ExiledInIllinois Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 No. But I did get a loaf of plain bread for an additional $3.99. Even @ a gas station, that is some serious money for a loaf of bread... Anyway... I was playing plus 4 bucks a week or so ago, it is now down below $3.40 a gallon... That is a 60 cent swing. On a 20 gallon tank that is a 12 dollar swing... Winter blend?
3rdnlng Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 While the WW11 Memorial is not normally manned, since the "shutdown" it requires National Park Service employees to prevent people from visiting it. http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/wired-shut-barricade-wwii-memorial-reinforced_759193.html "On Tuesday morning, seven National Park Service employees were seen erecting and tending to a barricade around the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. One NPS employee was operating a forklift. There usually aren't any NPS employees working at the World War II memorial. A couple hours later, when an Honor Flight of World War II veterans arrived, accompanied by Democratic and Republican members of Congress, the fences blocking the memorial were easily moved away, allowing the veterans to enter. But the barriers are still at the memorial, and they've been reinforced. This morning, I walked by the memorial and noticed that wires had been used to tie the fences together:" What's next, stopping White House tours? The golf course at Andrews AFB is still open for business. I wonder why?
birdog1960 Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 was in a room full of about 30 doctors yesterday. we were discussing impending changes to heath care and someone stated that we all need to take back medicine from the gov't (i suspect i was the only liberal in the room). someone then said, "that's ok, ted cruz will do that for us" to which everyone laughed loudly. the guy's a joke and serious folks, even conservatives, know it.
Chef Jim Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Even @ a gas station, that is some serious money for a loaf of bread... Anyway... I was playing plus 4 bucks a week or so ago, it is now down below $3.40 a gallon... That is a 60 cent swing. On a 20 gallon tank that is a 12 dollar swing... Winter blend? Winter blend, end of the summer driving season, Syria has been replaced by the gov't shutdown. was in a room full of about 30 doctors yesterday. we were discussing impending changes to heath care and someone stated that we all need to take back medicine from the gov't (i suspect i was the only liberal in the room). someone then said, "that's ok, ted cruz will do that for us" to which everyone laughed loudly. the guy's a joke and serious folks, even conservatives, know it. Let see. Thirty doctors in a room and only one liberal who I presume is the only one that is for Obamacare. Ever get the feeling your alone, and very possibly wrong, with your opinion?
birdog1960 Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Winter blend, end of the summer driving season, Syria has been replaced by the gov't shutdown. Let see. Thirty doctors in a room and only one liberal who I presume is the only one that is for Obamacare. Ever get the feeling your alone, and very possibly wrong, with your opinion? no. they were all specialists and subspecialists. different personalities and political leanings gravitate towards different specialties. it was no where near a representative sample of doctors in general. i could have been in a room at a university meeting of generalists and there not have been a single conservative there.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303722604579117282938242994.html Furloughed workers will get back pay for not working... 407-0 was the vote. Who's against spending now? LoL That is what I figured would happen... Same thing in 1996. A new guy was bummed @ work because he was sent home. I told him that he will make out better than all of us since he didn't have to work! Told him not to worry!
Tiberius Posted October 5, 2013 Author Posted October 5, 2013 What are they angry about? Do you know? Nothing in particular. They think their rights are being taken away and they are not free now, or something. Angry idiots, is all http://online.wsj.co...2938242994.html Furloughed workers will get back pay for not working... 407-0 was the vote. Who's against spending now? LoL That is what I figured would happen... Same thing in 1996. A new guy was bummed @ work because he was sent home. I told him that he will make out better than all of us since he didn't have to work! Told him not to worry! That's awesome! The Virginia Governors race is really being thrown for a loop by this shutdown and the Republican can't get out of a speaking engagement with Ted Cruz! Ha ha! http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/government-shutdown-virgnia-governor-race-2013-97856.html?ml=po_r Cuccinelli, already trailing in the polls, risks becoming the first political casualty of the shutdown if a chunk of the 175,000 federal workers who were furloughed across the commonwealth vent their frustration on him. Virginia, which received more federal contracts than any other state last fiscal year, is particularly dependent on federal largesse. But Cuccinelli cannot afford to skip Saturday’s engagement and risk depressing base enthusiasm in next month’s low-turnout, off-year election. He has stressed when asked that he does not agree with all his supporters on every issue. Virginia is for lovers <3
Doc Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 was in a room full of about 30 doctors yesterday. we were discussing impending changes to heath care and someone stated that we all need to take back medicine from the gov't (i suspect i was the only liberal in the room). someone then said, "that's ok, ted cruz will do that for us" to which everyone laughed loudly. the guy's a joke and serious folks, even conservatives, know it. I'd have laughed at that as well.
3rdnlng Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 I wonder if these park rangers wear brown shirts? http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/10/04/park-rangers-guard-inn-parking-lot-from-guests-during-shutdown/ Bruce O’Connell knew what would happen with the government shutdown. As the owner of an inn on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, he received a notice about the shutdown procedures that would occur last week — and he’s been through it before. This time though, he has rangers barring cars from entering his parking lot. O’Connell has been the owner of Pisgah Inn nearly 25 miles from Asheville for 35 years. He was around during the 1996 shutdown in Bill Clinton’s presidency. But something about this one feels different, he told TheBlaze Friday afternoon. “I was 20 years younger then and I had a lot to lose,” O’Connell, now 60 years old, said. “Now, I’ve got a son and I feel like I’ve got more to lose.” He’s not talking from a fiscal standpoint — although this is the inn’s busiest month of the year — but from a philosophical standpoint. “This is the federal government turning guests away from a private business.” Share: O’Connell decided to stay open earlier this week to provide food, bathrooms and safety to people traveling on the parkway, which the National Park Service kept open because it’s a thoroughfare. Then on Thursday at 6 p.m., O’Connell said rangers showed up at the inn. “Looking at uniformed law enforcement with a gun, you do different things,” O’Connell said, noting that he didn’t feel strong armed or intimidated but out of respect for their position, decided to cease operations at their direction. Then, he slept on it. Waking up Friday morning, he said he was “basically fired up with our country’s government.” And he decided to reopen again today at 11:30 a.m. “Guests started streaming in,” he said. But by 12:30 p.m. a ranger was on the scene, red lights flashing, blocking the Pisgah Inn’s parking lot and turning people away.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 The Pisgah Inn in North Carolina is leased and on Federal Land. The inn operates in a gov't owned building. Vindictive? Sure.
meazza Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Even @ a gas station, that is some serious money for a loaf of bread... Anyway... I was playing plus 4 bucks a week or so ago, it is now down below $3.40 a gallon... That is a 60 cent swing. On a 20 gallon tank that is a 12 dollar swing... Winter blend? This thread has been side tracked into an analysis of Nanker's shopping habits. That being said, I paid 1.45 for 1 liter of 91 octane. That's 5.50 CAD a gallon.
3rdnlng Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/05/Feds-Try-to-Close-the-OCEAN-Because-of-Shutdown Just before the weekend, the National Park Serviceinformed charter boat captains in Florida that the Florida Bay was "closed" due to the shutdown. Until government funding is restored, the fishing boats are prohibited from taking anglers into 1,100 square-miles of open ocean. Fishing is also prohibited at Biscayne National Park during the shutdown. The Park Service will also have rangers on duty to police the ban. Of access to an ocean. The government will probably use more personnel and spend more resources to attempt to close the ocean, than it would in its normal course of business. This is governing by temper-tantrum. It is on par with the government's ham-fisted attempts to close the DC WWII Memorial, an open-air public monument that is normally accessible 24 hours a day. By accessible I mean, you walk up to it. When you have finished reflecting, you then walk away from it. At least that Memorial is an actual structure, with some kind of perimeter that can be fenced off. Florida Bay is the ocean. How, pray tell, do you "close" 1,100 square miles of ocean? Why would one even need to do so? Apparently, according to an anonymous Park Service ranger, “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we can. It’s disgusting.” Centuries ago, King Canute famously failed to command the ocean tide to stop. His display was actually a means to educate his subjects on the limits of royal power. Today, however, our President actually believes he has the power to control the oceans.
Chef Jim Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 http://online.wsj.co...2938242994.html Furloughed workers will get back pay for not working... 407-0 was the vote. Who's against spending now? LoL That is what I figured would happen... Same thing in 1996. A new guy was bummed @ work because he was sent home. I told him that he will make out better than all of us since he didn't have to work! Told him not to worry! So when will the media and everyone else stop whining about federal employees...NOT GETTING PAID!!! Tell me who was against spending in the beginning? Nothing in particular. They think their rights are being taken away and they are not free now, or something. Angry idiots, is all. So you have no clues as to why we/they are angry but they're/we're idiots. Ok, got it. That's about par for the course.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 So when will the media and everyone else stop whining about federal employees...NOT GETTING PAID!!! Tell me who was against spending in the beginning? So you have no clues as to why we/they are angry but they're/we're idiots. Ok, got it. That's about par for the course. Yeah... I know. It should be not getting paid ON TIME... If it lingers, the paychecks won't be there in two weeks... I think for me, it would be a week not there. I am exempted yet in a deferred paid status as we speak. So techincally, I won't get paid on time next pay day (10/17) if this drags on. Actually, it is better off for the furloughed... They can stay home and not burn fuel and expenses getting to work. Me? No big deal... I can work for free... Which I don't want but won't break my family budget... Others will have a tough time being exempted if pay checks aren't cut on time... Last time this happened in 1996... I was also exempted... Didn't even notice because there was money there to be paid. This time around it is @ the end of the fiscal year. They are dry of funds and can't rob Peter to pay Paul to meet payroll.
/dev/null Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Obama hard at work trying to bring an end to the current crisis http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_REDSKINS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-10-05-10-21-17
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Obama hard at work trying to bring an end to the current crisis http://hosted.ap.org...-10-05-10-21-17 LoL... Mods can you please merge this thread... It has taken a turn for the worse! Your are such a lark /dev... Why the eff do they pick on you!
Chef Jim Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Yeah... I know. It should be not getting paid ON TIME... If it lingers, the paychecks won't be there in two weeks... I think for me, it would be a week not there. I am exempted yet in a deferred paid status as we speak. So techincally, I won't get paid on time next pay day (10/17) if this drags on. Actually, it is better off for the furloughed... They can stay home and not burn fuel and expenses getting to work. Me? No big deal... I can work for free... Which I don't want but won't break my family budget... Others will have a tough time being exempted if pay checks aren't cut on time... Last time this happened in 1996... I was also exempted... Didn't even notice because there was money there to be paid. This time around it is @ the end of the fiscal year. They are dry of funds and can't rob Peter to pay Paul to meet payroll. Yes as you mentioned if this thing goes on past the 15th there's a reason to cry about gov't employees not getting paid on time. Until then people need to stop whining. And you're right many of them will probably get back pay for not even working. Will they get their vacation pay docked? Probably not. Where else but the public sector would this charade go on??
/dev/null Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 The Senate is hard at work trying to resolve the current crisis http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/326719-senate-recognizes-national-chess-week-as-it-prepares-for-weekend-work
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 5, 2013 Posted October 5, 2013 Yes as you mentioned if this thing goes on past the 15th there's a reason to cry about gov't employees not getting paid on time. Until then people need to stop whining. And you're right many of them will probably get back pay for not even working. Will they get their vacation pay docked? Probably not. Where else but the public sector would this charade go on?? I can't agree more. A paycheck on the 17th will cover the pay period worked: 9/22 to 10/5. I know myself being exempted... I can't take annual leave. If I wanted the leave, I have to be put in for furlough status... This rule dates back to the 1870's or something I was reading. I wonder how that would work since they are getting paid anyway... Seems like a good way tp take vacation and not burn your leave??? Again... Only in the gov't!!
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