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Live from mother's basement, it's Wait Wait... Don't Purge Me! the West Pacific's favorite quiz show.

But first, the news!

• International Women's Day - Imki, Neenee, Altincredible, Rigels Light, Darkesia. TWP has had the honor and privilege of having strong female leaders such as those listed as well as many others. Thank you.

• RMB - Morning will never be as good as it once was thanks to Glacikaldr.

• NSGP – They're not Nazis or fascists, didn't you listen to them? They got attacked by Ubermanbearpig and Ubermanbearpig leaves no one alive, they're super cereal! And nobody'll listen to them. They're cereal!

• Book Club – First book is Ready Player One.

• Discord – 5 Short Story Collections for IWD
  

Send your answers to Coffee of the day by Friday's Major Update for a chance to have your favorite Guardian's sigil on your flag.

• Which four countries were the first to celebrate International Women's Day?

• In what year was IWD's 100 year centenary?

• What international body celebrated IWD for the first time in 1975!
  

Whose Line Is It Anyways?

• It's the forum game where everything's made up and the posts don't matter.

  • Each week a new forum spam thread will be given a theme chosen from a hat.

  • The best spam post based on that theme wins!

  • What do you win? I don't know, I just make this stuff up. Pester Arkadia Universalis for something. Seriously. Bug him until he makes you something.
    

• This week's spam thread is... Picture Countdown!
  

Induction Ceremony - Today the West Pacific honors Kaiserreich. Kaiserreich has a proven track of fighting Nazi ideology and has rejected fascism in every form they aren't currently using. They are consistantly on the right side of every issue. The fact your deluded liberal minds see Nazi propaganda in the Nazi propaganda shows how right they are. How very far right they are. But not so far right they become fascists.

In recognition of all this, Kaiserreich is hereby inducted to the Order of the Koala.

Live from the banquet room at the airport Ramada, it's Wait Wait... Don't Purge Me! the West Pacific's favorite quiz show.

But first, the news!

• NS Sports – Nieubasria added two more medals to the collection with silver in Men’s Individual Normal Hill/10 km and bronze in Women's Slopestyle.

• Forums – Congratulations Kawaii village and Arkadia Universalis on your nuptials. What? Oh! Election. Congratulations on your election as Sergeant-at-Arms and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

• Discord – BadgerBot 2.0

• RMB - Let there be no doubt the West Pacific is a pineapple-on-pizza-free zone.
  

Send your answers to Coffee of the day by Friday's Major Update for a chance to have your favorite Guardian's sigil on your flag.

• What nation lost the Women's Hockey gold medal match to the United States?

• What nation lost to the United States in the Men's Curling semifinal?

• Fill in the blank: U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-__!
  

Whose Line Is It Anyways?

• It's the forum game where everything's made up and the posts don't matter.

  • Each week a new forum spam thread will be given a theme chosen from a hat.

  • The best spam post based on that theme wins!

  • What do you win? I don't know, I just make this stuff up. Pester Bran Astor for something. Seriously. Bug him until he makes you something.
    

• This week's spam thread is... Last Letter!
  

Panel Question - No. You don't get a panel question today. You shouldn't have used up all those answers during the Delegate AMA yesterday.

Live from the back room of that one club you forgot being at, it's Wait Wait... Don't Purge Me! the West Pacific's favorite quiz show.

But first, the news!

• World Assembly – Pass-and-Repeal, baby!

• Forums – MORE ELECTIONS! Sergeant at Arms and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs positions open following election of Big Bad Badger, Bran Astor, and Aleister as Ministers!

• Discord – Debate on who should annex Belgium, More NS Olympics, and apparently, Spellcheck!
  

Send your answers to Coffee of the day by Friday's Major Update for a chance to have your favorite Guardian's sigil on your flag. Are You Smarter than a High Schooler?

• What flightless bird shares its name with a term for a New Zealander?

• What 2-part bathing suit is named after an atoll in the Pacific?

• What type of hot pepper lends its name to a thick stew of meat and/or beans with hot peppers in it?

Whose Line Is It Anyways?

• It's the forum game where everything's made up and the posts don't matter.

  • Each week a new forum spam thread will be given a theme chosen from a hat.

  • The best spam post based on that theme wins!

  • What do you win? I don't know, I just make this stuff up. Pester Bran Astor for something.
    

• This week's spam thread is... Word Association!
  

Panel Question - How do you unwind after a long night of Nationstates?

• "Usually Destiny or Fallout. Getting to shoot fake people is Cathartic." - Rigels Light

• "NationStates is how I unwind! :smiley:" - The Holy Principality of Saint Mark
  

Live from room 206 of the Hotel Yorba, it's Wait Wait... Don't Purge Me! the West Pacific's favorite quiz show.

But first, the news!

• RMB - Please help the old folks cross the road.

• World Assembly - Liberate Westphalia defeated. Pirates rejoice.

• Forums - Speaker election closes at midnight EST (UTC-5). Minsterial nomination phase to follow.

• Discord - Non-taco foodstuffs, NS Olympics, not RL Olympics
  

Send your answers to Coffee of the day by the coming Major Update for a chance to have your favorite Guardian's sigil on your flag.

• Curling was added to the Official Winter Olympics program at which games?

• In addition to Biathlon, what is the only other Winter Olympic sport in which the United States never won a gold medal?

• Including the Summer Olympics, how many medals has North Korea won?

Whose Line Is It Anyways?

• It's the forum game where everything's made up and the posts don't matter.

  • Each week a new forum spam thread will be given a theme chosen from a hat.

  • The best spam post based on that theme wins!

  • What do you win? I don't know, I just make this stuff up. Pester Bran Astor for something.
    

• This week's spam thread is... King of the Hill!
  

Panel Question - What is TWP's WiFi password?

• "*******************" - Nieubasria

• "Hello, you have reached TWP's automated answering service. Your call is important to us and will be answered in the order in which was received. Your call is number 897." - Bran Astor

• "c0ffe3" - Imki
  

Live from the Cheese Bank Auditorium in downtown Sheboygan, it's Wait Wait... Don't Purge Me! the West Pacific's favorite quiz show.

But first, the news!

• Super Bowl LII - Eagles vs Pats #FlyEaglesFly

• World Assembly - [In Queue] Liberate Westphalia. Support your TWPAF Pirates and vote No.

• Forums - Speaker elections kick off today. Not much is yet known about the candidate platforms besides they are for winning and against losing.

• Discord - Tacos, the color green, and ships.

• Milk Carton - Former RMB guard dog Yy4u has been missing for 26 days. If you have any information contact the Regional Center for Missing ElderGrumps at 555-9378.
  

Send your answers to Coffee of the day by the coming Major Update for a chance to have your favorite Guardian's sigil on your flag.

• Max Barry worked as a sales rep at what company?

• What Max Barry title does Clark Kent read in Action Comics #838?

• Did Max really find a sock full of pennies?
  

Whose Line Is It Anyways?

• It's the forum game where everything's made up and the posts don't matter.

  • Each week a new forum spam thread will be given a theme chosen from a hat.

  • The best spam post based on that theme wins!

  • What do you win? I don't know, I just make this stuff up. Pester Bran Astor for something.
    

• This week's spam thread is... Corrupt-A-Wish!
  

Panel Question - How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could purge userites?

• "As much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could purge userites." - Arkadia Universalis

• "Once you get a taste for purging, it gets in your blood. If the woodchuck has a spec of greatness in them they would strive to be like the great purgers of NS history: Jal, Ivan Moldovi, Neo Kervoskia, Dalimbar. I personally hope that someday I can reach their level of greatness in the game." - Big Bad Badger

• "I'm not sure o.O" - Greyghost
  

Live from the Cheese Bank Auditorium in downtown Sheboygan, it's Wait Wait... Don't Purge Me! the West Pacific's favorite quiz show.

But first, the news!

• National Irish Coffee Day - It's also National Opposite and National Florida Day in the US but, celebrating whiskey in coffee is so much better.

• World Assembly - [In Queue] Commend Texas. Our WA ministry feels meh about this one which echoes the sentiments of all non-Texans concerning the place (RL and IC).

• Forums - The Holy Principality of Saint Mark won the Last Post Wins spam game. Then Willania imperium won. Then Triestine won. Then Willania again...

• Discord - Chron can't even fail correctly.
  

Send your answers to Coffee of the day by the coming Major Update for a chance to have your favorite Guardian's sigil on your flag.

• Which province is home to Canada's first and only Star Trek museum??

• Which of the following is not a Canadian place name? Punkeydoodles Corners, Nottawa, Shoelace, Elbow

• Which province or territory is home to an outhouse made from a thousand glass bottles?
  

Who's Line Is It Anyways?

• It's the forum game where everything's made up and the posts don't matter.

  • Each week a new forum spam thread will be given a theme chosen from a hat.

  • The best spam post based on that theme wins!

  • What do you win? I don't know, I just make this stuff up. Pester Bran Astor for something.
    

• This week's spam thread is... Alternative Facts!
  

Moxie - AAAAAAAAH!

Live from the Cheese Bank Auditorium in downtown Sheboygan, it's Wait Wait... Don't Purge Me! the West Pacific's favorite quiz show.

But first, the news!

• Gameplay - Drunk defenders aren't nearly as funny as drunk raiders.

• Gameplay Part Deux - Vaculatestar64 really Vac'd it up for the Brain Trust again. I'm sensing a pattern here.

• Forums - Pirates and Roleplay and Jobs, oh my!

• Discord - There appears to be a slight gambling problem in the clubhouse.

• Real Life - From Birther to Girther.
  

Send your answers to Coffee of the day by the coming Major Update for a chance to have your favorite Guardian's sigil on your flag.

• What are the names of Richard the Lionheart's trebuchets used at the Siege of Acre?

• Which country is believed to be the birthplace of both the traction and counterweight trebuchet?

• What is the name of the popular US pastime utilizing trebuchets and air cannons?
  

2018 Banjection Tally: 120

• The number to know is 79.

• Rigels Light and The Holy Principality of Saint Mark have entered the game!

  • Mediobogdum - 43

  • Bran Astor - 37

  • Big Bad Badger - 26

  • Davelands - 9

  • The Holy Principality of Saint Mark - 8

  • Rigels Light - 4

  • Yy4u - 3
    

• Now tracking Embassy Rejections! - 13 total

  • Mediobogdum - 3.5

  • Big Bad Badger - 3

  • Bran Astor - 3

  • The Holy Principality of Saint Mark - 2.5

  • Davelands - 1
    

Panel Question - If a book about your NS career was written, what would its title be?

• Judge, Jury, and Worldbuilder: Misadventures in Trust - Aelitia

• All Fluff Considered - Darcania

• Expletive Deleted - Imkiville
  

Welcome to Wait Wait... Don't Purge Me! the West Pacific's favorite quiz show live from my couch.

But first, the news!

• World Assembly - Congratulations to Communist people for being Davelands' 500th WA endorsement! Join the World Assembly and join the push for 600.

• Regional Message Board - Milk cartons featuring Yy4u are hitting grocery store shelves. Where could he be?

• Discord - Dilly, dilly!

• Gameplay - Tantrums don't win delegacies.
  

Send your answers to Coffee of the day by the coming Major Update for a chance to have your favorite Guardian's sigil on your flag.

• What is Pikachu's Pokedex entry number?

• How many syllables in a haiku?

• How many witches are there in Shakespeare's MacBeth?
  

2018 Banjection Tally: 41

• It was a great week in the West Pacific

• Mediobogdum purged 18 nations. Truly the hero we deserve.

• Mediobogdum now leads with 20, Big Bad Badger entered the game with 9, followed by Davelands 5, Bran Astor 4, and Yy4u with 3.
  

Panel Question - Why isn't 23 your favorite number?

• "It's a prime number. They are uppity." - Davelands

• "I don't get it?" - The Holy Principality of Saint Mark

• "You promised never bring that up, you sonuva-..." - Bran Astor

• "ummmm... Geico can save you 15% on car insurance?" - Nrevyw (Wyvern)
  

Welcome to Wait Wait... Don't Purge Me! the West Pacific's favorite quiz show live from the... we're not live. This is a dispatch.

But first, the news!

• Real Life - Would someone kindly thaw Rigels Light?

• Discord - States of glory has joined and now there's a shiny, new World Assembly channel.

• Gameplay - Endorsement drive continues to be a success. Endorse Davelands and your Guardians today!

• RMB/Discord Crossover Extreme - We gratefully accept the apology of Naifon, from Europe, for being a schmuck on The North Pacific's Discord and offer him this token of friendship: the Order of the Koala. Marsupials have long held a special place in our cultural identity and hearts, and now, so does Naifon. Best of luck in the coming new year- you're going to need it!

  
  
  

Send your answers to Coffee of the day by the coming Major Update for a chance to have your favorite Guardian's sigil on your flag.

• Historical Figure, Sc-Fi Villain, or Tech Start-up?

  • Zurg

  • Blue Fang

  • Davros

  • Zhukov

  • GLaDOS
    

• Who is the only member of ZZ Top without a beard?

• The Magnificent Seven, A Bug's Life, and Battle Beyond the Stars were inspired by which Kurosawa film?

• What Alfred Hitchcock classic features the first flushing toilet on film?
  

2018 Banjection Tally: 8

• Congratulations Mediobogdum for scoring the first banjection of the new year!

• Davelands leads with 4, followed by Yy4u and Mediobogdum with 2 each.
  

Panel Question - What is your prediction of NS Gameplay in 2018?

• "Cormac coups all the GCRs at once in the name of LWU using some crazy system of puppets being run on different machines in various locations using remote access." - Imki

• "The tire fire that is NSGP will keep on burning until the soot and grease of reprobate chokes us all." - Big Bad Badger

• "I can't think of anything funny >.<" - Solorni