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So Obama funded Soros to keep a socialist government in power in Albania: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/04/obama-state-dept-used-taxpayer-dollars-to-fund-george-soros-groups-political-activities-in-albania-watchdog-group-says.amp.html

When will this monstrous man be brought to justice? (Soros, that is. We know Obama will get away with his crimes.)

Democratic state legislator is New Jersey's only hope against raising taxes: https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2018/04/03/why-a-fellow-democrat-is-blocking-new-jersey-governors-lefty-agenda-342676

The Trump Tax Cuts, as I predicted, are already working to lower state taxes or prevent them from increasing any further. Maybe for phase 2, get rid of state and local deduction entirely?

Pevvania wrote:Democratic state legislator is New Jersey's only hope against raising taxes: https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2018/04/03/why-a-fellow-democrat-is-blocking-new-jersey-governors-lefty-agenda-342676

The Trump Tax Cuts, as I predicted, are already working to lower state taxes or prevent them from increasing any further. Maybe for phase 2, get rid of state and local deduction entirely?

BIDNALD BIMP IS MAKING THE RICH RICHER

Pevvania

Pevvania wrote:Democratic state legislator is New Jersey's only hope against raising taxes: https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2018/04/03/why-a-fellow-democrat-is-blocking-new-jersey-governors-lefty-agenda-342676

What this article says is that Mr. Sweeney is jealous because he wanted to be the governor himself, so now he has decided to boycott whatever the governor does. It has nothing to do with policy or taxes. It's just a grown man acting like a five-year-old.

Also, hi Libertatem! I'm new here!

Rateria

The Screaming Void wrote:Also, hi Libertatem! I'm new here!
Hi screaming void. Want some fritos corn-cheeps?

Im gonna make a pocket reagan advert

Rateria

So I am the Dictator of the Senate again. Thanks you for your support, now go work in the salt mines.

Rateria, Acelandinisia

Acelandinisia wrote:Hi screaming void. Want some fritos corn-cheeps?

stop talking about chips. This is strictly a mini-pretzel region

Rateria, Jadentopian Order

The States Of Balloon wrote:stop talking about chips. This is strictly a mini-pretzel region

This I can get behind.

Rateria

The Screaming Void wrote:Also, hi Libertatem! I'm new here!

If you stare long into the abyss...

Rateria

The States Of Balloon wrote:

stop talking about chips. This is strictly a mini-pretzel region

The future is now, old man

Rateria

Acelandinisia wrote:The future is now, old man

The future is pretzels you chip shill

Rateria

The States Of Balloon wrote:

The future is pretzels you chip shill

The future is Fritos corn-cheeps you pretzel twisted cannibalistic communist

Rateria

Acelandinisia wrote:The future is Fritos corn-cheeps you pretzel twisted cannibalistic communist

How dare you insult the greatness and variety of the pretzels

Rateria

You can't cover freetos in chocolate and still have them taste good. You can't put peanut butter in a shell of frintos. You can't have chiip sticks, or larger sourdough chips. Ftreos are an inferior snack compared to the limitless possibilities of pretzels

Rateria, Jadentopian Order

The Virgin Fritos:

-Get gross after eating like 3

-Smell nasty

-Fake enthic name to appear hispanic, actually just some boring chips

-Boring, generic flavors

The Chad Pretzel

-Flexible, can be eaten many different ways

-Only german creation that does not want to take over the entire earth

-Actually from germany

-Salty taste that never gets old

Pevvania, Rateria, The States Of Balloon

Proof:

Some mini-pretzel sticks: https://www.yellowblissroad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Bag-Cinnamon-Sugar-Pretzel-Sticks.jpg

Big sticks with chocolate: http://assets.kraftfoods.com/recipe_images/opendeploy/95286_640x428.jpg

Mini-Pretzels: https://jandatri.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Gourmet-Seasoned-Pretzels.jpg

Jumbo-Pretzels: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/easy-homemade-soft-pretzels.jpg

Chocolate covered pretzels: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRrEGfYR9X0WbP7hFrG0eVz1y4FEg4zlHdAK-avMGRBvhO22JFr2w

Stuffed with cheese: https://img.buzzfeed.com/video-api-prod/assets/d642d37450d747f69992fa0c2652d3e1/BFV15825_Cheese-StuffedGarlicParmesanPretzels_ThumbA.jpg?output-format=webp&output-quality=60&resize=1000:*

Now let's have a look at the diversity of Fritos:

Original: https://www.fritolay.com/images/default-source/blue-bag-image/fritos-original.png?sfvrsn=b704563a_2

Flaming hot: https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/f8ce8924-4bcb-4c0b-ac4d-e5f6a2ad7d37_1.8ada8f835d248b7e1c5a02a0971cdcdc.jpeg?odnHeight=450&odnWidth=450&odnBg=FFFFFF

Chili Cheese: https://www.fritolay.com/images/default-source/blue-bag-image/fritos-chili-cheese.png?sfvrsn=a304563a_2

Jalapeno: https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/2ae54f14-066d-47a9-816b-5326e7be6724_1.70faffe5529ac89ca11db788ce38a348.jpeg?odnHeight=450&odnWidth=450&odnBg=FFFFFF

And you know what they all look like? This: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Fritos_on_a_white_background.jpg/220px-Fritos_on_a_white_background.jpg

The same generic flavors as every other brand of chips. Fritos are just another drop in the bucket of the endless wave of chips. The only thing making them stand out is their shape. Pretzels are a truly unique and diverse set of snacks that come in many different shape, sizes, types, and varieties. Why have your average, generic, lifeless corn chips, when you can have a food that bends to your tastes.

Citizens of Libertatem, I rest my case.

Rateria, The States Of Balloon

Sorry, but you can put chocolate and peanut butter on a frito too. Ive done it. Its delicious. Pretzels are either too hard, too soft, or covered in cheap chocolate that tastes awful or is filled with dry peanut butter that sticks to your mouth.

Fritos are delicious, salty enough to give you a good tasting corn chip, and are even soft and hard enough to give a good tingly sensation. Why on earth would you want some cheap cheese when you could have high quality Jalepeno, Chili, and Ranch? There is no pretzel, just pretzels by many companies. There is only 1 Fritos corn chip.

Rateria

Also... Frito Tacos and Pretzels have awful cheap brandness, while Fritos have a Mexican Bandit who promises goodness in every bite

Rateria

Acelandinisia wrote:Sorry, but you can put chocolate and peanut butter on a frito too. Ive done it. Its delicious. Pretzels are either too hard, too soft, or covered in cheap chocolate that tastes awful or is filled with dry peanut butter that sticks to your mouth.

Fritos are delicious, salty enough to give you a good tasting corn chip, and are even soft and hard enough to give a good tingly sensation. Why on earth would you want some cheap cheese when you could have high quality Jalepeno, Chili, and Ranch? There is no pretzel, just pretzels by many companies. There is only 1 Fritos corn chip.

There is no such thing as a pretzel that is too hard or too soft. I think the fritatas man expecteth too much from his petzald and not enough from his cheps.

Rateria

I don't see people dipping their chips in many condiments. You can dip

Pretazals in anything and it's good. Chinps just don't flow that way. You can't make fraidos taste good. Putting frodos in choclot sounds absolutely disgusting. I have tried the chupes. It would not go well with chocolate

Rateria

I just gave my bag of Fritos to a bunch of Children. Who would accept a bag of Schneider's Pretzels over delicious Frito fun? Not children, to my statistics

Rateria

Acelandinisia wrote:I just gave my bag of Fritos to a bunch of Children. Who would accept a bag of Schneider's Pretzels over delicious Frito fun? Not children, to my statistics

I think children would accept any food.

Rateria

The States Of Balloon wrote:

I think children would accept any food.

Thats the worst statement ive heard all day, considering they are extremely picky

Rateria

Fritos peasants vs mini-pretzel realniggas

VICTORY FOR MINI-PRETZELS

#FreeGenosha

Rateria, The States Of Balloon

That election was rigged! I declare a civil war against the communist Pretzel loving dicksuckling wife cuckling bureaucrats

Acelandinisia wrote:That election was rigged! I declare a civil war against the communist Pretzel loving dicksuckling wife cuckling bureaucrats

Hey, no need to get so salty

Acelandinisia wrote:That election was rigged! I declare a civil war against the communist Pretzel loving dicksuckling wife cuckling bureaucrats

It's da juice

Acelandinisia wrote:That election was rigged! I declare a civil war against the communist Pretzel loving dicksuckling wife cuckling bureaucrats

Just accept that the people prefer the much better pretzels.

Jadentopian Order wrote:

Just accept that the people prefer the much better pretzels.

Your pretzels are yucky and tasteless, and putting cheap stuff on them is even worse. I'll die a Frito Bandito

Arkanovi Tigrovi ostu pravi moici

Acelandinisia wrote:Arkanovi Tigrovi ostu pravi moici

I don't speak Italatin

I just applied for citizenship!

Narland, Rateria

Presidential Approval polling will resume sometime after the 13th. I needed a nice long break from worrying about these things.

Quick Poll for now

The States Of Balloon wrote:

I don't speak Italatin

Srpski fagot

Acelandinisia wrote:Srpski fagot

Speak english commie

The States Of Balloon wrote:

Speak english commie

You are a dirty red. Balloons are most commonly found red. Any other color is to hide the identity of what you truly are. A dirty, stinky, red

Acelandinisia wrote:You are a dirty red. Balloons are most commonly found red. Any other color is to hide the identity of what you truly are. A dirty, stinky, red

"Claim"

"Any evidence disproving my claim should be ignored"

Yeah okay buddy

Acelandinisia

The States Of Balloon wrote:"Claim"

"Any evidence disproving my claim should be ignored"

https://i.imgur.com/XFez0Ix.png

Rateria

The States Of Balloon wrote:

"Claim"

"Any evidence disproving my claim should be ignored"

Yeah okay buddy

I learned it from uncle McCarthy

>be me

>curious about happenings

>visit various websites to see the latest news

>go on reddit

>everyone talking about net neutrality

>one view parroted repeatedly, any dissent is shouted down

>go on twitter

>everyone talking about net neutrality

>one view parroted repeatedly, any dissent is shouted down

>go on tumblr

>everyone talking about net neutrality

>one view parroted repeatedly, any dissent is shouted down

>go on facebook

>finally get around to deleting facebook account

>go on nationstates

>everyone talking about net neutrality

>one view parroted repeatedly, any dissent is shouted down

>people everywhere are patting themselves on the back for protecting open expression and discussion

Miencraft, Rateria

Your God shall soon give divine revaluation! REJOICE!!

Fascist Dred wrote:Your God shall soon give divine revaluation! REJOICE!!

Hell yeah cAstlemaine's back

Rateria

good morning

Rateria

Okay, how do I prove I'm the real Boes Othan?

Rateria

Easy. Jaden and I share the same birthday.

Rateria

Boes Othan wrote:Easy. Jaden and I share the same birthday.

Ya boi still older

Rateria

The States Of Balloon wrote:>be me

>curious about happenings

>visit various websites to see the latest news

>go on reddit

>everyone talking about net neutrality

>one view parroted repeatedly, any dissent is shouted down

>go on twitter

>everyone talking about net neutrality

>one view parroted repeatedly, any dissent is shouted down

>go on tumblr

>everyone talking about net neutrality

>one view parroted repeatedly, any dissent is shouted down

>go on facebook

>finally get around to deleting facebook account

>go on nationstates

>everyone talking about net neutrality

>one view parroted repeatedly, any dissent is shouted down

>people everywhere are patting themselves on the back for protecting open expression and discussion

r/nonetneutrality

Rateria

I miss my flag... Mien, where did it go?

Rateria

Skaveria wrote:Unpopular Libertarian opinion: Prisons fall under one of the few valid functions of government and should not be privatized.

With one caveat. I would like to see prisons only for penal instruction (hard labor or equivalent) to mete justice until the debt (time deprived of liberty and enfranchisement in and) to society is paid with the intent of wearying the criminally inclined from his violence (legal sense). Returning to the duty of the state to make prison so wearisome that gainful employ is preferable to 6 months to 5 years of sleep deprived rock breaking 14 hrs a day or other meaningless occupation of one's time and effort is far superior to the mess we have now.

Of course there should be no victimless crimes if the ideal concept of American justice is truly attained, and a strict separation of felonious and miscreant behaviour followed sending the felons to prison and finding other means for miscreants (fines, sandwich board in the public square with tort or crime listed, or a return to a good public caning) freeing the citizens from the burden of the current gulag state. But in order to satisfy demagogues and trial lawyers we have successively allowed honest mistakes and targeted faux pas to be turned into torts, torts to misdemeanors, misdemeanors to crimes (in fact most states obscure the difference), crimes to felonies, and racketeering an entrenched monopoly of favored government politicians.

Returning to limited government, rule of Law (which includes the negative application of those precious few things that are intrinsically Lawful) civility, common sense, and an adult understanding of contract and contractual obligation would go far in restoring trust in our penal system, removing those who are mistakenly, falsely, or wrongly imprisoned. Easier said than done unfortunately. Perhaps this generation can lead the way to just prison reform before the social justice warriors destroy what little justice is to be found within our justice system.

This rant is brought to you by Intense Migraine which Narland does not recommend to anyone.

Rateria, Jadentopian Order

Boes Othan wrote:I miss my flag... Mien, where did it go?

Wherever you put it.

Rateria

Narland wrote:This rant is brought to you by Intense Migraine which Narland does not recommend to anyone.

100% sure I've already mentioned this but, migraines are THE WORST. I am blessed by some higher being that I do not get them too frequently because when I do they completely put me out of commission for hours, even the whole day. When I was at a local Trump Rally that happened during the election, I started feeling one coming on about half way through, and it got bad as soon as we started leaving. It did not help that I had stood the entire time without a drink or resting in that ungodly warm arena. I ended up making my parents stop and grab me some cups of water from a nearby McDonald's while I laid down in the back of the car, trying to get rid of the feeling that my head was being squeezed by a hydraulic press. Rally was still great though and I had a lot of fun. You can even see me in the crowd, right behind him: https://youtu.be/fyPvbYoi3rM?t=51m32s (I'm the long hair with glasses and a green shirt.)

Moral of the story: If you don't get migraines, god loves you. If you do, you must have fked up really bad in a past life.

Rateria

My fellow citizens,

Over the course of my Presidency, Libertatem has established herself as a true beacon for liberty. In the dawn of my Presidency, I held firm in allowing and protecting nations fleeing from oppression to seek asylum, then eventually citizenship, in Libertatem when no other region would dare accept them. I assembled the Global Liberty Alliance - a pro-liberty defensive pact that serves as a powerful and symbolic deterrent against authoritarianism across NationStates. Furthermore, I promised to end the dependency on the federal government and we did just that. By passing the Dismantlement Amendment and abolishing the Chief of Staff position, I have shifted the function of our government from a bureaucratic machine to a representative of true libertarian values and arbiter of justice As an arbiter of justice, we secured this region's democracy through prosecuting domestic enemies who undermined the integrity and values of Libertatem - they pose no threat to our mighty region anymore. No longer do we depend on the government to create superficial activity through a bureaucracy, rather the people depend on each other to either recruit their friends or participate in non-government sponsored events like the roleplay, megacampaign, or just casual talk - activity is what we the people create, not the regional government. Be weary of anyone that promises you otherwise, as no one can do anything for you, but yourself.

Lastly, our once great ally and my former home - the International Republican Union - was threatened by members of our very own government, as they sought to wipe its history off the face of NationStates only to score political capital. However, the IRU is safe now, as I ordered its annexation to become an official state of Libertatem in accordance with the States Bill, which eliminates the stress of merger negotiations, most notably found with the Central Pacific Empire. With this being said, I am announcing that I will not seek the Presidential office again in the next election. I hope our next President, whoever it may be, persists with the roles and principles of the region that I have set forth, which are the independence of the people from the regional government and preservation of self-determination throughout NationStates as we should not be engaging in military operations solely to put on our resume - that is unethical and not a policy we should ever adopt again. Our people are happy, when we are peaceful and determined.

Let us move forward without hatred towards anyone and let’s keep the spirit of Libertatem alive, as it is our ideas and character that keep us mighty, not the actions of any politician.

Thank you and God Bless Libertatem.

Rateria, Jadentopian Order

The switch to private prisons in New Mexico under GJ's term saw a reduction on average $20 in taxpayer savings per prisoner.

The real culprit in the increase of prisoners to private prisons is not the prisons themselves, but the unions.

Announcement to all Libertatemites

I, The Aradites , am announcing my candidacy for President of Libertatem

My presdency would bring many changes to Libertatem for the simple fact in that, our system is antiquated. The dynamics of NationStates itself has changed and Libertatem must change with it for the long-term.

My platform involves three important principle:

1) A shift of focus onto the Discord rather than the NS system

2) Promoting Libertatem culture as a foundation for the region

3) Radically shrinking the bureaucracy in light of low political activity

Of course, these are only principles. In practice, policy would involve recruitment from IRL as well as friendly regions, creating an atmosphere that is fun and not purely political, and privatizing government departments that lack activity and would better left off to citizens.

It is fine time for a shift in functionality and to polish the activity that does exist in Libertatem and create an even richer region for all to enjoy.

With all of that to say, go and vote The Aradites for President and Jadentopian Order for Vice President!

A message from the President-adites campaign

Rateria, Venomringo, Jadentopian Order

Casino - Jaden ticket is Vegas Baby!

Rateria

casino dites will legalize w33d Gang weeders rise up against blumpf

Rateria, The Aradites, Jadentopian Order

Presidentadites wrote:casino dites will legalize w33d Gang weeders rise up against blumpf

big if true

Miencraft, Rateria

weed

Rateria, Jadentopian Order

Effective today I relieve Chancellor Tampa of his duties in the cabinet.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

President Venom

Executive Order

By the power vested in me by the Constitution of the Second Republic of Libertatem, I do hereby change the function of the Libertatem Armed Forces to purely defensive operations. The term "defensive" shall include protecting the region of Libertatem from foreign invasion and protecting allies, who are marked so by entering a formal military alliance, which includes military treaties, from foreign invasion as well. All offensive military operations shall be left to the people. Offensive shall be defined as any conflict that is instigated by the citizens of Libertatem or any conflict that the citizens of Libertatem enters that is not for the protection of our allies. The people shall be permitted to organize and operate their own militia, which shall not be infringed. Henceforth, all offensive duties of the Libertatem Armed Forces shall be abolished and privatized to the citizens of Libertatem upon the posting of this order.

VenomRingo

President VI of the Second Republic

Libertatem

I don't mean to bother, but I have not received any information regarding my citizenship application.

Woke up this morning to see 5 inches of snow covering my driveway. Spent the next hour laughing like a maniac. Spent the hour after that shoveling the snow.

Miencraft, The Completly Oppressive States, Rateria, Highway Eight

Happy tax day!

TAXATION IS THEFT

Miencraft, Rateria, Jadentopian Order

The Free Irish Isles wrote:I don't mean to bother, but I have not received any information regarding my citizenship application.

Citizenship applications are being held until the election is over.

Rateria

Republic Of Minerva wrote:Happy tax day!

TAXATION IS THEFT

“YoU aGrEeD tO bE tAxEd WhEn YoU aGrEeD tO tHe SoCiAl CoNtRaCt!!!!!11!!!”

Miencraft, Republic Of Minerva

Republic Of Minerva wrote:TAXATION IS THEFT

"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" ~Liberals

Rateria

Jadentopian Order wrote:Citizenship applications are being held until the election is over.

When are elections over?

Rateria

The Free Irish Isles wrote:When are elections over?

Saturday the 28th

Rateria

It’s supposed to fricking snow again today!

Highway Eight, River Side

Miencraft wrote:Saturday the 28th

Thank you. How often are elections so I know when to vote and when to run (if I consider a run)?

Rateria

The Free Irish Isles wrote:Thank you. How often are elections so I know when to vote and when to run (if I consider a run)?

Check the Constitution.

Rateria

Reminder to watch your daily FreedomToons!

Rateria

Jadentopian Order wrote:100% sure I've already mentioned this but, migraines are THE WORST. I am blessed by some higher being that I do not get them too frequently because when I do they completely put me out of commission for hours, even the whole day. When I was at a local Trump Rally that happened during the election, I started feeling one coming on about half way through, and it got bad as soon as we started leaving. It did not help that I had stood the entire time without a drink or resting in that ungodly warm arena. I ended up making my parents stop and grab me some cups of water from a nearby McDonald's while I laid down in the back of the car, trying to get rid of the feeling that my head was being squeezed by a hydraulic press. Rally was still great though and I had a lot of fun. You can even see me in the crowd, right behind him: https://youtu.be/fyPvbYoi3rM?t=51m32s (I'm the long hair with glasses and a green shirt.)

Moral of the story: If you don't get migraines, god loves you. If you do, you must have fked up really bad in a past life.

They are frustrating. I empathize. It takes all the effort I have to force myself to think. One of the things I can do is ramble like a nonagenarian, "Get off my lawn you kids!" Every little noise is like a gong going off, and Greg Gutfeld wanting to be a brain in a jar sounds almost sane.

Keen vid. The closest I got to a president was as a Navy side boy in dress blues and ascot for President Bush 41 when he came aboard. My Step-Mother was heavily involved in politics and part of the Goldwater faction that capitulated to the Bush Machine after Reagan. I did get an invite once for Thanksgiving in the White House in 86 or 87 but the chain of command did not deliver the message. Because I was not on speaking terms with my Step-Mother at the time, I did not find out until years later. The thought of missing a once in a lifetime invite like that with the Reagans still saddens me.

I am glad the event was enjoyable. Trump is a mixed bag, but a pleasant surprise that he is mostly disestablishmentarian. I hope he continues to keep his promise to get rid of two regs for every one that passes, and keeps the one to fire 80% of DC bureaucrats. If he can get the ball rolling to force federal employees to justify their position and salary Constitutionally or otherwise with just a few, it can be a major turning for the survival of Liberty.

Rateria, The United States Of Patriots, Jadentopian Order

Jadentopian Order wrote:100% sure I've already mentioned this but, migraines are THE WORST....
This info may be helpful to you. I am asking my doc about it next visit. re: Migraines.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5626373/New-hope-migraine-sufferers-Self-injected-drug-halves-headaches.html

Rateria, Jadentopian Order

Me on NS: "TAXATION IS THEFT, END THE WELFARE STATE"

Me in Econ class trying to win a debate: "REDISTRIBUTE THE WEALTH IMMEDIATELY, CAPITALISM HAS FAILED US, DOWN WITH THE 1%"

Narland wrote:They are frustrating. I empathize. It takes all the effort I have to force myself to think. One of the things I can do is ramble like a nonagenarian, "Get off my lawn you kids!" Every little noise is like a gong going off, and Greg Gutfeld wanting to be a brain in a jar sounds almost sane.

I get super sensitive to light to the point where I wish I was one of those weird cave animals without eyes. I usually end up getting my room as dark as I can and just hiding under my blankets.

Narland wrote:

Keen vid. The closest I got to a president was as a Navy side boy in dress blues and ascot for President Bush 41 when he came aboard. My Step-Mother was heavily involved in politics and part of the Goldwater faction that capitulated to the Bush Machine after Reagan. I did get an invite once for Thanksgiving in the White House in 86 or 87 but the chain of command did not deliver the message. Because I was not on speaking terms with my Step-Mother at the time, I did not find out until years later. The thought of missing a once in a lifetime invite like that with the Reagans still saddens me.

I am glad the event was enjoyable. Trump is a mixed bag, but a pleasant surprise that he is mostly disestablishmentarian. I hope he continues to keep his promise to get rid of two regs for every one that passes, and keeps the one to fire 80% of DC bureaucrats. If he can get the ball rolling to force federal employees to justify their position and salary Constitutionally or otherwise with just a few, it can be a major turning for the survival of Liberty.

One of my younger sister's friend's dad is in the Secret Service so he was able to hook us up with those seats. I still have a ton of stuff from that day too, even if I've become a lot less pro-Trump. My brother was able to get his signature on his sign. I actually can't even remember much of his speech because I was so fixated on "Oh my god that's Donald Trump and I'm on TV with him". I do remember that he is a big Elton John fan though.

Republic Of Minerva, Rateria

Post self-deleted by The Aradites.

A vote for Presidentadites is a vote for a First Lady (and no military)

garfield hittin that yeet

Presidentadites wrote:A vote for Presidentadites is a vote for a First Lady (and no military)

You're supposed to convince us to vote for you

Rateria

Jadentopian Order wrote:Me on NS: "TAXATION IS THEFT, END THE WELFARE STATE"

Me in Econ class trying to win a debate: "REDISTRIBUTE THE WEALTH IMMEDIATELY, CAPITALISM HAS FAILED US, DOWN WITH THE 1%"

End the welfare state, just give people money instead

Great article about the sad and disappointing defeatism of our low energy "Republican" Congress: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/04/18/republicans-trump-lowry-218054

I wish the new issues would be a little bit more serious. Not to complain too much, I really like NationStates and I've been here over a year, but sometimes I want more realistic issues and options for solutions.

Miencraft, Narland, Rateria

Here's another reminder to watch your sexy man Séamus over at FreedomToons!

Rateria

Nordsprechline wrote:Here's another reminder to watch your sexy man Séamus over at FreedomToons!

I like the ones with Dave Rubin I a uh gree with that

Rateria

Hello new to your region I have been looking for a new home for a while and liked what I saw here. Looking forward to growing with you guys

Rateria

Nordsprechline wrote:Here's another reminder to watch your sexy man Séamus over at FreedomToons!

Eh, dude comes off super strawman-y and every video I've ever seen of theirs is just the typical "CRAZY SJW LIBERAL" vs "Level-headed normal god-blessed conservative"

Republic Of Minerva, Rateria

GET OVER YOURSELFS GLOBIES! THE EARTH IS FLAT! NASA IS LYING TO YOU!

Presidential Approval Ratings | Day Fourteen, [Franklin Pierce] I'm back!!

Vote Here

Last Tuesday was the 113th anniversary of Lochner v. New York: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochner_v._New_York

The Supreme Court struck down legal limits to working time as unconstitutional, reasoning that there was an inherent "freedom of contract" found in the due process clause of the Constitution and in the 14th Amendment. This decision kicked off the Lochner Era, during which the Supreme Court wielded its authority to strike down all major state and federal regulations of economic activity. The Lochner Era ended in 1937, when the court upheld the constitutionality of the minimum wage. Since then, we've had to endure the fiction that the Constitution is a living document, rather than accept the fact that it is ended to be applied as it was written.

The slate of conservative judges appointed by Ronald Reagan and successive Republican Presidents has certainly slowed the growth of government and blunted federal power in many consequential ways. For example, thanks to DC v. Heller, the individual right to keep and bear arms is once again protected; and in 2012, while Roberts was totally wrong to uphold Obamacare, he did prevent the federal government from forcing the expansion of Medicaid onto the individual states.

Having good conservatives in the mould of Gorsuch and Scalia is certainly a good step towards limiting government. But we need to go further, and have the president nominate truly libertarian judges that are willing to strike down unconstitutional laws and regulations that passed years ago. Ideally, we'd have a court with the guts to abolish the PATRIOT Act, Social Security, farm subsidies, the Drug War and much more. We need an activist court that will overturn unconstitutional legislation. The best way to do this is to a) get more libertarians and classical liberals into the legal system, and b) increase the influence of libertarian think tanks. Trump has relied heavily on the Heritage Foundation and other groups for suggestions on who to nominate for the judiciary. Let's get more sensible, pragmatic libertarians into policy circles and we'll do a better job of advancing our ideas.

Miencraft, Republic Of Minerva, Rateria, River Side

Judge Napolitano is already doing God's (or whatever) work.

I'd also look into the Fully Informed Jury Association, which promotes the constitutional use of jury nullification.

Pevvania, Rateria

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