The live stock industry uses tons of precautionary antibiotics. All adding to this problem of resistant bacteria and such.
The market, us, should be able to regulate this. If we are comfortable with the consequences, we could keep eating products that required lots of pesticides and antibiotics.

But that means no longer being "the best" and that would be so sad when you believe you are the best. Let's refer that as the american dream.
Time to wake up. The reality is that about 6.5billion people don't see the US as the best for some time now.
Like you say. You can have a very good life without being the best.

It really shouldn't matter what you are. If the metal detector goes off, you have to take off the shoes and every thing else that could cause the alarm. I don't see any reason for exceptions. What's the point of having a metal detector if you're not acting on an alarm...

You can hate the TSA, but at least they're doing their job.

My guess is the nsa wouldn't mind if their servers were hacked by concerned Europeans. That's the same as what they do anyway. And don't complain. My national security is a national matter.

No. There will be more food problems. Food prices will increase, so people in poorer countries will starve. Western world will not care, but just buy their food and say something about capitalism having it's way.

Climate will change and nature will adjust as it did for millions of years. The question is not if the "new" climate will be habitable. It will be. The question is if will fit in.

I don't get it.
There 's a lot of talk about how much this shut down has cost.

Shouldn't the discussion be about getting rid of that USD 17.000.000.000.000 debt??
That is only about USD 55.000 per inhabitant.

Do something about it. Seriously.

You could replace it with a republican WeDontCareAboutYou.
Giving a fuck you to millions of people who cant afford health care is easy and cheap.

[x] play games on phone
[x] use internet on phone
[x] take pictures with phone
[x] ...
[ ] bend phone
[ ] break phone
[ ] use phone to actually call people

for the moment you can bring water and toothpaste on board again...

Researchers are good at researching. They can write some code though.
Programmers are good at programming. They know how to write good code that is easy to maintain and adapt.

If you're a researcher with some experience in writing code, you should ask you self, "should I spend that much time writing code, while a programmer does a better job in less time while it has also less bugs, will be reviewed and has unit tests"? Also, how much do you know about design patterns? Sure. Your code works without. Good luck with it. Also good luck with the headache in one year.

"still, I don't like the idea of having my books disappear if I don't pay a continuing subscription."

They're not your books. You can read them as long as you pay your subscription. That's how a library works.
You not like, you not borrow book, you buy book.

Next!

I doubt it will work. We have tax on packaging, but still you see packages that have unnecessary plastic. Companies don't care as long as the consumer doesn't care. And they don't.

Time to face the music and deal with the garbage produced, instead of making it somebody else's problem.

Correct.

Uranium makes great stuff to shoot at Iraqi tanks.
Is that mess cleaned up yet?