Not theater, not even close. Very very real.
Most people do not understand how the Fed is funded or how it gives funds (after watching Congress people speak, a good portion of them have no idea either). To say it’s complicated, is a bit of an understatement.
Not all appropriations bills are passed at the same time. A CR is a blanket that says fund whatever at the same level as the last appropriations bill. Some ABs were passed in 2008, 2009, 2010, etc. My agency’s last AB was passed in 2010. We have had several CRs since then.
Thus, the funding that public broadcasting received was completed at a different time out of some else’s budget and that is why they got their money, it was already set aside for that purpose. It is not a Federal agency; it’s a private non-profit.
The rest of the big fed departments/administrations are funded one fiscal year at a time, 1 Oct to 30 Sept each year. The VA was exempt from shutdown during the last shutdown, based on priority.
This time, the House and Senate failed to pass ABs and/or CRs. That is what got us to this point.
Show was good. Doyle still looks the same, rock hard abs. Tommy looked like he was having a good time. Security was all over people taking photos and videos on their phones. Some guy got escorted out after Glenn pointed him out.
Yeah, Doyle is a brick shithouse. Just a solid meatstick of a man. I don’t know if he does 'roids or what, but damn . . . . 50 years old and just an amazing physique (not trying to sound gay, but the dude is pretty impressive looking).
That show, actually, was the first time I didn’t want to shoot Tommy in the balls. He delivered the goods and seemed to be having fun, but wasn’t doing all the cheesy douchebag rock posing that he did on the CU-LA-Tour.
That’s funny about the phones and cameras and stuff. I’d heard about Glenn getting anal about that before (and can easily picture it) but he was in such great spirits at the show Grumps and I say and despite there being people snapping shots and filming clips, he never said a word about it.
I really came away from that show with my whole perception of Danzig changed. I always thought he was a bitter, unfun, dick. And I expected him to phone in his performance as half the man he used to be and use 1/8 the effort. But he defied all expectations. He was happy, fun, appreciative and interactive with the crowd. And he gave it 100% all the way and just completely blew me away.
YAAAAAYYYYY!!! We’ve once again been saved from the impending apocalypse of government shutdown! Oh, thank God! I mean, I was really worried there for a second, what with the . . . . uhhhh . . . . oh, yeah, that’s right, it made no difference whatsoever.
Okay, extra paid vacation is over, Government People! Get your asses back to work! Minesweeper ain’t gonna sweep itself, dammit!
Nothing is final yet; the Senate and House both still have to vote and then the President has to sign. Thus, it could be Thursday, Friday, or Monday before we go back to work. The critical path is at midnight: the Treasury runs out of options in being able to creatively move money around to pay the bills.
Yeah, I was hoping for a complete Armageddon type scenario - every man for himself and American cities laying in ruins six months from now. Then it could have all gone “Mad Max 2” on you, with bikie gangs roaming the wasteland, killing, raping and pillaging at random. And the whole thing would have been overseen by some half naked beefcake in a hockey mask, giving orders through a bullhorn.
To be honest, I’m a bit let down by what eventuated…
Yeah, I was hoping for a complete Armageddon type scenario -
I honestly thought the repubs would let us go belly up because they’re already set for life. So fuck their constituents cause their shit is still taken care of. So, fuck the country up beyond repair because what skin is it off their backs? their way of life doesn’t change.
[reply]Yeah, I was hoping for a complete Armageddon type scenario -
I honestly thought the repubs would let us go belly up because they’re already set for life. So fuck their constituents cause their shit is still taken care of. So, fuck the country up beyond repair because what skin is it off their backs? their way of life doesn’t change.
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grmpysmrf[/reply]
If this had dragged out to 15 November resulting in millions of people not receiving their benefit checks, there possibly would have been a storming of the hill.
[reply][reply]Yeah, I was hoping for a complete Armageddon type scenario -
I honestly thought the repubs would let us go belly up because they’re already set for life. So fuck their constituents cause their shit is still taken care of. So, fuck the country up beyond repair because what skin is it off their backs? their way of life doesn’t change.
Late,
grmpysmrf[/reply]
If this had dragged out to 15 November resulting in millions of people not receiving their benefit checks, there possibly would have been a storming of the hill.[/reply]
Yeah, hence why it was only a 2 week puppet show. I found the whole episode so boring and predictable. Even sillier than the “financial crisis” of 2007 that they saved us from.
If this had dragged out to 15 November resulting in millions of people not receiving their benefit checks, there possibly would have been a storming of the hill.
By then those fuckers would have been long gone to their gated communities protected by paramilitary security. Living off of their reserves for eons to come.
Late,
grmpysmrf