I honestly cannot believe just how close this nation is to defaulting

So many said, ‘they’ll never do it.’
Tonight, there’s still no deal in DC..
Unbelievable.

I honestly cannot believe just how close this nation is to defaulting

If federal workers 'cheat' and actually work during furlough, they face a $5,000 fine or time in federal prison

If federal workers 'cheat' and actually work during furlough, they face a $5,000 fine or time in federal prison

Pentagon Withholding Death Benefits for Fallen Soldiers' Families

Pentagon Withholding Death Benefits for Fallen Soldiers' Families

How about these other tidbits about the government 'shutdown'?

CONGRESSIONAL GYM STAYS OPEN

'Closed' National Mall all set for Immigration Rally…

Man Fined $100 For Going For Run During Shutdown…

NIH Stops Therapy Dogs From Visiting Sick Children…

OBAMA ADMIN SAYS SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS IN JEOPARDY…

FEDs hold tourists at gunpoint at Yellowstone!

FEDs hold tourists at gunpoint at Yellowstone!

Some shutdown news I have not been hearing much about ..

If the government shutdown continues, the United States nuclear Regulatory Commission will stop operating.. They will run out of funds this week.. One scientist is now on record saying “Yes, I’m worried.”

After lots of ‘bad press’ and even more confusion, the Justice Department has restored AMBER ALERT .. It was never ‘down’ to begin with.. a simple redirect occurred that took you away from the still live page.. clearly a staged takedown to cause an effect—which it, but it backfired ..

This land is your land.. but no one ever said the water was! The FEDs now trying to shut down the OCEAN due to shutdown!

China warns that the clock is ticking on the debt ceiling and default date.. If China calls, will we listen? They own much of what will default.. They don’t want their neighborhood to devolve.. Their investment needs to keep some net value. With Red China weighing in, let’s see how fast they pass..

Now we will see who is boss.. China orders the United States to get its shiznat together

Just think of their investments! Imagine the downgrade if we default.. They want their property to keep its worth. And golly we must be the property..

Now we will see who is boss.. China orders the United States to get its shiznat together

"We’ve never gotten to the point where the United States government has operated without the ability to borrow," Lew said. "It’s very dangerous. It’s reckless, because the reality is, there are no good choices if we run out of borrowing capacity and we run out of cash."

Lew said the government has been managing to make payments since May by shifting money around, but it will run out of those options on October 17. Unless Congress votes to raise the debt ceiling, the federal government will be left with “a very, very short window of time” before it would have to stop cutting checks for Social Security recipients or disabled veterans and would undermine the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, he said.

That report from CNN..

Clearly the AMBER ALERT and Let’s Move websites aforementioned on this and other sites are the least of concerns when the social security and disability checks stop..

State of the government shutdown: AMBER ALERT system goes down. Michelle Obama's exercise website stays up..

LET’S MOVE.

State of the government shutdown: AMBER ALERT system goes down. Michelle Obama's exercise website stays up..

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shortformblog:

brooklynmutt:

Fascinating! MT @rosierifka Mitch McConnell & Rand Paul caught on hot mic on poll-tested message. 

This is why you don’t talk strategy when you’re “wired up.”

HOT MIC COMING THROUGH!

HOT MIC COMING THROUGH!

(Source: http://shortformblog.com/)

Blues and News: Thursday shutdown update

The new word of the year: BARRYCADES.. those monuments of government shutdowns called barricades, changed a bit to fit the President’s order to close certain places. In the case of Mount Vernon, an order was given to shut it down. Funny enough, it’s PRIVATELY OWNED!

Federal workers nervously anxious over shutdown.. In many states, even if federal workers want to file for unemployment, to certify that they continue UC benefits, they will need to prove they are searching for another job—and if they are offered another job and don’t take it, they quite possibly will lose benefits..

Some other links worth reading

• Wall Street doesn’t just fear the government shutdown.. there’s much more fear than that..


• The President ‘exasperated’


• Boehner blames Obama..


• Shutdown now spreads to the BEACHES OF NORMANDY!


• Concern grows as day three begins..


• Why is it so difficult to end this shutdown!

Nope. Not open yet.

Yep!
Still shut down.

I just checked. The government is still shut down..

Go about your bid’ness..

The WWII MEMORIAL is becoming ground zero in the government shutdown fight

The WWII MEMORIAL is becoming ground zero in the government shutdown fight

And with the government shutdown.. lots of satellites are offline, NASA isn’t working..wage and hour cannot be reached..

But it’s business as usual at the IRS, NSA, and other alphabet agencies..

I just checked. And yes, the government is still shut down.

The government is… still… shut… down.

The Greatest Generation's last stand! A new D-DAY in D.C. as World War II vets defy government shutdown to breach barricades at WWII memorial!

And if Hitler couldn’t stop them, you think American security guards could? Think again, fool!

The Greatest Generation's last stand! A new D-DAY in D.C. as World War II vets defy government shutdown to breach barricades at WWII memorial!

Pressing questions being asked in the midst of a government shutdown: Are White House chefs essential?

Pressing questions being asked in the midst of a government shutdown: Are White House chefs essential?