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Old 09-02-2020, 06:30 AM   #94
Griff
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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Originally Posted by Flint View Post
Update from a rural area with moderate politics:

Heavily armed right-wing militias have been coming to peaceful protests and screaming in people's faces, issuing threats against specific community members on social media (worded to circumvent the FB standards), organizing meetings to discuss "taking back" the county "by force" and offering rewards for "the ashes of pride flags" and issuing "hunting licenses" for individuals who question their behavior or operate openly LGBT-friendly businesses.

If your yard sign being stolen is the worst thing happening in your area, stay where you are.
True words, outside of the ongoing target shooting and blasting at the quarries Griff Crackertopia is quiet. Little diversity here this area has already been taken.

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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
Stay home and enjoy the bandwidth. Where we're going, there is no "area".

Starlink satellites #649-708 are going into space tomorrow. They are planning to launch limited US service when they have 800 up. So that's probably two launches from now.

Sign up now, so that you can be among the first beta testers
Yeah, I prefer to hope we get our shit together. The end of American Civilization in HD? Sign me up!
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