Here is some stuff in the news today!
Let's get ready to shutdoooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwn! "A Capitol Hill source tells Jonathan Cohn that backroom talks between House Republicans and the Obama administration over the pending budget deadline and debt ceiling limit have stopped: 'The breakdown is more extensive than you've heard. There is no discussion going on at all at this point.' The person added: 'Nobody knows how this will end. I'm not sure I remember a time when sides were as far apart as this.'" Everything is terrific in DC!
[Content Note: Guns] Speaking of which, still no overwhelming political will to get shit done on gun reforms, so the President is considering executive action. At this point, when I hear hyperbolic gun advocates breathlessly warning that "Obama will take away our guns," all I can think is: "If only."
The Supreme Court will hear a case out of Oklahoma that could outlaw all drug-induced abortions. Swell.
The CDC will start "categorizing drug-resistant superbugs by threat level." Instead of using the color-coded threat levels associated with terrorism, however, the CDC has designated its threat levels "urgent," "serious," and "concerning." All of those sound equally terrible and thus pretty meaningless!
[CN: Racism; violence] So, let me get this straight: Kanye West attacks a paparazzo and gets charged with battery and attempted theft, while Alec Baldwin, who has repeatedly attacked paparazzi, as recently as last month, gets his own show on MSNBC. Yeah, that sounds about right.
Do you want to take a class about The Walking Dead called "Society, Science, Survival: Lessons from AMC's The Walking Dead," which definitely sounds like the best class ever if you are such a fan of patriarchs and zombies? Well, sign up then!
Vice-President Joe Biden stepped foot in Iowa, so obviously he's running for president. Someone get that man an ice cream cone and take some unfortunate pictures of him!
[CN: Misogyny] Have you heard that Bill Nye the Science Guy is on this season of Dancing with the Stars? Here is a clip of him dancing to "Weird Science," which is a gross song from a gross movie about nerds building a female sex robot.
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