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* If the government shuts down, the Postal workers, etc. won't get paid, but don't worry, the Congress people who refuse to negotiate will get their pay checks. After all, that's the really important thing, right? Two bad if people get assessed fines by land lords for late payment or get evicted because their pay checks aren't coming. Congress gets paid regardless.

* Gordon Ramsey has really overstayed his fifteen minutes. Could people please stop broadcasting his nastiness?

* The aftershocks in Japan have often been big enough to be destructive in their own right. The latest one was 7.2. There have been injuries, but luckily the feared tsunami did not come. I can't even begin to imagine how scary it must have been for folks along the coast line.

* Don't worry, the Republicans want you to know that they are dismantling our earthquake and tsunami warning systems to pay for even more corporate welfare and tax cuts for the rich. Too bad if you live on the west coast or Hawaii.

* It's sounding like there's been a bad NATO friendly fire incident in Libya. Reports are rather confused, and there's been a retreat.