From John Robb comes the startling news that guns can now be made with 3D printers. "Havenblue" has printed several assault weapons and they fired fine. This rather clearly changes everything for insurgents, revolutionary groups, etc. Maybe it'll be like designer drugs, where the chemists stay ahead of the law by making drugs that aren't illegal yet.

Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Susan Collins (D-WV), John Rockefeller (D-WV), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Thomas Carper (D-Del.) are pushing  for a vote on the revised Cybersecurity Act of 2012 before Congress goes on break in August.

Reactions to the "news" USDA's encouragement of "Meatless Mondays" in an internal newsletter continue. Sen. Chuck Grassley, Rep. Steve King, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, PETA, and the USDA itself, have all responded.