HeavyPetter
Carnal Decadence
^^That doesn't seem crazy.^^
From a friend of mine working in Nairobi and was there before the attack:
"It is awesome to wake up in a country that expereinced a terrorist attack in the last week and to be forced to wonder whether I'm an essential employee or not. How disheartening to learn that while I slept in my bed thousands of miles away from my home, my family, and friends, doing my job for my country, that Congress couldn't do theirs. To all my friends and family who are serving overseas (particularly those serving in the "garden spots") please continue to stay safe and know that we appreciate your service and all that you are doing for our country. God bless all of you.
Dear Congress: Please do your job so that we can do ours."
the one far right friend remaining on my feed is having a big time today. He posted this at midnight:
"3.....2.....1..... Um, nothing unusual happened. They said the country was shutting down, but the power is still on, the water is still running. As far as I can tell, the planets aren't spinning out of their orbits. Satellites and airplanes aren't falling from the sky. Congress and the president are still getting paid.
As I suspected, it appears we don't actually NEED all the crap the Federal government says it does with our tax dollars. Here's hoping it lasts forever.
Nighty night fellow citizens."
And now he is arguing with one of my far lefty friends about how the SCOTUS turned themselves into tyrants when they decided Marbury vs. Madison and the SCOTUS should have been impeached back then.
i believe criminal trials still must go on but there is some question about whether civil cases will proceed. drug cases are like 90% of the workload of the federal courts anyway.
I don't know how likely it is that furloughed employees get paid for their time off this time around. Is it pretty likely?
Last week I was told to keep coming in unless I heard otherwise. I was like yeah I'm an unpaid intern working for a judge, I'm not even being deprived of anything.
I fucking loved it when I got furloughed in '96. It amounted to a paid vacation and nobody noticed the shutdown, even in DC. Maybe some local eateries did, but that's about it.
I mean Term limits would be nice
Maybe, maybe not. That's not as clear cut of an issue as many think.
Maybe, maybe not. That's not as clear cut of an issue as many think.