The operators of this extortion system should be on the "Public Enemy #1" list. Not only are they an organized syndicate extorting from Americans, on a very large and nationwide scale. They are impersonating Federal officers to do it. Protecting the ability of Americans to respect someone who claims to be a cop, especially a Federal one, is among the highest priorities of the Justice Department. Or at least it should be.

The failure of the FBI and the other cop agencies we give $BILLIONS to every year, who have vast and even un-Constitutional powers to do whatever they want in the name of protecting us, to do what's necessary to stop these giant phishing operations is baffling mystery. Why banks are allowed to let their trademarked brands get diluted by phishers robbing in their name, resulting in large and widespread losses contrary to the very essence of trademark and copyright, is a mystery. But the failure of the cops to protect themselves is even more bizarre.

How about you just leave us alone with whatever we want to do with our protein receptors?

Criminalize actual acts that actually harm someone else, regardless of the cause. If you want to make an aggravated crime out of doing harm as a result of doing something else that's known to be risky, especially on a second or further conviction, that's got some merit.

But criminalizing people self-stimulating (or inhibiting) their own bodies is tyranny. It has failed over and again, every time, creating far more damage than the drug consumption ever has. While failing to stop the consumption. And destroying both justice itself and the people's ability to trust it, atop the rubble of everything else the prohibition touches.

These synthetic drugs aren't mimicking the effects of marijuana, or of LSD. They just change your perceptions or ideas. They aren't mimicking the effects of valium, either, but nobody ays that they are. Because "mimicking valium" isn't scary scary scary. Because the corporate mass media isn't trying to scare people about valium. Because valium is actualy Valium, a brand name drug sold by giant pharmacos that advertise on TV. Marijuana and LSD are sold by independent operators who don't pay TV corps $billions a year to make them sound friendly. That's why they're illegal. Even though they're not anywhere near as scary as valium, which is actually addictive.

But that doesn't stop Slashdot from saying these drugs "mimic marijuana", or the Miami cops telling the corporate mass media that bath salts are "a new form of LSD" when some idiot turns themself into a flesh eating zombie possibly by smoking some. Because there's no corporate PR pushback to protect the brand, any kind of inane lie will fly around the media if it appeals to fear of drugs.

The fact that in 2012 the mass media is quoting cops saying bath salts are "the new form of LSD", and Slashdot is pimping the idea that some arbitrary drug "mimics marijuana" shows that the only victory in the Drug War is the first casualty of any war: the truth.

There aren't any hippies fighting for freedom from war with violence or threat of it, which is terrorism. Put down the weed crack pipe.

Are you kidding. People use social network sites to mostly have fun. What is the point of adding in this kind of rating system when all you will do is make using the social network too much hard work and basically the only safe way to use it, is not to use it. People will simply shift to an easier to use social network.

Here's a hint if you have to choose between the betrayer, someone who promised hope and change and the person who you know is going to screw, always choose the person who you know is going to screw you.

Why, with the person who you know is going to screw you know what to set up your defences for, you know how far they are going to go, you know their limits and you have an understanding of how they can be controlled. With the betrayer you have nothing, except they already betrayed you and this was only the first round of betrayal, what the lying cheating scumbag psychopath felt they could get away with and still have a chance at a second shot, of screwing over the gullible progressive liberals. Inevitably the second term will be far worse, nothing to hold back on the betrayal, no limits on their chance for personal enrichment at the public expense, as a showman this is their last chance on the stage and there last shot at the suckers.

Oh no, the golden age of content is yet to come. You'll see the golden age arrive when true life animation and virtual robotics (characters and scenery elements) arrives. When animation engineers can write up an animation specification and the computer animation program using the virtual robots converts it into content. Where there is a huge environment of free open source virtual robots to use in your script. A lot of work will still need to be done but only a small fraction of what is required today. Then you will see a real flood of content that will after a decade make the back catalogue seem small in comparison. Inevitably it will also be the golden age of science fiction in video content, for the most obvious reason, it will nerds and geeks doing the animation engineering.

The jobs are created by the people coming to the park creating demand for services outside the park, because there is no development in the park but visitors consume goods and services. If there's a specious argument here, it's that there are no jobs currently supported by the park inside the park.

How does abundance of valuable material possessions or resources have nothing to do with valuation?

So carpenters don't create wealth, since they just move wood around.

The only wealth created by a store is by its shipping the product from the factory to the store. Not by helping the customer select and buy the product.