JUST IN: #TrumpShutdown becomes top trending hashtag worldwide https://t.co/BWueU16Sbw pic.twitter.com/uEpT2wI6BZ
— The Hill (@thehill) January 20, 2018
GOOD WORK, REPUBLICANS!
I’ll believe that Trump is growing into the presidency when his staff stops talking about him like a toddler. https://t.co/V3pyAdu9XD pic.twitter.com/KJ9zDpzrfz
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 20, 2018
Happy anniversary for Trump taking the oath of office. The government has shutdown. That sounds about right.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) January 20, 2018
It's been 112 days since CHIP expired, 112 days since the fiscal year ended without a budget, and 137 days since Trump revoked DACA.
The #TrumpShutdown could have been avoided if Republicans simply did their job last fall instead of waiting until the last minute.
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) January 20, 2018
The Trump WH is painfully ill-prepared for what happens after an actual shutdown.
Of the roughly 130 federal office and agencies that have to have shutdown contingency plans, 66 of them haven’t been updated since 2015. https://t.co/9UQtgjPqY4
— Sam Stein (@samstein) January 19, 2018
Government shutdown?
BLAZE UP! Sessions and the narc patrol are OUT OF BUSINESS.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 20, 2018
Please refrain from shooting your guns into the air in celebration #2A
— Ranger Hoby Gilman (@DoctorRazzWSOP) January 20, 2018
This is not Chuck Schumer’s shutdown. This is not Mitch McConnell’s shutdown. This is Donald Trump and Stephen Miller’s shutdown. This is the result of a confused, chaotic White House.
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) January 20, 2018
And where is the “adult supervision” the GOP promised would keep Trump in line?
Vice President Mike is in hiding, hoping that a shutdown will bring the fustercluck one step closer to “President Pence”…
Well-seasoned House R just texted me, asking: Where has VP Mike Pence been in all this? Obvi he's leaving the country, but he really HAS kept his distance from the funding fight. Source notes he knows the Hill/says could have been helpful. "Seems like he's avoiding this debate"
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) January 20, 2018
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Zombie-Eyed Granny Starver, fearing a Bryce wave, is busy smash’n’grabbing for his paymasters while he still can…
Sounds like it was Paul Ryan, via phone, who sunk negotiations. Wouldn't commit the House to tying DACA to a must-pass funding bill.
— Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) January 20, 2018
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And the guy supposed to be running the books, Office of Management and Budget Director Mulvaney, is a nihilistic moron!
Mick Mulvaney giddily boasts to Hannity: "The person who technically shuts down the government is me, which is kind of cool"https://t.co/VLbDkIbcAN
— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) January 20, 2018
Good thing it’s the weekend, we have a couple days to recover from all the [[head*desk]]…
Quinerly
Good morning from Carlsbad, NM! Haven’t caught up on any threads. Any word from Ozark?
eclare
I haven’t seen anything, a couple people have asked. Is the park open?
JPL
@Quinerly: Good morning. I haven’t searched the previous threads, so I’m not sure. If he has a chance to read though the threads, hopefully he’ll know that we are thinking about him.
ThresherK
Predicting NPR
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Rob
Lurker here. What a show. I can’t quite believe that the shutdown actually happened. I certainly remember the 2013 shutdown, that one lasted 17 days.
RedDirtGirl (AKA IvankaThrowUp)
Good morning, gang! That Mulvaney quote is priceless! What a bozo!
Ryan
You know what, it’s destiny that Trump won’t be able to attend his party. He’s spent a lifetime of fleecing banks and subcontractors, it fits that his donors would also get fleeced. The shutdown was destiny!
satby
The refs will work that “Democrats blocked funding, Schumer Shutdown” meme hard as they can; so all hands on deck to refute that everywhere you see it. Calls to media, letters to the editor, replies to anyone who posts that B.S. in social media. No more silence, silence is assent.
satby
@RedDirtGirl (AKA IvankaThrowUp): every time I read your new nym I want to throw up. WTH?
NotMax
Hoocudanode?
tybee
since it’s an open thread: ms. tybee has “that cough” and is looking for a suppressant. some folks had mentioned a brand and/or an ingredient that was available OTC. could i get a suggestion? i’m about to make a run to the local drugstore when they open to get something. she sounds like a TB ward and both of us need some relief.
raven
@tybee: I ended up getting a prescription Hydrocodone syrup along with and inhaler and antibiotics.
tybee
i’m a gonna leave this right here…
https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/7ri1ih/many_people_are_saying_trumps_a_secret_muslim/
satby
@tybee: some people swore by Musinex DM, some by Delsym. As long as it has Dextromethorphan it will suppress the cough.
Amir Khalid
After observing the Trump Administration, I think we can safely conclude that adult supervision doesn’t work where the unruly children get to overrule the adults.
Betty Cracker
@tybee: I had that wretched cough too. Delsym worked pretty well for me. Hope she feels better soon!
RedDirtGirl
@satby: Duly noted. It’s not to everyone’s taste. I’m having fun with it, but will refrain from using it in this forum.
NorthLeft12
@Ryan: I am unclear on why you think that Deadbeat Donald will not go to his “party”.
Yeah, the optics would be awful, but when has that actually stopped that horrible excuse for a human being to do whatever he wants?
And also, what exactly can that toupee’d fool do that would help the situation?
tybee
@raven: that’s probably close to what she needs but would she go to the doc yesterday? of course not. and i’m not wild about the doc-in-a-box approach ’cause the insurance hassle is long and painful.
@satby:
yeah, that’s the ticket. thanks. :)
evodevo
@tybee: Try Cepacol throat lozenges ..the ones with Lidocaine and Dextromethorphan – they’ve been wonderful around here since the grandkid gave us BOTH “that” virus.
Betty Cracker
Trump is tweeting lies about the shutdown this morning — I think it’s really him because of the randomly capitalized nouns. But John Kelly and Stephen Miller are the regent presidents, and they’re not saying anything.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
Drumpf became president last night
Quinerly
@eclare: I got to Carlsbad Caverns NP rather early yesterday. My guided tour for “King’s Palace” was scheduled for today. They let me change it to yesterday. I checked out the on premises kennel for Poco (knowing he would be miserable)and talked to the wonderful gentleman there. Dogs are ok in cars if temp doesn’t get above 70 (One of the reasons I travel out here this time of year…lower temps, off season, fewer people traveling…all works better for doggie travel). Carlsbad is usually 50-60 degrees this time of year. I was out of the caves by the time it was inching up to 70. Hit some artisan co ops, talked to some locals, did a couple of walks with Poco, drank Sangria and ate Green Chile Fettuccine…All in all a great day. Loved the caverns but as I thought….a bit overwhelming…2hrs was enough for me in one stretch. So glad I did it!
NotMax
@tybee
If you must use a suppressant, look for one that is labeled as both a suppressant and an expectorant. The latter helps loosen the mucus and makes the coughs more productive in expelling what is triggering the coughing.
Personal opinion only: A suppressant might – might – aid sleeping, an expectorant will over time reduce the intensity of the cough. When I had the same thing, found suppressants next to useless and went with straight expectorants. Guaifenesin is the usual active ingredient in expectorants.
Quinerly
@raven: Are you over it or still on your meds? Lost you on several threads.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
A lot of porn stars and non english speaking escorts must be attending .
rikyrah
@Quinerly:
Morning to Poco and the tribe ??
satby
@RedDirtGirl: oh, you didn’t have to change it. I just don’t need to see Ivanka anything early in the morning. The entire family is repulsive.
Raven
@tybee: None of that other stuff did diddly for me but, honestly, time may be the only real cure. I was so sick I sold my National Championship tickets.
Baud
@Quinerly:
@rikyrah:
Good morning.
Good on Dems for staying strong. Hope they are getting lots of love.
rikyrah
Good Morning, Everyone ???
Baud
@rikyrah:
See @Baud.
Baud
This from Reddit is on point.
https://i.redd.it/ehhl17zek4b01.jpg
eclare
@Quinerly: Sounds like a great day, glad you got into the park yesterday.
NorthLeft12
As if any more proof of competence [Pres. Obama’s admin] and incompetence [Deadbeat Donald and sycophants] was necessary; https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DT7UnuyWsAIkuiV.jpg
Comparing the response and preparation for a government shutdown for both admins. Take a guess which admin did its job and which one decided to spend more time in the break room?
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
@Betty Cracker: I used to be a graduate student instructor at a real fancy university. The biggest part of my job was grading the blue books.
One time I had to fail a bunch of students on a midterm because they simply failed to answer a number of questions. So the professor calls me up and yells at me, “what are you doing, you can’t fail these people, they’re paying a ton of money!”
satby
@rikyrah: @Baud: @Quinerly: Good morning!
Market today for me, then finishing the last few orders in the hopper before I put the online store on vacation mode. I’m leaving in my trip Wednesday morning. Finally getting a bit excited about it as the pet sitting and other issues settle down. It’s such a hassle arranging care for so many animals.
Brachiator
Why would anyone even ask such a dumb question? The GOP leadership has shown itself to be just as inept as Trump. They were also eager to let Trump drag them down to his level.
Also, Trump must think that a shutdown is like one of his bankruptcies.
RedDirtGirl
It’s a political avatar I am exploring. I started a twitter account (5 followers!), and got a gmail address that I am now putting on the buttons I make. Not sure where I’m headed with it, but am testing the waters. But I don’t need to use it everywhere.
Quinerly
@rikyrah: @Baud: Good morning from Poco’s chauffeur and a snoring Poco (he stretched an hr ago and decided he needed to go out; we are on MT Time?; now back to his beauty rest.) Kitty John Lennon is keeping the home fires going with our “Nip Queen.” (Last report was JL was stoned out of his mind on her homegrown kitty nip and eating like a little pig.( Our friend grows the best, but I digress?)
NotMax
@NorthLeft12
And in at least one instance where there was a plan in place, that has been jettisoned.
Cheryl Rofer
Quinerly
@satby: Good morning!
NotMax
@satby
Do you get to sublet your spot at the market while you’re away?
rikyrah
@Cheryl Rofer:
Because it would focus, all at once what they are doing behind the scenes, that gets reported in a story, here and there.The DREAMers are a large pot of people that would immediately focus on the inhumanity of their policies.
Adria McDowell
@NotMax: Guaifenesin is amazing, just for allergy and sinus congestion alone. I might love that stuff a little too much….
O. Felix Culpa
@satby:Good morning! I was wondering when you were leaving for Thailand. Ms. O’s sister is visiting this weekend, so I’m perforce doing tour guide duty and not reading Balloon Juice as much as I’d like. Have a wonderful trip! I look forward to hearing about the elephants. And you too, of course.
MomSense
@RedDirtGirl:
Hello! Just wanted to tell you I saw the most beautiful video the other day. The housemates went ice skating through a forest and meadow that flooded and froze. Anyway the video was of A out front ice skating so gracefully with powdery snow flying around her. She’s doing well.
Quinerly
@eclare: Had planned to go back today since I missed a lot and was going to scoot down to Guadalupe MTs NP (the least visited NP in the country) but tired of driving (translation…don’t want to drive down to TX) and would have to kennel Poco at the caverns. Going to hit The Living Desert SP and Zoo early and then scoot over to Sitting Bull Falls and poke around with Poco. Websites say NPs open, though.
Auntie Anne
@satby: I placed an order last night, but it can wait until you get back!
Cheryl Rofer
@rikyrah: Agree.
MomSense
@Quinerly:
I haven’t seen him. I’m hoping no news is good news. OzarkHillbilly, if you are reading, we are all rooting for your son. Sending big hugs to all the Ozarks.
rikyrah
@satby:
Have a great trip ?
rikyrah
I was on the fence about the Dems holding out because of DACA.
No longer.
The GOP must be forced to deal with this now. They can never be trusted on this issue. As Hayes pointed out in that tweet, they want to deport those folks en masse, to which I say Hell NO ?
Quinerly
@Cheryl Rofer: Was hoping to catch you on a thread. I’m putting together a group of Albuquerque/Santa Fe/Madrid chicks for a gathering on 2/15 at an Albuquerque winery that I stumbled on last year on 2/15. It was virtually empty that day but I had a blast on my own (with the staff and on the grounds). Will email you with details if you are interested. O Felix is on board. Will probably be 6-10 of us. Would be great if you could join us…and bring friends!
Quinerly
@MomSense: Our mutual friend in St. Louis knew/knows nothing. I, too, am hoping no news is good news.
lowtechcyclist
Apparently Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross realized just yesterday that he might should do this. This was in my in-box yesterday. (The italics are mine.)
Apparently neither of the two near-shutdowns in December woke him up to the need to prepare for a shutdown.
Cheryl Rofer
@Quinerly: Sure. Email me with details. I will save 2/15.
While you are running around southern NM today, I am headed to Grants with a friend. A storm is heading in from the west this afternoon, but it looks like it will be more rain than snow.
Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)
@rikyrah: It’s just R vindictiveness and racism too. To qualify for deferred status, the Dreamers had to prove that they had no criminal record, and were in school, in the military, or working. Because they came as children, their English is perfect or close to it. Unless your policy is NO immigrant, these are the kind you want.
Except, of course, many of them are brown.
satby
@NotMax: I have someone who will be there two of the Saturdays and will nail down the third one today. If she’s unavailable unable to be there I know I can sublet it because they have a waiting list for that day. It’s a special antique show date.
satby
@Auntie Anne: I got it, it’s going out Monday ☺
satby
@rikyrah: thanks!
Baud
Et tu, WaPo?
lowtechcyclist
@rikyrah:
I’ll go a step further, and say the Dems should freakin’ own this shutdown, to be loud and proud that they shut the government down because it was intolerable that these people who did not choose to come here in the first place be deported to ‘home countries’ that they remember barely from childhood, or quite possibly not at all.
CarolDuhart2
@NotMax: Good luck, Pruitt, with dirty bathrooms and no cafeteria. Cleaning, maintenance, food service and even a lot of Federal Security have been privatized. So much for a work force.
Quinerly
@Cheryl Rofer: I actually like the Grants/Gallup area. Santa Fe friends think I’m nuts. Spent 2 nights in a cabin in Ramah on the 2016 trip. If you are ever in that area check out The Ancient Way Cafe. They were doing amazing food in the middle of nowhere 2 years ago. (Zuni Mountain Sanctuary boys). I’ll send you info for 2/15. Haven’t nailed down timing. Have a great day.
danielx
@ThresherK:
3…2…1…we’re gonna have to “both sides” the shit out of this!
Steeplejack
@Baud:
Eh, some context for that?
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
Ivanka!
danielx
@Quinerly:
What’s the name of the cafe/bar/restaurant in Madrid that brags that they serve the best margaritas in the world?
Baud
@Steeplejack: It’s an opinion piece. I didn’t read it. Didn’t want to link to it either.
RedDirtGirl
@MomSense: So nice to hear from you. I have stayed in close touch with her mom, and I think they are all doing quite well under the circumstances!
Spanky
@Baud: 3930 Comments on that opinion piece at the moment, the vast majority predictably harsh.
WaPo be trollin’. I don’t know why.
JPL
@David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch: lol It’s probably Hope Hicks, but Kellyanne is always a possibility. She fawns over him all the time.
Baud
@David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch:
@JPL:
Twist. It’s Jared!
RedDirtGirl
@RedDirtGirl: Ooh! up to 6 followers on twitter! : )
MomSense
@RedDirtGirl:
Those kids are amazing. They look out for each other.
oldgold
@David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch:
Nikki Haley. There’s a chapter towards the end of Fire and Fury that reads:
“By October, many on the president’s staff took particular notice of one of the few remaining Trump opportunists: Nikki Haley – the UN Ambassador. Haley – ‘as ambitious as Lucifer’ in the characterisation of one member of the senior staff – had concluded that Trump’s tenure would last, at best, a single term and that she, with requisite submission, could be his heir apparent. Haley had courted and befriended Ivanka, and Ivanka had brought her into the family circle, where she had become a particular focus of Trump’s attention, and he of her.”
danielx
Heard McConnell on the tv just now, annnnd…it’s all the Dems’ fault. Did you know that? I didn’t know that.
Just One More Canuck
@Quinerly: At our previous house, there was a big patch of catnip growing at the side, which naturally attracted a lot of the neighbourhood cats. Our cat (the wonderful Scully) was very tolerant of this and didn’t mind sharing. We called her the neighbourhood dealer – she liked to get high on her own supply
And good morning to you and the future leader of the free world
RedDirtGirl
@MomSense: Are you going to Augusta today?
debit
@Baud: For a twist I was going to suggest the Possum Queen, but Jared would also be delightful.
MomSense
@oldgold:
Oh god! We were speculating it was Hicks or Conway last night.
Betty Cracker
@Baud: I read it. Basically, it’s just some NRO/Federalist idiot typing GORSUCH! 600 times. Ruth Marcus wrote a far more worthwhile piece in The Post’s opinion page today.
MomSense
@RedDirtGirl:
Yes I am! I had given away all my hats so I made two last night. One for me and one to share. I’m picking up a couple of friends and heading out soon.
Baud
@Betty Cracker: So a supposed NeverTrunper became a Trumper? Nothing lost.
Betty Cracker
@JPL: Hicks. Trump would consider Conway past her sell-by date.
Betty Cracker
@Baud: Yep. I’m glad she outed herself. When one of the dozens of raging scandals finally brings the shithole down, it’ll be useful to have public declarations like that as receipts. Because you know they’ll all be saying, “Trump who?”
ThresherK
I nailed it! Top of the hour headline at NPR is “both parties blame each other”!
Degree of difficutly: 0. This is so easy a guess, I am awarded no points for it.
MomSense
@Baud:
I was hoping it was the caddy in the private study with the NYT Magazine.
danielx
@Betty Cracker:
Much like there was a lot of that “George who?” business, starting about 2006.
Another Scott
@oldgold: He certainly wants one to think that she’s more than UN Ambassador, doesn’t he. But he’s being awfully coy about it, also too.
Donnie did spend an awful lot of time in NYC early on, though, didn’t he… :-/
But, Meh. We should keep our eyes on the prize and on the important stuff – Donnie’s policy actions, the money laundering, the incompetence, the racism, the punching-down, the conspiracy with Vlad and the Russians, the destruction of the federal government.
My $0.02.
Cheers,
Scott.
debbie
@ThresherK:
Yeah, and to be honest, I wasn’t impressed with Schumer’s audio clip. It’s time to go big picture and condemn the GOP for their insistence on numerous short-term CRs — whether they’re in the majority or minority — as a weapon against the Democrats and a sop to their donors. The GOP has been playing politics with the budget for decades. The GOP has abandoned its self-proclaimed mantle of responsibility and failed to even try for a long-term budget, I think, because it’s the last thing they actually want.
Quantumman
I have seen nothing written about funding for sh#thol?s secret police that was in this funding bill I believe. Why is that not being talked about? Who wants this guy to have his own Gestapo?
Bobby Thomson
@ThresherK: The Trump Times already blamed Senate Democrats in their lede. #NewFoxTimes
oldgold
@Another Scott:
I think the preferred adulterous dating venue for South Carolina Governors is the Appalachian Trail.
danielx
Because it’s always a good idea to start the day with cat pics, Boris and Natasha. Photo should be titled “I love her, she’s mine.”
Quinerly
@Just One More Canuck: Thanks for my big smile. Poco says send campaign $. Don’t tell Baud!. Poco is starting his own PACK.??
eclare
@danielx: So cute!
Quinerly
@danielx: The Mine Shaft. Great place with a lot of history. Also known for having the longest bar in the state of NM. Originally built for the miners when Madrid was a company town. The bar is higher than the usual bar. After being hunched over for 12 plus hours in a mine, the miners preferred to drink standing up. On our 2016 trip, Poco and I stayed for a month in a casita almost directly across highway 14 from The Mine Shaft. Great Green Chile Cheeseburgers. However, the best food around Madrid is The Holler Restaurant. I would put it up against almost anything in Santa Fe…better prices. I still have dreams about a stuffed pork chop from there in 2014.?
Furloughed Fed
I really hated being right when coworkers asked my opinion about shutdown or no yesterday.
debit
@danielx: Adorable!
Ken
@NorthLeft12:
Apropos of nothing, from “Blackadder Goes Forth”:
General Melchett: Field Marshall Haig is worried that this may be depressing the men a tadge. So, he’s looking to find a way to cheer them up.
Captain Blackadder: Well, his resignation and suicide would seem the obvious suggestion.
Raven
@Bobby Thomson: who gives a fuck?
Ken
@NorthLeft12: In the absence of shutdown guidance from the President and his political appointees, the obvious answer is that employees should follow their example.
Bust-out’s started! Everyone steal the computers and petty cash!
danielx
@Quinerly:
That’s the place! Was in there years ago while driving up to Santa Fe from Albuquerque. Excellent place!
Fun fact: the aquifer/water supply for the city of Albuquerque has a layer of jet fuel floating on top of the water.
BruceFromOhio
Beautiful day to march.
#RESIST
danielx
@eclare:
@debit:
Boris has grown into a big hulking tabby cat, while Natasha is still this dainty little thing. But they still cuddle together like the kittens they were six months ago.
JPL
@oldgold: Before she was governor there were rumors about her, so it would not be surprising.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/us/politics/26haley.html
Quinerly
@danielx: Well, I’ll ignore that last paragraph and think about my favorite margaritas in Santa Fe. They are at Del Charo (horseshoe shaped bar at the Inn of the Governors). Locals, $6.50 for a martini shaker of margarita….pretty much two nice drinks. Always great conversation at the bar. I see the same locals every year.? Favorite bartender has been there over 12 years. That says a lot for a place.?? ? Also, wonderful, cheap food…..nightly specials.
George
@NorthLeft12: I work for an agency in the USDA. Yesterday no guidance or instructions were received until early afternoon. In 2013, I recall a general discussion of what to do in the event of a shutdown being emailed a week or more ahead of the event.
In addition, morale in the agency has plummeted, most recently due to the abrupt decision by the secretary of the department to limit employees’ ability to telework. Rumor is that wellness time also is on the chopping block. Those things are in addition to the continual reduction in budget and the hundreds of vacant jobs that have gone unfilled because approval to do so is required at the departmental, rather than the agency, level.
MomSense
Painted my nails Russian Navy, grabbed my hats, and I’m off.
Happy marching today.
Yarrow
@Quinerly: I love Carlsbad Caverns. Visited it again a few years ago. Just spectacular.
Furloughed Fed
@George:
I saw the IRS’s contingency plan via a hyperlink in a WaPo story yesterday. A friend at the service didn’t know about it when I asked.
https://www.treasury.gov/SitePolicies/Documents/FY2018-IRS-Lapse-in-Appropriations-Contingency-Plan_Filing-1-17-18_Single-File.pdf
I would not have thought that staffing the filing season was within the bounds of the Antideficiency Act. Live and get gaslighted.
eric
This is really Ryan’s doing. The Senate could get a few more democratic votes, if Ryan would allow a bill in the House that could get any democratic votes. The GOP strategy is to pass a bill in the House that no real democrat would ever support, then blame the Senate Democrats for not finding 5-10 to vote for it. A more bipartisan House bill gets to 60 in the Senate. Blame Paul Ryan for HIS failure to compromise and HIS inability to run his party in the House.
trnc
@lowtechcyclist: I disagree with that framing. Dems wanted a small bit of federal policy to protect people that most US citizens want to protect, and the republican leadership refused to allow even that small bit. I’m proud we’re trying protect people, but republicans are the ones who shut the govt down over it.
Marcopolo
Good morning folks. About to head out the door and downtown to the local march. The sun is out and we have a gorgeous clear blue sky. Wishing everyone a lovely first government shitdown day!
fedlaw
It’s not even clear whether Pruitt’s order is lawful — it may violate the Antideficiency Act if he’s redirecting funds that are appropriated for specific purposes.
Dorothy A. Winsor (formerly Iowa Old Lady)
I eavesdropped on two older white women in Panera yesterday. They were angry that the govt would shut down and Congress would still get paid. They were also pissed off that Trump meant to jet off to Florida and go to a party.
HeleninEire
@Marcopolo: Knock ’em dead!
BruceFromOhio
@Baud: That is hilarious, and frighteningly accurate.
Suzanne
@Quinerly:
Oooooh. What’s going on? I’ve been incredibly busy this week and haven’t read many threads. I hope everything is okay.
HAL
One of my Facebook friends posted a memory from last year where he criticized people posting clocks counting down to the end of Trump’s administration. You know, we have to support the President! I voted for Trump because he’s not the status quo!! How dare anyone accuse me of being racist.
Apparently his point now is how great Trump’s first year has gone and hey, how’s that clock working out for you? It’s fascinating to watch someone bend and twist to make a reality that simply doesn’t exist. I know it’s petty of me but I won’t defriend him because I’m looking forward to the meltdown when Trump’s out of office and that’s going to be way before 2020.
Gin & Tonic
@Quinerly:
There was a bar in NYC’s West Village in the late 70’s -early 80’s called The Mine Shaft. Also a lot of history. Maybe catered to a somewhat different demographic, though.
Kristine
On the train ? headed into Chicago. Gonna March.
Gin & Tonic
@Suzanne: His son was hit by a car in New Orleans, and is in the hospital, probably had surgery. There were two posts in an early thread on Tuesday or Wednesday if you want to search.
Frankensteinbeck
@eric:
This. Ryan and McConnell had no intention of honoring any bipartisan deal. They abuse the holy Hell out of their powers for extremist purposes, as did Boehner.
Suzanne
@Gin & Tonic: Oh my God. Thanks for the update. That’s terrible news.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
Bet those folks who coughed up the $10 grand to attend Trump’s bash at Mar a Lago will never see that money again, even if it gets cancelled. First rule of Trump is it’s his money now.
Baud
I haven’t been the biggest fan of Atrios but he’s got a post up urging people to cancel their NYT subscriptions. I guess I’ll keep him on my feed a little longer.
Frankensteinbeck
@What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?:
I thought the 10 grand was a misprint, and it’s 100 grand?
Waratah
@danielx: I wish you had not told me that fun fact.
We are planning a long weekend there but will go Santa Fe.
Gelfling 545
@satby: Steve Benen has a useful outline here, suitable for copying to FB idiots. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-government-shuts-down-its-bad-it-looks
dr. bloor
Dear Republicans,
Sternly blaming the Democrats for the shutdown will be more effective if you stop splooging all over yourselves every time you say “shutdown.”
CarolDuhart2
@Furloughed Fed: I was a seasonal during 13. I remember that the only thing we could do was process checks and deposit them. Everyone else was on furlough until further notice. By the way, do you have to go in Monday for cleaning desks and getting that letter?
One good thing about this is that it was on a 2nd week midmonth. The next check should be processed-we have to pay obligations already incurred. But even in 13 it was a hardship for many who had to miss one check and for anyone who had to keep working, pay or no.
If you have a TSP fund, check Monday to see if they make special arrangements for emergency withdrawals.
mike in dc
@What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?: Maddow was covering the missing leftover inauguration money(10s of millions), and the whole time I was thinking “I’m pretty sure we all know who wound up with the leftover money, Rachel.”
Schlemazel
@Suzanne:
I was in the same boat, apparently his son was hit by a car. We are all worried about him and hoping that it is not as bad as it sounded
Schlemazel
@Frankensteinbeck:
100K a couple was the official price
debbie
@HAL:
Just like he supported Obama, no doubt.
Kayla Rudbek
@lowtechcyclist: yeah, USPTO didn’t get our notice that we would have authorization to spend our user fees until yesterday afternoon. Very big difference from the 2013 shutdown
J R in WV
@Suzanne:
Wednesday we had two posts from Ozark, first that his younger son, in New Orleans, was “run over” by a car, with displaced fractures of both legs. Somewhat later, same thread, we heard that the news was better, he was in surgery, and maybe the boy’s traditionally poor luck had taken a turn for the better. Silence since then, probably no computer of his own…
Yesterday one of the regulars copied the two comments into a comment together, which confirmed my memory of the Wednesday posts.
I would rather have traditionally poor luck for years to save the good luck for being run down, personally. Good time for all the good luck you can muster.
Gelfling 545
@JPL: I agree it’s Hicks. Kellyanne is outside his prefered age for predatation.
Gelfling 545
@Just One More Canuck: I grow a lot of catmint, not the actual nip, because it’s a reliable bloomer all summer. For some readon the local cats seem to pick one plant thst they crush down to nubs (some actually sleep in it) and leave the rest alone. I imagine some have higher concentrations of the active ingredient thsn others. Still, the locals visit the plants all summer & keep the area rodent free.
Uncle Ebeneezer
@Betty Cracker: Oh no!! I randomly capitalize nouns all the time (just too lazy to learn the rules on Caps/italics/quotes etc.), fortunately I doubt anyone will ever confuse my tweets with 45’s.
Steve in the ATL
@George:
Do you have a union?
Cowboy Diva
@Furloughed Fed: the NTEU had it, and probably released it to the press. Throughout the day where I am frontline managers were trying to keep people in the loop, updating contact information, etc. By 4pm PST we knew we had been excepted and were to report to work as usual Monday morning.
Steve in the ATL
@danielx:
The preferred nomenclature is “white lightning”
Gin & Tonic
@Steve in the ATL: Why, do you want to bust it?
Ohio Mom
@Gelfling 545: I had a friend who used pretty much the same trick in her vegetable garden: planted catnip for the neighborhood’s cats even though she was petless.
@Baud: I don’t think this is new, I remember very many anti-NYT Atrios posts. In his more engaged youth, he was prescient about many things.
I don’t use a feed but I’ll always check in on him, out of nostaglia, mostly. He was my first blog. I think he was the one who led me here, too.
SFAW
@Uncle Ebeneezer:
There used to be a parody-troll commenter over at Josh’s — he may still be commenting, not sure — named “the ghost of eustace tilley,” whose comments had random capitalization. Made for interesting reading.
Sister Golden Bear
@Suzanne: @J R in WV: No computer, and he’s got an older phone that’s not capable of doing internet stuff, IIRC. So he said there was likely to be radio silence for a while.
Hopefully, things have continued to take a turn for the better.
Steeplejack (phone)
@Suzanne:
Recap on OzarkHillbilly here.
moops
@Kayla Rudbek:
yeah, DOE here. Our situation is odd, in that a lot of our research grants have already been transferred to our site by this time of the year, so, we go to work as usual. But….we have had so many CRs that it is getting ridiculous. Without budgets we have been in a half year of paralysis in our agency since we can’t plan anything.
and like the rest of you, we haven’t been given instructions, except that all government workers are grounded in the event of a shutdown. So my flight to DC on Monday I’ll have to cancel. I hope I can at least bank the ticket and save my grant that money. I’ll likely need to fly to DC again within a year, but perhaps I’m not on that same grant by then?
I would rip on this more, but I have fellow travelers that are BJ commentators.
George
@Steve in the ATL: Some national forests in the agency are unionized, but others are not. I’m not sure how it will play out across the agency as whole.