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Gelth confederacy wrote:No, it wouldn't win over people like Midlands. It goes to show in the reaction to Trump's suggestion to study Hydroxychloroquine, and his suggestion that people should have the right to choose to wear a mask, or get vaccinated.

Hydroxychloroquine was studied - and proved not to work against Covid.

Casa sierra

Anchillas wrote:Whether it's a good idea or not, the government should not have the authority to enforce Covid-19 inoculations among its citizens.

Any government has such authority by definition.

Casa sierra

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Miranorte and Casa sierra

For your edification:


Stats of the Month:

Date: April, 2022| Population: 1713 nations| Delegate Endorsement: 414 endorsements

Table of Contents

~Around the Islands

~Islander Achievements

~XKI Gameside

~Meet the Nation

~The World Assembly


About the Emissary Report

The 10KI Update is a monthly report about the regional happenings of XKI made by the Blue Canaria North Senator and the Deputy BCN Senator. Stay tuned for any updates!


More XKI!

Forum: Link10000islands.proboards.com

Discord: Linkdiscord.gg/4uWZbNS

April TIBOE Update

April TITO Update

Interested in XKI? All of our Foreign Affairs dispatches will be published by 10000 Islands Foreign Affairs, and posted in our embassy thread!

TITO Command

Has your region been invaded, or do you want to get in touch with TITO? If so, contact one of the following nations:

~Chief Executive: Hakketomat

~Field Commander: Kanta Hame

~Tactical Officers: Thedairos, Smugglers and Mercs (TITO EF), Controlitia, Wischland, Flying Eagles, Thedairos

~Executive Officers: HN67, Eastern New England


Government

As of this report's publication, the Government of 10000 Islands consists of:

~Chief Executive: Hakketomat

~WA Delegate: Markanite

~Senior Senator for Lyonnesse East (Houses): Aschente

~Senator for New Republica South (Debates and Discussions): Liberdon

~Senator for Himes West (Role Play): AxeCapital

~Senator for Blue Canaria North (Emissary Report): Gonggong

~Minister of Education: Porflox

~Minister of Labor: Wille-Harlia

~Minister of Immigration: Valentian Elysium

Information about other government officials of 10000 Islands can be found Linkhere.


Around the Islands

~In early through mid April, the National Flag Competition, originally created by Anime Daisuki and now recently revived by Thedairos, was held. The competition was to see who had the best and most creative national flag. After voting had ended, Brickston and Hashari Darussalam both came out as first place and runner-up and were each granted their respective prizes of a legendary card & 100000 Tacos and a legendary card & 50000 Tacos. Check out the full thread Linkhere!.


Islander Achievements

~Congrats to Brickston for being the first place winner of the National Flag Competition!

~Congrats to Hashari Darussalam for being the runner-up of the National Flag Competition!


XKI Game-Side

This month our favorite Regional Pollster, Jabberwocky, brought us two fantastic polls; the first one asked Islanders if they anticipated a better year in 2022 than they had in 2022 and the second one asked Islanders if there is intelligent extraterrestrial life.

In the first poll, there were 180 voters, of which 53 (29.44%) said yes, they’re optimistic, 23 (12.78%) said no, they’re a pessimist, 88 (48.89%) said maybe and decided to withhold judgement until they had seen more of 2022, and 16 (8.89%) said from the viewpoint of eternity, all points in time, past, present and future, coexist simultaneously.

No idea what the last one means, but I’m hoping for the best for everyone in 2022!

In the second poll, there were 194 voters, of which 18 (9.28%) said no, because Homo sapiens is the pinnacle of biological evolution, 160 (82.47%) said yes because it is inconceivable that we are the only intelligent life in the universe, and 16 (8.25%) said no because they’re not convinced that there is intelligent terrestrial life.

I suppose we’ll never know the truth unless space exploration expands considerably in the next few decades. Oh well…

As usual, it was pretty miserable looking through 300 pages worth of January RMB posts...but I did manage to find some hilarious (or perhaps just noteworthy) moments.

~ Definition of laziness

~ Time really files

~ Don’t we all?

~ The dough is a lie.

~ Never!

~ Me too

~ A good question

~ So disappointing…

~ I’ll need to see that in writing


Meet The Nation

This month, the DelegateMarkanite interviewed Gonggong before their appointment as Senator for Blue Canaria North!.

Mark: First off, how did you join NS and why pick XKI as a region?

Gong: I first joined NS as a nation named Ravanon! At first, I never really joined any region until I made an alt account called Selu-Ahare, where I joined XKI through a telegram from Sulenia inviting me to XKI! A bit after, for RP reasons, I made an alt called Gonggong to join ATA.

Mark: And you've been here ever since! What is your favourite thing about XKI?

Gong: My favorite thing would be the community! For me, it really feels warm and inviting!

Mark: Brilliant! Do you have any additional roles in 10000 Islands? Tell us about them!

Gong: The only role in XKI that I have is Tiboe secretary! As Tiboe secretary, I get to write the monthly summary report for Tiboe and I also answer Liberdon's phone calls and organize her files!

Mark: I know from seeing you work that you are exemplary at your job. TIBOE is such an important group for the region and you and Liberdon are the dream team! What other areas of XKI interest you? Do you have any future ambitions?

Gong: Hmm, in XKI I'd like to run for a seat in the Co9 at some point! Though I'm not entirely sure which one I'd run for, or if I can even run a good platform.

Mark: Well whichever one you choose, I'm sure you will be amazing. 10000 Islands is lucky to have you! Thank you for doing the interview!


Hope to see you all next month, your XKI Update Staff is signing off!

Gonggong and Markanite


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Informed consent

Midlands wrote:Any government has such authority by definition.

"My body, my choice" should not be a matter of political convenience or moral equivalency.
It either applies universally, or not at all, and if a national case cannot be made for it constitutionally (and I do not think there is one) then it should fall back to state authority to determine when and if to hijack the physical autonomy of its citizens.
All I ask is that a case for it outside of financial or political capital be honestly presented.

Midlands wrote:No! It does not have 99% survival rate. It's a vicious lie. 3% of Indian population died of Covid. Despite being younger than Western populations and having a functional healthcare system (that got overwhelmed but still did a lot to save people). More important (in the long term) is that full recovery rate is much lower. E.g. a large proportion of infected people have permanent brain damage. Future economic costs of all that will be enormous.


International statistics are not a flat read.
The mitigation campaigns were not conducted by a universal blue print, and the level of honesty applied to them varied as well.
US statistics are thoroughly befuddled when trying to distinguish between how many died with Covid versus who died of Covid.
Even so, worse case scenario thus far is fifteen million dead out of three hundred million for a 0.05 percent loss of which 75% had other medical issues complicating their treatment, and out of that roughly 200 children were lost nationwide, and every single one had other medical factors that further compromised their condition.
After China, the US conducted the most draconic and dishonest mitigation campaign, and our losses to Covid do not square with the socioeconomic damage wrought by its mitigation.
Reinfection statistics alone bear this out.
To date, no number of shots and boosters significantly blunts transmission and reinfection by covid variants.
Particularly for children who are at the lowest end of the danger spectrum of covid, while at the highest end for vaccine side effects.
The tragedy of ivermectin is that its use was misrepresented in an media assassination campaign that allowed thousands to die that did not need to for the sake of medical politics.
The vaccines, such as they are, became the political darling of Fauci and other corrupt officials for the sake of money, hubris, political capital, or all of the above.
The statements and behavior of the "rules for you, but not for me" crowd over the course of the pandemic demonstrated better than any mathematical model the complete lack of sincerity in their policy efficacy, and if compassion was on the list of motivations at all, it was buried several pages in.

Anchillas, Divided Wastelands of America, Gulf Oil, and Lutiania

Informed consent wrote:"My body, my choice" should not be a matter of political convenience or moral equivalency.
It either applies universally, or not at all, and if a national case cannot be made for it constitutionally (and I do not think there is one) then it should fall back to state authority to determine when and if to hijack the physical autonomy of its citizens.
All I ask is that a case for it outside of financial or political capital be honestly presented.
International statistics are not a flat read.
The mitigation campaigns were not conducted by a universal blue print, and the level of honesty applied to them varied as well.
US statistics are thoroughly befuddled when trying to distinguish between how many died with Covid versus who died of Covid.
Even so, worse case scenario thus far is fifteen million dead out of three hundred million for a 0.05 percent loss of which 75% had other medical issues complicating their treatment, and out of that roughly 200 children were lost nationwide, and every single one had other medical factors that further compromised their condition.
After China, the US conducted the most draconic and dishonest mitigation campaign, and our losses to Covid do not square with the socioeconomic damage wrought by it.
Reinfection statistics alone bear this out.
To date, no number of shots and boosters significantly blunts transmission and reinfection by covid variants.
Particularly for children who are at the lowest end of the danger spectrum of covid, while at the highest end for vaccine side effects.
The tragedy of ivermectin is that its use was misrepresented in an media assassination campaign that allowed thousands to die that did not need to for the sake of medical politics.
The vaccines, such as they are, became the political darling of Fauci and other corrupt officials for the sake of money, hubris, political capital, or all of the above.
The statements and behavior of the "rules for you, but not for me" crowd over the course of the pandemic demonstrated better than any mathematical model the complete lack of sincerity in their policy efficacy, and if compassion was on the list of motivations at all, it was buried several pages in.

Once again, you badly misinformed. I'm not going to comment on everything. Suffice it to say that I know with absolute certainty that Ivermectin does not work against Covid. I know that directly from trusted coworkers who actually tested in Spring 2020. I work for the manufacturer of Ivermectin, so spare me all that BS.

Casa sierra

Anchillas wrote:Whether it's a good idea or not, the government should not have the authority to enforce Covid-19 inoculations among its citizens.

I agree

Anchillas, Gulf Oil, and Informed consent

Midlands wrote:Any government has such authority by definition.

Except that the US Bill of Rights grants retained authority to the States. Physicians, and Pharmacists are licensed by the states, and medical procedures are regulated by the states.

Anchillas, Divided Wastelands of America, and Informed consent

Gulf Oil wrote:Except that the US Bill of Rights grants retained authority to the States. Physicians, and Pharmacists are licensed by the states, and medical procedures are regulated by the states.

No. The national government cannot divest itself of its inherent powers. It may delegate them, but it still retains them.

Casa sierra

Midlands wrote:No. The national government cannot divest itself of its inherent powers. It may delegate them, but it still retains them.

Read the Bill of Rights more closely. The Power of the Federal Government is limited by the 9th and 10th amendments. I see no mention in the text of the Constitution giving the Federal government any authority over the practice of medicine.

Anchillas wrote:Whether it's a good idea or not, the government should not have the authority to enforce Covid-19 inoculations among its citizens.

Also, the US Government from the very start not only had but also always exercised the authority to enforce inoculations against all dangerous viruses that were at least as contagious as Delta, let alone Omicron. Sorry, but when a virus has R0 value of 12, those who don't even understand what that means should have no say in whether they are getting inoculated.

Gulf Oil wrote:Read the Bill of Rights more closely. The Power of the Federal Government is limited by the 9th and 10th amendments. I see no mention in the text of the Constitution giving the Federal government any authority over the practice of medicine.

It's not limited. The text of the Constitution actually says that the federal government can do anything it wants except for things that are explicitly prohibited (e.g. establishment of religion).

Midlands wrote:Also, the US Government from the very start not only had but also always exercised the authority to enforce inoculations against all dangerous viruses that were at least as contagious as Delta, let alone Omicron. Sorry, but when a virus has R0 value of 12, those who don't even understand what that means should have no say in whether they are getting inoculated.

I already knew that, and that of course means the US government has been stripping the unvaccinated of their personal freedoms for far longer than some presume.

Lutiania

Informed consent

Midlands wrote:No. The national government cannot divest itself of its inherent powers. It may delegate them, but it still retains them.

It has no inherent power in this instance.
That is why OSHA was at a loss as how to submit to an executive edict that not only flew in the face of federal statute, their own standards and practices, but their research as well.

Midlands wrote:Once again, you badly misinformed. I'm not going to comment on everything. Suffice it to say that I know with absolute certainty that Ivermectin does not work against Covid. I know that directly from trusted coworkers who actually tested in Spring 2020. I work for the manufacturer of Ivermectin, so spare me all that BS.

And yet...

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/fda-ivermectin-covid-19-coronavirus-masks-anti-science-11627482393

there is a difference in opinion, which is fine, because science is not a matter of dogma.
It also bares mentioning that where ivermectin was used successfully, it did its best work in conjunction with a vaccine.

Anchillas wrote:I already knew that, and that of course means the US government has been stripping the unvaccinated of their personal freedoms for far longer than some presume.

There's no freedom to endanger others.

Informed consent wrote:It has no inherent power in this instance.
That is why OSHA was at a loss as how to submit to an executive edict that not only flew in the face of federal statute, their own standards and practices, but their research as well.
And yet...

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/fda-ivermectin-covid-19-coronavirus-masks-anti-science-11627482393

there is a difference in opinion, which is fine, because science is not a matter of dogma.
It also bares mentioning that where ivermectin was used successfully, it did its best work in conjunction with a vaccine.

Oh, yes, there's an inherent power.

Ivermectin was never used successfully. And it could not have been even in theory. My coworkers saw that in a test tube. If something works in a test tube, it does not necessarily work in humans. But if something does not work in a test tube, it certainly does not work in humans. Ivermectin is great against parasites. And it did help some people with Covid who also happened to have parasitic infections. That's why some clinical trials actually showed a marginal effect from Ivermectin in third world countries with high prevalence of parasitic infections.

Another correct way of solving issues: dropping a nuke instead of simply bombing airfields and military bases.

Anchillas

Rutba wrote:Another correct way of solving issues: dropping a nuke instead of simply bombing airfields and military bases.

A catastrophic but an effective method.

Informed consent

Post self-deleted by The american test colony.

Gelth confederacy

Midlands wrote:

Hydroxychloroquine was studied - and proved not to work against Covid.

That's patently false. The reason why Hydroxychloroquine was rejected as a treatment for COVID is due to the fact that it is significantly cheaper than other drugs being propped up by the pharmaceutical industry.

Informed consent

Midlands wrote:Also, the US Government from the very start not only had but also always exercised the authority to enforce inoculations against all dangerous viruses that were at least as contagious as Delta, let alone Omicron. Sorry, but when a virus has R0 value of 12, those who don't even understand what that means should have no say in whether they are getting inoculated.

Midlands wrote:It's not limited. The text of the Constitution actually says that the federal government can do anything it wants except for things that are explicitly prohibited (e.g. establishment of religion).

The Federal Government is suppose to have limited power. The advocates for unlimited central government usually cite two portions of the Document to circumvent the Bill of Rights.

  • First is the commerce clause, by considering any human activity to be “commerce” and subject to Federal control. This is incorrect since the commerce clause was amended by the restrictions imposed by the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was not amended by the commerce clause.

  • The second part of the constitution favored by advocates for a powerful central government is the Fourteenth Amendment. That amendment guarantees equal protection under the laws. Under this method Congress has power to meddle in such areas as healthcare to ensure that all care is equally inferior, and no one benefits from being rich. The problem is that the Fourteenth Amendment was passed after the American civil war to expand personal Liberty and Freedom, not to impose limitations on it.

The regulation of the practice of medicine is simply not a Federal power.

Anchillas, Dennock, Gelth confederacy, Informed consent, and 1 otherLutiania

Gelth confederacy

Casa sierra wrote:
It's still a good idea to get the shot.

In the context of COVID-19? Yes.

I'm not asking you to believe EVERYTHING the government says, just the empirical data.

It's my choice to either get it or not to get it. End of discussion.

Of course you do. Even though the vaccine it's self is not nearly as effective as the State says it is.

The same "empirical data" the CDC lied about regarding hospitalizations, and deaths? No, thanks.

Anchillas, Informed consent, and Lutiania

Informed consent

Gulf Oil wrote:The Federal Government is suppose to have limited power. The advocates for unlimited central government usually cite two portions of the Document to circumvent the Bill of Rights.
  • First is the commerce clause, by considering any human activity to be “commerce” and subject to Federal control. This is incorrect since the commerce clause was amended by the restrictions imposed by the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was not amended by the commerce clause.

  • The second part of the constitution favored by advocates for a powerful central government is the Fourteenth Amendment. That amendment guarantees equal protection under the laws. Under this method Congress has power to meddle in such areas as healthcare to ensure that all care is equally inferior, and no one benefits from being rich. The problem is that the Fourteenth Amendment was passed after the American civil war to expand personal Liberty and Freedom, not to impose limitations on it.

The regulation of the practice of medicine is simply not a Federal power.

We are dealing with people whose bread and butter is the deliberate misinterpretation and misapplication of constitutional law.
Using the 14th as an example, progressives have used it to justify anchor babies despite the fact that the senator who authored the amendment specifically stated in his dissertation that was not the intention.
Government never gives back any authority it accrues by hook or crook, and it is not a question of if, but when that authority is abused.

Midlands wrote:There's no freedom to endanger others.

Not a problem.
Concerned citizens are free to mitigate as they see fit rendering any perceived danger from others moot.

Lutiania

Informed consent wrote:We are dealing with people whose bread and butter is the deliberate misinterpretation and misapplication of constitutional law.
Using the 14th as an example, progressives have used it to justify anchor babies despite the fact that the senator who authored the amendment specifically stated in his dissertation that was not the intention.
Government never gives back any authority it accrues by hook or crook, and it is not a question of if, but when that authority is abused.
Not a problem.
Concerned citizens are free to mitigate as they see fit rendering any perceived danger from others moot.

The danger from the Fourteenth Amendment is that it gives the Congress enforcement power through “appropriate” legislation. That assumed that overreaching laws passed by Congress would be struck down by the Supreme Court as inappropriate. A leftist dominated Court would simply rubber-stamp abusive Federal power.

Anchillas

One constitutional provision y’all are forgetting. It might of been a necessity then but now it is a hindrance to various limited federal power advocates, the “necessary and proper clause”. What is necessary that cannot be done via amendment? The 14th amendment was passed by most non-slave states, and by extension most states that had a right to say anything at the time. When passed the 14th amendment was necessary and proper but congress chose to put it in the constitution, not pass a law which would of been just as effective. Whenever we see a potential issue as “necessary and proper” it should be the stance of government to leave the matter to the states or to pass an amendment granting it such power. Some however argue this would make passing law too hard. If that is the case then the clause needs to be amended to designate what is “necessary and proper”. In my opinion there is numerous cases where congress uses this clause, or the commerce clause, to pass law that should not be passed by the federal government, but by the states. Sometimes we do forget that we are a federation, not a centralized government. The longer we forget this fact the more likely we are to fall to totalitarianism.

Anchillas and Gulf Oil

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