“We sit here until they figure out they fuckin’ lost”: Washington Rep. Jim McDermott spells out the Democrats’ plan to the federal shutdown. “You can’t say, OK, you get half of Obamacare—this isn’t a Solomonic decision,” he also said. Meanwhile, Obama says he’d be willing to accept a short-term increase in the federal borrowing cap, signaling the administration’s acknowledgement that negotiations could last longer than the debt ceiling’s October 17 deadline.
Caring for the Mentally Ill: Early intervention and outpatient therapy keeps people with mental health issues out of Washington emergency rooms.
Toxic Waste and an Eagle on Ice: Diseases are going unmonitored, plane wrecks are going unanalyzed, and this woman has an eagle in her freezer. Damn you, federal shutdown! Damn you!
Greenpeace on Ice: Greenpeace activists are being held in solitary confinement and “extremely cold” cells in Russia after being declared terrorists by the government.
Skiing in Beautiful North Korea: The country’s first luxury ski resort opens, despite the fact that only .02 percent of the population knows how to ski.
Government Prayer and Affirmative Action: The Supreme Court starts its new term with an array of sexy topics, including PAC spending and First Amendment rights for abortion clinic protesters. Conspicuously absent from the docket? Climate change cases. Nevertheless, the court could close after October 11 if the federal shutdown continues, due to lack of funds.
Nobel Prize in Medicine: James E. Rothman of Yale University; Randy W. Schekman of the University of California, Berkeley; and Dr. Thomas C. Südhof of Stanford University jointly share the prize for discovering “how cells transport major molecules in a cargo system that delivers them to the right place at the right time in cells,” reports the NYTimes.
Burke Gilman Body Identified: The woman found fatally shot Friday morning has been identified as 26-year-old Jowanna Gooden of Renton.
No Courage, Indeed: Pakistan Taliban forces have vowed to shoot 16-year-old schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai again if they get the chance, because she has “no courage.” They previously shot her in the head, but she survived. Apparently, it takes a lot of courage to threaten and shoot at school children.
Miley Cyrus: Kept tongue in mouth, did okay as SNL host, says the internet.
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