Barbra Streisand.

I am quite sure far more people have viewed the piece than if it had not been pulled.

Profit motivated: yes. But it's their own personal profit, not the company's. This means they may make some dumb decisions if they feel that they will personally benefit from them.

Don't forget that they also have investments in office space that they are keen to justify.

Sorry, but you are wrong about this:
"1. Can I receive Social Security benefits if I am not a U.S. citizen and I live outside the United States?

Generally, we cannot pay Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits to noncitizens after their sixth calendar month outside the United States."
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ssa.gov%2Finternatio...

There are exceptions:
1. People who claim as a dependent of a US citizen (widow, etc.)
2. Countries with which the US has a totalization agreement. THis includes the UK, for example, but not India.

I am a former H1B holder that is now a citizen, however, I know other former H1B holders who have gone home, some of whom had citizenship or green cards.

I also know Indian H1B holders who are considering a move home now, since they are unlikely to ever get a green card. Note that, if an Indian citizen moves home without getting citizenship, they won't be able to claim any Social Security payments when they hit retirement age.

In the US, McDonalds and similar are deemed restaurants. I am sure there is a lot there is lot of elasticity in fast-food restaurants that market themselves on price. For restaurants that are even a little up-market, the elasticity is probably much lower.

But not connecting them to the Internet was simple. Samsung even made the decision for me, because their app doesn't work on Pixel devices.

On the other hand the LG washer and dryer that I bought don't even have the option to connect to the Internet.

I don't think you quite understand.

I set the navigation to where I need to get to. The navigation system will add necessary stops at Superchargers, and, without pressing any buttons, will automatically start preconditioning based on my expected arrival at the Supercharger.

In my Tesla, once the navigation system knows that I am headed to a Supercharger, it automatically turns on pre-conditioning at the appropriate point in my journey.

Why do you think cellphones don't have user-replaceable batteries any more?

They won't and the companies don't care. The plan is to just pay millions of dollars to poach the lucky few from their competitors.

Are you sure that there wasn't a manager directing the actions of the low-level people?

There is already a multi-state compact that would provide a Electoral college vote that represents the vote of the population:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

But this will never happen, because the rural states with outsized representation will never give up their power.

Unqualified? Exactly what were Trump's qualifications in 2016? Frittering away daddy's money and bankrupting a bunch of casinos while ripping off ordinary tradesmen?

You don't care about qualifications.

There is only one pre-election promise that Trump has kept. It's to do with kicking darker-skinned people out of the USA and that's why MAGA remains faithful.