Friday October 11, 2013 – 10am

Posted Oct 11, 2013 11:31:33 AM.

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10:00am- Dave MacNeil, Executive Director of KW Oktoberfest, Re: Ist ze most wunderbar time of the year! The keg will be tapped in downtown Kitchener this afternoon, marking 45 years of KW Oktoberfest. Opening ceremonies are set to get underway at 11:30 in front of city hall.

10:30am- Luiza Savage, Maclean’s Washington Bureau Chief, Re: How did it get so bad? The U.S. government shutdown and potential debt default is just the latest crisis of political dysfunction. Standoff after standoff is leaving Americans asking what happened to make their politics so polarized.

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