The only way to change things that I've seen is for everyone to use as much public money as possible. Bleed the system dry as fast as possible until it is no longer sustainable (technically it's not sustainable already, but I mean to make the short term even shorter). At that point, it may be possible for sections of the country to secede and create countries which are small enough to be accountable to their citizenry.

There are thousands of completely irrational laws on the books in the USA, and the criminalization of suicide is one that exists in many States.

The difference is that the government shark was jumped long ago.

Indeed they are.

The director of the FBI reports to the President. An EO by Obama is all that is required.

Sucks about the hardware issue.

He has failed to end surveillance policies over which the Executive branch has complete control.

Why would their editors allow them to jeopardize their meal ticket?

There's a lot of blame to go around. Anyone blaming just one segment of government, or just one person, is not paying attention or is trying to manipulate people.

It's like murder. If you only kill a few (dozen, maybe), you're a murderer. If you kill thousands+, you're a hero.

I don't think the non-American voted for either Obama or Romney. Then again, who knows...

Nvidia supercomputing clusters aren't "repurposed" for highly parallel tasks. That's what they're designed for. They don't just produce graphics cards.

I just read the Ace of Spades meta-review, and I have to say that reading the material quoted from the original review made me lose IQ points. O'Hehir definitely lives in his own little reality.

Pick a political loudmouth of your choice.

Or Tennessee.

I know folks who light a car on fire every year to commemorate a particular event.