The shooting was not shown live on TV.

"Actually, don't bother — I'll offer evidence to the contrary. In 2005 US was hit with 14 hurricanes, 10 in 2012. The average for period between 1944 and 2005 is 6 [weatherstreet.com]. Is there a rise? Hardly — between 1885 and 1889 there were 26..."

This does not seem to disprove GP. Let's accept all of your factual assertions as correct.

Average # of hurricanes/yr 1885-1889*: 5.2

Average # of hurricanes/yr 1944-2005: 6

Average # of hurricanes/yr (2005, 2012): 12

* I think you meant 1886-1888 which makes this number almost correct (27 hurricanes for those three years), which makes the average 9/yr still below the 2005, 2012 average.

(Yes I understand 2005, 2012 is not a real average, but it is the 'evidence to the contrary' that OP chose to include)

More accurately, opponents saw the opportunity to label anything related to climate change as "political" because Al Gore.

Nice anecdote, but there are also plenty of successful vegetarian athletes.

I think only wheels up time counts towards that 100 hours.

The actual metric is that 80% of premiums must go to medical care. So yes, they can spend more (in asbolute $) on medical care and subsequently keep more (in absolute $) as overhead/profit, but in order for that to work out, they have to also charge higher premiums since that is the only income in the equation. This puts them at a disadvantage in the marketplace.

Hahaha, no.

Most dash cams are activated when the lights go on. All the officer has to say is that they observed it prior to that. Do not under any circumstance fool yourself into thinking that lack of video evidence means you are off.

The court has considered that for decades, it was a key point in Florida v. Bostick which relied on jurisprudence going back to Terry. Unfortunately the court ruled that it has to be explicit that you are not free to leave an encounter with police. Coercion and trickery is OK, which is why ACLU and similar videos tell you to repeatedly ask "Am I free to leave?", as you note. In this case, being on a bus with the aisle blocked by police officers didn't count, the Court insanely ruled that a reasonable person would have felt free to leave the encounter. Justice Marshall dissented (with 2 others), one of the last decisions he took part in. Only Scalia and Kennedy are still on the Court and sided with the majority.

And depending on the state they might still charge you even if you're under the limit.

I was against the war, but am more against revisionism. ~30% in the UK supported the war in March 2003. This does not represent "almost universal opposition". Similarly in the US, ~30% were against the war, despite supporters' claims that "everyone" was for it.

http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/iraq
http://pollingreport.com/iraq18.htm

1st gen Odyssey you still had to haul the 2nd row seats out. In fact even today the Odyssey doesn't have 2nd row stowable seats.

There's not much in the way of tools.. really only a Techstream which many already have since they are used for all Toyota/Scion/Lexus. And for most things you don't even need that, a generic OBDII (and sometimes a multimeter) will do. Most of the routine maintenance is no different than a conventional vehicle.

"I don't know of anyone who owns a smartphone but doesn't use it for GPS in the car"

Assuming I don't already know (which is >95% of trips if not higher), I figure out how to get there before I leave. I guess I'm just old-fashioned.

Great, now I want an old fashioned. Thanks a lot.

Those who cheat at bar trivia are really the lowest of the low.

So you're great a going in a straight line while on the phone, good for you. When something happens, are you going to be able to react appropriately? You might assume yes, but who knows, and I as the driver in front of you as we approach a traffic jam do not wish to determine this experimentally. Put the phone down.