Last night the ridiculously over-entitled folks on Capitol Hill decided that their personal politics were more important than the smooth workings of a country of some 319 million people and forced a shutdown of the mechanisms of government. Yes, this means National Parks are effectively closed, some museums are shut, all sorts of medical services may be affected, and the already damaged dollar takes an enormous whack on the international stage. But did you know that the shutdown also means NASA is not going to alert you via Twitter if an asteroid is going to crash into the Earth?

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