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Bureau Of Economic Analysis, USDA Websites Go Dark
Feel like pulling up some Bureau of Economic Analysis data, such as what US GDP is? Good luck.
This also means that virtually all government-sourced economic data for the duration of the shutdown is now also offline. Luckily, the Fed only cares about the level of the S&P when making its monetary policy decisions. Else, it may have some difficulty in determining how QE is impacting the actual economy.
The silver lining: the USDA is also down. So those who want to find out how many Americans are on foodstamps, they will just have to wait.
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This is bullish because no data is good news for USA! S&P +5%!!!!11!!1!!!
Accuracy rates skyrocket!
Any word from the NEA yet? Hopefully someone got the lights shut off over there.
Anyone want to wager on whether the stats come back online looking different? I'd bet they show what a great job our glorious leader has done in making sure we are all fed, clothed, working, and comfortable. Yes, I am wearing tinfoil...
Never mind the NEA, how about the NSA? (Hi, guys!)
....And then there was light.....
Are we supposed to believe that just leaving a website up takes workers?
...mmmust..have..bbbullish data (gasp).
No kidding! What posturing. Like a webform can't sit there on a server. They obviously didn't pull the plug on 'em.
The NSA is vital. Who else is going to lead us straight to hell?
PS - NSA go to hell.
Latest News: US Collapse Countdown
http://tersee.com/#q=shutdown&t=text
Oh God! How will I know how to invest today? THERE ARE NO LIES ON WHICH T FORMULATE AN OPINION UPON!!!!!!!!!!
Hw will I program the Algo's for my HFT platform???
NO FLASE AND MISLEADING DATA!!! OH GOD!!
Enjoy raw milk while you can.
The Amish are throwing a big party today....if you're close by, head on over there. Should be fun.
It's BYOB.....but they've got everything else you could think of.
I thought law enforcement was an essenital task. Which means the raw milk and guitar wood raids will continue.
“Do you know why the Amish sell raw dairy? Because they hate our freedom.” ~ Myles Kantor
Online entry visa program still working.
https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/
that is a big money maker down here in Colombia....they charge $300 for an application...99% are denied..no refunds....quite a shakedown...they do 1,000´s a day I hear....
Certainly, extortion is the primary undertaking of the current regime.
Awesome. no real value there anyway and that which cannot be sustained, won't be.
This is no big deal since the data from the ministry of information is all bullshit anyway.
That is "Ministry of Truth," Sir, and don't you forget it. These nice gentlemen with the filled holsters would be glad to re-educate you if you need it.
Plus, the lies are not ending...merely delayed a bit by unpatriotic anarchists.
We will return you to your regular diet of bullshit and other assorted excrement shortly...
No news.......So this means we finaly get some truth in reporting??
I would love to see this drag on for weeks and see how quickly and efficiently the private sector would fill the demand for this type of information. Competetion would drive accuracy, honesty, and integrity--something the monopolistic .gov has no incentive for.
The USDA is just another rubber-stamp governament organization.
Didn't they just approve Chinese processed chicken for all those chicken McNuggets?
Close down the BLS?
No more BS unemployment numbers? That's a big positive.
It is a paid vacation for all these non-productive government workers.
Had government employees not done a thing, the servers used for these web sites would have continued to run until some failure took them off line. It is clear that the last bit of "work" done by the furloughed bureaucrat minions was to "work" at putting up a shutdown message. This is along the lines of closing the national parks. Make the public feel the pain of a shutdown in as direct a manner as possible. But what else would we expect from the Governing Class?
Several parks near us. Good luck keeping us out.
Waht? You mean the parks belong to the people and not the government? Next thing you'll tell me is that without government we can't have a functioning economy.
Maybe locking US out of OUR parks will wake some people up.
There is no excuse for denying access to data available on the servers. Again, maybe more people will wake up. Just like the sequester (which the administration took credit for reduced spending), they will make it as painful for the people as possible.
Maybe time for the states to reassert some authority of the lands that fall withing their borders?
pods
This is done to maintain the myth that there is no way to cut through the fat in government: we're as bare bones as we can be!
Should be a 404 error. I call BS.
should be re routed to the DNC
a shameless political move that likely took thousands of hours of programming time to set up
I certainly expect the furloughed government workers to get out and SPEND SOME A THAT 40 HOUR PAYCHECKS ON SOME SHIT.
DO YOUR PART BITCHEZZZZZZZZZZZZ..........
THE ESCORT SITE THAITEENAGEHOOKERS.COM HAS ONE OF IT'S BUZZYIST DAYS OF THE DECADE!!
LOOKS LIKE DUMB AND DUMBERer ALSO GOT THE DAY OFF!!
4 DAY WEEKEND!!!! WHOEHOEEe!!!!!
AH! So it's all about hiding shit...got it.
Yes.
Plus don't forget - less money for government=moar for the 1% and their HFT algo friends on Wall Street.
Does this mean they'll stop knocking off farmers who try to sell unpasteurized milk?
As for the lack of data--perhaps this will be a benefit as the data was pretty sketchy to begin with.
I bet we could crowd-source better stats anyway.
Our dear leaders are looking for cover to further enslave our kids with their debt expansion, so they have to proclaim the sky is falling.
Orchestrated theater, both sides.
pods
THESE GUYS PAY THEIR WEBSITE HOSTING ON A DAILY BASIS?!?!?!
WHY NOT TAKE A YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION?!?
THERE'S SOME SAVINGS FOR YA WHERE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN!!!!!
They are still paying for hosting the 'we're closed' page.
Yeah...
The "best page in the universe", last updated in 1998, is still up..
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=index98
that's a pretty cool trick
with the tens of thousands of pages on USDA.gov
they have it all re routed to the funding lapse page
I wonder how many thousands of hours were spent getting this dark site set up
with a bit of work you can get to a cached page but they have turned off all of the images and css
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:jUcZXpoSCJIJ:www.us...
good work .gov instead of leaving a site up you sabotage it for political gain
Exactly. Our great US Gov't employs a bunch of political crybabies.
"...good work .gov instead of leaving a site up you sabotage it for political gain"
As a web programmer I couldn't agree more.
they were full of shit anyway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgBhyU4IvQ
It's time to outsource government statistics to South Korea anyway. They'll produce far more accurate statistics for a fraction of the price.
But, but remember how they advocated to keep private sector jobs in the US, so they're salaries could be paid for?
Me neither.
But, but government workers could earn much, much more in the private sector.
Let me know how that works out for
Welcome to our world. And FUCK YOU!
P.S. You're only supposed to flip the burger ONCE during preparation.
P.P.S. Walmart will help sign you up for food stamps.
P.P.P.S. FUCK YOU AGAIN
Question: What is meant by "actual economy" to the FR?
Answer: I thought so.
bwahahaha! Purely political. To shut down a freaking web site because there's a rumor that the whole US government might just "shut down"... omg. Idiots. I blame the Russians.
Hmmmm.. they shoot PMs just before, during, and after meeting the POTUS..
Dimon, other bankers to meet Obama Wed: report
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dimon-other-bankers-meet-obama-103935165.html
Maybe the bankster gang is getting nervous and want to meet with Oh Bummer
I wonder who called who for the meeting....
Not a chance.
Barry needs ideas on how to frontrun the shutdown and debt ceiling.
Bankers, especially Dimon, give him advice in exchange for dismissal of legal challenges.
Isn't it interesting how the "shutdown" is designed to impact the citizens enough to inconvenience and piss off? Why not send home the all or a majority of SEC staff, all IRS staff, etc., etc., These entities are more of a $$$$ suck than national park personnel, etc.
No more BS statistics for the Press to regurgitate. Priceless!
someone screwed up they missed this page
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/home
What a fucking stunt.
There will be no truth until this is restored.
This just the Obama administration throwing a temper tantrum. There is no reason to shut down a functioning website that provides "services" to people.
Of course the BLS( one letter too much) has a perfect excuse for the employment figures this friday...
BLS's Roulette Wheel of Excuses
Weather...check
Some states didnt report....check
Updating computers...check
Revamp statistics for figuring number of employees....check
.gov cant pay its bills, closes down....check
Because web sites take so much effort to run. If you are running a static site, there is almost NO daily maintence required.
This is such bullshit.
It took more effort to put this page up than it would have for them to let the existing site to continue as it was last night. This is going to turn into a spectacle if they're already making it this big of a deal.
What horseshit. It takes more effort to shut down a website then just leave it unchanged. They're just trying to blackmail their jobs back.
Agreed, PUNISH the sheeple!
Bye or AMF (adios mother....)
Who gives a fuck it's all lies anyway. Shut them down for good. Turn the lights off and burn down the building.
This is the most cynical of bullshit moves by the various agencies. Compound the pain and interruption as much as possible -- well beyond what the shutdown actually warrants -- in order to pressure congress for a resumption of the pork train.
It's like the washington zoo shutting off the panda cams. Why? Are you paying per megabyte in bandwidth? Bullshit. Instead of trying to make the best of the situation they are trying to make the WORST of the situation for their own benefit.
At least there will be no reporting of lies today.
The banksters are conspiring, errrrr I mean meeting with Oboner today? Gee I hope they can save the government. NOT!! It's sooo important that I have little authoritative minions and cops robbing me and pushing me around.
Here comes POMO. I guess they didn't shut down the printing presses. Right on time. And I suspect our military is still fighting for our "freedom" somewhere in east bungfuck killing infants lying in their cribs and women and old men. Yup, get those guys a paycheck they're "essential".
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Dup.
As with a dozen lawyers at the bottom of a cliff, that's a good start.
Go look at their budget for 2014 and you will see they are de-funded .
Obongo cut a deal with Africa to import our food from them. All farm subsidies are CUT.
This tells you something we already konw: to the US government, the US economy is unessential.
See Dear Leader's letter to his poor sweet little adopted children:
http://www.usda.gov/POTUS-letter.pdf
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<===== Fuck the Bureau Of Economic Analysis and the USDA.