The People's Cube - Political Satire

Wonderful news comrades. The Dear Leader has succeeded where a lesser man could not - the Pandacam will return!

Long live the Pandacam! If Congress passes legislation Wednesday night to reopen the government, the Smithsonian Institution can relaunch the popular webcam of the National Zoo pandas by mid-day Thursday, spokesman Linda St. Thomas said.


Spontaneous applause erupted from Senate and House members as the news of Dear Leader's stunning victory over radical teabag Rethuglikkkans in the great debt limit debate. Comrade Mitch McConnell smiled as he exited the Senate chamber. Speaking off the record the 38 term Senator noted:

"We have released the panda from captivity and set in motion a sweeping change to the ancient Constitution that will reverberate through these halls for decades to come. The new provision included in this clean continuing resolution will reduce and ultimately eliminate Congresses power over the debt ceiling. In other words, we have moved one step closer to delivering the power of the purse to our president."

Breitbart "The plan includes a proposal offered by McConnell in the 2011 debt ceiling crisis that allows Congress to disapprove of the debt ceiling increase, which means lawmakers will formally vote on whether to reject a debt ceiling increase until Feb. 7. Obama can veto that legislation if it passes. If Congress fails as expected to gather a two-thirds majority to override the veto, the debt ceiling would be raised.

Additionally, New York Magazine remarked, the provision would "defang the debt ceiling, returning it to its historical place as an opportunity for ineffectual posturing rather than extortion." However it would only apply to the next debt ceiling vote. The debt limit can only currently be increased if Congress affirmatively votes to raise it and the president signs it into law. During Congress' last debt limit debate in 2011, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) wanted to invert this process by making it automatic, unless Congress voted against it and the president did not veto it. Theoretically, Congress could override a veto, but given the current makeup of both chambers that would be nearly impossible."

With Republicans like Mitch McConnell who needs Democrats?

Comrade, is it possible that the PandaCam™ somehow got accidentally connected to healthcare.gov during the Shutdown???

Not likely, Comrade ROCK. Dear Leader has exempted the panda from joining. I heard the poor creature had difficulty connecting. Instead, because of its 24 hour work day, HE has provided it with unlimited government worker benefits at our expense. Praise Obama!

It is working again!

Cold, heartless, cruel bastards. Death thy name is Republican.

As breads-and-circuses go, these cams are excellent and must be exploited for the common good™ ! We will need an 0-Cam: A Moo-Cam (no need to worry about logging in at feeding time) And, how about an NSA-Cam so we can watch the NSA watch us! (with their "Reverse-Peeping™" technology).

Anyer Marx wrote:As breads-and-circuses go, these cams are excellent and must be exploited for the common good™ ! We will need an 0-Cam:
A Moo-Cam (no need to worry about logging in at feeding time) And, how about an NSA-Cam so we can watch the NSA watch us! (with their "Reverse-Peeping™" technology).

My Our Entire Kollectiv has been Weeping With Joy now that The Peoples' PandaCam is again working has now been re-authorized for viewing by proles non-Leadership Comrades! We will be watching it Unceasingly on our Peoples' Visual Communication Device (until, of course, such time as it is again Forbidden to them us...)