A.P.Below

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27360310

People just can't be bothered to shave anymore, even for big events like the Eurovision Song Contest, I didn't think the song was that good but the beard I would give top marks.
Well done Austria, I'm sure the right-wingers are outraged by this so every cloud .....

http://webdiplomacy.net/map.php?gameID=139976&turn=17&mapType=large

See the move by Frozen from Dju to Vostok.
Is this a bug or an intended feature?

Only in one gunboat game, it won't take up much of sitter's time

Just wondering and wanted to see what everyone else thought.

http://www.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/wwi/

An ongoing photo series of the horrific war that our favorite game so delightfully trivializes.

Anyone want to play some chess. Either long games or fast games. There have to be some players on this site....

http://www.latimes.com/business/jobs/la-fi-mo-mitt-romney-minimum-wage-20140509-story.html

Join Win-2

Tribute to follow....

As above below

I figured something out and while it's not a hard choice at all in my case, it makes me wonder what you would do...

http://www.washingtontimes.com/polls/2014/may/8/840-page-national-climate-assessment-paints-grim-p/results/
http://www.petitionproject.org/qualifications_of_signers.php

Nothing settled, no consensus. Enough said.

Let's get a game going, I've been itching for one. gameID=141409
30 point buy in, WTA, Full Press, Anon.
PM for the password, first come first serve basis

I was 112 in April and I'm 353 overall. I'd like to play with some people ranked higher than me.

The game would be full-press (it's all I really play). Everything else is up for discussion: anon/non-anon, buy-in, PPSC/WTA, and length. Personally, I prefer 3-4 days, but I could do 2 if people wanted. Who's interested?

gameID=127048

As above, below

Anybody here know Matlab and would be willing/have the time to help me write up a really short code?

the offical 2014 tournament thread has too much talk about next years' tournament probably. Use this one instead

Can anyone explain to me what some of these mean:

Couple years off, obviously, but still, allow me to float a hypothetical--Rand Paul, like his father before him, obviously is a big enough name to run for office...and, like his father, might not be a perfect fit for the big business-happy GOP as a whole. That being said, he's younger and potentially a hotter candidate than his father was, so, let's say Rand Paul runs as a third party candidate vs. Hillary and *insert flavor of the month GOP candidate here.* How would that race go?

If you're doing relatively well in your game to begin with, then neighboring countries start to CD, is it expected of you to put in a draw vote or is it ok to go for the win anyways?

http://www.reid.senate.gov/koch-facts#.U2uaZKKGfXQ
This is why citizens/businesses should be allowed to spend *whatever they want* in politics. If Harry Reid can use the power of his office to attack **individual citizens and corporations**, then individuals and corporations should be fully enabled to fight back. FUCK HARRY REID.

For your "happy Monday" viewing pleasure, here's a bunch of pictures of bears pondering life.

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=141052

If you perform a support hold on an army that attempted to move to a different location but failed (therefore it hasnt moved), will the support hold fail because the initial orders were not to hold?

Also, if army 1 is supporting army 2 and is being support held by army 3, yet army 1 gets attacked, does his support of army 2 fail or stay since army 1 is being support held by army 3? (sorry if that was confusing)

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

There was discussion of this case here when it was argued, so I thought I would point out that the decision has come down.

http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/05/opinion-analysis-prayers-get-a-new-blessing/

He who shall not be named is the only user I have ever muted, and as page loading is very slow on the train, I saw flash before the mute was applied a PM to me from my "friend": "Another asshole that pretends he mutes people....just another fucktard, aren't you?"

Oh, how I miss that witty banter... Full disclosure, I did take off the mute for a minute to grab that nugget to share. Share your best of the worst!

http://freebeacon.com/blog/the-obama-bird-genocide-is-out-of-control/

If only we could get the Eagles to fly through a little salt and pepper before we roast them. Mmmmm..yummy.
Worth a read if only for the flaming eagle graphic.