Baloney. Socialism is government ownership of the means of production. Period. Sometimes that works well. Sometimes it turns out bad. But to say it is "socialism" only when it turns out well, is nonsense.

I own a drone (an RC helicopter w/ camera). I fly it in public parks and on my mom's farm. I don't fly it over other people's private property without their permission. If I did, I would have little right to complain if they shot it down.

Plenty of companies made a massive effort. Plenty of other companies did absolutely nothing to prepare. Neither had any significant problems.

I just googled for this, and found people from Alabama, Arkansas and Michigan claiming that this is the law in their state, but none of them citing any actual law. Which leads me to believe it is just an urban myth and isn't actually a law anywhere. Do you have a citation that says otherwise?

It depends on the size and type of tree. Many trees have thick bark and bitter sap. Other trees, such as fruit trees, have thin bark and sweet sap. A horse can kill an apple tree in less than an hour.

Probable actual reason: A horse tied to a tree will gnaw on the bark. If they gnaw away a ring around the trunk, the tree will die. If it is your tree, on your own property, fine. But if it is my tree, and I have not given you permission, or it is a tree on public property, it is perfectly reasonable for it to be illegal for you to tie your horse to it.

The other laws seem reasonable too. What if you neighbor starts collecting goods and holding a garage sale everyday? When does it become a commercial enterprise in a residential area? I am not sure I would draw the line a twice a year, but if zoning means anything, they have to draw a line somewhere.

Fruit on a wharf attracts fruit eating insects, which can spread to/from ships, encouraging the transfer of invasive species. It is a reasonable law.

Indeed. I am pro-choice and anti-death-penalty, and I have been called a hypocrite, but I don't see any hypocrisy. I am pro-choice because I don't think the government has any right to be making life and death decisions. I am anti-death-penalty because I don't think the government has any right to be making life and death decisions. That seems very consistent to me.

It is in the cited article. Most modern browsers contain something called a "scrollbar". It is usually located to the right of the content, and is used to continue reading web pages that contain more information that will fit on the screen. You can use your mouse to operate it. If you don't know how to use a mouse, you can use your keyboard's cursor keys. Good luck.

That's different. I have several security cameras installed at my house. If you even drive into my cul-de-sac, I have a photo of you and your car. But I don't have any ability to tie either to your identity. I have no access to the license plate database, or any facial recognition database. Of course, if you ACTUALLY COMMIT A CRIME, I can turn the photo over to the police and they can run the DB check. But for normal non-criminals, my cameras do no violate their privacy in any meaningful way.

Polls have found that gender makes little difference in support/opposition to abortion. Support is only slightly stronger among women, and even then, only among educated women. If you had bothered to read the citations provided, you would already know this.

It is also unlikely that most decisions to abort a DS fetus are made unilaterally by only the mother.

So then what you are saying, is that since our global economy grew by 4% annual, then the economy of another planet must have declined by the same amount. Do you have any evidence that this is true?

In America, about 90% of diagnosed DS fetuses are aborted. That is an interesting percentage, since polls indicate that more that 20% of Americans think abortion should be illegal under all circumstances. At least half of those people are apparently hypocrites, willing to make an exception for their own convenience.

Citations:
http://www.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome#Abortion_rates

Nonsense. Since the end of the Cold War, the number of wars world-wide has fallen to an historic low, and economic growth has grown to historic highs. Since 2000, trade has flourished and the world economy has grown more than 4% annually. That is better then ever before in history. War has winners and losers. But with peace, we can all prosper, and it is not "zero-sum".

This is only true if you won't be just as happy doing a similar job elsewhere. My experience is that, in the long run, passionate and enthusiastic employees do a lot better financially than 9-5ers.

The center-of-gravity of the Earth-Moon system is inside the Earth. For the Pluto-Charon system, the COG is outside of Pluto.