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Especially the post where you told us that he was your pet, that was extremely uncomfortable.

Crap. All this time trying to get my crime down and now it's back up to Pervasive.

Republic Of Minerva wrote:Crap. All this time trying to get my crime down and now it's back up to Pervasive.

Mine went from crippling to a major problem, so progress.

Right-Winged Nation wrote:Especially the post where you told us that he was your pet, that was extremely uncomfortable.

Same.

Holy crap! The rejiggering screwed up my stats!

The New United States wrote:Holy crap! The rejiggering screwed up my stats!

I'm not doing it.

@TTA

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Republic Of Minerva wrote:@TTA

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I'm ROLLING

You can contact me via ROBLOX.

USERName: Altax

The State Of Deseret wrote:You can contact me via ROBLOX.

USERName: Altax

And he's back

The State Of Deseret wrote:You can contact me via ROBLOX.

USERName: Altax

I thought he was gone. Then he wasn't gone. Bets on when he'll be gone again?

Humpheria wrote:I thought he was gone. Then he wasn't gone. Bets on when he'll be gone again?

give him a month

Right-Winged Nation wrote:give him a month

I think it will be more quickly if his parents found out that he is the human "pet" of some random twelve year old on an online nation simulator. I wouldn't be happy if I were them.

Humpheria wrote:I think it will be more quickly if his parents found out that he is the human "pet" of some random twelve year old on an online nation simulator. I wouldn't be happy if I were them.

True, it's also a major no no in being a Mormon so maybe three weeks.

They should make an NS app.

Woaw, my country is now almost heaven on earth thanks to the refactoring.

Huge income per citizen, ratio richest/poorest income is about 10 without any regulation, true tiny and minarchist government with a very strong military and police force, and a new and incredible increase of the safety index.

How are yours ?

Yrellian Confederacy wrote:Woaw, my country is now almost heaven on earth thanks to the refactoring.

Huge income per citizen, ratio richest/poorest income is about 10 without any regulation, true tiny and minarchist government with a very strong military and police force, and a new and incredible increase of the safety index.

How are yours ?

My economy is worth 424 trillion units of my made up currency, so pretty good.

Yrellian Confederacy wrote:Woaw, my country is now almost heaven on earth thanks to the refactoring.

Huge income per citizen, ratio richest/poorest income is about 10 without any regulation, true tiny and minarchist government with a very strong military and police force, and a new and incredible increase of the safety index.

How are yours ?

On the positive side, my taxes went from 37% to 4% and my people became much, much, much more peaceful.

On the other hand, my "Safety" index was cut in half, my "Safety from Crime" index was reduced by a third, and the entirety of my large religious population converted to atheism overnight.

The negatives outweigh the positives, in my case.

Right-Winged Nation wrote:I'm excited to see American Sniper

Great movie.

Pevvania wrote:Me too.

Speaking of films, I saw Birdman yesterday. A brilliant film and a fantastic return for Michael Keaton, it's unmissable.

Bird man was pretty good.....Watched it last week.

Humpheria wrote:I'm not leaving my house until next season. Ugh. Damn Patriots.

HAHA YES!!

Humpheria wrote:They should make an NS app.
Thts one of my maybe side projects lol

Republic Of Minerva wrote:@TTA

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XD

Anyone here read much of Hegel?

Lack There Of wrote:Anyone here read much of Hegel?

Nope. Glad to have you back, Lack.

Love this! - http://libertyviral.com/go-fk-yourself-you-communist-turd-senator-says-to-anti-free-speech-democrat/#axzz3PFqVyIzq

Pevvania wrote:Nope. Glad to have you back, Lack.

Rhyme time.

Pevvania wrote:Love this! - http://libertyviral.com/go-fk-yourself-you-communist-turd-senator-says-to-anti-free-speech-democrat/#axzz3PFqVyIzq

Down with communism? Down with communism.

Down with Socialism too.

Slow week.

Let's throw a spanner in the works: libertarians are racist because they want businesses to discriminate.

Well, wouldn't discrimination be bad for business? I mean, if they actively don't hire certain people, wouldn't the consumers get ticked off? Or are we going to acknowledge that consumers really just want cheap deals?

Rlaettei wrote:Well, wouldn't discrimination be bad for business? I mean, if they actively don't hire certain people, wouldn't the consumers get ticked off? Or are we going to acknowledge that consumers really just want cheap deals?

If people actually care about discrimination, then, yeah, it'd hurt business.

If they don't, then obviously it won't.

Pevvania wrote:Slow week.

Let's throw a spanner in the works: libertarians are racist because they want businesses to discriminate.

Government regulations on discrimination, like all other such regulations, are clearly such good ideas that they must be compulsory.

Never mind that the bottom line of most businesses - to make money - would already be compromised by discriminatory practices, thus making regulation in that area redundant (at best). This regulation becomes actively harmful when hiring quotas based on ethnicity are established, among other things.

Conservative Idealism In Libertatem wrote:Government regulations on discrimination, like all other such regulations, are clearly such good ideas that they must be compulsory.

Never mind that the bottom line of most businesses - to make money - would already be compromised by discriminatory practices, thus making regulation in that area redundant (at best). This regulation becomes actively harmful when hiring quotas based on ethnicity are established, among other things.

*Cough* Affirmative action needs to go, this is not the 1970s *Cough*

Islas Malvinas son Argentinas!

Well... that flag was short-lived...

Pevvania wrote:Slow week.

Let's throw a spanner in the works: libertarians are racist because they want businesses to discriminate.

Pah! I think it's very telling that liberals think that we'll all start discriminating wildly if regulations are repealed. It betrays their lack of trust in people to regulate themselves. If businesses were to discriminate stupidly, then they'd be boycotted and lose traffic and revenues, as is obvious to all of us.

Why people think the government has to step in and spoonfeed us, I'll never understand.

Most people don't care about discrimination. Look at Germany 1933-45, Jews were removed from business and yet no one cared. We do this also with American's. We discriminate based on skin color for looking Islamic.

Northern Prussia wrote:Most people don't care about discrimination. Look at Germany 1933-45, Jews were removed from business and yet no one cared. We do this also with American's. We discriminate based on skin color for looking Islamic.

Well, I mean everyone was kinda of fighting a war and America didn't find out till later.

Northern Prussia wrote:Most people don't care about discrimination. Look at Germany 1933-45, Jews were removed from business and yet no one cared. We do this also with American's. We discriminate based on skin color for looking Islamic.

Germany kinda of took over everything and it was very hard to combat

Northern Prussia wrote:Most people don't care about discrimination. We discriminate based on skin color for looking Islamic.

1) Discrimination is rare enough for us to be able to not care.

2) That's because the vast majority of terrorists happen to be of the Muslim faith (granted, very very radical Muslim faith, but still Muslim), so naturally we look out for those who fit that description. We're fighting Islamic terrorism, and we can't do that unless we acknowledge that it is indeed Islamic.

The point is discrimination is not limited to America, and quite simply a person will not care if he buys from a store that won't hire a certain demographic. Truth be told.

Northern Prussia wrote:The point is discrimination is not limited to America, and quite simply a person will not care if he buys from a store that won't hire a certain demographic. Truth be told.

Yeah, because really, discrimination isn't all that big of a problem, so naturally people won't care about it.

Miencraft wrote:Yeah, because really, discrimination isn't all that big of a problem, so naturally people won't care about it.

Exactly. If it does, society self-regulates like in the bus boycotts.

"Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government." -James Madison

We urge all members of this region that do not know the history or the meaning of our Constitution to remember these words when you so blatantly demonize our region.

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Republic Of Minerva wrote:Islas Malvinas son Argentinas!

What's that in aid of?

Friends,

I would like to formally apologize to the citizenry of Libertatem, those who gave me their votes, and the regional authorities, regarding my disgraceful and unceremonious departure from Libertatem, whilst in the middle of serving a term on the Board.

It is no excuse, but, at the time, I was stressed out from a combination of school-work and isolation from my peers, who, overwhelmingly, did not share any of the same values as myself. For some stupid reason, during this period, I decided it would be a good idea to post some irrational, incendiary, unconstructive anti-leftist rhetoric. Don't get me wrong, I'm as for the War on Communism as anybody here, but my posts were just out of line and were not congruent with my actual line of thinking. I near instantly regretted my posts, which received some harsh criticism from a couple of you.

I suppose that my regret for making the posts, combined with the criticism that I received, led to me feeling somewhat isolated in the region, as well.

It is no excuse for abandoning my post as an elected official, and it is certainly no excuse for running to another region. I am incredibly sorry about the incident, and I would like to reaffirm my loyalty to the region.

Sincerely,

[nation=short]The New United States[/nation]

Reaganist Libertarian Party wrote:when you so blatantly demonize our region.

These sound like blaming words. Are there any individuals in particular this message is directed at?

The New United States wrote:Friends,

I would like to formally apologize to the citizenry of Libertatem, those who gave me their votes, and the regional authorities, regarding my disgraceful and unceremonious departure from Libertatem, whilst in the middle of serving a term on the Board.

It is no excuse, but, at the time, I was stressed out from a combination of school-work and isolation from my peers, who, overwhelmingly, did not share any of the same values as myself. For some stupid reason, during this period, I decided it would be a good idea to post some irrational, incendiary, unconstructive anti-leftist rhetoric. Don't get me wrong, I'm as for the War on Communism as anybody here, but my posts were just out of line and were not congruent with my actual line of thinking. I near instantly regretted my posts, which received some harsh criticism from a couple of you.

I suppose that my regret for making the posts, combined with the criticism that I received, led to me feeling somewhat isolated in the region, as well.

It is no excuse for abandoning my post as an elected official, and it is certainly no excuse for running to another region. I am incredibly sorry about the incident, and I would like to reaffirm my loyalty to the region.

Sincerely,

[nation=short]The New United States[/nation]

I forgive you, TNUS; I understand what it's like to be stressed out by such things. I'd just like to welcome you back. After all, we've lost a few good people in the past month, so it's quite the occasion to see one return.

Plus, I lost computer access during much of the month of November, and I was serving a Board term at that time...

Hm. Gives me an idea for legislation.

Conservative Idealism In Libertatem wrote:Hm. Gives me an idea for legislation.

Care to share?

Samarian Imperium wrote:Care to share?

A simple bill establishing protocols for the replacement (or at least retirement) of absent government officials, given a specific value of "absent" (e.g., missing from the region for x days without giving a reason, or y days even if given, or not online in z days, etc.).

That way, inactivity would not halt the legislative or executive processes.

Conservative Idealism In Libertatem wrote:That way, inactivity would not halt the legislative or executive processes.

I like it.

I'll see if I can write up a draft soon.

Cabinet members, I'll want to speak with you soon. Be ready for my telegram.

Conservative Idealism In Libertatem wrote:A simple bill establishing protocols for the replacement (or at least retirement) of absent government officials, given a specific value of "absent" (e.g., missing from the region for x days without giving a reason, or y days even if given, or not online in z days, etc.).

The board candidates could simply nominate a substitute during election time. This way we would elect 2 people at a time , one being a substitute bordman, taking responsibilities during absence only.

Yrellian Confederacy wrote:The board candidates could simply nominate a substitute during election time. This way we would elect 2 people at a time , one being a substitute bordman, taking responsibilities during absence only.

Hmm. And that way, the need for elections mid-term would be minimized...

Good idea.

Yrellian Confederacy wrote:The board candidates could simply nominate a substitute during election time. This way we would elect 2 people at a time , one being a substitute bordman, taking responsibilities during absence only.

That's not a bad idea, but I don't think we'll have the numbers. Perhaps and American caucus system would be better where the elected party appoints a replacement, or the loser takes over.

Also a good idea, though I wonder how well either of these ideas would work if put in action.

Humpheria wrote:That's not a bad idea, but I don't think we'll have the numbers. Perhaps and American caucus system would be better where the elected party appoints a replacement, or the loser takes over.

I think this would be better in my opinion.

so no hegelians in the house?

By a vote of 3-0, the Board hereby restores the citizenship of [nation=short]The New United States[/nation].

VOTE LOG

Pevvania - AYE

Right-Winged Nation - AYE

Humpheria - AYE

Actum - ABSENT

The Neo-Confederate States of America - ABSENT

Pevvania wrote:By a vote of 3-0, the Board hereby restores the citizenship of [nation=short]The New United States[/nation].

VOTE LOG

Pevvania - AYE

Right-Winged Nation - AYE

Humpheria - AYE

Actum - ABSENT

The Neo-Confederate States of America - ABSENT

It's funny, because in the time it took you to vote on that his wait had already expired so it's really useless.

That said, send him over to me, because as far as I know you guys aren't allowed to grant citizenship, only remove wait times.

Miencraft wrote:It's funny, because in the time it took you to vote on that his wait had already expired so it's really useless.

That said, send him over to me, because as far as I know you guys aren't allowed to grant citizenship, only remove wait times.

Actually, he only came back 7 days ago. I'm not sure, take a look at the FRAUD Act. But alright.

Miencraft wrote:It's funny, because in the time it took you to vote on that his wait had already expired so it's really useless.

That said, send him over to me, because as far as I know you guys aren't allowed to grant citizenship, only remove wait times.

Not quite. Either way, we don't have to worry about wait time now.

Pevvania wrote:Actually, he only came back 7 days ago. I'm not sure, take a look at the FRAUD Act. But alright.

Wow, really?

I'm bad at time. Don't listen to me.

Anywho,

"Subsection III

Alternatively, an individual that has renounced citizenship may bypass the ten-day waiting period, at the Board's discretion"

Just says bypass the wait, doesn't say you can grant citizenship back.

That said, he's TNUS. He can bulls*** me all he wants in his application, he's getting it back anyways.

Why not if someone becomes inactive, the founder appoints a new nation for the remainder of the term.

Northern Prussia wrote:Why not if someone becomes inactive, the founder appoints a new nation for the remainder of the term.

Three reasons.

1. That gives even more power to a position that, in all practicality, possesses power in totality.

2. Multiple nations, though revered, have access to the founder account and could use it to appoint either themselves or their supporters.

3. The account's original owner could be considered inactive himself, though he still pops in from time to time.

Conservative Idealism In Libertatem wrote:Three reasons.

1. That gives even more power to a position that, in all practicality, possesses power in totality.

2. Multiple nations, though revered, have access to the founder account and could use it to appoint either themselves or their supporters.

3. The account's original owner could be considered inactive himself, though he still pops in from time to time.

^

I think we should have a State of the Region address early next month. *cough**cough*Mr. President*cough**cough*

Wait. The founder is used by multiple accounts. We should draft some sort of emergency protocol legislation to prevent a dissolution of Libertatem. My example is the FFS, which if this were to happen here. The war would be vulnerable.

Northern Prussia wrote:Wait. The founder is used by multiple accounts. We should draft some sort of emergency protocol legislation to prevent a dissolution of Libertatem. My example is the FFS, which if this were to happen here. The war would be vulnerable.

That's not a secret. Liberosia, President Pevvania, President Miencraft, and President Humpheria (third person to point out only former Presidents) have access to the accounts for emergencies and WFE editing.

Yes, but I'm saying Is in the event either of you commit wrong doing. Liberosa is at risk of being deleted.

Northern Prussia wrote:Yes, but I'm saying Is in the event either of you commit wrong doing. Liberosa is at risk of being deleted.

Yeah, but everyone that has access to that account was given it at the discretion of Liberosia and as a private nation, he has the right to do so. The War Department has contingencies for refounding, evacuations and all of that mess.

I can personally tell you that I have gotten on to that account twice to edit the RMB. The guy himself is rarely active and that puts the region at risk. Do you believe that any of the three of us would purposefully do damage to the region?

It's not exactly like Lib is Oprah "You get a password! You get a password! Everybody gets a password!"

Humpheria wrote:It's not exactly like Lib is Oprah "You get a password! You get a password! Erbah gets a password!"

In the event of Liberosia's deletion, we'd already have a good idea of what to do (other than panic), but it's not likely to happen - mostly because the region's past Presidents aren't anything like Beastland, and are highly unlikely to break the rules.

Idealism, at least you understand what I'm saying and I'm glad to hear the War Department has contingencies planned.

Northern Prussia wrote:Idealism, at least you understand what I'm saying and I'm glad to hear the War Department has contingencies planned.

That was one of the first things that Pev and I drew up when he became President. The details, of course, are classified, but there is a plan B, C, and Z.

Humpheria wrote:That was one of the first things that Pev and I drew up when he became President. The details, of course, are classified, but there is a plan B, C, and Z.

Redundancy makes the world go round makes the world go round.

Poortasia wrote:Redundancy makes the world go round makes the world go round.

Sorry, but spies aren't exactly privy to the information.

Humpheria wrote:Sorry, but spies aren't exactly privy to the information.

Why would they be? And was that a jab at me?

Would any of you like to view my recent factbooks? Go check them out

I tried to watch the State of the Union.

It was kind of funny because he has no idea what he's talking about.

Yeah, he kept talking about how Americans are one people. Sounds kind of Socialist...and then there was the raising of the minimum wage, and the 2 free years of community college...and the 7 days of paid sick leave...geez, man. What about the middle class tax cuts though? Those are bad because he's going to tax the rich (who earned their money) more, right?

Went to a hockey game yesterday and they sung the Canadian national anthem and after someone yelled "Socialism never wins!". Got a good chuckle out of that one.

Miencraft wrote:I tried to watch the State of the Union.

It was kind of funny because he has no idea what he's talking about.

I watched Big Bang from 2 yes ago instead. Not quite as funny but.....lol

Rlaettei wrote:Sounds kind of Socialist

The way that he kept referring to "middle-class economics" reminds me of the way a certain German from the 19th century also focused very much on class...

I watched it at my local congressman's' office with some buddies from the campaign. We kept getting texts from him, he was there. Fun night but we barely watched the speech, if we wanted to listen to two hours of someone acting, we'd put on a movie.

Humpheria wrote:I watched it at my local congressman's' office with some buddies from the campaign. We kept getting texts from him, he was there. Fun night but we barely watched the speech, if we wanted to listen to two hours of someone acting, we'd put on a movie.

He said he wanted to close GITMO

"To survive in peace and harmony, united and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag." -Pauline Hanson

The RLP stands in strong defense of this region and what she stands for, including the flag.

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Taoist Missionaries wrote:Hello. Do you believe in Tao?

I'm a passionate believer.

Taoist Missionaries wrote:Hello. Do you believe in Tao?

Nope.

[B]Parents and Taxpayers Want More Educational Choice[/B]

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Ever since Georgia enacted a scholarship tax credit law in 2008, individual and corporate taxpayers in the Peach State could receive dollar-for-dollar tax credits in return for contributions to nonprofit scholarship organizations—at least until the $58 million cap is reached.

Donors are eligible to receive credits starting on January 1st of each year. In 2012, the last of the credits were claimed in mid-August. The following year, donors hit the cap in May. Last year, they hit it in just three weeks. This year, all the credits were claimed within hours of becoming available on January 1st. In fact, taxpayers applied for more than $95 million in credits, $37 million more than the cap.

Scholarship families are highly satisfied. In a 2013 survey of families receiving scholarships from Georgia GOAL, 98.6% of respondents reported being “very satisfied” or “satisfied” with their chosen school.

Clearly, both the demand for scholarships and the willingness of taxpayers to support scholarship students have grown far beyond what the law currently allows. It’s time to raise the cap. Georgia legislators considering pending legislation to raise the cap to $250 million should be encouraged by two additional facts. First, the best evidence suggests that the tax credit law saves money by reducing expenses by more than it reduces tax revenue. Second, two-thirds of Georgians support the scholarship tax credit law. In other words, it’s good policy and good politics.

In other states that cap the amount of scholarship tax credits available—such as Florida, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island—donors consistently hit the cap each year. Two recent exceptions—New Hampshire and Alabama—highlight the adverse effects of lawsuits on fundraising. After anti–school choice activists sued to block New Hampshire’s Opportunity Scholarship law, donations dropped off precipitously because of the uncertainty about the law’s future. Fortunately, the state supreme court unanimously rejected the challenge last summer, so we should expect a significant increase in donations this year.

In Alabama, scholarship organizations raised only half as much in 2014 as they did in 2013 because of the uncertainty created by government education establishment’s legal challenge. The lawsuit is likely to meet the same end as similar lawsuits in Arizona and New Hampshire, but the plaintiffs are harming thousands of children while the case is being litigated.

"The frighteningly efficient Pevvanian economy, worth 518 trillion Bitcoins a year, is driven entirely by the private sector, which is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 108,552 Bitcoins, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 654,246 per year while the poor average 8,100, a ratio of 80.8 to 1."

Awww yeah.

"Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.3%."

Too high

Taoist Missionaries wrote:Hello. Do you believe in Tao?

Nope.

The New United States wrote:Nope.

Do you have a religion, TNUS?

Pevvania wrote:Do you have a religion, TNUS?

Yep. I'm in the process of joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, soon to be baptized.

The New United States wrote:Yep. I'm in the process of joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, soon to be baptized.

Nice. I am very roughly a Christian, but my views are almost uncategorisable. I was baptised Catholic, but I empathise more with my father's Protestantism, with a little bit of deism and Buddhism on the side.

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