But none of the US citizen "illegal combatants" (i.e. fighters who don't wear uniforms) were involved with attacks against the Untied States, so does it magically make it legal for a US president to order their death, in another country no less? No, it doesn't. And does it somehow also make it legal to kill everyone in their vicinity? No, it doesn't. And even if they HAD attacked the US, and were on US soil, does that give the president the right to have them killed without due process? No, it doesn't.

If neo-Nazis in Idaho attack an Army Reserve base to steal weapons can the President just order a Predator drone to fire into his car, possibly with his family in it? It doesn't? Why? They are, after all, "illegal combatants" who directly attacked the US.

These killings are murders, nothing less.

when the ordinary rights do not obtain...

So any interaction with the Brownshirts of Fatherland Security?

Maybe not, but Presidiots since Shrub have decided they have the right to KILL you for your activities in other countries, US citizen or not, and will send a drone to fire a million dollar missile to take out you and everyone in your vicinity. No trial or even any evidence necessary.

It's the border, you have no rights until Border Patrol/Customs/La Migra let you have them. My brother's friend had his car completely taken apart in the parking lot of one of the Detroit border crossings under the absurd claim that he might be bringing drugs from Canada(?) into the country. Once they gave up trying to find what wasn't there he was told to put his car back together or they'd ticket him for littering.

Keep in mind that the (in)Justice Department claims that any international port of entry or any navigable waterway which connects to international waters is a "Constitution-free zone" up to 100 miles away when dealing with forces charged with border protection. So 99 miles from Denver airport or the Mississippi River or the Great Lakes you have effectively no rights if you're dealing with Customs, Border Patrol or La Migra, according to the government. This has been policy since Shrub was in office.

So it couldn't be a Fifth Amendment violation if the Constitution doesn't apply.

It's likely mostly to the advantage of certain executives who were in the know and were able to play the stock market with the price of AAPL when the announcement was made. That's the true interest of executives now, not benefit for the company or the customer, only for themselves.

So people who live outside urban areas where connections are more or less reliable shouldn't buy one? Fine by me, I wouldn't buy a Ford anyway, much less one with Apple garbage preinstalled.

After the third time that Apple Maps directed us off the route to take an utterly unnecessary loop through some residential neighborhood we gave up on it. We just use Google Maps all the time, even on my wife's iToy.

I would would be, too. My 2002 Tacoma hasn't had an issue in 24 years except that the door locks don't work most of the time now. (Since I always leave it unlocked that's not an issue. If they want to steal the change in the ash tray I prefer they not break the window to do it.) I beat the crap out of it, too.

Tesla is not even a player in the robotaxi industry, they're only mentioned because of Elon Musk. There are already several thousand robotaxis operating in China, and they expect to have half a million on the road there by 2030.

The MAGAts voted them into office, so fascism is what we're stuck with.

Wasn't clear, apparently. I meant that Russia would still have persevered even if the US hadn't sold them weapons on credit.

It wasn't Russia yet when either thing happened.

So you think that repeating Hitler's and Napoleon's mistake was a better idea? Damn. Sure, the Soviets got a shit-ton of weapons from the Allies, but all that did was move the defeat of Germany ahead a few years. Invading the largest country on Earth is never a good idea, especially when it consists of a population who has refused to submit to invaders EVER.

That horse left the barn years ago, our last presidential election pitted two candidates against each other who both swore to continue using US tax dollars to arm and fund a genocide.