My guess is that the US government will require 3D printers to be connected to the internet and for the printers to periodically download lists of illegal devices. If the owner of the printer tries to print an illegal device, the printer will not do it.

This will become the new copyright protection.

Suppose you want to create a medical device, a gun, a tool, or anything else, your printer will have to check to see if you have the right to print this. Layers and legislators will have a field day with this.

[Carl Sagan, 1987 CSICOP keynote address] In science it often happens that scientists say, ‘You know that’s a really good argument; my position is mistaken,’ and then they actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn’t happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion. OR ECONOMICS [MY ADD]

Evidence at this point point to a home grown terrorist who is against gun regulation. More as the story develops

Jon, on this one, you need to relax.

1. How could the HHS know their costs without state responses? This year, several states said that they would not be a part of the “system” How do you budget for that type of system? What do you do if your budget is completely wrong? How about if the states lie or delay?

2. You are forgetting the political implications. If I wanted a new government regulation to fail, I would delay the implementation, hire hacks for administrators, and FUCK with the process. As an administrator, I would have to pay more to defend from that.

3. Your last comment proves my point. We cannot evaluate the real issues until we have a recurring cost.

4. Your grammar needs improvement.

I live in Los Angeles, let’s have a drink and discuss?

The exchanges will not be building a complete set of new buildings, buying a complete set of equipment, training their entire staff completely EVERY year. That only happens on year one.

Not sure this article offers any valid comparisons. Start up costs for any venture can be significant. There are employees to hire, education for the staff, equipment to buy and buildings to build. For existing ventures, these values can be as low as 14-20% as a new start up.

The issues only arise if the expenditures stay this high. The article only gives figure for the first year, 2014.

If Obama can get enough Dem’s in the Senate to vote for this, it will pass.

Liberals need to understand the Rethuglicans. By their perspective, less than 1% of America (2.3 mill out of 303 mill) is opposed to the Chained CPI. Until the activist numbers reflect 3, 5 or 10% of the population, the Rethuglicans and DLC’ers will ignore them.

Under Cheney’s 1% doctrine, if 1% of a person’s actions can possibly be construed as terrorist, expect to be tortured or terminated. That is the real legacy of the Bush crime family.

Obama has given up any thought of a real legacy. The right will trash him (post presidency) and the progressives will put him on a pedestal below Walter Mondale.

Since Obama has no fight left in him, the BEST we can hope for is a scandal. The type of scandal that forces Obama to FIGHT or become totally irrelevant. Paging Deep-throat, Beer-brewing brother Billy, Authoritarian Colonel North, no-pneu taxes, and Monica . . .Paging Deep-throat, Beer-brewing brother Billy, Authoritarian Colonel North, no-pneu taxes, and Monica . . .Paging Deep-throat, Beer-brewing brother Billy, Authoritarian Colonel North, no-pneu taxes, and Monica . . .

The Obama administration has now listed “recruitment of enemies” as prohibited free speech. First it was yelling fire in a crowded theater, now you cannot try to recruit enemies of the state.

Now imagine this scenario. Guy #1 solicits Guy#2 to bomb a facility. Guy #3 sees Guy #1 give Guy#2 a bomb. Under this logic, #3 can kill #1 and #2 legally if the threat is “immanent.” If I am #3, do I now have a new right of national defense? Your honor, I killed them both to protect the US.

Given the FBI’s history of acting as Guy#1, am I (or a police officer) now permitted to kill (instead of detain) #1 and #2?

The plot and bullshit level are deepening.

KKKarl Rove created the modern Rethuglicans by catering the lowest denominator of the base. He thought that he could control the messaging with authoritarian, social dominating candidate personalities. Unfortunately, not all Rethuglicans are authoritarians. Not all Rethuglicans are social dominators. Not all Rethuglicans can ignore their economic circumstances and support FAUX News. KKKarl has created an organized deamon and unleashed it on the American electorate.

It seems that the Marionette is strangling the master.