A traitor who arguably saved American lives, and according to the DoD hasn't caused the death of a single American or ally. With enemies like that, who needs friends?

Made $200k/year, not makes. He's given that up, and may never return home.

But if pro-lifers argue rape victims need to bear the children of their rapist the pro-lifers will lose the argument!

Makes me wish that urban legend about different colored bands corresponding to different sex acts was true.

Before Manning's leak the White House was negotiating a US military presence in Iraq beyond the 2011 deadline. Included in Manning's leak was evidence that US troops killed an Iraqi family, and then called in an airstrike to cover it up (a war crime BTW). Following the leak reporting this event, the Iraqi government…

Well, to be fair, the contracts you initial that tell you your provider will be collecting all this data are intentionally written to be impossible to parse, and the laws that authorize the government to access that data are equally arcane. I only keep cursory tabs on these issues, because these issues are important…

It may seem counterintuitive, but it's pretty basic tribalism. If one sees themselves as a 'true' member of a group, they object when they see an outsider claim membership when they haven't paid their dues and earned membership. It seems like they've built their community, and interlopers have come in to take…

In my experience, a guy to describes himself has having yellow fever not only wants a look, but a ton of bullshit cultural stereotypes- specifically of submissiveness and servitude.

Isn't the point of the articles that we don't have a clean definition for a classification we use everyday? We used to think of it as a line between to options, and not so much anymore, leaving the question, what is the distinction? It sure as hell is a question I'd like the answer to.

But they do call Canadian geese Canada geese. Go figure.

Towing the conservative line until it crosses her is what she does.

There are ways around those sorts of problems. Actually a high water table can make things potentially easier. However, retrofitting a house will be costly. Still, with an estimate of cost and savings you can pretty quickly determine the return on investment.

And despite how much the cost of solar electricity has come down, solar hot water heaters are still cheaper and save more energy. However, a water heater isn't as sexy as electricity, so we'll continue to ignore where solar could make huge impacts on energy savings.

I find it cute, because I already love cooking bacon in an oven, and that preheats the oven to 400, so doing the egg in the oven afterwards seems like a bonus.

If Apple can patent a square (excuse me, a square with rounded corners), then I wouldn't be surprised actually.

Meanwhile, the NEXT engine is wondering when administrator Bolden will come to visit it.

Very much this.

English is the accepted international language of flight, even in non-English speaking countries.

It can be hard to strike the balance between denial and alarmism, given how fragmented our knowledge of their capabilities is. What I know about the J-20 is rather impressive, except for the fact that China is completely reliant on Russia for engines and other components. Institutional experience is key, and you…

Poor, FB- from "Hero of the Arab Spring" to "Haven for the Olds" in the span of 2 years.