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WKNS Radio: 1975 ~

"Sister Golden Hair"
America

Well I tried to make it Sunday, but I got so damn depressed
That I set my sights on Monday and I got myself undressed
I ain't ready for the altar but I do agree there's times
When a woman sure can be a friend of mine

Well, I keep on thinkin' 'bout you, Sister Golden Hair surprise
And I just can't live without you; can't you see it in my eyes?
I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind

Will you meet me in the middle, will you meet me in the air?
Will you love me just a little, just enough to show you care?
Well I tried to fake it, I don't mind sayin', I just can't make it

Well, I keep on thinkin' 'bout you, Sister Golden Hair surprise
And I just can't live without you; can't you see it in my eyes?
Now I been one poor correspondent, and I been too, too hard to find
But it doesn't mean you ain't been on my mind

Will you meet me in the middle, will you meet me in the air?
Will you love me just a little, just enough to show you care?
Well I tried to fake it, I don't mind sayin', I just can't make it

Doo wop doo wop ...

stevie

Yesterday’s Answer: What is Heinz?

Congratulations:
Fatimania

Only telegrammed responses will be considered

WORDPLAY

SUBTRACT A LETTER FROM THE NAME OF A KEYSTROKE FOUND IN COMPUTER COMMANDS & YOU GET THIS VIOLENT REACTION TO SOCIAL CHANGE

What is … ?

No ambiciono otra fortuna ni reclamo mas honor que morir por mi bandera, la bandera tricolor!

WKNS Radio: 1974 ~

"Midnight At The Oasis"
Maria Muldaur

Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed
Shadows paintin' our faces
Traces of romance in our heads

Heaven's holdin' a half-moon
Shinin' just for us
Let's slip off to a sand dune, real soon
And kick up a little dust

Come on, Cactus is our friend
He'll point out the way
Come on, 'til the evenin' ends
'Til the evenin' ends

You don't have to answer
There's no need to speak
I'll be your belly dancer, prancer
And you can be my sheik

[Instrumental Interlude]

I know your Daddy's a sultan
A nomad known to all
With fifty girls to attend him, they all send him
Jump at his beck and call

But you won't need no harem, honey
When I'm by your side
And you won't need no camel, no no
When I take you for a ride

Come on, Cactus is our friend
He'll point out the way
Come on, 'til the evenin' ends
'Til the evenin' ends

Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed
Got shadows paintin' our faces
And traces of romance in our heads
Oh, come on...

stevie

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

Emrysia
Lucifers Cats
Of the imperious condescension
Waticonteia

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

MH

Thursday, 16 October, 2014 :: 58

If a country is governed with tolerance,
the people are comfortable and honest.
If a country is governed with repression,
the people are depressed and crafty.

When the will to power is in charge,
the higher the ideals, the lower the results.
Try to make people happy,
and you lay the groundwork for misery.
Try to make people moral,
and you lay the groundwork for vice.

Thus the Master is content
to serve as an example
and not to impose her will.
She is pointed, but doesn't pierce.
Straightforward, but supple.
Radiant, but easy on the eyes.

tao

The current WA Resolution, Rules of Surrender has been posted on our off-site forums at:

http://www.runboard.com/bnationstates.f2.t83632

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION AT VOTE

Rules of Surrender
A resolution to improve worldwide human and civil rights.

Category: Human Rights

Strength: Mild

Proposed by: Separatist Peoples

Description: COGNIZANT of the World Assembly’s enduring commitment to ensuring ethical standards in warfare;

FINDING UNTENABLE the international community’s lack of just standards on the treatment of combatants laying down arms, and;

RESOLVED to rectify this oversight;

The General Assembly,

DEFINES surrender as the act of combatants capitulating to an enemy force during a time of armed conflict between nations;

DEFINES a parley as the negotiation for surrender, ceasefire, or other form of truce between representatives of parties in an armed conflict;

DEFINES a symbol of truce as an inviolable signal made by a party of the conflict for the cessation of hostilities and intention to parley, including signals of military tradition such as waving a white flag, laying down arms, or other internationally recognized symbol so associated;

DEFINES hors de combat as a state in which a combatant is immediately recognizable as unable to engage in combat, including the state of being wounded, incapacitated, unarmed, or otherwise incapable of defending themselves;

OBLIGES member states to extend the following protections and duties:

Article I. Those parties participating in a parley, under the protection of a symbol of truce, or in the process of complying with the terms of a negotiated surrender are entitled to the following:

1. Protection from assault, injury, or detainment by any combatant party to the conflict while displaying, broadcasting, or otherwise openly utilizing a symbol of truce;

2. Good faith in all negotiations relevant to the conditional surrender by combatants party to the conflict;

3. Expectation of all rights and protections afforded by World Assembly law, regardless of the status of the combatants’ nation of origin;

Article II. Those parties participating in a parley, under the protection of a symbol of truce, or in the process of complying with the terms of a negotiated surrender have the duty to:

1. Comply, in good faith, with all accepted terms of surrender, insofar as they are legal and do not constitute an outrage of personal dignity, and;

2. Refrain from perfidious activity while under the protections of a symbol of truce, including but not limited to abusing the protections of a symbol of truce, feigning surrender to take advantage of the enemy, or using a symbol of truce or parley to screen force deployment, munitions resupply, or reconnaissance operations;

Article III. Those parties accepting surrender have the duty to:

1. Immediately recognize and confer upon the surrendering party all the protections of prisoner of war status following the satisfaction of the terms of surrender, and;

2. Refrain from perfidious activity as it relates to the process of negotiating and accepting surrender;

ASSERTS that member states shall consider combatants found hors de combat to be surrendering and accordingly extend the protections outlined in Articles I and III, subject to the belligerents’ reasonable ability to comply with the duties outlined in Article II.1;

DECLARES that those belligerents in violation of the duties herein shall have their protections as outlined in Article I.1 revoked as the situation requires;

MANDATES that member states consider the deliberate and knowing violation of these Articles a war crime, and exercise their jurisdiction over violators appropriately.

Mikes Hope Essence of Mikeswill
WA Delegate
NationStates Region

Good job, Arithei!

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

http://www.runboard.com/bnationstates.f2.t83633

SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION AT VOTE

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

Category: Condemnation

Nominee: Vandoosa

Description: The Security Council,

Recognizing Vandoosa as a raider constantly invading regions even though its founded region is defender,

Acknowledging that Vandoosa has over 50 raiding puppets,

Further Acknowledging that Vandoosa's raiding puppets have raided numerous regions such as The Grand Empire of Eurasia or Zohrastria,

Disgusted by the fact that Vandoosa has secretly raided regions for The Black Riders while it would pretend to be a defender,

Shocked that Vandoosa raided a load of active and self-reliant regions,

Outraged by Vandoosa's actions towards all the raided regions,

Hereby Condemns The Corporate Fascist Military of Vandoosa.

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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 Vandoosa".

Mikes Hope Essence of Mikeswill
WA Delegate
NationStates Region

Likewise, Fatimania!

Sunday, 19 October, 2014 :: 61

When a country obtains great power,
it becomes like the sea:
all streams run downward into it.
The more powerful it grows,
the greater the need for humility.
Humility means trusting the Tao,
thus never needing to be defensive.

A great nation is like a great man:
When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.
Having realized it, he admits it.
Having admitted it, he corrects it.
He considers those who point out his faults
as his most benevolent teachers.
He thinks of his enemy
as the shadow that he himself casts.

If a nation is centered in the Tao,
if it nourishes its own people
and doesn't meddle in the affairs of others,
it will be a light to all nations in the world.

tao