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tommag, 03-15-2024, 11:38 PM

Watching NOVA tonight and they featured the big underwater eruption 2 years ago in Tonga.  They did a good job of explaining the findings so far.  The researchers looked at a nearby active volcano, gathering data both by drone and on foot.
On foot, they hiked to the bottom of the crater within what looked like a couple hundred yards of a big sulfer dioxide plume.  It seems to me it wouldn't take much of a change in conditions to put them in the SO2 clouds.
Besides scientific curiosity, you'd have to have a huge sense of civic duty to take that risk!


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[GOA News] Help Stop CDC Attacks on Gun Ownership


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Alphie, 03-15-2024, 11:27 PM

[GOA News] Help Stop CDC Attacks on Gun Ownership

Unless you and I speak out now, health bureaucrats in Washington will continue to fund research that will be used to advocate against your Second Amendment rights. For years, anti-gunners in Congress have been spending millions of tax dollars to have the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to produce biased, anti-gun studies to …<br/> <a class="postReadMore" href="https://www.gunowners.org/na03162024/">Read more<i class="fa fa-angle-double-right"></i></a>


https://www.gunowners.org/na03162024/


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[FPC News] Motion for Summary Judgment Filed in FPC-Supported Lawsuit Challenging Ne


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Alphie, 03-15-2024, 11:27 PM

[FPC News] Motion for Summary Judgment Filed in FPC-Supported Lawsuit Challenging Ne

<p><strong>NEW YORK</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (March 15,</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 2024) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) and FPC Action Foundation (FPCAF) announced the filing of a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging New York’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.” The motion in </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/lane"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lane v. Rocah</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> can be viewed at </span><a href="http://fpclegal.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FPCLegal.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/motion-for...weapon-ban


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Sonoran dog


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srjdsmith, 03-14-2024, 11:02 PM

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When one is in the Sonoran Desert, one eats Sonoran hot dogs. (Of course, if there are carne asada street tacos on the menu…)


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[FPC News] FPC Files Supplemental Brief in Lawsuit Challenging Maryland’s “Assau


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Alphie, 03-13-2024, 08:28 PM

[FPC News] FPC Files Supplemental Brief in Lawsuit Challenging Maryland’s “Assau

<p><strong>RICHMOND, Va.</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> (March 13,</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 2024) – Today, Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) announced that it has filed a supplemental brief with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in its </span><a href="https://www.firearmspolicy.org/bianchi"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bianchi v. Brown</span></em></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> lawsuit, which challenges Maryland’s ban on so-called “assault weapons.” The brief, which is the final one before </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">en banc</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> oral arguments on March 20th, can be viewed at </span><a href="http://fpclegal.org"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FPCLegal.org</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>


http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-files-...weapon-ban


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