So that's two weeks we have to make it through. I think Caltech can carry us for that long.

2 weeks from today, that is. Debt limit is 10/17.

It should start hitting some of the states next week I think.

Hey smonster or amyth or anyone, do you know an organization called Second Nature?

Could end in a week if this motion to discharge can find 20 sane Republicans who are not complete cowards. [link]

So probably two weeks then.

I don't want the government re-opened without an increase in the debt limit. I don't want to go through worse in 2 weeks.

Feminist Hulk has a list of resources for people who need help if WIC runs out of money (and resources for people who have money to give) [link]

If you beat them on the shutdown it then becomes easy to beat them on the debt ceiling. Use some of the absurd workarounds Obama objects to get around the absurd practice of authorizing running up bills then refusing to authorize paying them.

Platinum coin. (Completely legal. And if the Feds follow through on their refusal to accept the coin, they are violating the law and the executive can use its power to force them to accept it.) If Obama is too gutless for that confrontation:

The Treasury (which is under direct orders of the President) could issue Consols. Consols are bonds which pay interest indefinitely and don't require the government to every repay principle. Interest does not count under the debt ceiling, so the Treasury could issue as many Consols as they want without violating the ceiling. No constitutional issue. The Treasury already has statuatory authority to issue any bonds not in violation of any law.

I don't know why Obama refuses to use these. Maybe he will if he has to, but thinks it would be better to make the Republicans back down if can. Or maybe he hopes to finally get the Social Security cutting "Grand Bargain" the Republicans turned out previously cause even thought it would hurt poor people it would not hurt them enough. I want to think better of him and that it is the first rather than the second. But there is absolutely no reason to let the Republicans use the debt ceiling as leverage for anything.

this week.

bourbon tea.

I am putting things on my widhlist tonight. (Yes, bourbon and the recliner and fb games are NOT enough, I need to fake shop also). DO people have recs on new gps?

Owen tries to convince other kids to watch movies based on the film's Rotten Tomatoes ratings.

I am not quite freaking yet but I fear for folks like the Fleas. I just don't want Obama to risk 230 years' of democratic principles because of the crazed actions of a tiny, insane minority.