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The Reign Of Morons Is Here. ⇒

   1 October 2013, mid-morning

Congress shutdown the US government. Seriously.

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  1. Failed state.

  2. No astronomy picture of the day. They are shutting down websites even though it’s cheaper to keep them up.

  3. Speaking of failed states, I love this article from Slate: If It Happened There … the Government Shutdown.

  4. Good one. I also found Parenting Advice for Democrats: How to Handle the Republican Temper Tantrum amusing.

  5. What John Boehner’s ambition has to do with the shutdown [BBC] and Hastert: Primary Challenges Making Congress ‘Kind Of Neurotic’ [NPR] have good summaries of some of the “features” of the American political system that cause it to be so dysfunctional.

    Plus of our Gerrymandering, where the politicians choose their voters, (instead of opposite, like in a democracy).

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