant shift from July’s remarkable gain of 9.8 percent. This revision was a downgrade from an earlier estimate suggesting...

President Biden is slated to appear Friday in the White House Rose Garden to comment on the August jobs report, which generally showed a steady labor market. Unemployment, which was expected to hover at July’s 3.5 percent, inched up to 3.8 percent according to the data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report beat expectations with 187,000 jobs added, a number equal to July’s total. The total percentage of people employed or looking for work rose 0.2 percent after several months without much change. Biden is tying much of his case for reelection to public perception of a...

The U.S. added 187,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate rose to 3.8 percent in August, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department. The jobs report showed the labor market plateaued in August as the Federal Reserve considers another interest rate hike. Economists expected the U.S. to have gained 170,000 jobs and maintain the July jobless rate of 3.5 percent, according to consensus estimates. While the jobless rate rose 0.3 percentage points in August, the labor force participation rate rose 0.2 percentage points after being largely flat since March. The Fed has hiked interest rates to their highest level...

U.S. job openings rebounded in September after falling sharply in August, according to federal data released Tuesday, despite pressure from high inflation and interest rates. American businesses posted 10.7 million open jobs by the final day of September, according to the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) report, up from 10.1 million in August.

U.S. job openings dropped sharply in August, according to Labor Department data released Tuesday, falling at the fastest one-month pace since March 2020. Businesses still hired employees at a steady pace and kept layoffs near historic lows in August, according to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover report. But firms also cut back their postings for open jobs, a possible sign of businesses bracing for an economic slowdown. The number of open jobs listed in the U.S. fell from 11.2 million in July to 10.1 million in August, a decline of 1.1 million job openings, according to the Labor Department....

An unexpected inflation jump in August set stocks plunging Tuesday as Wall Street braced for steeper Federal Reserve rate hikes and a potential economic slowdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 2.8 percent shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday, a decline of more than 900 points, after the Labor Department released a surprisingly hot consumer price index (CPI) report earlier in the day. The S&P 500 was down 3.1 percent and the Nasdaq composite was down 3.9 percent on the day. Markets began selling off after the Labor Department reported a 0.1 percent increase in the consumer price index (CPI),...

Democrats think President Biden had a great August and they’re hoping it will translate into momentum for the fall — both legislatively and electorally. Congress returns next week after a monthlong recess and Labor Day is considered the unofficial kick-off of the general election campaign season

Job growth slowed slightly in August but remained well above pre-pandemic levels as steady consumer spending powered another strong month of hiring. The U.S. added 315,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate rose to 3.7 percent, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department, up from 3.5 percent in August. Economists expected the U.S. to gain roughly 300,000 jobs last month without the unemployment rate budging, according to consensus estimates. While the unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage points, the labor force participation rate also rose by 0.3 percentage points.

BERLIN, Aug 30 (Reuters) - German inflation rose to its highest level in almost 50 years in August, beating a previous high set only three months earlier, as energy prices drove up inflation, data showed on Tuesday.

27 August 2022Saint Monica on Saturday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Santa Monica, Whitefish Bay, WI Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 1:26-31 ©God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wiseTake yourselves for instance, brothers, at the time when you were called: how many of you were wise in the ordinary sense of the word, how many were influential people, or came from noble families? No, it was to shame the wise that God chose what is foolish by human...

Polish Parishes Renew Consecration on Today Feast of Our Lady of CzestochowaThe Stories of Our Lady of Czestochowa [Catholic Caucus]Our Lady of Czestochowa [Catholic Caucus]Catholic Word of the Day: CZESTOCHOWA, 06-02-103,000 Priests Pilgrimage in Czestochowa (Recall Clergy Killed During Wars, Communist Regime)The Siege of CzestochowaWhat a glorious trip! – Pilgrimage to Czestochowa (they have just arrived!)

President Joe Biden’s communications staff members worry he could lose some of his political “momentum” in August while on vacation. A memo made public from political advisor Jen O’Malley Dillon and senior advisor Anita Dunn to White House chief of staff Ron Klain warned the White House must redouble its efforts to prevent an August “slump” facing the president. “For many administrations, August can be a momentum killer,” the memo warns. “For this team, August is going to be a momentum builder as we come out of last week…” Biden’s staff is eager to spin the latest spurt of legislative...

LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. — The lawyer for Brian Laundrie’s family told The Post on Tuesday that the fugitive flew home to Florida on Aug. 17 — a bombshell claim that throws a wrench in the timeline of the Gabby Petito case. Laundrie family lawyer Steven Bertolino said Brian returned home for supplies and then flew back to Salt Lake City, Utah, on Aug. 23 to rejoin Petito. Brian’s brief sojourn home would have come after the couple’s now-infamous fight in Utah that involved cops and before her body was found in a national forest last month. “Brian flew home to...

U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- In August of 2021, National Instant Background Check System (NICS) and the associated gun sales are at high levels, but not as high as the record sales in 2020. The August sales of 2021 are the second-highest on record, as were the July sales in 2021.This may indicate a new normal of consistently high gun sales, below the record-setting levels of 2020.There were about 1.29 million gun sales recorded by NICS this past August. In 2020, gun sales were about 1.67 million. The next highest August was in 2016, with about 1.17 million gun sales.These consistently high gun...

Treasury sends $15 billion in August child tax credit payments © istock Millions of households received their second monthly payment of the expanded child tax credit this week, with the Treasury Department saying Friday $15.4 billion was disbursed. “Today 61 million children across America are benefiting from the advance Child Tax Credit, helping families put food on the table and meet the needs of the next generation,” said Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo in a statement. “We want every eligible family to have access to the advance Child Tax Credit, which is why we will continue our outreach efforts to...

Back in 1974, Republican leaders, particularly in the Senate, were worried that President Richard Nixon, post-Watergate, would sink their chances in the next election. Rather than circle the wagons around the embattled leader of their party, they circled the wagons around the Capitol, and it was only a matter of time before Nixon knew he had to go and hand the keys to the White House to Vice President Gerald Ford (who took over the previous October after Spiro Agnew resigned amid his own problems) or risk impeachment.

...His team would travel door-to-door and volunteer to deliver voters' ballots for them. His staff would then open the envelopes by holding them over boiling water, remove the correct ballot, and replace it with a fraudulent one before mailing it in undetected. In some cases, he said, postal workers were also involved in the scheme. "You have a postman who is a rabid anti-Trump guy and he's working in Bedminster or some Republican stronghold… He can take those ballots, and knowing 95% are going to a Republican, he can just throw those in the garbage," the whistleblower revealed. The operative...