The U.S. is becoming a country in which only the rich get what they want.

The U.S. is becoming a country in which only the government gets what they want.

And the difference is.....?

I have never heard of other countries that put bugs in UN offices of other countries etc

HAHAHA.

Is ti really that hard to just use bluetooth prox and pairing.

Yes it is. That requires owning a bluetooth enabled phone or other device, having it with you, and having it on. Operating my car should not require my phone as well.

You pay me $50/month, with the proviso I can leave it turned off 24/7.
And by 'off', I mean in a metal box so it can never phone home accidentally.

Helicopters operate from the treetops down. Fixed wing operates from the treetops up.

Launches get delayed all the time, especially for weather.

Said 'permission' is on page 82 of a 346 page EULA, which if you do not agree you cannot use the attached software for the cameras.

I didn't say we did it worse, the GP did.

Every problem that exists, anywhere in the world, someone will be along quite early in here to proclaim the US did/does it worse.
The OP having to reach back 200+ years to how things were handled during the American Revolution for a comparison simply shows this stupidity in its full glory.

There could be an article here about the nutritional comparisons of boiling grass or tree bark for soup among North Koreans, and some asshat will proudly proclaim conditions in the US are worse.

Face it: the Egyptians are handling this a lot better than we did.

And there it is.
No matter what issue, wherever on the planet, or how fucked up it is.....the US did it worse. And s still doing it worse.

I have exactly zero logo bike shirts.
Oh wait...I have one. It promotes my local bike shop, owned by a friend of mine. Who gives me discounts.

Build it into the flexible backpack, instead of a hard flat panel. Oh wait, now I have to have that particular backpack all the time, instead of something attached to he bike.
I get it...more lights are not a bad thing. But I'm not going to ride around being a billboard. I just want people to see me and not hit me.

I'd be satisfied with a preference for whatever actually works for the given requirement, for the least amount of money. FOSS, proprietary, whatever.

It felt like being raped by Fisher Price.

Comparisons to Fisher Price was one of the main initial complaints about XP.

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The people that feed you

So what's the next shakedown target in this game of "citizens vs government"?

Mileage and location based taxes.