Tonight's Headlines

Neither of these are satire--but the juxtaposition is certainly surreal.

Government shuts down as Congress fails to pass funding bill
  [This is because the House GOPers insist on defunding/delaying/otherwise destroying Obamacare (aka ACA) as the ransom for passing a budget to keep the federal government operating past Oct. 1.]

Obamacare: How do I sign up?
[The full implementation of Affordable Care Act has long been scheduled for Oct. 1, when the exchanges in various states begin offering insurance plans.   So stories like this are naturally popping up now.  The main problem the ACA has had is a dearth of accurate information on what it does and how.  The noise of lies backed by big money has drowned out the government's own information efforts.  Thanks to House GOPers however, the media is paying more attention to "Obamacare," and so the word is finally getting out.  Plus--while much of the federal government shuts down because GOPer crybabies want to defund ACA, implementation of ACA proceeds, because it has already been fully funded, by Congress.]