The Government Shutdown Countdown Lowdown MEGATHREAD

[Admiral Yi]

So the GOP did get a fig leaf baked into the bill. 

[Sheilbh]

They had to get something. Though how pitiful it is is a sign of how badly this went.

[Admiral Yi]

I still thinks it's a bad idea.  A dollar in ransom is still ransom.

[Sheilbh]

No. It's trying to provide a graceful way out once a side's admitted defeat. They've given in so make it easy. In victory magnanimity and all that.

Of course alongside that Obama should try and milk this for all the political gain its worth.

But it's not even a dollar ransom.

[Razgovory]

They had to get something. Though how pitiful it is is a sign of how badly this went.

I actually feel sorry for Boehner to have gone through this.

[DGuller]

Looks like one federal worker won't be going back to work any time soon.

[Grey Fox]

I still thinks it's a bad idea.  A dollar in ransom is still ransom.

It's also the pity money you give a kid after something bad happened to them.

Here you go, Sparky, take this dollar & buy yourself some candy.

[grumbler]

I still thinks it's a bad idea.  A dollar in ransom is still ransom.

It's also the pity money you give a kid after something bad happened to them.

Here you go, Sparky, take this dollar & buy yourself some candy.

It's nothing of the sort.  It's the equivalent of promising to be more understanding of the kid's problems with math.

[Razgovory]

I'm not seeing any ransom paid.  The only "concession" is a promise to do what they were already planing on doing (unless the intention was to allow fraud).  Hopefully the Republicans learned their lesson and won't do this again.

[Grey Fox]

I still thinks it's a bad idea.  A dollar in ransom is still ransom.

It's also the pity money you give a kid after something bad happened to them.

Here you go, Sparky, take this dollar & buy yourself some candy.

It's nothing of the sort.  It's the equivalent of promising to be more understanding of the kid's problems with math.

That's better.

[Caliga]

As is appropriate a mad farce ends with a flash of lunacy:

From the video I saw it looked like she has nice tits.

[merithyn]

●Requires additional measures, favored by Republicans, to ensure that people who receive financial help to buy medical insurance under the new health-care law are being honest about their income.

This bit confuses me.

Part of the ACA is required reporting of employee incomes by businesses. It's part of the information that goes into The Hub, an information center and exchange. So, basically, the ACA already has measures in place to verify employee income, and in Illinois, that's already working. My kids lost state-sponsored Medicaid as soon as Max got a job, even though I forgot to fill out the paperwork.

[garbon]

There's another shutdown in a few months.  We'll see if people remember that one for next years midterms.  If there's any justice, the Republicans will lose the House and the US will finally be able to make owning a handgun a capital crime.

You mean like how the Pelosi-Reid Connection was able to do a lot of good?

[merithyn]

[derspiess]

They had to get something. Though how pitiful it is is a sign of how badly this went.

I actually feel sorry for Boehner to have gone through this.

"Leave this poor orange man alone!" 

Anyway, it's nothing a good cry couldn't fix.