@lnxw48a1 We may be seeing the disintegration of Canada soon. It was thought that Quebec separatism would do it but it seems western alienation in British Columbia is going to lead to the crack-up due to the Trans-Mountain/Kinder-Morgan pipeline project.

Investigation underway after body washes ashore in Ashtabula County | fox8.com

http://fox8.com/2018/04/04/investigation-underway-after-body-washes-ashore-in-ashtabula-county/

The decaying orbit track for Tiangong-1 is looking bad. The various sub-satellite points (the spots on the ground the station is orbiting directly overhead) keep shifting to where the last track shows an arc from Florida stretching like part of a parabola through the central US and leaving CONUS in the vicinity of Sacramento.

Anti-sat weapon's use to blow it up might precipitate Kessler Syndrome keeping us out of space & pinned to the ground. Crash in CONUS will be a drastic HAZMAT event.

The movie riffing folks at RiffTrax are trying to reach their "It's A Wonderful Life" goal in this year's campaign of riffing movies while providing some cultural anthropology. To do that they need to pick up some more backers and break 10,000 backers. These backers need only pledge USD$1 each and they will help support this year's live shows and they'll receive the fabulous gift of ten riffed short films just for that dollar. Check it out at http://kck.st/2EV7cdq for more details.

@lnxw48a1 Different modus operandi. UNSUB 1 was using disguised explosives. Newly discovered UNSUB 2 is using straight-up undisguised incendiary devices in open areas. Intelligence & Investigations (I&I) under Unified Command just got more difficult but BATFE assistance has been requested by local LEOs.

Update: Latest explosion in Austin, TX not linked to other bombing incidents
http://www.cleveland19.com/story/37771237/update-latest-explosion-in-austin-tx-not-linked-to-other-bombing-incidents

@natecull We've built a world that is neither brave nor new.

Star Wars fans! RiffTrax wants to give #TheLastJedi a good riffing! Use the force and back their Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-live-2018-space-mutiny-and-krull

(I'm merely helping a friendly bunch spread the word)

@hntooter How about LaTeX2e using IBM Plex as the font in lieu of Computer Modern?

Senate adjourns till 12:01 a.m. EST without approving budget deal

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-shutdown/senate-adjourns-till-1201-a-m-est-without-approving-budget-deal-idUSKBN1FS232

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Senate has adjourned until 12:01 AM tomorrow. There will be a "technical" shutdown. If they pass things overnight...we'll see. The House is still recessed subject to the call of the chair.

Donations accepted in these dark yet stupid times: https://www.paypal.me/smkellat

We were told at 1340 ET that the contingencies were activated. It only leaked to the media around 1900 ET.

And now this at POLITICO?

Tomorrow’s default answer is likely either “no” or “we are not allowed pursuant to Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the federal constitution and the Anti-Deficiency Act to pay out refunds at this time”.

Clock is running...

Since everybody is panicking over a plunge in the Dow index:

1. Things have been overheated & this does happen.
2. The US government debt ceiling may breach this month.
3. There may be another government shutdown later this week.
4. The IRS is performing at its finest in hauling in the gross receipts as to taxes. Tax collection is at record levels. Spending drastically outpaced receipts even before the TCJA cuts.
5. The Federal Short Term Funds Rate (“interest rates”) adjusts quarterly.

@bob 2 world wars have shown the USA that SIGINT is pretty necessary for it. Non-State Actors in Armed Conflict make Guantanamo Bay necessary as laws still haven't adapted to that particular horror. Taser is a genie that isn't going back in the bottle.

Most of the "security" units DHS gathered were spread across the Justice, Treasury, and Transportation departments as well as the GSA. FEMA was merely absorbed. Shutting down DHS removes many normal government functions from happening.

@kibi If you think it is that bad then go on USAJobs.gov, submit your resume, and get it fixed as a working member of their IT staff. Critical Personnel Pay Authority ensures you'd be paid on par with Silicon Valley even.

@lnxw48a1 See: https://identi.ca/alpacaherder/note/nUBlJSDaRxSDzKFQnTG6bA

Why yes, certain agency officers were having SHUTDOWN PREPARATION MEETINGS again. I'm still designated essential with that designation expiring on April 18th when filing season concludes. Appropriations for all agencies run out at 2359 ET on 2018-02-08.

If you're looking for a tax refund while we're shut down if we're shut down, you won't get it. No money can be paid out. Payments would be received in from taxpayers, though. Taxpayer Advocate Service won't be able to provide hardship help.

ALL HANDS, ALL HANDS, PUTTING TIME ON THE CLOCK. SECURE TO DAMAGE CONTROL STATIONS AT X MINUS 12 HOURS.

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=263&iso=20180208T235959&year=2018&month=2&day=8&hour=23&min=59&sec=59&msg=Continuing%20Resolution%20Lapses&csz=1

LaTeXML \itemize creates weird <ul>
https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/352634/61956

@craigmaloney HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA The shutdown only went Saturday, Sunday, Monday last week. A new Continuing Resolution was adopted that expires on **February 8th** which is a Thursday and also when the 2018 Winter Olympics start. It wasn't solved but there was a truce. See my blog post here: http://skellat.freeshell.org/blog/damage-report.html