Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Day 4 of no governmentThe effects of the government shutdown have gone from bad to worse. Last night was eerily silent. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
Facing starvation, people are getting desperate. Some people dreamed of snow falling today so they could have something to melt and drink.
Children hung stockings out in hopes that a strange benefactor would magically appear, and fill them with food.
Others put some of their milk and pastry rations out on the table in the hope of attracting the food-bearing stranger. It was a gamble taken because of hunger. ...
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