When did TSA monkeys go from "agents" to "officers?"

No, they win reduced amounts on their 3, 4, and 5 number tickets. The rollover weeks push the amounts OVER what they spend.

So the guys asking for a balanced budget, reduction in government size/cost, and generally looking to reduce government payouts are the ones "whining" because they're losing entitlements? I think you have it backwards. They don't think anyone is entitled to education, housing, sustenance, and healthcare: they want you to work for it.

You assume working together would produce anything but a larger pile of crap. You've got uber-religious pro-business big government proponents seeking to increase their own power and wealth on one side and uber-athiest pro-environmental big government proponents seeking to increase their own power and wealth on the other, with a sprinkling of miscellaneous combinations in between.

GP doesn't want the fiancee to plump up while playing with the high tech gadget.

Only open because it's Google's flagship and that's a requirement. However, the phone is a turd compared to what's out there (no external storage, no 4G, and a couple of others).

Data is easy, hardware not so much.

Pretty much. I would've been impressed if he had done it from actual transistors not full-blown ICs, but given CompEng students make stuff like this in school (admittedly, with FPGAs, but the concept is the same) it's not as complex as it looks. I'd say the hardest part is probably the output to monitor. The wiring would be tedious, but not unthinkable.

Hate to burst your bubble, but the no-nonsense attitude from the article is the exact opposite of the liberal mindset which tends to be more "accommodating," and the epitome of the Texan mindset.

Deadly weapon but not considered armament, thus in no way, shape, or form does it have relation to the right to keep and bear arms.

Actually, I went and unraveled the legalese in the actual text of the law. You're partially right. They're still forcing taxes in other states to remit taxes, but have exemption clauses that put those requirements on hold until "the enactment of any congressional act that authorizes states to compel the collection of state sales and use taxes by out-of-state retailers."

Funny how they leave that out of the summaries of the bill.

Except they're now forcing businesses in other states to collect and remit taxes for items sold to Californians. This should be interesting because they're creating an interstate commerce tax which should normally be the jurisdiction of the Feds. Given the Feds got bent out of shape about Arizona doing the same with immigration, they either have to push a double-standard, or correct California's overstepping of authority.

And there-in lies the problem.

No, it's quite possible he is. Most "professional drivers" I've seen and met are horrible drivers because they're used to breaking every law they can with relative immunity and get very lazy about it. Cops are the one group that can, IMO, drive extremely well when they focus. If the grandparent is at all a car enthusiast, it's quite probably right.

Much the same way that many firearms enthusiasts are BETTER shots than the cops. For many cops, qualification is a yearly obligation. For the target shooters, it's their weekly practice ritual and as such are highly skilled.

Except it's not. Treaties don't override the Constitution and any interference between the two would have to meet the same requirements as an amendment addition to be valid in the US. If they're found to be non-constitutional, they're invalidated.