i'm a belieber

it's a beiber

there's something about spring, and april particularly

there is such a thing as seasonal affective disorder

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_affective_disorder

my point is, it is possible to suggest that there is some sort of deeply rooted seasonal psychological fluctuation in humans that might explain why mid spring / april in the northern hemisphere is the time of crazies

fertilizers and explosives share a common trait:

lots of nitrogen

for the fertilizer, it's the bioavailability of nitrogen for plants that is the point

for explosives, the point is that nitrogen really, really wants to be N2 again

for explosives, AND fertilizer, when you pack a lot of nitrogen together in a chemical, and then heat it up, the nitrogen tends to figure out how to become happy N2 again, releasing a lot of energy in the process

a fertilizer factory is basically the same as an explosives factory, in regards to the existence of lots of chemical feedstock compounds containing nitrogen grumbling that it is not N2

don't even reply to such idiots

nothing justifies an attack like this

terrorism has a specific meaning

or at least it should

the surprise intentional mass murder on innocent civilians outside of wartime for political reasons

however, the term has been so abused and overused and applied to so many completely unrelated subjects (my professor is a terrorist for scheduling the final when he did... my political opponent is a terrorist because of his fiscal policies... etc) that the word no longer has a coherent meaning

which is the only reason north korea even exists

or try Glenn Beck's paranoid ranting... and selling gold during the commercials on Fox "News"

i really hope someone at slashdot is getting a kickback for the pumping going on here

for the rest of you: time your sell right!

4 million members is a tiny minority of the us population. why do you speak of this number with pride? due to demographics, it is in fact shrinking

why is such a tiny minority allowed to lord a status quo over the usa that is detrimental to so many lives?

don't answer that, it doesn't matter

demographics will mean membership is 3 million, then 2 million, etc

and the bulk of rational and sane citizens will move on without you long before that

enjoy obsolescence

it's about hypothesizing how to defeat the NRA, the odious merchant of murder. its funding by gun manufacturers is the problem. like most problems in washington dc, it is about how the will of the people is being defeated by financial interests. with the NRA this phenomenon is especially odious because the results are actual deaths of thousands of citizens a year

the mouth breathing paranoids who support the NRA are of no consequence. they are a fringe group that is dying demographically

without financial influence in washington dc, guns would be more strictly controlled, as they should be in any sane society

the NRA is ostensibly about NRA members, but its obviously about the gun manufacturers

a gun you can print at home divides the agenda nicely and pits manufacturer against owner

thus also dividing the allegiances of the NRA

enjoy yourself

i unfortunately must labor under the reality that the chances of meeting a female on slashdot are far lower than the chances of meeting a suitably motivated troll

3.14159/A/127.0.0.1

it will probably be around for decades

there are still ham radio operators in the world too

there many people who have fringe esoteric hobbies they are enthusiastic about

lucky for them, the ham radio operators have a little more realism and modesty about their role in the world

there's so many levels of abject stupidity in your statement. yes, the fed has no assets. LIKE THAT IS A FUCKING FUNCTION OF THE FED

it's a policy making body of a larger entity that is what really matters here. and no, you are right, they are not going to sell off PHYSICAL assets

(pounds head on table)

do you have any idea how fucking embarrassing you sound?

please. PLEASE. educate yourself. then form an opinion and speak on a subject

(sigh)

i do have a problem where i derive some sort of perverse delight raining simple points of logic and reason on the obviously insane

i am still not sure if this makes me bad, like a bully, or good, like a bringer of light to a dark corner

but certain wackjobs of a certain mental posture make me itch in a part of my brain, and i have this compulsion to mercilessly torment them with simple obvious points which easily explode their bizarre blind spots and fragile castles in the sky

they don't often notice while they continue to vomit their WHARGARBBBLLLLL. but everyone else, like you, does. so it's entertaining at least