It’s been five days since the most powerful country in the world was brought to its knees by a minority of demented extremists. Like their primate evolutionary kin, these Congressional asshats continue to punish the entire country by throwing poop at us. Here’s all the clusterfuck coverage thus far.
Day 5
There seems to be no end in sight and now bored government workers are posting “Shutdown Sex” ads on Craigslist.
http://gawker.com/government-shutdown-day-5-no-end-in-sight-1441492600
Here are 11 tech and science programs killed by the shutdown, which is also crapping all over our animal friends.
https://gizmodo.com/11-tech-and-science-programs-being-killed-by-the-govern-1441333719
Day 4
The National Weather Service has chimed in with this secret coded message for Congress and in happier news, Stephen Colbert married a couple whose wedding was ruined by the shutdown.
http://gawker.com/national-weather-service-office-has-a-secret-message-fo-1441365000
Even though the prison guards watching Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are still unpaid this GOP Rep defends keeping her salary…and more stupid people saying stupid things on TV.
http://gawker.com/prison-guards-watching-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-are-unpaid-rig-1441032866
Day 3
Michelle Bachmann claims Republicansare super happy about the shutdown…
http://gawker.com/michele-bachmann-republicans-are-the-happiest-theyv-1440725008
…in case you needed more proof that Republicans are acting like nauseating weasels.
https://gizmodo.com/shameless-republican-bullies-park-ranger-for-his-own-wr-1440651225
Kids out of pre-school, yet they are still discussing “strategy”…
https://jezebel.com/the-government-shutdown-is-keeping-kids-out-of-preschoo-1440644295
…but at least Jon Stewart is slamming those who put this country in the freezer
http://gawker.com/jon-stewart-calls-gop-self-righteous-orwellian-zebra-q-1440502934
Day 2
The Republicans are resorting to woeful tactics, while some try to help…
http://gawker.com/republican-party-drafts-elderly-veterans-in-its-losing-1440293286
…and others get shunnedand frustrated.
https://jezebel.com/kids-with-cancer-being-turned-away-from-treatment-than-1440263168
The shameful embarrassment continues with no end in sight…
http://gawker.com/three-sentences-that-put-the-entire-shutdown-in-sickeni-1440106753
http://gawker.com/jon-stewart-to-gop-fuck-you-1439036877
Day 1
The government is frozen, as Kate Upton and Ryan Gosling explain
http://gawker.com/as-of-midnight-the-federal-government-has-shut-down-1431768798/@jesusdiaz
This is how the shutdown is affecting everyone:
From Hollywood to car manufacturers…
http://defamer.gawker.com/how-the-shutdown-will-screw-hollywood-1432631503/@maxread