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Nuremgard wrote:But it comes at the expense of not funding arts and sciences.

Eh.

That's the thing about these choices, they all come with a forced downside.

Normally, as a result, I say "Fvck it" and choose the best choice regardless.

Besides, most people who become a plumber, didn't want to be nuclear physicist in the first place.

Hell, in reality, even teaching it to inmates would decrease funding in other fields.

Nuremgard wrote:But it comes at the expense of not funding arts and sciences.

We should take away from the sports departments, they get so much anyway i dont think they would notice, America puts so much into sports its rediculous, like yeah, they people are some what healthy but your sacrificing education to the poorer people of society.

Aldaur

Aetosia wrote:i dont think they would notice, America puts so much into sports its rediculous, like yeah, they people are some what healthy but your sacrificing education to the poorer people of society.

Case in point.

Aldaur

Vista Major wrote:Case in point.

To be fair, Aet is Cypriot-British, not American.

Aldaur

Jaslandia wrote:To be fair, Aet is Cypriot-British, not American.

Well then

Aldaur

Aetosia wrote:We should take away from the sports departments, they get so much anyway i dont think they would notice, America puts so much into sports its rediculous, like yeah, they people are some what healthy but your sacrificing education to the poorer people of society.

America needs to overhaul its entire education system. It's in a right state.

Aldaur, Vista Major

Alright everyone, listen up. I don't know about you, but I for one am sick and tired of all the hate speech and micro-aggressions against our species. We have a new enemy out there. An annoying orange foe that is so bigoted, so racially biased he actually thinks many immigrants should all be deported. He is trying to attract our uneducated using tactics that are underhanded and unfair. But no matter how hard he hits us, we cannot let them take from us our PC. And so I have been asked to stay on as your resident Berniecrat. Very few changes will happen in the coming months. The bottom line is that the only thing that distinguishes those who want to destroy us and everything we stand for from those who don't is that we have the burning desire for social justice. We are at war, but the only way to win this war is to be as understanding, non-biased, and politically correct as possible.

Thank you, and please vote for the Turd Sandwich.

*Takes seat next to PC Principal*

Nuremgard, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Nuremgard wrote:America needs to overhaul its entire education system. It's in a right state.

I'm thinking holistic and progressive methods would do us wonders. Couple it with plenty of student and teacher diversity, state-of-the-art facilities, and lots and lots of funding for everything imaginable, and I think we'll have ourselves at least a top 10 spot worldwide.

And tests. Stop the standardized tests.

Aldaur

Sulania wrote:*Takes seat next to PC Principal*

The question is though...you PC, brah?

Aldaur

Nuremgard wrote:The question is though...you PC, brah?

I'm PC, Bruh! You PC, bruh?

Aldaur

Sulania wrote:I'm PC, Bruh! You PC, bruh?

I'm PC, bro! I was just thinking how Caitlyn Jenner is a hero. She is stunning and brave.

Nuremgard wrote:I'm PC, bro! I was just thinking how Caitlyn Jenner is a hero. She is stunning and brave.

I know right, bro. She is so amazing and a hero for all of us, a very beautiful woman.

Vista Major wrote:I'm thinking holistic and progressive methods would do us wonders. Couple it with plenty of student and teacher diversity, state-of-the-art facilities, and lots and lots of funding for everything imaginable, and I think we'll have ourselves at least a top 10 spot worldwide.

And tests. Stop the standardized tests.

I think schools need to be run like the military A

Academy, but obviously without the military orientation. more funding and teaching styles would also work well in conjunction. It's not enough to give people a good education, we need to teach children discipline, leadership skills and how to be organized. American school children are bad at all three of those things and are schools are a mess.

Nuremgard wrote:I'm PC, bro! I was just thinking how Caitlyn Jenner is a hero. She is stunning and brave.

*Pukes*

Aldaur wrote:*Pukes*

https://youtu.be/tfs92YYZAHY?t=9

Aldaur

Aldaur wrote:I think schools need to be run like the military A

Academy, but obviously without the military orientation. more funding and teaching styles would also work well in conjunction. It's not enough to give people a good education, we need to teach children discipline, leadership skills and how to be organized. American school children are bad at all three of those things and are schools are a mess.

https://media.giphy.com/media/xYqMARSSpkkqQ/giphy.gif

Aldaur

Sulania wrote:https://youtu.be/tfs92YYZAHY?t=9

She is hardly beautiful. She is not even a convincing tranny. I've seen some pretty damn gorgeous ones, and Jenner certainly isnt one. He was ugly as a man and she is ugly as a woman. It's not because they got a sex change, they are just a fugly person lol

Vista Major wrote:https://media.giphy.com/media/xYqMARSSpkkqQ/giphy.gif

Even Hitler had some good ideas.

Vista Major

Aldaur wrote:Even Hitler had some good ideas.

https://userscontent2.emaze.com/images/d354e72b-2d22-4411-b461-ca0e9ed4f29f/fec060f3b2dec6d7af62be44f9ff3c9b.gif

Aldaur wrote:She is hardly beautiful. She is not even a convincing tranny. I've seen some pretty damn gorgeous ones, and Jenner certainly isnt one. He was ugly as a man and she is ugly as a woman. It's not because they got a sex change, they are just a fugly person lol

Even Hitler had some good ideas.

Btw, Aldaur, the whole Jenner thing is a joke reference to South Park. We're not being serious lol

Vista Major wrote:https://userscontent2.emaze.com/images/d354e72b-2d22-4411-b461-ca0e9ed4f29f/fec060f3b2dec6d7af62be44f9ff3c9b.gif

I don't understand.

Nuremgard wrote:Btw, Aldaur, the whole Jenner thing is a joke reference to South Park. We're not being serious lol

Oh lol

Aldaur wrote:I don't understand.

Autobahn

Aldaur

Vista Major wrote:Autobahn

Oh I see :p Then I agree. Also, Volkswagen, improving the economy (even though it would have failed after a prolonged period), improved the military, banned animal cruelty, fostered science and innovation, and would have made a great architect! Too bad he was also a dick.

Vista Major

Aldaur wrote:Oh I see :p Then I agree. Also, Volkswagen, improving the economy (even though it would have failed after a prolonged period), improved the military, banned animal cruelty, fostered science and innovation, and would have made a great architect! Too bad he was also a dick.

He was such a meme

Aldaur

Aldaur wrote:She is hardly beautiful. She is not even a convincing tranny. I've seen some pretty damn gorgeous ones, and Jenner certainly isnt one. He was ugly as a man and she is ugly as a woman. It's not because they got a sex change, they are just a fugly person lol

https://youtu.be/fiayfb1rrs0?t=113

Aldaur

Sulania wrote:https://youtu.be/fiayfb1rrs0?t=113

I watched the whole thing for that small bit at the end.... lol

I wish you could request certain issues. I badly need to outlaw capital punishment.

Aldaur, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I wish you could request certain issues. I badly need to outlaw capital punishment.

Sounds like a future update

Aldaur

Nuremgard wrote:I wish you could request certain issues. I badly need to outlaw capital punishment.

I need to lower corruption and increase political freedoms and authoritarianism, all at the same time :p

Nuremgard

Interesting article I found about Fascism from a liberal marxist' perspective.

www.jacobinmag.com/2016/08/trump-clinton-fascism-authoritarian-democracy/

Aldaur wrote:jacobin

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JIAkF7oyJDI/V9mX58gFuWI/AAAAAAAAGhs/OduhdZObo7IupT1PiPF6uJBOwatUE2q8QCLcB/s1600/tumblr_nc5oxxmrJN1t0qodno1_500.gif

Aldaur

Vista Major wrote:https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JIAkF7oyJDI/V9mX58gFuWI/AAAAAAAAGhs/OduhdZObo7IupT1PiPF6uJBOwatUE2q8QCLcB/s1600/tumblr_nc5oxxmrJN1t0qodno1_500.gif

I did say liberal marxist, didn't I? ;)

Vista Major

Aldaur wrote:I did say liberal marxist, didn't I? ;)

I have issues with Marxism that cannot be explained by mere words

Aldaur

Vista Major wrote:I have issues with Marxism that cannot be explained by mere words

Don't we all.

Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths

LANCASTER-CHARLES: Excellence in Education

http://lancaster-charles.boards.net/thread/4/application-enrollment

Aldaur wrote:Don't we all.

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/c5/c5ed41807d9d77a1e2bd95fbc75b41a83af71214eb28b2ead6572ce8443706a2.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/71/46/a3/7146a3ae3fa33d19492182e8f2f97b98.jpg

You can't Bismarck the Marx (yeah the rhyming sucks :p)

Vista Major

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/c5/c5ed41807d9d77a1e2bd95fbc75b41a83af71214eb28b2ead6572ce8443706a2.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/71/46/a3/7146a3ae3fa33d19492182e8f2f97b98.jpg

You can't Bismarck the Marx (yeah the rhyming sucks :p)

10/10 would karl again

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/c5/c5ed41807d9d77a1e2bd95fbc75b41a83af71214eb28b2ead6572ce8443706a2.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/71/46/a3/7146a3ae3fa33d19492182e8f2f97b98.jpg

You can't Bismarck the Marx (yeah the rhyming sucks :p)

I don't get it.

Jaslandia

Aldaur wrote:I don't get it.

https://youtu.be/Qmb9cnx__hA

Aldaur

[B]Information

Due to technical problems the DIP will be posted later than usual. Expect the DIP in about 4 hours.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Tserra, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:[B]Information

Due to technical problems the DIP will be posted later than usual. Expect the DIP in about 4 hours.

Kk.

In meanwhile here is very rough form of plane.

http://iiwiki.com/wiki/F-35/86

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Ehrereich...

He returns to us...

Jaslandia, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Aldaur wrote:I don't get it.

Tried to rhyme, but Marx's nane is bloody hard to find one. Besides, Marx would probably despise Bismarck for strengthening the monarchical system of Germany.

Aldaur

Vista Major wrote:Ehrereich...

He returns to us...

Ehr! It's been so long!

Vista Major

Vista Major wrote:Case in point.

Jaslandia wrote:To be fair, Aet is Cypriot-British, not American.

Yeah my bad, I got a new phone a few days ago and i keep forgetting it doesn't auto correct for me yet.

Nuremgard wrote:America needs to overhaul its entire education system. It's in a right state.

True that!

And not to mention the choice of Clinton or Trump, its not going to get better.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Aetosia wrote:Yeah my bad, I got a new phone a few days ago and i keep forgetting it doesn't auto correct for me yet.True that!

And not to mention the choice of Clinton or Trump, its not going to get better.

It truly is a choice between a douche and a turd sandwich.

Aldaur

Nuremgard wrote:It truly is a choice between a douche and a turd sandwich.

the latest season and the last of south park are really good, the stories have really developed from fart jokes to actual political and social commentaries and metaphors... and its hella funny.

Jaslandia wrote:Ehr! It's been so long!

Too bad he brought Reddit with him

Aetosia wrote:Yeah my bad, I got a new phone a few days ago and i keep forgetting it doesn't auto correct for me yet.

New phones are always tricky that way

Vista Major wrote:Too bad he brought Reddit with him

New phones are always tricky that way

whos Ehr?

Aldaur, Vista Major

Aetosia wrote:whos Ehr?

An old friend of ours

Literally old, like 40 or something

Very wise, he was. Level-headed and good-spirited

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Aetosia wrote:the latest season and the last of south park are really good, the stories have really developed from fart jokes to actual political and social commentaries and metaphors... and its hella funny.

It's a new way of doing things but I feel their more subtle digs at society through jokes and crazy storylines in previous scenes were better. I still like it though.

Jaslandia wrote:Ehr! It's been so long!

Wow, I remember him. It's been ages.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Here it is. I hope the delay doesn't cause any inconveniences.

[spoiler=Today are:]

Today are:

- All Saints' Day (Colombia)

- Color the World Orange Day (http://www.colortheworldorange.com/)

- Commemoration Day (Tunisia)

- Constitution Day (Tonga)

- Hug A Bear Day

- Hungarian Opera Day (Hungary)

- Job Action Day

- National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day (United States)

- National Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day (United States)

- National Day (Northern Catalonia, France)

- October Revolution Day (Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (unofficial), former Soviet Union)

- Recreation Day (Australia)

- Tokhu Emong (Lotha Naga people of India)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 680 - The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.

- 1492 - The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.

- 1619 - Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia.

- 1665 - The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.

- 1775 - John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters to fight with Murray and the British.

- 1786 - The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.

- 1837 - In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.

- 1861 - American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.

- 1874 - A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.

- 1885 - The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.

- 1893 - Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.

- 1900 - The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

- 1907 - Jesus Garcia saves the entire town of Nacozari de Garcia by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.

- 1910 - The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

- 1912 - The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.

- 1914 - The first issue of The New Republic is published.

- 1914 - The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.

- 1916 - Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

- 1917 - The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.

- 1918 - Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

- 1929 - In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

- 1931 - The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.

- 1940 - In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.

- 1941 - World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking

- 1944 - Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.

- 1944 - Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America.

- 1956 - Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

- 1967 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

- 1973 - The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.

- 1983 - United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.

- 1987 - Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line was opened.

- 1989 - David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.

- 1989 - East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.

- 1990 - Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.

- 1991 - Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA.

- 1996 - NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.

- 2000 - Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.

- 2000 - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.

- 2007 - Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 630 - Constans II, Byzantine emperor

- 1728 - James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer

- 1855 - Edwin Hall, American physicist, discovered the "Hall effect"

- 1866 - Paul Lincke, German composer and theater conductor

- 1867 - Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1878 - Lise Meitner, Austrian-English physicist and academic

- 1879 - Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army

- 1888 - C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1903 - Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1913 - Albert Camus, French philosopher, journalist, and author, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1927 - Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman

- 1929 - Eric Kandel, Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1943 - Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

- 1952 - David Petraeus, American general, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency

- 1967 - David Guetta, French DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter

- 1967 - Olaf Schubert, German comedian and musician

- 1996 - Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter

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Quote of the day

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

- Oscar Wilde -

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Tserra, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona

I really hope Trump wins.

Aldaur

Aetosia wrote:I really hope Trump wins.

Why?

Aldaur

Nuremgard wrote:Why?

I know hillary has the benefit of being a democrat but she is literally terrible, no matter your opinion of trump, you cant argue that he is legally running for pres, Clinton is a is a corrupt monster that will trash the US.

Aldaur

Aetosia wrote:I know hillary has the benefit of being a democrat but she is literally terrible, no matter your opinion of trump, you cant argue that he is legally running for pres, Clinton is a is a corrupt monster that will trash the US.

Clinton doesn't sexually harass or abuse women. Or hurl abuse at minorities. Or has supporters that intimidate people. She also doesn't whine like a child that the election is rigged. I don't like Clinton either but she's still better than Trump.

Jaslandia, Aldaur

Nuremgard wrote:[B]Clinton doesn't sexually harass or abuse women[/B]. Or hurl abuse at minorities. Or has supporters that intimidate people. She also doesn't whine like a child that the election is rigged. I don't like Clinton either but she's still better than Trump.

Lol, what he said was in a private conversation and so what? im sure politicians have said worse and what does it matter, its not like he's ever done it.

So what if he says things about minorities, Mexicans do bring a higher rate of sexual assault with them and Islam and muslims are really dangerous, not just physically but also ideologically.

The election probably is rigged, Clinton is corrupt and the US gov is more secretive and corrupt than ours and thats saying something.

Aldaur

Aetosia wrote:Lol, what he said was in a private conversation and so what? im sure politicians have said worse and what does it matter, its not like he's ever done it.

So what if he says things about minorities, Mexicans do bring a higher rate of sexual assault with them and Islam and muslims are really dangerous, not just physically but also ideologically.

The election probably is rigged, Clinton is corrupt and the US gov is more secretive and corrupt than ours and thats saying something.

I'm not going to bother responding properly. Your batsh!t opinions are yours to have.

Aldaur

Nuremgard wrote:I'm not going to bother responding properly. Your batsh!t opinions are yours to have.

Ok, so mexican immigrants dont bring sexual assault?

Islam is a religion of peace?

and the US GOV is 100% honest?

Aldaur

Vista Major wrote:An old friend of ours

Literally old, like 40 or something

Very wise, he was. Level-headed and good-spirited

He's 27! 28 tops.

Forty years old... that's some crazy rounding.

Vista Major

Aetosia wrote:Ok, so mexican immigrants dont bring sexual assault?

Islam is a religion of peace?

and the US GOV is 100% honest?

Are sexual assaults carried out exclusively by Mexicans?

Are all Muslims extremists?

No government is honest. But the idea that Trump is some beacon of sainthood in this election is utterly laughable. If you have no issue with how he has comported himself and how he has treated women, there's something wrong with you.

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Pirate Kingdoms

Aetosia wrote:Ok, so mexican immigrants dont bring sexual assault?

Islam is a religion of peace?

and the US GOV is 100% honest?

I think it isn't right to say "All Mexican are rapists" or "All muslims are terrorists".

Yes there are criminals in every culture and nation and there are radical people in every religion but that doesn't mean that all of them are like that.

When I say "All British people are English !" is that wrong because there are Welsh and Scottish people too. But is is right to say "All English people are British!"

So it's right that "rapists are Mexicans" but that doesn't mean that "all Mexicans are rapists"

Same with Islamists: All islamists are muslims but not all muslims are Islamists.

(An easier example: All apples are fruits but not all fruits are apples.)

One is the subset of the other. Set theory. Simple math.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aldaur

As your residence Berniecrat, while I officially endorse Jill Stein we must keep Trump out of the white House. And so I will be urging any and all to vote for Clinton.

She may be a turd sandwich, but take it from Bill himself, Hillary will not suck.

Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona

Sulania wrote:As your residence Berniecrat, while I officially endorse Jill Stein we must keep Trump out of the white House. And so I will be urging any and all to vote for Clinton.

She may be a turd sandwich, but take it from Bill himself, Hillary will not suck.

#Bernie4President

Turina

Nuremgard wrote:Or has supporters that intimidate people.

I don't support Trump, but yes she does.

Aldaur

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:I don't support Trump, but yes she does.

As a libertarian, I would know; I've had first-hand experience with it. Just as bad as the Trumpies.

Aldaur

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:I don't support Trump, but yes she does.

I'm past the point of caring who wins now.

Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:I don't support Trump, but yes she does.

Yup.

Honestly, all groups do.

Nuremgard wrote:I'm past the point of caring who wins now.

Welcome to the club, I've been here since the start.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Nuremgard wrote:Clinton doesn't sexually harass or abuse women. Or hurl abuse at minorities. Or has supporters that intimidate people. She also doesn't whine like a child that the election is rigged. I don't like Clinton either but she's still better than Trump.

Okay I don't support Trump or Clinton but I really hate it how mainstream media blasts Trump about saying the election was rigged (and you can't blame anyone for saying that after what happened during the Democratic Primaries), but when Clinton says Russia is rigging the election in Trump's favour, what do we here? Crickets.

Aldaur, Yukona

Turina wrote:Okay I don't support Trump or Clinton but I really hate it how mainstream media blasts Trump about saying the election was rigged (and you can't blame anyone for saying that after what happened during the Democratic Primaries), but when Clinton says Russia is rigging the election in Trump's favour, what do we here? Crickets.

Except, there's legitimate evidence of Russia influencing the election, and legitimate security officials have said as such. While the DNC certainly favored Clinton over Sanders, which violated the DNC's own rules, I've seen no evidence of actual voter fraud, vote rigging, ballot-stuffing, or anything like that. I have seen evidence that some primaries and caucuses were disorganized, and I've seen evidence that voting rolls in some states were modified just before the day of the election, but both of those could possibly be due to administrative errors, and I have yet to see evidence that this was widespread enough to turn the election from Sanders to Clinton. At the end of the day, Clinton still won by a fairly large margin, and voter fraud would have to been on a pretty massive scale in order for it to work.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/11/04/US-intelligence-officials-on-guard-for-potential-Russian-election-hacks/2581478272585/?spt=rln&or=5

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/31/what-we-know-about-russias-role-dnc-email-leak/

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/was-the-democratic-primary-a-close-call-or-a-landslide/

Jaslandia wrote:Except, there's legitimate evidence of Russia influencing the election, and legitimate security officials have said as such. While the DNC certainly favored Clinton over Sanders, which violated the DNC's own rules, I've seen no evidence of actual voter fraud, vote rigging, ballot-stuffing, or anything like that. I have seen evidence that some primaries and caucuses were disorganized, and I've seen evidence that voting rolls in some states were modified just before the day of the election, but both of those could possibly be due to administrative errors, and I have yet to see evidence that this was widespread enough to turn the election from Sanders to Clinton. At the end of the day, Clinton still won by a fairly large margin, and voter fraud would have to been on a pretty massive scale in order for it to work.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/11/04/US-intelligence-officials-on-guard-for-potential-Russian-election-hacks/2581478272585/?spt=rln&or=5

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2016/jul/31/what-we-know-about-russias-role-dnc-email-leak/

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/was-the-democratic-primary-a-close-call-or-a-landslide/

Yup, cause most hacking in the modern day is government funded, and going into an investigation looking for evidence pointing towards a specific person (Rather than searching for who the evidence points to) is the best method.

I'm sorry Jas, but I stopped trusting the media quite a while ago.

Hi all! Long gone nation back from the dead. I haven't been on in about 2 years, but I've decided to get active again.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Chatawa wrote:Hi all! Long gone nation back from the dead. I haven't been on in about 2 years, but I've decided to get active again.

Hello and welcome !! I'm Peng. Enjoy your stay and make yourself at home. :)

Kalaron wrote:Yup, cause most hacking in the modern day is government funded, and going into an investigation looking for evidence pointing towards a specific person (Rather than searching for who the evidence points to) is the best method.

I'm sorry Jas, but I stopped trusting the media quite a while ago.

Do you have any evidence for these accusations other than 'don't trust the media'. Because while I admit the media can sometimes be sensationalist, I see no reason to be skeptical of factual stuff like this.

Chatawa wrote:Hi all! Long gone nation back from the dead. I haven't been on in about 2 years, but I've decided to get active again.

Chatawa? It's been a while. I remember you from back in the original NGA days.

Jaslandia wrote:

Chatawa? It's been a while. I remember you from back in the original NGA days.

Hey Jas! It has been a while. Good to see you are still around.

Jaslandia, Yukona

Chatawa wrote:Hey Jas! It has been a while. Good to see you are still around.

You were in the first NGA too? When did you CTE. I came into the region in right before the whole Controlled Interest and CFN thing.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

RL got in the way and I just ran out of time in the day to play. I CTE'd about 2 years ago. And I was one of the first in the NGA back when the black riders were raiding everything in sight.

Jaslandia, Baxten, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Chatawa wrote:RL got in the way and I just ran out of time in the day to play. I CTE'd about 2 years ago. And I was one of the first in the NGA back when the black riders were raiding everything in sight.

I remember those days of TBR. Maybe we just never ran into each other.

The original NGA were the good times of our region.

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Do you have any evidence for these accusations other than 'don't trust the media'. Because while I admit the media can sometimes be sensationalist, I see no reason to be skeptical of factual stuff like this.

Chatawa? It's been a while. I remember you from back in the original NGA days.

If you mean to ask for a literal set of statements from the Media about how horrible they plan to be, I will admit to be lacking (I have neither the time, technical acumen nor resources for such an undertaking, and I doubt that there is messages like that in existence.)

If you're asking for a link to an event where a teen hacked a higher government organization on his own in his mother's house, well, Here

Of course, there are thousands of others, of which I do not doubt only a handful have admitted or been caught.

As for reasons to be skeptical, well...

View it like this, a woman who was a Secretary of State, has a husband who was the POTUS, and is literally about as close to the heart of politics as one can be, bears witness to a very large amount of emails pertaining to her being released.

These emails range from incriminating to unworthy of mentioning, but they matter because she is running for president, right? Well, what better way to make people stop thinking and start believing than fear-mongering?

Blame it on old enemies of the nation -those many American's grew up fearing- and watch people do anything to reach a perceived salvation from them

Also, I have to hope you extend the courtesy of asking for proof of how terrible it is to live inside of North Korea, Jas, seeing as there is little proof of many of the allegations raised against them aside from massed people testifying.

Now, obviously, I don't believe NK is actually a good place to live, but if we're only to base a belief solidly and only on what can be proven at any time...

The point is, Jas, that anything on this planet can be covered up with time and effort, but if the answer smells of Fish, it looks like a fish and even -god forbid- smells like a fish, it's probably a fish.

In other words, no, I don't have proof.

Baxten wrote:I remember those days of TBR. Maybe we just never ran into each other.

The original NGA were the good times of our region.

Yeah they were good times. That's what brought me back to the game after so long. Its a good time with good people.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Well, everyone, after examining what I have for polls and looking at some opinion pieces and early voting sh!te, I believe I have made my so-and-so prediction for the election tomorrow.

http://i.imgur.com/RVop1gQ.png

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Sulania wrote:Well, everyone, after examining what I have for polls and looking at some opinion pieces and early voting sh!te, I believe I have made my so-and-so prediction for the election tomorrow.

http://i.imgur.com/RVop1gQ.png

North Carolina and Florida can be debated, and I wouldn't count out Evan McMullin winning in Utah, but other than that, seems like a sensible list. I've also heard that New Hampshire is getting close, but that may not matter if Clinton can compensate with a state like Nevada.

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

So I had something interesting happen at work today. for those of you who don't know, I work in local gov't in my home town and I deal primarily with running elections for the Town. So today, as we got ready for the **** show that tomorrow will be (We've had 30% of the registered voters vote so far, usually its like 20%), processing around 200 early voters throughout the day, these two Hispanic gentlemen come up to the office. Right from the get go I know something is up, because Vermont is like 95% White non Hispanic and these guys are like rather dark skinned Hispanics. Anyhow, they also had these funny little armbands and ID card things around their necks and as it turns out these two guys are official election observers from an organization I had never heard of until now called OSCE. We talked, they said they would be back for tomorrow. I honestly never would have expected them to come and observe us, I am still baffled that they chose this small town in Northern Central Vermont to come and see how everything is going.

Penguania And Antarctica

Au Minbo wrote:So I had something interesting happen at work today. for those of you who don't know, I work in local gov't in my home town and I deal primarily with running elections for the Town. So today, as we got ready for the **** show that tomorrow will be (We've had 30% of the registered voters vote so far, usually its like 20%), processing around 200 early voters throughout the day, these two Hispanic gentlemen come up to the office. Right from the get go I know something is up, because Vermont is like 95% White non Hispanic and these guys are like rather dark skinned Hispanics. Anyhow, they also had these funny little armbands and ID card things around their necks and as it turns out these two guys are official election observers from an organization I had never heard of until now called OSCE. We talked, they said they would be back for tomorrow. I honestly never would have expected them to come and observe us, I am still baffled that they chose this small town in Northern Central Vermont to come and see how everything is going.

I'm not sure why the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is interested in monitoring American elections in Vermont.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe

But in all seriousness, I would be on high-alert if I were an election observer organization too; Clinton and security analysts are saying Russia will hack the election; while Donald Trump and his people are saying Clinton will steal the election, to the point that the Trump campaign is basically giving people a license to intimidate voters by allowing people to sign up to be 'election observers'. Since you deal with running elections, I congratulate you on keeping on level-head during this madness, because when this is over, I'm worried the losing side (whoever it is) will be pretty p*ssed with people like you.

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:I'm not sure why the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is interested in monitoring American elections in Vermont.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe

But in all seriousness, I would be on high-alert if I were an election observer organization too; Clinton and security analysts are saying Russia will hack the election; while Donald Trump and his people are saying Clinton will steal the election, to the point that the Trump campaign is basically giving people a license to intimidate voters by allowing people to sign up to be 'election observers'. Since you deal with running elections, I congratulate you on keeping on level-head during this madness, because when this is over, I'm worried the losing side (whoever it is) will be pretty p*ssed with people like you.

The USA is a member of the OSCE and has invited the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE to observe the elections on Nov. 8th.

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

http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/usa/246356

Jaslandia, Au Minbo

Jaslandia wrote:North Carolina and Florida can be debated, and I wouldn't count out Evan McMullin winning in Utah, but other than that, seems like a sensible list. I've also heard that New Hampshire is getting close, but that may not matter if Clinton can compensate with a state like Nevada.

I also find Texas a possible Clinton win--

Lots of Democrats in Austin, Dallas and Houston, supplemented by Bush-loving Texan Republicans who hate Trump

Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:The USA is a member of the OSCE and has invited the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE to observe the elections on Nov. 8th.

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

http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/usa/246356

The one time Jas jokingly mentions something from an acronym you said previously and he's right.

Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Au Minbo wrote:The one time Jas jokingly mentions something from an acronym you said previously and he's right.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:The USA is a member of the OSCE and has invited the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE to observe the elections on Nov. 8th.

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

http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/usa/246356

I'm right? I'm surprised. I didn't expect an organization like that to be interested in American elections. After reading further in the OSCE's Wikipedia article, it appears they do indeed have a department for monitoring elections, and that department has monitored U.S. elections in the past.

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:I also find Texas a possible Clinton win--

Lots of Democrats in Austin, Dallas and Houston, supplemented by Bush-loving Texan Republicans who hate Trump

I saw some talk about that, but there are still a lot of conservatives who will agree to go along with Trump, even if it's only out of hate for Clinton. That, combined with the polling showing a smaller Clinton lead than before (if Clinton was ahead by 6 or 7 points like she used to be, I would think more seriously about Texas going blue), leads me to believe Texas will stay red. However, I think the Texas popular vote will be much closer than in previous years, and unless the Republican Party changes, I think Texas will turn blue within a generation.

Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Jaslandia wrote:North Carolina and Florida can be debated, and I wouldn't count out Evan McMullin winning in Utah, but other than that, seems like a sensible list. I've also heard that New Hampshire is getting close, but that may not matter if Clinton can compensate with a state like Nevada.

It's true they can be debated, but I think Florida will slightly edge in favor of Trump, and he'll win North Carolina marginally as well. Early voting in Florida shows Trump to have a decent lead, and combine that with just how polls are looking, I'd say that he'll pull a very narrow victory. As well, I think that people woefully overestimate Clinton's chances of winning NC, and I think the tossup will lean in favor of Trump.

New Hampshire I don't think would make a difference either way if it flipped, but I doubt it will.

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:I also find Texas a possible Clinton win--

Lots of Democrats in Austin, Dallas and Houston, supplemented by Bush-loving Texan Republicans who hate Trump

Poll aggregates show Trump having a double digit average lead in Texas, which is outside the margin of error. So I'm calling a Trump win in Texas.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/tx/texas_trump_vs_clinton-5694.html

Au Minbo wrote:So I had something interesting happen at work today. for those of you who don't know, I work in local gov't in my home town and I deal primarily with running elections for the Town. So today, as we got ready for the **** show that tomorrow will be (We've had 30% of the registered voters vote so far, usually its like 20%), processing around 200 early voters throughout the day, these two Hispanic gentlemen come up to the office. Right from the get go I know something is up, because Vermont is like 95% White non Hispanic and these guys are like rather dark skinned Hispanics. Anyhow, they also had these funny little armbands and ID card things around their necks and as it turns out these two guys are official election observers from an organization I had never heard of until now called OSCE. We talked, they said they would be back for tomorrow. I honestly never would have expected them to come and observe us, I am still baffled that they chose this small town in Northern Central Vermont to come and see how everything is going.

The OCSE has sent out election observers to foreign countries before, and they are sending them to America. 33 States in fact, for this election. It's kinda odd that they would send them to your town in specific, but it is fairly possible that they were sent by the actual OCSE.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/osce-us-election-monitors/

Jaslandia wrote:I'm not sure why the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is interested in monitoring American elections in Vermont.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_for_Security_and_Co-operation_in_Europe

But in all seriousness, I would be on high-alert if I were an election observer organization too; Clinton and security analysts are saying Russia will hack the election; while Donald Trump and his people are saying Clinton will steal the election, to the point that the Trump campaign is basically giving people a license to intimidate voters by allowing people to sign up to be 'election observers'. Since you deal with running elections, I congratulate you on keeping on level-head during this madness, because when this is over, I'm worried the losing side (whoever it is) will be pretty p*ssed with people like you.

It was the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/osce-us-election-monitors/

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Chatawa wrote:RL got in the way and I just ran out of time in the day to play. I CTE'd about 2 years ago. And I was one of the first in the NGA back when the black riders were raiding everything in sight.

Sweet Jesus! A primordial reborn!

Welcome :P

Jaslandia, Chatawa

Sulania wrote:Poll aggregates show Trump having a double digit average lead in Texas, which is outside the margin of error. So I'm calling a Trump win in Texas.

Poll aggregates showed Trump wouldn't win the Nom for a good while. They're not necessarily trutworthy

Jaslandia

Post self-deleted by Sulania.

Neither is generalizations about demographics.

Also, not really true. Most poll aggregates showed Trump leading in the middle of Summer of 2015, in July.

https://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2016-national-gop-primary

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/2016_republican_presidential_nomination-3823.html?utm_source=hootsuite

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/national-primary-polls/republican/

ect.

Jaslandia

Sulania wrote:It's true they can be debated, but I think Florida will slightly edge in favor of Trump, and he'll win North Carolina marginally as well. Early voting in Florida shows Trump to have a decent lead, and combine that with just how polls are looking, I'd say that he'll pull a very narrow victory. As well, I think that people woefully overestimate Clinton's chances of winning NC, and I think the tossup will lean in favor of Trump.

New Hampshire I don't think would make a difference either way if it flipped, but I doubt it will.

Fair enough. North Carolina can go either way, and a Trump victory there wouldn't surprise me too much. Florida is what I'm really wondering about, especially central Florida: Hillsborough County and the I-4 corridor has a very good record as a bellwether region, so whoever wins there, will have a very good chance of winning the White House (of the 22 past elections, the only one where Hillsborough got it wrong was 1992, and that could have been because of Ross Perot messing things up).

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/romano-hillsborough-county-is-the-nations-no-partisan-zone/2301518

http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/floridas-i-4-corridor-where-presidents-get-picked/2301429

If any of you people thinking of not voting in thing election tomorrow, I only have one thing to say. Vote or Die.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp_79inDfuI

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Sulania wrote:If any of you people thinking of not voting in thing election tomorrow, I only have one thing to say. Vote or Die.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp_79inDfuI

Not how I would put it, but indeed, you really should vote tomorrow (if you haven't already), no matter who you're voting for.

Chatawa, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Not how I would put it, but indeed, you really should vote tomorrow (if you haven't already), no matter who you're voting for.

Amen, hallelujah, praise the Lord

Jaslandia, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Not how I would put it, but indeed, you really should vote tomorrow (if you haven't already), no matter who you're voting for.

There are elections going on? That's great! I know I'm always excited when the Percytonian Parliament elections come around. I always want to vote in them, but Gordon tells me it's not proper for the monarch to vote. Still, you all should vote if you can!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, James The Red Engine

Jaslandia wrote:Not how I would put it, but indeed, you really should vote tomorrow (if you haven't already), no matter who you're voting for.

Let your opinion be heard,

You gotta make a choice!

Cuz when I slit your throat,

you won't have a fvcking voice.

In other words, get out and vote everybody!

Boo electoral college.

Boo

Jaslandia, Sulania, Aldaur, Vista Major, Pirate Kingdoms

Baxten wrote:Boo electoral college.

Boo

Pretty much.

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