Trump promised his base the drill thing and leaving Paris, so is obliged to commit to that...

What makes you think that? Successful politicians never consider themselves committed to act on their campaign promises once they're in office. One of the nice things about that from their POV is that they can make the same promises again when they're up for re-election and probably get the same people to vote for them again.

I don't know what the laws are in the states these offices are, but in California at least, there's such a thing as Reporting Time Pay. That means that if you show up for work and there's nothing for you to do, or at least not enough for a full shift, they must pay you for at least four hours of work even if you're only there long enough to find out that you're not needed. And yes, I've received it at least once because cleaning up on the last day of a temp job only took about two hours, but we were all paid for four.

Purpsoe of RTO is just to get employees under closer surveillance by making them be physically present. That's all.

You really should do something about that paranoia of yours. Remember, not everybody is out to get you and everything you don't like isn't part of a sinister plot against you.

People have rights in China too, but not the BS rights you value in the USA...

And what rights that people in the USA have do you consider to be BS, and why?

No, it was blacks standing up for themselves and insisting on being treated properly that got them the right to be treated the same as whites. I was just pointing out that most of the whites who joined their movements were boomers, including the ones who were killed.
Up until the late '60s, when a black became successful, they'd almost always move away move to a better, mostly white neighborhood and forget about their old friends. Then, they finally realized the need to help their own people and started giving back, and that's when blacks in general started to improve their lives. I wasn't in a position, then, to donate time or money to their cause, but I was pleased to see them giving back because I knew that this is what would finally bring blacks into the mainstream of American society.

Boy, do you have boomers wrong! I'm an early boomer, my parents were part of the Greatest Generation and my older sister is a War Baby. As kids, our life was frugal even though we didn't know the difference yet, because that's how our parents were raised. Our generation was the Hippy Generation, the anti-war movement was mostly filled with boomers and there were lots of us in the Civil Rights movement as well. Much of what you take for granted in today's society is there only because of us. Are you grateful to us for what we've given you? Judging only by your post, not one bit, but most of us know better than to expect gratitude so don't bother making any hollow apologies. Up until I started reading the comments on TFA, I couldn't understand why people would go through all the work needed to get a job then not bother to show up on the first day. Now, I know why you do it; I don't agree, and I think it's stupid, but at least I know why. Thank you for explaining the weird, foolish, selfish reasons you have for your actions.

...I will remind everyone that the first shots fired on Ukraine soil were during his previous term.

And with that, you're openly accusing President Trump of being responsible for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, or of encouraging Putin to invade. Do you have any plausible evidence of his involvement or are you just indulging your habit of muckraking and ad hominem attacks? Frankly, it's gotten to the point that I'm wondering if you've completely lost your grip on reality. "It's so nice to be insane, no one asks you to explain!"

That all depends on what you want to do with your influence. If you're trying to manipulate Congress to promote your policies, you may be right. If you just want to get favors from politicians you probably don't care which side has a majority and the Hughes' strategy has a good chance of getting you what you want. Just remember, it must have worked well for Hughes for many years or he would have changed his method.

If Musk were really as smart as you say, he'd be following in Howard Hughes' footsteps. When campaign season rolled around, Hughes would donate to all of the major candidates in both parties, and if there were a third-party candidate with a reasonable chance of winning, he'd donate there as well. That way, no matter who won, Hughes could say, "I donated." You don't need to care who wins when they've all got your money in their pockets.

That, of course, is only the first step. The second is following whatever advice the more experienced person has given you. Alas, all too often, people ignore that advice if it doesn't match their preconceived idea of how to proceed and something like this happens.

Why do I need to verify my age multiple times across the web, when my service provider already knows I'm an adult?

Because they don't know that you're an adult. All they know is that somebody who could prove they were an adult signed up for their service; they don't know that you're that person.

Of the three, the only one I'd be cautious about is the mammoth, because it's big enough to be very dangerous and we have no idea what its temperament was. And if you think that nobody would knowingly bring back a species known to be big enough to be trouble to be around and bad tempered to boot, consider that there are several projects trying to recreate the Auroch, a species known to be exactly that.

if you're worrying about radiation, deuterium isn't going to be a problem because it's just as stable as regular hydrogen. It's tritium, the least common of the three isotopes that's radioactive.

And that is why those of us who understand how worthless so many degrees are refer to it as academentia.

Well, if she can't even manage to copy all the letters in a big round hand, she'd probably never move up from a junior clerk to an articled clerk, would she?