I know of a couple relatives that faced intruders (not sure if they were armed). The cocking of a shotgun resulted in the intruder rapidly vacating the area.

You must be a man. I am a man and my gun is more to protect my wife than myself, though I've read about people being killed in my area during home invasions (with the owner not having a gun) and we are in a fairly quiet area.

The problem is that taking away guns results in more guns taken away from responsible people than lunatics (no numbers to back this up). The problem is making guns illegal doesn't stop illegal procurement of guns. That being said I'm not against improving background checks as long as it is not invasive.

Add some legalese to the tickets at those theaters: "I, the undersigned, swear I, and anyone associated with me, will not hold the theater liable for North Korean terrorist attacks."

I don't know their system and I'm only an amateur at network programming but if they do a lot of data transfers what makes you think they will notice terabytes of data copied when they are probably usually seeing petabytes moving around? The whole point of networks is easy transfer of data, effective security makes it harder for legitimate users to use the network and results in a lot of complaints to IT. I work with a government contractor and I'm pretty sure I could bypass most of their security with a virus on a thumb drive, if I wanted to.

Otherwise, well said.

We had a lunatic stalker (certified) that came to my house because she thought I was some imaginary person. When she was banging on my door I called the cops even though I have a gun. Now if she had broken into the house instead of just banging on it this might have been a different story (this woman made death threats against my wife but I don't think they were serious) but I wont open the door to shoot someone, they have to actually break in first.

Yeah, I'm a wussie for not wanting to face an armed intruder bare handed.

The main thing is finding someone willing to stick with something difficult and not bail on it. Four years with something (the same job, or a degree) is a good indicator. In some ways the degree is better as it shows the person is willing to stick with something that is not always what they want to do.

The primary purpose of the law was at one time to ensure those not in power have to do what they are told. Fortunately things are at least a little better than that.

You make it sound like something new. How much of warrantless wiretapping and surveillance are recent and how much are things the government has been doing for as long as it existed and are just being brought to light by new technologies?

Ok so I still think this was very stupid but the complaint is they disturbed sand? How indignant is Peru when a wind storm comes through?

True, when I say cosmology I'm probably thinking more the loud individuals you hear every time a new observation comes out.

Yet Russia didn't make it as far into space as the US.

Haven't seen a crop duster in over a decade and I live around farmland, also haven't seen military aircraft operating low outside of normal touch and go flights near the airport. Also the typical drone being flown weights half that of a seagull and there are a lot of those birds around here.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, even if it is a tad (lot) under weight.