Chicago and DC's gun ban laws have been struck down by the supreme court. The 10th amendment stops states and cities from enacting laws that violate the constitution. If people wanted to create a community with no guns they would need to do it on private land, violation would be a civil matter.

How is this a 1st amendment issue? The com lines are not owned by the government, they are owned by private companies.

If the system is in balance at 75mph a 20mph headwind will have you depleting your charge at 55mph. It's probably not a worry for daily commutes but for long trips it would be a worry. I would want the balance point to be at 90mph which would require about a 50% increase in power if I used it for long drives.

What chemicals are added to beef to purify it, like the do with sugar and salt?

If you eliminate government collusion in the market place the corrupt companies will no longer have an unfair advantage and will have to cater to their customers. Through regulation the government limits competition giving large established companies an advantage. The more paperwork that is required, the higher the overhead to comply. Larger companies can absorb the overhead better then small companies.

If you are going to include sugar on the processed ingredient list then many other things belong as well like salt. I am simply trying to apply a uniform definition, and not pick and choose which items are "processed". You can have a steak using only unprocessed ingredients and it may be quite tasty but marinating and seasoning it will contain ingredients that are processed and it will be better.

Just about anything you make will have processed ingredients, except a salad with no dressing. How many meals could you make without using a single processed ingredient, my guess is when you start making it you will have to cut out many of the things that enhance the taste.

Nobody thinks that private companies have others' best interest at heart, what they do think is that competition will force companies to cater to their customers' desires. If you introduce government control the companies will cater to the the government's desires. The latter will only work if the government decides to have the people's desires met.

Unfortunately that simply is not true, take road projects, many politicians steer the award of contracts to their favorite donors, some even have kickback schemes for awarded government contracts

Flour, sugar, stock, milk, butter, baking soda, baking powder, cheese,... require processing to make. While I agree that fresh foods taste better then the same out of a can it's complete and utter nonsense to think that only using raw ingredients will yield a better meal.

If they were planning on actually copyrighting their customers messages they would have to pay $35 a message. There is also the issue of one of their customers sending copyrighted material which AOL would then claim as their own.

They couldn't use the DMCA, Lexmark put an authentication chip on their toner cartridges and sued SCC for reverse engineering their chip for cheaper cartridges. The supreme court sided with SCC in 2004 and then sided with them in 2014 when SCC asked for damages from Lexmark for the false copyright claims. Essintally you can't claim copyright infringement because you are granting access with your protocol so accessing with a copy of your protocol is no different.

That's is what all vodkas are, they are triple or quadrupled distilled and filtered then water is added at the end to get it to the correct proof. Poland, the birthplace of vodka, grades vodka based on purity. Any vodkas with flavor are infused by putting the flavor agent in after the distillation and filtering are complete.