Should a resident be legally entitled to use lethal force against an intruder who breaks into their home while they are present?
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7 Women Describe What Life Is Like With Big Boobs
1. 34H here (34I in American sizes)
I shot from an A cup to a DD by the time I was twelve, and it just kept going from there. It was certainly jarring, to have men in their thirties and forties give you that kind of attention when you’re still mentally a child. I was given hell from the girls in my year because of my shape as well.
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Awful Financial Decision Maker of the Day
In December 2019 I financed a brand new Charger Scat Pack. This was right before inflation really took off so they were cheaper than they are now. Sticker price was only 36k. After the dealer added a warranty, “paint protection plan”, dealer fees, taxes, etc, I ended up financing 51k!
At the time I didn’t know ANYTHING about cars, the only reason I even bought the car was because my v6 2011 camaro that was paid off started having transmission trouble. Replaced it twice and it still wasn’t driving properly, so I bought the scat pack.
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What It’s Really Like to Be a Public Defender
Most people don’t think about public defenders at all. When they do, it’s usually through a cartoon—either the incompetent burnout who doesn’t care, or the slick TV lawyer who wins on a dramatic speech in front of a jury. Neither of those people exist.
What exists instead is a job where you wake up every morning thinking, “Did I set that hearing for today or next week?” and fall asleep thinking about the one innocent client who didn’t make it out clean.
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Your Insurance Agent Isn’t an Investment Advisor
In the world of personal finance, words matter. But in the sales offices of insurance agencies across the country, words are often blurred, softened, and repositioned. We are told about “wealth accumulation vehicles,” “tax-sheltered growth,” and “private banking strategies.”
However, beneath the glossy brochures and the talk of “guaranteed returns,” there is a fundamental regulatory and mathematical wall that every consumer needs to understand: Insurance is not an investment.
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Linkage
100 Photos of 2025: AP photos that defined the year – AP News
25 Photos of Seriously Cool Home Network Labs – Ned Hardy
An air filter helps keep dust, allergens, smoke, and pollutants out of the air you breathe, so you’re not inhaling the stuff your body has to fight all night and every day. This is highly recommended by many. – Amazon
US pursuing third oil tanker linked to Venezuela, official says – BBC News
For Fallen Syrian Dictator Assad and Family, an Exile of Luxury and Impunity – NYTimes
The Oldest Restaurant in the World Just Turned 300 Years Old – Smithsonian Magazine
Larry Ellison Agrees to Personally Guarantee Paramount Bid for Warner Bros. in Revised Offer – Hollywood Reporter
20 Single-Panel Comics That Understand the Assignment – Ned Hardy
If you have cats and hate scooping litter, this will solve that problem and give you back 5 minutes of your day. However, it comes at a hefty cost. – Amazon
How to Spend a Weekend in Yosemite With Kids – Thrillist
52 good news stories you may have missed in 2025 – The Times
Former AT&T spokeswoman Milana Vayntrub raises $500K selling ‘tastefully risqué’ pictures for LA wildfire victims – NY Post
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. She was the one expelled – ABC News
Millionaire Wisdom: How to Grow Net Worth – ESI Money
Don’t Fall for This ‘Out of Stock’ Purchase Scam – Lifehacker
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Survival Myths That Movies Got Wrong And That Can Get You Killed
1. That you should conserve water in the desert. People have died of dehydration while still having water on them because they tried to ration it.
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I’ve Lived in Skid Row for Seven Years. Here’s the Reality.
I’ve lived in downtown Los Angeles, inside the officially designated Skid Row district, for almost seven years now. That’s long enough to see the area before COVID, during it, and after—long enough to watch the cycles repeat and the public narrative harden into something flatter and less accurate than reality.
Most people think they understand Skid Row. I did too, before I moved here. What they usually mean is that they’ve seen it online—videos, photos, TikToks framed as proof that Los Angeles has failed. Skid Row has become shorthand for political arguments, a visual talking point that gets passed around without much context. But Skid Row didn’t appear out of nowhere. It’s more than a hundred years old. Many cities have their own version of it. LA’s just happens to be the one with the most cameras pointed at it right now.
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