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Yes, but across sufficiently high voltage lines the initial arc would create a plasma channel which would act like a thick wire for the short to continue
I guess it's probably not enough to sustain a long time and there are probably protections in place to prevent that. Here is a short video showing someone doing almost exactly this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X_2lZqyCmls
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Terrorism is a stupid strategy. Its track record is terrible. The folks who engage in it, fortunately, are not the most capable.
Terrorism is a very plastic term, that in the modern era is only applied to non-state actors who act against Western interests. Many, many, many allies of the West would be considered terroristic if they didn't align with Western goals. The Northern Alliance in Afghanistan would be considered terrorist, as well as many of the Syrian and Libyan allies during the Arab Spring. In those instances, they aren't labeled ter…
This is not a "we're the good guys, and they're the bad guys" propaganda thing. It just defines a very different mode of combat. Nice try, but a terrorist is a subversion of a secret agent, not a soldier.
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> In multiple cases, these were not parents, or didn't even have kids in the schools they were protesting. What if I have a significant other and we intend on having kids next year? Or in 5 years? We don't wish to move to a new district. What if we have nieces, nephews, cousins, or family that teach in the district but are too afraid to speak out for fear of reprisal? What if we have grand children, or volunteer with…
You're defending indefensible conduct. These "protestors" were threatening board members, stating "We know where you live" etc. They weren't politely and respectfully arguing over funding disparities between sports and the math club. They were instigated by right-wing media that touts ridiculous stories of kids using litter boxes in classrooms, of trans kids assaulting others in restrooms, and other non-events.
https://news.yahoo.com/judge-rules-loudoun-county-teen-13141...
This was a non-event?
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Some of those that work forces...are the same that burn crosses.
Yes I recognize the Rage Against The Machine lyric. Is your claim that the Moore County sheriff was ... in on it?
Is that not obvious? Did you pay attention AT ALL during Jan 6?
In any "not very large city," this should always be considered as a possibility.
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You're defending indefensible conduct. These "protestors" were threatening board members, stating "We know where you live" etc. They weren't politely and respectfully arguing over funding disparities between sports and the math club. They were instigated by right-wing media that touts ridiculous stories of kids using litter boxes in classrooms, of trans kids assaulting others in restrooms, and other non-events.
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"You are absolutely fine with rampant sexual misconduct"?
That's a pretty harsh thing to accuse someone of, especially in the context of a discussion of people writing to schools they are not related to to complain about LGBT+ topics being discussed. Going from that to rampant sexual misconduct, also, feels like a bit of a leap.
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Hope this helps; Dead Ringer (disambiguation) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Ringer_(disambiguation) Wringer (disambiguation) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wringer_(disambiguation)
> from 19th-century horse-racing slang There's hardly any worse "source" for etymology than that kind of jargon. > "ringer" was a late nineteenth-century term for a duplicate, usually with implications of dishonesty, ... Is that it? > Hope this helps Not in the slightest, no. If anything it confirms my bias that editors are gullible. Which, to get back onto topic, would mean to think that the motivation was not exact…
Care to provide attribution links for that claim?
etymology:'Dead Ringer'
etymology:'Wringer'
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> No sir, you are. You're absolutely fine with rampant sexual misconduct in our schools and pretend none of your politically inconvenient crimes have occurred while "the other guys" are evil for demanding their children be in a safe learning environment. "You are absolutely fine with rampant sexual misconduct "? That's a pretty harsh thing to accuse someone of, especially in the context of a discussion of people writ…