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Nuremgard wrote:Ah, another libertarian. You are a strange breed.

You're one to talk, statist

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country, Sarameia

Nuremgard wrote:Ah, another libertarian. You are a strange breed.

Please do not violate my digital NAP.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, The West Country

Mercunova wrote:You're one to talk, statist

Vive la difference I guess.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Sarameia

Sarameia wrote:Please do not violate my digital NAP.

Your what now?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Your what now?

DO NOT VIOLATE THE N.A.P.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, The West Country

Sarameia wrote:DO NOT VIOLATE THE N.A.P.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-aggression_principle

That's a weird trait to define libertarianism.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:That's a weird trait to define libertarianism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-rights_libertarianism

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country

Sarameia wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-rights_libertarianism

So if somebody tries to murder you, you wont fight back?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:It's stupid though. There are people who have voted for years being turned away today because they didn't have appropriate ID.

The "We-did-it-this-way-for-ages"-mentality is slowing us down tbh. Progress happens because the universe itself is a systems that progresses. If we won't progress you would still sit on a tree with your siblings and would delouse one another.

Some progress is dangerous tho. Providing an ID to verify that you are who you pretend to be seems just reasonable to me.

Nuremgard wrote:And not for the better. The thought of living under this government for years to come makes me despair.

And I'm sure you are exaggerating. Britain is a stable nation which is among the most developed and most successful countries on our planet. You could be of worse. It's easy to complain about all stuff if the basic needs are fulfilled and you don't have to waste time to not starve.

Or as a satirist over here said: "I think you would rather stay here if you live somewhere else."

Lavan Tiri, Mercunova

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:The "We-did-it-this-way-for-ages"-mentality is slowing us down tbh. Progress happens because the universe itself is a systems that progresses. If we won't progress you would still sit on a tree with your siblings and would delouse one another.

Some progress is dangerous tho. Providing an ID to verify that you are who you pretend to be seems just reasonable to me.

And I'm sure you are exaggerating. Britain is a stable nation which is among the most developed and most successful countries on our planet. You could be of worse. It's easy to complain about all stuff if the basic needs are fulfilled and you don't have to waste time to not starve.

Or as a satirist over here said: "I think you would rather stay here if you live somewhere else."

My objection to voter ID is that penalises poorer voters.

Also, I'm not exaggerating. The current government's welfare policies have personally affected me and my family. It has caused us quite a lot of emotional distress. Try telling someone who is homeless, who is hungry or who has died because of benefits sanctions that they are "exaggerating."

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

[spoiler=Today is May 3 and today are:]

Today is May 3 and today are:

- Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)

- Constitution Day (Poland)

- Fiesta de las Cruces (Spain and Hispanic America)

- International Day Against DRM

- Lag B'Omer (Judaism)

- National Chocolate Custard Day (United States)

- National Day of Prayer (United States)

- National Garden Meditation Day (United States)

- National Lumpy Rug Day (United States)

- National Montana Day (United States)

- National Paranormal Day (United States)

- National Public Radio Day (United States)

- National Raspberry Popover Day (United States)

- National Day of Reason (United States)

- National SAN Architect Day (United States)

- National Specially-Abled Pets Day (United States)

- National Textiles Day (United States)

- National Two Different Colored Shoes Day (United States)

- Roodmas or Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross (Gallican Rite of the Catholic Church)

- Royal Plowing Ceremony (Cambodia)

- Sun Day

- World Password Day

- World Press Freedom Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico assumes the throne.

- 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.

- 1491 – Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries, adopting the baptismal name of João I.

- 1715 – A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy.

- 1791 – The Constitution of May 3 (the first modern constitution in Europe) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

- 1802 – Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city.

- 1808 – Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia.

- 1808 – Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.

- 1815 – Neapolitan War: Joachim Murat, King of Naples is defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Tolentino, the decisive engagement of the war.

- 1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.

- 1837 – The University of Athens is founded in Athens, Greece.

- 1849 – The May Uprising in Dresden begins – the last of the German revolutions of 1848–49.

- 1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.

- 1860 – Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Sweden.

- 1867 – The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.

- 1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.

- 1913 – Raja Harishchandra the first full-length Indian feature film is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.

- 1920 – A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

- 1921 – West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.

- 1921 – The Partition of Ireland; The Government of Ireland Act 1920 is passed, dividing Ireland into Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

- 1937 – Gone with the Wind, a novel by Margaret Mitchell, wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

- 1939 – The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

- 1942 – World War II: Japanese naval troops invade Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia.

- 1945 – World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.

- 1947 – New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.

- 1948 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.

- 1951 – London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.

- 1951 – The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.

- 1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.

- 1952 – The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network.

- 1957 – Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn, to Los Angeles.

- 1960 – The Off-Broadway musical comedy The Fantasticks opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.

- 1960 – The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

- 1963 – The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaign" protesters. Images of the violent suppression are transmitted worldwide, bringing new-found attention to the Civil Rights Movement.

- 1973 – The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.

- 1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.

- 1986 – Twenty-one people are killed and forty-one are injured after a bomb explodes in an airliner (Flight UL512) at Colombo airport in Sri Lanka.

- 1987 – A crash by Bobby Allison at the Talladega Superspeedway, Alabama fencing at the start-finish line would lead NASCAR to develop the restrictor plate for the following season both at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega.

- 1999 – The southwestern portion of Oklahoma City is devastated by an F5 tornado, killing forty-five people, injuring 665, and causing $1 billion in damage. The tornado is one of 66 from the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak. This tornado also produces the highest wind speed ever recorded, measured at 301 (United States)/- 20 mph (484 (United States)/- 32 km/h).

- 2000 – The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.

- 2001 – The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.

- 2002 – An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.

- 2007 – The 4 year old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears in Praia da Luz, Portugal, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".

- 2015 – Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting.

- 2016 – Eighty-eight thousand people were evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire ripped through the community, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings.

- 2018 – Basque separatist terrorist band ETA announces its dissolution and ceasing of all activities.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 0612 – Constantine III, Byzantine emperor

- 1469 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher

- 1662 – Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect, designed the Pillnitz Castle

- 1695 – Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube

- 1761 – August von Kotzebue, German playwright and author

- 1849 – Bernhard von Bülow, German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany

- 1849 – Bertha Benz, German automotive pioneer, first person to drive an automobile over a long distance (106km/66 miles)

- 1892 – George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1898 – Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel

- 1902 – Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1903 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor

- 1919 – Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (The Weavers and Almanac Singers)

- 1921 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer

- 1933 – James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Famous Flames and The J.B.'s)

- 1973 – Rea Garvey, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist and solo artist

- 1976 – Alexander Gerst, German astronaut and geophysicist

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Facts of the day

It takes about 50 glasses of water to grow the oranges to make one glass of orange juice.

Changing another country's weather is classed as a war crime under the Geneva Convention of 1976.

Family Guy once used footage from 9-year-old YouTube video in one of its episodes without permission from the owner. The owner's original clip was then removed from Youtube for copyright infringement.

Quote of the day

Give light and people will find the way.

- Ella Baker (American Activist, 1903-1986) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Percyton, The British Islands Confederacy, Midasia

Nuremgard wrote:My objection to voter ID is that penalises poorer voters.

Why so?

Lavan Tiri, The West Country

Nuremgard wrote:So if somebody tries to murder you, you wont fight back?

You're misunderstanding. It's a proponent to self-defence. So, if someone does try to assault or kill me, I believe I have every natural right to protect myself, especially with *ahem* firearms.

Lavan Tiri, Mercunova

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Why so?

Poorer people may not be able to afford proper ID such as a passport. Others may not drive so don't have a driver's license. It's intended to make voting more difficult or impossible for "certain" people, those people being the ones least likely to vote Conservative.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Sarameia wrote:You're misunderstanding. It's a proponent to self-defence. So, if someone does try to assault or kill me, I believe I have every natural right to protect myself, especially with *ahem* firearms.

Plz no

Lavan Tiri

Sarameia wrote:You're misunderstanding. It's a proponent to self-defence. So, if someone does try to assault or kill me, I believe I have every natural right to protect myself, especially with *ahem* firearms.

Ah, okay. Libertarianism is just so...American.

Lavan Tiri

Nuremgard wrote:Poorer people may not be able to afford proper ID such as a passport. Others may not drive so don't have a driver's license. It's intended to make voting more difficult or impossible for "certain" people, those people being the ones least likely to vote Conservative.

An ID costs 28,80€ over here. And it's mandatory to have one. If you live on welfare you don't even have to pay for it.

Lavan Tiri

Nuremgard wrote:Ah, okay. Libertarianism is just so...American.

Is there an issue with being American, Red?

Lavan Tiri

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:An ID costs 28,80€ over here. And it's mandatory to have one. If you live on welfare you don't even have to pay for it.

The UK doesn't have national ID cards like most of Europe does.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Sarameia wrote:Is there an issue with being American, Red?

Not at all. All I'm saying is, for all its faults, I'm glad I live in Britain and not the US. And I lucked out even more; I live in the best part of the UK.

Lavan Tiri, The West Country

Nuremgard wrote:Not at all. All I'm saying is, for all its faults, I'm glad I live in Britain and not the US.

Aye, with a mindset like that, I'm glad you do too.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:The UK doesn't have national ID cards like most of Europe does.

I personally think an ID is practical and efficent.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, The West Country

Nuremgard wrote:Ah, okay. Libertarianism is just so...American.

Statism is just so...European.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Sarameia

Sarameia wrote:Aye, with a mindset like that, I'm glad you do too.

I guess we're both happy then. :)

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I personally think an ID is practical and efficent.

I wouldn't be opposed to an ID card system.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Mercunova wrote:Statism is just so...European.

Statists...statists everywhere.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Mercunova wrote:Statism is just so...European.

Yes it is. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo_-KoBiBG0

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:I wouldn't be opposed to an ID card system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_identity_card

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Providing an ID to verify that you are who you pretend to be seems just reasonable to me.

In countries like Britain and Germany, maybe. But definitely not the U.S., IMO. A lot of American politicians say we should require photo ID for voting, but that's problematic because:

a: The U.S. doesn't have a national ID system; the closest equivalent is Social Security cards, and those don't have photos.

b: The main form of photo ID in the United States are driver's licenses, which not only have a fee to get them, but not everyone drives. There are non-drivers state IDs people can get, but those also have a fee.

c: You need to go to a DMV or tax office to get a photo ID, and in addition to generally being sh*tty places to be (long waits, poor customer service, etc.), these places often have limited hours and are farther away for some people. If you're poor and working two jobs paycheck-to-paycheck, taking off a day to go the DMV is a major challenge even if you can afford the license fee.

d: In some states like Alabama, DMV offices in predominantly black counties are being closed while their counterparts in white counties remain open, meaning that requiring photo ID to vote would penalize African-American and other minority voters the hardest. In fact, some would even say that requiring photo IDs to vote is intentionally designed to disenfranchise African-American and minority.

I would be all for requiring photo IDs for voting if such IDs were easy to get for everyone, but sadly, that is not the case.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Family Guy once used footage from 9-year-old YouTube video in one of its episodes without permission from the owner. The owner's original clip was then removed from Youtube for copyright infringement.

Seriously? This kind of stuff is why people say YouTube's copyright system is sh*t!

Bearlong, Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Yes it is. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo_-KoBiBG0

Freude, schöner Götterfunken,

Tochter aus Elysium,

Wir betreten feuertrunken,

Himmlische, dein Heiligtum.

|: Deine Zauber binden wieder,

Was die Mode streng geteilt,

Alle Menschen werden Brüder,

Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt. :|

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri

Hhh...Europeans.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Jaslandia wrote:Seriously? This kind of stuff is why people say YouTube's copyright system is sh*t!

It's why any copyright system is sh!t.

In bigger news, holy sh!t Jas said sh!t

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Sarameia wrote:Hhh...Europeans.

Yes, we are fabulous. Without us, you wouldn't have your United States of America.

You're welcome. ;)

Lavan Tiri, Sarameia

Jaslandia wrote:-snip-

Are there no local residents' registration offices?

Lavan Tiri

Mercunova wrote:It's why any copyright system is sh!t.

In bigger news, holy sh!t Jas said sh!t

We still need copyright, and it does serve a purpose. The problem is when robots and corporations unduly influence copyright: robots can't tell what is fair use and what is actual copyright infringement, and not only are corporations incentivized to maintain and abuse this robotic system to get more money from ad revenue and stifle criticism, but corporations like Disney also extend copyright terms to an outrageous amount so that they can maintain control over their characters forever (or at least close to it).

And yes I cursed, but I censored it, didn't I? And yes, I still would have censored it even if the RMB did allow cursing.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Are there no local residents' registration offices?

Not really. DMVs and tax offices are the closest equivalent.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Goodnight friends. <3

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton, Cesorion, Sarameia

Nuremgard wrote:Not at all. All I'm saying is, for all its faults, I'm glad I live in Britain and not the US. And I lucked out even more; I live in the best part of the UK.

Let’s not go too far

Ludania, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

The West Country wrote:Let’s not go too far

Not going too far, babe. Just stating the truth. ;)

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Goodnight friends. <3

Goodnight, Peng!

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Goodnight friends. <3

Goodnight, Peng.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Post self-deleted by Sarameia.

Nuremgard wrote:Not at all. All I'm saying is, for all its faults, I'm glad I live in Britain and not the US. And I lucked out even more; I live in the best part of the UK.

The best part of the UK is the part that seceded from it.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Sarameia wrote:The best part of the UK is the part that seceded from it.

You'll have to be more specific. Hundreds of her children have seceded from the bosom of Mother Britannia.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Sarameia wrote:Hhh...Europeans.

Oh no... You're the bad kind of libertarian, aren't you?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country

Axeldonia wrote:Oh no... You're the bad kind of libertarian, aren't you?

There's a good kind?

Ludania, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country

Nuremgard wrote:There's a good kind?

*cough*yuk*cough*

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Sarameia wrote:The best part of the UK is the part that seceded from it.

*sips tea*

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

The West Country wrote:*sips tea*

That's a perfect example of British passive aggressiveness.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, The West Country

DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM.

Lavan Tiri, Mercunova

Post self-deleted by Sarameia.

Sarameia wrote:DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/183/604/ee9.png

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Sarameia

Nuremgard wrote:There's a good kind?

Socialist Libertarian

Sarameia wrote:DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM.

Dear lord, it's an ancap. Well boys, time to put on your gas mask, because this here is downright toxic.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia

Axeldonia wrote:Socialist Libertarian

Dear lord, it's an ancap. Well boys, time to put on your gas mask, because this here is downright toxic.

Ancappers weren't the ones who literally gassed millions of people to death.

Lavan Tiri

Mercunova wrote:Ancappers weren't the ones who literally gassed millions of people to death.

Ancap is the literal trashcan of ideologies.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country

Nuremgard wrote:I heard some people are being turned away at the polls down south because they don't have ID or "proper" ID. What do you make of it? Do you think voters should provide ID at the polls?

Voter ID laws are actually a large political issue in the US. What I take of it is that requiring voter ID at the polls is unnecessary and is a form of voter suppression. Out of a billion votes cast from 2000 to 2014, there were only 31 credible instances of voter fraud.[1] Only 5 percent of whites lack photo ID. However, that number is twice as high for Hispanics and is over twice as high for blacks. Twelve percent of adults making less than $25,000 every year lack photo ID. Not only that, but 15 percent of individuals between the ages of 17 to 20 and 11 percent of individuals between the ages of 21 to 25 lack photo ID.[2] And guess who racial minorities, the poor, and young people vote for. Democrats. And guess who is imposing voter ID laws. Republicans. And the Republicans know this.[3]

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/08/06/a-comprehensive-investigation-of-voter-impersonation-finds-31-credible-incidents-out-of-one-billion-ballots-cast/?utm_term=.0736ca22d8ed

[2] http://www.projectvote.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AMERICANS-WITH-PHOTO-ID-Research-Memo-February-2015.pdf

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0W8_qn0Aw

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Mercunova wrote:Ancappers weren't the ones who literally gassed millions of people to death.

when did genocide become the benchmark of a bad ideology

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country

Sarameia wrote:DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM.

Depends on who you ask

Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia

Mercunova wrote:Ancappers weren't the ones who literally gassed millions of people to death.

Sarameia wrote:DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM.

Ancaps get out REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAgWC9G8WY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2V6A6WEHNE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_T7bD4pAlE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQED76ly7Cs

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Gualimole wrote:Voter ID laws are actually a large political issue in the US. What I take of it is that requiring voter ID at the polls is unnecessary and is a form of voter suppression. Out of a billion votes cast from 2000 to 2014, there were only 31 credible instances of voter fraud.[1] Only 5 percent of whites lack photo ID. However, that number is twice as high for Hispanics and is over twice as high for blacks. Twelve percent of adults making less than $25,000 every year lack photo ID. Not only that, but 15 percent of individuals between the ages of 17 to 20 and 11 percent of individuals between the ages of 21 to 25 lack photo ID.[2] And guess who racial minorities, the poor, and young people vote for. Democrats. And guess who is imposing voter ID laws. Republicans. And the Republicans know this.[3]

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/08/06/a-comprehensive-investigation-of-voter-impersonation-finds-31-credible-incidents-out-of-one-billion-ballots-cast/?utm_term=.0736ca22d8ed

[2] http://www.projectvote.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AMERICANS-WITH-PHOTO-ID-Research-Memo-February-2015.pdf

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0W8_qn0Aw

Yeah. Voter fraud is so insignificant that it doesn't require nationwide action such as ID verification.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Au Minbo, Axeldonia, Gualimole

Sarameia wrote:DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM.

https://media.giphy.com/media/26BRrSvJUa0crqw4E/giphy.gif

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Sarameia

Jaslandia wrote:https://media.giphy.com/media/26BRrSvJUa0crqw4E/giphy.gif

I thought social democrats always betrayed the revolution. I am surprised by what you have done in this post. It shall be spoken about thousands of years after you and I die.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Gualimole wrote:I thought social democrats always betrayed the revolution. I am surprised by what you have done in this post. It shall be spoken about thousands of years after you and I die.

Ookay, then. All I did was post a Big Lebowski "well, that's just, like, your opinion, man" gif.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Sarameia

Jaslandia wrote:Ookay, then. All I did was post a Big Lebowski "well, that's just, like, your opinion, man" gif.

Here, have some bread.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Gualimole wrote:Here, have some bread.

Just as long as no one conquers it before I can eat it. *insert smiley-face-with-tongue-sticking-out emoticon here*

Lavan Tiri, Gualimole

Jaslandia wrote:Just as long as no one conquers it before I can eat it. *insert smiley-face-with-tongue-sticking-out emoticon here*

A BREADBOOK JOKE??

FROM JAS??

ON MY COFN RMB???

did i channel into an alternate dimension whilst washing the dishes?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Unfallious wrote:A BREADBOOK JOKE??

FROM JAS??

ON MY COFN RMB???

did i channel into an alternate dimension whilst washing the dishes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7qQ6_RV4VQ

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:A BREADBOOK JOKE??

FROM JAS??

ON MY COFN RMB???

did i channel into an alternate dimension whilst washing the dishes?

I mentioned it mainly because I've seen Const reference the 'breadbook' several. Otherwise I might not have gotten the reference.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:A BREADBOOK JOKE??

FROM JAS??

ON MY COFN RMB???

did i channel into an alternate dimension whilst washing the dishes?

Should have seen him earlier, he cussed

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:A BREADBOOK JOKE??

FROM JAS??

ON MY COFN RMB???

did i channel into an alternate dimension whilst washing the dishes?

Official petition to make Unf return to the kitchen and continue washing dishes. Where he belongs. Can I get some endorsements?

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Official petition to make Unf return to the kitchen and continue washing dishes. Where he belongs. Can I get some endorsements?

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BrightSaneBison-max-1mb.gif

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Official petition to make Unf return to the kitchen and continue washing dishes. Where he belongs. Can I get some endorsements?

endorsed

also, mfw im having a thomas meme battle with jas on discord :p (side note: he's winning)

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Chernarus State wrote:endorsed

also, mfw im having a thomas meme battle with jas on discord :p (side note: he's winning)

https://youtu.be/P3ALwKeSEYs

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Mercunova wrote:Should have seen him earlier, he cussed

Please provide a screenshot to this region to showcase Jas's vulgarity.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

This is the most problematic country ever to exist

https://youtu.be/aRjd-kWaTOg

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Gualimole wrote:Please provide a screenshot to this region to showcase Jas's vulgarity.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=display_region_rmb/region=the_confederacy_of_free_nations?postid=30540025#p30540025

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Gualimole wrote:Please provide a screenshot to this region to showcase Jas's vulgarity.

Mercunova wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/page=display_region_rmb/region=the_confederacy_of_free_nations?postid=30540025#p30540025

Shesh. You're all acting like you've seen a unicorn, or bigfoot, or something.

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Shesh. You're all acting like you've seen a unicorn, or bigfoot, or something.

We have.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Gualimole wrote:We have.

Is that so?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Jaslandia wrote:Is that so?

Yeah

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Mercunova wrote:Yeah

I see.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Gualimole wrote:Here, have some bread.

>communism

>bread

Pick one.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Sarameia wrote:>communism

>bread

Pick one.

I pick option C, all of the above

>Is not even Communist

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Sarameia wrote:>communism

>bread

Pick one.

A person dies from hunger every second.

Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

The West Country wrote:Let’s not go too far

No, no, he's right.

Nuremgard wrote:There's a good kind?

C'est moi, monsieur.

Sarameia wrote:DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM.

Calm your tits, Liberty Prime. The only reason to be this aggressively American is if a bald eagle pooped on you on the 4th of July, and the poo was shaped like George Washington arm-wrestling Abe Lincoln over a field of Iraqi oil.

Also, it's incredibly annoying and makes me think you're a 14-year-old who just got a Facebook friend request from Gary Johnson.

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Sarameia

Lavan Tiri wrote:Calm your tits, Liberty Prime. The only reason to be this aggressively American is if a bald eagle pooped on you on the 4th of July, and the poo was shaped like George Washington arm-wrestling Abe Lincoln over a field of Iraqi oil.

Also, it's incredibly annoying and makes me think you're a 14-year-old who just got a Facebook friend request from Gary Johnson.

But what is Aleppo?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ_fFMJSDPw

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

What if squirrels think nuts are dead and they're giving them a dignified burial

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

What if ghosts can't see us and they're very confused about who's knocking their shlt over.

The living are ghosts to the dead

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Do you ever wanna drink hot sauce just to see what the hell happens? Like, really fvckin' hot sauce?

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Lavan Tiri wrote:What if squirrels think nuts are dead and they're giving them a dignified burial

Lavan Tiri wrote:What if ghosts can't see us and they're very confused about who's knocking their shlt over.

The living are ghosts to the dead

Lavan Tiri wrote:Do you ever wanna drink hot sauce just to see what the hell happens? Like, really fvckin' hot sauce?

Once you’ve come down, I’d love to have a discussion with you about what it’s like to do peyote.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, The West Country

Lavan Tiri wrote:What if squirrels think nuts are dead and they're giving them a dignified burial

Lavan Tiri wrote:What if ghosts can't see us and they're very confused about who's knocking their shlt over.

The living are ghosts to the dead

Lavan Tiri wrote:Do you ever wanna drink hot sauce just to see what the hell happens? Like, really fvckin' hot sauce?

https://youtu.be/WeYsTmIzjkw

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Sarameia wrote:>communism

>bread

Pick one.

You...

I like you.

Lavan Tiri, Sarameia

Lavan Tiri wrote:What if squirrels think nuts are dead and they're giving them a dignified burial

Lavan Tiri wrote:What if ghosts can't see us and they're very confused about who's knocking their shlt over.

The living are ghosts to the dead

Lavan Tiri wrote:Do you ever wanna drink hot sauce just to see what the hell happens? Like, really fvckin' hot sauce?

Were you sitting at home alone in a power outage or something?

Because those are the kind of thoughts I have when that happens

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Will the election results be posted today?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Midasia wrote:Will the election results be posted today?

I doubt it. The whole May 4 must pass (EST). That means that till 23:59 today votes are accepted. After it validation and results cross-cheking begins. Also, it woud be good to have them out when the Chancellor polls concludes

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Cesorion wrote:I doubt it. The whole May 4 must pass (EST). That means that till 23:59 today votes are accepted. After it validation and results cross-cheking begins. Also, it woud be good to have them out when the Chancellor polls concludes

Which reminds me, Lex Caledonia the poll was supposed to last 3 days. As per the Constitution

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Cesorion wrote:Which reminds me, Lex Caledonia the poll was supposed to last 3 days. As per the Constitution

He knows Ces

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Mercunova wrote:He knows Ces

Cesorion wrote:Which reminds me, Lex Caledonia the poll was supposed to last 3 days. As per the Constitution

It was an accident; we're leaving it the extra day on the advice of Supreme Court members, as if the vote were ended early there'd be no record of it.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Mercunova wrote:We're leaving it an extra day on the advice of Supreme Court members as if the vote were ended early there'd be no record of it.

Cesorion wrote:I doubt it. The whole May 4 must pass (EST). That means that till 23:59 today votes are accepted. After it validation and results cross-cheking begins. Also, it woud be good to have them out when the Chancellor polls concludes

Not necessarily, there's nothing that stipulates it has to go the full day; only that it should last three days, (from the 1st to the 4th) which it technically has already as of midmorning today.

That said, it's possible we'll release it today but it looks like most probably we'll release the results at the same time the Chancellor poll closes, since most people who vote for chancellor usually send a ballot immediately thereafter.

Lavan Tiri, Midasia

Mercunova wrote:Not necessarily, there's nothing that stipulates it has to go the full day; only that it should last three days, (from the 1st to the 4th) which it technically has already as of midmorning today.

That said, it's possible we'll release it today but it looks like most probably we'll release the results at the same time the Chancellor poll closes, since most people who vote for chancellor usually send a ballot immediately thereafter.

That was my point. Though if you take advice from predecessors, start the validation process sometime now. Delays due to it can occur. It happened to me

Lavan Tiri

Cesorion wrote:That was my point. Though if you take advice from predecessors, start the validation process sometime now. Delays due to it can occur. It happened to me

Jas and I have been in constant contact on validation. We're already validated as it stands right now.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Cesorion

Mercunova wrote:Jas and I have been in constant contact on validation. We're already validated as it stands right now.

Good, good

Lavan Tiri

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