Here's an analysis written 14 months ago, pointing to the fact that we had a viable rare earths mining industry until a) environmental regulations pushed the cost; and b) China undercut pricing because they didn't have to deal with (a). https://www.defensenews.com/op...

They have issues with the US Military. Remember when these same objectors had google pull out of a DoD 10yr/$10B cloud initiative which was recently awarded to Microsoft

Ethanol was going to save us. Then farmers / growers sold all their corn to ethanol producers, and the food chain suffered as feed for animals got more expensive, exports to 3rd world fell, and food riots started...

The AMS (American Meteorology Society) is concerned about a possible witch hunt. They feel that peer-review is the best way to uncover issues with the research.

Harry Reid served as backstop to make sure unpopular vetoes (and Senate votes) wouldn't take place 2009-2014. Republican majority in the Senate means more bills *might* make it to the President's desk, but only if Dems don't use that evil 'filibuster' thingee that Republicans used.

Already produced, years ago. It was called the Keytronic FlexPro. Been using mine for 20yrs, through multiple adapters as the original was 5pin AT, now connected to a USB. 5pin -> PS/2 -> USB.

You mean his EOs to delay/change/alter the ACA? When Congress attempted to pass "into law" his EO on the delay, he announce he would veto it? It *is* good to be king. Note the 2nd paragraph here - delay that it was a bill to do what the Administration had already announced. Enforcing the law is the Executive branch's job, not changing it.

The FCC has tried once to enforce Net Neutrality. This was ruled illegal by the courts, see ruling .

Now by making the ISPs "common carriers", we will get all the innovation that we got under Ma Bell before the breakup in 1983 :-(

If only he used the pen for VETO as opposed to EOs...

I'm old enough to remember (and read) the book - Weather War . Forget the lawsuits, look at the next level of targeting for political advantage.

2009 was a momentous/turbulent year for US automobile mfgs. When the Auto Czar decide to ram through the bankruptcy rules for GM, many dealerships were closed in the restructuring. Could others see the handwriting on the wall as a Dem administration was determining whether they could stay in business or not - even if they were profitable - and decided that Republicans were a better bet?

To be totally transparent, I'm one of the many who lost their investment in GM corporate bonds as the current administration rewrote bankruptcy law to screw secured (like me) creditors.

Specifically, the Ergonomic FlexPro. I'm typing from it now, 20yrs after buying it. It has a 5pin AT connector plugged into a pigtail (5pin -> PS2 connection) plugged into a PS2 -> USB connector.

I would argue that there is a difference between a user application (the web browser and Emacs that you've cited) and processes that the OS depends on to function. I would be more ok with systemd if it were an installation option. It isn't exactly new technology, as AIX (System Resource Controller) and Solaris (System Management Facility) implemented these same concepts before.