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Thanks, man ill be leaving, buh bye

*mops floor*

Good riddance. Damn Schlitz-drinking, Colt-carrying Kraut.

Dhelerum

1960s gangster

The Sands Casino wrote:*mops floor*

Good riddance. Damn Schlitz-drinking, Colt-carrying Kraut.

Well, krauts are fine in my opinion, unless they don’t pay me when they owe me

Dhelerum

1960s gangster

1960s gangster wrote:Well, krauts are fine in my opinion, unless they don’t pay me when they owe me

Wait! He was a cop.... then never mind. Damn undercover kraut cop

Dhelerum

Well that wasn't the first time I ran into a cop like that... I need a drink now.

Dhelerum wrote:Well that wasn't the first time I ran into a cop like that... I need a drink now.

*Passes you a Colt 45*

Dhelerum

The Sands Casino wrote:*Passes you a Colt 45*

Thank you very much.

Post by Ooleechnee phanare suppressed by a moderator.

1960s gangster

Did the night clerk leave? And the cocktail waitress?! Damn, I was hoping I would get a room and some drinks

Tercania islands

1960s gangster wrote:Did the night clerk leave? And the cocktail waitress?! Damn, I was hoping I would get a room and some drinks

Hello sir, what would you like to drink?

The chairman of the board and Tercania islands

If he's not going to answer, I'd like a old fashioned made with bonded bourbon.

The chairman of the board and Tercania islands

Fedele wrote:If he's not going to answer, I'd like a old fashioned made with bonded bourbon.

*Splashes some water into a tumbler. Adds a large dash of bitters. Drops in a sugar cube.*

Old Fitzgerald good for you?

*Uncorks the bottle, and pauses, ready to pour*

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8hjMM36-WYA/UvcuC70lVMI/AAAAAAAAASw/Nz7e4dhNSks/s280/OldFitz-13.jpg

Fedele, The chairman of the board, and Tercania islands

The Sands Casino wrote:*Splashes some water into a tumbler. Adds a large dash of bitters. Drops in a sugar cube.*

Old Fitzgerald good for you?

*Uncorks the bottle, and pauses, ready to pour*

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8hjMM36-WYA/UvcuC70lVMI/AAAAAAAAASw/Nz7e4dhNSks/s280/OldFitz-13.jpg

You are a treasure.

Tercania islands

Fedele wrote:You are a treasure.

*Smiles and pours. Adds a slice of orange, and passes it over.*
Enjoy!

🍸🍊

Hergrade, The chairman of the board, and Tercania islands

Zaila two-the squeakquel

The LCRUA

Slips a peice of paper behind the backdoor

Read the LCRUA's newspaper, the fifth edition of the Regional Community News. The largest version yet.

Regional Community News #5 - March 2nd

by Regional community news



Issue #5- "Yellow Orange, or round Lemon?"

I've run out of ideas, okay?

Welcome to the Regional Community News! My name is Zaila two-the squeakquel and like 3 other times, I will be writing this issue.

Fran's Tribune, #01 Election Fails
Each month Fran's Tribune addresses a topic from the news in the LCRUA's Regional Community News. Mainly fresh-ish news - often about politics - from France and the United Kingdom, possibly NS.

Elections Fails, when politics look like your room when your mum did not put a foot in your mess in weeks…


Imagine midterm elections in the US, but you are given no clue whatsoever about what the parties' stances are on national isses, imagine you don't know the name of most of them, you only know the name of your local town's mayor and you know what he does, but it is unrelated to any buisiness of the Congress, and would you know what the parties stances are you are given no clue about who belongs to which party in the first place. Also you don't know what the other states are at, potentially you've never even heard of red and blue states, and you don't know what the current composition of the House of Representatives and that of the Senate are. Hell, you've never even heard the name of the President's party! Also, California's vote may or may not count at all, the telly's been quite unclear about that. Finally, it seems that unlike laws from your state, those coming from Congress are not always enforced. Sounds nightmarish, doesn't it? Why? Obviously because it would be a mess, and how would you even get interested in elections that you don't understand and that seem to have no impact on you whatsoever at once. Personnally, I simply wouldn't.

Well, ladies and gents, welcome to the glorious European Union and its parliamentary elections.

More precisely, welcome to France. I would gladly tell you that it is exactly the same in every single EU state - and it is - but technically I have no way of knowing. President Emmanuel Macron in order to give an advantage to his own party made the scrutiny nationwide and refused supranational circumscriptions. The Republicans cried because it was bad for them. The Senator of Guadeloupe cried because it was bad for the ethnic minorities on the French ground. Corsican nationalists, direct as they always are, said they will simply ignore the whole thing as it is "of no relevence to the Corsican people's interests". I can hardly blame them, especially after the idea of supranational circumscriptions was abandoned and thus their project of grouping up with their Sardinian brothers for a louder voice died in the egg, only wonder if it is of any kind of relevence to anyone. And it is! Except it is indeed such a mess, that makes it both impossible for the peoples of Europe to unite for their ideas on a unionwide level - as the elections are made on a nationwide level - or to each have their own voice - the big capitals will get most of the seats from big rural nations such as France, representation at its finest.

And just as much as the governments, sometimes it feels maybe even more, the media are to blame for this catastrophic fail. If you lived in France and turned your telly on you would probably hear about how the presidential party is credited with the most votes, over 20%! How their main opponent will be the far-right, the National Rally - yes, it is the same as the National Front, they changed their name to sound less fascist, the problem being their need to. You would hear that the Greens are doing well, better than the more traditional and the more radical left even. You would hear that the Republicans are only third according to these surveys, a real shame for the country's biggest party, isn't it? Eventually you would hear that the Yellow Jackets movement's people - you would be hearing about them all the time actually, they do so much after all... It seems, because there's also a high chance you have never seen one - will be presenting a list, but while they were credited with 13% of votes at first, they fell to 3% and lost two of their major figures to "doubts 'bout it, ya know". Not very serious you think? But expectable after all, they probably wont last for much longer.

You feel informed about European politics? I hope not because I just told you just about absolutely nothing.

Because what I did not tell you is that national parties are not a thing in the European parliament, you have European parties - composed of national parties, yes - and more importantly European parliamentary groups. Obviously their stances are similar to that of the parties they associate with nationally so why does it matter? Well, remember what I've told you? That's all you can hear on the telly, you wont hear anything else. Like what you should be hearing. Like that:

  • The presidential party is credited with the most votes, over 20%! Yes, but the Presidential party has no European association, as it is way too young, it may join a group but there is no way of knowing which one, especially considering how the presidential party works and the very different kind of profiles you can see meet in there. For now, those 23% actually equate to 2%, but that you wont hear it anywhere.

  • Their main opponent will be the far-right. Unlike the presidential party, the National Rally is already within a European party, a well established one that has regularly boosted its results last minute, compared to the surveys and compared to previous legislatures, it is the party of a lot of head of states and head of governments in Europe, they have an incredible advertising power that they have not yet even launched. For now they are not a potential threat to the presidential party, the presidential party is a potential threat to them, but that you wont hear it anywhere.

  • The Greens are doing well, better than the more traditional and the more radical left even. Which on the European scale does not matter the slightest, because the Greens are divided in two and that half of them and the radical left make up one single European group. What this trully means is that the former presidential party of François Hollande and former party of President Emmanuel Macron, traditional left, probably wont even be represented in their own group, but it does not mean the radical left and the Greens will be more influencial than them, as the group may eventually represent their ideas, it all depends on the results in other states, but you wont hear anything about it anywhere.

  • The Republicans are only third according to these surveys, a real shame for the country's biggest party, isn't it? Of course, if you take into consideration French politics only, and thus that you don't realise that they will probably be the only one of that list to be in the EU's parliament ruling majority. As their party, the European People's Party is the great favourite of the few unionwide surveys, but that… Well, you've got it.

Nobody knows that because nobody is being told that, they're being fed useless debates about whether or not the Yellow Jackets, these provincial unemployed w*nkers, will go to Great National Debate* or not instead. Hell, there are chances you wont even hear about the only European group - made out of two European parties - that both actually have projects that can only be put in place on a unionwide level and advocate for letting the rest of decisions to the states, that said the regionalist European Free Alliance and the Greens - the other half that is not allied with the radical left - in their Greens - European Free Alliance group (Greens/EFA). Now, I don't know if any of that will actually go like that, the presidential party may manage its alliances so well it will rule in the majority, I may drop a curse word or two if the National Rally's propaganda ends up working even better than expected, or a smile if the Greens get influencial enough. What I do know is that it is a mess. What I do know is that I'm not being told anything relevent. And speaking of this, we have yet no way of knowing for sure whether or not Northern Ireland will vote in those elections - hence what I said about CA in my introduction. Speaking of this even this article lacks any mention of any political agenda, for good reasons.

Not trying to say that Brexit was the right - or wrong - choice, not trying to talk for anyone, but if you voted Remain and now you're sad, I hope this brightens your day.

Now if you are a worried European who think they should vote in those elections I would advise you to be very careful. There is one mistake not to make out there and it is the following: Don't vote for a pure anti-EU party, just for the sake of it. Actually, do what you want, I can't blame you if you want to try and slow down the legislative process of an institution you don't recognise. After all, it is plain and simple, if the party is anti-EU, it'll vote against everything that the EU wants to impose on your state, right? The problem is, it's not. Most anti-EU parties don't simply vote against everything, because most anti-EU parties are not just anti-EU party, they have a national agenda, often unspoken of or minimised for the European elections, that they will try to favour in the European Parliament, whatever they may say about it. Not only that, but they may use the financing from the EU, the money from your taxes, to finance campains and projects you do not agree with. As a matter of fact, this is illegal. Unfortunately, we know it happens anyways, and many parties have got away with it for long periods of time before getting caught. An important piece of advise is, if you are going to vote for an anti-EU party to protest against it, find their previous political programmes, campains, agendas, in their home countries, see what they are really up to.

Why them particularly and not every single EU party? Well, it is indeed better if you look up every programme of every party you might vote in, from the past years, in every EU state, but that would be a lot of efforts. The reason why I am warning you against anti-EU parties in particular is that they have actually no power to dismantle the EU on a unionwide level, only on the national one there is a way out of the EU and that is article 50 - in other words, Brexit. And these parties are not filled with idiots, they know that. So when they present a list in an election that is of no relevence to the cause they want you to hear about, that means they are using it for something else, systematically. If it wasn't the case they would do as the Corsican Nationalists, call it bs and ask people to abstain, which would be much more efficient as it would raise questions on the national level and give them more arguments - such as the abstention levels being higher than previous - and thus lead the way to article 50.

I want to add to this that I am not pro-EU, I am not trying to discredit anti-EU movements specifically, merely just warning citizens against what the rigged system of the European Parliamentary elections allow some to do.


*Don't ask me what this is, I've been to one and I still don't know.

-This somehow accurate nonsense was brought to you by Fran, aka Frangleterre.

Join the Lubos Roleplay
The Lubos Roleplay is out! Create your own nation and build the lore of Lubos! Please read page=dispatch/id=1166814 and send a telegram to Zaila two-the squeakquel for a spot on the map!

Council Elections in the LCRUA
Due to recent events, council elections have been delayed, and only 5 nations proposed their candidacy. President Smolcasm held the elections via a google poll, and since there wasn't enough for a real election, she held a vote of confidence. That is, the candidate with more votes against them then votes for them, they aren't elected. This is the case for Caloforge.

Nation

Against

For

Caloforge

6 - (54.5%)

5 - (45.5%)

Larnion

2 - (18.2%)

9 - (81.8%)

Lezetatzuni

3 - (27.3%)

8 - (72.7%)

Vetelo iii

2 - (18.2%)

9 - (81.8%)

Zaila two-the squeakquel

4 - (36.4%)

7 - (63.6%)

Congrats to those who won, and to the one who lost, better luck next time!

The Pain of BBCode
That last article you read about the elections took about ten minutes to make the table. And just by looking at it, I can assume it is made up of hundreds of characters. Please send your condolences.

Dark Side of the Moon < The Wall
I know that is an unpopular opinion, but listen to my 2,000 degree take.

I'll be talking about two of Pink Floyds best albums; Dark Side of the Moon, and The Wall. The Dark side of the Moon is about acid or something, while The Wall is about a rock star, who's father died soon after his birth, who's mother was overprotective, was harassed by his teachers in school, and then dealt with that anger by abusing people in groupies (listen to One of My Turns.) This character, named Pink, was partly based off of band member Rodger Waters, and the wall represented isolation, and how every incident I listed before help build it up. I know so deep.

I find that people can relate to one of these incidents, or one of these 26 songs.

Welcome to the LCRUA!
    New-kvaskho
    Northern free democratic states
    Clowns and jesters and fools
    Extreme couponing
    Aldonia i
    Jaomin
    Ooftopolis (Canada, but better)
    Union of south america
    Adeuscaralhos
    Galuche
    Ellisum
    Saap
    Nuggets of clay
    Erkonisa
    Gaypowerexe
    Javrad
    Aremnant
    Al-mahi
    Andersandolan
    We are nice uwu
    Woolish
    Ddraig am fyth
    The kalash union
    Home free
    All hail The impresario!

This took forever... due to Lezetatzuni's stamp recruiting!



Goodbye
Byeo-see you next time!

Read dispatch

The chairman of the board and Tercania islands

Hallo kameraden!
I would like a Helles please!

Tercania islands and Dragons of Power

Post by The meme plague suppressed by a moderator.

The House draws a seven from a pack of cards. Is the next card drawn the same, 🔺Higher or Lower?🔻
Ace counts as high. Stake is ten casino chips. Winning bets on 'higher' pay 8 chips, winning bets on 'lower' pay 15 chips, winning bets on 'same' pay 150 chips.
Place your bets please!

The chairman of the board and Tercania islands

The Embassy has been established.

The chairman of the board and The Sands Casino

The Sands Casino wrote:The House draws a seven from a pack of cards. Is the next card drawn the same, 🔺Higher or Lower?🔻
Ace counts as high. Stake is ten casino chips. Winning bets on 'higher' pay 8 chips, winning bets on 'lower' pay 15 chips, winning bets on 'same' pay 150 chips.
Place your bets please!

Bets Placed.

The chairman of the board and The Sands Casino

The Chairman lost at his own casino, Ironic.

The chairman of the board

Two hands are dealt, Punto, and Banco. Which will score higher? Stake is ten chips. Winning bets on Punto pay ten chips. Winning bets on Banco pay nine. Winning bets on a tie pay ninety chips. Place your bets please!

Hergrade, The chairman of the board, Tercania islands, and Militarized algerstonia

A blue 1963 Buick Riviera, pulls up in the front of the casino. A man, between 25-30, Steps out. He wearing a Princeton cardigan, corduroy pants, a beautiful pair of leather Allen Edmons, A Harrington jacket, and a brown flat cap. He walks in holding what appears to be a case for a guitar.

What would do you recommend for a drink? He asked

I, would, like a Room, He Also askes

The chairman of the board, The Sands Casino, and Tercania islands

Oi! Where’s the Cocktail waitress!? And the Pit boss!?

The chairman of the board, Tercania islands, Dragons of Power, and 1960s gangster

Anacin wrote:A blue 1963 Buick Riviera, pulls up in the front of the casino. A man, between 25-30, Steps out. He wearing a Princeton cardigan, corduroy pants, a beautiful pair of leather Allen Edmons, A Harrington jacket, and a brown flat cap. He walks in holding what appears to be a case for a guitar.

What would do you recommend for a drink? He asked

I, would, like a Room, He Also askes

*Pours you a Budweiser*
Certainly sir. I'll ask the front desk about a room. Single or double? Smoking or non-smoking?

The chairman of the board, Tercania islands, and Anacin

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