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kpete

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Thu Apr 30, 2015, 12:16 AM Apr 2015

Baltimore Residents Urged To Stay Indoors Until Social Progress Takes Its Course Over Next Century



Baltimore Residents Urged To Stay Indoors Until Social Progress Naturally Takes Its Course Over Next Century


BALTIMORE—Calling it an emergency measure designed to ensure public safety and order, Baltimore officials held a press conference Wednesday urging all residents to stay indoors until the natural evolution of social progress takes shape over the next century. “Given the ongoing situation in our city, we ask that everyone remain within their homes for the next 10 or 12 decades while the various barriers to equality and opportunity for all people are slowly chipped away,” said Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, adding that, in addition to shutting down public schools and the transportation system, the city had canceled work for all nonessential government employees while they wait for the arrival of fully protected civil rights and liberties expected sometime in the 22nd century. “As we continue to incrementally evolve into a completely free and fair society over the next 100 years, please do not venture outside unless it is absolutely necessary. Those who go out onto our streets before our social, economic, and political structures have undergone gradual reform over the course of several generations are doing so at their own risk.” Rawlings-Blake then encouraged residents to visit the city’s website for further information regarding what to do as they await the year 2115.


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Baltimore Residents Urged To Stay Indoors Until Social Progress Takes Its Course Over Next Century (Original Post) kpete Apr 2015 OP
Here's another shorter url that also works. You don't need all that extra referring crap at the end. Electric Monk Apr 2015 #1
Yu. Slice the url's starting at the ? mark. n/t Wilms Apr 2015 #2
What, the past century wasn't enough ? nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2015 #3
And the one before that... F4lconF16 Apr 2015 #4
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