GreyEyedGhost

I saw that image and was a little confused about the message that was being conveyed. This little conversation between you two helped clarify things and was enough impetus to follow the imgur link. Thank you both!

...any I happen to get for free and I have no other working printers. I have a Brother color laser, so they have nothing I want.

I could buy this. Also, the fonts are very jarring and intrusive. I rarely want to view what's behind the spoiler tag, just give me a line for bias and a line for credibility, no need to be bold and a smaller font if anything, and hide the rest behind the spoiler tag if I'm interested. I already know where MBFC's bias is, and I can adjust that to get an idea that when they say left, I think center or maybe left-center.

All of that seems pretty reasonable to me, but not if your goal is advertising...

There are some linked articles that provided more information. The superintendent was fired days before a pride parade that was promoted by the division and the MMF. There are a number of conflicting claims surrounding his dismissal, which will probably get ironed out in court. The usual reason for banning flags is the suppress the promotion of something you don't like, otherwise taste and relevance would be sufficient. Someone needs to start finding perfectly legitimate flags to be flown that don't meet their criteria, such as city flags, sister city flags, flags for Saskatchewan in towns near the border, etc., until the rule is made to look completely absurd or they say out loud exactly what they are bigoted against. If nothing else, it will tie them up dealing with inane topics so they don't have as much time to do more harmful things.

My guess, based on the related articles, is that they want to ban the MMF and/or pride flags.

I honestly never thought of Xi as a hothead. This could be my bias or lack of awareness. I'd say he has a fragile ego, sure. Do you have any examples to show why you believe that?

But, again, all they can prove is that you signed up to Signal and when you last signed in.

The suicide bag uses a similar process as the suicide pod, but is very much DIY. Shouldn't be too uncomfortable unless you're claustrophobic.

There were almost literally no other options. Cable ended service one mile away. Third-party cellular stations were blocked by terrain and would require a 30' mast (quotes were about $2k for the mast install), Bell wasn't offering cellular service at the time (and I don't know if they do now), geo satellite has the worst latency you can get, and caps that make it almost worthless. The only options with less than $1k upfront costs and sub-second latencies were DSL and Starlink. Trust me, I wouldn't have sat on the Starlink waiting list for 9 months if there was a better option.

"There are two states that have such shitty electricity production systems that it may take more than the lifetime of an electric car for the carbon emissions to break even. That's how terrible electric cars are!"

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Some few people with a conscience might be horrified when they learn that the policies they worked so hard to get passed caused massive loss of life for mothers and infants, but many will think the price was worth it.

Ditto. I think he could bring out the exasperation and pessimism that so much of my life warrants. And the transition to the good parts would be even funnier. "Oh, sorry honey, you're why I keep going. I should have said that to him."

I specifically said borderline shady because I didn't think you were trying to be shady. I also tried to find a source for the cancelation of the $1.3 billion, and all I have is the single line in the posted article about it. Not surprising that neither Telesat nor the government are going out of their way to announce the deal fell through, but I'd prefer it if they did, and I imagine you would, too.

The national security angle doesn't mean you can't use foreign services, it means you don't have to use foreign services, especially when you consider a major user will be NORAD bases. This is particularly relevant given the shenanigans Musk has played in Ukraine.

While I think it's easy to argue that internet connectivity is a necessity if you want to participate in the modern world, clearly water is even more important. We have seen decades of neglect on that front.