It's definitely transparent

I don't think the definition here is entirely accurate to what's stated in the law.

Yes, a top secret government facility, an open forest. A government building isn't part of nature...

You're paying for a service. You aren't paying them to get the drugs from them that they already had.

Insurance pays for prescriptions most of the time, and using a credit card is kind of like having the bank pay for it.

Lay it under your doormat in case you forget your keys

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortolan_bunting
There isn't a confirmed reason why you cover your head while eating it, but it is traditional.

Using absorbing cotton from trees is almost guaranteed to give you an infection or toxic shock syndrome. And good luck finding a river with clean water in some areas. Especially in the winter, some areas have no food. And natural remedies and exercises can't help you with cancer, pneumonia, broken bones, or the flu.

Someone owns those boonies and expects you to pay rent, and you still gotta pay taxes.

Right, let's have every single person that's going to a shitty school pack their things and put them all in good schools. Hell no. There's not enough good schools to fit that many kids. If everyone was able to do as you did, most of them would get sidelined. The rich can do as they want, but if we want to advance as a nation, we need to help our weakest links. That means education.

As you may or may not know, there are 49 states that are not New York.

Compounds of sulfur do have antibacterial properties, though I cannot say for sure on elemental sulfur, and saltpeter just sounds like a bad idea. If they helped though, more power to them.

Depends on the school and the state, but generally, it's certainly not a lot.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/03/05/how-much-or-little-teachers-earn-state-by-state/

Maybe we should be giving an actual living wage to our public school teachers and make it easier for the poor to get school supplies

You could turn it into jelly, with a bit of sugar and pectin

A shame that the people living on that land already hardly knew the trade was going on.

"diplomatic"

Is sausage a thing that's specific to a country though?

Cassava, among other things.