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August ICE Mortgage Monitor: Home Prices Continue to Cool Here is the ICE August Mortgage Monitor report (pdf).

August ICE Mortgage Monitor: Home Prices Continue to Cool calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/august-ice...

The Next Financial Crisis www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/08/the-...

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Suspect and Officer Are Dead After Shooting Outside C.D.C. in Atlanta

“…he blamed the Covid vaccine for his maladies.” Shooter targeted the CDC: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

Trump, Putin, and the Translator: Who’ll be in the room? Remember Hamburg and Helsinki?

Trump, Putin and the Translator: Who’ll be in the Room? Join me over at Substack for regular in-depth analysis. open.substack.com/pub/frankfig...

Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) a...

This should be the first question to Trump at this morning’s press conference on “out of control” crime in DC. Second question: when will you release rhe Epstein files? www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

Elsewhere the espalier apples and pears are looking good.

The orchard we planted this year is bearing fruit.
One plum
Five apples
Six pears

The inner pane of a Velux windows recently shattered, one of 6 installed 20y ago. A phone call revealed a product recall, I e-mailed window numbers & glazing codes last Sunday, on Wednesday a technician came to replace 4 affected glazing units, all still under warranty. Superb customer service.

Another photo of Fuchsia procumbens. It really is the most amazing flower.

Met a German guy today at Sledmere House who was motorcycling around Europe, & had taken a ferry from Denmark to Iceland. A ferry! I didn’t know you could do that!

Iceland is where you can see a fissure caused by separation of Eurasian & N.American tectonic plates at Pingvellir, Iceland Rift Valley

Some of today’s dahlias 1/3

Hedychium ellipticum and Hedychium ‘Tara’ are putting on a great show this year.

I see why he bankrupted casinos.

RFK Jr has been a liar for as long as I can remember.

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According to ATC flight recordings, his plane was there 38 times.

I find it Ironic that Republican women are out there preaching abstinence When their Republican men are out there raping, molesting, sexually harassing, & impregnating women Other than their wives or girlfriends. Clearly abstinence does not work for these men and is not the issue Wake the Fuck Up!

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Always away.

Mississippi ranks #1 in poverty and fetal mortality. Syphilis has been declared an epidemic there, but by all means, close Planned Parenthood, cut Medicaid and make getting condoms and birth control harder for everyone.

🤬 Reuters reports that the Bievsky oleum plant in Southern Siberia, which produces explosives, managed to bypass sanctions and obtain Siemens equipment through Chinese intermediaries.

It is worth mentioning here that Siemens is suspected of

Ever notice the lazy fuckers are the ones always saying how easy a job is to do.

Johnny Tillotson died April 1, 2025. "Poetry in Motion" was his best known song. He was 86, born in 1938.

Frank Figliuzzi (@frankfigliuzzi709507) My thoughts on a new eye-opening report in the NY Times on Uber and sexual assaults and misconduct. Share it with your loved ones. I did: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/uber-sexual-assau...

Uber, sexual assaults and misconduct. A new must read report by the NY Times. Join me over on Substack: substack.com/@frankfigliu...

Trump Administration Deepens Purge of F.B.I. Officials to Former Acting Chief

New: At least 2 respected FBI agents are forced out. Neither are pension eligible yet. One lost his wife to cancer last month: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

The moral is to keep the Fed independent.

The last time a President (Nixon) pressured the Fed Chair (Burns) to lower rates (when not appropriate) was in '71-'72.

In real terms, the S&P500 peaked in '72 and didn't return to that height until '87 (15 years).

In nominal terms, the S&P peaked in '72 and reached a new high in 1980.

Beware.

AOC Graduated Cum Laude from
Boston University,Loser Chump.....