GDP Jumps...

The U.S. economy accelerated to a 4.1 percent pace of growth in the second quarter, the fastest since 2014, letting President Donald Trump claim a win for his policies.

The annualized rate of gains in gross domestic product was just shy of the 4.2 percent median forecast in a Bloomberg survey. It followed first-quarter growth of 2.2 percent that was revised from 2 percent. Consumer spending grew 4 percent.

Trump seized the chance to declare his policies, including the biggest tax overhaul since the Reagan era, a success, calling the data “amazing” and “very sustainable.”  

Manal Mikhail...

 

أدى الرئيس المصري عبد الفتاح السيسي اليمين الدستورية في العديد من حكام الأقاليم الجدد ، بما في ذلك أول امرأة مسيحية قبطية لتولي المنصب.
تم تعيين منال عوض ميخائيل حاكمة محافظة دمياط. كانت سابقا نائبا لحاكم الجيزة.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has sworn in several new provincial governors, including the first-ever Coptic Christian woman to hold the position.

Manal Awad Mikhail was appointed governor of Damietta province. She was previously a deputy for the Giza governor.

Egypt had appointed the first-ever female governor to the province of Beheira in a reshuffle last year. The Beheira governor was changed in Thursday's reshuffle.

Christians, who constitute about 25 percent of Egypt's Muslim-majority population of 100 million, have long complained of discrimination and their under-representation in top government positions. Christians strongly supported president el-Sissi.

You Go Girl.

Dual...

Sen. Lindsey Graham told CBS that it “pisses [him] off to no end” when President Donald Trump would say critical, sometimes personally insulting things about the late Sen. John McCain. 

Earlier this week, after delivering an emotional tribute to his friend on the senate floor, Graham told reporters that the late Arizona senator offered him some advice on how to handle the president.

"He said, 'Help him where you can. Just don't get sucked into all his bulls--t,'" Graham said, of his conversation with McCain. 

What "shared" interests the dual had with the previous presidents and the distance with this current one?  One thing Trump won't bite.

Looking...

Google is sort of accused of hiding conservative views. If this is true, that would explain the power that is shifting to the new media.

One Minute...

Libya’s coast guard has intercepted about 400 Europe-bound migrants off the Mediterranean coast.

Spokesman  said  a rubber boat carrying 84 passengers was stopped off the town of al-Maya, 27 kilometers (16 miles) west of Tripoli.

Two more boats, carrying 146 passengers were stopped off the coast of the southwestern town of Abu Kammash.

He said that 162 Europe-bound migrants have been intercepted last week. He said the migrants were given humanitarian and medical aid, and were taken to refugee camps in the towns of Zawiya and Tajoura.

Libyan authorities have stepped up efforts to stem the flow of migrants, with European assistance.

The illegal migrants may not like that. The human traffickers don't like it. Just a thought.

Misleading Statement...

Amazon has had enough of Bernie Sanders. The online retailer accused the Vermont senator of spreading "misleading statements" about the pay it offers workers, while urging Sanders to visit one of the company's fulfillment centers.

"We have been in regular contact with his office and have offered several opportunities for Senator Sanders and his team to tour one of our fulfillment centers (FCs)," Amazon said in a blog post. "To date he has still not seen an FC for himself."

Sanders, who has repeatedly highlighted the disparity in income between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the richest person in the world, and his workers, plans to introduce legislation that would make large employers like Amazon foot the bill for federal aid received by their workers, including food stamps and Medicaid.

Not going to work.  Just a thought.

Burn Baby Burn...

The Hillary /Obama succeeded to derail this guy then they ran out of fuel. All in all Sanders exposed the ins and outs of this Democratic machine.

Expensive Care...

The high cost of medical care is giving some Americans sticker shock. Annual health care spending in the U.S. is estimated to be $3.5 trillion. Hospital costs make up almost a third of that total.

Yet there are often many inconsistencies when it comes to hospital billing. Kaiser Health News shines light on these inconsistencies in its "Bill of the Month" series.

Calver has health insurance through a teaching job, which covered about $55,000 of the bill. But a month after his treatment, Calver received a bill for nearly $109,000.

The hospital where he was treated, St. David's Medical Center, issued the following statement to CBS News and Kaiser Health News: "Our research indicates that Mr. Calver will qualify for our financial assistance discount, leaving him with a balance of less than $800."

 From $109,000 debt into $800, it is out of control.

Intimacy...

California attorney Keith M. Davidson drafted a confidential contract in 2012 for a client trying to get cash for a secretly recorded video of pro wrestler Hulk Hogan having sex with a friend's wife.

The ensuing deal resulted in an extortion allegation, an FBI sting and Davidson subsequently claiming he would invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination if called to testify about the matter. Davidson was questioned by the FBI.

Later was the Daniels case  to keep her quiet regarding her affair with Trump.  

Davidson also wrote the contract between Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy and a former Playboy model who claims Broidy impregnated her.

So much money consumed unnecessary as if intimate relations are forbidden.
It is just boring.     [Sara Sidner, Scott Glover, CNN]

Position...

MSNBC quickly wanted to capture any talk against the President. So here is a contract with Mr. Brennan, not sure why. He didn't really said that much, or perhaps we just disqualified the Media.