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Morpheus: Welcome to the real world

October 3, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Sorry, things don’t seem very “beguiling” right now, courtesy of the lunatic fringe and the government shutdown: Headlines around the world reflect bafflement and ridicule. Countries we have sanctions against can tank up on American dollars and expand their nuclear programs… Because that office is closed. There’s a hurricane bearing down on Florida. 86% of FEMA workers were sent home when John Boehner crippled the nation, wonder what will happen now? Military Commissaries (grocery stores) are closed, meaning that for […]

Categories: Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, History, law, Life, News, Paris, Politics, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: CDC, Congress, Delacroix, economic losses, FEMA, hard shutdown, Iris, John Boehner, lunatic fringe, Morpheus, news, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, shutdown, soft shutdown, suspension in government funding, The Matrix, USDA

Notice: due to a lapse in government funding…

October 1, 2013 by Vickie Lester

Today, two hundred patients were turned away from the NIH, thirty of them children. Most of whom, because of the severity and difficulty of the disease they faced, had been sent to this research facility as a last resort. Veterans applying for disability benefits could not be helped today. In a week poor women and children will not be fed. Food safety inspectors have been furloughed. Officials of the court are working without pay. This list goes on and on. […]

Categories: History, law, News • Tags: children denied health care, Congress, Congress person, craven, furloughed, government, hard shutdown, I.R.S. refunds suspended, news, NIH, President Obama, soft shutdown, suspension in government funding, visas suspended, working without pay

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THE INESTIMABLE – CAROLE LOMBARD

October 1, 2013 by Vickie Lester

If you’re expecting a refund from the I.R.S. you’ll have to wait until Congress decides to uphold the good faith and credit of the American People. “I enjoy this country. I like the parks and the highways and the good schools and everything that this government does. After all, every cent anybody pays in taxes is spent to benefit him. I don’t need $465,000 a year for myself, so why not give what I don’t need to the government for […]

Categories: Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Movies, News, Photography, Politics • Tags: benefit, Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, fiscal cliff, good schools, highways, I.R.S. refunds suspended, in service to her country, Indiana, NBC radio broadcast, news, Noel Coward, parks, patriotism, President Roosevelt, salary, suspension in government funding, taxes, Victory Bonds

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Federal shutdown hits Southland; Yosemite visitors urged to leave – latimes.com

October 1, 2013 by Vickie Lester

By Ari Bloomekatz October 1, 2013, 8:10 a.m. As Congress failed to agree on a budget and President Obama’s healthcare law, parts of the federal government have started shutting down, with stoppages felt by Southern California residents and across the nation. One of the most jarring repercussions is the impending closure of 401 national parks that include Yosemite and Joshua Tree, among others. “Anyone who’s hoping to arrive, even for a day visit, would see gates closed and would be […]

Categories: Culture, Design, History, law, Los Angeles, News, Photography, Politics, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: Ansel Adams, CDC, extremists, furloughed, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Half Dome, I.R.S. refunds suspended, Joshua Tree, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, National Park Service, National Parks closed, NIH, photography, subway, suspension in government funding, visas suspended, working without pay, Yosemite, Yosemite visitors

MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON

October 1, 2013 by Vickie Lester

If you would like to visit the Capitol or the Lincoln Memorial today, they’re shut to visitors due to the shenanigans of this fellow: John Boehner’s Shutdown By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Published: October 1, 2013 655 Comments By midnight on Tuesday, the leadership failure of Speaker John Boehner was complete. By encouraging the impossible quest of House Republicans to dismantle health care reform, he pushed the country into a government shutdown that will now begin to take a grievous economic […]

Categories: Blogging, Culture, Design, Election, Entertainment, Film, History, Hollywood, Life, Los Angeles, Movies, News, Photography, Politics, Story, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: 1939, behind the scenes, Capitol, Classic Movies, Claude Rains, Columbia Pictures, designed the Capitol, director, Edward Arnold, film, Frank Capra, government backed mortgages suspended, history, Hollywood, I.R.S. refunds suspended, James Stewart, Jean Arthur, MR SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, Old Hollywood, on set, photography, suspension in government funding, tours closed of the Capitol, visas suspended, William Thornton

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Find Your Representative · House.gov – Capitol designed by William Thornton

October 1, 2013 by Vickie Lester

This is about as far as I go in the political arena, because this blog is about something entirely different. However, if you have something to say to your Representative try typing the name of the Congress person you want to contact in the search bar, or enter your zip code. Find Your Representative · House.gov. This is the architect of the Capitol where Congress convenes. William Thornton was considered something of a polymath, and served as the Superintendent of the […]

Categories: 4th of July, Architecture, Art, Blogging, Culture, Design, law, Life, News, Politics, Travel, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized • Tags: Architect, architecture, Capitol, Congress, Congress person, contact your Representative, Governement shut down, news, patent office, President Jefferson, President Thomas Jefferson, Representative, suspension in government funding, William Thornton