US government shutdown hilarity

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

You should email him that, then turn up with a crutch, eyepatch and a baggy shirt (so you can hide an arm behind your back) and make him guess.

You're on a roll lately.

[Pæs]

http://usgovernment.statuspage.io/

[Bu🤠ns]

[Sir Squid Diddimus]

http://usgovernment.statuspage.io/

[The Johnny]

considering the two man con....

can this be a way to turn public opinion against the checks and balances style of three powers system by showing an example of its flaws ???

"we'd be better off having an autocrat" and all that ???

please, someone reassure me to put away my tinfoil hat and tell me this isnt the near future

[Nephew Twiddleton]

considering the two man con....

can this be a way to turn public opinion against the checks and balances style of three powers system by showing an example of its flaws ???

"we'd be better off having an autocrat" and all that ???

please, someone reassure me to put away my tinfoil hat and tell me this isnt the near future

Considering both Obama and Bush have been disparaged as autocrats...

[Cain]

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[Nephew Twiddleton]

I remember people calling Bush Generalissimo, and Baggers seem to to be under the impression that Obama literally wants to be king. People here don't want that sort of thing if only because we know it might not be our party's guy next time. No we're interested in temporary sweeping powers that... Oh. Heh.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

considering the two man con....

can this be a way to turn public opinion against the checks and balances style of three powers system by showing an example of its flaws ???

"we'd be better off having an autocrat" and all that ???

please, someone reassure me to put away my tinfoil hat and tell me this isnt the near future

My gut feeling is that we have another 7 years or so before that becomes a real concern.

[Sita]

A bit of a breakdown of what will be closed and what won't: http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/09/politics/government-shutdown-impact/index.html?

[Kai]

Had a moment this morning where I remembered that my research is NSF funded. Found out shortly after that the grant had been already disbursed before this went down, so my paycheck is not affected. But one of my colleagues will not be able to submit her Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant paperwork probably, since it's due next week. And a faculty member will have to take the place of a USGS worker at a professional meeting this weekend, because he can't attend. It's also a good thing I didn't plan my Smithsonian trip for any time soon.

We're mostly doing okay, though, compared to others. With the sequester and this shutdown, many biologists have lost an entire field season. And if you don't have the money to pay your grad students and postdocs, they don't tend to stick around.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

THEY TURNED OFF THE PANDA CAMS

OH GOD WHY

AMERICA IS ROONT.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/30/news/panda-cam-national-zoo/index.html

[Cain]

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[Cain]

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[The Good Reverend Roger]

Obama just raised the stakes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24375591

US President Barack Obama has warned Wall Street should be concerned that a conservative faction of Republicans are willing to allow the country to default on its debt.

He said he would not hold budget talks with Republicans until they allow the US government to reopen and pass a bill to raise the US borrowing limit.

Emphasis mine.

Well, why not?  It's already an observable fact that "cooperating" with the GOP means "Giving them everything they demand, for nothing in exchange".  If the strategy of being reasonable gets you walked on, change your strategy.

In addition, the shutdown is fucking the GOP up the ass.  They need to find a way out, and why should Obama let them out for free?