Agreed, to all of that

I meant at the beginning not now. I stand by me scientists suck at naming things stance.

Orwell tried to warn us-language can be used as a cudgel. I personally think scientists suck at naming things. It’s needs an emotional oomph to get people on board.

There is a lot pushback about pulling out of the treaty and a lot of corporations are leading the charge. I guess it will be decided by who he last listens to.

I would say what a war mongering piece of shit this guy is but I’ve been told that any and all criticism of the Israeli government is tantamount to give the Nazi salute.

No. We all know that things did not turn out well for most of the dwellers/test subjects. I am definitely planning on spending more time at the firing range though.

He had been assured that the Attorney General post was his, yet was still being offered a handful of other positions? Chris, if you’re going to plant stories, at least have them make sense.

Hell naw.

Jezebel....

Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, she could have been sentenced to death. The base offense level of transmitting national defense information is 37 years, 42 years for top secret materials. 35 years isn’t harsh considering these working standards.

“The thinking is six years is plenty of time considering her actions.”

In light of WikiLeaks’s involvement in this election cycle, I highly doubt her sentence will be commuted any time soon. Even though the information she released has nothing to do with the election (obviously, having be in prison for the last six years), Manning’s leaked documents really put WikiLeaks on the map.

You get my point and explain it perfectly. Yay!

Yep! I’ll be putting it up in my shop shortly. I’m kicking myself for not thinking of it in time for this year’s holiday season but at least people will be able to brace themselves for next year, LOL.

No he doesn’t.

Kruschev would win. People committed suicide after merely hearing his “secret speech.”

That’s so nice! Thank you.

Craft thread!

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