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    • gjacobseG
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      Parts of California's Central Valley are sinking faster than ever before.

      that will cause a problem.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        The Genesee Valley sank a lot while we were in high school there.

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        • RojoLocoR
          RojoLoco @gjacobse
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          @g.jacobse said:

          Parts of California's Central Valley are sinking faster than ever before.

          that will cause a problem.

          See also: Florida. When you pump out all the groundwater, there is nothing left to hold up the surface. That's how you get sinkholes.

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          • mlnewsM
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            Greece's Prime Minister has stepped down and new elections will be happening. His political party has split and a new party whose platform is to not meet Greece's financial obligations and to default intentionally is now running for government.

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            • mlnewsM
              mlnews
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              Data shows Chinese economy slowing down more than expected.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender
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                damn we are in for a world of hurt!

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  Are we? Could be good for us.

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                  • mlnewsM
                    mlnews
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                    Ashley Madison: Canadian Law Firms File $578 Million Lawsuit Against Extramarital Affair Site

                    Two firms filed the class-action lawsuit Thursday against Avid Dating Life and Avid Life Media after the data breach revealed about 39 million memberships earlier this week, The Guardian reports.

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                    • mlnewsM
                      mlnews
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                      Most unfaithful states per capita...

                      unfaithful states

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                      • mlnewsM
                        mlnews
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                        Amazing that Alabama and Mississippi are so disparate here considering most Americans see them as a single place.

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                        • nadnerBN
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                          Foo fighters RickRoll Westboro baptist church
                          http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/foo-fighters-take-on-the-westboro-baptist-church-protesters/story-fn907478-1227495719327

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                          • mlnewsM
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                            Making money catering to stereotypes:

                            http://qz.com/482553/italians-are-emotional-the-swiss-are-punctual-this-shopping-site-is-making-billions-by-tailoring-its-services-to-european-stereotypes/

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                            • scottalanmillerS
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                              Ashley Madison: 2 Suicides Reported After Dating Site Hacking Controversy, Toronto Police Say

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                              • DustinB3403D
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                                Arrest made in Rochester NY Mass shooting (7 people shot, 3 of whom died). Person arrested was not the attacker, but defending self from drive by shooter(s).

                                http://www.twcnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2015/08/22/genesee-street-shooting-arrest.html

                                Which quickly implies self defense (and defense of others) worthless in NY as you'll still be arrested. ....

                                "Just stand there and die damn it"

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                                  @DustinB3403 said:

                                  Which quickly implies self defense (and defense of others) worthless in NY as you'll still be arrested.

                                  It implies nothing of the sort. He wasn't arrested for shooting in self defense, he was arrested for illegally owning a firearm and carrying it! Just because you do one thing in self defense does not mean you should be exempt from other laws. Doesn't look like the police did anything wrong here.

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                                  • DustinB3403D
                                    DustinB3403
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                                    I know that SAM, and was going to follow up but got side tracked.

                                    Yes he had the weapon illegally, yes he shouldn't have shot in public. Yet how is anyone supposed to defend them self when being fired at. Legally owning the weapon or not.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                                      @DustinB3403 said:

                                      Yet how is anyone supposed to defend them self when being fired at. Legally owning the weapon or not.

                                      You just..... fire. What's the problem? Why are you asking this question? You are allowed to defend yourself. And this is a great example, he did and he got in no trouble for it.

                                      You seem to be implying that there is some lack of right of self defense here, but this case very clearly supports that self defense is obviously legal.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                                        @DustinB3403 said:

                                        ...yes he shouldn't have shot in public.

                                        No one has suggested that actually. Had he had a legal weapon he could quite certainly have used it in public.

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                                        • MattSpellerM
                                          MattSpeller
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                                          Related side note: the whole carrying a gun around in public thing creeps me the heck out.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @MattSpeller
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                                            @MattSpeller said:

                                            Related side note: the whole carrying a gun around in public thing creeps me the heck out.

                                            Me too. It's crazy how many people going around in public loaded and very ready to fire. Living outside of the US you begin to realize just how scary the US is. The degree to which I can't find a place in Panama, for example, that I find the least bit scary. Yet in the US, I can't find a city that isn't scary.

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