I still want a sad-but-true mod. I know someone else who has the same problem.

Would you support direct action against abortion clinics? Or it is only "freedom of assembly" if it is politically correct and trendy?

On Slashdot, one can get modded "troll" for pointing out that people shouldn't be considered guilty without at least _some_ evidence. "I bet" does not count as evidence.

A DDoS should be punished with community service; its no different from protesting a store you dislike and making it hard for customers to get in.

Double-standard: if it is done against abortion, then it is fundamentalist bigotry and we need stricter bubble zones, even if it is peaceful and non-coercive. If it is done in support to a trendy, politically correct cause such as animal rights then it is freedom of speech and freedom of assembly, even if it is coercive.

They'll either let her into the country to testify, or a terrorist attack will occur and she will become an unfortunate victim.

How about just google it? Or read a news story or two.

I'll simply ask you to google "Adam Kokesh." He has been charged with violation of that ban. As a form of protest, he went into DC with a shotgun, turned on a video camera, loaded and made ready his weapon and then posted it on the internet.

Please learn and stop presuming. The NRA is a lobby group. They are still fighting that and many other laws. Lobbyists are most effective at preventing new law and helping to write new law. That's what lobbyists do.

After all, there are factions within government and if one doesn't agree with another, you may find yourself the victim of an unfortunate accident. Only a tiny minority of government gets the secret service and paramilitary police protecting them you know.

Perhaps we are seeing some government players waking up to the reality that even THEY have good reason to fear the government they are participating in.

Well you have reached a relatively sharp but small demographic. Let's try to get this on the "consumer media." (I am creating new words which better describe what they are. Mainstream media just doesn't describe them any longer as they are losing their relevance for so many. But they still remain the consumer media as they still control the minds of so many consumers out there.)

This sort of lawlessness and unaccountability is precisely what Michael Cannon testified to congress about. He asserted that what this leads to no one wants to think about. But that by following this path to its conclusion can end no other way as in all of human history, no one has succeeded in that sort of domination and abuse..

If you asked me if this was possible 20 years ago, I would have said "Yes, and they have already done it. We have some freedoms, but no real control. We're happy and comfortable slaves by and large." And it was true. There was a middle class and we had ways and means to improve our lives if we really wanted to. Not that we had any hope of being a 1%er or anyone particiarly powerful, but we could all potentially live a good life with reasonable comfort, safety and the ability for the persuit of happiness.

These days, the greed of wanting more and/or the ambition of the 1%ers trying to squeeze more people into their circles or whatever the hell has gone wrong, they have gone off the rails and exceeded the limits which have brought their evil into the light while people aren't distracted by TV and shopping and sports and celebrities. Instead, people are suffering while things are getting worse and they are already looking for people to blame. Bad way to treat your slaves 1%ers. You were supposed to keep us happy and unaware. You failed.

Alsup is simply being careful as he should be. Not being careful opens doors for appeals which he seeks to avoid.

Question: Does the judge have the authority to command an army of paramilitary police with ACTUAL assault weapons and armored vehicles? The DoJ does.

Another question: Despite the courts ruling that the Washington DC ban on firearms was unconstitutional, the law continues to be enforced. What weight does a judge's ruling have any longer?

The government (the executive) follows the law when it's convenient. It breaks the law when the law is inconvenient. And no one is interested in countering it.

Which explains why you have plenty of time to sit around an play games. You dont have a job.

If I wanted a job, I'd have studied something boring like computer science.

I worked for 25 years to get to the point where I could not have a job. That was the goal all along.

... just remember that you have to empty a at least one 10 round pistol clip into the guy before you've hosed off five dollars worth of ammo.