Affirms my position that there is no God, and that followers of a myth are dangerous.

The question is; will evolution weed out Republicans faster than abortion weeds out liberals?

Also, futurists are too optimistic. Look at the past for reference. Think more along the lines of distopian totalitarian regimes, famine, war, environmental degradation, pollution, overpopulation, poverty, crime, economic collapse and the ensuing melee, and you will be closer to reality.

"Whatever you think..taxes should not be used for behavioral manipulations."

The fact of the matter is taxes are used everywhere for manipulation. Your tax return is loaded with nothing but. Married? Single? Dependants? Work related expenses? etc. It's all a manipulation, unless you're paying a flat tax.

"And despite what legislators seem to think, you can't pass a law that increases the number of joules of energy in a gram of fuel. " Sure, you can. Stop mandating alcohol in gasoline.

So, this technology will allow drivers to safely fall asleep at the wheel?

Ok, so, on which days do the solstices and equinoxes fall?
On the current calendar they generally fall near the 21st within their respective months, every year, plus or minus about a day or two.

It sounds like they would vary a bit more than that here.

Even those who fall into of the realm of those not offended by content that would offend "any normal people".

(A group whom I suspect is larger than the group of "normal people").

The world, and thus social media is full of offensive content, trying to eliminate it all is a fool's game.

People like me would be offended by bland social media bereft of any offensive content.

I guess there will be no marijuana available in the US as a result of this shutdown.

Wait, what? All this money, police, killing, and drugs are still widely available?

The drug gangs and the police want it to be illegal, for were it legal, it would cut into their action.

End this foolish prohibition!

You rented a campsite on public lands, and then built a brick house upon it, and then bribed the police to defend you staying there there in perpetuity.

The US government will tell Google what to ban, just like the Chinese government does in China. Simple.

Tomato may be the only fruit that is not sweet.

If you had, you'd know they could not possibly live in outer space.

Quicken, Garmin MapSource, ITunes.

They are just cashing in on it.
Think of all the revenue loss if they prevented speeding? Municipalities would go [more] broke.
They do not wish to prevent people from engaging in the act of speeding.
Everyone should screw them over, and NOT speed. That would be justice.
On the other hand they might find some 4th Amendment violating way of making up the revenues.
Highway robbers, I say, screw 'em!