If you think this abuse is an isolated incident than I have beach front property to sell you in the Montana.

In my case I would like to take the vaccine but due to severe (read deadly) allergic reactions and underlying health conditions I cannot receive it. So please be aware vaccines like many other things in life are not binary choices.

"- While the government can *theoretically* throw you in prison/Gitmo if it misinterprets your intercepted texts to Mom as coded threats to blow up the White House, the odds of it happening are infinitesimal and the procedure for doing so is long and tedious. " This was once the truth anyway. Trumps lawyer and Roger Stone being great examples of the Justice Dept wielding its awesome power and resources to go after political enemies. Yet the attorney General under Obama having a private meeting with the husband (Bill Clinton) while his wife was being investigated for having (and in fact having been found to have) violated the federal laws regarding the handling and transmission of classified documents is nothing that merits an ethics investigation. The incestuous relationship of civil service and politics is a real danger.

Right, cause somehow 59 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles = War in a Country which has been literally torn to pieces by the Civil War, Russia, ISIS, and the Rebel Forces. You carry on as though we just bombed San Antonio, TX back into the Stone Age and prior to this the peaceful streets of Syria surrounding their Military basis were a model of tranquility. I would never say a Syrian life is worth less than an American life but how about we "get a grip" and recognize that this was a Military target.

Perhaps you would prefer we go and get ourselves involved in a 10+ year 2 Trillion dollar war like we did in Iraq?

The fact that this post was considered Insightful says something about the political leanings of ./ readers. Could you cite any sources for your claim, "Many Trump supporters upset that he is using military force, because one of the major reasons for voting against Clinton was the allegation that she was a warmonger."? Google is not able to find anyone other than you who makes such a claim.

As for this, "Many other people worried that Trump has found a new way to get the media talking about him again." I suspect the "Many" you refer to would be CBS, NBC, CNN, MSN, etc. They have yet to catch their collective breath since he announced he would run for POTUS. They are not about to stop anytime soon for fear they may recall the dismal (Criminal, Treasonous) antics of the previous Administration who refuse to take their "change" and buy or even rent a clue.

Of course your right... It is not as though Hillary has ever lied to the American public. Has Hillary ever been involved in a controversy where it turned out she "massaged" the details (a.k.a lied). So we should just take her abd all Politicians at their word.

Never really care much for equine. I do from time to time enjoy a good Pony Ride though.

My take on the post was not the intent to justify spying but rather was a comment made to a previous post which stated, "Spying on foreigners or International spying was not addressed." It reads as a question as to whether or not a bill would need to address "foreign" spying as it should be obvious this is part of the mandate of a national spy agency. Personal convictions aside I disagree that Mass Surveillance is the topic of discussion rather that Congress would act soon on a reform bill is what the article references.

Whoa! How did we get from gathering intelligence A.K.A spying to Genocide? I always found it ironic Moderates and liberals [Not placing you in either category BTW] always seem to be the least moderate and liberal in any discussion. They certainly will not be moderate in their liberal policies and very rarely are they too liberal unless you want to apply the term "liberal" to their interpretation of your post.

As for why the "security theater / homeland security smoke screen is so effective"? Stop and think and honestly try and take stock of how many people you currently know personally who could be objectively called independent thinkers who are not afraid to live what they proclaim they believe. I am in my 40's and I can say this is not the America I grew up in. Very few people have the courage to live by the set of principles which made America a great Country to begin with.

Maybe I completely missed this but I have not heard or read where the Florida State Attorney or anyone claiming to represent them even mention the "Stand Your Ground" Law as a basis for not charging Zimmerman. The first mention I have heard of this law being the measure of whether Zimmerman should or should not be charged was on CNN. Can anyone tell me if they have seen an interview or press conference where the Florida State Attorney's Office or their representative have said that that the "Stand Your Ground" law was used to measure whether the deadly force use was justified?

Very well put. I used to work in support for a Restaurant POS company back in the mid 90's and the POS systems were sold as a complete package from the touchscreen terminals to the MS Windows workstation that was used to manage the app to change menus, set prices, update sales tax. The credit card black box ran DR-DOS and you connected via modem using PC-Anywhere to clear the credit card batches and sort out the other problems with credit cards. By and large the people who own and run a business for profit could care less what the system ran. Kind of like the vast majority of people could care less about the technology used in there car engines. As long as it was reliable and reasonably economical. Running any kind of business is hectic enough without having a come to Jesus moment about free and open source software.