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Nuremgard wrote:Imagine the press attention and crowds of spectators. A big state dinner and ball. Events that the Imperials can go to in order to experience Penguanian culture.

I hope they are able to hold their drinks. Penguania has some really traditional tough stuff. But I'm sure they will love the Penguanian cuisine.

Maybe a little scandal during the balls ? ;)

I'm sure the people will love it.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I hope they are able to hold their drinks. Penguania has some really traditional tough stuff. But I'm sure they will love the Penguanian cuisine.

Maybe a little scandal during the balls ? ;)

I'm sure the people will love it.

Archduke Valerian could get off with a diplomat or aristocrat. ;) And Archduke Alexander would love the strong booze.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Archduke Valerian could get off with a diplomat or aristocrat. ;) And Archduke Alexander would love the strong booze.

We will see. :)

I should mention that Crown Prince Felix is attracted to the male gender. ;)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:We will see. :)

I should mention that Crown Prince Felix is attracted to the male gender. ;)

Valerian will definitely spend time with him. ;)

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:

Valerian will definitely spend time with him. ;)

#NuremPeng

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Valerian will definitely spend time with him. ;)

Awesome. Felix is keen to get to know him.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Vista Major wrote:#NuremPeng

I won't mind that. :)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Awesome. Felix is keen to get to know him.

Hope Felix likes pretty boys.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I won't mind that. :)

Oh geez.

Vista Major wrote:#NuremPeng

I can....agree with this.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Hope Felix likes pretty boys.

Very much so. Tho he's a bit shy. So it can take a bit more time until he opens to new people. But when he opened he is a really social guy. :)

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Very much so. Tho he's a bit shy. So it can take a bit more time until he opens to new people. But when he opened he is a really social guy. :)

Valerian is naturally confident so they'll get on like a house on fire.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Valerian is naturally confident so they'll get on like a house on fire.

That's good. And I'm sure some drinks will help too. :)

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:That's good. And I'm sure some drinks will help too. :)

Which may lead to some midnight fumbling in the palace.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Which may lead to some midnight fumbling in the palace.

Oh yeah. The palace has enough rooms and places to get to know each other better. ;)

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Oh yeah. The palace has enough rooms and places to get to know each other better. ;)

The two young men will forge strong ties between our two nations. ;)

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:The two young men will forge strong ties between our two nations. ;)

Hopefully. Partners on the world stage are important. And good relations are a blessing for both sides.

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hopefully. Partners on the world stage are important. And good relations are a blessing for both sides.

You only need allies if you can't blitzkrieg through the world >:D

Nah, just kidding, everyone needs a few friends at least.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:You only need allies if you can't blitzkrieg through the world >:D

Nah, just kidding, everyone needs a few friends at least.

So how about a Penguanian-Kalaronian cultural exchange program then ?

Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:So how about a Penguanian-Kalaronian cultural exchange program then ?

I mean, sure, but fair warning, we're very focused on weapons.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Intelligentpeople

Kalaron wrote:I mean, sure, but fair warning, we're very focused on weapons.

*increases custom controls for Kalaronians, especiall for weapons*

Well, we are pacifist nation, mostly. So don't even try to sell your weapons to the people. Altough we like your ships. :)

Jaslandia, Intelligentpeople

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:*increases custom controls for Kalaronians, especiall for weapons*

Well, we are pacifist nation, mostly. So don't even try to sell your weapons to the people. Altough we like your ships. :)

Sadness and happiness all at once.

I'll make a few ships maybe ;P

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Intelligentpeople

I go to bed now. Was nice to talk with you all, especially with [nation=short]Nuremgard[/nation]. :)

I look forward to more of those conversations.

I wish you all a nice remaining day and sweet dreams tonigh. Love you all. <3

Goodnight. zZ zZ zZ

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Intelligentpeople

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I go to bed now. Was nice to talk with you all, especially with [nation=short]Nuremgard[/nation]. :)

I look forward to more of those conversations.

I wish you all a nice remaining day and sweet dreams tonigh. Love you all. <3

Goodnight. zZ zZ zZ

Night buddy.

Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I go to bed now. Was nice to talk with you all, especially with [nation=short]Nuremgard[/nation]. :)

I look forward to more of those conversations.

I wish you all a nice remaining day and sweet dreams tonigh. Love you all. <3

Goodnight. zZ zZ zZ

Goodnight, Peng. Lots of love.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:http://trumpdonald.org/

I'm so happy this exists :D

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:http://trumpdonald.org/

I liked it. I liked blowing it in his ear so I could imagine blowing out his hearing. I know, call me sadistic.

Mdogao wrote:my name is Kalle. Mads asked me to write an report about him. On this page. They doctors removed the infection. but he was having an allergic trauma to the medicine. his kidneys are shut off now. He is on transplant list. and machines to clean his blood. He is doing poorly. please offer your prayers. or best wishes.

Oh. Really sorry to hear that. I hope he gets better, and I hope he gets the transplant!

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:This way the term grammar nazi gets a totally other meaning. :P

https://youtu.be/N4vf8N6GpdM

Nuremgard wrote:I got the joke.

As did I.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I go to bed now. Was nice to talk with you all, especially with [nation=short]Nuremgard[/nation]. :)

I look forward to more of those conversations.

I wish you all a nice remaining day and sweet dreams tonigh. Love you all. <3

Goodnight. zZ zZ zZ

Goodnight, Peng!

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Intelligentpeople

Hopefully I don't abandon Saor Scotland. I am so fickle. Founding and abandoning, re-founding and re-abandoning.

Jaslandia, Yukona, Intelligentpeople

I love you all :D

Also whales. I love whales too.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star, Intelligentpeople

Saor Scotland takes a pro-business decision in relation to fishing. The poor's income increases but unemployment increases in a couple of other industries.

Whaa...?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Intelligentpeople

Nuremgard wrote:Saor Scotland takes a pro-business decision in relation to fishing. The poor's income increases but unemployment increases in a couple of other industries.

Whaa...?

People left their other jobs just to fish, gaining more money through it than the four other jobs they held at the same time.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Intelligentpeople

Dude, Sul is literally the best.

I love him.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Dude, Sul is literally the best.

I love him.

#KalaSulRising

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:#KalaSulRising

I can really get behind this ;P

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Magnatronia

Vista Major wrote:#KalaSulRising

Something else is also rising :p

Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Magnatronia

Nuremgard wrote:Hopefully I don't abandon Saor Scotland. I am so fickle. Founding and abandoning, re-founding and re-abandoning.

Yeah I used to do that until I founded Yukona, I occasionally do it with puppets but eventually can't be arsed to anymore

Nuremgard

I don't get how furniture restoration can be a significant part of your economy like are you serious? We're talking about billions of dollars here not a dad in his garage making a chair out of a signpost and a plank.

Everestopia, Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

Yukona wrote:I don't get how furniture restoration can be a significant part of your economy like are you serious? We're talking about billions of dollars here not a dad in his garage making a chair out of a signpost and a plank.

Hahaha! Now this made me laugh!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Bearlong wrote:I did laundry, which is probably the most productive I've been in ages.

Well, everyone has to start somewhere! :P

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Just picked up a field manual on COIN, so pretty good.

Ah cool, how's that going?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Yes I had. Didn't do much tho. But it was good. Hbu?

Fair enough, that's what weekends are for right? :P

I just chilled with my boyfriend, went into town to do some shopping.

Penguania And Antarctica

Hello friends. Wish you all a nice day. :)

DIP Readers' Survey

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[spoiler=Today are:]

Today are:

- Amartithi (Meherabad, India, followers of Meher Baba)

- Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day

- Brandy Alexander Day

- Gorilla Suit Day

- Independence Day (Nauru)

- National Backward Day

- National Inspire Your Heart With Art Day

- Street Children's Day (Austria)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 314 – Pope Sylvester I succeeds Pope Miltiades.

- 1504 – France cedes Naples to Aragon.

- 1606 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for plotting against Parliament and King James.

- 1747 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.

- 1801 – John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.

- 1814 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina).

- 1846 – After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify as the City of Milwaukee.

- 1848 – John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.

- 1849 – Corn Laws are abolished in the United Kingdom pursuant to legislation in 1846.

- 1862 – Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47 cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.

- 1865 – American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.

- 1865 – American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.

- 1891 – History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.

- 1897 – Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.

- 1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.

- 1917 – World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.

- 1918 – A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.

- 1919 – The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland.

- 1929 – The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky.

- 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.

- 1942 – World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to the island of Singapore.

- 1943 – World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.

- 1945 – US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.

- 1945 – World War II: About 3,000 inmates from the Stutthof concentration camp are forcibly marched into the Baltic Sea at Palmnicken (now Yantarny, Russia) and executed.

- 1946 – Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia)

- 1946 – The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.

- 1949 – These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.

- 1950 – United States President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.

- 1953 – A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom

- 1958 – The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.

- 1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.

- 1966 – The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.

- 1968 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.

- 1968 – Nauru gains independence from Australia.

- 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.

- 1996 – An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.

- 2000 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.

- 2001 – In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.

- 2003 – The Waterfall rail accident occurs near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia.

- 2007 – Suspects are arrested in Birmingham in the UK, accused of plotting the kidnap, holding and eventual beheading of a serving Muslim British soldier in Iraq.

- 2009 – In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.

- 2010 – Avatar becomes the first film to gross over $2 billion worldwide.

- 2011 – A winter storm hits North America for the second time in the same month, causing $1.8 billion in damage across the United States and Canada and killing 24 people.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1512 – Henry, King of Portugal

- 1797 – Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer

- 1835 – Lunalilo, King of Hawaii

- 1865 – Henri Desgrange, French cyclist and journalist

- 1868 – Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1873 – Melitta Bentz, German entrepreneur, invented the coffee filter

- 1881 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1884 – Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany

- 1902 – Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1919 – Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster

- 1923 – Norman Mailer, American journalist and author

- 1929 – Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1935 – Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1937 – Philip Glass, American composer

- 1938 – Beatrix of the Netherlands

- 1981 – Justin Timberlake, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

- 1982 – Helena Paparizou, Greek-Swedish singer

- 1990 – Cro, German rapper, singer, producer and designer

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Quote of the day

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

- Oscar Wilde -

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

Jaslandia, Tserra, The United Providences Of Perland

Everestopia wrote:Ah cool, how's that going?

Well, I got it late yesterday, so I haven't exactly read a ton.

Still helpful to consider, especially for my designs.

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Something else is also rising :p

For fear of Moderator Interception, I can't agree with this...but really I agree very much ;P

Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Pirate Kingdoms

Everestopia wrote:Fair enough, that's what weekends are for right? :P

I just chilled with my boyfriend, went into town to do some shopping.

According to my emails, it is your birthday today. So happy birthday!

Yukona wrote:I don't get how furniture restoration can be a significant part of your economy like are you serious? We're talking about billions of dollars here not a dad in his garage making a chair out of a signpost and a plank.

Nuremgard has a big furniture restoration industry too.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Good god, I know suffering.

It's being a moderate surrounded by super liberals.

I thought this was only a problem that Liberals and Conservatives had with each other.

Pirate Kingdoms

Kalaron wrote:Good god, I know suffering.

It's being a moderate surrounded by super liberals.

I thought this was only a problem that Liberals and Conservatives had with each other.

Liberals that don't know anything and berate you, even though you consider yourself liberal is the worst

Yukona wrote:Liberals that don't know anything and berate you, even though you consider yourself liberal is the worst

They're making stereotypes about other races now.

They just complimented Obama for his foreign policy and insulted Trump for not condemning the Saudi's.

Why are they like this.

Yukona

Post self-deleted by Kalaron.

Kalaron wrote:Good god, I know suffering.

It's being a moderate surrounded by super liberals.

I thought this was only a problem that Liberals and Conservatives had with each other.

Oh... ohhhh... ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh....

Kalaron wrote:Dude, Sul is literally the best.

I love him.

I love you too

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona

Sulania wrote:Oh... ohhhh... ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh....

I love you too

Hehe < 3

Penguania And Antarctica

>Subsidize Agriculture

>Foreign Aid falls

But...but...That's not how agriculture works though.

Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

Kalaron wrote:>Subsidize Agriculture

>Foreign Aid falls

But...but...That's not how agriculture works though.

Do you mean subsidizing the agriculture of a foreign country?

Yukona wrote:Do you mean subsidizing the agriculture of a foreign country?

Nope.

Subsidized the Agriculture of my nation, watched as my outgoing aid dropped.

My farmers must be rioting, Unf would be so pleased.

Nuremgard wrote:According to my emails, it is your birthday today. So happy birthday!

My birthday is tomorrow, but thank you anyway!

Nuremgard

Kalaron wrote:Nope.

Subsidized the Agriculture of my nation, watched as my outgoing aid dropped.

My farmers must be rioting, Unf would be so pleased.

Oh, well Yukona's foreign policy is to subsidise with striclty material aid only, like tractors, solar panels, etc. Most money just gets funneled away to the few corrupt and encourages them to keep their backwards status-quo. That's what I woulda thought NS meant anyway, now that....that I can't explain. I had an issue about an ethnic minority student being accepted into school but he didn't have the grades, well he's not accepted he didn't get the grades and all of a sudden I refuse all ethnic minorities from my education system I was like wat

Yukona wrote:Oh, well Yukona's foreign policy is to subsidise with striclty material aid only, like tractors, solar panels, etc. Most money just gets funneled away to the few corrupt and encourages them to keep their backwards status-quo. That's what I woulda thought NS meant anyway, now that....that I can't explain. I had an issue about an ethnic minority student being accepted into school but he didn't have the grades, well he's not accepted he didn't get the grades and all of a sudden I refuse all ethnic minorities from my education system I was like wat

Hey mate, you could neuter your police force with the BLM issue.

Yukona wrote:Oh, well Yukona's foreign policy is to subsidise with striclty material aid only, like tractors, solar panels, etc. Most money just gets funneled away to the few corrupt and encourages them to keep their backwards status-quo. That's what I woulda thought NS meant anyway, now that....that I can't explain. I had an issue about an ethnic minority student being accepted into school but he didn't have the grades, well he's not accepted he didn't get the grades and all of a sudden I refuse all ethnic minorities from my education system I was like wat

I just made all higher education free.

Nuremgard wrote:I just made all higher education free.

Some of us like having prestigious institutions, thank you very much ;P

Nuremgard, Yukona, Intelligentpeople

Kalaron wrote:Some of us like having prestigious institutions, thank you very much ;P

Some of us prefer having equality, thank you very much. :P

Prestigious is just another word for expensive. A place full of inbred rich kids with silver spoons up their arses.

Kalaron

Nuremgard wrote:Some of us prefer having equality, thank you very much. :P

Prestigious is just another word for expensive. A place full of inbred rich kids with silver spoons up their arses.

Free and quality education for all!

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:Some of us prefer having equality, thank you very much. :P

Prestigious is just another word for expensive. A place full of inbred rich kids with silver spoons up their arses.

Lol.

I mean, I don't agree with that inbred statement, and what a way to ruin silver, but I agree with the expensive bit.

Nuremgard, Yukona, Intelligentpeople

Kalaron wrote:Lol.

I mean, I don't agree with that inbred statement, and what a way to ruin silver, but I agree with the expensive bit.

The clenching makes the spoons into rods. You could guess what to do after that :p

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Intelligentpeople

How come NS doesn't recognize "Giant Oceanic Manta Ray" as an aquatic animal?

Penguania And Antarctica, Intelligentpeople

Andromitus wrote:How come NS doesn't recognize "Giant Oceanic Manta Ray" as an aquatic animal?

maybe try Giant Saltwater Manta Ray, that should help.

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:maybe try Giant Saltwater Manta Ray, that should help.

Nope :D

Andromitus wrote:Nope :D

-_- interesting, how about the Majestic Manta Ray?

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:-_- interesting, how about the Majestic Manta Ray?

It doesn't recognise Manta Ray at all :/

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:The clenching makes the spoons into rods. You could guess what to do after that :p

Christ, what muscles.

Nuremgard, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

[spoiler]A Nude Day, A Nude Awakening...

The Issue

Internet news sites and online communities are abuzz over supposed leaked nude images of you that surfaced online this morning. Amateur photo-manipulation experts have concluded that the images are fakes, but the files have already spread across the internet like wildfire. As the victim of this internet trolling campaign, it may be time for you to address the problem of faked images of this sort.

The Debate

“Here we have thieves and perverts, stealing your likeness and creating obscenity,” declares Dixie Cruz, a country singer of dubious talent who claims there have been more downloads of fake nudes of her than downloads of her music. “Every time I go online I see these filthy pictures. It’s humiliating, degrading, and feels like a violation of my privacy and a kind of sexual assault. I guess now you know how it feels too! I know this is hard to police, but you should at least establish the principle that photo-manipulation is illegal, with fines applicable to those who break this law or who distribute these images.”

Accept

“Kirby Streisand agrees, but Kirby Streisand thinks that we should go further,” agrees the notorious Kirby Streisand, a staunch censorship advocate who once tried to remove all references to his name on the internet. “If it were up to Kirby Streisand, any unauthorized image, name usage, or even a likeness of a person without their permission should automatically be taken down whether it’s on the internet, the news, or any random video.”

Accept

“Either everything is okay, or nothing is,” refutes satirist and online columnist François Pong, whilst using a clever piece of software to make a mildly angry photo of you on a bad hair day look like you are a positively psychotic murderer on the verge of going on a killing spree. “Are you going to censor the Moaning Lisa because she was painted without her knowledge? Are you going to ban a schoolboy from drawing a moustache on a newspaper photo of your face? You have no right to censor art, and photo-manipulation is art. Quite frankly, celebrities and politicians should give up their expectations of privacy. If you don’t want people drawing you nude, you shouldn’t have chosen a career that makes you famous.”

Accept

“Face it, you can’t stop people putting things on the internet,” suggests your tech-savvy nephew, who moonlights as notorious internet troll politichunt42. “But you can affect an image’s notability, by changing its context. Say we fake a few hundred nudes of a dozen other world leaders, and maybe some politicians and public figures you don’t like: we could make it so that your faked nudes are old news, and have everyone laughing at your rivals and opponents instead. Wouldn’t it be fun to watch them flail around like a Leopard with its head chopped off? Is it immoral? Sure, if somebody hadn’t obviously already done this to you. Can you say ‘hackers-sponsored-by-Blackacre’?”

Accept[/spoiler]

Can't decided betwen the South Park expy and the KIRBY DELAUTER expy. Also, KIRBY DELAUTER does not appreciate KIRBY DELAUTER being used as a reference to a KIRBY DELAUTER meme.

Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Some of us like having prestigious institutions, thank you very much ;P

That's what I do in my main nation.

Nuremgard wrote:Some of us prefer having equality, thank you very much. :P

Prestigious is just another word for expensive. A place full of inbred rich kids with silver spoons up their arses.

We have student loans.

Nuremgard

Andromitus wrote:It doesn't recognise Manta Ray at all :/

NationStates at it's finest i guess.

Intelligentpeople wrote:That's what I do in my main nation.

We have student loans.

Ew, student loans.

Truth be told, I actually take Nurem's resolution to the issue when not giving the middle finger to the issue-makers bias :P

Nuremgard

Kalaron wrote:Ew, student loans.

Truth be told, I actually take Nurem's resolution to the issue when not giving the middle finger to the issue-makers bias :P

all of my schools are religious and government-funded so... -^(`-`)^-

Kalaron wrote:Ew, student loans.

Truth be told, I actually take Nurem's resolution to the issue when not giving the middle finger to the issue-makers bias :P

The student loans seemed like the best option to me. Otherwise only the rich would have access to collage or if I made it free my tax rate would/should be incredible high.

Intelligentpeople wrote:The student loans seemed like the best option to me. Otherwise only the rich would have access to collage or if I made it free my tax rate would/should be incredible high.

Higher education is incredibly costly, you'd have to fund the universities themselves to provide a range of courses otherwise you'd have many more people taking even broader/more common degrees simply reducing the specialization of your labour force and altogether not doing as good of a job as they could. I think the current student grant/loan system in the UK is alright, I have no worries about loans, the payments are minuscule, you only pay it when you earn enough and they get written off after a number of years.

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:all of my schools are religious and government-funded so... -^(`-`)^-

Super ew.

Intelligentpeople wrote:The student loans seemed like the best option to me. Otherwise only the rich would have access to collage or if I made it free my tax rate would/should be incredible high.

I'm already at 96%

A few more won't hurt.

Yukona, Intelligentpeople

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:all of my schools are religious and government-funded so... -^(`-`)^-

Kalaron wrote:Super ew.

apart from the government funding, yup, super ew

Intelligentpeople

Kalaron wrote:Super ew.

I'm already at 96%

A few more won't hurt.

ew

Jaslandia, Intelligentpeople

Andromitus wrote:apart from the government funding, yup, super ew

Yeah, Gov Funding is fine and all, but that first part is just gross ;P

Yukona wrote:ew

What? We feed 'em, we house 'em we give them guns for free.

It takes a lot of money dontcha know?

Intelligentpeople

Kalaron wrote:Yeah, Gov Funding is fine and all, but that first part is just gross ;P

What? We feed 'em, we house 'em we give them guns for free.

It takes a lot of money dontcha know?

I can only imagine what your real life economy would be like

Intelligentpeople

Yukona wrote:I can only imagine what your real life economy would be like

The free education in Scotland is great. Without it, I would never have been able to get the opportunity to go to uni.

Nuremgard wrote:The free education in Scotland is great. Without it, I would never have been able to get the opportunity to go to uni.

I'm talking about the 96% income tax rate

Intelligentpeople

Yukona wrote:I'm talking about the 96% income tax rate

Ouch.

Intelligentpeople

Nuremgard wrote:Ouch.

*puts on tortoise shell spectacles* it's to to go...free market

Yukona wrote:*puts on tortoise shell spectacles* it's to to go...free market

*gags*

Nah, free markets are fine. They just need to be counterbalanced.

Nuremgard wrote:*gags*

Nah, free markets are fine. They just need to be counterbalanced.

counterbalanced with low taxation, I get you :^)))))))))))))))))))))

Nuremgard, Intelligentpeople

Yukona wrote:counterbalanced with low taxation, I get you :^)))))))))))))))))))))

More like counterbalanced with regulation, taxes and state-owned industry. ;)

Nuremgard wrote:More like counterbalanced with regulation, taxes and state-owned industry. ;)

ew

Intelligentpeople

Here is an excellent article from the Atlantic about the possible dangers of the Trump Presidency to our Republic and how can we slide into authoritarianism without people noticing. Before any conservatives get into a hissy fit about the Atlantic being liberal, it was written by David Frum, a speechwriter for President George W. Bush, a Republican. Please take a look!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/513872/

It is our duty as citizens of Our Republic to uphold and support the institutions that guard against tyranny and the degradation that leads to it, such as Presidentialism. We cannot allow the slow erosion of republican values to occur and must remember that Congress, the people's branch, must hold power over the executive branch, not the other way around. In addition, we cannot forget that radicalism and reactionary politics are no way to achieve liberty. As Alexander Hamilton once said, "True Liberty is neithet found in Despotism, nor in the extremes of Democracy, but in Moderate Government". And, if we wish to keep Our Republic that our forefathers had given us, we must heed Franklin's words and not trade our liberties for momentary gains in security. Lastly, let us remember who we are by knowing the end stanza of The New Colossus (poem inscripted on The Statue of Liberty):

"Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Intelligentpeople

Aldaur wrote:Here is an excellent article from the Atlantic about the possible dangers of the Trump Presidency to our Republic and how can we slide into authoritarianism without people noticing. Before any conservatives get into a hissy fit about the Atlantic being liberal, it was written by David Frum, a speechwriter for President George W. Bush, a Republican. Please take a look!

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/513872/

It is our duty as citizens of Our Republic to uphold and support the institutions that guard against tyranny and the degradation that leads to it, such as Presidentialism. We cannot allow the slow erosion of republican values to occur and must remember that Congress, the people's branch, must hold power over the executive branch, not the other way around. In addition, we cannot forget that radicalism and reactionary politics are no way to achieve liberty. As Alexander Hamilton once said, "True Liberty is neithet found in Despotism, nor in the extremes of Democracy, but in Moderate Government". And, if we wish to keep Our Republic that our forefathers had given us, we must heed Franklin's words and not trade our liberties for momentary gains in security. Lastly, let us remember who we are by knowing the end stanza of The New Colossus (poem inscripted on The Statue of Liberty):

"Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Being a fascist I didn't take you to have libertarian anti-authoritarian views like mine. Besides that, New Colossus is my all time favourite poem.

Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Being a fascist I didn't take you to have libertarian anti-authoritarian views like mine. Besides that, New Colossus is my all time favourite poem.

I'm not a Fascist anymore. Though I still have a certain fondness for it, I don't agree with all aspects of it. In addition, I will still defend the intellectualism or Fascism, as I still believe it is very misunderstood. For example, Trump is not a Fascist. He does not have the prerequisite ideological or intellectual rigor and to say he is one, gives him far more credit. Rather, I see him as am authoritarian kleptocrat as described in the article. At least under a Fascist dictatorship, there is totalitarianism, which seeks to benefit the nation rather than rabid greed.

Intelligentpeople

Aldaur wrote:I'm not a Fascist anymore. Though I still have a certain fondness for it, I don't agree with all aspects of it. In addition, I will still defend the intellectualism or Fascism, as I still believe it is very misunderstood. For example, Trump is not a Fascist. He does not have the prerequisite ideological or intellectual rigor and to say he is one, gives him far more credit. Rather, I see him as am authoritarian kleptocrat as described in the article. At least under a Fascist dictatorship, there is totalitarianism, which seeks to benefit the nation rather than rabid greed.

I find it incredibly interesting and 'cool', for want of a better word. I recognise its atrocities and failures, but much like Sovieboos I think it has neat elements in a socio-cultural sense. I hate using fascist as a default word of people you don't agree with, it irritates me and just exhibits a "I read Das Kapital at Starbucks"-mentality.

Aldaur, Intelligentpeople

Yukona wrote:I find it incredibly interesting and 'cool', for want of a better word. I recognise its atrocities and failures, but much like Sovieboos I think it has neat elements in a socio-cultural sense. I hate using fascist as a default word of people you don't agree with, it irritates me and just exhibits a "I read Das Kapital at Starbucks"-mentality.

I think Mussolini would recognise that many western nations have elements of fascism such as the merging of corporate and political interests.

Yukona wrote:I find it incredibly interesting and 'cool', for want of a better word. I recognise its atrocities and failures, but much like Sovieboos I think it has neat elements in a socio-cultural sense. I hate using fascist as a default word of people you don't agree with, it irritates me and just exhibits a "I read Das Kapital at Starbucks"-mentality.

Indeed. It takes away from the power of that word. People use words like Communist, Racist, Bigot, Oppression in the same way with no real understanding of what those mean.

Anyway, now that I am no longer a Fascist, I am struggling with what to call myself and am trying to define exactly what I believe. Also, I am renouncing my Fascist title, not because I hate or even dislike Fascism, I just don't agree with all aspects of it anymore, so I deemed it inappropriate to continue calling myself that. I am still completely open to teaching people about it if they want to learn though.

Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:I think Mussolini would recognise that many western nations have elements of fascism such as the merging of corporate and political interests.

How is that a fascist element? Corporations need to be factored in to many economic decisions a government makes, if they weren't the economy would be a shambles. Are you somehow suggesting a parallel between capitalism and corporatism, because I strongly recommend you read Gentile's Doctrine of Fascism if that is so? The Tripartie system is nothing close to corporate lobbying in America, for example.

Aldaur, Intelligentpeople

Aldaur wrote:Indeed. It takes away from the power of that word. People use words like Communist, Racist, Bigot, Oppression in the same way with no real understanding of what those mean.

Anyway, now that I am no longer a Fascist, I am struggling with what to call myself and am trying to define exactly what I believe. Also, I am renouncing my Fascist title, not because I hate or even dislike Fascism, I just don't agree with all aspects of it anymore, so I deemed it inappropriate to continue calling myself that. I am still completely open to teaching people about it if they want to learn though.

A pragmatist. Realpolitik.

Aldaur, Yukona, Intelligentpeople

Yukona wrote:How is that a fascist element? Corporations need to be factored in to many economic decisions a government makes, if they weren't the economy would be a shambles. Are you somehow suggesting a parallel between capitalism and corporatism, because I strongly recommend you read Gentile's Doctrine of Fascism if that is so? The Tripartie system is nothing close to corporate lobbying in America, for example.

Regardless, corporations are the new aristocracy.

Nuremgard wrote:Regardless, corporations are the new aristocracy.

Corporations are not people, I don't see how they can be aristocracy? You can tax a corporation but ultimately you are taxing people and withdrawing cash out of the economy as the burden of said tax will just fall on the most un-fixed factor of production, labour. By no means am I advocating for a zero tax rate, but still, how you can consider them an aristocracy is ridiculous. Business men and women as aristocracy? Well unless they inherited the fortunes, a lot have been worked for (regardless of what you think of the actual firm). They are not a ruling class, ultimately they serve the consumer and the consumer masters them, it is when the government gives political power (I'm not talking consideration, I'm talking direct influence) to these corporations that they can possibly exploit the system to their benefit. Therefore I would argue it is Whitehall that are the aristocrats, not the business men and women.

Intelligentpeople

Yukona wrote:Corporations are not people

Aw man, the SC will be so angry when they hear of this :O

Aldaur, Intelligentpeople

Yukona wrote:Corporations are not people, I don't see how they can be aristocracy? You can tax a corporation but ultimately you are taxing people and withdrawing cash out of the economy as the burden of said tax will just fall on the most un-fixed factor of production, labour. By no means am I advocating for a zero tax rate, but still, how you can consider them an aristocracy is ridiculous. Business men and women as aristocracy? Well unless they inherited the fortunes, a lot have been worked for (regardless of what you think of the actual firm). They are not a ruling class, ultimately they serve the consumer and the consumer masters them, it is when the government gives political power (I'm not talking consideration, I'm talking direct influence) to these corporations that they can possibly exploit the system to their benefit. Therefore I would argue it is Whitehall that are the aristocrats, not the business men and women.

They are an aristocracy in the sense that their lobbying and power influences how government forms policies. Low taxation, deregulation etc. Furthermore, many of them do in fact inherit their fortunes and run the companies that their families ran. Moreover, they serve themselves. Their own enrichment is their goal. Profit before people is the corporate motto.

Aldaur

Nuremgard wrote:A pragmatist. Realpolitik.

Legalism certainly has a place in my beliefs, but I also have certain principles I believe in too. I like the idea of ordered liberty. I also want a strong, active and balanced government that isn't gigantic and bloated. Essentially I want a good government that manages public goods but doesn't control society in the way most governments do now. It is hard to explain, but I'd rather have the government influence, teach and guide people to do positive things rather than forcing them to.

Nuremgard wrote:Regardless, corporations are the new aristocracy.

Popular rhetoric, but completely untrue. Either way though, the premise of private interests having undue influence in politics is something that really undermines good government.

Yukona

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