Well, I know this sounds weird, but during a conflict the U.S. Military and Russia's and China's are not going to be relying on commercial weather satellites. Something about they possibly being pwned by the enemy. Militaries worry about these sorts of things, clearly you have never been in one.

Yeah, yer right, why would the Air Force and Navy need weather satellites.

Hmmm...so those 50,000 people marching through Moscow's government district in memory of the pol, and braving Putin's secret police and other semi-evolved Simians, are doing what, exactly? Going to a picnic?

Stop watching TV, it is bad for you.

In an earlier era, Yul Brenner had a short video about not smoking and directed it be published after cigarettes killed him.

It isn't that they realize they cannot do that, it is that they are still looking for a way to get back to doing that.

Hmmm...hey you are right, there are still a very tiny minority of scientists who think smoking is good for you. So the science isn't settled, we need 100% toeing to the party line before any public policy can be made.

Yeah, and one side in Europe isn't running around telling everyone they are not scientists but act like ones in front of the camera telling us that man made global warming doesn't exist and if it does, we'll all love the extra warmth.

Gee, this is fun, two can play this game.

Yes, and the free market whackjobs have been telling us for years to let the market rule the green space so that it can investments are made properly. Now that it might actually happen, you are complaining someone might make money off it. Make up your frikken mind.

It's even worse, they've exported the flatness to Macs and Yosemite. I think it is a new venereal disease.

Nope, from the Total Perspective Vortex.

You mean if they join Daesh AND go to Syria to be with the rest of that smelly lot. If they were instead to join Daesh and remain here and decide to act out their fantasies, then it very much becomes our problem.

You don't understand our government, it isn't they want us to be terrified, it is that they are terrified of a terrorist incident on their watch. It tends to get pols de-elected and agency heads demoted. The government generally hasn't said squat about terrorism other than answer questions posed by the Press. Hell, Obama cannot even utter the words Islamic Terrorism.

Al-Shabab is not ISIS, last we heard, they claimed to be al-Qaeda...unless I've missed the memo switching their allegiance. One thing I think we need to keep in mind is the Mid-East, North Africa, and S. Asia capacity for talking out of their ass..."We gonna kill y'all with 1000 deaths!!!"...maybe they're from Texas. Most likely this is simply a call for attention, their mothers dropped them on their heads during their formative years and now Western hand-ringers are supposed to let them know they are still wanted.

Really? How about Grandma? She can come and live with you, right? She doesn't need no stinking government sending her SS checks or taking SS out of your pay to pay her. BTW, she'd like a ground floor suite and she'll be needing some live in help to get through the day and put her to bed at night...change her diapers. Unless...hey, you could do that. Hint, the safety pins go on the outside of the diaper.

Hmmm...come to think of it, Bert's Drug and Fishbait Shop has some magic pills they'd like to sell to members of your family. They're probably safe so there's no need for FDA oversight...since you won't pay for that. Your family wouldn't mistakenly buy these on the buy-one-get-one-free sale down at the local pharmacy...but if they do and have a bad reaction, they can live with you and Grandma.

You brother would also like a room, recall he's the one injured on the job and can no longer work. But it is okay, he'll take a second floor suite.

Your Aunt Essie was recently divorced from her alcoholic husband and has no current work skills and will be out on the street unless you give her a room too.

Hey, this is really just like old times with the extended family all looking to you to provide for them. Please be generous, they are your family, ya know.