Pants on fire.

Yes, you can treat anything with any method.

No, it won't be successful.

What Would Betteridge Say?

The complaint by the US congressmembers was that the UK ordered Apple explicitly not to disclose the details to the US Congress.

That is regulating Apple in the USA.

Not a non-sequitur, but the actual point of the complaint:

-The complaint by the US congressmembers was that the UK ordered Apple explicitly not to disclose the details to the US Congress.
-As Apple is a US company the US Congress has original jurisdiction. It is improper to order Apple not to respect that jurisdiction.

Someone posted more details farther downthread, with links to the actual text of the complaint letter.

I'll bite:

1. The colonies fought a war to ensure that the USA is not subject to the jurisdiction of the UK. The UK may not regulate US entities without the consent of the US government, and the US politicians object to some of the terms of the regulations the UK is applying.

2. He is doing OK, for a political prisoner. His capture was a smokescreen for the theft of Venezuelan oil production.

3. WWII. The USA emerged from WWII as the strongest and most stable power remaining in the world. The other allied governments chose to back the USA as the central banking power of the world as no one else was stable enough to handle the job. The various governments could chose to change that, but the transition is not easy and thus far has not been worth the pain.

He commonly spent 8 hours a day with a laptop resting on his abdomen while being homeschooled.

Sit at a desk. Stand up. Walk to another room. Get the fuck up and move around. Go outside. Get some exercise. Real schools do not leave children in a pod all day. Homeschools should not either.

We have the attention of powerful people,

I can only hope we do not find what we are looking for.

1. The results would be worse.
2. Where's the profit in that?
3. Politics is not about solving problems, it is about visibly fighting the problem so you can get re-elected to fight the problem..

TOS violations are not criminal.

The penalty for violating the TOS is:
-Termination of account(s).
-Forfeiture of fees paid.

-They can also ban them from creating another account in the future... if caught that would also be a TOS violation (repeat loop).

It involves foreign nations -which makes it the purview of the Feds, but still not a criminal act. It is a political matter. Something for the Office of the US Trade Representative to deal with (or not) once the various TLAs present a report.

Beyond that, it is just whining for publicity sake by corporations that are doing the very same thing.

Correct. The value is not in the amount of money saved/spent.

In the situation you described, the value is in the experience of students learning more than one way to do things on more than one type of system (Mac+Win+Linux).

In Switzerland, the value may be in using something not tied to the USA.

For those who have a hate-boner for Microsoft, the value is in using anything-but-Microsoft.

Make Surveillance Great Again!

Teach students that being surveilled is normal and they will grow to accept it in all parts of their lives.

Whoooosh!

The point you missed in your rush to partisan bias is that they surveil EVERYTHING.

Pervasive surveillance is antithetical to a free population.

The people responsible for compiling the jobs data were recently fired for reporting numbers that the great leader disliked. Their replacements have consistently produced numbers showing growth in the job markets.

As an American, I used to perceive US made vehicles as rugged and durable, with European vehicles as luxury models, and Asian models as efficient. Quality has dropped significantly for American and European vehicles. Innovation and quality has increased on Asian made vehicles.

While I agree that China subsidizes it's auto industry, I do not agree that the solution is to ban competition.

If US auto makers need subsidies to compete, ask for them. Be direct. Tell us what is holding you back. Is is financial? Do you need cheaper materials? Do you need trained workers? Do you need Engineering graduates? What is it that China is providing to it's companies that the USA is not providing to it's companies that renders you unable to compete? The US government can address the specific issues that you name.

A ban on imports just encourages the domestic auto industry to make bad vehicles that are too expensive for Americans to afford and unable to compete on quality and features in the international market.