Newspaper article promised the return of that assasin as a member of Black and White house* and the death of characters who are still alive in the novels. Reason behind this supposedly is that they don't expect Martin to finish the next volumes on time, so the TV authors already are preparing for writing their own finale.

*sorry, neither read the books nor could be bothered to remember the exact name from the article

Wasn't a split from the "book universe" announced for Season 5?

Right. But "stereotypical Japanese guy" isn't much of a career and being casted as himself is most likely thanks to Trek-fame

Sociopathy is not uncommon to be paired with high intelligence.....

So Phrenology might make its way back into style.

To be fair: the radiation released by a nuclear power plant in normal operation mode isn't a problem.

It's the failure modes that are problematic.

I guess that's the thing with series or franchises. Take Star Trek, for example. Except Shattner, who of that cast was able to make an actual career that was not somehow Trek-connected? Nimoy probably relized that he was burnt for anything else when he wrote "I'm not Spock" and had the perspective of hosting mall store openings (and more like stores in a mall, not the mall itself...). Luckily it turned out for him and everyone else on the cast that Star Trek, while destroying even the idea of another career, it could at least support THAT career for 40+ years. Much easier to write "I am Spock" when aged 70+, you still have crowds wearing your signature fake ears.

But not any earlier than with the voice recordings. It didn't take long to get to that conclusion after the recording was recovered. Recovering video recordings wouldn't fe faster.

I guess that's what made the show work, but physical assault is crossing a line.

Look at a globe. You have a rather convinient place to bridge the pacific between Alaska and Russia, Atlantic is a bit broader.

Train... car.. what's the difference?

At least compared to the main competition of planes and ships.

Read the summary:

The only site that is available to many people. The only other available source would be PR stuff from that very school.

Trying to cross check the promises in some school leafl3eats using a usually trustworthy (and the only available) source isn't a masterpiece, but within the available means, "due diligence"

American Drivers licence or other Photo ID?

1st That call wouldn't be anonymous.
2nd While I heard of hostage/siege situations on the news, in none of them were hostages shot at the first sight of a police officer. I know this is more anecdotal and secondhand, but even from the viewpoint of an armed madman, killing your negotiation material first thing is a very bad tactic.

Yes. But if you have to be afraid of a swat team raiding your house and killing your 6 year old daughter because they got the wrong address (Detroit IIRC) or anonymous callers, THAT won't help rebuild that lost trust.

But other countries pay for their oil, too. The oil money won't be instantly down to zero. Yes, they would have to cut back, but people won't revolt that quickly if they build less skyscrapers.

Here comes into play what the other commenter replied: The US is a net energy exporter, Saudi Arabia doesn't have to supply ALL the oil needed there. Gas prices still would go up a lot, but gas stations wouldn't run dry.