Government Shutdown

[Bucky Cornstarch]

Weekend is over - Bucky is back at work - shitposting on the can!

Yo Frenchie, where and when I post is none of your fucking business, especially when it is regarding something of which you have no real skin in the game.

And before you open that ignorant little trap of yours again, you might want to look up a list of holidays that workers may or may not have off here in the US.

[mowens]

Lighten up, Francis.

[Newbeeee™]

little trap of yours

Snigger....

[Bucky Cornstarch]

Snigger....

RACIST!

[Rstewart]

Happy Veterans Day! 
Hopefully the .Gov will be up by Thursday.  Unsure how a lot of my co-workers have been doing without a paycheck for 42+ days.
During the shutdown we've had one major program killed and another hanging by a string.  I know most don't see any changes during a "shutdown" but it really hamstrings the place I live and work in.

Thanks to all those that served!

[Newbeeee™]

RACIST!

Back sat on the can again huh, on the company dime

Snigger / Sniga -  OED's earliest evidence for snigger is from 1706, in Phillips's New World of Words.
"To laugh in a half-suppressed way"....

[mowens]

from AI

"Snigger" and "snicker" are two spellings for the same word, which means to laugh in a suppressed, often mocking or scornful, way. The difference is primarily regional: "snigger" is the British spelling, while "snicker" is the American spelling. While both terms can be used interchangeably, "snigger" carries a stronger implication of malice, while "snicker" can sometimes be lighter or more discreet, but still often carries a negative connotation.

[Newbeeee™]

"Stronger implication of malice"

[neurosis]

Is that why the dems were mad?  They weren't getting their share?   

[Smit]

Imagine that!

[Jeff]

Is that why the dems were mad?  They weren't getting their share?   

It allows U.S. Senators to sue the government if federal investigators (specifically, the Justice Department's special counsel Jack Smith's office) obtained their phone or digital records without prior notification.

The provision appears to apply to eight specific Republican senators whose phone records were accessed during the investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election: Marsha Blackburn, Lindsey Graham, Bill Hagerty, Josh Hawley, Ron Johnson, Cynthia Lummis, Dan Sullivan, and Tommy Tuberville

The provision is retroactive to 2022 and allows senators to sue for $500,000 for each violation (e.g., one for the subpoena, one for the nondisclosure order), meaning a potential payout of at least $1 million per person, paid by taxpayers. It also removes the government's sovereign immunity, virtually guaranteeing payouts if they sue.