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“...the ratings agencies' problem was in being unable or uninterested in appreciating the distinction between risk and uncertainty.”
— Nate Silver

Ratings don't last. Good journalism does.
— Dan Rather

I really, really hate my cat.
— me

Greetings, my fellow Americans.
This is the second US Weekly F***ed-up Index (FUI). 
Its goals are:
Goal 1: summarize the positive and negative effects of events and actions happening each week (or 10 days, we shall see) on the US and its community.
Goal 2: promote the agenda of American success and condemn the failure.
You can review the first Index here and August possible developments here.

Rating is assembled on a weekly basis, with the total grade of 1.0 to 5.0.
5.0 is zero f***ed up and 1.0 is totally f***ed up. 
It started at 3.0 on June 1, 2016, developing to 3.3 by July 27, 2016 ("Quite F***D-UP").

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_{Advances on military or foreign or internal or quality media activity make the rating to grow. 
YUUUGE advancements trigger huge progress (+1.5 the highest). 
Scandals and failures cause its decrease. 
YUUUGE failures trigger huge decrease (-1.5 the lowest).
Sound resolutions of scandals which help mend the fallout raise it again.
Dull weeks without any things happening bring in a 0.25-0.45 decrease.
It's a kind of rating + small news digest to be exact. 
With time, every month and every CP will have an index which will stay in history (or what is left of it lol).
Experts from parties and MU's will be included as soon as they get their **** together to give their assessment on a regular basis.
This will also help the rating be less biased on my personal assessments, plus avoid missing out important events.}
FUI also has monthly forecasts.

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So far, only Gnilraps has enlisted to be on the expert panel. 
Enlist and when we have 4 or 5 experts, and you'll be the ones who assess US success&failure!
It won't hurt and will help.

Success: BrEnter development, +0.2
What should have been a training war from the start but went off limits for some time ended up becoming a Training War after all, with now ex-PotUS Yui and his UK colleagues agreeing to reduce the TW to three regions on UK ground. Given an Arrlo victory in the following CP elections, we may see the deal reconsidered in this or other way, but all is well that ends well. For the previous week at least our folk has had an arena where we could get our TP medals. No development: Alliances, 0,0
Pertaining to results of the presidential elections worldwide, I haven't identified any election stories which trigger an immediate gamechanger. 
On PACIFICA level, we see all countries electing consensus leadership the representatives of which are more or less likely to follow the current strategy. Russia is the one where elections were the most competitive: according to the preliminary results, the government-backed candidate snatched a 36.22% victory in a foursome with other contenders grabbing 26.63%, 19.50% and 15.17% respectively. Quite a close one, isn't it?
Outside PACIFICA, though, we've seen a very competitive election in Greece and a somewhat competitive one in Argentina, the two countries with close ties to America. We'll see how the story develops there next week.
It's also worth being noted for the future that Chile has seen a victory of a candidate who somehow favors regional safety and cooperation issues over alliance-level ones, as it is seen from the article, and whose position on continuation of Adriatica membership may be viewed as somewhat lukewarm. Or maybe not. 
F*** this story for now, it will begin to really matter when it begins directly influencing our foreign FUI.
Failure: None worth being noted Success: The White House Painted Black, +0,3
This is it, there's a Black Sheep in the White House. Not that he hasn't been there before: Vice President Resoula took an early lead against former PotUS Tyler Bubblar and never lost it, thus moving to the Oval Cabinet.

Though the election was less competitive in terms of its results as several observers (not excluding me) expected, I dare say it's due to Resoula and his campaign being very active in terms of agitation and getting accross their message to the voters using any conventional means possible. Therefore I believe that it is a successful internal story: with higher expectations from him, Resoula and his Cabinet will be under additional pressure to perform well. Most of the team remains intact from Yui's term, guaranteeing a smooth transition. It's very sad, though, to see Custer leaving SecMed after 2 months of brilliant performance, though we know PaulProteus is a classy writer and manager who is obliged to do his best, so he will.

And now... Failure: King Cong On A Mad Spree, -0,2
There comes the part where the fact that I'm somewhat biased rises to the fore. Anyone with access to eUSA forums Public Congressional Threads could note that the 104^th Congress has so far acted in a manner more appropriate for a laugherhouse with a silent s in the beginning. Respected Representatives did their best to provide each other and all of us with lucrative amounts of douchebaggery, shitstorming, threats of decapitation and poisoning, censureship and impeachment, with some of these threats being somewhat justified if you ask me. While I believe Congress shitstorming may be a good way to ease the steam, the manner and extent it had taken show once again there are serious community breaches which negatively influence our internal performance. Yes, almost to the same extent as new blood in the White House. It's my opinion. Get over it.
Undetermined, future story: USAF defunded, 0,0
A proposal made by Wild Owl passed by a large margin. While most Congressmen agreed the issue of USAF future should be discussed further on, not just end up with a defund, the story anyhow falls into sole Executive prerogative from now on. It's one of the stories which the next FUIs will cover. And, if I remain the only expert by then, I'll begin giving decrease marks if no solution is worked out. Regardless of the reserves which could let USAF stay without Congressional funding for a good while.
Success: XLYMPICS and overall activity, +0,4 We also had good campaign articles from both of two top contenders, quality governmental media from Custer and Aramec and other members of the team, as well as a Mafia forum thread game run by Comet Academy. The townies seems to be losing. F*** townies who let me and themselves get killed.
Failure: Community turnout and participation, - 0,2
The number of voters has decreased by a small margin from previous elections. I really, really don't like this. Why? Because Yui's elections, both of them, were less competitive than Resoula one, we must admit it. Great media stories and events also see petty vote and comment stats. There are no stats regarding the number of fighters which could inspire optimism. Now you, reader, whoever you are. Do something about it, or I'll be giving a shitty mark here every week. Maybe not as shitty as now, but still.
Resoula begins his term with a 3,8 FUI.
We're doing better: Yui didn't really f*** up things.
Yes, seriously, Yui and the cabinet and the community deserve gratitude.
We all do. But...

But there's a big no-no.
Imagine there's no Hadrian around to wind up fun. Imagine there's foreign instability which we can't immediately cope with. Imagine the shitstorming which could ensue internally in the process.
Moreover, presidential terms often enter some point of stagnation somewhere prior to congress election if there are no big wars around. This is why it will take a big effort from us all, not excluding you, to make sure America doesn't end up F***D-UP when fall comes.

We'll meet again on a weekly or a 10-day basis depending on the circumstances, next time, most likely, right after Party President elections.
This is going to be fun!

Thanks to Hadrian X for moral support.

P.S. Link the most important media stories of the last week here please, I'll include them here if they are omitted.
And volunteer for the FUI jury expert panel: we really hope to launch the expert marks somewhere in Mid August.

P.S.S. RATE this FUI itself from 1.0 to 5.0:
the one whose assessment will be the closest to the total average will get a good prize!
(if there are at least 5 marks from you)

This article has been presented to you by the creature I rightfully resent.