Two Articles 10-10-13: Deb Default Scenarios & History Stats of Shutdowns

What's the Worst that Could Happen? Seven Debt-default Doomsday Scenarios

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/whats-worst-could-happen-7-debt-default-doomsday-scenarios-8C11366851

History:  frequency & length of shutdowns:

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-10-10/start-getting-ready-for-the-next-government-shutdown

Comic Relief for Furloughed Federal Employees - Breaking Bad

This is a Must Watch short video for Breaking Bad fans:

Brian Cranston's Transformation into Water White

Here is the link:

http://www.uproxx.com/tv/2012/07/watch-bryan-cranstons-transformation-into-walter-white

Animated Gif: Being Furloughed, Shutdown Humor

 

I bet many furloughed feds can relate to this animated gif!


Heres another one.

Shutdown / Furlough Humor: The siren call of the BlackBerry for furloughed federal workers

The Washington Post has a great article with some humor interjected:

"The siren call of the BlackBerry for furloughed federal workers"


A link to this article is below:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/the-siren-call-of-the-blackberry-for-furloughed-federal-workers/2013/10/09/62dc407c-3102-11e3-8627-c5d7de0a046b_story.html

Back Pay Bill in Senate Limbo

GovExec has an article "Back Pay Bill in Senate Limbo".
A link to this article can be found below.

http://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2013/10/back-pay-bill-senate-limbo/71531/?oref=dropdown

Backlogs and Worries Grow Among Furloughed Workers

The National Journal has an article "Backlogs and Worries Grow Among Furloughed Workers".
A link to this insightful article is below.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/backlogs-and-worries-grow-among-furloughed-workers-20131007

Furloughed federal workers could get jobless benefits and back pay, then pay back benefits

AL.com has an article "Furloughed federal workers could get jobless benefits and back pay, then pay back benefits".
A link to this article is below.

http://blog.al.com/wire/2013/10/furloughed_federal_workers_cou.html

 BuzzFeed Politics has an article with humor and pictures:  "

Furloughed Government Employees Are Selling Their Possessions On Craigslist For Cash"

Below is the link to this article, which offers some humor in this furlough situation.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/furloghed-government-employees-are-selling-their-possessions

Tips for Furloughed Federal Workers - Filing a Claim

The Federal Department of Labor has a document with information for furloughed federal employees as to how they should prepare and file an umployment claim:

"Tips for Furloughed Federal Workers - Filing a Claim"

The pdf document is found at the link below:

http://www.dol.gov/sequestration/ucfe.pdf

Spouses of Federal Workers Find Furlough -- Well, Weird!

The Mankato Free Press has a good article with some humor in it "Spouses of Federal Workers Find Furlough -- Well, Weird!"
The link to this article is below.

http://mankatofreepress.com/community-news-network/x862178275/Spouses-of-federal-workers-nd-furlough-well-weird

Federal Workers Get 60 Percent Check on Friday

The Statesman Journal has an article "Federal Workers Get 60 Percent Check on Friday".
Below is a link to this article:

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20131008/UPDATE/131008019/Federal-workers-get-60-percent-check-Friday

Whats Happened to the Retroactive Pay Legislation?

Fed Smith has an article "Whats Happened to the Retroactive Pay Legislation?"

Below is a link to this article.

http://www.fedsmith.com/2013/10/09/whats-happened-to-the-retroactive-pay-legislation/

Animated Gifs - Shutdown & Furlough

 

A few animated gifs, perhaps readers can relate to some of their expressions!

 

 

Government shutdown would threaten fragile economy

Click link below for 9-30-13 article:

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/government-shutdown-2013-economy-97541.html

Furloughed U.S. Federal Workers Await 1/2-Sized Paycheck

Furloughed U.S. Federal Workers Await 1/2-Sized Paycheck

Click link below for article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-08/furloughed-u-s-federal-workers-await-half-sized-paycheck.html