1. Bradley Manning is someone who entered a voluntary military service commitment that does not extend to civilians. His situation is unique to those in the military, and cannot be compared. He swore oaths, and committed an offense for which I believe he should be hanged. Free speech with a security clearance, NDA, and the UCMJ is limited, and it is something you agree to when you volunteer to be military. Now, Wikileaks I think is fine. They publish whatever is given to them, and it is legal.

Saiga .308 is what I picked up. It's nice.

What, can you tell a difference, other than a few more marriage equality states?

His point is this is a way to ban guns. Do you know what happens when you impose restrictions on aspects of guns? Look in California where the magazine limit is 10, and the white-list. The number of options available to you in terms of model selection has instantly dropped to less than 1% of available models. Did you want a version of that gun in pink? Sorry, not legal for purchase in California. What is different than the scary black version? It's not on the roster, or it holds 11 rounds, etc. This law will make guns cost $2k or more for unreliable weapons, instead of a few hundred $ for guns that could probably fire covered in your blood and sand and dirt. The rifle I chose is based on a design that can fire under nearly any external conditions, and the chance of a jam is nearly non-existant. You want a weapon to fire without fail, and you secure it without fail when it is not in use. No kid has shot himself or another with a lock through the action.

Yeah, I read that and was confused. I use it, and even pay for the service. Works great for me.

I completely am. I've mostly seen American ventures into eating bugs. Also I recall the chocolate covered ants I saw were not cooked. Bugs inside of candy shows little indication of whether it is cooked or not.

You have to realize that most of the people who advocate eating bugs will do so raw. Yes, cooking the grasshopper will kill that giant worm thing that I've seen come out of their butt. I just don't see cooking them as the norm. And what temperature do they need to reach? We have that down for mammal meat.

I was thinking this sounded like a decent idea, but then remembered how many grasshoppers I've seen with parasites. I don't consider this worth the risk for me personally.

So I can go on Craigslist and hire 50 people to swear that I'm Bill Gates?

Is that supposed to be: Fear, Libertarians! Fear! Fear Libertarians' fear! I can't quite figure out what you're trying to say. And which conspiracy?

Mission Creep is a ridiculous thing to worry about. Just like your Social Security Number, which the SS Administration has declared from the begining that it is NOT to be used as a form of identification.

Every gun show I have seen requires background checks on the purchases of guns. Or did you come from 1992? Can you travel through time? This is amazing! Stop believing politicians. They lie, but they keep that a secret from you.

You don't understand how we communicate. We have a large number of communication systems that are unrelated to the internet. Drones would work just fine. Chain of command communications would be untouched. I will not list what we have for OPSEC reasons, but it is far more vast than you know.

Oh no, someone is breaking in. Okay, I have a "clip" (lol) loaded, ready to go. He's coming around the corner! Click! Click! Batteries are dead. Hold on, let me check the drawer in the kitchen.

NRA loving Bible thumpers? They're Liberal Muslims.