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Obama: We Can't Make Extortion Routine as Part of Our Democracy   Katie Pavlich     President Obama addressed reporters on Tuesday at the White House, and revealed that he has spoken to House Speaker John Boehner and is willing to negotiate as soon as the shutdown is ended. "If Congress refuses to raise what is called the debt ceiling, America would not be able to meet its financial obligations for the first time in 225 years," Obama said. "Raising our debt ceiling does not add to debt." Obama took the opportunity in front of the press to berate Republicans and implied Tea Party Republicans want to default on debt. Obama also compared tax reform and compromise on a debt ceiling hike to Xboxes. [Keep Reading]     Education Study: U.S. Trails Most Other Countries in Key Subjects   Daniel Doherty       Madness: NTSB Won't Investigate Fatal DC Metro Explosion Because of Shutdown   Cortney O'Brien       Poll: Democrats Really Love Chris Christie or Something   Daniel Doherty       "Maybe She's Just Lying" - Jon Stewart Grills Kathleen Sebelius   Kevin Glass       What Should GOP Ask for in Exchange for Repealing Debt Limit?   Conn Carroll       North Korea Accuses Switzerland of Human Rights Abuse for Refusing Sale of Ski Lifts   Christine Rousselle       Obama Disobeys the Law of the Land   Phyllis Schlafly   The Democrats are chanting that Republicans must fully fund Obamacare because it is the law of the land, passed by Congress, signed by the president and upheld by the Supreme Court. [Keep Reading]     Chemical Weapons Watchdog to Send More Inspectors to Syria     The global chemical weapons watchdog said on Tuesday it would send more inspectors to Syria to help destroy President Bashar al-Assad's stockpile of toxic munitions. [Keep Reading]     VIDEO: National Park Service Allows Immigration Rally on National Mall     The National Park Service turned away WWII Veterans from their own memorial, but opened the National Mall without issue to an immigration reform rally Tuesday. Members of Congress, including Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), are expected to visit the rally and a stage has been built for a concert. The legislation being pushed would allow some 11 million illegal immigrants to become American citizens. [Keep Reading]     Some Parts of Government Should Be Shut Down Forever   Daniel J. Mitchell   I realize we’re in the middle of a government shutdown and there’s a debt limit deadline rapidly approaching, but I’m not going to write about fiscal policy today. Instead, I’m going to share a story about evil and stupid government policy. [Keep Reading]     Long Island Middle School Bans Footballs, Baseballs, Cartwheels, Tag     The sissification of America continues: a middle school in Long Island, New York in Nassau County has banned footballs, baseballs, soccer balls, playing tag or doing cartwheels without a coach during recess because the school is concerned middle-schoolers will get hurt. [Keep Reading]     VIDEO: Day 8 of Government Shutdown     The government shutdown continues while the world watches. Both sides continue to shift blame on the Hill. [Keep Reading]     Inarticulate Republicans   Thomas Sowell   If the continued existence of mathematics depended on the ability of the Republicans to defend the proposition that two plus two equals four, that would probably mean the end of mathematics and of all the things that require mathematics. [Keep Reading]     Obama's Emergency Powers to Protect US Debt     President Obama might be able to legally act on the debt limit within his presidential emergency powers. [Keep Reading]     VIDEO: Federal Reserve Ships New $100 Bills With Anti-Counterfeit Features     The Federal Reserve began supplying banks on Tuesday with redesigned $100 bills that incorporate advanced anti-counterfeiting features, the U.S. central bank said. [Keep Reading]     Is the Conflict Between Us Irreconcilable?   Pat Buchanan   One way or another, the battle of the budget and the debt ceiling will be over by All Hallows' Eve. [Keep Reading]