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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
i do that anyway
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
so you'll be doing it when I exile you
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
fighting talk for someone in spitting distance
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
making me horny won't save you
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Shhh don't tell them why we're running on the same Consul ticket
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
One of the biggest problems with talking about the Electoral College system is that the people defending seem to literally just not understand how a popular vote would work.
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Kalaron-A
>Talking to other people seriously about an important issue in a thoughtful way
>Not spending half of the time as almost incomprehensible to the other person
>Not making them question if you seriously believe what you've said, or if there's an elaborate joke involved
This is where you went wrong ;p
Also, a University is releasing a cool program if you have trouble visualizing math at complex levels. IMO, it's the visualization that's needed for *actual* comphrension.
https://scitechdaily.com/carnegie-mellon-tool-automatically-turns-math-into-beautiful-and-instructive-illustrations/amp/
http://penrose.ink/
Lavan Tiri
Can some native English speaker here explain the difference between "wonder" and "miracle" ?
Lavan Tiri, Percyton, Kalaron-A
A wonder is something interesting and unusual but not necessarily "defying the possible", the Pyramids are wonders of the ancient world because of the science and manpower that went into it. A miracle is something that's amazing because it's beyond unlikely, saving the ship from a warp-core breach already in progress is a miracle.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
"Following new legislation, the government is cutting back on the number of political prisoners executed each year."
Quite frankly, we never executed them to begin with. NS....C'mon.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
They just magically disappeared. :P
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
I hit enter by mistake... The rest of the post was supposed to be:
The comic book series '[I]Tsarina Zacia Milikova and the Villainous Corporate Cronies[/I]' is a best-seller. The sequel '[I]The Tsarina and the Capitalist Aliens from Planet Greed[/I]' is due later this year.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
I suppose the truth has to come out eventually.... We are actually sacrificing them to our Goddess.....
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
"Yes Constable, could you please take him to this place... horny jail I think it's called."
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Jas isn't that your job
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I know. That's why I was calling the Constable. I only wish I could do it myself.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
when elected consul I promise to only allow one song of the day ever and that's Come Out Ye Black And Tans and we will play it until Unf leaves Ireland for good
a vote for Lavan Tiri is a vote against the continuing Unfallion occupation of Eire and a vote for Lavan Tiri
vote Merc 2020
I love you
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
I'm a fourth Irish so the idea of removing even a single Brit from Ireland naturally appeals to my blood :P
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Free Salvation
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=kalaron/detail=factbook/id=1391280
General description and the variants coming to completion. I've written a bit more about the Gravitic Mirror used in the firing chamber of the Spaghettification Cannon and moving on to some of the history in it's creation.
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Free Salvation
History basically done as far as I'll do it this time. Might bring the Bellerophon up to speed now so that it can actually be a mainline battleship, and might give the Garuda some teeth later with Nuclear Auto-Cannons or something.
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That's completely normal ruskov. Here in Iberia we sacrifice tons of people each year to our gods even if they are innocent! Foreigners are however used more often, mainly if they are POW.
-Span
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The Issue
More and more Spanelskoan film studios are turning to Brancaland due to the generous tax credits of the picturesque coastal city Maxhoover. Industry representatives and local patriots alike have prompted calls for action.
CUT! shouts controversial film director Max Richards, known for his unapologetic patriotism and xenophobia, who is coincidentally filming a scene in your office. The Great Supreme Lord Khan, if I may be frank, why dont we punish these unpatriotic hacks? They show a complete lack of respect for our culture and take jobs away from hardworking citizens. Cant you put these people on some sort of watchlist and create some sort of committee to assess their loyalty to Spanelsko?
Supreme Leader: I love this man already.
Theres no need to get your unmentionables in a twist aboot this, suggests eccentric Brancalandian talent agent Mike Shatner with long pauses between his words. Ill have you know that actors are one of Brancalands primary exports. In return we offer tax credits and the best studios that money can buy. Unless you want to risk damaging your countrys relationship with Brancaland and deny your people some quality acting, like the award-winning Spit The Great Supreme Lord Khan Says, I suggest you make it easier for studios to choose Brancaland over Spanelsko. By the way, was that a great impression of you, or what?
*meanwhile in Askana a fascist rally*
Supreme Leader of Iberia: The dirty Bracandians are a race of utter subhumans and must be exterminated! Those who dissagree will be shot!
HEIL IBERIA! *the crowd applauds the short speech with firing squads behind them*
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
While youre still supine, a strange pale-skinned man shines the dentists lamp directly into your eyes and begins loading a large metal syringe from an unmarked vial. I have your solution right here, dear leader. Why not add these powerful painkillers to the water supply, under the banner of a new healthcare initiative aimed at relieving stress and improving quality of life? Then you can use mass addiction to control the population! A particular district doesnt like your new absolutist platform? Just reduce their pain relief until they do! Imagine the whole populace desperately begging you for another hit!
The Talking Point
Spanelskoans are free from pain - but the side effects include loss of individual thought and freedom
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Fellow Citizens
Today is the final day for candidacy. Anyone interested in running in the July election should apply for candidacy today.
☿ Merc
Consul
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Free Salvation, Kalaron-A
Of Mice and Meth
The Issue
A growing number of citizens are reporting sightings of strange animal behavior since the nations water supply was drugged, ranging from carelessness and daredevilry to frantic dancing.
You guys are the greatest in every way especially you, dearest The Great Supreme Lord Khan but this contamination is destroying our environment! exclaims recreational urban habitat observer Cortana Cho, sipping from a completely safe glass of government-approved tap water and dribbling some on the floor in her excitement. My colleagues and I all witnessed a colony of mice baying at a statue of you. Of course, I see something like that every day... but we all saw it this time! Im sure you could cut the dosage of drugs in the water down to a safer level and people would still love you!
As i dont speak Skaven i cant be sure if the rats were praising me or insulting me.....
Whoa, who cares about, like, a few pesky rats? This water is, like, poisoning our pets, dude, says Homer Jefferson, an enthusiastic pet lover who was particularly thirsty this morning. You dont have to, like, stop stoning the water, but maybe you should sell some safe water specifically for pets or whatever. You could even make it taste funny to make people not wanna drink it. Then, like, maybe my bunnies wont try to breathe water anymore.
Listen to this buffoonery-talk of baying rodents and suicidal rabbits; its obvious there is a problem, but not just with animals, rants Michelle Quagmire, a sociologist whos secretly been drinking pond water. Drugging our water supply is truly despicable, and you bottom feeders must stop it at once! It is hurting our environment, as it is hurting our civilization, and whoever told you this was a good idea is frankly pond scum. I- She coughs up a little minnow.
Listen to these dissidents; the drugs clearly arent powerful enough! exclaims your Minister of Crowd Control and author of the internationally condemned book H2Whoa: Spanelskoan Utopia. If anything, weve got to dump MORE into the water supply! So what if a few people start reacting like the animals? A few people howling at the moon now and then is much less dangerous than letting them think.
More drugs for the drug festivals of Iberia! :p
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Free Salvation
Fellow citizens,
The election is underway. Information and ballots can be found by citizens in their Telegrams. A regional poll is also underway to determine who shall be the Primary Consul for the first month of the new term.
☿ Merc
Consul
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton, Midasia
When you dream, one part of your brain is making up the story, and another part is experiencing those events and is genuinely surprised by all the twists in the plot.
Bearlong, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Mercunova, Percyton
When I dream I
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
I got rid of my default flag
Jaslandia, Mercunova, Percyton
Idea for an enhanced warp/alcubierre drive: First, the vessel (Presumably an Arca) would use a modification of their spaghettification cannon to "stretch" the black hole out through the weapon's "barrel" as a reverse funnel rather than a beam of gravity. Although that alone would be an effective way to project a wormhole entrance, it would be an incredibly minute aperture. Expanding the aperture isn't really possible, so an alternative is needed to cheat it's limitation.
My idea is simple, at this point a ship would "fold itself" inside of higher dimensions prior to entering. Since the regions are so small, however, there'd be a need to "shield" the vessel during transit from the limitations of said dimensions. While simple particles (Quarks and the like) are allowed, composite particles like our baryonic atoms would experience violent reactions as they remain in contact with it's space. That's bad enough, but the "kick-back" of such a reaction taking place on the hull would act like a terrible form of bow shock by knocking the vessel out of the higher dimensions with quite a bit of torsion stress. If you want to keep your ship whole and crew from being pancakes on the bulkhead, the use of a Staged Particle Generation Weapon would produce a frontal arc of degenerate quark matter that the Alcubierre drive could make into a half-bubble, and the "flip" of the ship as it folds into the higher dimensions would provide an effective reverse to the half-bubble as well, and since the Alcub-Drive moves the space around you rather than moving you, the bubble would be "pulled" along with the ship. So long as you manage to avoid any hungry lifeforms (hot quark matter would be like a hotpocket rocketing through space), you should be fine. Now, there's just a need to figure out how to fold the ship :P
Lavan Tiri, Percyton
Talking about "Heritage Regions", and a little fun fact old timers know.
That the region Commonwealth of Free Nations was originally created with the intentions of staging a coup and convincing our comrades from NGA to leave Silver Bloods region. Forgot who created the original founder, but they ended up handing it over to Silver Blood last i knew.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, The British Islands Confederacy
To all Americans: Happy Independence Day!
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Mercunova, Percyton
Hello everyone!
First off, I see this region is running an election for the first time in a very long time. I'm happy to see that! May the best candidates win!
Second, Happy Independence Day to the Americans of this region! This is normally when I'd tell you the festivities the American engines have planned for this year, but those had to be canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. Instead, the American engines will be meeting virtually on Zoom. Despite everything going on, I expect it'll be a great time!
Congratulations to Ms. Milikova! We wish her all the best, and we expect she'll be just as competent as the leaders who came before her. If not more so!
Donald: Ye wouldnae be insultin' Scots, woods ye?
Douglas: Aye, we willnae stand fur it!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
We finally did it, we reached first 5% of all nations for best human development.
Forced survival of the fittest and drug fueled rampage is the only way forward! -Iberia
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The British Islands Confederacy
Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans!
I think the original founder you mentioned was Controlled Interests. But I could be wrong.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=kalaron/detail=factbook/id=1400158
Alright, I've decided to specialize the Fleets a little. The Clandestine Fleet is going to get service from the Nyx Hadronic task-group, and their purpose is going to include developing Fast Strike Groups (Bellerophon, Garuda, Arca) and fielding more advanced tech. The Typhon is going to be more indicative of the Expeditionary Fleet, where their ships are older and less advanced, but backed up by heavily armed, heavily armoured "System Control Ships" that are buried under slabs of armour and linked to their Drone Escort.
TL;DR The Clandestine Fleet is cunning but brutal while the Expeditionary Fleet is brutal but cunning :P
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Added note. It's getting a six-engine mount using *biggly* icosane engines with tungsten doping. The four outside mounts will also contain the total Fission-Fusion-Liner Implosion system, but it'll have to compensate for the lack of even Psuedo Shields. It has to get by with the cloud of material generated by those FFLIs. It's opaque to lasers and EM Frequencies, but you can still drill through it with a proper pulse laser. Typhon will have 16 such Phazite Burst Arrays since it's three times as fat as a Bellerophon ;;;;p
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Fellow Citizens
Here are the results of the election to the Supreme Court. Winners are noted in bold.
Jaslandia - 9
Unfallious - 8
Au Minbo - 6
Therefore, in order of seniority, Unfallious, Penguania And Antarctica and Jaslandia will all remain on the Supreme Court. 10 of 23 citizens voted, for a turnout of 43%.
The results of the Consular Arrangement poll were in favor of Mercunova over Lavan Tiri by eight citizen votes to one. Mercunova will be Primary Consul for the first month of the term.
As mentioned before, Bearlong has been acclaimed and will continue as Speaker of Parliament, and Lex Caledonia has been acclaimed and will continue as Chief Constable.
In accordance with Article 3, Section II of the Constitution, the next election of a Speaker will take place between 1-4 September. The next general election for all offices will take place between 1-4 November.
In compliance with Article 4, Section VIII of the Constitution, in coming days a referendum will be held regarding Consular term limits.
This notice shall serve as formal certification and notification to the region as to the results of the July 2020 Election by election commissioners Mercunova, Consul, and Jaslandia, Supreme Court Justice.
Bearlong, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Midasia
The Talking Point
People who make the leader's blood boil get boiled.
I dont think i even need to say a thing. It literally speaks for itself.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
Alright bitches, I'm in charge now. Let's get this old hag of a region kicking again.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Yes, my liege.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
First act, expel Unfallious and kick his nose a lot to hurt him and his nose
Penguania And Antarctica
As you wish, Sire.
Lavan Tiri
Refinement: All Kalaronian Vessels are equipped with StarDrives capable of folding space (Alcub-Drives) but the use of a Reciprocal Warp StarDrive is needed if you want to have a genuinely quick trip. The folded ship has an easier time being shunted deeper into the higher dimensions (to depths that are actually dangerous without the Staged Particle Generation system to create the "simple quark shield" around the ship that stops it from getting recoiled out of it at massive speeds (like a band-saw ejecting wood that isn't secured when it's fed into it)). It still needs the Projected Singularity though.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Congrats to all the winners of the election! I'm sure this'll be a great term!
Also, I'm pleased to publicly announce that the well-tank engine Sonny has joined Toby's Branch Line. Read all about him here: https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook/id=858035
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
Thank you, Percy! And welcome Sonny! I hope you enjoy your new life on Sodor!
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I s'pose that I should, as newly elected Consul for Life, say something.
Fųck.
Okay there ya go.
But in actuality: I'm back, for good, after a couple years of hopping on and off NS. A lot has changed since I was last regularly active, and most of it isn't for the better. Activity across the whole site, from gameside to the Portal to the Multiverse, is down, way down, from the glory days of 2015-2016. Even this region, where I used to fear leaving to go off and RP because I'd come back to 170 messages on the RMB, has all but died, being a few old assholes and a lot of memories left over.
But those assholes are still here.
As your Consul, as your friend, and as this region's undefeated champ in bothering other nations so much I get reported to the mods and lose a nation, I promise that we're gonna work together to revitalize the CoFN: we're gonna work to revitalize the region we've already got, we're gonna work to suck in as many newly-created nations as we can, and we're gonna work to keep them active and invested in the community. Because fůck you, we're too stupid and stubborn to just roll over and die.
Anyway.
It's Tea Time.
THAT'S RIGHT BITCHESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME, IT'S
TEA TIME
- OUR SCRUMPTIOUS SNACKS THIS FINE JULY EVENING ARE:
. A JAR FULL OF LIVE BEES!
. SIX APPLES!
. LOOSE SUGAR!
. MAYONNAISE!
- AND ACCOMPANYING THEM, OUR DELECTABLE DRINKS!
. JAS' JUICES!
. MAYONNAISE!
. APPLE JUICE!
. THIS FUNNY STUFF THAT I GOT FROM THE BROKEN THERMOMETER!
- AND LASTLY, OUR SCINTILLATING AND SERIOUS STOPICS OF SCONVERSATION!
. HOWIE HAWKINS!
. MAYONNAISE!
. SIR MIX-A-LOT'S MAGNUM OPUS, "BABY GOT BACK"!
. YOUR LOVE LIFE!!!!!!!!!
Bearlong, Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, The British Islands Confederacy
The newly elected Consul for Eternity will take the bees, Jas' Juices, and a fine cigar.
- Howie Hawkins: I despise Joe Biden and Donald Trump is worse. I'd write in Bernie if he hadn't spent every waking moment since he dropped out disappointing me. As things are, I'll vote Green. Hawkins 2020.
- Mayonnaise: Haha, white people!
- "Baby Got Back": My dad's favorite song, which is funny at 19 and wildly inappropriate at 9. Also caused me, while working at the Box Office at my university, to pause midsentence during a transaction and tell the customer that it always made me think of my father.
- My love life: My boyfriend, sadly, is still in North Dakota while I'm at home in Missouri. I miss him or whatever. I DONT EVEN LIKE HIM. HES GAY.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Screw it, might as well tag in since it's been a while: gib loose sugar and the funny red poison
Howie Hawkins: Seems better than Stein, but I'm still going for Biden since I'm a filthy centrist shill. If that don't work, vote for EDP445 or the Icon of Sin.
Mayonnaise: I don't like condiments in general, but mayo makes my skin crawl.
Baby Got Back: A good song if we ever re-endorse enhanced interrogation, otherwise, I'll take anything else to listen to
Love life: As existent as the popularity of Karens and Kens in public, so basically non-existent
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Wh-what's wrong with condiments
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
also fun fact i had covid and it sucks
Penguania And Antarctica
Consul...for...Life? Not surprised.
Oh look...Tea Time. Haven't seen that since Aleksander was the Leader. (May the Divine rest his soul.)
I'll uh....Pass....on the snacks and drinks, thank you. Our palate has changed quite a bit. Maybe back a few weeks ago when we were still Equine, I would have taken the six apples and apple juice. Hmm.... Love life? Uh... Sure. Whatever that is.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Glad to see Tea Time is back. I'll have apples and my juices.
Howie Hawkins: Another Green Party nutter. Hopefully he doesn't get enough votes to be much of a spoiler in the election.
Mayonnaise: Also like Tex, not a big condiment fan in general. I don't like mayo, but I don't hate it either.
Baby Got Back: I prefer Bill Clinton's remix. https://youtu.be/Jt7iFD_USwc
Love Life: Not much going on there.
Random link: https://youtu.be/_KU9y2OfkxU
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
OOC: I'm a bit out of the loop here. Why is Russkov Soviet no longer equine?
Sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better now!
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I'll have the bee jar, please. I love the honey. With apple juice. Thanks.
Despite voting in a swing state, I'm planning to vote for Howie Hawkins. I can't bring myself to vote for Biden, at all. My only rule this primary was anyone but Biden, and I plan to stick to it.
I fûcking hate mayo. My mum would always get mayo in my pubsubs and now I'm in charge of picking them up because I dared to complain. Honey mustard is my preferred condiment, of course, though it's a lot of calories and I'm trying to watch my figure. I've gained like 20 pounds while I'm quarantine, eliminating any weight loss I made this year and then some.
Baby Got Back is an alright song, I guess. I never really cared for it one way or the other.
Love life: I've been talking to this wonderful guy for the past few months. I met him through the Furries and he lives in Canada. I was actually planning to visit but then I had to get cucked by corona.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
No worries Jas! Lemme shed some light on that....
(Posted 41 Days Ago)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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Due to a massive increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths among the human population, scientists have been working non-stop around the clock to find a potential cure. Officials in Starfleet are still debating on whether to assign staff to researching a cure. Military officials and engineers have also put a rather controversial solution on the table, which is re-creating and introducing the strain of [EQUUS-7] that was dispersed by the former Soviet Union. Discussions and voting is currently ongoing, but human revolutions are popping up across the nation. Equestrian Armed Forces are trying to stop these as peacefully as possible, but it's only a matter of time until things may get violent.
(Posted 30 Days Ago)
- We have managed to reproduce the strain of [EQUUS-7] in our laboratory, but a different strain is being worked on as well. The new strain, designated [VXN-8], was an attempt to make the humans more resistant to disease. Instead of an enhanced respiratory system, it ended up causing fox-like mutations. When tried on an Equestrian, like the Tsar, we found that [VXN-8] caused a rapid transmutation and quickly turned the subject from Equine to Vulpine. Debates are underway to decide the use of such a serum.
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After that result, all citizens were inoculated with VXN-8. A new flag, national anthem, and a new leader were installed to further reflect the changes. While our appearance has changed, our hearts have not.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Sonny: Thank you, guv! I am enjoying working on Sodor, and Toby, Laura, and Thomas have been a great help in showing me the ropes!
Oh! Tea Time! How wonderful! I'll have coal and water like usual.
Howie Hawkins: Edward tells he's the Green Party candidate in the United States presidential election. I'm painted green, so if I lived in the U.S. he'd have my vote.
Mayo: Engines don't eat mayonnaise, so I don't really have an opinion on it. But my Driver hates it while my Fireman likes it, which sometimes causes arguments between them.
Baby Got Back: I think I heard James' crew play it a while back. Seems like a weird song, but everyone has their own tastes.
Love life: Ah, locomotive love life. A bit of a touchy subject among some people. I've never been in a relationship, but let's just say me and Rebecca have been getting along quite well.
Well, this is quite a change. Still, I'm glad to hear everyone is okay, even if they look different now. Wishing Russkov Soviet all the best!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Aleksi: Much appreciated, Percy! And some of the men have been joking regarding how nobles liked to fox hunt, so the base we have on Sodor has been renamed the Fox Den. ^^;
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
I've had a look through the records and I found that we had gone some 516 days without a Tea Time. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
I've heard that there are some allegations from Dario Hunterthe runner-up in the Green primarythat they rigged the election in Hawkins' favor. I'm not entirely sure how credible these allegations are and if I'm honest I'm not sure how to feel about it. I have trouble seeing why anyone would want to rig the Green Party primaryit can't possibly pay off in any meaningful way! At the same time, I feel that it's totally possible for that very reason.
As a fellow Green voter, what say you?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I'll take six apples and apple juice.
Howie Hawkins: Regardless of whether or not you agree with the Green's Party program, you must acknowledge that they are spoilers in the American electoral system and that any vote for them will be a vote not going to the Democrats. Although the blame should be put less on the spoiler and more so on the electoral system that allows for certain candidates to be spoilers in the first place by forcing voters to cast only one vote.
Although I personally do find the Green Party's program to be quite silly. Their focus is not on creating actual change, but rather on left-wing purity testing in order to chastise Democrats who are actually trying to get elected. They're against nuclear power, for rent control, and seem intent on using the existential threat that climate change poses to push forward with an untenable socialistic agenda. The Greens are watermelons, being green on the outside and red on the inside.
Mayonnaise: It's disgusting.
Baby Got Back: I'm not an avid listener of this song, to say the least.
Love Life: I don't have one.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm late to the party.
I take six apples and Jas juice's.
Howie Hankins: I don't know who that is.
Mayonnaise: Just had mayonaisse with my chips/fries.
Baby Got Back: Not my choice of music but not a bad song.
Love life: ahahaha good joke.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
oh sh!t tea time pog
I'll take like some loose sugar
Howie Hawkins - who
Mayonnaise - I never used to like it but i think it's good with chips and like...chicken
Baby got back - it's a song
Love life - it's complicated
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Tea Time went on a hiatus for quite some time. But if there's popular demand for it, we can bring it back.
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
It would certainly help our leaders, and us, bond with each other. We are a community after all. <3
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Why the hell would someone try and rig the Green Party primary?
Exactly, the blame shouldn't be on the Greens for simply pushing a different message, it should be on the whole system that enforces a false duopoly and doesn't allow people to vote their conscience, but rather to vote for the "lesser of two evils". Any evil is evil, I'd rather "waste" my vote and make a vote I'm comfortable with than not vote at all because I find the DNC and GOP candidates disgusting
Penguania And Antarctica
Regardless of the reason and regardless of who's at fault, a vote for the Greens is a wasted vote. Just because Biden is an imperfect candidate does not mean that we should risk giving Trump a second term. Even if you don't live in a swing state, a vote for Biden will ensure that if he succeeds in the Electoral College, his victory will seem more legitimate than Trump's victory in 2016 due to him also winning the popular vote. And if Biden is elected by a large margin (alongside a strong showing for Democrats in Congressional races), then he would be more comfortable enacting the strong progressive agenda that you want because it would be clear that the American people are behind it.
However, a vote for the Greens will accomplish none of this since they have no chance of winning this election, including most likely in your local races. And it will only make mainstream Democrats less willing to compromise with progressives if they see their efforts go to waste. They could just as easily shift to the center to appeal to suburban voters if progressive voters aren't reliable, after all. Every party, including the Democrats, has to earn your vote, but you also can't expect the party to trust progressive voters if said voters turn the party down even after Biden has adopted a large chunk of their policy platform. Even if you think that Biden is not progressive enough, remember that his platform is the most progressive in over 50 years.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I dedicate this song to glorious nation of Russkov Soviet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvS351QKFV4
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri
That's what I'm saying!
Effort? What effort?
Then they can do that (like they did with Hillary and Kerry), and when the President gets re-elected they can come crying back to us. The Democrats have taken it's progressive wing for granted for far too long and people are (rightfully) pissed off. The mindset of many progressives is that to get the Dems to care about us, we have to show that we're not willing to vote for them when they fụck up.
Except he hasn't. I'm not even sure if people would believe him if he did. Hell, on some topics (Venezuela, specifically, comes to mind) he's to the right of Trump.
The simple fact of the matter is that for many people, myself included, Bernie was the compromise. I see minimal difference between a Biden presidency and a Trump one, except that Biden's people might be better at putting a media spin on things. Joe Biden will do nothing for the issues that I care about and in fact played a large part in worsening them (crime bill, anyone?). He won't implement M4A or anything close to it (an issue where he's to the right of Hillary, btw), his student debt forgiveness plan will not go far enough, he'll do nothing for black lives, and the kids will still be in cages. I'm not voting for him.
Lavan Tiri
Also, because I keep coming up with points that I need to figure out how to actually write out instead of shouting random words at the computer: I used to be this type of person. Y'know? the person who goes "BUt THe eLeCTOrAL sYsTeM" at any mention of voting third party. Then I developed an ideology with a sense of morality and decided that voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil. And I don't vote for evil. Most people have a sense of right and wrong thatfor better or worseisn't rooted in a comprehensive understanding of psephology. Find a new argument because this one is just annoying.
I know I'm bringing up multiple disparate points here, but I'll also remind the House that Joe Biden currently faces 8 separate accusations ofwhat has been nicely described as"inappropriate behavior" toward women. The fact that the Democrats didn't immediately swap him out for someone else immediately once Tara Reade hit demonstrates the party's incompetence, even behind the scenes.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
After Biden de facto won the primary, a task force was set up between allies of Sanders and Biden to try to unite both the moderate and progressive wings of the Democratic Party, successfully pushing Biden to the left on a wide variety of issues.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/us/politics/biden-sanders-task-force.html
But since 2016, suburban areas have become increasingly Democratic, making it more of a possibility than ever that Democrats can win them over in 2020. Moderate Democrats did quite well in suburban areas in 2018, after all.
Again, Biden is running on the most progressive platform in 50 years. His major policy items include:
[list][*]A $15 minimum wage.
[*]A total of $1.7 trillion of federal investments on combating climate change in addition to another $3.3 trillion from state and local governments in addition to the private sector.
[*]Tax increases targeting the wealthy equal to $4 trillion over the next decade, which is over twice the size of the tax cuts passed in 2017.
[*]A Medicare buy-in for the under-65 population in addition to allowing those over the age of 60 to enroll in the Medicare program for seniors, which would be expanded to cover additional benefits such as dental and vision care.
[*]Abolishing the death penalty, cash bail, and private prisons.
[*]Decriminalizing cannabis possession in addition to the possession of other narcotics.
[*]Creating a federal standard for the use of police force, expanding community policing, and supporting Democratic legislation to end qualified immunity.
[/list]
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
You also need to consider the immorality of giving Trump a second term. Even if you don't like Biden, you have to acknowledge that Trump has undoubtedly been worse. Do you think any Democrat would have supported the travel ban and separating children from their parents? And politics isn't just about what makes you feel the most morally pure, it's also about gradually moving towards the accomplishment of your goals, which a second term of Trump won't achieve.
Many of those accusations involved women being uncomfortable with how Biden touched them, not assault. And at the start of his campaign, Biden apologized for it and promised to change his behavior. Also, Tara Reade's allegations have been quite weak, with the NYT report into it not finding any corroborating evidence from other Senate aides. And since the allegation has been made, Biden has called for full transparency, even calling for Senate records to be released to try to see if a complaint had been filed in the first place. However, once Biden tried to do that, Reade changed her story and said her report didn't mention sexual assault.
Not only that, but immediately replacing Biden after the allegation was made before any in-depth investigations were made into it is ridiculous. Stop trying to take advantage of the Reade allegation to replace a nominee that you don't like for political reasons.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm not surprised that you completely missed my point and started listing parts of his platform. I'll put it simply: I don't believe you. There is no indication that any of this is more than lip service, especially when you look at the man's history.
The issue of the task force is that we're not suffering from a dearth of progressive policy ideas. Joe Biden knows what we want and he's actively deciding not to endorse those things. He's using this task force to act as though he's going to listen, but we know he isn't going to.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
You're being awfully nice. I'm not satisfied that he knows where he is.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Most presidents keep their promises, so I don't see why Biden will be any different. What you see as someone breaking a promise is often due to Congressional obstruction or ugly compromises necessary to get other parts of one's agenda through. And Biden has already shifted leftward on many issues. If your standard is for every Democrat to believe the exact same things, then you'll never be satisfied.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trust-us-politicians-keep-most-of-their-promises/
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I didn't want to bring up Biden's mental state, given how we don't have a diagnosis or anything concrete, but it does give me concern ngl.
Lavan Tiri
The mental state of any and all politicians should be called into question at all times.
Only psychopaths could desire power over other human beings.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
I don't acknowledge that Trump has undoubtedly been worse.
Yes. The Obama-Biden administration arrested thousands of undocumented parents, separating them from their kids [1]. And, separately, allowed numerous parents to be deported without their children, leaving the kids in US foster systems [2].
Oh, and Obama-Biden locked kids up in cages [3].
1. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/parents-deportation_n_5531552
2. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/oct/15/immigration-boy-reform-obama-deportations-families-separated
3. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/sep/13/joe-biden/fact-checking-biden-use-cages-during-obama-adminis/
If you think that I'm doing this simply to soothe my own soul, then you may need to re-evaluate your political perspective. I'm actually kinda offended.
I didn't mention assault for that very reason. Biden's apology was the usual hogwash that we've come to expect from people that have been "Me Too'd", with no actual substance or even giving the appearance of apology.
Some victim blaming bullshıt if I've ever seen it. I'm not even gonna get into the weeds of the post-traumatic effect of rape and how they apply here, because you're clearly aware of them and are choosing to ignore them. On the records, you're right, Biden did call on the Secretary of the Senate to release the relevant records. He did that two months ago andto my knowledgethey haven't released anything yet, not even saying that there's no record. Now, we don't need to wait for the Senate Secretary, given that the University of Delaware keeps it's own set of records that may or may not contain relevant information. Of course, we don't know if that relevant information is in UDel's archives because they haven't released anything. I'm sure Biden, so confident of his innocence, could easily call upon the Senate or the University to hurry up, but he hasn't.
I'll ignore the insinuation that I only care about women when it suits my political purpose and remind the House that false rape allegations are insanely rare, amounting as low as 2 per cent [4], though I'll recognize the difficulty in measuring that statistic.
4. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45565684
Lavan Tiri, Mercunova
I think one of the problems is you shouldn't have people in charge of your country that are in the grave age.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Mercunova
Alsoand this genuinely pisses me offthis implies that it's somehow okay for the former Vice President of the United States to touch women in a manner that makes them uncomfortable. It's not that hard to find the memes about how handsy Joe is, do you seriously think that is the behavior of someone who should be President?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
hey the region really is reviving, we're even having arguments on the RMB again!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Agreed. Having age minimums on federal office was a dumb idea and only serves to ensure that only septuagenarians can have the keys to power. In fact, in the 115th Congress (2017-19), Republican congressional leadership was actually younger on average than their Democratic counterparts [1]. Of course, it took the vote of young progressives to drive down the average age, almost like we're a significant voting bloc that should be taken seriously [2].
1. https://www.quorum.us/data-driven-insights/the-115th-congress-is-among-the-oldest-in-history/
2. https://www.bustle.com/p/the-average-age-of-congress-in-2019-will-drop-dramatically-thanks-to-newly-elected-millennials-13124359
Lavan Tiri
WRT Senate Records, the last I heard they basically said they had no right to do so. Or they asserted a different office had the authority but that office directed them in a circle too. I dunno, I just find it really hmmst that he didn't push for his papers to be released from the Uni that had them. If there *was* anything in there to corroborate her account, I'm sure it's gone now :/
Lavan Tiri
I'll be fair, I'm not fully up to date on the latest developments. You're right, though, if he was innocent he should have pushed for those records to come out to prove his innocence. Biden is hardly the first person to come under fire for similar things and you'd think he'd be aware of the pitfalls by now. The frustrating thing is that you're right, it's unlikely for anything to come of this, either because "it happened too long ago" or due to conspiracy.
Lavan Tiri, Kalaron-A
Your own source from Politifact states, "Weve noted that Obama did not have a policy to separate families arriving illegally at the border, and that separations under Trump happened systematically as a result of his administrations policy to prosecute all adults crossing the border illegally." There was no policy of family separation under Obama.
What the Trump Administration did was place undocumented children and undocumented parents in separate facilities. However, your first source notes that the separations mentioned are not related to that, but rather relate to undocumented parents being deported while their US citizen children are allowed to stay. While that is a tragedy, deporting a US citizen is also highly questionable. In those kinds of situations, tough choices have to be made. And remember that the Obama Administration mainly targeted those with a criminal record and recent arrivals of undocumented immigrants, which is to be contrasted with the zero-tolerance policy of this administration.
The University of Delaware has records of Biden, but they're not organized and they won't be so for another year. Even if they agreed to hand the specific evidence they have available forward, they would likely only be able to do so after the election. In addition, your own article states that the 2-10 percent figure doesn't include cases where the assault claim wasn't proven to be either true or false. And regardless of the statistics, it doesn't change the fact that the evidence for this specific case is quite weak. And I don't see how that's Biden's fault.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
You're right, there was no policy of family separation under Obama. That doesn't dispute the fact that Obama separated families. Liberals don't care for these families, they simply care that Trump is being so open and brazen about it.
You're right, tough choices do have to be made. My point is that Obama-Biden made the wrong choice and the Democrats don't seem to give a damn.
I'll invite you to re-read my last sentence in that post, where I mention the difficulties to get these figures.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Lavan Tiri, Kalaron-A
And to be clear, I get that the records are tied up in red tape atm, my issue is that Biden isn't even bothered by that.
Lavan Tiri
Don't forget how Dodd, of the "Waitress Sandwich" scandal with Ted Kennedy, is one of his close friends in Washington...just like Ted Kennedy was. Or how he happened to offer Dodd a position in his campaign (On his VP selection committee, IIRC) all the while. Somehow I get the feeling that someone who admits he grew up wanting power and hanging around sexual predators *might* just fill the "usual suspect" picture. Mind, IMO, Epstein had his fingers in almost every pie in Washington.
Bearlong, Lavan Tiri, Mercunova
Fun Fact: Ted Kennedy's corpse is incorrupt. It has nothing to do with the paranormal; it's all from the enormous amounts of booze.
Bearlong, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Kalaron-A
Lmao
The man knew how to keep a drink down, now if only he let the drink keep him down ;p
Bearlong, Lavan Tiri, Mercunova
Unrelated note: I've decided on a "National Animal" for Scifi-Kalaron. Vorton Harmonic "Mice". In essence, cosmic strings that loop over themselves become a cosmic loop instead. Once so, charged loops are stable whereas uncharged loops use up all their energy as gravity and shrink apart. (<---real physics)
The bit I've added on is that Quantum lifeforms can exist that run along this loop. They feed off the charge stored in the loop and provide extra rigidity to it. They're harmonic because there's always an even number of "opposed" mice on these structure for counter-balancing, and because they can control the splitting of a Loop like a cell by subdividing. These also, incidentally, are one of the only means of detecting inactive Vortex Vorton Network exits (My instant FTL method from Ages Long Ago (TM)) ;p
It's not an argument, Bear is absolutely right and that's the official CoFN government position.
Bearlong, Mercunova, Kalaron-A
Also hi guys
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
You callin' me a clown, mon cher?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
If the comedically large shoe fits, mon petit tête de laitue
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
ContComm! Good to see you again!
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
dude when did you get back??
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova
Shob tebe deti v sup srali
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Fellow citizens
I can share with you the following schedule for the July-November 2020 term of the regional government. It will be placed into a spreadsheet as well and is subject to change.
Schedule of Events
July-November 2020 Term
First Session - 5 July - 5 September
Imperium - 5 July - 5 August - Merc
*Referendum on Section 4, Article VI of the Constitution*
Regional Poll - 10 - 15 July
Imperium - 5 August - 5 September - Lavan
*Midterm Election of the Speaker*
Candidacy - 24-31 August
Election - 1-4 September
Second Session - 5 September - 5 November
Imperium - 5 September - 5 October - Merc
Imperium - 5 October - 5 November - Lavan
*November 2020 General Election*
Candidacy - 24-31 October
Election - 1-5 November
This calendar is in accordance with constitutionally scheduled and required events. It will occasionally be updated to involve other regional events as deemed necessary.
Signed,
☿ Merc
Primary Consul
Lavan Tiri
Secondary Consul
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