Looks like they'll pass a debt extension. The House just passed a 45-day extension with certain payments. The Senate passed one with different payments. I figure these should be reconciled in the next couple of days. So we'll worry about shutdown again in a couple of months.
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Best idea would be to have a House delegation be forced to clean up all the poop and paper in the bushes afterwards, and have their pay put on hold until they do. But we all know that's never going to happen. What also happened last time, especially out in desert areas like Joshua tree, is that the area got swarmed with ATV's due to understaffing, and ordinarily protected portions got horribly torn up, and all kinds of garbage and beer cans were deliberately left behind in form of mockery. That prompted more gates harder to circumvent. But certain kinds of jerks can be awfully persistent.
Disaster averted!
Stay tuned for repeat performance: same time, same place… next year!
No, actually in just 45 days...
Well, the bears in Yosemite will certainly appreciate another 45 days to fatten up on picnic boxes and unattended backpacks before their winter nap.
Unfortunately as seasonal employees the Park bears are extremely vulnerable to layoffs during shutdowns, so it's a good thing this has been averted.
Yeah, things can go wrong. Many of us are old enough to remember when Smokey the Bear was furloughed without pay, and became so resentful that he turned to arson.
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