Why is there a federal department of education, anyway? Shouldn't the states be fully responsible for educating their population?

People think of American farmers like they are some poor innocent country bumpkins, instead of what they really are - multi-generational business owners.

If there is a real deal to be had, they'll be first in line to accept it, regardless of what the spin doctors in the news want you to believe.

Farmers, like anyone else, are a diverse group of people you can't easily generalize. They are all business owners, sure, but only some are in it primarily for the money. Others feel that it's their responsibility to hang on to the farm passed down through the generations. Still others aren't on an ancestral farm, but love the job for its own sake and wouldn't give it up to build a datacenter no matter how much money they were offered. It just depends.

The Patriot Act and Data Analytical Services (DAS) program among others are examples of the government using surveillance as soon as the opportunity presents itself.

What would you do if you were a government in-charge of keeping a country full of independent thinkers safe from themselves?

And, where should they be based out of?

Switzerland used to the well known place for this. Not so sure any more though.

It's a German thing.

I think we simply call them "Sechszylinder" - six cylinders. Non-inline engines are a small percentage of engines in Germany, so we don't usually call inlines anything. The term for an inline engine is Reihenmotor (I had to look that up!), "line" or "row" engine.

No kidding? Most of the reliable German gasoline engines I know of are "inline" engines, but I am based in the US.

How do the new manufacturing startups in the Bay Area and El Segundo deal with these limitations?

Will anyone be getting arrested for insider trading? It spiked on rumors yesterday when nearly everything else was collapsing.

$PYPL at $40 was/is free money. Nothing stopping you from getting on the train. 8 PE is insane for a company with brand recognition and market penetration.

I fully agree with your assessment of the company and its valuation. It's the publication of the rumor and accompanying 10% pop in stock price that's suspicious.

Haven't you heard? Crime is legal

Also anti-trust, monopolies and insider trading are all legal.

The SEC won't do anything.

HIS crime is legal. Yours is still illegal unless you pay tribute, e.g. binance.

Surely, someone high up asked, "What is the least amount of work we have to do in order to not pay tariffs?"

and everythign ended in "this is the way!"

you say that as if they were supposed to do something else.

So handwavy... 1.4T.. 600B. Pure marketing fluff to keep the hype machine going.

This sounds like Acceptance testing after Acceptance testing when rally big stakes have already been staked.

I don't think it applies if your company calls itself a startup.