It might be a web page which was taken down three years ago?

That's pretty scary.

I guess I had better call the bomb squad right away. I just saw a whole bunch of suspicious devices placed near a local high school.

They looked a lot like these, and could be weapons of mass distruction.

http://www.polkcountytoday.com/images/792_dwi021111_7_.JPG

Let's read the treaty, shall we?

Article I
[...] Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall be free for exploration and use by all States without discrimination of any kind, on a basis of equality and in accordance with international law, and there shall be free access to all areas of celestial bodies. [...]

Article II
Outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means.

Article VI States Parties to the Treaty shall bear international responsibility for national activities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, whether such activities are carried on by governmental agencies or by non-governmental entities, and for assuring that national activities are carried out in conformity with the provisions set forth in the present Treaty. The activities of non- governmental entities in outer space, including the moon and other celestial bodies, shall require authorization and continuing supervision by the appropriate State Party to the Treaty. [...]

There's a lot more to it, but let's look at these three parts:

Article I: The Moon is free for every country and state to use.
Article II: No country or state can claim the moon in any way
Article VI: Every country is responsible for what its people do. You can't sneak around articles I and II by claiming that it technically wasn't the government that claimed the moon and tried to interdict access to large parts of it. It it's your people doing it, then you're responsible for them.

This would be a lot clearer if the USA had signed The Moon Treaty, but it seems quite clear that if Bigelow Airspace wants to land on the Moon and claim part of it for themselves then the USA would be responsible for their actions there and Bigelow would be unable to do anything that the government of the USA could not also do under the Outer Space Treaty.

The only loophole that I can see is the usual one, which is "I know I'm breaking the rules that we all agreed to, but you can't stop me."

Sorry, but we have a zero-tolerance policy for idiocy. Now everyone has to listen to this speech.

"Mr. Greer, what you've just said... Is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point, in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

It gets even scarier. Another kid said "Excuse me, may I go to the washroom please?" to his teacher.

He may have really wanted to go into the hallway to set off an atomic bomb he had stashed in his backpack, destroying the entire city. If only this bill had been passed the brave teacher would have been allowed to use deadly force to protect global freedom. Instead, all they could do was expel the terrorist in training.

You just can't take any chances at all.

Curious skeptics might vote the wrong way. Even worse, they might ask questions about who and what they are voting for, and that can only lead to trouble.

They already are. Just today I was inspired to place my hand on my forehead and sigh.

Reading the full article inspired me to try something I had never done before and now, thanks to the brave folks at Kermit Elementary School, I know that I can do an Olympic Double Face Palm.

Elementary school is no place for Knowledge, young man.

"That's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death!"

Their meaning is "I don't know the meaning of the word decimate".

You must be confused. iPhones are free. It says so right on the top of this contract I just signed. Sure, I have to pay more than $2000 over the next two years but the phone is free! It says so right here!

Would the phone company lie to me?

If you can think of another name for the Secure Human Interface Teletype then why don't submit it to the shitty developers? Or make your own shitty fork if you don't want to work with the shitty team. All of the code is right there in the shitty repository.