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Nope. Not true.

It wasn't.

It's an entirely rational concern when a gun that is legal in one state would now earn you a felony in another state. I could walk across the California border with a piece of plastic and a spring (typical AR-15 magazine) and become a felon who would no longer be allowed to own firearms of any kind. Or vote, for that matter. When President Obama and other politicians point to Australia as an example of how gun control "works" they conveniently leave out the fact that a million firearms were seized. They leave that fact out, but they fully understand that it happened.

Gun sales aren't fueled by fear of terrorists, they're fueled by fear of the government and what it might do concerning guns in the future. That's it in a nutshell.

I sincerely doubt that American terrorism market is big enough to persuade the NRA and/or gun manufacturers to court their business.

Nobody wants terrorists to buy guns, so I assume the NRA's problem is with the wording of the bill and the generally poor performance of the no-fly list (lots of false positives, etc.).

No. Judaism isn't a race, either. I suppose being anti-semitic is racist, but that technically includes a bunch of non-Jews. I think the term's meaning has changed over the last few decades. Let's just affix -phobic onto it like we do to everyone else that we don't approve of.

Happy to help.

A religion is not a race.

Oh, that's rich. Or maybe I'm someone who held a security clearance for many years and took my oath and my nation's security seriously. But none of that matters because espionage and treason are legally punishable by death. Just ask the Rosenburgs. President Obama, Secretaries of State Clinton and Kerry, current and former heads of intelligence agencies, top military officers and our allies have all said that Snowden's actions have caused grave damage to our nation's security, but go ahead and believe the words of a single man if you'd like -- a single man who knowingly and purposefully vio

I read it carefully and still stand by my statement. Terrorists have had a vague, unfounded idea of our spying capabilities for a long time, but now they have definitive proof and know about our billion-dollar operations in exquisite detail. It's ridiculous to suggest that terrorists already knew everything that Snowden leaked. If they had, it wouldn't have been worth leaking. Snowden ran the biggest, most damaging espionage operation in our nation's history. He severely damaged the security of our nation and many of our allied nations. He and anyone who helped him to distribute untold thous

It most certainly is true.

It was on live TV on one of the news channels. I only caught a few minutes of the broadcast between drinking beer with the fellas.

Unless they run out of ammo or are rushed by a group of civilians, armed security and police are really the only way to bring an attack to an end. Once an attack begins it's not a matter of saving every life, but rather saving as many lives as possible. It's difficult to watch live video from the scene that shows armed police milling around outside while hearing gunshots continue to ring out in the building.

When I heard that the siege at Le Bataclan had lasted hours, I knew that cops were using the wrong tactics. Islamist terrorists wearing suicide vests can't be negotiated with, as all they want to do is kill as many people as possible before achieving martyrdom. The longer police wait to attack, the more civilian lives will be lost. I just read this; it looks like the UK came to the same conclusion that I did. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3320764/Corbyn-not-happy-special-forces-given-orders-shoot-kill-terrorists-Britain-s-streets.html

It wouldn't be the first time that a mall was targeted by a coordinated attack. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westgate_shopping_mall_attack

http://news.yahoo.com/paris-attacks-show-u-s--surveillance-of-islamic-state-may-be--going-dark-203103709.html

Terrorists looking to maximize body counts will always be able to find a soft target. The list is long: churches, schools, airports (pre-security checkpoint), public transit, etc. Metal detectors wouldn't stop an attack like we saw in Paris; the only thing that would be of any use would be large numbers of heavily armed police officers and that's too expensive for most venues. And now is a good time to remember that Edward Snowden's disclosures have made it much more difficult for intelligence agencies to prevent coordinated attacks.

I was there that night. When I saw the news reports I got that same sickening feeling that I had on 7/7/2005 as I watched bombing victims from Edgware Road station being triaged in the lobby of the hotel my daughter and I had stayed in the previous year. Cities always bounce back from these horrific attacks and that almost makes things worse because all the blood is shed for essentially nothing.

Terrible news out of Paris. I saw Wilco at Le Bataclan in 2007. I hope they can rescue the hostages.

Maybe you'll bump into Jay Farrar. He's in town tonight.

I think I remember Scarnella (Nels and Carla Bozulich) opening a show or two around then and joining them on stage for a song or two. EDIT: I guess it was Carla's Red Headed Stranger band, not Scarnella. This page has a link to Handshake Drugs with Nels: http://popheadwound.blogspot.com/2009/05/bootleg-wilco-chicago-illinois-91903.html Jeff's comment at the end of the song: "I think that might be the best guitar player in the world."

I've seen a few online discussions in recent weeks and everyone seems fairly happy with the one you mentioned.

I just stumbled across a 320k MP3 version of the 18-disc set online, so determined pirates can get it at a substantially reduced price.

Like when Hillary Clinton lied about landing in Bosnia under sniper fire?