Bloomberg Radio at about quarter after ten seems convinced we're heading for default.  Heir was saying that he believed that at least an hour previous to that.  It'll be the first ever default, and the Heir will have survived to see it, his generation.  I the Mentor pointed out to him about an article or section in the U.S. Constitution that is paraphrased or interpreted as saying, the ability of the U.S. to pay back its debts and obligations shall not be questioned.  When he heard that, he said that once default happens, we should impeach all 435 give or take members of Congress, both chambers, and then have them shot via firing squad.  I'm sure he was using hyperbole of course.  He doesn't want to see them get hurt, and also at this time public opinion seems to start to run against capital punishment.  I asked him how he would hope to achieve summary execution of Congress anyway, like maybe it'll be a U.N. firing squad, and Germany and China will help fund it and stuff.  We had the window open ajar in the Swank Lounge talking about it, and we heard the whistling of an airliner go by, possibly a sound you won't hear in 9 days time if we can't or won't pay our air traffic controllers.  And forget about Amtrak as a backup option.  And a lot of other stuff.  So here's what we suggest you google, people.  Google, "the ability of the U.S. to pay back its debts and obligations shall not be questioned," and also google, "government default countdown clock."