My pessimism leads me to believe that the US wants this, and is using Israel to get it.

The Israelis seem a bit preoccupied.

Show me the finished blaster!

Misplaced my gungnir. When I find it, though...

Is Skilcraft or Lighthouse for the Blind therefore an 'American Military Company'?

Better to label them a company with contracts for the Chinese Military.

By this reasoning the Saudi roysl family are chibi Sauds?

Truly a fatal mistake, only tripling his investment. His family will probably have to starve and his remaining property reposessed.

"Subject study terminated due to invasive anthropomorphic predator."

I don't, but my onomatopoeia for gunfire isn't pow. That's for bludgeons or fists. Batman-style.

I believe getting rid of innate alignments was the right choice. The racism might have been why, but the issue I always took with it was the alignments being too broad and ill-defined.

The Final Fantasy random encounter sting played and bam!

I like the idea that these are scientist-monitored birds that you remove the tag from before dressing and eating.

Sphinxes or lamia. The cruel intelligence of man with the refined predatory abilities of felids/snakes. What a match!

Oof, I ate this onion.

noticed a suspicious figure going in and out of a building ... who ordered forces to open fire on the building.

Sounds more like they just got lucky. I guess it was bound to happen eventually when you shoot anything that moves.

On the other hand, a severe degradation of federal institutions would by necessity promote community-based cooperation. Like in any other disaster, natural or otherwise.

Nobody wants to see it happen this way, but it might be the catalyst we get.

Daleks are clearly "transgender mechanical enbys"

Scully? Where's Mulder?

Very true, I'm certain those who go into war zones are aware of the dangers posed to them. Keeping conflict journalists out despite their knowledge of and willingness to brave those dangers is suspect.

Auto from the Greek "self" He was his own gooner.

Imma try using my license plate in the card reader next time I buy groceries.

It's a credit card, after all.