Final hours until partial govt. shutdown; Congress moving, Ds stall (Harry Reid says the new House bill is already dead on arrival), wanting Rs to agree on terms, including CPACA (some 2,900 pages).
The objective: blame the Rs; Reid will not agree to a one-year CPACA delay, but…blame. Controllers: Ds say “Tea party arsonists,” w. comparisons to suicide bombers, etc., but out of the 17 shutdowns in the past, 15 were under D control. For the last four years, solid, the Ds have done nothing in good faith to pass a budget, pointing the finger at the Rs, and the corrupt media go with the hostage crisis narrative.
Update: the Senate turned down the delay offer(s); Congress missed the legislative deadline; the partial shutdown is in effect; 800K+ non-essential govt. employees furloughed; govt.-operated tours and landmarks are closed.
Ratings for Breaking Bad, breaking 6 mn. last week, expected to break 7 million for the final ep. last night.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 tops the box office, w. $31 mn; Ron Howard’s Rush came in 3rd, w. $10.3 mn.
From 75¢, to $1, to $2, USA Today raises its purchase price.
Zero tolerance: student suspended for small gun chain.
The guy behind the Obama-HOPE poster, made a few years ago, now would consider the word DRONES. On the other end, and washed in ideology, Funny or Die tries to promote Obamacare w. a spoof of Scandal, or something; needless to say, it’s not funny.
“Super-ugly” a CNN anchor calls it— the possibly-pending govt. shutdown, if Congress can’t pay its bills by 10.17. Vital operations, like post mail, and… Medicare, Obamacare (which turns on 10.01)… whatever “care” the govt. screws the public with— I mean, provides *cough* HMO *cough*… All ’that will still operate. Furlough warnings do have to be sent out in advance for govt. workers that aren’t “vital.”
New BlackBerry model came out, but only fans went for it, due to lack of innovation, among competition. But that company isn’t alone; the iPhone 5 lacks the spark, going from standing ovation every time w. the tech, to getting critical reviews. (These two products are still good; they just haven’t lived up to expectations.)
After years of production delays, the new 3-D C-note ($100 bill) rolls off the presses in the U.S.
Role of women in terrorism: Samantha Lewthwaite, a.k.a. Faye or Webb, known as the “White Widow,” may have been involved in the Westgate(?) bombing in Kenya, but Kenyan officials deny that any woman was involved. Some people that were there don’t agree w. the officials.
Libor meddling leads to $87 mn. in fines against ICAP Europe Limited, Wed.; 3 brokers also charged w. conspiracy and wire fraud.
Cost of postage stamp raised 3¢ to 49¢.
55% of the Pres.’s twitter followers are fake— that’s 20 mn. fake “followers.”
A state appeals court ruled that Marissa Alexander, 32, deserved a new trial because the judge failed to properly instruct the jury regarding her claim of self-defense.
CPACA: you know it’s bad when Jimmy Hoffa Jr. says it’s bad. So many seeking exemption, and so many companies, especially fast food and restaurant chains ending full time work. People that have worked at their respective businesses for twenty years getting laid off. But you have to break a few eggs to make an omlet. A disgusting, inedible omlet that costs you $95+/yr.
Kenya attack aftermath: 5 bodies still trapped in the rubble. Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda linked terrorist group, say they vetted the victims to ‘target’ foreigners, and avoid killing Muslims… as if that justifies killing people, as if it’s true or even relevant. The killing of innocents (and innocence) flies in the face of everything, not to mention, once again staining the religion of Islam.
In other news, a man attempts to act out things in Grand Theft Auto 5, a game lauded for it’s graphics… graphics portraying a thin plot, sex, graphic language and violence, a game meant to shock those that are hard to shock, a game that shouldn’t be played by adults let alone children because it ranks so low on applied quality. Looks like Heaven, feels like Hell. Yeah, I’m surprised it got an ‘M’ rating.
Ted Cruz goes nine, fourteen, twenty-one hours, ditches his regular boots (for more comfortable foot-wear) in, not a filibuster, but a last ditch effort against CPACA, reading from Green Eggs and Ham and talking… Duck Dynasty. 21 hrs., and Harry Reid could care less.
Bill Clinton was late, so singer Bono impersonated him…
Four-day ordeal in Kenya winds down; al-Shabaab took responsibility.
BlackBerry agrees to go private; this comes after 40% of its workforce was laid off.
Fall started 4:44 p.m.
Terrorist attack in Kenya: 59-62+ killed; 175 wounded; a score taken hostage; nephew of Kenyan pres. killed.
Hong Kong: 80K evacuated over Typhoon.
WDC Naval Sea System Control HQ shooting: two shooters kill 12+, injure 5; one suspect killed. Leg wounds on a police officer suggest rapid-fire weapon(s) used.
The 21st reporter to move to the State Department: Time’s Rick Stengel.
Larry Summers withdraws his candidacy as Ben Bernanke’s Fed replacement.
Co. flooding declared one of the worst in recent history.
E.U. to put limits on types of bio-fuel used, made or something.
Massive, “Biblical” flooding in Colorado kills 3+.
2012.12.21 didn’t prove as significant as some people thought. But stuff will happen 2014.04.28.
12th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks that brought down two skyscrapers, brought major damage to the Pentagon, and killed everyone on-board four passenger jetliners, totaling 2,997 casualties in one day. Passengers of the fourth and last jetliner (United 93) were brave enough to down the aircraft before ever coming close to the intended target.
Gold drops from 1,362 to 1,333 in a matter of hours.
Arsenio Hall 2.0 premiere… didn’t hear of anyone actually watching it.
Mr. Reliable Sources himself moved to FNC for a Media Buzz, Sundays at 11 a.m./5 p.m. (There is no single RS replacement for CNN; this time is a guy from the NYT… You know, that guy… with the glasses?)
Just one month away from the Supernatural premiere on CW.
MSNBC defends (somewhat) the admin.’s war w. Syria, calling Ron Paul irresponsible. (Well, someone was mock-repeating the anchor.)
Great, USA network schedules an appreciation maration or something for the departure of NCIS’s “Zeva,” an… Israeli soldier. That show is so frickin’ flawed. Ziva.
Not nearly as good as Chris Meloni’s Eliot Stabler (L&O SVU) in “the hole,” that award-deserving ep., using a bit of his Oz skills.
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