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Tuesday, 9 August, 2016 :: 72

When they lose their sense of awe,
people turn to religion.
When they no longer trust themselves,
they begin to depend upon authority.

Therefore the Master steps back
so that people won't be confused.
He teaches without a teaching,
so that people will have nothing to learn.

WKNS Radio: Donovan ~

"Season Of The Witch"

When I look out my window
Many sights to see
And when I look in my window
So many different people to be
That it's strange
So strange

You got to pick up every stitch
You got to pick up every stitch
You got to pick up every stitch
Mmmm, must be the season of the witch
Must be the season of the witch, yeah
Must be the season of the witch

When I look over my shoulder
What do you think I see?
Some other cat lookin' over
His shoulder at me
And he's strange
Sure is strange

You got to pick up every stitch
You got to pick up every stitch, yeah
Beatniks are out to make it rich
Oh no, must be the season of the witch
Must be the season of the witch, yeah
Must be the season of the witch

You got to pick up every stitch
Two rabbits runnin' in the ditch
Beatniks out to make it rich
Oh no, must be the season of the witch
Must be the season of the witch
Must be the season of the witch
When I go

When I look out my window
What do you think I see?
And when I look in my window
So many different people to be
It's strange
Sure is strange

You got to pick up every stitch
You got to pick up every stitch
Two rabbits runnin' in the ditch
Oh no, must be the season of the witch
Must be the season of the witch, yeah
Must be the season of the witch
When I go
When I go

The Mikes Hope Essence of Mikeswill graciously extends a warm welcome to our newest Nations:

Fluters
Caissa nova
Uk of america
Cockinchester
Squibtown

Our Esteemed Region continues to attract the Most
Enlightened Nations in the JenGov Land.

MH

Wednesday, 10 August, 2016 :: 73

The Tao is always at ease.
It overcomes without competing,
answers without speaking a word,
arrives without being summoned,
accomplishes without a plan.

Its net covers the whole universe.
And though its meshes are wide,
it doesn't let a thing slip through.

The current WA Resolution, Condemn Gregoryisgodistan has been posted on our off-site forums at:

http://www.runboard.com/bnationstates.f2.t83837

SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION AT VOTE

Condemn Gregoryisgodistan

A resolution to express shock and dismay at a nation or region.

Category: Condemnation

Nominee: Gregoryisgodistan

Description: Acknowledging that The Glorious and Holy Nation of Gregoryisgodistan has been governed by Lord Almighty Gregory with a repressive hand, violating even the most basic human rights approved by the World Assembly;

Noting that Gregoryisgodistan has brutal laws that violates basic freedoms, forcing people to worship their leader via brainwashing people, even by the mean of massively drugging people via prune juice and gruel, the only legal food in Gregoryisgodistan;

Shocked on the systematical violations made by Gregoryisgodistan in matters regarding basic human rights and international law, since this nation is responsible of multiple attacks and wars against pacific nations by the only fact of not accepting Lord Almighty Gregory as their lord, or other ideological issues that aren’t compatible with the totalitarian and brutal Gregoryisgodistani regime;

Further shocked by the Gregoryisgodistani Government past actions of genocide and threats against nations like Hicana, The Kingdom of Saintland, The Kingdom of San Jose Guayabal, The Letterman Commie Paradise of Menta Lee-IL, and others included in the "Enemy List";

Horrified on all the actions that the Gregoryisgodistani government has done in order to impose their beliefs all across the multiverse with state-sponsored terrorism, brainwashing to other nations, attacking other nations under a clear breach of the World Assembly proposals about the usage of Weapons of Massive Destruction, executing people live in international TV and even killing their own population for propagandistic effects;

Disgusted That the International Community has not done enough efforts in order to condemn the behavior of the Gregoryisgodistani Government towards other nations and people from its own country;

Observing the efforts led by The Second Republic of Damukuni and The United Federation of Eura in order to establish a regional alliance, the South Esportivan Treaty Organization (SETO), composed by six nations that defends other nations at any attempt made by the Gregoryisgodistani Government to attack peaceful nations, disturbing the regional order and peace, and also leading a crusade which main aim is to empower the Gregoryisgodistani population with knowledge of their basic human rights;

Urging All the World Assembly members to recognize the need of condemning such a brutal and repressive regime like the Gregoryisgodistani Government, recognize the Gregoryisgodistani Government in exile as the legitimate government;

Wishing the end of the repressive and totalitarian Gregoryisgodistani Government of Lord Almighty Gregory and the creation of a legitimate and democratically-elected government that guarantees the human rights of the Gregoryisgodistani people;

Hereby Condemns The Glorious and Holy Nation of Gregoryisgodistan

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COMMEND / CONDEMN PROPOSALS:
These Condemn & Commend Resolutions are mostly a popularity contest and a waste of the World Assembly’s time. It is not the Business of the World Assembly to Honour Nations. The WA is not a Beauty Contest. We would ignore these Resolutions were it not for the ridiculous precedent these Resolutions present.

As such Mikeswill voted against the World Assembly Resolution "Condemn Gregoryisgodistan".

Mikes Hope Essence of Mikeswill
WA Delegate
NationStates Region

Yesterday’s Answer: What is Heidelberg?

Congratulations:
Sturm und Drang

Only telegrammed responses will be considered
All responses must be in the form of a question

THE TUTORS

AROUND 343 B.C. HE WAS SUMMONED BY PHILIP II TO BE TUTOR TO HIS SON

Who is … ?

Thursday, 11 August, 2016 :: 74

If you realize that all things change,
there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
If you aren't afraid of dying,
there is nothing you can't achieve.

Trying to control the future
is like trying to take the master carpenter's place.
When you handle the master carpenter's tools,
chances are that you'll cut your hand.

Today’s Featured Nation:
Fleshland

”Union of Nudity”

WA Category: Scandinavian Liberal Paradise

Civil Rights: World Benchmark
Economy: Thriving
Political Freedoms: Excellent

Fleshland's national animal is the Banana split mountain lizard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Fleshland is ranked 6,704th in the world and 63rd in NationStates for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 81.44 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.

Mikeswill

Yesterday’s Answer: Who is Aristotle?

Congratulations:
Naram-Sin
Arithei
Teh dakotas

Only telegrammed responses will be considered
All responses must be in the form of a question

HOW THE EAST WAS WON

RUSSIAN CARAVANS GOT ACCESS TO BEIJING IN A 1689 TREATY WITH THIS DYNASTY THAT GAVE ITS NAME TO A REGION

What is … ?

The current WA Resolution, Against Suicide Seeds has been posted on our off-site forums at:

http://www.runboard.com/bnationstates.f2.t83838

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION AT VOTE

Against Suicide Seeds

A resolution to increase the quality of the world's environment, at the expense of industry.

Category: Environmental

Industry Affected: Agriculture

Description: The General Assembly,

Understanding that genetic use restriction technology (GURT), or suicide seed technology, is a set of genetic modification (GM), or genetic engineering (GE), techniques that threatens the integrity of non-GM plants as well as the independence of low-income farmers who save seeds -- if one farmer plants suicide seeds, his suicide plants can contaminate the fields of neighboring farmers, whose non-GM plants, in turn, become sterile, thus making it necessary for all of them to purchase new seeds the following year,

Realizing that Resolution 249, Stopping Suicide Seeds, was repealed by Resolution 366 on false pretenses, namely the untruthful claim that Resolution 249 imposed "an outright ban" on suicide seeds,

Recognizing that proponents of the repeal resolution made assurances that replacement legislation would be forthcoming, a promise that was never (intended to be) fulfilled,

Resolved, therefore, to reinstate basic regulatory protections for the environment and for the world's subsistence and small farmers against the exploitation of multinational biotech corporations that are bent on sterilizing non-GM crops (environmental destruction) and, by this means, on making the millennia-old practice of seed saving obsolete (monopolization),

1. Defines, for use in this resolution, the following types of GURT:

Variety genetic use restriction technology (V-GURT): a GM technique that renders the seeds of a plant sterile;

Trait genetic use restriction technology (T-GURT): a GM technique that leads to plants whose seeds are fertile; but those seeds must be treated with a special chemical (or chemicals), usually one that is produced only by a certain company, so that they will grow properly or so that the plants grown from them will (more) fully express their genetic traits;

2. Requires that all member states ban or strictly regulate V-GURT and T-GURT;

3. Mandates that all companies, corporations, and other such entities that are engaged in GURT and in international commerce within the jurisdiction of this Assembly disclose to the World Assembly Food and Drug Regulatory Agency (WAFDRA) all relevant information regarding their activities related to GURT;

4. Forbids private, for-profit entities from using government funding to engage in GURT or GURT research subject to the provisions of this resolution and other active resolutions enacted by this Assembly;

5. Prohibits the transport across a national border, without preapproval from WAFDRA, of any plant or seed that has been modified using GURT subject to the provisions of this resolution and other active resolutions enacted by this Assembly;

6. Calls upon member states, in their foreign policies (especially their trade policies) and in their laws regulating the biotechnology industry, to discourage misuse of GURT in other member states and in nonmember states; and

7. Clarifies that GURT, with proper regulatory oversight, may have some legitimate scientific uses and also that this resolution shall not be construed as international disapproval of other GM techniques.

Mikes Hope Essence of Mikeswill
WA Delegate
NationStates Region

Today’s Featured Nation:
Clareterious

” Always believe in fate”

WA Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Civil Rights: Good
Economy: Strong
Political Freedoms: Excellent

Clareterious's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.
Clareterious is ranked 83,040th in the world and 273rd in NationStates for Most Efficient Economies, scoring 66.89 on the Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index.

Mikeswill

Saturday, 13 August, 2016 :: 76

Men are born soft and supple;
dead, they are stiff and hard.
Plants are born tender and pliant;
dead, they are brittle and dry.

Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible
is a disciple of death.
Whoever is soft and yielding
is a disciple of life.

The hard and stiff will be broken.
The soft and supple will prevail.