@kazetnagorra saidYeah, but we all know that a shutdown isn't really a shutdown, right?
What I find surprising about this whole shutdown-every-other-minute business is that apparently no one seems to think that it would be a good idea to, I don't know, not have them anymore? I'm pretty sure the last one they had here was in 1945. Even in freaking Belgium when they had a caretaker government for a year they had no "government shutdown" or anything like it.
@nomorechess saidYes, but it's true unless Congress can get off their arse and find us immortality.
@whodey
LoL we're all gonna die... cracked me up. 😂
Save us Nancy Pelosi!
Problem is, Orange man wants us all to die.
@sonhouse saidThe Holy Roman Empire was abolished due to Napoleon's conquests in 1806. The Roman Empire collapsed in 1453, although it lost control of the actual city of Rome many centuries before that. The Romans did reconquer Rome in the sixth century AD under Justinian I.
Well the HRE may have gone down in 1453 but Rome lost it around 440 AD or so, which left a huge vacuum in Europe and England. it took them a thousand years to get over THAT hangover.
@kazetnagorra saidAre you Ok?
The Holy Roman Empire was abolished due to Napoleon's conquests in 1806. The Roman Empire collapsed in 1453, although it lost control of the actual city of Rome many centuries before that. The Romans did reconquer Rome in the sixth century AD under Justinian I.
Just checking if everyone is OK, this being the first day of the government shut down and all.
@kazetnagorra saidLike, a small fraction of of one tier of a multi-tiered government is shut down.
Not every aspect of the government is entirely shut down? Well, that makes it alright I suppose.
Unless you're a federal employee, you might not notice a government shutdown.
I've never noticed a government shutdown other than hearing about it on the news in my life.
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@sh76 saidExcept, in the USA, it is so to a much higher degree than elsewhere. In Belgium, civil servants kept being paid, services were not whittled down to a minimum. National parks stayed open, border police was paid, the main thing that did not happen was the introduction of new policies. It wasn'r so much a shut-down as a slow-down. Irritating, bur no lower civil servants went unpaid over Christmas. The main people to suffer were the politicians themselves. In the USA, it's exactly the other way 'round.
Yeah, but we all know that a shutdown isn't really a shutdown, right?
@kazetnagorra saidAll well and good but the former Roman controlled territory was abandoned like Britain, and parts of Europe which directly led to the dark ages.
The Holy Roman Empire was abolished due to Napoleon's conquests in 1806. The Roman Empire collapsed in 1453, although it lost control of the actual city of Rome many centuries before that. The Romans did reconquer Rome in the sixth century AD under Justinian I.
@sh76 saidAh, you are not immediately personally affected, so then who cares, right?
Like, a small fraction of of one tier of a multi-tiered government is shut down.
Unless you're a federal employee, you might not notice a government shutdown.
I've never noticed a government shutdown other than hearing about it on the news in my life.
Is this why you are so apathetic and unapologetic about children being locked up in cages in concentration camps in your country?
@shallow-blue saidYeah, 'cept to start with, the national parks are open. In fact, they're free during the "shutdown," making many vacationers hopeful that the shutdown lasts a bit.
Except, in the USA, it is so to a much higher degree than elsewhere. In Belgium, civil servants kept being paid, services were not whittled down to a minimum. National parks stayed open, border police was paid, the main thing that did not happen was the introduction of new policies. It wasn'r so much a shut-down as a slow-down. Irritating, bur no lower civil serv ...[text shortened]... ain people to suffer were the politicians themselves. In the USA, it's exactly the other way 'round.
So, great start there.
Finally, a brutally honest article about the shutdown. Yeah, yeah, I know, another opinion piece, and opinions are like... yeah, well, let's just say that everyone has one. But this one at least made me laugh about the shutdown, and if I didn't laugh, I'd cry.
https://www.theroot.com/the-shutdown-could-end-tomorrow-but-dealing-with-trump-1831339741