They should have kept better track of their usage. They could have upgraded to a plan with more included wiretaps, or even considered one of the "Shared Family Wiretap" plans.

Now that we have at least temporarily stopped commercial netting of the sea lion primary preferred food source (smelt), perhaps they will go back to eating those.

The Hanford reach is what I am referring to. The stretch that isn't dammed because of where it is. That stretch.

Not really. Anything upstream would have to take at least part of the load.

That last free-flowing stretch of the Columbia River that the OP mentions is also the last stretch of Columbia River that maintains spawning habitat. It also accounts for a very large portion of the salmon that return through the Columbia River estuary every year. If removing this dam would open up more spawning habitat, this would not be a bad thing.

Sorry, but the BBB will not help you. It's a front controlled by the businesses that they pretend to police.

1. Massively under-fund education 2. Take advantage of the under-educated masses 3. Profit

They are being polite. You have to voluntarily join a public and un-trusted network to allow them to snoop. At that point, you are practically leaving your doors and windows wide open for someone to break into your home, so to speak.

Stock holders do.

Great, like the college text books need another reason to come out with a re-write for next year.

He will learn what we all have learned: opting out doesn't work.

Well, that sucks.

That's what I tell your mom.

Whenever I connect to a free wifi hot spot at a major retailer, I do so fully accepting that they are sniffing the traffic. This is why I only use it to price check online. Let's them know that their customers are keeping track of them in that way.

without recourse, naturally, since only lawyers are people nowadays

My experience with lawyers has really been contrary to this statement.