opera is a better form of theater.

Stephen miller is probably showing him stuff from The Floyd riots and ai slop.

It’s Russia’s fault. If they didn’t want Ukrainians to blow them up, they could, you know, not have oil tanks.

Or get the fuck out of Ukraine.

They really shouldn’t have cut pbs funding.

a running joke?

Bruh, he can barely waddle.

Dammitalltohellinahandbasket.

I feel old now. (I was there, Gandalf. I was there.)

Costs will go down. Even if staffing increases, which likely, if staffing increases, I’d see that as an even better scenario. I certainly don’t see medical staffing going down- it’s the insurance ghouls losing their jobs… and i rather see that as a good thing, too. (we’ll need some admin anyways, so we can keep the not-ghouls.)

staffing issues aside, generally, “free” healthcare (or rather, government provided healthcare) generally reduces the over all costs- in part, as you noted, by allowing far more prevention and efficiency. Also remember, in places with health insurance like the US, you also have staffing for the insurance agency, and the half-dozen agencies providing support to them, as well.

naw. gators don’t eat junk food. Kinda the reason Florida Men are so… you know… common, down there.

you know those things in Wrath of Khan, where they, like… go in through the ear and suck on your brain?

Yeah. no. They’re very important to keep out, and they’re called ‘ear wigs’

And there were still plenty of people who took the class to watch porn, I imagine.

And let the alligators in.

(Not that they eat junk food, but it should be entertaining until they realize that.)

great way to teach kids to keep secrets, break the law, and access the internet discretely, though.

jesus wasn’t flipping money tables over slavery. that’s soley for doing business in the temple. (he wasn’t even anti-capitalist. he just thought the sheep smelled like shit and they was disrespecting him…) (yeah, somebody should tell all the churches that host starbucks locations.)

Jesus literally had more to say about paying taxes than slavery- despite probably seeing slaves on a daily basis.

I know some guys who deserve jailtime for their driving habits.

s’really too bad cops won’t act on tips about drunks unless they can see it themselves.

The record, the GOP could, if they wanted to, have a simple-majority vote to change the rules for this particular vote, such that it would only require a simple majority to pass.

They don’t want to do that, because this shut down gives trump extreme power to determine what is or isn’t “essential”. So, ICE, FBI, law enforcement, the Military will continue working/operating without pay. same with the fuckers building the ballroom. people who are not essential- like national parks, the government’s cybersecurity guys, people that support wick or snap or HUD etc… the courts…

yeah. So. basically it’s all just a giant cash and power grab. Nazis doing Nazis shit.

In any case, if somehow they manage to not ever get a bill past, yes, eventually the government collapses and shit gets real fucked real quick.

Thats more or less what the GOP want, though. which is why they made it incredibly objectionable and refused to negotiate with the Dems.

and yes, if the government gets funded again, you will still owe taxes.

Because right now Trump can just decide what is “essential” and what isn’t.

They’re just accelerating the totalitarian coup.

Nope. A permanent rule change, as it stands, sure.

But they can - and already have- used a simple majority vote to change cloture rules for specific votes., including things like trump’s presidential nominations.

There is no reason they can’t do that here, except they don’t want to.

No they don’t.

They can change the senate rules to end the filibuster if they wanted to.

They can do that at any time they want.