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Also horses are one of Poseidon’s things - so it wasn’t just that he was sneaky instead of fighting “honorably” but he also specifically used a fake tribute to Poseidon as part of the plan.

State legislatures can be highly gerrymandered, and it would also eliminate primaries for the senate candidates which which means senators would functionally become whoever the party leadership wants per state.

Plenty of people have tried to make that argument. Those people typically wind up spending years of their life in prison once their delinquent taxes have built up enough (and losing the property that they were trying to avoid paying taxes on, also).

Anyone who tries to tell you that they’ve successfully argued in court that the law doesn’t apply unless you sign a contract agreeing to it is either just plain lying or got lucky on a small enough case that the judge or prosecution just didn’t want to deal with the headache.

By the way, keep in mind that property rights aren’t a naturally existing phenomenon. You own your home because the state agrees that you are the rightful owner. Is a different system theoretically possible? Sure, probably, but the state-based enforcement of property ownership is the one that exists today.

I have a different model, but it more or less vacuum seals the gas tank to mitigate that - it is still wouldn’t last forever, but without air to react with the aging process is significantly slowed down.

No, because the settlement was a bribe, not a decision that CBS made because they were concerned about losing the lawsuit. The owners were trying to complete a merger that required governmental approval and decided that paying that settlement would be better than getting the merger blocked.

CBS’s settlement was a bribe, nothing more and nothing less.

Plus, even if all illnesses could somehow be limited to just the people who actively drink it, they give it to their kids who have no say in the matter.