It’s not just smart features. Some lock HDMI 2.2 features behind the Internet, or the highest resolutions

Most will have basic functionality without an Internet connection, but they now lock full performance behind connecting to the Internet.

Most bonds or tax increases I vote on say what they are for, and the money has to be spent that way. I can’t decide the specifics, but I can vote yes or no on road maintenance, or school funding, or whatever.

The Euro has a few problems that keep it from being a reserve currency. A big one is that it’s not a centralized currency, since each EU member has their own fiscal policy. This creates a lot of risk with limited upside.

Europe also doesn’t make enough stuff at the international level to need to get lots of Euros. Europe also doesn’t seem culturally interested in being a global reserve and is more content being regional.

What the law says and what happens can be very different unfortunately.

Legal right to the property, no. Legal right to financial support for the child assuming they have custody, yes. That could potentially result in sale of the property, or an agreement to get the property in lieu of other assistance.

This should be the same regardless of which parent owns the house, but it is less common for fathers to receive child support.

Alternate details that could make it a bit more grey.
If the other parent lived in the house for a significant time while pregnant, tenancy laws could get complicated.
If the parent owning the house dies, especially without a will, the child would have a legal right to some inheritance, even with a will there could be arguments for some level of inheritance.

Courts and juries are somewhat good at identifying bureaucratic incompetence. Prison is unlikely, but the fact he will have to appear in court likely a few times to resolve this is still not great.

The US system mostly works for a lot of people. There’s not a lot of people willing to risk things getting worse for them so 10-15% of people get something better.

There’s also massive doctor shortage issues that will only get worse with healthcare reform. Even if cost wasn’t an issue, there wouldn’t really be access.

Halo CE is definitely a but dated now, but 2 is one of the best campaigns even still. I’m not sure it can be overrated though. 3\odst is some of the best multiplayer experience there was before the series was infected with CoD.

Yeast likes to be warm, cold water will result in slower rising.

Baking is pretty forgiving, so many old baking recipes are written with add flour until it looks right as part of the recipe. If your baking sucks it’s most likely super old ingredients or you did something stupid like substitute strawberries for butter.