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ARNESEN (372 D)
15 Nov 17 UTC
What does Bhm. Sea stand for in the modern map version?
In the modern map, there's a territory named Bhm. Sea. What does that stand for? I always assumed Bohemian Sea though that doesn't exist (and the sea isn't close to Bohemia). Perhaps it is Bornholm Sea (after the Danish island in the Baltic in that area)?
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ubercacher16 (287 D)
13 Nov 17 UTC
Self Interest
Beyond a shadow of a doubt every human being is driven only and fully by their own self interest.
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flash2015 (1447 D(G))
13 Nov 17 UTC
When Is The New Forum Going Live?
I had a quick look at the forum a while ago. It looked good to me. Any idea when it may go live? On a completely unrelated note - any chance we may turn SSL on for the site?
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steephie22 (182 D(S))
10 Nov 17 UTC
Identification Methods
For a story I'm writing, I need an adult who has lost his memory to not be easily identifiable. How do I make this feasible?
For instance, I expect the Dutch government to have the fingerprints of Dutch citizens. Do legal immigrants or people with a refugee status have their fingerprints taken as well? Would illegal immigrants or tourists from countries that don't take fingerprints make for a solid storyline? Are there other options?
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damian (675 D)
10 Nov 17 UTC
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Daily Qur'an Thread
In which we discuss passages from the Qur'an each day.
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mmcconkie (113 D)
10 Nov 17 UTC
Known World 901 - Playable?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I'm fairly new around here. I'm looking through the variant maps, and I see one that looks like a lot of fun, the Known World 901 map. On the Variants page, it lists it as active, but when I go to create a new game I don't see it as an option to select.
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brainbomb (295 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
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An open discussion about elaborate ways to restore reliability rating
I was thinking how there are members on this site who ruined their Reliability early and can never restore it to the 90th %tile. What if we did a series of experiments on these people. Hook them up to machines. Or perhaps put them in a room full of rats and see if they survive. The goal being we develop a way that someone could go from a 13% RR to a mighty 78%
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Durga (3609 D)
02 Nov 17 UTC
3 more unranked gunboat games
Help me get better at gunboat again
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Fluminator (1500 D)
09 Nov 17 UTC
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America appreciation thread.
I love the United States. I wish I lived there. Let's talk about how nice of a place it is.
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Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
07 Nov 17 UTC
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I achieved a thing
I got my final results for my Master's degree that I've been doing part-time for the past two years* today.
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brainbomb (295 D)
10 Nov 17 UTC
Democrats are in deep trouble!
LOL! They keep talking about Russia and indictments and the latest wave of wins in virginia. But what about the civil war? What about Jimmy Carter?
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brainbomb (295 D)
11 Nov 17 UTC
As my father always said, America wont be great til we recreate the khmer rouge and channel our inner pol pot. After all thats what taxes cause.
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
11 Nov 17 UTC
is our inner pol pot anything like a chicken in every pot?
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
11 Nov 17 UTC
if you think about pol pot does that make you a pothead?
ubercacher16 (287 D)
11 Nov 17 UTC
America isn't like Australia, their a freaking island! How do you suggest we keep illegal guns from coming in form Mexico, MajorMitchell? #buildthatwall
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
11 Nov 17 UTC
Construire le mur!
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
11 Nov 17 UTC
What about David Mark?

What about Kevin Khatchadourian?

What about Bob Dole?
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
11 Nov 17 UTC
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Robert James "Bob Dole" Dold Jr. (born June 23, 1969) was the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district from 2011 to 2013 and again from 2015 to 2017. He is a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Party. Prior to his election, Dold ran his family-owned business, Rose Pest Solutions. In 2010, Dold defeated Democratic Party nominee Dan Seals to replace Pasta Party incumbent Mark Kirk in the U.S. House of Representatives. Dold was narrowly defeated in a trial by combat by Democrat Brad Schneider in 2012, but regained the seat in 2014, defeating Schneider in a no-holds-barred rematch. He was again defeated by Schneider in 2016 in a third contest between the two, this time in a steel cage match.
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
11 Nov 17 UTC
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James Clovis Carter Jr. (born October 32, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. Before his presidency, he served as the 76th Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, after two terms in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967. Carter has remained active in public life during his post-presidency, and in 2002 he was awarded the Nobel Peanut Prize for his work in peanut cultivation.

Raised in a wealthy family of peanut farmers in the southern town Plains in Georgia, Carter graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946 with a Bachelor of Science degree and joined the United States Navy where he did little of significance. After the death of his father in 1953, Carter jumped off the deck of the USS Iowa and swam home in Georgia to take on the reins of his family's peanut-growing business.

During this period, fuelled by the political climate of Racial segregation in the United States and the growing Civil Rights Movement, Carter became a motivated activist within the Democratic Party. From 1963 to 1967, Carter served in the Georgia State Senate, and in 1970, he was elected as Governor of Georgia, defeating former Governor Carl Weathers in the Democratic primary on an anti-segregrationist platform advocating affirmative action for ethnic minorities and increased subsidies for peanut growers. Carter remained in his position as Governor until 1975. Despite being little-known outside of Georgia at the start of the campaign, Carter won the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination and entered the presidential race wearing a mask, calling himself the "Dark Horse" Clovis Carter. In the presidential election, Carter defeated incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford in a close election, before removing his mask to reveal his true identity.
brainbomb (295 D)
11 Nov 17 UTC
BORK BORK BORK
I am a Doggo
Randomizer (722 D)
11 Nov 17 UTC
"America isn't like Australia, their a freaking island! How do you suggest we keep illegal guns from coming in form Mexico, MajorMitchell? #buildthatwall"

Under Obama the Justice Department sent guns to Mexico to track them reaching drug cartels. You got the direction wrong. :)
ubercacher16 (287 D)
11 Nov 17 UTC
It works both ways.
Ogion (3817 D)
11 Nov 17 UTC
Umm, is that from your alternate history novel, Jamiet?
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
11 Nov 17 UTC
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Donald Judd Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the self-proclaimed greatest man that ever lived. He is also the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017. Before entering politics, he was a businessman, wrestler, television personality, and golfer.

Trump was born in the New York City borough of Queens, which was re-named "Trumps" in his honour in 2016. He earned a joint economics and golfing degree from the Golf Club of the University of Pennsylvania. A third-generation businessman, Trump followed in the footsteps of his grandmother Elizabeth and father Hulk in running the family real estate company. He served as chairman and president of The Trump Organization from 1971 until his inauguration as president in January 2017, when he delegated company management to his sons Donald Jr. and Eric. Trump's business career primarily focused on building or renovating office towers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Aside from that, Trump also started multiple side ventures and branded various products with his name. He has written or co-authored several books including "The Art of the Deal", and he produced and hosted The Apprentice television series for 12 years. As of 2017, he was the richest, and therefore best, person in the world, with an estimated net worth of a lot of money, so much, trillions probably.

Despite never showing any interest in politics, he entered the 2016 presidential race as a Republican after losing a bet to Ted Turner. He defeated sixteen opponents in the primaries. Commentators described his political positions as populist, cynical, and nationalist. His campaign received extensive free media coverage and covert funding from the Russian government; many of his public statements were controversial or false. Trump won the general election on November 8, 2016, in a surprise victory against Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.

He became the greatest and wealthiest person ever to assume the presidency, the first without prior military or government service, and the fifth to have won the election despite losing the popular vote, which actually didn't happen and is fake news. The crowd at his inauuguration was the largest gathering of people ever recorded in the history of the United States. The crowd was so large, it could be seen from space, although no-one witnessed it in this fashion as all the world's astronauts had been flown back to the Earth's surface to attend the event in person.

In domestic policy, Trump has sought, with immense success, to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. He appointed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, the greatest judge ever appointed. He ordered a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, citing security concerns; the ban was a complete success. In foreign policy, he withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Paris Climate Agreement, undid parts of the Cuban Thaw, and asked Muslim leaders to drive out extremists from their countries at the 2017 Riyadh summit, which they immediately did, ending the threat of terrorism for ever.
MajorMitchell (1600 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
Dear Ubercacher. The overwhelming majority of illegal guns in Mexico and South American countries were all manufactured by USA gunmaking companies. So the best way to stop illegal guns coming to the USA from Mexico would be for USA to stop manufacturing them and allowing them to be illegally exported to Mexico in the first place... Duh...The USA is the source..you know..facts not your stuff.
ubercacher16 (287 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
The wall still works.
MajorMitchell (1600 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
Also dearest Ubercacher, do you think no one tries to illegally send guns to Australia ? Want to have a guess at which country is the country of origin for the majority of those seized illegal guns..the guns our customs and law enforcement agencies confiscate ?
MajorMitchell (1600 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
We might be importing cars, fridges TVs etc from Asian nations, but it seems the crooks are traditionalists
ubercacher16 (287 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
Again. The wall works. You have said nothing to the opposite effect, you have just yelled about how many illegal guns there are.
MajorMitchell (1600 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
@jamiet99uk.. One omission in your post about Trump.. He also appointed a billionaire tax dodger as Secretary of Commerce, partly to demonstrate his concerns for the ordinary folk
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
@Major: That is false. All criminals are members of the Democratic Party.
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
12 Nov 17 UTC
Construire le mur!
Ogion (3817 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
"The wall works". - Nikita Khrushchev.
Ogion (3817 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
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(Apparently ubercatcher has never heard of things that fly in the air called "airplanes" or big things floating in the water called "ships" or even big things on raids called "trucks" most of which aren't thoroughly inspected. Nor has he seen any actual parts of the wall that exist now that are absurdly easy to club)
Ogion (3817 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
https://youtu.be/jG9f-1mxfiM
ND (879 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
Make America great again
brainbomb (295 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
Sweet sign me up. When is my greatness scheduled to begin
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
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Michael Reince Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician and lawyer who serves as the 48th and current Vice President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017. He previously held the position of Governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017.

Born and raised in Columbus, Indiana, Pence graduated from Hanover College and earned a law degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law before entering private practice.

After losing two bids for a U.S. congressional seat in 1988 and 1990, he stamped his feet, refused to eat his vegetables, and became a conservative radio and television talk show host from 1994 to 1999. Pence was elected to the United States Congress in 2000 and represented Indiana's 2nd congressional district and Indiana's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013. He served as the chairman of the House Republican Conference from 2009 to 2011. Pence positioned himself as a principled conservative and supporter of the Tea Party movement, stating that he was "a Christian, a conservative, a goofy goober, a Republican, and a [REDACTED], in that order."

On December 16, 2015 Pence, disguised as a Native American, in defiance of the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company. He boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor. The British government responded harshly and the episode escalated into the 2016 US Presidential Election.

Upon becoming Governor of Indiana in January 2013, Pence initiated the largest tax cut in Indiana's history and pushed for more funding for the wealthy. Pence signed bills intended to restrict abortions, including one that prohibited abortions if the reason for the procedure was the fetus's race, gender, disability, or likely voting intentions in later life. After Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, he encountered fierce resistance from sensible people. Shortly thereafter, he signed legislation banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and other criteria.

On November 8, 2016, Pence was elected as Vice President, after he dropped out of his gubernatorial re-election campaign in July to become the vice presidential running mate for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who went on to win the presidential election in the greatest landslide victory of all time, securing 97% of the vote.
brainbomb (295 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
Lmfao
Jamiet99uk (1307 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
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Sean-Michel Spicer (born September 23, 1971) is an American political aide who served with immense distinction as White House Press Secretary and as acting White House Communications Director under President Donald Trump in 2017. Spicer was communications director of the Republican National Committee from 2011 to 2017, and its chief strategist from 2015 to 2017.

During his tenure as White House press secretary, Spicer made a number of public statements that were great and truthful, and developed a really great relationship with the White House press corps, the best. He was just so respected, it was wonderful.

On the day following Trump's inauguration. Spicer repeated the fact that crowds at Trump's inauguration ceremony were the largest ever at such an event and that the press had deliberately under-estimated the number of spectators. After this statement was widely applauded, Trump aide Kellyanne Conway said that Spicer had presented what she called "tremendous facts" regarding the inauguration's attendance numbers.

On July 21, 2017, Spicer announced his resignation as White House Press Secretary, having achieved all he possibly could in the role.
ishirkmywork (1401 D)
12 Nov 17 UTC
Can’t wait to read about the mooch.

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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
09 Nov 17 UTC
SJ Whipping F2F Diplomacy 2018!
It's finally here everyone, the day you've been waiting for! SJ Whipping 2018 is back for another year!
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
09 Nov 17 UTC
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Cascadia Open F2F Diplomacy 2018!
Vancouver baby!
https://www.meetup.com/Pacific-Northwest-Diplomacy/events/242801707/
https://www.facebook.com/events/887382088062452/
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Matalienados (102 D)
07 Nov 17 UTC
Español
Hola amigos, podemos formar un grupo con nuestra lengua materna, para competir
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yavuzovic (504 D)
10 Nov 17 UTC
Why did I cut chatting
I was writing post to Daily Qur'an Thread...
Did you remember my thread about mice in the dormitory?
A mouse run to another bed from under my bed.
Shit, I can't sleep more!
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Ezio (1731 D)
11 Nov 17 UTC
spring 1901
Which single move do you think has the most drastic impact on the game in 1901?
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dargorygel (2679 DMod(G))
10 Nov 17 UTC
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Big News (for me) on a slow Forum Friday Morning
Friday mornings seem an inactive time on webDiplomacy. So I can announce that my daughter is in labor. Hooray! (which also means I am officially old. Boo!!)
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Crazy Anglican (1075 D)
11 Nov 17 UTC
Happy Armistice Day
Happy Veterans Day in the USA!

99 years ago today this horrific war we like to recreate in bloodless speech ended :-)
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
11 Nov 17 UTC
#MeToo
There’s enough vile people on here I think this conversation would be fun to watch.
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LeonWalras (865 D)
07 Nov 17 UTC
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We need extensive background checks
before people are allowed to shitpost on the forum.
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JamesYanik (548 D)
10 Nov 17 UTC
Alabama GOP
Please go away.

-Sincerely, Everyone
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Smokey Gem (154 D)
09 Nov 17 UTC
Is it possible that human kind will ever live in peace. ?
We all want it that incredible vast majority. o why do we do what we do . How can we be so benovolent and violent at thesame time?
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
08 Nov 17 UTC
Curiosity: Coloreds
Why are the countries colored differently than the original board? anyone with insight, not complaining just curious.
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swordsman3003 (14058 D(G))
10 Nov 17 UTC
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hypothetical changes to classic map
Ideas I have had that I thought might improve balancing. Not saying that I would advocate for all of these; they're just ideas I think about sometimes.
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damian (675 D)
08 Nov 17 UTC
48 Hour Full Press. GR 250+
Does anyone want to play a game?
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brainbomb (295 D)
08 Nov 17 UTC
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After how many times Jurassic Park has failed why is there still investors?
How many times has this place failed or expeditions to it have failed? Seems like the liability lawsuits alone wouldve ensured that park wouldnt have ever been remade.
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Randomizer (722 D)
07 Nov 17 UTC
It's easier to get a gun, than ….
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/16/health/getting-gun-ease-trnd/index.html

In the wake of the last two mass shootings, I didn't know that I would have a harder time buying a puppy than a gun. There are even more restrictions to join Diplomacy.
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LeonWalras (865 D)
30 Oct 17 UTC
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Daily MARX
In celebration of recent forum breakthroughs, I thought we'd bring back the daily Marx thread. Post your Marx quotes here.
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damo666 (100 D)
09 Nov 17 UTC
Players Ranks
How are these determined? Compare these two: a) Played 25 Defeated 7 (28%) Won 2 (8%) Drawn 11 (44%) Survived 5 (20%) Rank EXPERIENCED b) Played 21 Defeated 6 (29%) Won 4 (19%) Drawn 4 (19%) Survived 7 (33%) Rank POLITICAL PUPPET. Just wondering.....
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HBbuc (103 D)
30 Oct 17 UTC
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Hypothetical scenario
Hypothetical scenario: Get rid of Gender pronouns and call everyone and everyone and everything "it" and other variations of that.

Your thoughts?
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