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Congress cannot restrict your religion or how you practice it, what you choose to say, your ability to meet with others, nor can they prohibit you from asking the Government to change their ways if you don’t like what they are doing or have done; You can have firearms and you can carry them with you; The government cannot house troops in your home unless you agree; Lacking a warrant or probable cause, you, your house, papers and other effects can be kept as private as you wish; Without an indictment from a Grand Jury, you are presumed innocent, cannot be tried a second time for one crime, nor required give testimony against yourself, nor be imprisoned without due process, nor have your property be taken without just compensation; You are entitled to a speedy and public trial by a jury in the district where the alleged crime took place, and you must be informed of the accusations, confronted by witnesses against you, and have the right to demand (and get) witnesses in your favor as well as the help of an attorney; For common law (not criminal) suits where the sum at issue exceeds twenty bucks, you may have a trial by jury that cannot be overruled by the court other than according to the rules of common law; No excessive bail, fines nor cruel and unusual punishments are allowed; This list of rights is incomplete – you have other rights not herein stated [that’s why the title of this essay includes the words “more than”]; and Powers not specifically delegated to the federal government nor prohibited by the States, are delegated to the States or, if the States do not enumerate or restrict them, to you.

Grand knows his stuff – thank you, Sir! More flux did the trick.

Hockey is frigid, football is cold, soccer is warm and baseball is hot, right?

The tip of the soldering iron I tried to use is too big - it bridges all five wires at once.

The several pink and clear baggies hold the several dozen parts.

But do I have a concealed weapon right now?

There are more details here and also here.

Two beliefs: We must do something to prevent mass killings; and The government, that is, politicians, cannot be completely trusted.