- With a midnight deadline before the risk of US sovereign default begint, credit ratings agency Fitch has put America on negative outlook in preparation of a possible downgrade from AAA status.
- The US is joining Australia and France in pushing for the creation of Antarctic marine wildlife sanctuaries, with Russia the key opponent to the deal.
- Israel is taking a hard-line stance and warning Western allies it won't agree to reduce Iranian sanctions without the complete dismantlement of Iran's nuclear program first.
- European markets are continuing the global drop in stocks from yesterday as no Senate debt limit deal has yet to be announced.
- Ubisoft's hotly anticipated video game title Watch Dogs will be pushed back to next year as the developer has pulled the game from this year's busy holiday release schedule.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
A factor in the muddled stew of higher brain functions that pass for thinking in this crowd is the basic concept that "those people's" opinions and votes really shouldn't count in any totals because they are not "real Murkin's". Perhaps a poll would the undesirable types are only counted as 3/5th of a person?
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