Not a gun nut here. In fact, I don't own any guns at all. But it appears that if your contention is that we are struggling with the meaning of "well regulated" you appear to be having some difficulty processing "shall not be infringed".

Oh, snap! I see what you did there. You compared one person wanting to imprison another person with one person murdering 3 people and injuring 170+- more. Clearly your perspective is the proper one.

There are two different types of bankruptcy that most private debtors go through. Chapter 7 of the bankruptcy code allows for most debts to be discharged but typically it is more difficult to qualify for that type of proceeding. Chapter 13 allows for restructured debt and in recent years, federal regulations make this the most common form allowed by bankruptcy courts.

Perhaps your friends both qualified for Chapter 7.

I'm one of those folks. Every year when I do my taxes, I take advantage of every loophole afforded me. Do you want me to lose my mortgage interest deduction? Ok, take that away and instead of cutting a check to the Treasury dept for $400, I make it out for $1750. Wow, $1350 is one month's mortgage payment. So yeah, I like my loophole. But hell yeah, when I need to drive my truck to work, I also take advantage of the road that my taxes helped pave. But having said all that, I don't get pissed off at the rich guy that ONLY payed hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes last year. You chicken shit assholes that think the rich should have to pay more need to shut your gap. Give me the option of not having to pay for your girlfriends abortion or the sex change for the convicted murderer. Give me the ability to "avoid" paying for research that involves putting shrimp on a treadmill. Give all of us the opportunity to say no to paying for a bunch of silly nonsense and guess what, you won't need as damn much money in the Govt coffers.

And no, before the hyperbole gets rank, I'm not proposing to stop supporting the needy. I give to charity because it affords a tax loophole, but I don't claim all of my charitable giving either. I'm not a monster that wants to see homeless folks dead on the street but I don't like being held responsible because some of you takers can't exercise some self-restraint.

Yep, these super wealthy punks only pay a few hundred thousand a year in taxes. When what they should be paying is a few hundred million. I mean, sheesh, that prick Romney only had to pay 15% on his capital gains and interest income. That only amounted to some bullshit amount of, what, $13million in taxes. One super wealthy dude only had to pay $13 million for the whole year. What kind of BS is that?

NOAA researchers discovered to be former DOJ Prosecutors. Why do we continue to pay for this. Let the sequester happen.

I would ordinarily tend to agree with you but I rather suspect that AI software does already exist. And yes, we humans that game tend to be able to out think the silly AI in our FPS games so it would appear we will maintain an advantage. What tends to be forgotten is the fact that gaming developers tune the AI to be just challenging enough to keep us engaged without it being so overwhelming that we just give up and go play some other game. What if the developers of real-time combat AI do not have that constraint?

At the risk of sounding like Capt Obvious, now would be a good time to change all you account passwords to something much more complex and ensure that none of your accounts share a common password or password theme. Also, if someone is making a run at your online identity, the possibility exists your info has been sold to group/s that will add you to the script for credit and bank attacks. Good to include those accounts (if any) in your password updates. Good luck with this. I recently went through a round or two of something similar and it just plain sucks.

Umm, I thought the AC post was at least on topic since he used the word "too" in the title. Just sayin'.

Just prior to making his speech on live TV, he had recorded an 18 min session in Spanish. I suspect he might have, oh, I don't know, been thirsty.

But, what if I have an honest objection to the proposed actions put forward by the President? Am I simply supposed to just roll over and submit to his will? And will you be willing to do the same should a Republican be elected President next time? No, the American system is designed to limit the amount of power (read: dominance) that any one branch of government may exercise. I didn't want then President Bush to have unlimited authority during his tenure and I don't want that for President Obama either. President Obama is human and thus able to make mistakes. As are you. I suspect that should you go back and read your original comment, you might see the wording needs a little tweaking so that it doesn't come off as a plea for all the rest of us to just shut the fuck up and do what we're told.

After spending over a year on a mission to get my credit report "fixed", I have a number of anecdotal stories regarding the inherent inaccuracy of the reporting that goes into these databases. My credit reports were not that bad but after a review of the report from the top three agencies, I discovered dozens of factually inaccurate items ranging from wrong addresses to poorly formatted history items. My reports contained input from companies I had never done business with and companies that no longer existed. The problem with this is that if they can't be trusted to confirm the proper spelling of your name, how can they be the "authoritative" source for detailed information regarding your trustworthiness.

Because you are not in the military you would not know that a significant part of initial and ongoing training covers being able to distinguish lawful vs unlawful orders and the proper process to follow in the event of the later. We were/are not automatons and mindless robots dutifully following orders. In actual fact, most of my training incorporated the need for me to be able to think for myself. It was one of the motivating factors used to encourage us during the cold war. We were better solders because we could think for ourselves and take direct action based on our own initiative. Not trying to call you out, but it is a somewhat common misconception. Sorry for intruding on the discussion.

Let's see, he was repeatedly blocked from accessing the journals, he actively engaged in circumventing the measures put in place to block his access and then ultimately he broke into the wiring closet of school where he was not a registered student to physically connect into the network he knew he was no longer allowed to use. I'd say that qualifies as a corrupt person for sure. Then he pussed out rather than face the consequences of his actions. And if you really, really believe he would have faced 35 years in jail, you're a dumb ass.