I worked in direct support of the war-fighter, now I am planning a picnic for friday.. Its all goodpaperburn1 wrote:Are you guys on the OCT 17 drop dead list?palladin9479 wrote:We're still here, at least until October though I highly doubt they'll let us go home haha.
It's high stakes poker in congress right now, this gonna be one for the history books.
Shutdown The Government
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paperburn1
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I am not a nuclear physicist, but play one on the internet.
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I think your status is related to the way your contract was/is managed.
If the parent company was smarter, they set up 2013 funding to cross the fiscal year into 2014. Now, this is a limited tactic to be sure, but in some cases it could mean contractor survival out to December or so.
What will be interesting is that as contractors fall off, and support/services dry up for operating forces. That will become a real issue.
Think about what is happening for ship/aircraft maintenance right now. Most, if not all in some cases, is contract supported.
I hope it works out, but I think we may be looked at another full week of angry faces staring back and forth.
If the parent company was smarter, they set up 2013 funding to cross the fiscal year into 2014. Now, this is a limited tactic to be sure, but in some cases it could mean contractor survival out to December or so.
What will be interesting is that as contractors fall off, and support/services dry up for operating forces. That will become a real issue.
Think about what is happening for ship/aircraft maintenance right now. Most, if not all in some cases, is contract supported.
I hope it works out, but I think we may be looked at another full week of angry faces staring back and forth.
The development of atomic power, though it could confer unimaginable blessings on mankind, is something that is dreaded by the owners of coal mines and oil wells. (Hazlitt)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
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I think your right, at least a week of posturing before any real effort is made to fix the situation. I do not live paycheck to paycheck so I am fine . But there are a lot of folks out there wondering "what they are going to do?"
I am not a nuclear physicist, but play one on the internet.
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Oh, and you might be really ignorant about pop culture.Diogenes wrote:Oh, and he might be on drugs.
So, ever heard of The Rolling Stones?
Just askin'.
We need a directorate of science, and we need it to be voted on only by scientists. You don't get to vote on reality. Get over it. Elected officials that deny the findings of the Science Directorate are subject to immediate impeachment for incompetence.
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That's because they outsourced it. That always costs more.hanelyp wrote:Shutdown overreach: More personnel sent to WWII memorial than Benghazi; Park Service closes park it doesn't run
http://washingtonexaminer.com/shutdown- ... le/2536710
It looks like the park "service" is spending more to forcibly close some places than it would to leave them open with no services. <sarc>Good way to encourage respect for authority.</sarc>
Oh, and you know the Washington Examiner is the Moonies, right? They've owned it even longer than UPI.
We need a directorate of science, and we need it to be voted on only by scientists. You don't get to vote on reality. Get over it. Elected officials that deny the findings of the Science Directorate are subject to immediate impeachment for incompetence.
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More incoherent babble.
The development of atomic power, though it could confer unimaginable blessings on mankind, is something that is dreaded by the owners of coal mines and oil wells. (Hazlitt)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
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Schneibster
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Meanwhile, back on Earth...ladajo wrote:More incoherent babble.
We need a directorate of science, and we need it to be voted on only by scientists. You don't get to vote on reality. Get over it. Elected officials that deny the findings of the Science Directorate are subject to immediate impeachment for incompetence.
Re: Shutdown The Government
Another sign of misfiring synapses.
Take your meds!
Take your meds!
The development of atomic power, though it could confer unimaginable blessings on mankind, is something that is dreaded by the owners of coal mines and oil wells. (Hazlitt)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
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Schneibster
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ladajo wrote:Another sign of misfiring synapses.
Take your meds!
We need a directorate of science, and we need it to be voted on only by scientists. You don't get to vote on reality. Get over it. Elected officials that deny the findings of the Science Directorate are subject to immediate impeachment for incompetence.
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Right now I am having a vision of ladajo and schneibster as ventriloquist dummies each with their hands up the other's ass talking to themselves.
Everything is bullshit unless proven otherwise. -A.C. Beddoe
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Schneibster
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Personally I've abandoned speech since it seems to be going over his head and started using icons. Brogrammers usually "get" icons.Stubby wrote:Right now I am having a vision of ladajo and schneibster as ventriloquist dummies each with their hands up the other's ass talking to themselves.
We need a directorate of science, and we need it to be voted on only by scientists. You don't get to vote on reality. Get over it. Elected officials that deny the findings of the Science Directorate are subject to immediate impeachment for incompetence.
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Stubby wrote:Right now I am having a vision of ladajo and schneibster as ventriloquist dummies each with their hands up the other's ass talking to themselves.
Good one!
The development of atomic power, though it could confer unimaginable blessings on mankind, is something that is dreaded by the owners of coal mines and oil wells. (Hazlitt)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
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Stubby wrote:Right now I am having a vision of ladajo and schneibster as ventriloquist dummies each with their hands up the other's ass talking to themselves.
I shan't be surprised to discover that schneibster is familiar with the experience.
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http://twitchy.com/2013/10/06/shutdown- ... -affected/
http://www.ijreview.com/2013/10/84424-r ... m-amazing/
http://www.ijreview.com/2013/10/84424-r ... m-amazing/
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I interpret "Shut down the government" as "stop enforcement of anti-racist statutes."
So do most US citizens.
So you know.
So do most US citizens.
So you know.
We need a directorate of science, and we need it to be voted on only by scientists. You don't get to vote on reality. Get over it. Elected officials that deny the findings of the Science Directorate are subject to immediate impeachment for incompetence.