Op back. I had the ticket stub until a couple years ago but lost it in a move. I was in jr high so parents drove me. Time seems to go so fast.
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October 17, 2025 11:15 am
Hughes Center was the place to have your office back near the start of my career. It consisted of the WF Tower (FIB back then) and maybe two other buildings. Gordon Biersch was the place to be on Friday at 5:00. I wore an onion on my belt, as was the style at the time.
Yes, this was my first thought. Easily the most sought after office real estate (maybe Bank of America building downtown second) in my early days as well. Gordon Biersch, firefly* if one wanted to keep it going.
Judiciary Funding Runs Out; Only Limited Operations to Continue
Published on October 17, 2025
The judicial branch announced that beginning on Monday, Oct. 20, it will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations. Until the ongoing lapse in government funding is resolved, federal courts will maintain limited operations necessary to perform the Judiciary’s constitutional functions.
Federal judges will continue to serve, in accordance with the Constitution, but court staff may only perform certain excepted activities permitted under the Anti-Deficiency Act.
Examples of excepted work include activities necessary to perform constitutional functions under Article III, activities necessary for the safety of human life and protection of property, and activities otherwise authorized by federal law. Excepted work will be performed without pay during the funding lapse. Staff members not performing excepted work will be placed on furlough.
Each appellate, district, and bankruptcy court will make operational decisions regarding how its cases and probation and pretrial supervision will be conducted during the funding lapse. Each court and federal defender’s office will determine the staffing resources necessary to support such work.
Anyone with Judiciary business should direct questions to the appropriate clerk of court’s office, probation and pretrial supervision office, or federal defender organization, or consult their websites. Find contact information and websites for federal court units.
Other shutdown information:
The Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system will remain in operation for electronic filing of documents. Case information will be available on PACER.
Individual courts will determine which cases will continue on schedule, and which may be delayed.
The jury program is funded by money not affected by the appropriations lapse and will continue to operate. Jurors should follow instructions from courts and report to courthouses as directed.
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, which maintains this website on behalf of the Judiciary, will not have staffing to answer the AO’s public telephone number. View contact information for the Administrative Office during the funding lapse.
A government-wide shutdown began Oct. 1. The Judiciary was able to continue paid operations through Oct. 17, with limited additional work performed over the weekend of Oct. 18-19, using court fee balances and other funds not dependent on a new appropriation.
But ICE is going to remain fully funded. From what source of money? No one knows. Not even Congress, who is being fully circumvented as to the “power of the purse.”
Looking at you 3:14
Your comment cuts both ways. However it’s legit to question why we should provide welfare in the form of Medicaid to those who are here illegally.
It is not just a moral or party issue, but a rational consideration of our out of control spending,
(PS: I am not the OP)
Why shouldn’t a rich, powerful country like the US provide welfare to all those who need it? At the end of the day, they just print money when they need it. It’s good to take a step back every now and then and remember that we’re all on the same rock spinning around the sun and that money and that goes along with it is a construct that we imposed upon ourselves. We have the resources–it’s just a matter of how they’r allocated.
I bet you don’t have a savings account.
Your share (repeat this is your share) of the national debt is $920,000. This included unfunded promises and is the amount for EVERY taxpayer.
Examples of unfunded commitments include:
Unfunded Medicare is $67 trillion.
The unfunded social security is 52 trillion.
A trillion is a number so big that it is beyond comprehension.
I bet you don’t have a mortgage. Debt is fine if the money is being used productively and the debt-service payments aren’t interfering with the rest of your budget.
Anyway, comparing the U.S. government’s borrowing and spending to a household is silly, as 3:45 said the U.S. can print money in a way no household (or business, or even really other country) can.
I am sorry, I don’t mean to be rude, but you are financially illiterate.
Printing money devalues the worth of the dollar. When the dollar is devalued it raises questions about the ability of the US to pay its debts (ex. US’s credit worthiness, Treasury notes). Foreign countries will no longer invest by buy Treasury notes. We, the US, do not generate enough revenue to pay its current bills.
2. Printing money results in rampant inflation. Ex. Germany before WWI, Italy, currently Argentina. You would find yourself paying $100 for a Big Mac.
BTW, debt is not fine. It is atool to be used wisely. The corollary is to keep opening a new credit card when you want to buy something without paying off earlier debt. IOW Ch7, Ch13.
There has never in our lifetimes been a time when the “US [did] not generate enough revenue to pay its current bills.” The US pays less in interest than probably any other entity on earth because it’s the most solvent entity on earth. The only time there has been any fear whatsoever that the US would default was not because of economics, it was the political “debt ceiling” crisis. Maybe there’s a limit to the amount of debt the federal government can take on, but we’re nowhere close to it, and we never have been.
Your examples have nothing to do with the US’s position in the world. Germany “before WWI” (you mean in the late 20s/early 30s but whatever) was a political and economic basket case that had had its economy looted by the allies and was in the midst of the worst worldwide economic crisis in history. I don’t even know what period of Italy you’re talking about. Argentina has defaulted on its debt multiple times and is possibly the worst-run economy in the world. Again, the US has never, ever, ever (in the modern era) come close to defaulting except due to political brinksmanship. The US has more financial freedom than any country in the history of the world and it’s simply ignorant to pretend it has to follow the rules of any other country, let alone household consumers.
For fuck’s sake, 3:32. I’m presuming you are educated. I would hope that you research your client’s legal positions better than the one you just spouted.
Illegals aren’t eligible for Medicaid benefits, no matter what some Charlie Kirk-worshipping podcaster has told you.
I am sorry to say this but you are wrong. Many states offer state medicaid to residents without checking their status. This is well known. In other words, the individuals will get medical care on the public coffers. They get the medical attention. They be denied elective procedure but not emergency care or critical care for communicable diseases.
I worked in public health and have firsthand knowledge of this. California spends billions on illegal medical care and services.
2:48 PM–Medicaid is a combination of state and federal funding. The states administer medicaid exclusively with block grants from the federal government. Reimbursements. The States can chose to extend medicaid health insurance to non citizens. This is exactly what they do in blue states in particular.
You are really lacking in cognitive ability. How are you practicing law? State health plans are FUNDED by federal medicaid plans, including here in Nevada.
STATES give illegals medicaid funded health insurance every fucking day. You sir are illiterate about not only finance, but your own government and how it works.
Thank you for the reference. I was worried it might not be there.
I saw Kiss around 1975 with Rush in a very small venue for $5.00. It was great!
Those are the shows that change your life . . . . as I spend $1100 per ticket to see RUSH in LA in June, 2026
I’m hoping they add more cities/dates to the tour.
They just did, this morning. Glendale AZ is the closest.
Niiiice. Kinda worth it.
I’d pay big money to see them both in a small venue 🙂 Especially Rush
Op back. I had the ticket stub until a couple years ago but lost it in a move. I was in jr high so parents drove me. Time seems to go so fast.
Hughes Center was the place to have your office back near the start of my career. It consisted of the WF Tower (FIB back then) and maybe two other buildings. Gordon Biersch was the place to be on Friday at 5:00. I wore an onion on my belt, as was the style at the time.
God I miss the heyday of Gordon Biersch. Is there any where even close to that here now?
They didn’t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones…
Yes, this was my first thought. Easily the most sought after office real estate (maybe Bank of America building downtown second) in my early days as well. Gordon Biersch, firefly* if one wanted to keep it going.
many many many depositions at the old offices of Kummer Kaempfer Bonner & Renshaw, seems like another lifetime ago.
I thought I was the OG Simpsons fan, love the onion reference. Wish I could have met you back in the day on a boozy Friday afternoon.
Isn’t it still about $3.00 a square foot? Are they offering any deals? Still better than downtown.
https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/judiciary-news/2025/10/17/judiciary-funding-runs-out-only-limited-operations-continue
Judiciary Funding Runs Out; Only Limited Operations to Continue
Published on October 17, 2025
The judicial branch announced that beginning on Monday, Oct. 20, it will no longer have funding to sustain full, paid operations. Until the ongoing lapse in government funding is resolved, federal courts will maintain limited operations necessary to perform the Judiciary’s constitutional functions.
Federal judges will continue to serve, in accordance with the Constitution, but court staff may only perform certain excepted activities permitted under the Anti-Deficiency Act.
Examples of excepted work include activities necessary to perform constitutional functions under Article III, activities necessary for the safety of human life and protection of property, and activities otherwise authorized by federal law. Excepted work will be performed without pay during the funding lapse. Staff members not performing excepted work will be placed on furlough.
Each appellate, district, and bankruptcy court will make operational decisions regarding how its cases and probation and pretrial supervision will be conducted during the funding lapse. Each court and federal defender’s office will determine the staffing resources necessary to support such work.
Anyone with Judiciary business should direct questions to the appropriate clerk of court’s office, probation and pretrial supervision office, or federal defender organization, or consult their websites. Find contact information and websites for federal court units.
Other shutdown information:
The Case Management/Electronic Case Files (CM/ECF) system will remain in operation for electronic filing of documents. Case information will be available on PACER.
Individual courts will determine which cases will continue on schedule, and which may be delayed.
The jury program is funded by money not affected by the appropriations lapse and will continue to operate. Jurors should follow instructions from courts and report to courthouses as directed.
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, which maintains this website on behalf of the Judiciary, will not have staffing to answer the AO’s public telephone number. View contact information for the Administrative Office during the funding lapse.
A government-wide shutdown began Oct. 1. The Judiciary was able to continue paid operations through Oct. 17, with limited additional work performed over the weekend of Oct. 18-19, using court fee balances and other funds not dependent on a new appropriation.
But ICE is going to remain fully funded. From what source of money? No one knows. Not even Congress, who is being fully circumvented as to the “power of the purse.”
All hail Mad King Donnie!
Dems should stop filibustering
I am so sick of both of the parties and their little brainwashed cult members. (Lookin at you, 3:09)
Looking at you 3:14
Your comment cuts both ways. However it’s legit to question why we should provide welfare in the form of Medicaid to those who are here illegally.
It is not just a moral or party issue, but a rational consideration of our out of control spending,
(PS: I am not the OP)
(PS: not theOP)
Why shouldn’t a rich, powerful country like the US provide welfare to all those who need it? At the end of the day, they just print money when they need it. It’s good to take a step back every now and then and remember that we’re all on the same rock spinning around the sun and that money and that goes along with it is a construct that we imposed upon ourselves. We have the resources–it’s just a matter of how they’r allocated.
I bet you don’t have a savings account.
Your share (repeat this is your share) of the national debt is $920,000. This included unfunded promises and is the amount for EVERY taxpayer.
Examples of unfunded commitments include:
Unfunded Medicare is $67 trillion.
The unfunded social security is 52 trillion.
A trillion is a number so big that it is beyond comprehension.
I bet you don’t have a mortgage. Debt is fine if the money is being used productively and the debt-service payments aren’t interfering with the rest of your budget.
Anyway, comparing the U.S. government’s borrowing and spending to a household is silly, as 3:45 said the U.S. can print money in a way no household (or business, or even really other country) can.
I am sorry, I don’t mean to be rude, but you are financially illiterate.
Printing money devalues the worth of the dollar. When the dollar is devalued it raises questions about the ability of the US to pay its debts (ex. US’s credit worthiness, Treasury notes). Foreign countries will no longer invest by buy Treasury notes. We, the US, do not generate enough revenue to pay its current bills.
2. Printing money results in rampant inflation. Ex. Germany before WWI, Italy, currently Argentina. You would find yourself paying $100 for a Big Mac.
BTW, debt is not fine. It is atool to be used wisely. The corollary is to keep opening a new credit card when you want to buy something without paying off earlier debt. IOW Ch7, Ch13.
There has never in our lifetimes been a time when the “US [did] not generate enough revenue to pay its current bills.” The US pays less in interest than probably any other entity on earth because it’s the most solvent entity on earth. The only time there has been any fear whatsoever that the US would default was not because of economics, it was the political “debt ceiling” crisis. Maybe there’s a limit to the amount of debt the federal government can take on, but we’re nowhere close to it, and we never have been.
Your examples have nothing to do with the US’s position in the world. Germany “before WWI” (you mean in the late 20s/early 30s but whatever) was a political and economic basket case that had had its economy looted by the allies and was in the midst of the worst worldwide economic crisis in history. I don’t even know what period of Italy you’re talking about. Argentina has defaulted on its debt multiple times and is possibly the worst-run economy in the world. Again, the US has never, ever, ever (in the modern era) come close to defaulting except due to political brinksmanship. The US has more financial freedom than any country in the history of the world and it’s simply ignorant to pretend it has to follow the rules of any other country, let alone household consumers.
For fuck’s sake, 3:32. I’m presuming you are educated. I would hope that you research your client’s legal positions better than the one you just spouted.
Illegals aren’t eligible for Medicaid benefits, no matter what some Charlie Kirk-worshipping podcaster has told you.
Source: Read the fucking manual. https://dss.nv.gov/Medical-Manual/
I am sorry to say this but you are wrong. Many states offer state medicaid to residents without checking their status. This is well known. In other words, the individuals will get medical care on the public coffers. They get the medical attention. They be denied elective procedure but not emergency care or critical care for communicable diseases.
I worked in public health and have firsthand knowledge of this. California spends billions on illegal medical care and services.
You said Medicaid. Medicaid is federal. What states choose to do with state funds, well that would be states’ rights, right?
2:48 PM–Medicaid is a combination of state and federal funding. The states administer medicaid exclusively with block grants from the federal government. Reimbursements. The States can chose to extend medicaid health insurance to non citizens. This is exactly what they do in blue states in particular.
You are really lacking in cognitive ability. How are you practicing law? State health plans are FUNDED by federal medicaid plans, including here in Nevada.
STATES give illegals medicaid funded health insurance every fucking day. You sir are illiterate about not only finance, but your own government and how it works.
There is no such thing as money.
Can they shut down the RJC and state court judges? Asking for a friend.
We are cooked.