Vets Storm WWII Monument and Other Fascinating News on the Web
October 1, 2013    • Share   • Read Later   1. Government Shuts
Down      For the first time in seventeen years, the federal
government has entered shutdown mode. Teresa Washington, an EPA
worker, summed up the feelings of voters across the nation:
“Let’s fire ’em all — we need to get rid of them. It’s not fair.
They still get paychecks, and we don’t.” Here’s WaPo’s list of
absolutely everything you need to know about how the government
shutdown will work.      + MoJo:  48 ways a government shutdown
will screw you over.      + Obama on NPR: “I will not negotiate
… This perpetual cycle of brinksmanship and crisis has to end
once and for all.”      + Atlantic Wire: Scenes from a shutdown.
+ Google’s Doodle celebrates Yosemite’s 123rd birthday. Just as
the park shuts down. Meanwhile, a group of vets didn’t let a
pesky shutdown and some barricades stop them from visiting the
World War II Memorial.      + Whoa, whoa. A football game might
get can