OK some of you e-mail subscribers might have noticed you’re not getting the full issue anymore in your e-mails. To find out why go to the blog at Dragonlaffs.com like we’ve been trying to get you to do for nearly 3 years now.

You find your way here? Good! The short answer is you will not be receiving the entire issue in your e-mail any longer because of changes we made in the way the issue posts. These were deliberate changes designed to get people to come to the blog for a couple of reasons.

The first was to see the issue as we intended it to appear. We take a lot of time and effort in crafting each issue. Too much to have it appear all hacked up in an e-mail.

The second was to get our viewing count up to where we know it should be so that we can attract some advertisers and generate some revenue to offset the costs incurred with running the blog. The cost of the domain and hosting go up every year and we cannot continue to count on your generosity to fund it.

Likewise, we do not want to go to a subscription based fee system. The problem with attracting advertisers is all they want to know is how many people you reach. Our blog count hovers around 200 to 250 depending on the issue but we have nearly 3 times that who stubbornly insist on using the outmoded e-mail method of viewing which we cannot count in our hit and therefore will never be able to qualify for an advertising revenue stream.

Hence we after asking and explaining nicely at least 3 times a year  for each year we have been here were finally forced to take steps to force you to come to the blog to see the issues so that we could ensure the continuation of the blog. Regrettable but necessary for the blogs survival.

Now, enough explaining, lets make with the snort of hot coffee out your nasal passages and all over your screen & keyboard shall we?

‘Viagra’ is  now available in tea bags.  It doesn’t enhance your sexual performance but it does stop your biscuit going soft.

​So Impish was walking around grumbling​, snorting out little clouds of smoke where he went and generally setting off all the smoke detectors the other day.

In an attempt to remain on the good side of the local volunteer Fire Department w/o forking over more coin for yet another engine to appease them from all the Impish instigated false alarms I ask him what the problem was.

“She told me to peel half the potatoes from the bag and put them in the pot of water!” he fumed. “Women! Ya try to help and get friggin’ yelled at !??! How is that right?” he queried.

Knowing Impish as well as I do, I figured I wasn’t seeing the whole picture here, especially since he seemed to be in the right and actually have a point here.

So I texted Mrs. Dragon and asked her about the source of Impish’s foul mood. She declined to comment and just sent me this photo by way of an explanation.

A Baptist pastor was presenting a children’s sermon. During the
sermon, he asked the children if they knew what the resurrection was.

Now, asking questions during children’s sermons is crucial, but at the
same time, asking children questions in front of a congregation can
also be very dangerous.

Having asked the children if they knew the meaning of the
resurrection, a little boy raised his hand……..

The pastor called on him and the little boy said,

“I know that if you have a resurrection that lasts more than four hours you are supposed to call the doctor.”

It took over ten minutes for the congregation to settle down enough for the service to continue.

The Top 20 Movies About the Government Shutdown

20. 435 Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

19. The GOPs Must Be Crazy

18. Nightmare on K Street

17. Raging Bullshit

16. The Baracky Horror Picture Show

15. The Out-of-Touchables

14. No Healthcare for Old Men

13. Incompetence Day

12. Mr. Cruz Blows Up Washington

11. Incumbent Basterds

10. Careless Boehner’s Day Off

09. The Silence of the Dems

08. The Whining

07. Kindergarten Crap

06. Blazing Assholes

05. Kill Bills: Vols. 1-44

04. Crazy, Stupid Gov

03. The Men Who Shot Liberty’s Balance

02. Lamer vs. Lamer

And the Number One Movie About the Government Shutdown…

01. Total Recall… PLEASE!

 

Give me 15 minutes and a Louisville Slugger and I’d resolve this government shutdown the REAL American way.

Cowboy: “Give me 3 packets of condoms, please.”
Cashier: “Do you need a paper bag with that, sir?”
Cowboy: “Nah… She’s purty good lookin’…..”

SOME HARD TRUE FACTS!!!

I have not read of a single dollar reduction in foreign aid as a result of sequestering. All items cut were for the express purpose of hurting the American taxpayer/working people the most!

Well?

DEMOCRAT and  Republican politicians are ‘different’ ONLY in name when it comes to what they are doing to the WE THE PEOPLE currently.

We read all the jokes and forward the good ones but I just wonder who will pass this one on. How about you sending it on, if you have enough ’intestinal fortitude’ to do so.  I’m the Lethal Leprechaun and I do. That’s why you are seeing it here. 

Someone please tell me what the Hell’s wrong with all the people that run this country!!!!!!

Both Democrats and Republicans  say,

“We’re broke and we have crushing debit measured in TRILLIONS of dollars” and as a result can’t help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless, Etc.,?

But, over the last several years THEY have provided direct cash aid to…..

Hamas – $351 M,

Libya    $1.45 B,

Egypt – $397 M,

Mexico – $622 M,

Russia – $380 M,

Haiti –    $1.4 B,

Jordan – $463 M,

Kenya – $816 M,

Sudan – $870 M,

Nigeria – $456 M,

Uganda – $451 M,

Congo – $359 M,

Ethiopia – $981 M,

Pakistan – $2 B,

South Africa – $566 M,

Senegal – $698 M,

Mozambique – $404 M,

Zambia – $331 M,

Kazakhstan – $304 M,

Iraq    –   $1.08 B,

Tanzania – $554 M,

…with literally Billions of Dollars and they still hate us!!!!

But on the other hand,  our retired seniors, living on a ‘fixed income,’ Receive NO aid!

Nor do they get any breaks, while our government And religious organizations will pour Hundreds of Billions Of $$$$$$’s and Tons of  Food  to Foreign Countries!

Someone needs to explain to them that Charity begins AT HOME!!!

And here is yet another atrocity….

We have Hundreds of adoptable American Children who are shoved aside to make room for the adoption of Foreign orphans!

AMERICA: A country where we have countless Homeless without shelter, Children going to bed hungry, Elderly going without needed medication and the Mentally ill without treatment — etc.

YET……….

They will have a ‘Benefit’ Show for the people of Haiti, on 12 TV Stations; Ships and planes lining up with food, water, tents clothes, bedding, doctors and medical supplies. Now Just Imagine if

Our own *GOVERNMENT*  gave ‘US’ the same support they give to foreign countries.!

Sad, isn’t it?

99% of people won’t have the ’intestinal fortitude’ to forward this.

WELL, I’m one of the 1% who just did, are YOU?

Lethal’ s Fresh Herb Rub

1/4c Coarse or Kosher Sea Salt
1/3c Olive Oil
2 tsp. Chopped Fresh Rosemary
1 Tbsp. Finely Chopped Fresh Thyme
2 tsp. Finely Chopped Oregano
1 tsp. Freshly Ground Black Pepper
3 Tbsp. Chopped Garlic

Mix all ingredients in a small bowl to form a paste.
Rub directly onto prepared meat or poultry.
Cover with wrap and allow to marinade 1 hour to overnight in
refrigerator before cooking.

Makes enough rub for 6 to 8 servings of meat.

 I have one of those Ronco Rotisseries and use this basic recipe substituting a coarse ground or stone ground mustard for the Olive Oil and rub this liberally over the scored surface of a boneless half pork loin and allow it to sit for 4 hours before placing in the rotisserie. The result is a really blacken crust on the outside and some of the most juicy and flavorful pork you have ever tasted!

When Molly’s family comes visiting they offer to buy the Pork Loin if I’ll make it for them its that good.

Smoked Sausage & Tortellini Soup

1 lb. Smoked Sausage Links
4 Tbsp. Olive Oil
5 Cloves Garlic Minced
1/4 White Wine (optional)
3 14 oz. cans Low Sodium Chicken Broth
18 oz. refrigerated Cheese tortellini
1 15 oz. can diced tomatoes
6 oz. baby spinach leaves
Parmesan Cheese for serving garnish (optional)

Heat 1 to 2 Tbsp. of the oil in a Dutch oven and sauté smoked sausage links until well browned. Remove from pan allow to cool slightly and slice into small pieces. Set aside.

Heat remaining oil in oven sauté garlic 30 seconds or until fragrant. Stir in wine & broth bring to boil. Cook about 2 minutes, then add tortellini. Cook for another 3 to 4 minutes then add in spinach and diced tomatoes. Continue cooking until spinach wilts about another 2 minutes. Return sautéed sliced sausage to soup and heat through. Top with Parmesan Cheese if desired. Refrigerate any leftovers.

Serves 6

Impish- stop laughing and start taking notes. You’ve got a daughter!

 

Last week I mentioned what a racket the USPS has going and the excessive starting wage these people make. Apparently I struck a chord with some of you because I received more than a few Postal Rage related comments  items and links in my Inbox.

I figured I’d share a few of them with the rest of you.

 

 

 

For this kind of treatment we should pay half a buck to send a letter?

A recent Scottish immigrant attends his first baseball game in his new country and after a base hit he hears the fans roaring run….run!

The next batter connects heavily with the ball and the Scotsman stands up and roars with the crowd in his thick accent: “R-r-run ya bahstard, r-run will ya!”

A third batter slams a hit and again the Scotsman, obviously pleased with his knowledge of the game, screams “R-r-run ya bahstard, r-r-run will ya!”

The next batter held his swing at three and two and as the ump calls a walk the Scotsman stands up yelling “R-r-run ya bahstard, r-r-run!” All the surrounding fans giggle quietly and he sits down confused.

A friendly fan, sensing his embarrassment whisper, “He doesn’t have to run, he’s got four balls.”

After this explanation the Scotsman stands up in disbelief and screams, “Walk with pr-r-ride man! Walk with pr-r-ride!!”

Samuel L. Jackson disses Obama’s pronunciation: “Be f**king Presidential … stop trying to ‘relate'”

By Hollie McKay Published September 25, 2013 FoxNews.com

LOS ANGELES –  Samuel L. Jackson has some words of wisdom for President Obama when it comes to his deliberate dropping of “g’s” off the ends of words to seemingly sound like Joe Average.

“First of all, we know it ain’t because of his blackness, so I say stop trying to ‘relate.’  Be a leader.  Be f**king presidential,” Jackson told Playboy magazine. “Look, I grew up in a society where I could say ‘It ain’t’ or ‘What it be’ to my friends. But when I’m out presenting myself to the world as me, who graduated from college, who had family what cared about me, who has a well-read background, I f**king conjugate.”

The 64-year-old actor, who stars this fall in the highly-anticipated remake of “Oldboy,” is also known in social media circles as the “grammar police.”

“On Twitter someone will write, ‘Your an idiot,’ and I’ll go, ‘No, you’re an idiot,’ and all my Twitterphiles will go, ‘Hey, Sam Jackson, he’s the grammar police.’  I’ll take that,” he continued. “Somebody needs to be. I mean, we have newscasters who don’t even know how to conjugate verbs, something Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow never had problems with.  How the f**k did we become a society where mediocrity is acceptable.”

The famed actor also staunchly defended director Quentin Tarantino’s controversial use of the “N” word in last year’s hit “Django Unchained.”

“These 20-somethings can’t turn around and tell me the word n**ger is f**ked-up in ‘Django’ yet still listen to Jay Z or whoever else say ‘n**ger, n**ger, n**ger’ throughout the music they listen to,” he told the men’s magazine. “You can’t have it one way and not the other. Saying Tarantino said ‘n**ger’ too many times is like complaining they said ‘kike’ too many times in a movie about Nazis.”

Good Morning Campers!
Okay, move along, plenty of room.  There seems to be a bunch more of you in here today.  What’s going on…?
Oh…
Over a million of you civil servants are out of a job?
800,000 of you from the Department of Defense alone?  Holy cow!  Who’s protecting our country right now?
What!!??
Well geez!  Don’t tell the bad guys!
No, No! I won’t say a word, but geez!  That’s awfully scary.

Okay, okay everyone.  Settle down.  There’s a lot going on today.  I know a lot of you are here because the email no longer gives you the whole issue.  Hee, Hee!  Yeah, we did that on purpose.  You have one extra click to get to the website and we get an accurate count of how many people are really reading the issue.  I can’t imagine that there would be any complaints about this, although I’m sure we’ll get some.  It’ll be inconvenient to somebody for some reason.  And that’s okay, because we’ve got nothing but time to do our very best to convenience everybody.
Right?
Correct?
No!
Hell No!
We’re here for two significant reasons…
#1: We are here to make you think, open your eyes to what’s really going on around you, show you things that you might not normally find yourself. and
#2: We want you to laugh to help you get passed #1.
Those are our statements of work, our corporate pledges, our marching orders.
We want to have you travel along with us, to come along for the ride.  We’ll  hold out our hands and offer you a lift up, but we won’t hold back this train for anyone.
Keep up folks and hopefully, we’ll make the trip worthwhile.

A farmer stood leaning on a fence at the edge of his property. He watched as a red sports car came over the top of a hill and followed the road up to the spot where he stood. The driver pulled over to the side of the road and called out to the farmer. “Do you know how I can get to Route 91?” the driver asked. The farmer thought for a few seconds. Then he said, “Nope.” “Do you know where the nearest turnpike entrance is?” the driver asked. “Nope.” “How about the town of Hadley. Do you know which direction it is from here?” “Nope.” Exasperated, the driver raced his engine. “You don’t know very much, do you?” he said. “Nope,” the farmer replied. “But I’m not lost.”

Something that Lethal and I have found out…. the second forty years of childhood ain’t a walk in the park, either!

Impish and Lethal, are hanging out in the lone bar in a one-horse town in northern Idaho, when a local rancher walks in carrying a wolf pelt. “Good work!” says the bartender. He pops the cash register open, pulls out a wad of bills, and counts them out into the rancher’s outstretched hand. After the rancher leaves, Impish asks the bartender, “What was that all about?” The barkeep says, “Haven’t you boys heard? We got us a real wolf problem in these parts, and the county ain’t done a thing about it. Why, just last week, a pack of the damn varmints come onta my property and laid waste t’my chicken coop. Ol’ Man Miller down the road even lost four of his cattle to the bloodthirsty beasts! They’re vicious, and they got no fear — and they gotta be stopped. So I’m offerin’ a bounty — a hundred dollars to anybody who brings in a wolf pelt.” Impish and Lethal look at each other, and immediately race out of the bar to go hunt wolves. After wandering around the hills for several hours, they finally spot a lone wolf in the distance. Impish takes aim with his rifle and shoots the wolf dead. The two fellas sprint over to where the carcass lay, and Impish gets busy with the pelt. Suddenly, Lethal says, “Hey, Impish, look.” “Not now,” says Impish, “I’m busy.” Lethal tugs on Impish’s sleeve and says, “Impish, I think you *really* ought to see this.” “Not now!” the dragon says again. “Can’t you see I’ve got a hundred dollars in my hands?” Lethal’s voice starts to waver. “You dumb-ass dragon, please, just look!” Impish stops what he’s doing and looks up: The two men are surrounded by a pack of wolves — at least fifty in all, every one of them growling, drooling, gnashing their teeth, and licking their chops. Impish takes in the sight and gasps: “Oh, my God… We’re gonna be rich!”

Thursday, at my base, a bunch of guys got together…
October 4, 2013

‘We want to work’

Furloughed workers at Grissom protest government shutdown

By Carson Gerber Kokomo TribuneKokomo Tribune

Continue to read this article here

After a young couple brought their new baby home, the wife suggested that her husband should try his hand at changing diapers. “I’m busy,” he said, “I’ll do the next one.” The next time came around and she asked again. The husband looked puzzled, “Oh! I didn’t mean the next diaper. I meant the next baby!

White House disavows quote that ‘it doesn’t really matter’ how long impasse lasts

Nope!  It doesn’t really matter at all…to those self-centered elitist bastards … how long the shut-down lasts.  The longer the better for most of them.  It’s to show us, the people, who’s in charge.  Well, it’s time for us the PEOPLE to show those worthless EMPLOYEES of OURS who really is in charge and every single incumbent, as they come up for reelection should be put out on their ass!  Fired!!

You heard it here first!  Okay, well maybe second or third, but maybe it was first…. Who is the REAL voice of Siri???????
This interview on one of the EARLY shows yesterday.  The real Siri is….

It was a stifling hot day and a man fainted in the middle of a busy intersection. Traffic quickly piled up in all directions, and a woman rushed to help him. As she knelt down to loosen his collar, a man emerged from the crowd, pushed her aside, and said, “It’s all right honey, I’ve had a course in first aid.” The woman stood up and watched as he took the ill man’s pulse and prepared to administer artificial respiration. At this point she tapped him on the shoulder and said, “When you get to the part about calling a doctor, I’m already here.”

An attractive young lady with raven-black hair and wide eyes approached the gates of Heaven. Looking her over, St. Peter said, “And may I ask, young lady, if you are a virgin?” “I am,” was her demure reply. Not wanting to appear distrustful but having to be cautious, St. Peter called over an angel to examine her. Several minutes later the angel returned. “She’s a virgin,” the angel stated, “though I’m obliged to inform you that she *does* have seven small dents in her maidenhead.” Thanking him, St. Peter took his place behind the ledger and faced the girl. “Well, miss, we’re going to admit you. What is your name?” She replied sweetly, “Snow White.”

Okay, that’s just super creepy looking.

Reality Check: Questionable claims fly in debt-ceiling battle

WASHINGTON –  Do Republicans want the country to default?

President Obama makes it sound that way, as the stand-off over the budget rapidly turns into a stand-off over the debt ceiling.

“They are threatening to actually force the United States to default on its obligations for the very first time in history,” Obama said Thursday in Maryland.  Yet it’s Obama who refuses to talk to the Republicans.  I cry bullshit and throw the bullshit flag!

But the claim is one of several that don’t quite comport with the facts.  Yeah?  You think?

In the event Congress does not raise the debt ceiling, the Treasury Department “would make every effort to avoid default,” said economist Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

The former director of the Congressional Budget Office said there is some debate over how much flexibility the Treasury would have to prioritize certain payments. But he predicted they would find a way to make sure interest payments to bondholders are sent out first.

“I promise you – in the moment, they would do it. And who would sue them?” Holtz-Eakin said.

That’s not to say the Treasury Department would be able to avoid an economic calamity. Even if officials pay bondholders on time, without the ability to borrow, other bills would simply not get paid.

“Something’s got to give,” Holtz-Eakin said — whether it’s Social Security payments or countless other wedges of the budget.

Chad Stone, chief economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said while a default on U.S. debt might be avoidable, a default in the general sense would occur.

“Realistically, failure to pay any bills that legally come due, I think, qualifies as default,” he told FoxNews.com.

The blowback would be bad. Not only would swaths of government services and benefits shut down, but the instability would likely send the financial markets into a spiral. Interest rates could go up for everyone as a result of the chaos, and the U.S. government would risk another credit downgrade.

This scenario is why both sides say they want to do everything in their power to avoid missing the debt ceiling deadline – expected to be hit around Oct. 17 – and certainly avoid default.

“I don’t believe that we should default on our debt. It’s not good for our country,” House Speaker John Boehner.

At the same time, Boehner said the country’s deficit needs to be addressed.

At a press conference on Friday, he signaled a possible shift in focus away from the ObamaCare fight, arguing that Congress must fight for spending cuts as part of any deal to raise the debt ceiling. (It looks increasingly likely that the debt ceiling debate will fold into any deal to pass a budget bill and lift the partial government shutdown.)

“We ought to do something about our spending problem and the lack of economic growth in our country,” Boehner said.

To this end, Obama has been stressing that deficits are falling, suggesting that the imperative to make major spending cuts is not as strong as it once was.

Plus, he argues that raising the debt ceiling does not add to the debt.

“That’s not what this is about. It doesn’t cost taxpayers a single dime,” Obama said on Thursday. “It doesn’t grow our deficits by a single dime. …What it does is allow the U.S. Treasury, the U.S. government to pay the bills that Congress has already racked up.”

Technically, he’s right. Raising the debt ceiling allows the government to pay bills it already racked up.

But it clears the way for the government to keep passing in-the-red budgets, and in due time bump up against the newly raised debt ceiling once more. In other words, raising the credit limit practically guarantees the country will max out the credit card again.

And while the 2013 projected deficit is thankfully under $1 trillion for the first time since 2008, it is still higher than it was at any point during the George W. Bush administration, when Democrats complained about unsustainable deficits.

Republicans argue they are no more sustainable now.

Further, while Obama says raising the debt ceiling is only done to pay for bills Congress has accumulated, the deficit and the debt would be even higher if Congress had approved the spend-heavy budgets the White House proposed over the last several years.

Also, deficits would be lower if White House revenue projections, which help inform spending decisions, had come to pass. Yet each year, revenue has fallen short of what the White House projected a year earlier, in part because the economy has failed to slingshot out of the recession.

Okay, so I can’t help but think that this is EXACTLY what Obama wants.  He wants to be able to say that congress hasn’t passed a friggin’ budget in 5 years, and now they are incapable of performing their duties and he will find some way of taking the power to himself.  And then, my dear campers, in the words of Lulu LaRue and her sister Lola, when faced with the defensive line of the Pittsburgh Steelers, “We’re fucked.”

This is not over….not by a long shot.

Welcome to day three of our governmental Dumb-ass-ery.  I’ve been watching the news a lot more than I normally do, simply because I have the time and it’s nice to know when I can go back to work.  Which, by the way, doesn’t seem like it’s going to be any time soon.  And some really annoying things have been coming to light.

You probably saw Lethal’s article on the closing of the National Monuments and the World War II vets who basically said “You ain’t closing OUR monument.”

A great line from Fox News: Obama brags about negotiating with Iran over their nuclear program and yet he says no to negotiating with the Republicans about America?  Well, that figures. 

If the IRS is a government entity and all government entities are closed because of no money, why is the IRS paying bonuses?

Why is the president traveling and campaigning and spending our money when we’re sitting at home not getting paid?  Why isn’t he in Washington forcing the government to get this situation figured out?  WE NEED A LEADER WHO LEADS, NOT ONE WHO CAMPAIGNS CONTINOUSLY!!!

Obamacare’s National Hotline? 1-800-F…You

posted at 7:24 pm on October 2, 2013 by Duane Patterson

Sometimes, you just have to laugh. Yesterday, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius made the MSM blitz by announcing the website, glitches and all, and the national call-in center, which is 1-800-318-2596. Now to make this work, you have to skip the 1, because on a phone keypad, no letters are assigned to the number 1. But spell out the rest, and this is what you get.

1-800-3(F) 8(U) 2(C) 5(K) 9(Y) 6(O).

Tragically, the federal government, with all their power, couldn’t trade the 1 out for another 8 at the end. Then, the President’s true sentiment towards all of you would be much plainer.

Then again, they’ve really never been that subtle, have they?

Well, here at the Dragon’s Lair, we are all trepidatiously watching the news and monitoring everything.  Yes, there is some fear, but also a great deal of anger.  We haven’t even recovered from the rounds of sequestration and they drop this shit on us.  AGAIN!

You know, Lethal, my dear, dear friend, Lethal, has told me so many, many times that I should take my talents to the private sector.  That I should go to work for a private company and be their Emergency Manager or the like.  There are many opportunities but there is a satisfaction in serving our United States Military.  A military that gave me so many things in the past. 

That’s all I got today.  Cheers!

JUST when you think you’re ready to upload an issue and have a day or two of breathing room BAM!  Something comes along that demands comment and/or inclusion and you have to pull the issue back!

I’m talking of course of the subject of yesterday’s Impish IdledByCongress’sIndiferenceDragon’s Special Edition, the shut down of our nation by the Asinine Assemblies of both houses of Congress on both sides of the aisle and by our spoiled “Everything-has-to-be-my-way-excuse-me-I’m-late-for-yet-another-vacation-on-your-dime-while-almost-a- million-of-you-go-broker-and-I-join-in-pissing-on-you-our-Vets-our-military-and-what-America-stands-for” comically clueless, inept and ineffectual Towel headed President Commander in Farce.

Any pleasantries I might have spent time coming up with for this opening were lost in my rush to cover the shut down.

An 18-year-old suicide bomber blew himself up and appeared before Allah.

He said, “Oh, Allah, I did your bidding, but I have a request. Since I’m only 18 and spent all my time in terrorist training school, I never was with a woman. So, instead of 72 virgins, who also won’t know what to do sexually, can I have 72 whores?

Allah regarded him for a moment, then replied, “Actually, the 72 virgins are here in Muslim heaven because dumb butts like you murdered them before they could experience the pleasure of sex. So you’re here to service them. Since they’re virgins, they’re quite sexually hungry; and frankly, you’ll be on constant and very exhausting duty.”

The bomber responded, “Well, I guess I can live with that. How hard can it be to keep 72 women satisfied for all eternity?”

Allah replied quizzically, “Who told you these virgins were women?” ‘

I love WWII Vets, they really were our greatest generation. All are over the age of 80 and most well into their late 80s and early 90’s but they with a simple act of passive defiance today clearly on behalf of WE the PEOPLE extended a clenched fist and raise a some what shaky middle finger to the government who would piss on what they stood for in the name of Partisan Bickering and Political Infighting.

WASHINGTON (CNN) –  Busloads of World War II veterans, many in wheelchairs, broke past a barricade Tuesday to cross into the World War II Memorial, as onlookers applauded and a man playing the bagpipes led the way.

The National Park Service closed all of its parks, including national memorials, as a result of the federal government shutdown that went into effect at 12:01 a.m ET.

But a spokeswoman from the Park Service said efforts were no longer being made to hold anyone back, and security officers could easily be seen standing aside.

“These are important visitors,” she told reporters, adding that they’re seeking guidance from the director’s office on “where we go next.”

Some Republican members of Congress and a Democratic senator were on site, blasting the federal government for fencing off the memorial. Outraged and baffled, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, crossed through an opening in the fenced-off area earlier in the morning — before the breach — and got on the phone to try and reach the secretary of the Department of Interior.

“I don’t get it. I’m furious. I’m trying to get a hold of people,” he said, standing on the other side of the barricade and looking around for help. “But I can’t seem to get a hold of anybody.”

Harkin faulted Republicans for what he called their “nonsense” the legislative back-and-forth that led to the shutdown.

“Obviously I can walk here,” Harkin said, as he walked through the barricade. “Why can’t I walk there?” he added, as he pointed at the memorial

A few House Republicans were also at the memorial to disparage the government for closing off the landmark on a day that veterans were set to arrive.

“We’ve got park service employees out here,” said Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas. “Why wouldn’t you have them here to allow the veterans in, instead of stand and keep them from coming in?”

Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, wearing casual clothes, said she was out walking when she heard about the pile-up at the memorial and decided to hustle over to the site.

“Who’s going to say no to a World War II veteran? I certainly wouldn’t,” Bachmann said.

“America is not shutting down,” she also said, pointing to the veterans.

Rep. Steve King of Iowa argued this should be considered a “slow down,” not a “shutdown.”

“This isn’t Republicans vs. Democrats, this is about our veterans,” another member of Congress said.

Most of the veterans who arrived at the World War II Memorial came courtesy of nonprofit programs, including Honor Flight Network, that transport the aging men and women to Washington.

• Copyright 2013 by CNN NewSource.

I’d like to personally thank those men and women who ignored those barricades today not only for their service to our country and to a government who clearly could give a damned less about them or their sacrifices. I’d like to also thank them for clearly demonstrating to said ungrateful Government that it needs us more than we need them and they they ONLY Govern by our sufferance!

Personally I think it was about high time we demonstrated that we are through suffering this ineffectual uncompassionate and ineffective Government. VOTE THEM ALL THE HELL OUT OF OFFICE!

My local county government board is considering outlawing compost heaps, as they attract vermin. Then again, so do seats on local county government boards, to say nothing of the progressively larger and more aggressive types attracted to Local, State and National Government positions!

 

The Top 5 Ways a Government Shutdown Could Affect Us

1. Surprise! The exact same number of bi-partisan bills are passed DURING the shutdown as in the two years before it.
2. I guess we’ll just be stuck having to watch only C-SPAN Classic.
3. With nothing to talk about, political pundits are forced to make fun of Canadians and their king.
4. Fingerprinting of newly arrested criminals will be outsourced to Apple’s iPhone division.

And the Number One Way a Government Shutdown Could Affect Us…

1. With no FCC, Bert and Ernie finally get to visit a bathhouse.

 

So the other day I was having issues sending something to Impish at work and had to go directly to Gmail to accomplish it. After sending the material he wanted I happened to see the follow ad below the mail window-

US Postal Service-Hiring –
$21/hr. Start, Avg. Pay $72K/yr. No Experience Needed! Get Started

Is it ANY WONDER they’re going broke, it costs half a buck to send a letter and everyone prefers electronic mail?

NO EXPERIENCE but 72K per year to start??!!

Then I go to my local TV station’s noon news brief in my inbox and what do I see?

Postal Service seeks to hike stamp prices by 3 cents

Price of sending postcard would also go up under proposal

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) – Mailing a letter would cost three cents more, or 49 cents, starting in January, under a Wednesday proposal by the U.S. Postal Service.

The price of sending a postcard would also go up by a cent to 34 cents. The rate hikes are expected to raise $2 billion for the cash-strapped postal service.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/money/postal-service-seeks-3cent-stamp-price-hike/-/1735962/22113136/-/mywqda/-/index.html

Seems to me that every comment ever made about how the UAW was bankrupting the Car Industry and driving up the prices of automobiles with their ridiculous wages & benefits packages can be equally applied to the USPS.

The UAW was forced time and time again to make wage and benefit concessions not only with the working rank and file but to their pensioners as well, so why isn’t the USPS forced to do the same thing? Why is the result of their epic mismanagement being passed off onto WE THE PEOPLE?

I think the USPS should be labeled a Utility just like Phone Service and rate hikes should have to be approved!

 

 

Mocha Cinnamon Custard

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Yield: 6 servings

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 4 teaspoons Instant Coffee Crystals
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 1 (3.15 oz.) tablet authentic Mexican chocolate drink mix
• 1 (14 oz.) can Sweetened Condensed Milk
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Whipped cream
• Unsweetened cocoa powder

DIRECTIONS:

1. COMBINE cornstarch, coffee, milk and chocolate in 2-quart saucepan. Heat 3 to 4 minutes on medium-high heat or until chocolate is melted. Add sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks and cinnamon. Whisk until blended.
2. COOK on medium-high heat, stirring constantly, 4 to 5 minutes or until starting to thicken. Stir in vanilla.
3. POUR into custard or dessert cups. Chill at least 1 hour before serving. Top with whipped cream and sprinkle with cocoa powder.

For a stronger coffee statement substitute 1 or 2 teaspoons of Instant Espresso Powder for  a like amount of instant coffee.

This next one doesn’t even require complicated directions. Only the explanation that the bottle in the picture is Caramel Topping for Ice Cream

Stroll down memory lane!

 

 

Amazing how the rest of the government is closed but this part, which the majority of Americans do not want, is not only considered essential but (unsurprisingly) flawed and not working (just like our Government).

How to Tell if a Cell Phone Is Being Monitored

By Abaigeal Quinn, eHow Contributor

With all of the latest hullabaloo about cell phones being used as bugging devices, you may be feeling a bit creeped out at the prospect of being monitored without your knowing it. Although some cell phones can be remotely programmed, most modern cell phones would require physical access to your phone to tamper with it. Luckily, when cell phones are transmitting, certain tell-tale signs can be a dead giveaway that your phone is being monitored

Things You’ll Need

• Cell phone

• Access to speakers

Instructions

• 1

  Determine if you have an unusually low call volume or if you are having sporadic troubles dialing out on your phone. Most phones, when operating as a bugging device, disrupt the transmission path by utilizing it in order to spy. Some newer “3G” phones bypass this problem by running super high-speed data, which can enable additional voice channels along with the primary call line.

• 2

  Pay attention to your battery power and usage—does it seem to be running low more quickly than usual? This may indicate the phone is in use while you are unaware of it.

• 3

  Check to see if the phone is warm even when you have not been using it. Cell phones heat up when in use, but should not be warm under normal resting conditions.

• 4

  Test your GSM phone (most phones are GSM in the United States, including T-Mobile and Cingular) by positioning it next to speakers when you are not using it. A short-lived buzzing noise often occurs when phones are near speakers and sometimes even when they are not in use; however, a continuous buzzing noise that lasts longer than several seconds is abnormal.

• 5

  Notice if your phone stays lit up after you have powered it down or if you have difficulty turning it off—this could indicate a bugging device. Other signs may be the phone periodically lighting up when not in use or odd clicking sounds or other unusual noises while the phone is in use.

Tips & Warnings

• You can have the software wiped on your phone by bringing it into your local wireless provider.

• Commercial bug detectors can detect cameras and listening devices.

• Conventional GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) data channels will often block calls while in active transmitting or receiving mode due to its narrow band technology. The digital air interface available in Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) allows multiple calls overlaid on top of each other across the channel.

• The speaker test does not work as well on phones that are non-GSM and instead use CDMA technology. Sprint and Verizon phones use this technology and therefore may be easier to bug than other phone types.

The Perfect Home for Liberals

Never thought about it this way before….

Their own “Gated community”!

Quote of the day by Dianne Feinstein……….

   Dianne Feinstein: “All vets are mentally ill in some way and
government should prevent them from owning firearms”

Yep, – she really said it on Thursday in a meeting in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. .and the quote below from the LA Times is priceless. Sometimes even the L.A. Times gets it right.

Kurt  Nimmo: “Senator Feinstein insults all U.S. Veterans as she flays about in a  vain attempt to save her anti-firearms bill.”

Quote of the Day from the  Los Angeles Times:

“Frankly, I don’t know what it is about California,  but we seem to have a strange urge to elect really obnoxious women to high  office.

I’m not bragging, you understand, but no other state, including  Maine, even comes close. When it comes to sending left-wing dingbats to  Washington, we’re Number One. There’s no getting around the fact that the last  time anyone saw the likes of Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Maxine Waters,  and Nancy Pelosi, they were stirring a cauldron when the curtain went up on  ‘Macbeth’.

The  four of them are like jackasses who happen to possess the gift of blab. You  don’t know if you should condemn them for their stupidity or simply marvel at  their ability to form words.” – Columnist Burt  Prelutsky, Los  Angeles  Times

 

Best Laptop Ever

http://www.wimp.com/bestlaptop/

 

There was a shipwreck and the Leprechaun and a person of German decent washed up on the shore – 

While scrounging around for useful items that might have washed ashore also. they found a slab of bacon – finding nothing to cut it with – they decided to have a tug of war and whom ever got the big piece, got to keep it – so they both took an end and put it in there mouths.

The Leprechaun says “Ir ye ready?” – the German says “JA” 

There was a young fellow named Sweeney,
Whose girl was a terrible meanie.
The hatch of her snatch,
Had a catch that would latch,
She could only be screwed by Houdini.

There was a poor parson from Goring,
Who made a small hole in his flooring,
Fur-lined it all round,
Then laid on the ground,
And declared it was cheaper than whoring.

There was a man from Cuba
Who stuck his dick in a tuba
His newly wed bride
Blew on the other side
And his dick flew off to Aruba

There was a man named McFeeney
Who spilled some gin on his weenie.
Not being uncouth He added vermouth
And slipped his girl a martini.

A horny young woman named Kate,
Had hoped for a really hot date.
But despite lots of kissing,
His erection was missing;
So next time she’ll just masturbate.

There was a young trollop from Ghent,
Who took condoms wherever she went,
When she was caught short,
She’d use one of the sort,
That her last trick had already spent.

A young miss with a bedroom trapeze,
Charges double to hang by her knees,
Her clients say gravity Helps’ em fill up her cavity–
And everyone’s cooled by the breeze.

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To smoke a little leaf,
Jack got high and dropped his fly,
And Jill said, “Where’s The Beef?”

There was a young man from Purdue
Who was only just learning to screw,
But he hadn’t the knack,
And he got too far back,
In the right church, but in the wrong pew.

There once was a poor man named Crocket
Whose balls got caught in a light socket.
His wife was a bitch,
So she cranked on the switch,
And Crocket took off like a rocket!

Woman said, “If you want to plunder Me for hours,
there’s no need to wonder
Where to lick and to kiss.
You will put me in bliss.

“Sex is a sin,” mused Miss Willow
As she eyed the nude man from her pillow,
“But your equipment’s so small
That it’s no sin at all
I would term it a mere peccadillo.
” If you simply will go down under.”

There was a young plumber named Lee
Who plumbed his girl down by the sea;
Said the lady, “Stop plumbing! I hear someone coming.”
Said the plumber, still plumbing, “That’s me.”

A pansy who lived in Khartoum
Took a lesbian up to his room,
And they argued all night
Over who had the right
To do what, and with whom, and to whom.

Visa Goes Anti-Gun: Restricts America’s Largest Gun Store From Processing Transactions

Mac Slavo September 27th, 2013 SHTFplan.com http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/visa-goes-anti-gun-restricts-americas-largest-gun-store-from-processing-transactions_09272013

The assault on the U.S. Constitution and the Second Amendment continues.

This time big business is getting into the mix and they’re aiming for gun stores right at the source of their revenues – their transaction processing facilities.

According to Larry Hyatt, owner of the largest gun brokerage firm in the United States, Authorize.net, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Visa USA and one of the world’s largest credit card processing gateways, has terminated their relationship with the firm.

After four years in business with the Visa owned Authorize.net, Larry Hyatt, owner of Hyatt Gun Shop, received an email indicating that the company would no longer provide its services due to “the sale of firearms or any similar product.”

The email reads:

Dear Hyatt Gun Shop Inc,

Authorize.Net LLC (“Authorize.Net”) has determined that the nature of your business constitutes a violation of Section 2.xiv of the Authorize.Net Acceptable Use Guidelines and Sections 3.3 and 11.3 of the Authorize.Net Service Agreement (the “Agreement”).

These sections include, but are not limited to, the sale of firearms or any similar product.

Accordingly, pursuant to Section 4 of the Acceptable Use Guidelines, your ability to access and use the Authorize.Net Services will be terminated on September 30, 2013.

Hyatt’s massive online store will be unable to process credit card transactions, giving the store only a few days to find a new processing company before Authorize.net terminates their business relationship.

“We’ve never seen anything like this,” Hyatt Marketing Director Justin Anderson told the Washington Examiner.

All of a sudden, after four years of doing business together, Authorize.net declares that Hyatt Gun Shop is in violation of their terms of agreement.

An odd coincidence to be sure, but not if you consider that many top executives at Visa have donated to President Obama’s election campaigns. With President Obama renewing his push for gun control in the wake of the Navy Yard shooting last week, and Americans ardently opposing any legislative action that would further restrict the ownership of firearms, it looks as if anti-gun politicians are now calling in favors with their connections in big business.

If you can’t outlaw the guns, then strike directly at the companies who manufacture them and sell them by cutting off their cash flow.

This is exactly what Authorize.net, which processes credit card transactions for millions of merchants around the world, has done to Hyatt.

Earlier this year, after a similar anti-gun push following the Sandy Hook elementary school tragedy, Bank of America took it upon themselves to forcibly seize funds from licensed firearms dealer and manufacturer American Spirit Arms.

The incidents with Hyatt Gun Shop and American Spirit Arms are certainly not isolated and will likely continue as government and business merge their agendas, especially as it pertains to our government sponsored banking system, which has a stranglehold over American businesses.

The Constitution remains a prominent roadblock for the anti-gun establishment, and despite efforts to ban semi-automatic rifles, tax ammunition, and restrict importation of magazines and gun parts, they are being countered at every turn by the tens of millions of Americans who believe in their personal right to bear arms.

Thus, government is now relying on their incestuous relationships with the many bailed out banks and businesses who are essentially under their control.

If you think this was an accident, you’re kidding yourself.

A coordinated effort is underway to make it difficult, if not impossible, to acquire self defense armaments that include guns, ammo, and accessories.

Get ‘em while you can. We saw what happened with the ammunition. Now it seems they are trying to lock-down our ability to do business with legitimate gun dealers.

I moved my business banking from Bank of America when they pulled their stunt (see here ( https://dragonlaffs.com/2013/01/19/lethal-leprechaun-177-for-saturday-january-19th-2013/ ) and additionally pulled the Facebook account (reason also covered in that issue) I had started for my business just the week before because dumb people were apparently searching on Facebook for my business to contact me. (A move I have yet to regret in retrospect).

Since this little attempt to get around the Second Amendment by Visa (whose largest shareholder and actual card holder accounts owner is…wait for it…Bank of America) I have also ceased doing business with Visa canceling an account I have had personally for over 40 years and a business one I have held for over 10.

Apparently a lot of incensed gun owners were doing the exact same thing because I spotted this on Friday the 27th at noon and tried every hour for the remainder of the day to reach a CSR unsuccessfully with the response ranging from being unable to complete my call to being told the wait time due to a higher than normal call volume as currently estimated at 4 hours! Pretty much the same thing held true on Saturday as well. Finally around 3 PM on Monday of this week I was able to get through and cancel the accounts. When I was asked to provide a reason for canceling I said, “I’m a gun owner, an NRA member (who’s dues I have paid every year with my personal card btw) and staunchly Pro Second Amendment. Therefore I cannot condone your companies actions, nor will I continue to support you in your attempt to undermine the Constitution of the United States in pursuit of your liberal Corporate Agenda”.

A deep sigh was heard on the other end of the line and I was told that Corporate policy was to transfer me to a ‘Retention Specialist’ who would attempt bribery in the form of lower card rates, higher credit limits and assorted other things to keep me as a customer. However, because I had resisted waxing profane at her over something she had no control over but had been taking the heat for since the Previous Friday she would ignore that directive in appreciation. She them mentioned that her call center was currently experiencing a 40% absentee rate because they were taking the brunt of customers anger for VISA’s action.

Apparently BoA is either in possession of a very flat learning curve or thinks that financial institutions can circumvent and interfere in the exercise of the Second Amendment. My advice?

1.) Dump VISA & BoA if you have not already.

2.) Pay cash for all weapons, accessories and ammunition you purchase. Nobody can interfere with cash transactions. Besides paying cash eliminates one more layer of paper trail when the Government decides they have the right to know what weapons are in your possession sans due process.

And I’m growing prouder of that fact on a daily basis!

Unbelievable!          Unimaginable!          Ridiculous!

Well, the posturing, out-of-touch, self-serving idiots who are supposedly running our country did it again.  With a total lack of compassion, leadership and integrity they shut down our government and  put 800,000+ civil servants (including yours truly) on a furlough (no work and no pay) status. 

After busting my ass until after one in the morning, an eighteen plus hour day, helping shut down the base at the end of the fiscal year, (let me say at this time, this was the first time I’ve ever helped do this and I want to say God Bless the financial people who go through that goat-rope every year!!!) and I was back at work at 8 am to sign a piece of paper saying basically, you’re fired until we need you back. 

The thing that really chapped my ass though, was the dumb ass Greta Van Susteren last night on Fox News “On The Record” was talking to someone about who really cares if the government shuts down.  She never even noticed it when it happened last time.  She went on to make mention of all the other times that the government has been shut down and how it never affected the average person, it was just us worrying over nothing.  Just like all the worry about sequestration and how it didn’t end up affecting anyone.

WHAT?  Almost a million people lost between 20% and 40% (some of us even more) of our pay for months!  Greta, how would you like it if I took half of your check?  It sure as hell wouldn’t affecting you like it did me and my family since you probably make as much in a week as I make in a year, for being a talking head on TV.  I’m not doing anything important, trying to keep our GIs alive if they find themselves in crappy environments like the poor people of Syria had to go through. (Chemical, Biological and Radiological) Yeah, you’re job of impartially imparting the news sure is more important than mine.

The news just said that the closure is expected to last 2 weeks.  For those of us who lost all our savings, just … JUST got their first paycheck at regular pay to try to get caught up from the furloughs during the sequestration nonsense, who are just barely living paycheck to paycheck, 2 weeks without pay is going to be devastating! 

The good things: the military will be paid (although not those of us who support the military), VA benefits will be paid, disability, Social Security, Medicare (although no NEW claims will be handled).

And amongst the bad things:  Welfare funding runs out on October first, today, although some states may decide to keep paying.  You have heard us lambasting welfare recipients over and over here at Dragon Laffs, but you’ve also heard us say that we aren’t talking about the few who really do need the help but the many, many who are just playing the system…Tim Murphy at Mother Jones (motherjones.com) put out a great article yesterday:

Update: The midnight deadline came and went without a deal from House Republicans and Senate Democrats (except for one small bill, on military pay). Welcome to the Shutdown.

The government will shut down at midnight unless President Obama and Congress can agree on a temporary resolution to continue funding federal agencies. (Spoiler: They probably won’t.)

Here’s a quick guide to who and what will be most affected:

Anyone who might get sick: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would lack funding to support its annual flu vaccination program.

Military personnel: Barring last-minute congressional action, members of the armed forces would have their paychecks put on hold while they continue to work.

People who use boats: The Coast Guard will cut back on routine patrols and navigation assistance.

Civilian defense employees: 400,000 Department of Defense employees will be given unpaid vacations.

Family members of fallen soldiers: Death benefits for military families will be delayed.

Gun owners: During the 1990s shutdown, applications for gun permits were delayed due to furloughs at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Trees: Hundreds of US Forest Service workers face furloughs in California during peak forest fire season.

Visa applicants: Furloughs at the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs mean tens of thousands of visa applications are put on hold.

People traveling abroad: A shutdown would cause delays in the processing of passport applications.

Sick people: The National Institutes of Health will not admit new patients unless ordered by the director.

Factory workers: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will halt regular inspections.

Hikers: All 401 National Park Service sites will be closed.

People who make money off tourists: Shuttered national parks are bad news for the hotels, restaurants, and other attractions that feed off them.

Small business loan applicants: The Small Business Administration will furlough 62 percent of its workforce.

Employers: The Department of Homeland Security’s e-Verify program will be offline for the duration of the shutdown.

Fountains: 45 of them will lose water.

People applying for mortgages: The Federal Housing Administration and the USDA won’t guarantee new loans.

Oil and gas exploration: The Bureau of Land Management will stop processing permits for oil and gas drilling on federal lands.

Chemical site facility security: Funding for Department of Homeland Security regulatory program ends October 4.

FOIA requests: The Social Security Administration says it won’t respond to Freedom of Information Act Requests during the shutdown.

Docents: All Smithsonian Institution museums in Washington, DC, will be closed.

@CuriosityRover: 98 percent of NASA’s staff will be furloughed, and the agency’s website and live-streams will go dark.

Renewable energy permits: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will stop all new offshore renewable-energy projects.

Campers: People living (or vacationing) in national parks and forests will have 48 hours to relocate.

Animal voyeurs: Watch the National Zoo’s Panda-cam while you still can.

Native Americans: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement will suspend oversight of active and abandoned coal mines “primarily in Tennessee and on Indian lands.”

Pesticide regulators: The Environmental Protection Agency will all but shut down at midnight.

Veterans pensions: The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will run out of funding for regular payment checks after a few weeks.

US Geological Survey researchers: The agency would stop most new scientific research and water analysis.

Disability payments: Although the VA will continue to provide medical care, disability payments may also be disrupted after a few weeks.

Winery permits: Couldn’t they take the wine coolers instead?

Ponies: The Bureau of Land Management’s wild horse and burro adoption programs would cease.

Infectious disease surveillance: The CDC will be unable to track outbreaks and monitor infectious diseases at a local level.

People on food assistance: The USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) will stop making payments on October 1.

Food inspections: The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration warned of “inability to investigate alleged violations” due to a lack of funding; food imports will also go unexpected.

Automobile recall inspectors: “Routine defects and recall information from manufacturers and consumers would not be reviewed,” according to the Department of Transportation.

Food and drug safety research: The Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the FDA, will furlough 52 percent of its staff.

ARPA-E: The Department of Energy’s cutting-edge research arm—and one of the crowning legacies of the stimulus—will shut down, putting projects such as “squirtable batteries” on hold.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission: The agency could furlough more than 92 percent of its employees next week, with much of the remaining staff handling inspections.

People without heat: If the shutdown persists, it could affect the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which funds heating assistance programs.

Consumers: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will furlough 652 of its 680 employees and maintain only a “bare minimum level of oversight and surveillance” to stop fraudulent practices.

People trying to pay taxes: The Internal Revenue Service will shutter its tax hotline, and stop processing tax payments.

College students: Cutbacks at the Department of Education could slow Pell grant and student-loan payments.

Economists: The Bureau of Economic Analysis will cut back on its data collection.

Welfare recipients: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families—welfare—runs out of funding on October 1, although individual states may pick up the tab.

Head Start: The child development program, already hammered by the effects of sequestration, will stop doling out new grants on October 1.

Air monitoring: A 94 percent reduction in staff won’t leave the EPA much room to enforce its new carbon regulations.

Golf: Courses at National Park Service sites will close for the shutdown. So at least we have that going for us.

Nicely said Tim.

I would love to hear your opinions.  How is this going to affect you?  Do you think this is anything more than a pissing contest?

Let me know.

Cheers my friends,

I’ll do my best to keep you informed.

Impish