I was thinking "Man, attempting to get the ISS complete orbit past Geostationary Orbit (the min level you'd be required to send it to) might cost nearly as much as building the damn thing did."

Mourning doves are like the least situationally aware birds in existence. My parent's bird feeder will have upwards of two dozen birds on and around it (there is a bath there as well) and often at least two or three squirrels. Sooooo often EVERYTHING would vanish, except the couple doves that are there. It's obvious to me, in the house and twenty feet from the window that a hawk is around, but they can't figure it out while they're actually out there...

Literally the inspiration for a major aspect of the world in Brandon Sanderson's 'Stormlight Archive' series that starts with "The Way of Kings". Highly recommend.

Ummm, pretty sure he was using it in an ironic statement and not actually calling it tyranny.