Ubiquitous 3D: Nvidia's RealityServer. OGRE 3D. Next American City » Daily Report. In case you hadn’t heard, the Federal Government is hovering dangerously close to its debt ceiling and the rising tide of debt is near to drowning our government like so many clichéd booby traps. America’s intensely leveraged national coffer —a not unusual concept, internationally— would face the prospect of skirting their loan obligations if we aren’t able to, well, incur more debt to pay off the current debt. The effects of a national default are clear cut: our credit rating would be docked by the Moirae of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P, active duty military personnel would stop getting checks, the Department of Justice would stop seeing pay stubs, and programs of the Federal Transit Administration and Office of Housing and Urban Development would freeze in place (the prioritization of funding categories was analyzed by the Bipartisan Policy Center).
Media outlets tend to paint the effect of an outlay stoppage for cities and states as a nuisance rather than a potential catastrophe. Graphicall.org. CUBOCC. Sunflow. Chromium Documentation.