This is a big f-ing deal

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Having quoted Biden on the ACA, I'll paraphrase Paul Krugman: Health reform is here to stay. The glitches of October won’t matter in the long run. They are actually encouraging…

Republican Shutdown Open Thread, Day 4

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Delaware Dem has been doing a damn fine job with these open threads. Don't you agree? You must agree or risk me considering you a pinhead. Anyway, today he is busy so you get the second rate version. So put your Republican government shutdown info in the comments and in the meantime read this about what a f'ing C-word Miley Cyrus is. I mean, I don't give a shit about her licking a sledgehammer, but beating up on Sinead O'Conner because she was treated for mental illness is a total dick move.

The Official Walter White Obituary

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There's spoilers if you haven't seen the last episode yet. This is the creation of high school science teacher David Layman and members of the “Unofficial Breaking Bad Fan Tour” Facebook group who paid for it to appear in the ABQ Journal. Not sure this helps with closure for me, but hey.

Time for bi-partisan superman, John Carney, to file a discharge petition

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Twenty house Republicans are on record saying that they would vote for a clean CR. John Boehner will not bring it up for a vote, but that creates a perfect moment for bi-partisan superman, John Carney, to save the country with his amazing friendship building skills. Carney has spent his entire time in congress honing these relationships, so he should be able to make just a few calls and get this done. After all, we continuously hear how important is is to create bi-partisan comity in the house by sucking up the frauds and charlatans on the other side of the isle - now is the moment for all that servile boot-licking to pay off.
Something I Hadn’t Noticed Until Now…

Something I Hadn’t Noticed Until Now…

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... but, where is Vice President Biden? He had been central to prior negotiations in 2011 with the Republican Default Crisis and with the 2012 Fiscal Cliff. In those deals, he was the peacemaker and dealmaker. He is being kept off canvas now, but not for the obvious reason: so that he could be brought in for another dealmaking opportunity. No, there is another reason....

A Republican Congresswoman needs her paycheck

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I presume she was responding to a question as to why she is being paid during this shutdown when hundreds of thousands of federal employees, such as those Capitol police officers who protected her so bravely today, are not. She needs her paycheck. Pardon my profanity, but why the fuck does she think those police officers do not need theirs? Seriously, fuck her.
A different kind of temper tantrum

A different kind of temper tantrum

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You know when your toddler throws a temper tantrum because you told him or her that they cannot have something they want, like a toy or something random in the super market? And then there are times when they just freak out for no fucking reason discernible to any thinking rational person? Nothing calms them. They don't know what they want. They want something, and they are furious about not getting it, they just don't know what it is. Obviously, Republicans are acting like petulant children having a temper tantrum. That is not in dispute by anyone with an IQ above 5. But I thought it was because we Democrats and the President told the Republicans they could not have something they really really wanted. But now...