Shutdown

[Gene Mills Fan]

11 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

I have no objection to them making money. I like money. 

me neither I know they are not getting rich off this;  but isn't it a paid for service?

[Gene Mills Fan]

2 hours ago, Viratas said:

See the previous post, I said nothing negative. I did request a UniCorn one and a Small Wrestling mat for all the Okie State people.

I think it was possibly the mean people disrespecting the BobDole icon.

[ionel]

3 hours ago, Viratas said:

See the previous post, I said nothing negative. I did request a UniCorn one and a Small Wrestling mat for all the Okie State people.

You do realize that Bob likes Oklahoma State wrestling and calling people "Okies" is a negative derogatory thing, besides the whole small mat thing.  

[Viratas]

Just now, ionel said:

You do realize that Bob likes Oklahoma State wrestling and calling people "Okies" is a negative derogatory thing, besides the whole small mat thing.  

Not if you are from a different state, Okie is acceptable

[ionel]

Just now, Viratas said:

Not if you are from a different state, Okie is acceptable

Nope ... this has been addressed many times on the forum.  

[Gene Mills Fan]

A picture is worth a thousand words.

[mspart]

Ronnie Van Zant introduced Lynyrd Skynyrd's new guitarist saying watchout, I'll sic an okie on you.   I think just from that it is acceptable.   Just take a listen to their live album One more from the road.  

mspart

[Offthemat]

27 minutes ago, mspart said:

Ronnie Van Zant introduced Lynyrd Skynyrd's new guitarist saying watchout, I'll sic an okie on you.   I think just from that it is acceptable.   Just take a listen to their live album One more from the road.  

 

Steve Gaines - such a talent.

[mspart]

Steve Gaines brought life back to them.   He was quite the talent.   

Anyway, I read where a judge was going to make SNAP payments mandatory.  

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/30/nx-s1-5591347/snap-food-stamp-benefits-tro-court

BOSTON — A federal judge indicated Thursday she is inclined to take steps to ensure that federal food assistance keeps flowing to 42 million Americans who depend on it. Trump administration officials say because of the government shutdown, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps, will be cut off on Saturday.

"The well has run dry," the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers SNAP, posted on its website.

But Democratic governors and attorneys general from some two dozen states sued the federal government to keep the payments coming, arguing SNAP benefits are an entitlement that cannot legally be cut off. They also make the case that stopping benefits would cause irreparable harm to millions of Americans, and to the state governments who will be left to deal with the fallout.

The Trump administration had argued the opposite; officials say they are legally prohibited from extending the benefits by using emergency funds.

But after an hour of arguments in Boston federal court Thursday, Judge Indira Talwani wasn't buying it.

"Congress put money in an emergency fund, and it is hard for me to understand how this is not an emergency," Talwani said. "It's really clear to me that what Congress was trying to do was protect the American people," she said, and she believes it was lawmakers intent to ensure that in the event of something like a shutdown, "we're not going to make everyone drop dead because it's a political game someplace else."

Even if the emergency fund is tapped for SNAP benefits, administration officials say its $5.5 billion falls short of the $9 billion needed to fully cover the whole month of November. They say recalculating benefits and arranging for partial payments would be a logistical nightmare — and could take weeks.

That means millions of Americans would still see some delay in receiving their next benefit, and they would also be receiving less than usual.

The emergency fund is 5.5 billion.  Normal outlays are 9 billion.    Not enough.   They could do it but all outlays would be 61% of normal.   It seems to me Congress either didn't update the emergency fund from 35 years ago or just bad management.   

I'm guessing the judge will make them do the emergency fund because she said, "we're not going to make everyone drop dead because it's a political game someplace else."   She's buying the hyperbole.   

So .61Snap is happening is my guess if you follow my math. 

mspart

 

 

 

[Lipdrag]

On 10/31/2025 at 9:58 AM, ionel said:

You do realize that Bob likes Oklahoma State wrestling and calling people "Okies" is a negative derogatory thing, besides the whole small mat thing.  

Okie is not a derogatory term.  Anymore than Tex or Buckeye.  One of the best Navy fighter pilots in the 1980’s and 90’s call sign was Okie.  It was descriptive, not derogatory.

[bnwtwg]

okie dokie artichokey

[El Luchador]

On 10/31/2025 at 8:58 AM, ionel said:

You do realize that Bob likes Oklahoma State wrestling and calling people "Okies" is a negative derogatory thing, besides the whole small mat thing.  

Tell that to Merle Haggard. He's proud to be an Okie, specifically one from Muskogee.