Why “Virginia” is being discussed
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Your brain is cooked if you write: > I will back down from my claim that Minsky did have sex with Virginia Giuffree And then continue to argue basing your arguments on that "fac…
by blagie · Sep 23, 2026
That's not an accurate representation of West Virginia law. The age of consent for marriage is 18. A marriage license may be given to a person at least 16 years old given consen…
by _heimdall · Sep 23, 2026
Not sure where this claim comes from. AFAIK Kibbutzes are financially independent from the state. Are you perhaps confusing the early days when they were getting set up vs the s…
by vlovich123 · Sep 23, 2026
Clearly Americans are ok with it, because that's how they vote. West Virginia didn't raise the age of marriage to 16 until 2023, after years of staunch Republican opposition.
by breezybottom · Sep 23, 2026
West Virginia also has a lot of coal. I wonder why the current Admin doesn't encourage DCs to be built next to coal. Coal communities don't care much for any regulations, DC dev…
by thelastgallon · Sep 22, 2026
There is a lot of electrical supply and demand is high plus incentives from Virginia itself and proximity to DC. It’s already a data center dense market
by firesteelrain · Sep 22, 2026
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Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. It borders Kentucky to the west, Tennessee to the south-west, North Carolina to the south, West Virginia to the north-west, and Maryland to the north. The state's capital is Richmond and its most populous city is Virginia Beach. With a population of 8.8 million, it is the 12th-most populous and 15th-most densely populated state. More than one-third of Virginia's population lives in Northern Virginia, which includes the most populous jurisdiction in the state, Fairfax County. Read more on Wikipedia