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Start the clock [shutdown] Metro’s good though [no shutdown] Gas station restaurants [who knew] Goodbye UMD golf course [fore] “Bikers, what bikers?” -City of Alexandria, VA [lanes] 10 things about Homeland you probably didn’t know [knowledge] Photo by Noe Todorovich

So long as Bingo is still on this weekend. Spotted in the Minneapolis Airport.

If a government shuts down in the woods and no one’s there to hear it, does that mean Nader is President? Below are the Top 10 Things to Do When the Government Shuts Down: 10. Find another way to check email that doesn’t involve your government owned blackberry 9. Realize …

If you’re a Member of Congress, this wouldn’t be your favorite headline. Amid shutdown drama, Rep. Brown invites lawmakers on a boutique shopping trip With a government shutdown looming, Capitol Hill was a pretty serious place on Wednesday afternoon. But for Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.), what better way to ease …

Truth. h/t Eric Wilson via SarahBarfield

National Journal’s Dan Friedman: No Government Shutdown This Weekend The Senate voted 91-9 today to pass a continuing resolution extending federal government funding for two more weeks, averting a government shutdown and handing House Republicans an early win in what looks likely to be long series of budget battles with …