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by masonic 4y ago
>useful to get access to seawater for cooling But discharging that heat directly into seawater adversely affects sea life. This is what causes bleaching death of corals in warmer waters.
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by masonic 4y ago
>The average Apartment in California is over $3000 In the Bay Area or L.A.; not the other 90% of CA.
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by masonic 4y ago
>manages to fix itself enough to pass universal healthcare The Democrats could have done this of their own volition in Obama's first term, during periods where the Senate had a filibuster-proof majority. Instead, they came up with
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by masonic 4y ago
>85% of guns confiscated from criminals were snuggled in from the United States Please don't spout utterly false stats. Give your source. (I'm guessing that you're misquoting the stat that 86% of handguns traced from
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by masonic 4y ago
Only in proximity to fault zones, mostly near the coast.
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by masonic 4y ago
>The question was "have been prosecuted" not "convicted." Nobody registers as a sex offender without a conviction . Why is that not obvious to you? >Why do you doubt the citation? The cited article doesn't
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by masonic 4y ago
>People just walked to a shop a block away for the things they needed. Those days are gone because no small "shop a block away" can compete with the behemoths of Amazon, Instacart or major supermarket chains that deliver, o
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by masonic 4y ago
>"and may have had to register as a sex offender" The registry is public, as is the defendant in the case. It could be easily looked up if the statement was credible in the first place.
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by masonic 4y ago
>I wish the west coast could succede Indeed.
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by masonic 4y ago
>Judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the law unconstitutional in a ruling from 2008, considering that the Texas statute cannot define sexual devices themselves as obscene and prohibit their sale. However, with a GOP m
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by masonic 4y ago
You know what's also useful? Reading the FAQ for a venue you are new to. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html It's right in there.
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by masonic 4y ago
You'd think there'd be a process that takes the source carbon from the atmosphere instead.
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by masonic 4y ago
How does an 18 year old who works at Wendy's come up with the cash to buy his own truck and spend $2K each on rifles?
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by masonic 4y ago
Did they follow through with these numbers?
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by masonic 4y ago
>the 2/3 majority stands for any sort of tax increase. Propositions pass with a simply majority of voters; a 2/3 vote isn't necessary.
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by masonic 4y ago
> a normal law No, Prop 13 was an Initiative Constitutional Amendment . >not a constitutional amendment. You're flat wrong.
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by masonic 4y ago
>California propositions are citizen initiated amendments Propositions are anything going on the ballot for voter confirmation . They encompass Legislative statutes, Legislative Consitutional Amendments, Initiative Statutes, and Initia
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by masonic 4y ago
>propositions are citizen initiated amendments that citizens vote on But those statutes and Constitutional elements can be changed and put back on the ballot for confirmation by the legislative process alone . Then all it takes is a si
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by masonic 4y ago
>If you have better ideas of where to find contractors, please let me know. Have you considered hiring actual employees locally rather than remote, unseen contractors?
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by masonic 4y ago
This account is relentless at self-submits / resubmits: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=marksblogg.com
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by masonic 4y ago
Actual title: "Bernard Collaery trial is a highly unusual criminal prosecution"
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by masonic 4y ago
No, that was an Initiative , not a Legislative , measure. Again, the Legislature could do so anytime without the burden of seeking ballot signatures or encountering any other such friction.
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by masonic 4y ago
>Prop 13 for non-primary and commercial property should be repealed. Agreed. The Democrat legislature could do anytime without a single Republican vote. All it takes then is a simple majority of voters in the next statewide election. Ask
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by masonic 4y ago
The Democrats would have put a Prop 13 repeal -or- a split-roll property tax system on the ballot almost anytime in the past two decades without a single Republican vote. All it takes then is a simple majority of voters in the next statewi
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by masonic 4y ago
That's how it was in the USA into the 1980s and is how it should be. Bottlers use trucks to deliver to stores, which come back to the facility empty anyway.
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by masonic 4y ago
>0/40 Republicans helped in any way. Republicans had no access to even read the bill draft . They were limited to voting for the proverbial pig in a poke (remember Pelosi: "You have to pass the bill to see what's in it.&
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by masonic 4y ago
>the US is the "first world power", and yet there is so much gun violence, those healthcare problems, homelessness, high co2 per capita, obesity, the prison system (especially in Louisiana where it's almost still slavery f
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by masonic 4y ago
>dead on arrival in the Senate Democrats fully control every single committee.
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by masonic 4y ago
>inexplicably blame the democrats? For several periods during Obama's first term, his party totally controlled the legislative process. The Senate Democrat caucus had a filibuster-proof majority. They could have passed Medicare f
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by masonic 4y ago
>The US clamped down on Mexican border crossings. Now , the border is more porous than ever. There's plenty of labor -- go to any home improvement store parking lot. And that's just the illegal labor -- boost wages and you

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