I would think foam would be the preferred retardant, not water.

Next, let's chug a glass of H2O and H2O2! Will that extra molecule of oxygen create a cleaner, more refreshing taste?

Things like location spoofing, such as people playing Pokemon.

My 2nd Generation is still going strong! (From 2010)

As a shipbuilder, I can tell you that, all things being equal, some steel is more "suspicious" than other steel, notably imported steel from China.

First they came for the bones, and we said nothing.

Then they came for the skin, and we said nothing.

Then they came for the breading, and we said nothing.

What else can they take from us?

The issue is not using water for a factory, it's diverting the water outside of the Lake Michigan watershed. The solution, to me at least, is easy; put the factory closer to the lake, so water stays within the lake's watershed.

The bigger issue is the money being wasted and philosophy of wrecking the planet; If you want to take advantage of Great Lakes water, come to the Great Lakes; don't divert it elsewhere. We can look at dry lakebeds in Russia and other places where massive diversions basically make the land uninhabitable. There's plenty of empty factory space in Milwaukee and along the shore that could be used by FoxConn.

Isn't this EXACTLY how the apes and monkeys ended up taking over the planet? I, for one, welcome our new simian overlords.

I, for one, wholeheartedly welcome our Robotic Plant Overlords.

I, for one, welcome our space sprite overlords!

The long slide started when they stopped passing out those "Get A Free Battery Every Month" cards. To add insult to injury, you couldn't even buy batteries one-at-a-time anymore!

There's an overworked/overstressed Amazon worker delivering books to my Kindle?

It would be interesting to know what would happen if a similar deployment of autonomous drones was pointed toward a high-security building such as the Pentagon, White House or congress. If they're autonomous, would some sort of jamming signal cause the drones to hover or retreat/drop? Probably only a matter of time before some idiot tries it...

Since this is a story regarding Ireland, there is a legal obligation that Bono and/or U2 have to be mentioned at least once, especially since they used to be business partners. Remember the U2 special edition iPod? U2, reared in Ireland, have (has?) been roundly criticized by the Irish press/public for moving a lot of their business holdings out of Ireland (I believe to the Netherlands) to reduce their tax burden. They are made out in the press to be ungrateful tax dodgers/cheats. They are, it seems, working the loopholes like everyone else that can hire top-notch corporate tax accountants. Ireland has its financial troubles like a lot of countries, but a lot of the "Celtic Tiger" growth during the pre-2008 bust as due to these special tax laws. What goes around, comes around.

These critters are big and vicious. To make them go away, you need something even bigger and even more insanely vicious. The obvious solution is cloud seeding, to create a series of Sharknados to eliminate the wasps. and Kardashians.