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Trecdom2 wrote:More Texans would rather eat in their swimsuit and a Pilgrim hat than with no utensils. Let's see what the next poll brings.

Except swap out the pilgrim hat for a cowboy and throw in some college football then you got a deal

They're calling for the dreaded S word on Thursday. Too early in my opinion.

Flies. Why? Because I can remove them.

Trecdom2 wrote:They're calling for the dreaded S word on Thursday. Too early in my opinion.

truth be told, I don't mind as long as I can rack up a snow day from it. We're projected close to a tenth of inch of ice here just south of Cincy Thursday morning. And if it happens school probably closes and I sit on the couch all day happily.

Indian Empire wrote:truth be told, I don't mind as long as I can rack up a snow day from it. We're projected close to a tenth of inch of ice here just south of Cincy Thursday morning. And if it happens school probably closes and I sit on the couch all day happily.

which I can sit on the couch all day from snow too bad the Texas sun banned snow from staying longer then a day.

Texas longhorns fan

Man, up here in Dallas, it's freezing. We should have gotten snow yesterday, but ha, that didn't happen. Can't wait for this weekend and the Iowa State, UT matchup!! Can't wait to see who loses in WV vs. Oklahoma the week after. (Probably Oklahoma since it is at WV), so if we win out, then we will have to play whoever loses for the Big 12 championship.

I hit one wrong button and my political freedoms plummet 20%. Oh well.

**** New WA Resolution Notification *****

There is currently a new Security Council Resolution at vote. When expressing your opinion, please note which Resolution it is for. And remember Texans, your individual vote does count!

The new Resolution is called:
"Commend Xoriet
A resolution to recognize outstanding contribution by a nation or region.

Category: Commendation  Nominee:  Xoriet  Proposed by: Escade

The Security Council:

Acknowledging the estimable impact that Xoriet, a power house nation"...

<see the Security Council for full text and to vote>

Synopsis: The Security Council wants to Commend a philosopher raider with a heart, hoping the defender actions and other miscellaneous contributions to the community will outweigh the invader actions. Up to you. One Star. NewTexas will go on record as AGAINST on this Resolution. This is only the opinion of NewTexas. We look forward to other Texans' opinions and comments on this Resolution. If good arguments to the contrary are made, we will reconsider our position.

The Texas response was flat on the last SC vote -- Commend Minoa -- which was passed after gaining 86.4% of the vote. As a reminder, all we are looking for is a simple 10% of Texans to say one way or another. We are a force for change in the WA. Every vote counts! There were 4 publicly-expressed opinions on the last Resolution with the final Texas tally running 4 FOR and 0 AGAINST and 0 ABSTAIN and 0 UNDECIDED. Texans were unanimous! Yay!

If you would like to take part in shaping the world you live in, please vote. Voting is a right and a privilege, please consider using it. And, if you are not a member of the World Assembly, we strongly encourage you to join.

All Texas WA Member nations please vote. Please make your Texan opinions known in Texas by 11:00 PM Friday and in the World Assembly voting booth by 11:00 PM Texas Time on Saturday the 17th. Current voting in The World is running - Votes FOR: 10504 Votes AGAINST: 1575

Big Tex

PS: Remember, be sure to vote at the World Assembly too!

Texas longhorns fan wrote:Man, up here in Dallas, it's freezing. We should have gotten snow yesterday, but ha, that didn't happen. Can't wait for this weekend and the Iowa State, UT matchup!! Can't wait to see who loses in WV vs. Oklahoma the week after. (Probably Oklahoma since it is at WV), so if we win out, then we will have to play whoever loses for the Big 12 championship.

You should pictures I took when leaving work last year at Sams club in College Station enough snow piled up on my car to equal about maybe 1/2-1" thick.

Indian Empire and Texas longhorns fan

Day-um Safj! That really bites! But, to be fair, did you really think that "suburban backyards are seized by the government and turned into national parks" was the most "Politically Free" way to turn your eco-paradise into an even greater paradise? We hope you got some big eco-friendly points or most beautiful points, or at least some better weather for the extreme appropriation of your peeps' backyards.

Texas longhorns fan, it was some kind of cold in NewAustin today - freaking 24°! That is not why we live in Texas. Shoot, we are starting to wonder if anywhere in North America is immune to the cold that seems to get colder and colder every year. * starts checking property prices in Central America and wonders if there is an amazon.co.bz website *

Indian Empire, Cosona, and Texas longhorns fan

NewTexas wrote:Day-um Safj! That really bites! But, to be fair, did you really think that "suburban backyards are seized by the government and turned into national parks" was the most "Politically Free" way to turn your eco-paradise into an even greater paradise? We hope you got some big eco-friendly points or most beautiful points, or at least some better weather for the extreme appropriation of your peeps' backyards.

Texas longhorns fan, it was some kind of cold in NewAustin today - freaking 24°! That is not why we live in Texas. Shoot, we are starting to wonder if anywhere in North America is immune to the cold that seems to get colder and colder every year. * starts checking property prices in Central America and wonders if there is an amazon.co.bz website *

South Padre, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Eagle Pass.

NewTexas and Texas longhorns fan

The district didn't cancel, but we do have non dismissal.

45 minute drive took about 3 hours due to road conditions.

let me just comment that today was probably the oddest day of 2018 so far for me. We had a major icestorm that school didn't close for for some reason, made a stop at a farm, and drove in heavy snow in the same day. What a crazy day. Will definitely be talking about it more come chat time. Hopefully with photos. :)

NewTexas and Belmares

**** New WA Resolution Notification *****

There is currently a new General Assembly Resolution at vote. When expressing your opinion, please note which Resolution it is for. And remember Texans, your individual vote does count!

The new Resolution is called:
"Repeal: "On Universal Jurisdiction"
A resolution to repeal previously passed legislation.

Category: Repeal  Resolution: GA#312  Proposed by: Imperium Anglorum

General Assembly Resolution #312 "On Universal Jurisdiction" (Category: International Security; Strength: Significant) shall be struck out"...

<see the General Assembly for full text and to vote>"

Synopsis: Since this is practically a verbatim repeat of a failed September attempt at the same Repeal, we will repeat, practically verbatim, the synopsis. The General Assembly is attempting to repeal a wrong imposed upon us all since early 2015. We did not like that member nations could use this legislation to enable some questionable persecutions with little oversight. This does not change that but opens up a path to start over. Three Stars. NewTexas will go on record as FOR on this Resolution. This is only the opinion of NewTexas. We look forward to other Texans' opinions and comments on this Resolution. If good arguments to the contrary are made, we will reconsider our position.

The Texas response was up on the last GA vote -- Don't Kill The Poor Act -- which was passed after gaining 80.8% of the vote. As a reminder, all we are looking for is a simple 10% of Texans to say one way or another. We are a force for change in the WA. Every vote counts! There were 4 publicly-expressed opinions on the last Resolution with the final Texas tally running 0 FOR and 4 AGAINST and 0 ABSTAIN and 0 UNDECIDED. Texans were unanimous! Yay!

If you would like to take part in shaping the world you live in, please vote. Voting is a right and a privilege, please consider using it. And, if you are not a member of the World Assembly, we strongly encourage you to join.

All Texas WA Member nations please vote. Please make your Texan opinions known in Texas by 11:00 PM Saturday and in the World Assembly voting booth by 11:00 PM Texas Time on Sunday the 18th. Current voting in The World is running - Votes FOR: 9924 Votes AGAINST: 938

Big Tex

PS: Remember, be sure to vote at the World Assembly too!

Indian Empire wrote:let me just comment that today was probably the oddest day of 2018 so far for me. We had a major icestorm that school didn't close for for some reason, made a stop at a farm, and drove in heavy snow in the same day. What a crazy day. Will definitely be talking about it more come chat time. Hopefully with photos. :)

Did you have a full day of school? Those that were open around here were only open a half day. At one district the buses had to turn around and go back to the schools

Trecdom2 wrote:Did you have a full day of school? Those that were open around here were only open a half day. At one district the buses had to turn around and go back to the schools

Unfortunately so. I think we should have had the day off. The amount of ice we got was insane.

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Peninsularian consuls


10000 Islands Emissary Update

Date: October 2018
Population: 1,453
Delegate Endorsements: 337
Forum: Linkhttp://10000islands.proboards.com

The following is the Emissary Report for October 2018.

Government
As of this report's publication, the government of 10000 Islands consists of:
~ Chief Executive: Woonsocket
~ WA Delegate: Kuriko
~ Senator of Lyonesse East: Dominion of compassion
~ Senior Senator of Himes West: Siuts
~ Senator of Blue Canaria North: Sargon reman
~ Senator of New Republica South: Jabberwocky
~ Minister of Immigration: Lethoica
~ Minister of Labor: Paffnia
~ Minister of Education: The United Royal Islands of Euramathania

TITO Command
As of the publication of this report, TITO command consists of:
~ Commander-in-Chief: Woonsocket
~ Tactical Officer: Kortexia
~ Tactical Officer: Kanta Hame
~ Tactical Officer: Aschente
~ Tactical Officer: Aersoldorf
~ EF Tactical Officer: Smugglers and Mercs
~ Executive Officers: Hakketomat, Aschente

News Around The Islands

- The Council passed 283-2 establishing the New Dawn Generation.
- In October Delegate Kuriko led a visit to The Rejected Realms, Yggdrasil, and The Union of Democratic States.
- Long time citizen Aersoldorf has won the most recent Poet Laureate Contest.
- Witchcraft and Sorcery has become Whip of The Islands Party.
- Sargon Reman has been made Rookie of the Quarter and his Security Council resolution Commend Minoa has passed.
- New Ecopia has been hired as Deputy Minister of Immigration. We wish you luck!
- On November 4th the Council of Nine ratified a Treaty of Friendship with The Rejected Realms, an announcement was made to this effect in 10KI's Gameplay embassy thread.
- The Council of Nine voted to close the embassy with Conch Kingdom.
- The Council of Nine voted to close the embassy with Force.
- The November Senate elections are beginning!

Written by Sargon Reman

Read dispatch

Updoot time!

about the poll- the meal. I can be lazy doing that. But not with the dishes.

Believe me... You'd all rather I cleaned up than cooked.

NewTexas and -soland-

Well howdy, neighborinos.

Got a special EXTRA edition of AO's Polar Picayune for you guys, hot off the presses!


"Oh my God, you guys! Does anyone know how to get to Washington?" a
desperately lost Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez begged of supporters Tuesday night.

PARADISE CITY --- Yeah, that's right, Omigodtheykilledkenny had midterm elections this month too. Big whoop, wanna fight about it?!

In what Kent Brockman might describe as "a veritable orgy of bad planning," state and local governments were forced to scramble at the last minute to organize Tuesday's "emergency" elections for congressional, state and local offices after some officials checked the calendar and realized said elections were supposed to have been held over a year ago.

With little time to prepare and recruit candidates voters might actually want to support, the national Liberal and Conservative parties in many cases were stuck with national embarrassments.

In Colorado Island, Kristen Sonoma (L) and Marcia McRandy (C), competing against each other for Senate, discovered right before a key debate that they were both having an affair with -- and being financed by -- the same wealthy donor. When the moderator called the candidates onto stage, they appeared to polite applause, which soon turned to noisy groaning and hollering as the two women began to wail on each other on live television.

"Well, I was going to declare them both Feminists of the Year, but now I'm just going to be sick," remarked a disgusted Gloria Steinem from the spin room, as she hurled a couple award plaques in the garbage.

In Kennsylvania, a still quite-deranged Ambassador Angela Hymenator-Weisenheimer (L) used as her stump speech a rejected paper she tried to introduce at a women's symposium last year, in which she hashes out a full indictment of Justin Bieber for alleged "crimes against feminism." The paper-turned-speech incorporated a nearly 30-minute rant describing Bieber's physical attributes, which was so graphic it might even make the empress of The imperial state blush.

Voters across the country were hospitalized with alcohol poisoning after a viral tweet suggested an election drinking game, in which participants took a shot every time a Liberal candidate uttered the phrase "preexisting conditions."

In Tejas, a Liberal challenger for Senate, Richard Franklin O'Bailey, insisted that everyone call him "Vito" (supposedly a "childhood nickname" of his), in a vain attempt to appeal to Italian-heritage residents of the state. He might have taken it a bit too far, however, when he started delivering pizzas to voters' doors while dressed as Mario, and talking about how his opponents should be "sleeping with the fishes" during his stump speech.

Not to be outdone, "Vito's" Conservative opponent, who actually is of Italian heritage, started wearing his hair in a "poof," dancing on the boardwalk, and calling himself "Snooki." (Fact check: The original Snooki was Lebanese.)

Both candidates were eventually arrested and charged with hate crimes.

By the last week of the campaign, hero lawyer Michael Avenatti had filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of millions of enraged voters, seeking an injunction preventing all candidates up and down the ballot from ever campaigning for public office again. However, the power had gone out at the federal courthouse by the time Avenatti arrived. It was pitch black. He is likely to have been eaten by a grue.

Notably absent from the campaign trail for nearly the entire electoral season was the nation's President Sammy Faisano, or even very many mentions of him from candidates or pundits -- this despite the usual description of midterms as a "referendum" on the incumbent administration. Instead, the Liberal minority kept their gaze focused on an even easier target, Faisano's bomb-throwing vice president, Jack Riley.

Indeed, many Liberal politicos have stated that a key goal of the next Congress would be to ensure the continued protection of Faisano, so that the nation would never see Riley ascend to the highest office in the land. A number have stated their desire to impeach the vice president purely as a preemptive measure.

Several Liberal assemblymen, in public appearances with Faisano, have actually thrown themselves in front of him when they thought they heard a gunshot (usually a car backfiring). Others have been seen in novelty T-shirts, inspired by the movie "The Truman Show," bearing the slogan, "Love Him. Protect Him."

"We are not here today to condemn the current Conservative administration -- although they obviously try our patience!" claimed Assemblywoman Loretta Singer (L-Santa Califia) during a recent rally. "No, we are here to raise the alarm about the horrors to come if anything should happen to our current president!" Numerous members of Singer's audience shuddered audibly at the prospect.

A screen projecting Riley's image was lowered behind the assemblywoman so that she and her supporters could hold a special Two Minutes Hate.

To illustrate the left's fear of Riley, progressive ice-cream moguls Dan and Barry released a special limited-edition flavor, ImPEACH-MINT, a minty peach ice cream mixed with chunks of nut clusters (clearly a commentary on Riley's mental state).

Perhaps the most bizarre incident of the campaign occurred in Nueva Jorge, where U.S. Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made an unexpected cameo appearance.

Having apparently made a wrong turn while trying to make it to Washington, D.C., the rising socialist star crashed into an multi-use auditorium in the city of Thoringrad, where a political rally for incumbent Liberal Assemblyman Sirus Hecklemeyer, 97, was underway. Assuming Ocasio-Cortez was there to endorse the assemblyman, the audience cheered.

Heroically, Alexandria exited her vehicle and made her way to the stage. "It's great to be here in the nation's capital!" she exclaimed. "Does anyone know where the nearest climate-action protest is, so I can make some easy headlines?" The audience briefly paused to exchange confused looks, then broke out into more cheers.

Unbeknownst to Ocasio-Cortez, however, Hecklemeyer was having a different reaction to her appearance. Apparently the excitement was just too much for the old man, who suffered a heart attack and collapsed to the stage.

"Oh my God, I think I just killed your congressman!" Ocasio-Cortez interjected. "I can go to the Congress instead, if he can't do it. I need Linka second job to pay for my apartment in D.C. anyway, so it all works out!"

From the audience, more confused looks, more cheering.

As to whether the elections themselves resulted in either house of Congress changing hands, we'll finish counting the ballots tomooooorrrrrrrooooww!!! Gawd!!!!

Read dispatch

NewTexas, Indian Empire, and It s that bear again

***** Texas Saturday Breakfast *****

Yay! Saturday Breakfast Tridux! We return this week for Breakfast Sandwich III Saturday! WooHootie! We have been having so much fun whipping up one-handed breakfasts over the last two weekends; we are just going to do it again. Today's offerings are just so good, that there will only be two eXtreme Breakfast Bad Boys. How about we start with the El Fregadero Taco de Desayuno - this mammoth breakfast taco has everything in it including the kitchen sink! It starts with a full 12" handmade flour tortilla smeared with refried beans, topped with Texas farm-fresh, hand-picked, hen-house, Grade A, golden yellow scrambled eggs, crumbled, spicy in-house-made chorizo, ultra-crispy bacon, shredded Longhorn Jack cheese, an entire half of perfectly ripened avocados, a small scoop of Spanish rice, all topped off with ooey-gooey jalapeño queso and your choice of salsa, all wrapped tightly and made just for you! While it is hard to top that, we will. We have been saving the best for last. We present The Luther, Breakfast Edition. As Luther would say, Oh Baby! This breakfast sandwich starts off with a super-fresh, deep-fried, generously-glazed, Krispy Kreme donut sliced in half and thrown on the grill to really krisp it up. A full quarter pound sausage "patty" made from whole-hog, Texas pork loaded with the perfect blend of sage, maple, and chili flakes make it more of a burger than a patty. That is thrown on the grill next to the donut. To send this sucker over the top, a couple of strips of Texas Pecan-smoked, thick-slab bacon are fried up to top the patty. This buddy would not be complete without cheese, so when we assemble it, we put a thick slice of Velveeta on the bottom donut, add the patty, top with the bacon, add a handful of extra-sharp Cheddar quickly melted under the broiler, and top it all off with the other donut half. Want to go psycho? Just say, "Make it a double!" and we will throw an extra patty on there. As the immortal Macho Man would say, Oooooooh Yeah! It doesn't get much better than this Pardner! We hope you have as much fun with these modern marvels of the kitchen as we have. For the health conscious, we are afraid you will have to have the Liquid Breakfast today. The Juice Bar is open with all the standard juices - Orange, Apple, Grapefruit, and Tomato. We will even fire up the Super Juicer for Strawberry, Banana or Kiwi juice. Try "The Suicide" - we dare you! Start your day off the right way, munch out and go back to sleep. Of course, The Never Ending Urn of Coffee is full and ready to help you wash it all down. Come on down and start your day right Texas. You know you want to!®

***** Texas Election Reminder *****

In Texas Election News, Third Trimester 2018 Texas Elections start Sunday, November 25, 2018! It will start with Nominations Week which will run for a week. Speech & Campaign Week starts Sunday, December 2, 2018. Election Week will start on Sunday, December 9, 2018. And, Election Results will be announced at High Noon on Sunday, December 16, 2018!

If you have any new positions to propose, there is a place for that. You only have about 8¼ days left to do it. Tick, Tock... If you would like to make some Constitutional Amendments, have Repeals to offer and or would like to propose new Articles, then you have until December 9, 2018 - 21 more days of discussion! If you have questions about how this works, there is a link to the forum at the top of this page! Just to be clear:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/texas1/2018-3rd-trimester-elections-f271/

Threads are up and ready! Let's go Texas!

***** Texas Chat Reminder *****

The Texas Weekly Chat Session will be Saturday (TODAY) at High Noon Texas Time (CDT) ***Saturday***. And, if you can't be there right at Noon, that is Ok, Texas Chat usually runs 3, 4, 5 hours with some Chats running as high as 7 or 8 hours.

The Texas Chat Site is here: http://texasregion.net/blab70/login.php

Please register with your nation name. This is a great opportunity for nations old and new to Texas to find out what is going on! We chat, we debate, we talk about the weather, we talk about stuff we like, stuff we hate, random stuff and more stuff. But, it is never stuffy. Usually, it is about meeting your fellow Texans and talking about the latest and most interesting stuff in NationStates at the moment. But then again, sometimes NationStates does not even come up. It is wide-open chatting with peeps from around The World both IRL and NS. It is Texans, EuroTexans, WannabeTexans, ex-Texans, and plenty of Friends of Texans. We have it all and all are welcome. Texas Chat, 715 weeks and running! For the math-challenged, that is over 14¼ years! Check it out! Good stuff!

Indian Empire and Texas longhorns fan

IDU Film Festival 2018

Greetings from the IDU!

Our annual film festival is about to start over on our forum, and as we have a category for films produced outside the IDU, I'd like to invite all of you to submit entries!

Entries can be submitted from Monday here: https://theidu.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1889

TCU is having a terrible football season, but at least we beat Baylor this year. Not going to bet on us winning at home against OSU to get to a bowl game, but losing to Baylor would have made things unbearable.

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