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umbletheheep (1645

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28 Jul 11 UTC

Iowa F2F Diplomacy

I have a group of 11, and we are putting together F2F Diplomacy games in central Iowa. If you would like to be a part or know of someone who does give me an email at russ (at) russdennis.net

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LoneSeramoni (100

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28 Jul 11 UTC

Script Error

Webdiplomacy script installed on my site.How can handle this problem? ERROR: i.imgur.com/cWuVQ.png

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Babak (26982

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28 Jul 11 UTC

FtF Diplomacy in New England: HuskyCon (Aug 19-21) in Long Island, NY

Details: http://huskycon.com
First round - Fri Aug 19th at 7:00pm
Big mansion, food provided, some will be camping outside - lots of FtF players, most likely including myself and theWizard. anyone else from webdip wanna go?

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dD_ShockTrooper (1199

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23 Jul 11 UTC

Can anyone defend freedom?

Can anyone defend the idea that "people" can produce a better society by diminishing governmental control in exchange for increased libertarian imposition of civil freedoms on the government?

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Gunfighter06 (224 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

@ Putin33

<sigh> It's going to take me a lot of time to disprove your left wing bullshit.

"I do wonder how the right can be so against "taking other people's money" when that is precisely what capitalism does. People are paid less than the value of their labor in order for capital to make profits."

No. Socialism takes other peoples' money. Capitalism rewards those who are willing to work hard. Every day, I get up and go to work. My employer compensates me for my time and effort. I spend the money on goods and services so that the employees of those companies can get paid. Capitalism may not be perfect, but it works a hell of a lot better than any other system.

"That's mythology. That's like saying because "anyone" can win the lottery, winning the lottery is probable so therefore the rigid class disparities are just."

What rigid class disparities? Capitalism rewards hard workers and punishes lazy people. What the hell is wrong with that? If anything, Putin, your beloved communism has the worst class disparities out of any system.

"Not every, but almost every. Just because you can list one or two exceptions doesn't mean that's not the general rule. The system needs a couple of exceptions in order to brainwash people into believing that their struggles are justified so they don't rise up against the system."

Putin, ANYONE can get rich in a capitalist society. Anyone. All it takes is a lot of hard work. I was raising in a working-class family. A lot of my high school friends were lazy. They didn't go to college because their grades sucked. I studied hard every night and got a full-ride academic scholarship to a good university. Now I've got a great job as a police officer, and I just bought my own house. I did better than my parents, who did better than their parents. That's what capitalism is all about. Hard work. You're going to say that capitalism is all about the rich screwing everyone else, but that's just not true. I've never gotten screwed over by anyone. If I save my money carefully, I'll be rich by the time I retire. The guys that didn't try hard in high school, the guys that got mixed up with drugs? They live in trailer parks or worse, and work long, hard days in construction or roofing because they didn't work hard.

"controlling women's bodies, silencing anti-war dissent, warrantless wiretapping, Guantanamo Bay, torture, opposing equal rights for minorities, opposing equal rights for gays, opposing equal rights for women, and demanding the poor and middle class pay taxes while corporations pay none."

We don't control womens' bodies. We protect innocent babies.

We don't silence any dissent. We are the source of dissent.

We don't wiretap. We bend the rules a little so you can sleep at night, Putin.

We don't "torture". We extract valuable information from terrorists by any means necessary.

We don't oppose equal rights for minorities. We make sure that society is color blind.

Gays have the same rights as straight people.

Women have the same rights as men.

We don't demand that the poor and middle class pay taxes so that the rich/corporations don't have to. We want to lower taxes for everyone.

"Rightwing "freedom" is the freedom to starve, be unemployed, have no health insurance, and be discriminated against."

Wrong. Freedom is the freedom to be rewarded for hard work.

I really hope you don't believe your own bullshit, Putin.

Putin33 (111 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

America rewards "hard work" by decreasing real wages for American workers as productivity has never been higher. That's "freedom" I suppose. The freedom to get paid less for more work. The freedom to work for 30 years and then have your job shipped overseas so a company can make more money off the backs of overworked, underpaid labor elsewhere. The freedom to have your pensions ripped off by unscrupulous CEOs. The freedom to be laid off right before you're eligible for Medicare and deprived of lifesaving health insurance. The freedom to have your ideas ripped off by a company who has the money to get a patent while you don't. The freedom to have the "best justice system money can by". The freedom to rape the planet, pollute our water, destroy our forests, annihilate wildlife, to make a couple bucks. (As you say, "fuck the planet". I'm sure your rightwing god would approve).

And of course, every rightwinger I know claims to have brought themselves up by their own bootstraps. That's all the right has to go on, anecdotal evidence that you can't verify. Usually when rightwingers claim they "worked hard" they mean for mommy and daddy's business.

And you care so much about babies until after they're born. Then it's cut post-natal care, cut assistance to mothers, cut childcare, cut all social programs which help young children, cut education. Any wonder why Mississippi is the biggest defender of the "unborn" but has the worst record on post-natal care? That's the rightwing idea of "defending children".

SacredDigits (102 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

"work long, hard days in construction or roofing because they didn't work hard. "

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Interesting. They work hard because they didn't work hard. But hard work is rewarded. But this current hard work is not rewarded?

Putin33 (111 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

And you people absolutely do insist that the middle class and poor pay taxes while corporations pay none. Why did the Republicans just walk away from a budget deal that dared close tax loopholes for corporations who are paying *zero* taxes? Why do they instead insist that there be massive cuts to social security, medicare, education, and everything that helps the middle class get by?

Putin33 (111 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

By "work hard" he means sitting in an office somewhere playing diplomacy.

gramilaj (100 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

"We don't "torture". We extract valuable information from terrorists by any means necessary." says a lot for me.

I don't see how that's not saying "this isn't torture because I believe the ends justify the means".

SacredDigits (102 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

Agreed with gramilaj, same with the "bend the rules" thing about wiretapping.

Putin33 (111 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

"We don't wiretap. We bend the rules a little so you can sleep at night, Putin."

LOL, but "don't tread on me", right? If this isn't Orwellian doublespeak, I don't know what is. You're not helping me sleep, you're wiretapping people like me. You're infiltrating my groups. You're putting people like me on watch lists. This is your idea of "freedom" - dictatorship of the bourgeoisie.

SacredDigits (102 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

I also find things like "gays have the same rights as straight people" to be kind of silly. Okay, yes. Sexual orientation isn't a protected class for EEO and such, so both gays and straights can be equally discriminated against because of sexuality. Only...the group that represents 10% of the population is far, far, far more likely to be discriminated against than the group that represents 90%. And gays are just as free to marry people of the opposite gender as straights! Only...one group wants to do that, and the other doesn't.

Putin33 (111 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

And straight people have been forced to lie about their identity else be kicked out of the military via dishonorable discharge, and straights have been fired for saying they're straight or talking about their opposite-sex spouses in the classroom...right.

Gunfighter06 (224 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

"America rewards "hard work" by decreasing real wages for American workers as productivity has never been higher."

Can you back that up? I believe that the minimum wage has increased consistently with inflation.

"The freedom to get paid less for more work. The freedom to work for 30 years and then have your job shipped overseas so a company can make more money off the backs of overworked, underpaid labor elsewhere. The freedom to have your pensions ripped off by unscrupulous CEOs. The freedom to be laid off right before you're eligible for Medicare and deprived of lifesaving health insurance. The freedom to have your ideas ripped off by a company who has the money to get a patent while you don't. The freedom to have the "best justice system money can by". The freedom to rape the planet, pollute our water, destroy our forests, annihilate wildlife, to make a couple bucks. (As you say, "fuck the planet". I'm sure your rightwing god would approve)."

"That's all the right has to go on, anecdotal evidence that you can't verify."

What the fuck do you call your little rant? That's just as anecdotal as my post. Fucking hypocrite.

"Usually when rightwingers claim they "worked hard" they mean for mommy and daddy's business."

Still anecdotal. If you say the right goes on unverifiable anecdotal evidence, then why do you use it yourself?

"Then it's cut post-natal care, cut assistance to mothers, cut childcare, cut all social programs which help young children, cut education."

Not cut. Privatize. The private sector does more for less.

"pollute our water"

Come on, this isn't 1895. Our water is fine.

"destroy our forests"

People are more important than trees. Our "rightwing" God agrees.

"annihilate wildlife"

No one is intentionally "annihilat(ing) wildlife".

Besides, all of that is irrelevant because communists give less of a crap about the environment than capitalists. Look at China. Their environment is the worst in the world.

You're going to have to do better than that, Putin.

SacredDigits (102 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

Just remember. If you don't work hard at the right time for it to be rewarded, you're faced with a life of working hard without it being rewarding, but hard work is rewarded.

SacredDigits (102 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

The minimum wage has always, since the beginning of its existence, lagged significantly behind inflation. It gets raised due to inflation, yes, but far after the fact.

Gunfighter06 (224 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

@ SacredDigits

Yeah, but it's not going down, as Putin implied.

SacredDigits (102 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/anth484/minwage.html

It has been going down in spending power. Check it out. It was best in the late 60's, hit the lowest ebb since then in 2006 and is only now climbing slightly. This shows minimum wage as adjusted for 2010 dollars, year by year.

Gunfighter06 (224 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

@ SacredDigits

Thanks for fact-checking me. I stand corrected.

@ Putin33

Okay, fine. The min. wage was going down, but now it's headed back up. What difference does it make? State minimum wages are often higher than the federal minimum wage. Your precious union workers often make well over 20 dollars an hour, and even nonunion blue collar workers in the South make 10-15 dollars an hour.

Putin33 (111 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

"Not cut. Privatize. The private sector does more for less."

And how do you propose to privatize programs like WIC? Who is going to pay for them genius? And the private sector does so great that's why private insurance has 30% overhead and bureaucratic costs while Medicare has 3%. That's why government healthcare has higher customer satisfaction ratings than private healthcare.

" Our water is fine."

Says the guy who is on record saying "fuck the planet".

"People are more important than trees."

Yeah have fun living on Easter Island. We'll see how many people you'll have then.

"No one is intentionally "annihilat(ing) wildlife"."

Yes they are. Hunting endangered species is a billion dollar industry. Corporations pollute and oppose regulations which protect wildlife. Commercial fishing is annihilating fish, whale, and other populations. Because corporate profits are more important than animals, etc, right?

"Their environment is the worst in the world. "

"What the fuck do you call your little rant? That's just as anecdotal as my post. Fucking hypocrite. "

No I can give documentary evidence of these things occurring. Not "my mommy and daddy worked so hard".

"Can you back that up?"

http://www.workinglife.org/wiki/Wages+and+Benefits:+Real+Wages+(1964-2004)

1964 real wages = 302.52
2004 real wages = 277.57

http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/27/news/economy/state_of_working_america/index.htm

"The median real income for working-age middle-income families in the United States dropped $2,000 between 2000 and 2007, from about $58,500 to $56,500, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday."

"That's because 90% of the growth in U.S. workers' income from 1989 to 2007 went to the top 10% highest earners, EPI said. Income for the top 1% grew 204% since 1989, and the top 0.1% saw their income grow 425% in that span."

http://www.bls.gov/lpc/prodybar.htm

They're a developing country with 1.3 billion people. They're the world's leader in solar energy production and renewable energy technology. They have a relatively low energy consumption per capita rate. We have one of the highest in the world. We also produce a disproportionate amount of the Co2 compared with our population.

Putin33 (111 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

Wages are about more than the decreasing spending power of the minimum wage, although that is one aspect. I'm talking about overall real wages. They've declined, while the rich have increased their income by leaps and bounds. That's "freedom".

Putin33 (111 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

And now we go from "hard work is rewarded" to "what difference does it make". That's what every rightwinger does as soon as the mythology about the American dream is destroyed. Backpedal, retreat, backpedal, retreat.

Gunfighter06 (224 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

@ SacredDigits

"But this current hard work is not rewarded?"

Sure it is. One of my friends who does roofing is saving up to go to a community college. He's enrolling this fall. He's beginning to claw his way up.

"And gays are just as free to marry people of the opposite gender as straights! Only...one group wants to do that, and the other doesn't."

Exactly. The argument that gays don't have the same rights as straights is silly. They do have the same rights.

@ gram

"I don't see how that's not saying "this isn't torture because I believe the ends justify the means"."

I really don't give a shit about the "human rights" of terrorists. Nor should anyone else. These despicable creatures do not have the same rights as normal humans.

@ Putin33

"LOL, but "don't tread on me", right? If this isn't Orwellian doublespeak, I don't know what is. You're not helping me sleep, you're wiretapping people like me. You're infiltrating my groups. You're putting people like me on watch lists. This is your idea of "freedom" - dictatorship of the bourgeoisie."

The government should be worried about someone like you, Putin. I would not be surprised if you and your red friends blew up a government building. You're a bad guy. Good guys like me can sleep at night because the government is keeping people like you awake.

"And straight people have been forced to lie about their identity else be kicked out of the military via dishonorable discharge"

Gay people don't have to lie. No one asks.

"By "work hard" he means sitting in an office somewhere playing diplomacy."

I'm not sitting in an office. I have Mondays off. I would never play webDiplomacy on duty. I don't have an office. I have a desk in the police station and a squad car, and almost all of my time is spent in the latter.

That reminds me, what are YOU doing right now to contribute to society, Putin?

Gunfighter06 (224 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

Sorry, I'm falling behind. You're posting faster than me. Give me a little while to get caught up.

SacredDigits (102 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

"State minimum wages are often higher than the federal minimum wage. "

Only about eight states have minimum wages higher than the federal. 8/50 =/= often.

Putin33 (111 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

"I would not be surprised if you and your red friends blew up a government building. You're a bad guy. Good guys like me can sleep at night because the government is keeping people like you awake."

That's rich considering it's your ideological brethren who are shooting up leftwing youth camps. It's your ideological brethren who blow up abortion clinics. It's your ideological brethren who blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City. It's your ideological brethren who are openly talking about assassinating the President. It's your ideological brethren who tried to murder a Congresswoman and ended up murdering children instead. It's your ideological brethren who absolutely insist on an unrestricted right to stockpile arsenals of weapons. It's your ideological brethen who have been responsible for pretty much every single act of domestic terrorism in America in the past 25 years. And the ironic part is you freaks have run this country most of the time, so why are you all so angry?

Putin33 (111 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

Nobody asks, and yet what straight person has ever been dishonorably discharged for being openly straight in the military?

SacredDigits (102 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

Also, with the "same rights" thing, if gay marriage were legal, gays and straights would continue to have the same rights as each other, so what's the big deal about blocking it?

Gunfighter06 (224 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

"No I can give documentary evidence of these things occurring."

Feel free.

"They're a developing country with 1.3 billion people. They're the world's leader in solar energy production and renewable energy technology. They have a relatively low energy consumption per capita rate. We have one of the highest in the world. We also produce a disproportionate amount of the Co2 compared with our population."

They have a low consumption rate because no one has cars except for party officials. It doesn't matter how much renewable energy they have; they still have a shit ton of coal plants.

"Yes they are. Hunting endangered species is a billion dollar industry. Corporations pollute and oppose regulations which protect wildlife. Commercial fishing is annihilating fish, whale, and other populations. Because corporate profits are more important than animals, etc, right?"

Back up the "hunting endangered species is a billion dollar industry" part.

Feeding human beings is more important than the well-being of fish.
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I already admitted I was wrong about minimum wages.

Wages are on the decline because of the recession. It's not because the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Everyone is losing money in this economy.

Gunfighter06 (224 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

@ SacredDigits

I'm not opposed to gay marriage personally, but I think the left needs to come up with a better argument than "equal protection under the law" because that's an absurd argument.

@ Putin33

That's rich considering it's your ideological brethren who are shooting up leftwing youth camps. It's your ideological brethren who blow up abortion clinics. It's your ideological brethren who blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City. It's your ideological brethren who are openly talking about assassinating the President. It's your ideological brethren who tried to murder a Congresswoman and ended up murdering children instead.

Stop saying "ideological brethren". You and I both know that my views are not nearly as radical as theirs. I'm a police officer, Putin33. If I had been at those terrible incidents, I would have filled all of those terrorist fuckers with .45 caliber holes.

"It's your ideological brethren who absolutely insist on an unrestricted right to stockpile arsenals of weapons."

Are you referring to the Second Amendment argument there? If so, I support my "ideological brethren". I believe any law-abiding citizen with no criminal history and no mental illness should be able to own and carry any weapon they want. I've been to gun shows and GOA demonstrations, and I can honestly say that I've never felt endangered at one.

Bob Genghiskhan (1233 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

I'm reminded of a quote from Anatole France...

"The law, in all of its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

Frankly, I suspect gunfighter is essentially doing an elaborate work of performance art. Otherwise, he's either fourteen years old or willfully blind.

Bob Genghiskhan (1233 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

"Are you referring to the Second Amendment argument there? If so, I support my "ideological brethren". I believe any law-abiding citizen with no criminal history and no mental illness should be able to own and carry any weapon they want. I've been to gun shows and GOA demonstrations, and I can honestly say that I've never felt endangered at one."

Awesome. So, in Gunfighterland, as a law-abiding citizen without a criminal record, I can own and carry a mortar and a shitload of sarin gas shells?

And regarding threat at gun shows and GOA demonstrations, I don't think you're exactly the enemy of the heavily armed attendees. How safe would you feel at a hypothetical radical leftist black nationalist meeting where everyone was packing while denouncing you personally and every statement you've made in public and carrying signs threatening you personally and your ideological cohorts?

Putin33 (111 )
25 Jul 11 UTC

"Wages are on the decline because of the recession. It's not because the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. Everyone is losing money in this economy."

Except I gave you a chart that preceded the recession and that listed wages over the past 40 years, try again.

"They have a low consumption rate because no one has cars except for party officials."

Uh right, go to any big city in China and when you get back you can eat your crow. You can't throw a rock without hitting a Volkswagen in Shanghai. Keep your story straight. One minute it's "China has a horrible record" and there are all these complaints about energy demand in China, the next minute supposedly only party officials drive cars.

"Back up the "hunting endangered species is a billion dollar industry" part."

http://www.livemint.com/2008/03/07001047/Profits-from-wildlife-poaching.html

"Feeding human beings is more important than the well-being of fish. "

And what happens when the fish are depleted so there's no more fish to feed your humans you supposedly care about?

"Feel free. "

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/03/10/1559593/as-jobs-move-overseas-laid-off.html

The story is a 'feel good' story about long-time workers laid off by their company going back to school with the help of *gasp* a federal job training assistance program.

You have stories like these:

"Nampa resident Darla Stewart, 47, a former Micron work force development manager with 22 years at the company, also took advantage of the program when she was laid off in 2009.

A case of a 55 year old being fired without cause.

http://www.moneyville.ca/blog/post/1005966--fired-worker-gets-2-years-pay-and-235-000-more
http://www.hrwebadvisor.com/headlines/article/older-workers-mistreatment-firing-EEOC-settlement

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Putin33 (111

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28 Jul 11 UTC

Are no-hitters not a big deal anymore?

When guys like Ervin Santana can get one and we've had something like 10 in the past 2 seasons are no hitters going to become passe?

Also, what the heck is La Russa's major malfunction?

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Fasces349 (0

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28 Jul 11 UTC

End of the LAST PERSON TO POST WINS!!!!!!!!

http://webdiplomacy.net/forum.php?threadID=444658&page-thread=385#threadPager

The thread is now locked so its now impossible to post. In the end there were 11532 posts over 728 days. dD_ShockTrooper was the last person to post and so he won. Congrats dD_ShockTrooper!!!!!!!

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Eleven (501

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20 Jul 11 UTC

Account sitting.

I'll be out of town for four or five days, and I'm not sure what to do. I'm pretty new to this site so I'm not sure how it works, but I've seen people mention 'account sitting'? How does that work? What are the rules? How do I find someone to do that for me? I guess I'm just looking for a general explanation. Thanks in advance. Oh, and sorry if this is explained elsewhere on the site. Perhaps I missed it when I looked.

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obiwanobiwan (248

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28 Jul 11 UTC

How Much Is Everyone Muting?

I ask becuase I see folks saying they're muting folks in threads more and more...and it just seems like a shame and almost unfair to me, really...granted I'm probably one of the most-muted on the site--at least I would guess I am--but even so, all the more reason I just can't mute anyone..."if you can't stand the heat"...? You can't have it both ways, give a critical opinion and erect a shield to deflect all criticism, even if that "criticism" is a foolish troll, yes?

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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15 Jul 11 UTC

An Education in Economics

Liberals have the mistaken and baseless idea that government creates jobs, that government creates demand that stimulates the economy, and that any time there is a great reduction in government spending a recession will result.

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Yellowjacket (835

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29 Jul 11 UTC

new game

Hey all, I'm starting a game with some work friends, might not be able to get 7 though... anybody want to be an alternate? They're all new, so less skilled players preferred.

20 buy in, anon, 24 hours period, starts Saturday at 7:12

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UnknownHero (436

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29 Jul 11 UTC

Looking for sitter

I'll be away for 5-6 days next week and still have a couple games running. It shouldn't be too huge of a time commitment if anyone is willing, since one is a 4 day phase world game in which I have only a single unit. The other is a game in the summer gunboat tournament, so someone not part of that would be preferred.
I hope I'm not asking too much with only a few days notice, but if someone with a good reputation would PM me saying they can, I would be extremely grateful.

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Darwyn (1601

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27 Jul 11 UTC

Pizza v. Tacos

Let's say there is a pizza joint and a taco stand right across the street from each other...

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krellin (80

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28 Jul 11 UTC

Collaborative Story...

You *must* reply with an entire paragraph. Each paragraph will be proceeded by a number. You reply must be indicated by (that number +1) so we know what you are responding to. In the event of simultaneous posts, the FIRST poster is the ONLY valid next paragraph.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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28 Jul 11 UTC

Obama Repeated Buffet's Misstatement

Tomorrow's WSJ shows that Warren Buffet misstated a fact Obama included in his national address Monday, Buffet doesn't pay a lower tax rate than his secretary. It's nice to see the press doing its job.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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18 Jul 11 UTC

Social Security Funding

It's interesting that the motto of social security is that you've paid in all your working life and the money is sitting there waiting for you.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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21 Jul 11 UTC

Immorality of the State vs Morality of the Market

Big government advocates proceed under the assumption that government is moral and the marketplace is immoral when the exact opposite is true.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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19 Jul 11 UTC

Thy mythical victim

Why is it that opinions put forth to justify government monopolies to deal with social problems consistently rely on mythical victims instead of truth or logic?

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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26 Jul 11 UTC

Who would pass a tax increase?

The House certainly wouldn't
The Senate would pass a tax increase.
You are going to find 51 Democrats who will vote for a tax increase?

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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25 Jul 11 UTC

Hysteria & Welfare State Bankruptcy

In the current budget debate you see two viewpoints-the House of Representatives realizes the Welfare State is bankrupt with $200 Trillion in deficits and unfunded liabilities. The Obama administration and the Senate think everything will be fine if they raise taxes and keep pumping devalued dollars into the economy.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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25 Jul 11 UTC

Monks 1 Autocratic State 0

The verdict from federal court. Monks can sell caskets in Louisiana without also providing embalming and other funeral home services that the autocratic state government required in order to grant a monopoly over casket sales.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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26 Jul 11 UTC

States defy Big Government lunacy

In individual states smaller government candidates won a majority of elections across the country in direct defiance of Big Government lunacy dominant in Washington D.C.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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26 Jul 11 UTC

Common sense saves schools

Schools are for the kids not for the administrators and teachers.

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Tettleton's Chew (0

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28 Jul 11 UTC

Signed copy of Reckless Endangerment

How many of the forum frequenters have a signed copy of the best seller "Reckless Endangerment." What a great read.

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Babak (26982

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26 Jul 11 UTC

League Format for next Season

Alderian, have you decided how you will proceed towards next season?

The detailed thread about this subject has been locked, but here it is for others who want to read the debate: http://www.webdiplomacy.net/forum.php?viewthread=742701#742701

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1brucben (60

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27 Jul 11 UTC

gunboats are stupid and ruin diplomacy

the point of diplomacy is exactly what it says. DIPLOMACY. When we get rid of ingame messaging it does away with the crucial factor of diplomacy and results in no improvement of luck. It actually makes the game far more random and chancy than it should be. I believe that we need to get rid of this option to allow DIPLOMACY to take its course. Please add your comments about this.

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Mujus (1495

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28 Jul 11 UTC

Can anyone defend, I mean remember, centrists?

Why is politics so polarized today--what happened to the centrists? Is it a function of the political parties controlling the vast majority of campaign contributions?

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TBroadley (178

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27 Jul 11 UTC

Can anyone defend 1bruchen's views?

Besides 1bruchen, of course.

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denis (864

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27 Jul 11 UTC

Nationalism and Patriotism

The bane of civilization?

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obiwanobiwan (248

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28 Jul 11 UTC

Can anyone defend posts asking in the title for posters to defend something?

If you can--well, I suppose you're needed on one of the many other generic "defend" posts...

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Ruisdael (1529

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27 Jul 11 UTC

Minor bug

I'm not sure if others in this game are experiencing the same oddity, but in
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=63232, which is a gunboat, it's telling me I have an unread global message and I can't figure out how to "read" it or otherwise fix the problem. Thanks.

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