A few reminders:
The term, the concept, the use of it as a euphemism, 'government shutdown' is not something to take lightly.
It is not just another legislative routine, a fluke if averted, and [nor to be treated like] if it was not averted before the bell, no big deal.

There are probably more than a few of us that are keenly aware that a moment like the one last night was coming, evidently working on a 'deal' to preempt government shutdown, a situation which has been recurring at a disturbing regularity, this time all the way up to the edge just before the weekend sets in.

It can appear that the shutdown looms situation, is one where there is a countdown while a room full of well-dressed lawmakers hustle to come up with a solution; admiration goes out to those who are striving, to do right, and keep America in good condition.  Albeit, that the situation appeared as one where the outcome rested in the hands of a few, for a situation as dire as it is, is something that has to be, without a doubt evaluated, toward a mechanism with efficacy level in consideration.

'Guarantees'.  ?? .  The saying goes in regard to areas like the future of a country, only the Lord can really provide a guarantee.  A guarantee of survival.  A guarantee of recuperation.  A guarantee that coming out from underneath a government shutdown will materialize.

Bringing this up now instead of the closing, right now America is contending with an ugly equation of: (drugs (cocaine + opioid) + (new marijuana legality laws)) + (murder rates in large cities disproportionate to the rest of about 90% of the US land mass (including losses of children and very young teenagers)) + ('government shutdown')

Immigration and healthcare are reportedly at the pith of the issues contributing to this [Jan. 2018] 'shutdown' of current.  It is true these issues are important and a large dimension having to do with values America holds dear, however, these issues have been around long time, changes occur to them as needs and policy dynamics change.  Straightforward, if there is no government up and running, then who we invite or do not invite, might not even be a matter that exists anymore, the health of those within the borders transcends what controls and is innate in the assertion of the borders if and when no government, as people keep living even if government does not; all to emphasize the importance of staying above water.  Government remaining open, or any impasses cleared up as soon as possible, has wisdom.


Written and published January 20th, 2018 EST


Afterword
Whether or not to discuss and intwine [entwine] the topic of non-invitees to the US for a multinational party post US 'Jerusalem move' UN resolution fall-out is questioned, perhaps leaders with guidance of higher degree will see this and bring about betterment; remember the G-20 summit? as a general frame of reference-, what if help, assistance, or an act of kindness in generosity to the US would ordinarily be offered but there is ambivalence on the part of another government to do so simply and solely on the basis they were not invited to a forum of the kind they usually are, isolated from post-Jerusalem move?, when, as said recently before, there are far reaching dimensions about Jerusalem that have touched nations different ways for thousands of years which are not even brought up in the median of political debates America participates in today that nearly consume the world stage? 

Several countries in recent months have been cited by the State Department as locations where US citizens should be extra careful; Kosovo has been one of the newest on this list.  The bottom line in Kosovo is to take the advice and be careful.  This as opposed to trying to sort out who is a terrorist there, who is not a terrorist, who is a target, who is an ally of terrorist, and so forth, and to try to construct some logic in your own mind that you and your immediate surrounding is immune from any eruption of violence because it does not follow the thread of logic that might ordinarily result in a violence outbreak.
It is known that the Balkan region, Bosnia, Kosovo, Herzegovina, were affected in the early 1990s of genocide and war.  Post end of war, fairy tale of a a war at end corresponds to total peace and tranquility in the land, might not be earthly reality.  Unfortunately there are in this world trouble-makers and people that take advantage of vulnerabilities.

Mount Sangatung eruption.  Indonesia region: warnings, lava flow, eruptions

Amtrak is in the spotlight.  Earlier today in Whitakers area of North Carolina, an upper aged couple had their SUV struck after their vehicle was on the train tracks.  CBSnews online, source.
Evidently they were trying to cross the tracks.  Some reports say they were trying to cross after the crossing arm was already down.  Investigations underway.
Amtrak is having to deal with the situation that happened in Seattle several weeks back, a fire causing Amtrak offices to close over in the Mid-Atlantic within the past few days, and other incidents over the years.  Even though the incident this morning might technically be the fault of the driver if it is proved beyond doubt that they crossed while the guard arm down, it puts more eyes on Amtrak. 
Technical failure of the gray colored SUV on this winter climate day might be something that is considered in the pool of possibilities.

Diary group Lactalis recalling about 12 million boxes of powdered baby milk respective to worries of a salmonella outbreak at one of its plants

Mexico, one of the countries that the US is advising that specific states there are not recommended to travel to, has had an alarming rate of decapitations.  Incident to speak of within the past few days, in Veracruz, region surrounding Xalapa, an incident has emerged involving part of bodies severed.  The violence form according to some news reports might be somehow correlated to gang clashes.

Tanerang police release a reported 33 persons held captive from a rental property in Sepatan, incident reported by Jakarta Post in the past few days

More developments about the 'Jerusalem move', the referent move US President Trump presenting an interest in 'recognizing' it the Capital of Israel and 'moving' the US Embassy there.  The 'slap' and 'slap back' for use of dialogue for use of short words, reference Palestinian leader.  'Slap', term, by the way, might be closer to how the entirety should be treated, plausibly compared to other descriptions that may be felt as haphazard involving the situation, considering that the region of Jerusalem has been holy land before the birth of Muhammad, and perhaps even before the word 'Jew' was even spoken as a description by another notable Prophet about 1500 years before his birth, as the story goes, whereat, there is much holiness and many aspects of holiness that are barely and rarely discussed on the world political stage today, -respectfully put, and without going into detail.
Blessings on all the Prophets.

On the subject of the US Presidency and respect, for those that have the power to do so, please help instead of hurt.
The moment the news media is turned on, on the Internet, there are hints of bigheadedness going on where those that have figured out how to manipulate algorithms and search query results, are writing stories that present negative light on the Presidency, 'tweaked' to present the writer's view, unfortunately, some of the time as the content of those articles and their titles prove, without being fully informed of other aspects of the issues going on.

In another area of the news world, looking at KIRO7 for a moment, who wrote 'Seattle remembers MLK after Trump's reported vulgar comments', written January 17, 2018-  
This is not to strike up enmity with another news channel or site, but let it be stated, the article quoted 'Just hours before...that disparaged Hattians and Africans'.  Take note, Haitians, was not spelled correctly, nor to this point corrected.  Haitians is not spelled with two 't's, unless there is something deep only a few of us know about.  Secondly, was the 'comment', IF IT WAS EVEN SAID, actually intended to be racist, or did it refer to economic woes?

These countries have hit lower dips economically and in living conditions, medical treatment levels, infrastructure levels, compared to many.

For so many years, countries like Haiti, Botswana and neighboring, have suffered from insults that are indicative that they are of lesser importance, not spelling the name of the country is one of the ways that the trend has become almost customary instead of an anomaly.

Although we may strive to be perfect, man might make mistakes.

The way to help, starts by being right and exact.

Connecting the dots on the surface, from words about Africa, to skin tone, to African Americans, is not always the horse to ride, especially to make a point, or move something in the way of progress to a higher level.

Times before Martin Luther King, there were African Americans that died striving to contribute to pave the way to even Martin Luther King, and he likely would say so himself; many of those African Americans are not often mentioned, and might not even be known in the lexicon, by many African Americans alive today.

German occupation of northern Africa, Dutch occupation of southern Africa, to state a few, aside, there are Africans with fair skin and blonde hair, if that is the crux of the big debate.  It should not be the crux.  As a matter of fact, that is the whole point of the over and above racism concept.

Understanding there has been decades of dimensions of African Americans, Native Americans, and others undergoing oppression in the US, caustic words and presentment of views that put condescending tilts especially on our government's leaders, should be balanced in the light of sobriety with the larger encompassing truth.


Slight revisions and edits to above content.  Update January 15th, 2018:  
There is a level of sensitivity with what is in sync with the preponderant emotional tone 'through here' referring to MLK Day, hence, a level of understanding of discomfort that may have arose when comments are said that may invoke memories or remind those to whom applicable, of comments that ordinarily may be received with umbrage, such as about Haiti, Africa, Africans, African Americans, African Europeans, or aboriginal Australians and Pacific Islands region, even if comments are not intended to be or nail-on racial slurs, affront, disparaging, or offend.

Brexit / Nigel Garage / second referendum, new hopes, anti-Brexit
  -Where are we with respect to Brexit status?  Reference impacts said and actualities
    -Information point, if Brexit materializes with what elements are in place as of current, materialization not in affect until March 2019, hence, the slight possibility of room for some degree of latency

Ecuador / Julian Assange / WikiLeaks founder / acceptance of citizenship
  -Where are we with respect to the entirety of the WikiLeaks incident?  Reference impacts said and actualities
    -Media reports that the big incident which tipped off prospects of extraditing had implications of affecting US intelligence

Over 90% of foreign nationals that are in jails are illegal immigrants, per fox news citing a 2017 report they say was produced by the DOJ and DHS
    -What do these statistics correspond to?  There might be the possibility of the base simple concept of people trying to sneak into the US then do crimes

Texas:
Two girls, about age 14 and 7, are missing, they 'might be' with a suspect of interest.  There mom has been found dead.  Round Rock area, near Austin.

A boy found in the closet of a house that was suspect for meth production, became acquainted with vermin he says.  Developments since about the 20th of December 2017.  Houston area.

New York:
Just days after a devastating fire took place in the Bronx that claimed the lives of what some reports say were a dozen persons, this morning, about 5:30am, a 7-alarm fire emerged from a furniture store, in the Bronx

A Scarsdale, NY family mourns the loss after members were victim of a smaller sized plane crash in or near Costa Rica over the weekend

No condescending on our southern neighbors whatsoever, however, let it be clear that there have been 2 major incidents in about as many days, as the Finance Director of the southern California city, Imperial Beach, was assaulted with fatality result in Mexico.  The guidance and advisories for certain prudency in the area has to be amplified.  
-Does the time of year have anything to do with it?, might be among the areas that are being assessed in developing the kinds of advisories called for.

Los Angeles, California:
Late last night, Monday, a fire affected the life of a man in his early seventies, reportedly age 74, another fire in a senior living building within the past month thereabout, reference other areas in the US.  The fire, South Normandie, evidently was not readily apparent from outside the building, however was intense contender at the unit that it affected.

Now that the devastating wildfires have started to wind down, there is another challenge, which is the threat of mudslides in their place.

Transitioning into politics, California did get Presidential declaration of disaster zone, respective the wildfires.

Many of the same names, new ripples

Recent news reports have been emerging giving summary takes on Trump views on funding that went to Iran during the Obama Administration.
There is the rushed opinion of what was said, then there is the reality of what was said.  AOL put out an article that discussed money going into 'Iran's pockets', which may be a chronological fact, not necessarily a condescending statement that is indicative that there was 'funding of terror'; let us be careful; sometimes the rush job to summarize a story can get sloppy and inaccurate.
A very, very brief chronology of major events in the Iraq and Iran region the past 50 years, might help crytallize that facts in history, and is what is, is distinguished from an opinion transformed into facts:

• Iraq and Iran was at war about 40 years ago, early to mid 1980s roughly; an irony to the Muslim World, as ordinarily, the saying applies, if two Muslims are fighting one of them is not a believer
  
• Ayatollah Khomeini took power; the 'Shia regime' was 'feared' 'by the West' insofar the potentiality of events of violence erupting
  
• Saddam Hussein was in power and his positioning with the US toward the end, of him being in power, became one generally perceived as in opposition
  
• Iraq invaded Kuwait
  
• Iraq War, commencing late 1980s, continuing on through the early 1990s; still today, US forces in the region to some degree
  
• Perceptions of which country, Iran or Iraq, was more of an aggressor, might have been affected by the abovesaid wars
  
• The dynamics of foreign policy relations between the USA and Iraq, or USA and Iran, might have likewise been affected
  
• Iran known more for nuclear issues recently
  
• Iraq was known more for outright military action
  

In other news, Senator Orrin Hatch is reported to be retiring, which may provide a less resistive path to Mitt Romney taking the vacant seat

Sterling, Virginia was the site of a law enforcement raid on a house that had numerous red flags of involvement with ISIS, developments of the raid materializing from about last Friday.

Coming off the tragedy that took place in Douglas County, Colorado yesterday, the crackdown which may have preempted similar events whether in the homeland or abroad, is a law enforcement action to be grateful for.

A few teens have been found safe after being reported missing over the weekend thereabout as well.  Disappearances have hurt the morale of the DC area for years, so finding them a lift.