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Initially i wanted to talk about the US govt shutdown but there's really not much to say.
Republicans are perfectly willing to add 1bn$ per DAY in economic loss to satisfy their "kill Obamacare" fetish.And all this just because the very thought of poor people ( 55 million of them in the US to be exact ) having access to healthcare is soooo horrible.
Obama is clearly not going to let his pet project die on him like that, it's his legacy as president after all, he may have been a spineless coward and gave in to republican demands all over the place but he won't let go of this one without a fight.

But while the mainstream media is banging the drum and attracting our attention to this congressional circus the important question is - as always with politics - "What are they trying to distract us from?"

Well, turns out there are two things.
One is the fact that the state of California has just passes a bill that says the local authorities will NOT enforce and/or aid in the execution of the NDAA - especially that "indefinite detention without trial" part we all "love".
So i guess kudos to them - for once they did something right i guess.

Not a word in the mainstream media. Ironically i had to find out this from a RUSSIAN TV station ( now that's embarrassing ).

The second piece of news comes from across the Atlantic, from Europe.
Turns out that while most the EU is free to come here and visit the US at leisure, the good ol' US won't extend this courtesy to the eastern part of the union on the old continent.
Poland, Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic are still required to obtain specialized visas - even for tourism trips ( which by the way would benefit our ailling economy ).
So, as an act of reciprocity, the Brussels leadership decide to - and i quote:
"adopt a resolution on September 12 amending EU Regulation (539/2001) on visas in order to respond to the retention of the visa requirement by certain third countries - including the United States and the Canada - for nationals of several countries of the EU, such as Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania, while their own citizens continue to benefit from the exemption of visas for entering in the EU".
To put it short: in 24 months american and canadian citizens ( sorry for all the kanuchs out there ) will be required to undertake the humiliating and frustrating process of undergoing an "interview" ( translation: interrogation ) to obtain ( maybe ) a VISA to visit the EU.
How's that for reciprocity?

I suggest you book your vacation to Europe now, kiddies.
Have fun 🙂