Most Americans wouldn't have joined WW2 (at least until Pearl Harbor).

Most people don't know which came first, the Revolutionary War or the Civil War.

Most states have passed anti-gay, one-man/one-woman marriage laws.

Most people generally fear change of any sort.

There's a reason we're not a democracy, we're a democratic republic. "Most people" are rather dumb.

I haven't seen Into Darkness but a lot of this review covered what was painfully realized in the first movie: no longer is Trek about philosophy, ethics, tolerance, gray areas and real world problems. It's mostly absolute good versus absolute evil. I think the driving force behind the bad guy in the first movie was largely a misunderstanding ... which is incredibly boring. His motivation was confusingly laughable.

Unsurprisingly I'm pretty sure I heard JJ Abrams tell Jon Stewart that "he never liked Star Trek" on The Daily Show. Well, now he's had a chance to kill it by turning it 100% into a modern day blockbuster action flick and shirking any attempt to tackle an interesting philosophical or ethical dilemma as the main plot. As the modern reemergence of comic book and super hero movies have shown, those films are a dime a dozen that anyone can do. Tackling something deeper while still holding our attention is the hard part. The Watchmen was a good candidate for it but fell short. I'm sure JJ Abrams would rather cover up the complicated parts that question good versus evil with another lens flare.

Yep. I made the mistake of watching the 2009 Star Trek. It was a disaster of a movie. A lot of people have told me they think it's a good movie, just not a good Trek movie, but I don't think it's even a very good movie on its own rights. Horrible plot. Horrible characterization. Horrible product placement.

'Bullies' Excerpt: How The Left Crucified George Zimmerman

Race-baiting modded "Insightful" - what a surprise . . . not.

Shielding makes the bomb bigger and heavier. Bigger and heavier bombs are harder to handle and hide. That makes them easier to detect.

From what I hear they don't care to be at Guantanamo.

Thank goodness that only exists in jokes... or does it?

8 Arrested For Smuggling Radioactive Substances
Report Reveals Rampant Smuggling of Radioactive Materials

Clever, I guess. Here is a list of arrests and convictions for terrorism related offenses. Do you think you can find something similar for Cthulu related offenses? I'll assume not, since that is make-believe, but the terrorists sitting in prison are real.

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending January 27, 2012

Denver: Man Arrested for Providing Material Support to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization

Jamshid Muhtorov was arrested by members of the FBI’s Denver and Chicago Joint Terrorism Task Forces on a charge of providing and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic Jihad Union, a Pakistan-based designated foreign terrorist organization.

Baltimore: Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Use of a Weapon of Mass Destruction in Plot to Attack Armed Forces Recruiting Center

U.S. citizen Antonio Martinez, aka Muhammad Hussain, pled guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction against federal property in connection with a scheme to attack an armed forces recruiting station in Catonsville, Maryland.

Washington Field: Man Pleads Guilty to Shootings at Pentagon, Other Military Buildings

Yonathan Melaku, of Alexandria, Virginia, pled guilty to damaging property and to firearms violations involving five separate shootings at military installations in northern Virginia between October and November 2010, and to attempting to damage veterans’ memorials at Arlington National Cemetery.

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending January 13, 2012

1.Tampa: Florida Resident Charged with Plotting to Bomb Locations in Tampa

A 25-year-old resident of Pinellas Park, Florida was charged in connection with an alleged plot to attack locations in Tampa with a vehicle bomb, assault rifle, and other explosives.

2.Baltimore: Former Army Solider Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to al Shabaab

A man who secretly converted to Islam days before he separated from the Army was charged with attempting to provide material support to al Shabaab, a foreign terrorist organization, and was arrested upon his return to Maryland after traveling to Africa.

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending December 9, 2011

Seattle: Man Pleads Guilty in Plot to Attack Military Processing Center

A former Los Angeles man pled guilty in connection with the June 2011 plot to attack a military installation in Seattle.

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending December 2, 2011

San Diego: Woman Guilty of Conspiring to Provide Material Support to al Shabaab

Nima Yusuf, 25, a resident of San Diego, pled guilty to conspiring to provide material support to al Shabaab, a foreign terrorist organization.

More here.

The Slashdot tradition: Facts are flamebait if they don't agree with your politics.

Wait, are you saying that people report things to the police now? So why are you agitated that they might use a web site to do it instead of a phone? Do you think the internet is evil or something?

It isn't thought crime that is the concern, but rather "ball bearing" crime.

This is what happens when you catch them before they attack.

Bomb plot: Life sentence for Irfan Naseer, ringleader of Birmingham men planning wave of UK suicide attacks

This is what happens when you don't.

Madrid Train Station Blasts Kill 190
Bali bombing remembered 10 years on
London Attacks
Investigation of Boston Marathon bombings continues

I would think this is easy to understand.

- this entire story is of-course full of socialists envious (jealous) of more successful people, socialists that completely miss the entire point that wealthy individuals like Gates created that wealth, without them that wealth doesn't exist and it doesn't pay for anybody's food because it is not brought into existence in the first place.

Also this topic is filled with completely ignorant people that don't understand anything about economics, believing that money that Gates and other like him have money that is not in fact being used by the economy, as if it is outside of the economy. His money is being used productively, that's why he is able to grow it while donating huge amounts to charity.

Given the attitude of the mob in his place I would probably convert my money into gold or commodities, like oil or food and then shoot it into space with space rockets rather than donating it to anybody, it's immeasurable how sick and ignorant you all are.