At Least the Los Santos Government is Functioning

The government shutdown is costing the American economy jobs and billions of dollars. But Conan O'Brien was still able to find the silver lining.

For the second day in a row, Conan O’Brien’s monologue was dominated by government shutdown news. His audience might have sounded apathetic but the polls indicate that 69 percent of Americans think House Republicans are acting like children. This might account for what Slate called Fox Newsshutdown denialism.” The conservative network seems to be changing its story, reporting yesterday that a budget stalemate could turn the slimdown into a bona fide shutdown.

The economic impact of this fiasco is very real with 800,000 government employees out of work.

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