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Parliament

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  1. Three times the Federal limit, it seems.

    Newark’s ongoing lead water crisis is prompting more questions than answers as the city continues distributing bottled water to nearly 14,00 homes.

    Now residents can call a 24-hour hotline with questions on the health effects of lead exposure or where to pick up water in Newark, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday.

    A crew of doctors, nurses and pharmacists will be available to answer calls at 1-866-448-2432. Assistance will be available in 150 languages.

    “Young children and pregnant women are most at risk for lead exposure. Even low levels of lead in blood can affect a child’s ability to pay attention, achieve milestones at school and may even cause behavioral problems,” New Jersey Department of Health Acting Commissioner Judith Persichilli said in a statement.

    “Most children with lead exposure don’t exhibit symptoms. That’s why it’s so important that children under six, nursing mothers and pregnant women (are) tested for lead exposure,” Persichilli added.

    Newark began distributing bottled water after new sampling showed filters at two of three tested homes were not removing lead from the drinking water at expected levels. State and city officials have since scrambled to test additional homes to figure out why the nationally certified filters didn’t work. More than 39,000 have been distributed in the city.

    https://www.nj.com/essex/2019/08/murphy-launches-health-hotline-as-questions-over-newark-lead-water-crisis-rise.html

  2. China buys an unlicensed copy and gets burned.  #karma

    Remember that Russian carrier-based jet that China copied without permission? Those airplanes are crashing, and Russia doesn't seem too broken up about it.

    Though Russia and China are now friends, even holding joint exercises, Russia's Sputnik News recently trotted out an article titled "Chinese Navy Short on Carrier-Based Fighters, Only Has Problem-Ridden J-15."

    The J-15 is an unlicensed copy of Russia's Su-33 carrier jet, which is a 1980s derivative of the Su-27K land-based fighter. China had acquired a T-10K-3, an Su-33 prototype, from Ukraine and then reverse-engineered it.

    https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russia-china-you-shouldnt-have-copied-our-jet-fighter-design-75671

  3. Ohio State used to run this play where the QB would audible to an empty backfield and the RB would like up on the far end of the wide side. At the snap, he'd pretty much just stand there and be the last checkdown? As dumb as it sounds, it kinda worked.

  4. 1 hour ago, BabaYaga said:

    Watch the video and see how quickly it can go down (man or woman, the attacker was a large individual and came on fast).  Not to invite the stench of the cloak room here, but a trained individual with a concealed carry can be a great equalizer against a physically superior antagonist.  Provided they (LTC individual) spent the necessary time learning their craft.  

    How quickly it can happen

    A ccw definitely gives you a false sense of security.  If you carry, you gotta know how to use it.

     

    3 hours ago, Liquor and Poker said:

    Krav maga is too technical unless you’re really motivated. 

    I don’t really know what all but the most experienced person could do once a guy that size gets close enough to leverage his weight. Hard to get a weapon out with that pressed against you. Hard to breathe. 

    I was joking about the Krav Maga part, but a good knowledge of self defense is warranted.  And remind her to fight dirty.

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    20 minutes ago, CurlyDumps said:

    If you suffered years of abuse from a narcissistic, abusive ex-wife, your life became a national story, and as a result your ex became a minor celebrity with a social media following and a podcast while continuing to abuse you on social media with support behind her, then you’d relish the opportunity to release proof of her lies and  behavior.  And if you were constantly harassed via thousands of text messages for years, you probably wouldn’t consider them personal.

    Victims of coercive control will tell you the physical abuse is nothing compared to the psychological abuse.  If Courtney Smith posted photos of her battered face on Twitter, would you shame her for putting “personal shit” on the Internet?

    You're right on all of that.  But...

    How does she benefit from airing all of this?  How do her kids benefit?  In that blog she suggests she doesn't have the Hermans' permission to discuss the depth of their involvement.  (If that's the case) how does all this benefit THEM?

    Crazy creates crazy.  She mighta been a little "touched" before all this, and maybe not.  Regardless, he made her decidedly worse.


  6. There is. It's just labor intensive and therefore expensive. The next time we, as a society, choose not to short-sightedly cut corners to pad the bottom line will be the first.

    Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

    I should write that down.
  7. Fear of Socialism
    fuck right off with your bullshit you jort wearing, sister fucking, couch burning wannabe Tahoe. 
    You voted for him because you wanted to.  You were not forced.  
    You're not gonna swing votes your way with that attitude, Friend.
  8. 9 hours ago, bolverk said:

    The Atacama Desert is one of the driest places on the planet and is fairly close to the Equator, meaning it gets lots of sun.

    Thank you.  That's what I thought, but I also think there's a desert around there that's foggy all the time?

    From these solar farms in the desert, how far can the electricity be economically "pushed?"

  9. I say this not as a Conservative, or even as a spokesman for Conservatism, but simply as an observer.  If the platforms of the Democrats running for President are to be taken at face value, many Conservatives and moderates will vote for President Trump for the same reason we did last time: fear of Socialism.

    That said, candidates for each party always hafta go extreme in the primaries, and all the dumb stuff you hear Warren, Sanders, etc saying they'd disavow after being elected.  Every President, from both sides, always does it.  Regardless, the fear is real.  

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