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And are those odds of divorce increased or decreased if you go into a marriage with a legal document that says “I do not trust you”?

But, seriously; unless you have something to “protect”; what is the point? A lot of this depends upon the state in which you reside. In MY state, if I can show that I owned my business and house prior to the marriage - those are mine. What we split (and rightfully so, IMHO) are what we earned since the marriage.

Like any other business arrangement, if you partner up your garage with Ford - and a year later you feel that your partnership with Ford wasn’t a good one; you don’t walk away with half of Ford’s holdings. You keep what you entered into the business relationship with, Ford keeps what they had - and what is negotiated is what happened during the partnership.

Leave it to the lawyers to screw up a very simple notion. Now we sit in perplexed curiosity and wonder why fewer people are getting married. There are legal reasons to never consider this, and social reasons to bypass this partnership entirely. I believe this all goes back to a bunch of lawyers trying to make themselves “feel good” at the expense of the men (who always get the short end of the deal).

If your nephew had millions (literally) he wanted to protect, in the event that the marriage would end in divorce - a prenup may be a good idea. Think of child-stars, or pop-stars who marry people who aren’t rich. People with millions of dollars that they had going into the marriage.

But, if he is like 99% of the rest of America - all it is going to do is alienate his bride.

Watergate was Richard Nixon’s taping of the Watergate hotel, during the elections.

Obamagate has eclipsed this by orders of magnitude. Wiretaps on 20 or more AP telephones, illegally recording more than 100 reporters, bugs in the Senate Cloak room, IRS political attacks against civilians, Benghazi and the murder of 4 americans (including our Ambassador), multiple lies to the people regarding the White House knowledge and response during this attack, assaults on the 2nd Amendment, illegal and intentional Gun Running to Mexican drug cartels, systematic destruction of the American Economy.

Nixon was impeached for just a fraction of what Obama has done.

But, I am racist for noticing.

In your price range - Consumer Reports has a latest ratings that places the Canon Rebel T3i near the top of the pack. Now, in this pack the cameras are running in the $1,000-1,700 range - so at the suggest $600 it looks pretty darn good.

This very versatile Rebel SLR has very good image quality, especially in low light, and very good performance across the board. It has a very short first-shot delay, a quick response time and is very good at minimizing the effects of camera shake. It includes a swiveling LCD, for hard-to-reach shots. It also has an excellent through-the-lens viewfinder.

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So, we coddle the BLACK children who willfully act out at school, and look the other way. Then these BLACK spoiled kids somehow manage to get a job - and because they are too stupid and culturally inept to know better, they mouth off to the boss, and get fired.

Naturally, we are all racist for not tolerating the BLACK culture of thug-worship and animal-like behavior. Brings the nasty and bigoted old saying to mind, “You can take the BLACK man out of the jungle ....”

And naturally, this is all Whitey’s fault.

This is a case where an individual believes he is more important than the team.

SWAT is a team, they are a paramilitary extension of the police department, and as such generally place themselves in harms way to a greater extent than the average policeman. This individual has opted to pursue some personal and highly intimate matters (gender identity issues) and has decided that it is up the team to adapt to his problems, rather than for him to “man-up”.

Vests are issued on a budget, they are not issued on a whim. When a team member joins, a budget is issued for a time duration for equipment, just like in the military. If the individual opts to VOLUNTARILY change his physique such that he no longer fits his equipment for the time duration in which it is issued, it should be incumbent upon the individual to purchase new equipment at his own expense.

This seems to be a frivolous lawsuit by a person with some serious mental disorders, that no amount of flexibility on behalf of the SWAT team will be able to correct.

And the generational training that personal responsibility - on any level - is something to be avoided, blossoms. As we have seen in the Black community, were a vast majority of the children are born to women who have transient men in their lives. The women teach their children to do anything ... ANYTHING ... to get their short term goals, to ignore any long-term consequences, ignore any moral code, legal technicalities, embrace the thug life, and the degeneration of society is quite evident.

The less intellectually gifted multiply, without any social nor economic limitations, and every defect found is multiplied. Meanwhile, those who have intellectual capabilities and try to escape the vicious cycle withhold their contributions from the genetic pool.

It’s quite obvious that we are seeing a radical division of classes within the Black community. We are seeing hordes of learning impaired parasites, bound by no moral code, joining gangs and preying upon the communities in which they were raised; and we are seeing an upper class of Blacks who are struggling to survive - yet still seem to embrace the Black culture that has created the problems that plague them. None are so blind, as those who will not see.

First we were ORDERED to be tolerant.
If we made a comment, we were Bullies and Bigots.

Then we were told that DIVERSITY was Good. Even, though this same diversity didn’t show any improvement in production, quality, teamwork, or inter-personal skills. The friendships in the office, and between office workers came to an end. The office became a friendless, sterile environment where we worked, merely because we needed to feed our families.

Now, we are ORDERED to Celebrate these people, as if their strange confusion of their reproductive/digestive tract and fixation upon sex is somehow beneficial to mankind. We are ordered and mandated that these people are a protected class, that somehow no organization is complete without a “hero-worship” of what has been considered obscene and a perversion for millennia.

And things ain’t getting any better.

No one needs M1 tanks to maintain order among competing international corporations and the sports-addled sheep they feed off of.

No, but when an unsustainable system collapses - the side with the tanks has typically come out on top.

Today, the US is spending more per household, than the average household earns. Much of that is in Gov't handouts. Now, in my daily workings with the Military, you will find no group of individuals more sworn to the upholding of the US Constitution than anywhere on the planet. They are NOT sworn to uphold Congress - they are sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States, from enemies both foreign and domestic. They have been asked, and many have laid down their lives in defense of this sacred oath.

If/when the system collapses, and there is a coup; it will not be the bureaucrats in Washington who reign.

There is no love between Washington bureaucrats and the leaders in the military - one could argue that there is a level of tolerance and submission due entirely to a dedication to the US Constitution and the principles for which it stands. Our politicians have abandoned these principles for selfish motives of power and money; but the military remains devoted by a bond of integrity, love and honor that few men that have not served can even begin to grasp. I have not served - as a member of the armed services; but I serve these men in my profession and have not a seconds doubt in placing my life, my fortune and my future in their hands.

The modern battle field still has need of tanks; we are fighting an enemy that lives in caves, who uses commercially available tech to deliver his weaponry. Tanks are not obsolete for the battles we fight today, nor the upcoming battles we will likely face in our lifetimes.

With all those quilts and blankets ... I was thinking Lutheran.

Wow ... he is no idiot by any stretch of the imagination. No one will dispute he’s a very gifted individual.

A PhD candidate, with numerous publications in the biomes field - and he threw it all away to make an attempt to murder innocent men, women and children who had done nothing wrong, but to be riding on a train in a country that is not predominately Muslim.

What is #$%#& wrong with these animals?

No, I get it ... I’m afraid you don’t.

You see, there are precedents where CONVICTED murders are set free, AFTER the trial, because this step was missed.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/9609599/murder-conviction-overturned-miranda-ruling-cited

I agree. Reading him his rights, which apply to illegal aliens, felons and US citizens - costs NOTHING. Many criminals have been set free because they were not read their Miranda rights, and their confessions were thrown out.

We basically gave this punk a “Get away with Terrorism card”.

So if you live in certain states you can ignore federal law? I did not know that.

Depends upon what state and which federal Law.

For example, the right to bear arms is not universally shared across this nation. In some states, if you house is broken into; you do NOT have the right to defend it. You must flee if possible.

But, for some strange reason, the federal law regarding the collection of federal taxes is enforced in all 50 states.

You're wrong.

Wouldn't be the first time, promise it won't be the last.

I was reading that the earlier generations were concerned about the material being contaminated and not dispensing through the printheads if recycled - causing the printheads to clog.

Guess they fixed that problem.

Really? I saw my first one in SDak at a small town sporting goods store the first year of my college career. I remember seeing it for $79 and thought “What a rip off ... cheap plastic magazine won’t last 30 minutes”. That was 1980.

That Ruger was really introduced 15 years earlier!?

It’s perhaps the most customizable rifle ever made!! Still kicking myself for not buying one then.

The 3D printing material is really expensive. I don’t believe you can re-cycle the wasted powder (I may be wrong), and you only get a fraction of the material actually used to create the weapon.

But, the stuff runs around $10-50/lb To fill a tray of material to make a single lower you are probably talking around 5 lbs or so. And this stuff is not nearly as strong as the weakest metal.

http://www.3ders.org/pricecompare/

Scan the lower for the AR-15.
Print it, using a 3D material with a low melting point.
Make a cast of this lower

Now, make some really nearly perfect castings of the AR-15 lowers using some nice quality steel from bumpers, leaf springs and scrap metal from a local junk yard.

Or, just go buy a nice lower for ~$150-250 and build that AR-15 up over time. The beautiful thing about this weapon is that it’s highly reliable, and it’s customizable to the point that you can make it shoot almost any round on the market.

The only other weapon that comes close (or maybe beats it) is the good old Ruger 10/22. I still kick myself for passing on that rifle when it came out in the early 80’s. Never saw it as a worthwhile gun; thought it was a waste of $79 back then. Boy, I blew that one.

Have you noticed that Gays are not about loving another man ... it’s ALWAYS about the sex?

Gay pride parades have nothing to do about being proud of who they are - it’s a gawdy burlesque show. It’s all about the sex. It’s always about the sex.

I’m heterosexual. I define myself by my work, my interests, my family, my friends - not my genitalia, not my sexual proclivities (those are between my wife and I, and are not open for public display, comment or consumption).

But homosexuals .... it’s nothing but the sex. That’s as deep as their relationships go, only as deep as the next orgasm.

Maybe he thought it was Performance Art?

Exactly what did he do that was illegal?

Pray tell, where is poor taste protected by the Constitution? If he was firing at a poster of the “Right to Bear Arms”, would that be OK?

But no one has claimed that conception created the soul.

was the soul created at the point in time of conception, or prior? I believe the soul is eternal, in that it was created by God, but before the earth was created. Before our birth, we knew God, we dwelled in Heaven, and eagerly accepted the temporary challenge that is mortal life, that we may progress to whatever next stage awaits us.

As intelligent beings, we learn - we seek out ways to learn and grow - to remain forever limited in knowledge is not in our makeup; it is not how God designed us. We are inquisitive by nature, I believe this will be carried with us after death.

Are you suggesting that the soul does not exist until conception - then at the moment of conception is created and immortal and is a part of the organism we call “mankind”?

After death, there is no salvation from Hell once entered. The parable of the sheep and the goats tell us that. I doubt there are many Christians sects that do not believe that.

I agree. I think there is some confusion in that the sentence of Hell and Eternal Damnation is made upon Judgement Day - AFTER our resurrection. Between the "now" and the "then" is a temporary holding place. For the souls who have been good, this place is far more pleasant than earth and (personal bias injected) this is perceived as Paradise, not Heaven. For the souls who have been predatory, who have sought evil their temporary reward is a Spiritual Prison. After all, after the crucifixion didn't Christ go to this Prison and preach to these souls? What would be the point of this exercise if they were damned to hell, anyway? To tease and torment?

I believe that even after death, there is an opportunity for repentance, however once our nature is established the personal motivation for true repentance as a spirit is limited. For example, I doubt that Adolf Hitler, in death is much different than Adolf Hitler was in life. I doubt he has any remorse for the sins he committed in life - BUT if he did, and truly repented and asked forgiveness, must not he be forgiven too?

Can any soul truly enter Heaven, prior to Judgement Day - unless Judgement Day is in a different time/space continuum than us - and is currently happening. For us here on earth, Judgement Day is still coming - arriving after the resurrection of the dead.

Magnetism and Chemistry are not related. Magnetism deals with the alignment of dipoles in a Ferrous metal, whereas Chemistry deals with the chemical, or in this case bio-chemical interactions of organisms. Magnets are created by a magnetic interaction, not by a chemical agency.

You do not mix chemicals together, and create a magnet.

Our bodies are created by a bio-chemical interaction.

If a soul is created at conception, the soul is a result of a organic bio-chemical reaction, and exists only as long as the bio-chemical organism exists. One could argue that the creation of this soul does not involve God at all, that it is simply a mechanism created by God that self-replicates without His interaction.

Whereas if we are eternal, created in a preexistence along with Christ; as indicated in various passages in both the Old and New Testament, then our time here on earth is a “phase” in our progression.

Now, I think in your lifetime you have met people who you felt were genuinely “good” people - people who were good all 7 days of the week, not just on Sundays between the hours of 10am - 3pm. These were people who held deceit, deception, betrayal and hatred of their fellow man in contempt and took every practical effort to distance themselves from those who embraced evil. And I’m sure you have also met people who would not hesitate to use deceit to gain your trust, and then betray that trust to steal whatever they could from you.

On earth - we have passed through a veil, where our certain knowledge of the eternities has been removed from our conscious memories such that we have the free will do chose to do good, or to do evil.

To be eternal, yet to remain forever fixed in place - to never learn, to never grow and to never progress is not what we were intended to for. If God wanted mindless worshipping robots to satisfy his ego; he would have created mindless worshipping robots.

We are here to prove ourselves worthy. Some of us will merit return home, by our faith, and our actions; and others will damn themselves by the same.

There is a law of Supply and Demand.

It’s not easy becoming an engineer. It’s hard, it’s very hard; and getting harder every year. When I was in High School, and engineer earned about 3x what a high school teacher earned.

Today, wages are about the same. We import engineers from China, Taiwan, India, the Middle East and just about anywhere else you can imagine.

Why do we do this? This displaces AMERICANS who have studied, worked and are currently looking for jobs, it synthetically increases the SUPPLY side, thereby reducing the salary that the engineers should be receiving. Those engineers we are getting into the country will be going home, and using what they have learned in the USA to compete on the global market agains the USA.

Why are our Politicians declaring war upon our brightest? The only ones who stand to gain on this are the businesses who want to pay a pittance for talent that makes them tremendous profits. You do not see them offering H1B Visas to Doctors, accountants, or any other white collar career professional. The H1B Visa exists for the sole purpose of attacking the engineer and technician careers.

I live in a very friendly neighborhood, and it’s not uncommon to find a plate of cookies, or some banana bread or even a loaf of whole wheat bread in front of our door. We return the favor, naturally - cookies, pie, apples from our yard - etc.

But, we ALWAYS include our name when we drop food off; and we ALWAYS find out who the food came from before we eat it ourselves. If we can’t determine where the food came from, it goes from our front porch into the garbage can.

There are evil people in the world, and this is a very simple, basic rule that even a child should know. I find it staggering that a Sheriff would do this. This basic level of common sense being overlooked makes me question his ability to perform the most basic part doing his job effectively - like cleaning his pistol or driving his car. If my Grandkids pulled this stunt, I would give them h*ll. As an adult .... to say he should have known better is a gross understatement.

I grew up on a farm. We poisoned gophers by leaving poisoned corn, oats and wheat in their holes. Like the Grain Fairy magically appeared and dropped off a load of food.

This cop is as stupid as your average gopher.

Who eats and entire cake in a single sitting?

If I wake up, and there is a cake on the counter; and I didn’t put it there - I’ve been married long enough to know that I had better ask some questions before I touch it.

If I’m single and wake up and find a strange cake sitting in my kitchen, and have no idea who put it there - I’m just naturally cautious enough to know better than to dig in and eat it. And I’m just a stupid engineer! I’m not a cop, I’m not a judge, I’m not a prosecuting ...

What kind of idiot is this?!! Stuff like this always happens to STUPID people, and they can’t seem to figure out why.

I can fix a lot of things ... it’s what I do for a living ... I can’t fix stupid.

If we believe that Jesus was the Son of God, and we believe that we also are sons and daughters of this same God, then we must believe that we have similar spiritual roots as jesus (all of us being descendants of God).

Thus, if Christ is declared to have existed before the laying of the foundations of the earth, then doesn’t it follow that so must we?

Gen. 3:13-15, Gen. 49:10, Job 19:25-29, Num. 24:5-7, Jos. 5:13-15, Ps. 2:7-12, Ps. 22, Ps. 110:1, Pro. 30:1, Isa. 9:6-7, Isa. 53, Dan. 3:24-25, and Dan. 9:24-27

Thoughtful comment.

The agrarian progression would need the cat to keep the harvest under control, as well as the spread of disease. However, the steps leading to this level depended upon the dog, and the agrarian level also depended upon the dog for herding cattle, sheep as well as alerting the farmers to dangers threatening the herds or homestead.

Cats aren’t very good at guard duty, and are less than useless in herding animals.

Another contender for the Darwin Awards.

Bump on Old Man and the Sea.

Was forced to read this in High School. After suffering through that, the next assignment was Wuthering Heights ... I turned it in to the teacher and said “Give me an “F’ - this is unbearable ... I’ll read any other 6 books chosen at random in the library”.

Had to take a moment to compose a logical thread.

If our souls were not in existence prior to conception, then does it not follow that our souls are a chemically creation? A creation of the joining of an ovum and a sperm? Thus, if our souls were created at the moment of conception, how can we make a claim that our souls are eternal? Further, how can we make the claim that our soul is created by God?

We are taught that our bodies are merely vessels that house our souls for our time during our mortal period. Our mortal bodies are temporary, our souls are eternal. That like Christ, we would know pain, sickness, torment, hunger, weakness and temptation - something that a soul (without a body) would not be able to conceive of. We are told that after we die, and are resurrected we will no longer know illness, pain, hunger or the torments of corruption.

During the Battle of Heaven, Lucifer took 1/3 of the Heavenly Host with him, and they were cast out. Among the 2/3rd who remained were a mixture of the faithful souls, but there were also very likely a goodly number of “fence-sitters” who simply lacked the courage to throw-in with either side.

My faith teaches that 2 plans were offered up to God. Lucifer offered up a plan that souls would live their life on earth and all would be compelled to do good, and by not being given a choice, all would return to God in Heaven, and the Glory of this would go to Lucifer.

Christ offered a plan that the souls would come to earth, and would have free will to do as they would. Some would seek to do evil and would cause great harm to others; while others would strive to do good. Some souls would return to God in Heaven, but many would be lost. Only the truly deserving souls would return - for their true nature would be given reign during their mortal lifespan. Knowing that sin was inevitable, Jesus offered his life as a sacrifice for the forgiveness of all those who would ask forgiveness in his name.

Earth is merely a filter, the stage on which we determine our ultimate reward or our ultimate punishment. Some of us will be rewarded for the choices we made, others will be punished - but we will all be dealt with fairly.

What the H*LL is wrong with these people?

And then teachers wonder why every other White Collar Professional holds their career choice in utter contempt.

Paying the fair share is far more than paying a percentage of your income - it’s a percentage of what you have after the bare necessities.

Consider the average American Citizen - who pays over $1,000/month for his home or rent, has a car payment, pays utilities to say warm, pays for food to feed his family, has medical expenses to maintain his families health. We MAYBE get a single vacation every year, or every other year and they are seldom exceed a couple thousand dollars for the family.

Obama, like every other president gets his rent for FREE, he has a personal staff of chefs providing 24 hour service, 24 hours a week with an unlimited grocery bill paid by taxpayers. He is chauffeured by limousines that are not only paid for by the taxpayers, but the gasoline, maintenance, insurance and drivers are provided FREE. He spends more on the smallest, most insignificant vacation than the average American family will spend in their entire lifetime, and takes more time off in a single term than the average family will spend together in 20 years.

No mortgages, no utilities, no car payment, no food bills, no gas, no vacation expenses .... what bill does this man have?

No wonder he has no problem champion higher taxes, he has no comprehension of having a budget and paying a bill - as he has never worked a job in his life, and likely never will.

I believe in God. God created us all, we existed prior to our birth, in heaven with him - as part of the heavenly host. (see Jer. 1:5).

In heaven, we KNEW of God, thus our true nature was influenced. We didn’t truly have the free will to do as we would.

On earth, we have free will. If our souls have tendencies towards evil, we will gravitate to do evil things, we will hurt others, steal, beat and kill. If we are good, we will resist evil and strive to promote evil and will naturally seek the light of Christ (and if not Christ, due to geographic/religious boundaries- we will strive to be righteous).

For our actions on earth, we will be judged. Earth and our time here is a test, our mortal existence is a filter, some will pass - others will fail. But, each will pass or fail based upon the decisions they made and the actions they took of their own free will. Those actions will have eternal consequences - for better or worse.

Personally, I hope God grades on a curve. (that’s humor). All of us will sin, and for those transgressions we depend upon our faith in Christ as well as our actions of goodness to be granted forgiveness for these transgressions - for without them, we are all doomed.

From what I understand, N Korea has between 50-200 of these warheads; and a small handful of nukes.

Drudge said yesterday we had the capability to intercept 3 of them (oh, nice hand tip to some genius on that one ..... libtards!).

So, all ol’Crazy-pants has to do is arm 1 or 2 and launch a dozen; and let us guess which one is loaded. Some are carrying dirt and rocks for payload, while the one’s that count are carrying some “bad news”.

Now, ask yourself - do you trust Obama to make the right call should a nuke go off? I mean, he took over 100 days to decide what to do about Osama Bin Laden. Then we have the incredible debt that has grounded several squadrons and is forcing us to keep from re-deploying some of our fleets. We have 2 wars on 2 fronts that don’t have clear exit strategies.

If we wipe out N. Korea over the weekend, then we have a nation of 50 Million souls without any skills other than knowing how to survive under a totalitarian regime. They have no clue as to how to think for themselves, grow their own food, produce anything or even govern their own cities.

Do you think Obama can make the right decision on any of these important issues? All we can do is hope that Kim’s crazy pills wear off soon.

That is an installed cost of $2.5 million per MW for interruptible power supply. That is ridiculous. Taxpayers and ratepayers are subsidizing this monstrosity.

To be fair, power is measured by the KW/hr. So, the $2.5 Million per KW isn't really accurate. We need to add whatever maintenance is required, and then figure out what the meaningful life expectancy of the windmill is expected to be, then add whatever cost it takes to tear it down, haul it away and scrap it.

I submit that the true cost is somewhat less than $2.5 Million/KW; but multiple times higher than other forms of electrical generation. Say, Nuclear for example - very safe, very economical, very efficient and very dependable. We power our aircraft carriers and submarines with it; and those reactors are carried into war. Been doing this for nearly 40 years.

Even though France (Libtard utopia) gets 85% of their energy from nuclear power; we can't because some Libtards saw a scary movie back in the 1970's.

Do you really look at the spokesperson - and decide to shop at a store based upon the spokesperson?

I don’t. I shop by price and style. If a store has a shirt that fits, pants that fit and a price thats reasonable; I buy. i couldn’t care less who’s name is on the door. JCP has nice dress shirts (I’m a big boy) that fit for $25 and dress pants for $45. Similar dress pants at other stores are closer to $75.

JCP, at least in my area has really trimmed down the inventory. It used to be like walking through a yard sale; now it’s neatly laid out. I walk in, easily find my size, style and the price is what matters.

With smartphones, the internet and apps like Redlaser; people can scan a barcode and quickly shop by price. Walmart may be cheaper; but I have found the clothes to be inferior. Stores like Kohls don’t carry my size; JCP simply meets my needs.

Great answer.
Thanks for the civility!

I am not Catholic - thus my opinion on this should not count. However, I would like to express a question, respectfully, through the tool of logic.

Through who’s authority is absolution granted? The Church’s, or the Priest’s?

If absolution is granted through the authority of the Church, then the Priest has a very simple decision to make; either accept the Church’s way of doing things, or leave.

If absolution is granted through the authority the Priest has, granted through the Church - he can do pretty much anything he wants.

No arguments from me on any of your accounts. I too am forced to pay for public transportation through my taxes, and would have to drive 7 miles to pick up the nearest bus.

Then, when you look at the cost of using public transportations, taking the light rail to the destination, then hopping 2 buses for me to get to work - not only does driving save me 1+ hours each way; it’s also about half the price.

A little less than half of it is management and drawings.

Think of it this way. First they made several designs, all within some scope of size, shape and cost. These were drawn with a materials list, each had a structural analysis to make sure they would each survive some wind, snow, rain and earthquake as well as a car ramming into it.

Then these designs were modeled; and each design was then presented to some authority committee who decided which approach that they would take. Each design was given equal representation, and equal testing data.

The committee chose one from among the various designs offered - and the taxpayer paid for each design effort.

Now, the final design had to undergo ADVANCED analysis. 3D modeling, stress analysis, had to have timelines drawn up, and go out for bids for each of the particular aspects of building the stop. Time studies were taken for each step; such that the NEXT build will be faster.

Whenever you make a new design - the first product is MUCH more expensive than the second, third and so forth.

The question I would ask is “What was wrong with designs used previously, or used by other cities in the USA?”

This would have saved the $400k initial phase.

I’m not finding a definitive answer on this.

Does Obama’s Nuclear policy allow for retaliatory nuclear strikes, if North Korea launches a nuclear weapon?

Do you realize that the Post Office, TSA and Welfare programs are not the only Federal Programs affected, don’t you?

Do you realize that practically every military base in the world (domestic, as well as in war zones) as Federal employees providing critical services to support the warfighter? From logistical support, to rebuilding military equipment, designing classified equipment, programming classified software that is used in combat - Federal Employees are involved, working hand in hand with our military; both enlisted and officers.

These people have done nothing wrong - they have not had a raise in 3 years (not even a COLA), and are now being asked to take a 20% pay cut. Not because the Gov’t didn’t get enough money; but because Obama didn’t get as MUCH MORE as he wanted.

Only in Washington, and only to a Democrat, is getting less of an increase, considered taking a loss.

Without going into the details ... we would know. Not all fissionable material is identical.

Really not so sure how much “back” China will cover.

Kim is more of an embarrassing retarded cousin, that China kept in a bad divorce. When Kim threatens your BEST customer, and threatens to disrupt the global economy .... that is bad for business.

China is all about business. They may not be a military Superpower, but they are a global economic superpower. If forced into a military confrontation - they have a great deal to lose.

Just half the story ...

How about ALL the facts? http://www.nationmaster.com/compare/Australia/United-States/Crime

Like, 100% more violent crime? 150% higher Rape?

I”m sorry - I must be missing something.

Is the US Gov’t disarming and executing citizens? Are you aware of any plans to do so? Does the US have Gas Chambers under construction?

Lighten up, Francis

It’s simply a case of Supply and Demand. The anti-Gun idiots have created an artificial run on guns and ammo. There is a finite Supply. We are involved in 2 wars in different countries and facing a nuclear threat in a 3rd.

The manufacturers are running pretty much full capacity, and like any other business - you fill the big orders first.