How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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How long will the shutdown last?

Poll ended at Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:15 pm

Less than a week (open by Dec 28)
3
10%
1 to <2 weeks (open by Jan 4)
2
7%
2 to <3 weeks (open by Jan 11)
5
17%
3 to <4 weeks (open by Jan 18)
2
7%
4 to <5 weeks (open by Jan 25)
0
No votes
5 to <6 weeks (open by Feb 2)
3
10%
6 or more weeks
14
48%
 
Total votes: 29

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Re: How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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Ibanez wrote:
CAA Flagship wrote: I can't offer money, but can offer this:
- Used Redskins gear to keep you warm
- Ticket to a Wizards game
- A Home Depot receipt for a cordless drill (All you need is a drill and you can return it for cash)
- Rick Lovato autographed mini-football. Might be worth $5 in Philly or $7.50 in Norfolk.
- $1.00 off coupon for a hoagie at Wawa
That's generous.

I'll throw in a collection of newspapers my grandmother had so you can keep warm. They range from 1946-2010 so you should have plenty to to keep you warm for a while.

I'll be sending you this book for entertainment.

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I can donate an unopened 1993 Colorado Rockies Commemorative Coke bottle, and a hat from the Field of Dreams to keep your head warm.


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css75 wrote:
Ibanez wrote: That's generous.

I'll throw in a collection of newspapers my grandmother had so you can keep warm. They range from 1946-2010 so you should have plenty to to keep you warm for a while.

I'll be sending you this book for entertainment.

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I can donate an unopened 1993 Colorado Rockies Commemorative Coke bottle, and a hat from the Field of Dreams to keep your head warm.


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Can the hat make hookers from 1919 appear from the treeline next to my house?
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Re: How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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93henfan wrote:
css75 wrote:

I can donate an unopened 1993 Colorado Rockies Commemorative Coke bottle, and a hat from the Field of Dreams to keep your head warm.


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Can the hat make hookers from 1919 appear from the treeline next to my house?
It didn’t work for me, but I am in Utah so the Mormons might have stopped them.


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css75 wrote:
93henfan wrote:
Can the hat make hookers from 1919 appear from the treeline next to my house?
It didn’t work for me, but I am in Utah so the Mormons might have stopped them.


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Re: How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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css75 wrote:
93henfan wrote:
Can the hat make hookers from 1919 appear from the treeline next to my house?
It didn’t work for me, but I am in Utah so the Mormons might have stopped them.


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Isn't Utah one of the top states that view/download internet porn?
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Re: How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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Ibanez wrote:
css75 wrote:
It didn’t work for me, but I am in Utah so the Mormons might have stopped them.


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Isn't Utah one of the top states that view/download internet porn?
5 years ago it was Virginia. Now it's Missouri.
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CAA Flagship wrote:
Ibanez wrote: :lol:
Isn't Utah one of the top states that view/download internet porn?
5 years ago it was Virginia. Now it's Missouri.
Porn not prawns.
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Re: How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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css75 wrote:
93henfan wrote:
Can the hat make hookers from 1919 appear from the treeline next to my house?
It didn’t work for me, but I am in Utah so the Mormons might have stopped them.


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Re: How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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93henfan wrote:
∞∞∞ wrote:If you need help and aren't being sarcastic, then most definitely.
Total sarcasm. Well, until probably April or May.

But by all means, help out any new federal employees who have student loans and DC area rent/mortgage and not many years to establish a nest egg. I feel bad for them. We just had a girl join our agency in that situation. She is sweating bullets and calling creditors right now. Good chance she leaves the civil service is this carries on another couple of weeks.
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Re: How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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The Coast Guard will miss their first semi-monthly paycheck tomorrow due to Trump's wall demand. The irony (and injustice) is real.
Twenty-four days into the longest government shutdown in US history, the strain is being felt acutely by the US Coast Guard, as some 42,000 active-duty members are preparing to miss their first paycheck on January 15.

In a January 10 letter, Vice Commandant Adm. Charles Ray said that without an appropriation or funding measure, "the Coast Guard will not be able to meet the next payroll,"...
https://www.businessinsider.com/coast-g ... own-2019-1
Officials have have advised Coast Guard families that, "to get by without pay, consider holding a garage sale, babysitting, dog-walking or serving as a “mystery shopper.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... 10bbb763ca

This is where we are as a country under Donald Trump. :lol: :ohno:
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93henfan wrote:The Coast Guard will miss their first semi-monthly paycheck tomorrow due to Trump's wall demand. The irony (and injustice) is real.
Twenty-four days into the longest government shutdown in US history, the strain is being felt acutely by the US Coast Guard, as some 42,000 active-duty members are preparing to miss their first paycheck on January 15.

In a January 10 letter, Vice Commandant Adm. Charles Ray said that without an appropriation or funding measure, "the Coast Guard will not be able to meet the next payroll,"...
https://www.businessinsider.com/coast-g ... own-2019-1
Officials have have advised Coast Guard families that, "to get by without pay, consider holding a garage sale, babysitting, dog-walking or serving as a “mystery shopper.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... 10bbb763ca

This is where we are as a country under Donald Trump. :lol: :ohno:
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Re: How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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93henfan wrote:
Officials have have advised Coast Guard families that, "to get by without pay, consider holding a garage sale, babysitting, dog-walking or serving as a “mystery shopper.”
At least the economy is in such great shape that there are lots of people willing to pay for those services.
In 2012, not so much.
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Grizalltheway wrote: Inessential Montana. :coffee:
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Re: How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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CAA Flagship wrote:
Grizalltheway wrote: Inessential Montana. :coffee:
:nod:
I asked for that sammich two hours ago.
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Re: How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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93henfan wrote:The Coast Guard will miss their first semi-monthly paycheck tomorrow due to Trump's wall demand. The irony (and injustice) is real.
Twenty-four days into the longest government shutdown in US history, the strain is being felt acutely by the US Coast Guard, as some 42,000 active-duty members are preparing to miss their first paycheck on January 15.

In a January 10 letter, Vice Commandant Adm. Charles Ray said that without an appropriation or funding measure, "the Coast Guard will not be able to meet the next payroll,"...
https://www.businessinsider.com/coast-g ... own-2019-1
Officials have have advised Coast Guard families that, "to get by without pay, consider holding a garage sale, babysitting, dog-walking or serving as a “mystery shopper.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... 10bbb763ca

This is where we are as a country under Donald Trump. :lol: :ohno:
This will totally work. Most of the affected federal workers and dirty Democrats and don't matter.
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CAA Flagship wrote: At least the economy is in such great shape that there are lots of people willing to pay for those services.
In 2012, not so much.
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Re: How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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Grizalltheway wrote:
CAA Flagship wrote: :nod:
I asked for that sammich two hours ago.
Sammich. Pick it up!!!!! Ding.

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Man, the longer this goes on, the worse the Don's chances for reelection get. Maybe he knows that, and is just looking for a way out that doesn't technically involve quitting.
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Grizalltheway wrote:Man, the longer this goes on, the worse the Don's chances for reelection get. Maybe he knows that, and is just looking for a way out that doesn't technically involve quitting.
Starving a military branch is not a real smart move for a Republican president.
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93henfan wrote:
CAA Flagship wrote: At least the economy is in such great shape that there are lots of people willing to pay for those services.
In 2012, not so much.
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93henfan wrote:
Grizalltheway wrote:Man, the longer this goes on, the worse the Don's chances for reelection get. Maybe he knows that, and is just looking for a way out that doesn't technically involve quitting.
Starving a military branch is not a real smart move for a Republican president.
Or 100's of thousands of families.

Trump is fucking up. But he's too fucking stupid to listen to anyone or do anything about it. I really feel for you guys being stuck in the middle of this bullshit.
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Ibanez wrote:
93henfan wrote:
Starving a military branch is not a real smart move for a Republican president.
Or 100's of thousands of families.

Trump is fucking up. But he's too fucking stupid to listen to anyone or do anything about it. I really feel for you guys being stuck in the middle of this bullshit.
But Trump's economic adviser Kevin Hassett says this is just a vacation and we're better off. :thumb:

That's how cold the Donald Trump White House is. Peoples' lives don't really matter to him.
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93henfan wrote:
Ibanez wrote: Or 100's of thousands of families.

Trump is fucking up. But he's too fucking stupid to listen to anyone or do anything about it. I really feel for you guys being stuck in the middle of this bullshit.
But Trump's economic adviser Kevin Hassett says this is just a vacation and we're better off. :thumb:

That's how cold the Donald Trump White House is. Peoples' lives don't really matter to him.
But Trump is funny and triggers liberals
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Re: How Long Will The Shutdown Last? (Dec 2018)

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I just wonder how much longer Republicans will continue to allow Trump to lead them over the cliff. There is a clear association between this government shutdown and Trump going further under water in terms of job approval. Here is today's RCP chart with a line indicated to show where things were the day before the shutdown started:

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Even the flipping Rasmussen poll that is tied for 7th in terms of being biased towards the Republican side among 396 polls rated by 538 now has him under water by 12 percentage points (http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_ ... ex_history).

Meanwhile his Favorability rating at in terms of RCP averages are more under water than Pelosi's and Schumer's are. And, in the table below, the only person who is more under water than Trump is McConnell:

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I know the Republicans are in a tough spot. To win within their Party they need to pander to the nut job Trump zombies who are totally divorced from reality. But are they going to realize that, at some point, pandering to the nut job Trump zombies is going to destroy the Republican Party?
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