The House of Representatives’ gym has remained open during the government shutdown, but the employees who run the gym are out on furlough. “No one is there to check members into the facility in the basement of the Rayburn House
Yesterday, whatever show Andrew Mitchell hosts on MSNBC had Congressman Sean Duffy as a guest to talk about the government shutdown and Obama care. Duffy smacked down Mitchell, repeatedly refusing her spin (this woman MUST be on the Obama payroll)
Thousands of people found themselves inside a national park when the government shutdown went into effect. Pat Vaillancourt and her tour group “which included senior citizen visitors from Japan, Australia, Canada and the United States, were locked in Yellowstone National
The director of public helath in Kuwait has announced the country has the technology to “detect” gays and keep them from crossing the borders into Kuwait. Yousuf Mindkar and his gay detecting technololgy will be debated next month at the
Sticker shock over Obamacare has arrived in San Francisco. Now that Obamacare exchanges are live (or are they?) people looking for health care are getting quite a surprise. And it’s not just limited to those looking for exchanges, other people
The official Amber Alert page is www.amberalert.gov. The Amber Alert is a national program that alerts the public when a child has been abducted. The Department of Justice broadcasts specific information about missing children so the public can be on
One of Obama’s preferred golf courses, the course on Andrews Airforce Base remains open during the government shutdown. The grocery stores on the base, where troops get discounted groceries for their families are, however, closed. They will shop “at local stores
Americans visiting a D-Day cemetery in France were angry to learn that the cemetery was closed on account of the government shut down. Thousands of Americans flock to Normandy each year to see the beaches and sharp cliff-faces where Allied
The fight between Senate and House leadership has reached a new low, with their respective staffs hissing at each other behind the scenes. “…the personal animus extends beyond the leaders. Along with their bosses, aides to Boehner and Reid are
A New York newspaper has sued Putnam County to release the records of pistol permit holders so they can reveal who has gun permits on their website and in their newspaper. The county has denied two Freedom of Information Act
House Republicans will meet today to determine how to proceed on the continuing resolution/debt ceiling negotiations. Speaker John Boehner has said he will not dictate strategy at the meeting, but members are looking to him to for direction and strategy
You complete me Alan Turing and the answer is no. A few weeks ago, filming started on the The Imitation Game, a movie about logician and mathematician Alan Turing who cracked Germany’s enigma code during World War II. Benedict Cumberbatch
Shortly before midnight, Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected a request from the House of Representatives to appoint conferees to negotiate a funding bill before the government shut down. When the House and Senate each have differences on their respective bills,
A Gallup poll released today shows that consequences of past government shut downs “ranged from none to short-lived.” In particular, the effect of shutting down the government had little effect on Americans and their opinions about the political players involved.
According to Fortune Magazine, the Democrat National Committee is in some deep financial trouble. “The Democratic National Committee remains so deeply in the hole from spending in the last election that it is struggling to pay its own vendors.” Considering
In response to NY Times Poll: People Prefer Default to Increasing the Debt Limit Without Cuts: I think what is even more surprising John, is that 79% of adults surveyed want reduced spending, one way or another. 43. As you
On Morning Joe, Chris Matthews made a stunning admission. At the conclusion of a discussion about the Cruz “filibuster”, Matthews said that Cruz was playing to his crowd. He went on to say: We all know this country is balkanized..and
Now that the House has sent the Senate a continuing resolution that includes defunding Obamacare, the next step is for the Senate to vote on a motion to proceed to agree to bring the bill to the floor. Reid will
In a rebuke to the gun-obsessed main stream media, Gallup released a new poll showing that most Americans blame a failing mental health system for mass shootings in the United States. What is notable is that there is a drop
NBC News reports that Aaron Alexis was armed with “an assault-style rifle, a shotgun and a handgun” when he was killed in a shootout with authorities. Law enforcement told NBC “they believed he arrived packing only the shotgun, which he
According to a recent profile, the current head of the NSA ran the Army’s Intelligence and Security Command from a room designed to look the the bridge from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Keith Alexander has come under photon torpedo
The Huffington Post described the recall of two anti-second amendment, pro-gun control state senators a “stunning victory” for gun rights activists. Two state senators, including the president of the senate, John Morse and Angela Giron, were handed their walking papers
According to Hill sources, House Republicans will meet with Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday morning. The meeting is said to begin at 9:30am and Biden is expected to face a tough crowd. Republican and Democratic lawmakers and aides
CBS has a video report about the lucrative business of cats on the internet. According to Friskies, 15% of all internet traffic is connected to cats. And internet traffic means big money. Henri, the existential cat, has been viewed on
The government is coming for your energy drinks. Senators Durbin (D-IL), Markey (D-MA) and Blumenthal (D-CT) recently “grilled” the executives from the the energy drink industry about “selling an unhealthy product and an unsafe message to young people.” All three
