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Liberanicut wrote:I feel bad about saying this, but I've never been to Denny's

It's pretty much your run of the mill American restaurant. They have burgers, fries, and such. But I really think they have the 3rd best breakfast in the US. The first being Yolk in Chicago and in 2nd, Waffle House.

Muh Roads wrote:It's pretty much your run of the mill American restaurant. They have burgers, fries, and such. But I really think they have the 3rd best breakfast in the US. The first being Yolk in Chicago and in 2nd, Waffle House.

Basically none of those places exist in CT.

Hallo Island wrote:Basically none of those places exist in CT.

There isn't a Denny's in CT? I'm surprised, Denny's just screams 'MURICA.

I assume you have an IHOP? I like them too, but don't really care for pancakes.

Muh Roads wrote:There isn't a Denny's in CT? I'm surprised, Denny's just screams 'MURICA.

I assume you have an IHOP? I like them too, but don't really care for pancakes.

Never been to one.

Hallo Island wrote:Never been to one.

There's one in like mansfield or something. I went there.

Don't like Waffle House. Haven't been to Denny's, even though there's tons around here. I like IHOP, I guess.

Give me a locally owned family run generic Cafe/Diner with the run-of-the-mill name, full menu, and bottomless cups of coffee that dot the country-side over a Denny's any day--as long as their food source is from a nearby farm/ranch and not some mystery meat from Industrifoods Transnational; or established too conveniently close to the county animal shelter... :)

Muh Roads

A rare moment of sense for Chris Matthews: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/05/28/chris_matthews_rand_paul_is_americas_number_one_whistleblower.html#

"I would like to salute the country’s number-one Republican whistle-blower: Rand Paul."

Muh Roads

yeah i'm from CT and there's very few or no denny's. IHOP is the main breakfast chain here

We're getting a lot of people from CT lately.

Pevvania

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Hallo Island wrote:We're getting a lot of people from CT lately.

You should hold a convention. :p

If I held one in ND, no one would come... because ND is a myth.

Muh Roads wrote:You should hold a convention. :p

If I held one in ND, no one would come... because ND is a myth.

yeah that would be cool since there are at least 3 of us

Narland wrote:Give me a locally owned family run generic Cafe/Diner with the run-of-the-mill name, full menu, and bottomless cups of coffee that dot the country-side over a Denny's any day--as long as their food source is from a nearby farm/ranch and not some mystery meat from Industrifoods Transnational; or established too conveniently close to the county animal shelter... :)

I love family restaurants. Except when you have to buy bottled drinks... lol

Ic time now. The planned operation against the Americans proceeds as planned. A shooting of four cops and then of four innocent citizens ignites a riot that soon spreads to all corners of Manhattan, Queen, the Bronx, and Staten Island. The governments of the latter three have fallen to the revolutionaries, who have declared themselves the Commonwealth of NY, and pledged their allegiance to the Republic of Novus England. American soldiers stationed in Manhattan hold City Hall, but 1 Police Plaza fell just an hour ago. The day shall be ours.

Just to lend aid, our Naval Forces have pushed cop boats and American Coast Guard vessels out of the East River, then crossed through the Harlem River and begun shelling the West Side. We've landed extra troops there, and begun pushing southeast to meet the local insurgents. Within three days, at the outside, Manhattan will be ours. New Jersey has been cowed and the Americans are contacting us to sign a treaty.

Is a New York times democracy bad?What is it also.

It's being bombed is what is.

Ethnicia wrote:Is a New York times democracy bad?What is it also.

It's if Mayor Bloomberg of NYC controlled your country, lmao.

The Mayor of New York has declared for the revolution, and Our annexation of the City.

Hello everyone! I am new to this and find it very, overwhelming! I would like to know if there are any minister spots or such?

Amadorias wrote:Hello everyone! I am new to this and find it very, overwhelming! I would like to know if there are any minister spots or such?

The Cabinet is full at the moment, but if you become a Citizen you get to run for the Board every month.

Speaking of, nobody's particularly interested in the Board, are they?

***ATTENTION***

If you have just joined this region and obtained citizenship, inquire (telegram) with me or Pevvania to ask to join the military. You'll be invited to invasions and as you rise up through the ranks, raids.

How does one become a citizen?

Grossesdeutsch wrote:How does one become a citizen?

I wish there were a button that says "CITIZENSHIP" so that one would know this information.

Oh, wait, there is.

We really need a guide. Humpy? Mien? Anybody? =P

Muh Roads wrote:We really need a guide. Humpy? Mien? Anybody? =P

Working on it.

Miencraft wrote:Working on it.

<3 oh bby.

Still here. I have applied for citizenship and I am founding my own party: the Social Liberal Party.

Nick Clement wrote:Still here. I have applied for citizenship and I am founding my own party: the Social Liberal Party.

Great :)

Nick Clement

Miencraft wrote:I wish there were a button that says "CITIZENSHIP" so that one would know this information.

Oh, wait, there is.

Miencraft wrote:I wish there were a button that says "CITIZENSHIP" so that one would know this information.

Oh, wait, there is.

Don't be a dick about it, dick

I feel for Vice President Biden today as he lost his son to brain cancer. I may not agree with his politics, but any loss of life is tragic.

Hallo Island

Grossesdeutsch wrote:Don't be a dick about it, dick

To be fair, he's dealt with a lot of this. There are a lot of resources readily available to get a feel for the way this region is run; you just need to read them.

Miencraft

Grossesdeutsch wrote:Don't be a dick about it, dick

I only got two legitimate citizenship applications out of the ~100 people we got coming in. Everyone else who applied failed to read a very simple law with very simple provisions that tells you how long you need to live here to have citizenship.

I got ten applications for the map from people who have no idea how to read a very simple line of text.

You take this job, then you see how you feel when people refuse to read a very obvious piece of text.

Miencraft wrote:I only got two legitimate citizenship applications out of the ~100 people we got coming in. Everyone else who applied failed to read a very simple law with very simple provisions that tells you how long you need to live here to have citizenship.

I got ten applications for the map from people who have no idea how to read a very simple line of text.

You take this job, then you see how you feel when people refuse to read a very obvious piece of text.

Miencraft is like so done with the whole recruitment drive and you can tell because he's just exuding pure sass. It's like when you burn sugar so much that it just turns into a big solid brick of grumpy coal. Look at him go. It's fantastic.

Midland County wrote:Miencraft is like so done with the whole recruitment drive and you can tell because he's just exuding pure sass. It's like when you burn sugar so much that it just turns into a big solid brick of grumpy coal. Look at him go. It's fantastic.

Wait you're awake?

Hallo Island wrote:Wait you're awake?

Do you not realize that I sit in my bed on my phone every morning for like 3 hours after I wake up?

Midland County wrote:Do you not realize that I sit in my bed on my phone every morning for like 3 hours after I wake up?

I thought you slept because you're a loser.

Midland County wrote:Miencraft is like so done with the whole recruitment drive and you can tell because he's just exuding pure sass. It's like when you burn sugar so much that it just turns into a big solid brick of grumpy coal. Look at him go. It's fantastic.

Pretty much any time anyone asks something like "how do I get citizenship", it's all the same sarcastic response.

You can look through the RMB, see for yourself.

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Mien, should I write a bill giving you a staff that can approve citizenship? That could ease the work load. Would anyone be in support of this?

Muh Roads wrote:Mien, should I write a bill giving you a staff that can approve citizenship? That could ease the work load. Would anyone be in support of this?

I'd help.

Hallo Island wrote:I thought you slept because you're a loser.

You realize that you sit the living room while watching the same Archer reruns while on your phone, ipad, and laptop simultaneously for weeks on end, right?

Midland County wrote:You realize that you sit the living room while watching the same Archer reruns while on your phone, ipad, and laptop simultaneously for weeks on end, right?

Maybe not weeks. And I get up and stand outside for like 15 minutes occasionally.

Hallo Island wrote:Maybe not weeks. And I get up and stand outside for like 15 minutes occasionally.

I went in the woods for like 10 minutes the other day and then I got a full-body coating of mosquito bites.

Muh Roads wrote:Mien, should I write a bill giving you a staff that can approve citizenship? That could ease the work load. Would anyone be in support of this?

I'd not be against such a thing.

The more people I get to annoy with my job the better!

Miencraft wrote:I'd not be against such a thing.

The more people I get to annoy with my job the better!

Internal Affairs is essentially the DMV, after all. =P

Mien can already make his two deputies do some of it, and you can write an executive order temporarily divvying some of the work load in a certain department that does nothing anyway.

So, Mien... you mean I'm going to have to get used to people not knowing how to become Citizens now that the IRU is recruiting? No matter how many guides I give them?

Conservative Idealism wrote:So, Mien... you mean I'm going to have to get used to people not knowing how to become Citizens now that the IRU is recruiting? No matter how many guides I give them?

Yes.

Be prepared for the dumb.

Humpheria In Libertatem wrote:Mien can already make his two deputies do some of it, and you can write an executive order temporarily divvying some of the work load in a certain department that does nothing anyway.

Speaking of deputies, mine don't seem to be very responsive, and I do need more anyways.

So, any citizens who want to be a Deputy of Internal Affairs, there's an application in the Internal Affairs office.

Remind me never to question the intelligence of my fellow Citizens, then, whether here or there - if you can follow directions, that's smart enough for me.

Miencraft

Greetings, fellow Libertatemites. I've finally rolled out my diplomacy initiative so that I can have a puppet present in the region.

Note that I will not be stationed here permanently - I will move this nation, and four others, wherever they are most needed.

How is everyone in Libertatem today? Anything interesting happening?

Hey guys, I'm new and just wanted to say hey! Can't wait to get plugged in!

Republic Of Minerva, Muh Roads

reposting...

Republic Of Minerva wrote:***ATTENTION***

If you have just joined this region and obtained citizenship, inquire (telegram) with me or Pevvania to ask to join the military. You'll be invited to invasions and as you rise up through the ranks, raids.

Poptropia wrote:How is everyone in Libertatem today? Anything interesting happening?

Pretty slow today.

Rothbardialand wrote:Hey guys, I'm new and just wanted to say hey! Can't wait to get plugged in!

Thanks for joining! Welcome!

Minerva, any interest in becoming manager of state?

Muh Roads wrote:Minerva, any interest in becoming manager of state?

Isn't TNUS manager?

Republic Of Minerva wrote:Isn't TNUS manager?

He resigned

Muh Roads wrote:Minerva, any interest in becoming manager of state?

Alright, I'm game.

Post self-deleted by Ethnicia.

I've posted this in The Hyatt Islands' RMB but I thought I'd post it here since this region is larger which will hopefully result in more responses.

How would you guys disprove the labour theory of value and central planning? Of the top of my head I can pull out Nozick's criticism of 'socially necessary labour', Menger's diamond, and good ol' supply and demand for the former and the economic calculation problem for the latter.

What I don't get is how proponents of the labor theory of value, and other Marxist conjectures, can possibly believe that the labor of a worker - especially if he/she is an unskilled worker - is greater than the amount they are paid. (Unless you deduct taxes, but even then, that's debatable.) The work required to serve Big Macs, for instance, is worth mere cents to the dollar compared to the value at which those Big Macs are priced, purchased, and consumed by... well, consumers. That's because anyone and everyone can do that work - even the brand name is worth more than that.

It's only "exploitation" if you cheat someone out of their own skill, and let's face it, true skill takes discipline to develop. When you're merely providing people a job in which they have to do things that anyone can do, and paying them as though that's actually worth something, that's good, old-fashioned opportunity, the stuff that actually builds discipline.

Sure, you may call minimum wage jobs an assortment of menial and subhuman tasks, but they're a rite of passage. I'm blessed to have a large number of stores in my area with "help wanted" signs in their windows (probably because of the inordinately high cost of living around these parts), and sometime this year, I plan at working at one of those stores so I can accumulate experience and reach the next stage in my career. (It's a pity that I'll be so busy working, I won't have the time to interact with individuals who seek to maintain their ludicrous, entitled positions. I'd better enjoy the time I have to do that while it lasts.)

Miencraft, Hallo Island

Oh, and Minerva has my full support for Manager of State.

Does smoking in the presence of a child violate the NAP? I say yes, because children cannot consent to being harmed. http://news.sky.com/story/1494203/boy-taken-into-care-over-parents-smoking

My good friend Minerva has an absolute wealth of foreign policy and military experience, so I too give him my full support for Manager of State.

The labour theory of value is very easily disproven. Any layman can tell you that ten men digging a hole with spoons have done an infinitesimally less valuable job than a robotic drill digging the same hole.

With Long Island joining the Republic, we have changed our flag. With peace at last,we have also begun to use Nova Scotia to construct a space port.

Hallo Island

I've applied for citizenship, and if granted, I wish to claim Finland

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Ilmaiseksi wrote:I've applied for citizenship, and if granted, I wish to claim Finland

1) No you didn't

2) You clearly didn't read anything that the application told you to read.

Pevvania wrote:My good friend Minerva has an absolute wealth of foreign policy and military experience, so I too give him my full support for Manager of State.

Thank you.

Miencraft wrote:1) No you didn't

2) You clearly didn't read anything that the application told you to read.

I just sent it to you!!

Ilmaiseksi wrote:I just sent it to you!!

Then why don't I have it?

Republic Of Minerva wrote:Alright, I'm game.

As President of the IRU, I endorse Minerva for Manager of State.

Minerva will manage Libertatem very well as he/she is a very well organized and smart person based on what I've seen him/her do in the IRU, so I encourage all voters to vote for him/her

Poptropia wrote:Minerva will manage Libertatem very well as he/she is a very well organized and smart person based on what I've seen him/her do in the IRU, so I encourage all voters to vote for him/her

He's already been appointed.

CI, this is what I was talking about when you were trying to give IRU citizens automatic citizenship here.

Knowing the ignorance of the RNC and Republican primary voters, the GOP will probably pick another old, embarrassing cookie-cutter conservative that appeals to absolutely nobody except for people born in the 50s. When somebody special comes along, like Jack Kemp or Reagan in 1976, the party tosses them them aside in favour of the 'safe' candidate.

Hopefully it'll be different this year, and Rand Paul can change the party for good. #NoMoreBushes

Republic Of Minerva wrote:reposting...

Does the ARMA act not state you have to be in the region 3 weeks before joining, barring a few exceptions?

Lionstar Saor wrote:Does the ARMA act not state you have to be in the region 3 weeks before joining, barring a few exceptions?

That's a burn.

Lionstar Saor

Lionstar Saor wrote:Does the ARMA act not state you have to be in the region 3 weeks before joining, barring a few exceptions?

I've got to update it sorry, ARMA now allows all citizens to be included.

Lionstar Saor

The laws will be updated tonight. Apologies for the delay.

Muh Roads wrote:The laws will be updated tonight. Apologies for the delay.

Just checking, haha.

If I might make a suggestion, I think a Libertatem "Militia" for noncitizens might help keep the attention of people who join, instead of getting bored and joining a raider region. People in the Militia would not be told in advance of any plan, but could take part on short notice, so it wouldn't become an intelligence issue.

Maybe it's a lot of work for little to no gain, but I just thought I'd put it out there.

Humpheria In Libertatem wrote:He's already been appointed.

CI, this is what I was talking about when you were trying to give IRU citizens automatic citizenship here.

Fine. When I write a cross-citizenship pact, I'll add a clause requiring citizens of one region to understand and agree to follow another region's laws before acquiring citizenship there.

Humpheria In Libertatem wrote:He's already been appointed.

CI, this is what I was talking about when you were trying to give IRU citizens automatic citizenship here.

Hey! I can see what you type! I'll have you know that I'm the President of the IRU and I have been doing a good job in helping to make it prosper! I first moved to the IRU in December! So SHOOSH UP!

Condealism Envoy Unit One wrote:Fine. When I write a cross-citizenship pact, I'll add a clause requiring citizens of one region to understand and agree to follow another region's laws before acquiring citizenship there.

I didn't know that I broke a rule...Sorry...Just trying to help Minerva...

Poptropia wrote:Hey! I can see what you type! I'll have you know that I'm the President of the IRU and I have been doing a good job in helping to make it prosper! I first moved to the IRU in December! So SHOOSH UP!

Earlier when CI was president, he proposed an bill automatically giving IRU citizens citizenship. I said that you all don't know our laws which is a major point of citizenship. You simply illustrated my point.

To his credit, he is very good at his job. It's just that he's far more acquainted with the IRU's laws than Libertatem's.

Thing is, that proposal never made it past the planning stage - I was counting on finishing the third REAGAN Treaty first... but I don't think I'll ever manage to get that off the ground.

Humpheria In Libertatem wrote:Earlier when CI was president, he proposed an bill automatically giving IRU citizens citizenship. I said that you all don't know our laws which is a major point of citizenship. You simply illustrated my point.

Fair game...Good point...Also whatever happened to your nation in the IRU?

Condealism Envoy Unit One wrote:To his credit, he is very good at his job. It's just that he's far more acquainted with the IRU's laws than Libertatem's.

Thanks!

Condealism Envoy Unit One wrote:Thing is, that proposal never made it past the planning stage - I was counting on finishing the third REAGAN Treaty first... but I don't think I'll ever manage to get that off the ground.

I'll help ya...Whatever you need I'll try to get done!

Poptropia wrote:Fair game...Good point...Also whatever happened to your nation in the IRU?Thanks!

I'll help ya...Whatever you need I'll try to get done!

I had like nine puppets and I got tired of keeping them up, so I let them all die.

Lionstar Saor wrote:Just checking, haha.

If I might make a suggestion, I think a Libertatem "Militia" for noncitizens might help keep the attention of people who join, instead of getting bored and joining a raider region. People in the Militia would not be told in advance of any plan, but could take part on short notice, so it wouldn't become an intelligence issue.

Maybe it's a lot of work for little to no gain, but I just thought I'd put it out there.

This "Militia/Irregulars" could answer directly to REATO with an officer subordinate to and appointed by the leaders of member regions, with membership counting towards citizenship of said regions.

(I'll shut up now)

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Attention Libertatem, refer to Vice President Humpheria for all Presidential matters until Wednesday, June 3rd. I've got a trip for work.

(First post said Humphries thanks autocorrect, lmao)

Also 250 nations.

Humpheria In Libertatem wrote:Earlier when CI was president

Wait! CI was President here before and with what nation! Time for a history lesson!

Poptropia wrote:Wait! CI was President here before and with what nation! Time for a history lesson!

That's correct - I ran for President of Libertatem last December, and beat the incumbent, Miencraft, by two or three votes. My term began on January 1st, and I left office on May 1st. The nation I used... apparently ceased to exist today (which is June 1st). Or it might have been yesterday. I don't know.

I held the Delegacy for about that long, too. Funny story - I'd actually tried to take the Delegacy once before, but that was back when Snabagag was President, and the position wasn't called President because democracy hadn't been introduced here yet. Then I gave up and tried to help someone else take it... then I sabotaged his plan and let Snabagag resume being Delegate. But that was a very long time ago...

Most active people these days seem to have been President at some point.

Up until the recruitment drive, of course!

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