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42 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Pre, obviously, but my research of the question led me to this very interesting review. Evidently you don’t have to choose:

 

This dedication to the craft is what acting is all about. She's just like Daniel Day Lewis, except I don't recall him ever getting bigger tits for one of his roles.

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1 hour ago, The Hot Dog Buffet said:

This dedication to the craft is what acting is all about. She's just like Daniel Day Lewis, except I don't recall him ever getting bigger tits for one of his roles.

Oh he did in Lincoln. Part of his process 

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An update just circulated by one of the Federal court districts in Texas:

 

Federal Judiciary Limited Operations Beginning October 20

The federal judiciary nationally has exhausted all available non-appropriated and no-year funds and will move into a non-paid status effective Monday, October 20, because Congress has not passed a continuing resolution or appropriations bill to fund the Third Branch of government. We are required to abide by the terms of the Anti-Deficiency Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 1341, et seq. We apologize for any inconvenience to you and to your clients.

The district court will continue to hear and decide cases. The clerk’s office will accept and timely process all civil and criminal filings, continue regular administration of the jury and grand jury system (including payment of petit and grand jurors), and will collect and deposit fees and costs into the Treasury. The clerk’s office will also process registry fund transactions and restitution disbursements. Court reporters will continue to transcribe proceedings and produce transcripts.

Court security services, including security screening at all courthouses, will continue as usual.

Staff will generally not be available to respond to inquiries that are not related to case administration. Attorney admission work will continue, but certificates of good standing will not be issued. Oaths will be administered, but no new ceremonial events, tours, or training will be scheduled. The court’s website will not be updated unless necessitated by an emergency. The clerk’s office will not be able to issue Pay.gov refunds. IT staff will keep the judiciary’s systems functioning and perform work necessary to protect the systems against cyberattacks. IT staff will also provide courtroom assistance to ensure that all audio-visual equipment functions normally. Attorney wi-fi services in the courtrooms, which are funded with non-appropriated funds, will still be available. IT staff will not be able to troubleshoot or help with CM/ECF problems that are related to an external user’s IT system.

CJA attorneys have not been paid or received expense reimbursements since July, but CJA vouchers have been audited and are in line for payment at the earliest opportunity. As of October 20, CJA attorneys should continue to submit vouchers for payment; however, the new vouchers cannot be reviewed or audited until the judiciary is funded. The vouchers will be maintained in order of receipt for immediate review and will be given priority once the judiciary receives funding.

Contractors have been notified of our inability to pay. In the context of case administration, this could impact an interpreter’s willingness to work in federal court. We have one staff interpreter in the district, and we can also use telephonic interpreting services for some proceedings.

With rare exception (for example, due to a life safety issue), we will not be able to obligate funds for repairs and alterations of our courtrooms or courthouses. Projects that were obligated in a previous fiscal year will proceed.

Staff will not be paid for the duration of the shutdown and will, therefore, not be expected to respond to after-hours or weekend inquiries or requests. Any calls or messages received after 4:30 p.m. will have to wait until the following business day for a response.

Thanks for your patience and understanding as we navigate this unfortunate situation.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

An update just circulated by one of the Federal court districts in Texas:

 

Federal Judiciary Limited Operations Beginning October 20

The federal judiciary nationally has exhausted all available non-appropriated and no-year funds and will move into a non-paid status effective Monday, October 20, because Congress has not passed a continuing resolution or appropriations bill to fund the Third Branch of government. We are required to abide by the terms of the Anti-Deficiency Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 1341, et seq. We apologize for any inconvenience to you and to your clients.

The district court will continue to hear and decide cases. The clerk’s office will accept and timely process all civil and criminal filings, continue regular administration of the jury and grand jury system (including payment of petit and grand jurors), and will collect and deposit fees and costs into the Treasury. The clerk’s office will also process registry fund transactions and restitution disbursements. Court reporters will continue to transcribe proceedings and produce transcripts.

Court security services, including security screening at all courthouses, will continue as usual.

Staff will generally not be available to respond to inquiries that are not related to case administration. Attorney admission work will continue, but certificates of good standing will not be issued. Oaths will be administered, but no new ceremonial events, tours, or training will be scheduled. The court’s website will not be updated unless necessitated by an emergency. The clerk’s office will not be able to issue Pay.gov refunds. IT staff will keep the judiciary’s systems functioning and perform work necessary to protect the systems against cyberattacks. IT staff will also provide courtroom assistance to ensure that all audio-visual equipment functions normally. Attorney wi-fi services in the courtrooms, which are funded with non-appropriated funds, will still be available. IT staff will not be able to troubleshoot or help with CM/ECF problems that are related to an external user’s IT system.

CJA attorneys have not been paid or received expense reimbursements since July, but CJA vouchers have been audited and are in line for payment at the earliest opportunity. As of October 20, CJA attorneys should continue to submit vouchers for payment; however, the new vouchers cannot be reviewed or audited until the judiciary is funded. The vouchers will be maintained in order of receipt for immediate review and will be given priority once the judiciary receives funding.

Contractors have been notified of our inability to pay. In the context of case administration, this could impact an interpreter’s willingness to work in federal court. We have one staff interpreter in the district, and we can also use telephonic interpreting services for some proceedings.

With rare exception (for example, due to a life safety issue), we will not be able to obligate funds for repairs and alterations of our courtrooms or courthouses. Projects that were obligated in a previous fiscal year will proceed.

Staff will not be paid for the duration of the shutdown and will, therefore, not be expected to respond to after-hours or weekend inquiries or requests. Any calls or messages received after 4:30 p.m. will have to wait until the following business day for a response.

Thanks for your patience and understanding as we navigate this unfortunate situation.

Looks like I don't have to respond to that discovery.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Attorney wi-fi services in the courtrooms, which are funded with non-appropriated funds, will still be available.

At least Surly law dogs will be able to continue posting on Surly during working hours. 

Posted
2 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Over/under for restart of govt is Thanksgiving

I’ll take the over and we have a flight out of IAH to Hawaii on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I predict pain.

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They just flashed “The kick is good” on the stadium Jumbotron 

edit - realize i posted this in wrong thread. 
 

I blame the Woodford

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Read this today and it got me thinking-- why are the D's willing to die on the hill of ACA when ACA (enchanced subsidies) disproportionately benefit red states? Get rid of the ACA, you are hurting the red states (whom it seems WANT to be hurt) and you save $350bn. Government shutdown over?

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Affordable Care Act subsidies have become a battleground. Democrats are demanding that the support, which is set to expire at the end of the year and benefits more than 20 million Americans, be extended as a condition of ending the shutdown. Failing to do so, they say, would increase health care costs for families.

The enhanced subsidies are popular, especially in red states. And the prospect of higher health care costs alongside rising food and housing prices is weighing on Americans, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.

But keeping the tax credit carries a big price tag. Permanently expanding the most generous benefits would increase the deficit by $350 billion from 2026 to 2035, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated.

 

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/government-shutdown-healthcare-aca-funding-fight-d45b2365

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Posted
8 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

Read this today and it got me thinking-- why are the D's willing to die on the hill of ACA when ACA (enchanced subsidies) disproportionately benefit red states? Get rid of the ACA, you are hurting the red states (whom it seems WANT to be hurt) and you save $350bn. Government shutdown over?

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/government-shutdown-healthcare-aca-funding-fight-d45b2365

"Everyone should be able to access health care" is literally the only thing all Democrats agree on.

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Just now, wildcat09 said:

"Everyone should be able to access health care" is literally the only thing all Democrats agree on.

ACA is something the R's want to scrape. The ACA disproportionately helps the R's voter base. It's actually politically reisky to scrape it at this point for the R's, so why not let them screw up.

The saving grace for the D's I could see is allowing for them to expire due to government shutting down and sticker shocking the R base into putting pressure. 

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About a dozen states so far have published A.C.A. health insurance prices for 2026, showing many premiums skyrocketing absent action by Congress. By the end of next week, dozens more states will reveal pricing for next year.

Regardless it looks like this whole fight and shut down has settled fully into ACA vs No-ACA.

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Just now, Vegas64 said:

Regardless it looks like this whole fight and shut down has settled fully into ACA vs No-ACA.

If ACA was already gone (lulz) the fascists would have found another bone to chew on. Read a fucking history book, this is exactly what fascists do.

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1 minute ago, Vegas64 said:

ACA is something the R's want to scrape. The ACA disproportionately helps the R's voter base. It's actually politically reisky to scrape it at this point for the R's, so why not let them screw up.

The saving grace for the D's I could see is allowing for them to expire due to government shutting down and sticker shocking the R base into putting pressure. 

Regardless it looks like this whole fight and shut down has settled fully into ACA vs No-ACA.

Because a lot of people will be hurt, holy fucking shit! You have to believe in something

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Posted
Just now, Brian Fantana said:

Politics isn't a fucking team sport @Vegas64. That shit makes me so fucking mad. I don't know if you're dumb or you're just autistic but holy shit.

To channel my inner Brisket here, but uh, the R's have made it this way and the only way to fight back is with pain. I didn't realize the ledge philosophy was still in the margins and not mainstream here. We are in a dog fight.

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7 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

Read this today and it got me thinking-- why are the D's willing to die on the hill of ACA when ACA (enchanced subsidies) disproportionately benefit red states? Get rid of the ACA, you are hurting the red states (whom it seems WANT to be hurt) and you save $350bn. Government shutdown over?

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/government-shutdown-healthcare-aca-funding-fight-d45b2365

Because, dumbass, there are millions of citizens in both fascist-controlled and democracy-loving states who are on it, and access to healthcare is literally a matter of life and death. Would you vote for something, knowing that the deaths of an untold number could be directly tied to that decision?

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Just now, Vegas64 said:

To channel my inner Brisket here, but uh, the R's have made it this way and the only way to fight back is with pain. I didn't realize the ledge philosophy was still in the margins and not mainstream here. We are in a dog fight.

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Posted
Just now, Vegas64 said:

To channel my inner Brisket here, but uh, the R's have made it this way and the only way to fight back is with pain. I didn't realize the ledge philosophy was still in the margins and not mainstream here. We are in a dog fight.

You're advocating for millions to lose their health care and for people to die to score cheap political points. Fuck. You.

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Just now, safe sex said:

Because a lot of people will be hurt, holy fucking shit! You have to believe in something

Whatever happened to the "You voted for this, so GOOD!" leopard eating faces energy? Was that just our Brat Summer? Time to get all sentimental with the leaves changing colors?

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From a pure politics standpoint it’s even a stupid stance. There are Dems in red states. They’re likely to get primaried if they fuck over their own, and they’re open to general losses if the national party no longer fights for the folks in red states, too. 

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1 minute ago, Vegas64 said:

Whatever happened to the "You voted for this, so GOOD!" leopard eating faces energy? Was that just our Brat Summer? Time to get all sentimental with the leaves changing colors?

Almost 5 million Texans voted against Trump. I am absolutely positive a good chunk of that (well over a million) is on ACA. Go fuck yourself.

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3 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

Whatever happened to the "You voted for this, so GOOD!" leopard eating faces energy? Was that just our Brat Summer? Time to get all sentimental with the leaves changing colors?

This is Surly Horns, an internet message board. 

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1 minute ago, softlynow said:

From a pure politics standpoint it’s even a stupid stance. There are Dems in red states. They’re likely to get primaried if they fuck over their own, and they’re open to general losses if the national party no longer fights for the folks in red states, too. 

What does the data say? What do the numbers say?

I feel like the last page here is the problem. We complain we don't have the stomach for the fight with the MAGATs and then show that we actually don't have the stomach to fight the MAGATs in what politics in 2025 demand.

So what's the answer? Just let the government shutdown continue until what? Planes wreck during busy holiday travel season? 

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1 minute ago, wildcat09 said:

I've said it before, but I actually do think a ton of Republican voters need to touch the stove and we shouldn't keep insulating them from the pain their votes cause. But that doesn't mean voting for a GOP bill that will hurt their own voters. There's a reason the GOP hasn't just abolished the filibuster to push it through, and that's because they want Democrats to co-sign it and take a share of the blame, which is what DonkeyCigars also wants.

Yep, because that's the only shot they have of surviving midterm elections, should they take place.

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4 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

What does the data say? What do the numbers say?

I feel like the last page here is the problem. We complain we don't have the stomach for the fight with the MAGATs and then show that we actually don't have the stomach to fight the MAGATs in what politics in 2025 demand.

So what's the answer? Just let the government shutdown continue until what? Planes wreck during busy holiday travel season? 

"we" lol

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Just now, wildcat09 said:

I've said it before, but I actually do think a ton of Republican voters need to touch the stove and we shouldn't keep insulating them from the pain their votes cause. But that doesn't mean voting for a GOP bill that will hurt their own voters. There's a reason the GOP hasn't just abolished the filibuster to push it through, and that's because they want Democrats to co-sign it and take a share of the blame, which is what DonkeyCigars also wants.

Ignoring the barb about who or what a Donkey Ciagr is, you are agreeing in premise with me that R voters need to feel the pain of their choices. 

What does that look like in your mind as it pertains to the government shutdown and how to get out of this jackpot? (Also I read Trump is going to take billions from tariff slush funds and pay the military, so pretend that an upset military is off the table)?

What levers can be pulled? I'll hang up and listen since I'm a bit unpopular right now.

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7 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

You're advocating for millions to lose their health care and for people to die to score cheap political points. Fuck. You.

They say they have a health care plan. They were voted into office. Why not let things happen? Who is to say they won’t fix it. Why is it up to the opposition, one that controls zero branches of the government, to fix the issue. I would say reopen and let the Rs resolve the matter. If it equates to millions losing their insurance, then who is to blame for that? That’s not wanting pain, that’s actually democracy. 

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Posted
1 minute ago, wildcat09 said:

I've said it before, but I actually do think a ton of Republican voters need to touch the stove and we shouldn't keep insulating them from the pain their votes cause. But that doesn't mean voting for a GOP bill that will hurt their own voters. There's a reason the GOP hasn't just abolished the filibuster to push it through, and that's because they want Democrats to co-sign it and take a share of the blame, which is what DonkeyCigars also wants.

Yep. Personally, I view access to healthcare as an inalienable right, not a privilege, as this phony seems to think. Advocating for a vote that takes away a right that helps the disadvantaged is reich-wing shit. 

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Just now, Dr. Teeth said:

They say they have a health care plan. They were voted into office. Why not let things happen? Who is to say they won’t fix it. Why is it up to the opposition, one that controls zero branches of the government, to fix the issue. I would say reopen and let the Rs resolve the matter. If it equates to millions losing their insurance, then who is to blame for that? That’s not wanting pain, that’s actually democracy. 

Exactly my point.

And when they fail.

Because they will fail.

The blame is squarely on Rs.



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