Add our military academies to the list: Prior shutdowns did not shutter intercollegiate academics and athletics. The White House has ordered them suspended, causing Army, Navy and Air Force teams (soccer, football, rugby, equestrian, debate, speech, etc.) not only barred from competition, but barred from practice too. Academy instructors have had to leave as most are not regular military. Our cadets are eating emergency stashes of extremely high calorie and high fat MREs (confirming Michelle Obama is a fraud), all because the AWOL commander in chief ordered them punished so that he might benefit from press blaming it on the House Republicans.