{"id":3585,"date":"2011-07-31T19:57:38","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T02:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/31\/not-looking-good\/"},"modified":"2011-07-31T19:58:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T02:58:15","slug":"not-looking-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/31\/not-looking-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Not looking good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/white-house-back-debt-talks-deadline-looms-003141546.html\">Lawmakers close to deal to avoid default<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span id=\"lw_1312123509_4\" class=\"yshortcuts cs4-visible\">Senator Charles Schumer<\/span>, a Democrat, told CNN: &#8220;Default is far less of a possibility now than it was even a day ago because the leaders are talking, and talking in a constructive way.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oh no.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re doomed.<\/p>\n<p>If Schumer calls it constructive, that generally means the Republicans are busy caving in&#8230;.  again.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/mikehammond\/2011\/07\/31\/the-liar-the-witch-and-the-wardrobe-five-lies-about-the-debt-limit-told-over-the-weekend-by-a-fraud-a-harpie-and-an-empty-suit%E2%80%9D\/\" target=\"_blank\">This<\/a> summarizes nicely why Schumer, et. al., are so willing to call the agreement &#8220;constructive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3585\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/31\/not-looking-good\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3585\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/31\/not-looking-good\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-3585\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/31\/not-looking-good\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/31\/not-looking-good\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harmonicminer.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/31\/not-looking-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers close to deal to avoid default Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat, told CNN: &#8220;Default is far less of a possibility now than it was even a day ago because the leaders are talking, and talking in a constructive way.&#8221; Oh no. We&#8217;re doomed. 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