Who is the one coming out asking the Congress to extend the Patriot Act?

Dictators don't ask.

That is what you have insurance for.

There's litigation insurance that covers losses on suits the policy holder initiates?

10 quid says the next mass extinction is the 1% purposefully "culling" the heard

You can't be in the 1% without the other 99.

If there is an absolute limit to the number of licenses, I could see companies hoarding them forever...

Until Uber came along, buying taxi medallions had been a quite good investment. They're crashing now, though.

What does he have to do to get 4 weeks?

Become Chief Design Officer.

Where's the adsense angle here though?

At night, while your children are sleeping, it will whisper ads into their ears.

We know that your average principal has to check the school policy manual to figure out which leg to put in the trouser first. And then they mess it up half the time anyway.

It might be as much as 3/4, as they also have to get the front/back oriented.

So for at least one weekend, there will be no NSA spying

A more cynical person would find that to be +5, Funny.

The rich live close while the poor have to commute

It's funny that those living way out in the suburbs are "the poor".

Why not just tolls? That's a per-mileage solution

That's exactly what this already is. It's as if there were a toll booth every mile, collecting 1.5 cents.

the end user wouldn't notice or care about the electrical cost increase of 1-2 dollars a month. What they will notice is a subsidized or free device that can do things that other devices cannot do.

If it's possible to offer some compelling new service for 1-2 dollars per month, why not just charge that directly, instead of the Rube Goldberg method?

the new product from apple, the iANAL

I've been beta-testing the iAnal, and let me tell you, those rounded corners really pay off.