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Gen. Lee (7588 D(B))
09 May 17 UTC
Tournaments
Any more tournaments coming this year?
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Hauta (1618 D(S))
24 Apr 17 UTC
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France's Macron statutorily raped by his high school teacher, quite possibly
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron#Personal_life

He was also a member of the Socialist Party. Will the opposition be able to take advantage of these things? Runoff is on May 7th.
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CAPT Brad (40 DX)
07 May 17 UTC
Is Yhere Correlation to Ghost Ratings and 'D' Postition?
In my case there is a virtual tie between my points ranking and my GR.
"D" Position: 267 GR Position:266
And both have been getting lower in number and higher in rank/placement.
Does anyone else have this coincidence?
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Hauta (1618 D(S))
02 May 17 UTC
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Would you insure someone whose house was on fire?
No one would insure someone whose house is on fire, right? They just want to make a quick claim, far in excess of their premium paid. So why should we force insurance companies to accept people with pre-existing conditions?
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slypups (1889 D)
03 May 17 UTC
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Will the Canadians pay for the Canadian Wall?
Trump wants a wall with Mexico, but nothing for Canada. Why not? Doesn't he want to protect that border too? Please explain.
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brainbomb (295 D)
09 May 17 UTC
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Could Dolphins or Whales learn to play diplomacy
I was curious if Whales and Dolphins are capable of playing diplomacy. Either ftf or online. We could devise a helmet using donation money to fund marine biology experiments on these creatures. Study what openings they like; study their convoy choices. What do you think?
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jmo1121109 (3812 D)
27 Apr 17 UTC
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Thread Mutes
If you mute too many threads and then go to the settings page and try and change your password the site will let you, but the wrong password will be saved. So please limit yourself to muting less then 4,346 threads or I will have to delete all of them to fix your account. Cheers.
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venoms (0 DX)
09 May 17 UTC
Buy ID Buy a driver's license,
Buy a driver's license, ([email protected]) Buy passport, visa, ID E-mail contact [email protected]
Skype: in.forsdocuments85
http://ielts.realdocuments.us
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JECE (1322 D)
20 Apr 17 UTC
The IRS employs regressive taxation for independent contractors and the self-employed
I paid my taxes in the States the other day like a good citizen. And I'm pissed. Is it actually true that the States has regressive taxation for people categorized as self-employed/independent contractors?
Annual profit $0–$433.12: 0% tax rate
Annual profit $433.13–$128,316: 14.12955% tax rate (including on $433.12)
Annual profit $128,317–: 2.67815% tax rate (including on $128,316) + $14,694
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brainbomb (295 D)
07 May 17 UTC
Let's Play a Game
Below I have a detailed scenario. What will you do?
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AtomicOrangutan (75 D)
07 May 17 UTC
New game Mediterranean live pace!
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=197805

Live pace!
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
07 May 17 UTC
Let's Play a Game
Below I have detailed a scenerio. How would you react?
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brainbomb (295 D)
04 May 17 UTC
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My girlfriend snores
Apparently we both snore alot. I am told I sound like a horse sometimes when I sleep. I was wondering if I am part centaur. What should I do to improve my airways so I dont snore? And please dont suggest hooking me up to tubes or some creepy oxygen machine. My ex did that and she was like sleeping next to skeletor
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dancing queen (100 D)
07 May 17 UTC
Interview with David Hood, TD of DixieCon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoyccMctLb0

Memorial day weekend - if you're in striking distance of Chapel Hill NC, come out and play!
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
06 May 17 UTC
Humanz
Okay, so this forum isn't really the first i'd go to for thoughts on music. no offense but you all don't seem that .. cool... but alas i have an inquiry. Has anyone listened to the Gorillaz Album "Humanz" if so thoughts?
Disclaimer: I am a huge Gorillaz fan and love the album.
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Valis2501 (2850 D(G))
04 May 17 UTC
I might not be here much longer
Health complications, see below


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fourofswords (415 D)
03 May 17 UTC
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Can a convoy provide support?
Can a convoy provide support or must it only transport a unit to a location where it can "land safely"?
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orathaic (1009 D(B))
03 May 17 UTC
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Instead of...
Rehashing all the same tired arguements, be it gun control, taxation as theft, or healthcare. Why not learn something about why these conversations never go anywhere?

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
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sammitchgamgee (100 D)
04 May 17 UTC
Give me a rundown of webdip history!
It's been so long since I was here, and I want to know without spending hours reading the forum what's happened over the past few years. Gimme a history lesson!
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brainbomb (295 D)
02 May 17 UTC
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Would you ensure someones house gets set on fire?
No one would ensure someones house gets set on fire, right? They just want to make a pile of twigs, far in excess of their premium run of the mill "what looks like an accident electrical fire. So why should we force people to be lawful. Grab your torches, cans of gas and lets go reenact Shermans march on Atlanta.
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Easykill (424 D)
04 May 17 UTC
no chat box in game
In one of my games the chat box has disappeared mid game and all is see is the "mark messages unread" button. any idea how to return this? My other games still have the chat box and it is only the one specific game where it has disappeared for me. It was there previously
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Chaqa (3971 D(B))
03 May 17 UTC
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Official Grayest Movie Thread
Let's vote on what movie is the grayest, but I decide in the end.
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r.e._stern (130 D)
04 May 17 UTC
Rhyming Diplomacy
Advertising for gameID=197491 - based on gameID=195048
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Hauta (1618 D(S))
01 May 17 UTC
If the American South had not seceded from the Union
If the South had not seceded, would Lincoln have had any legal basis for attacking it? (Note: Lincoln used Commander-in-Chief power to put down any insurrection as legal basis for the Emancipation Proclamation). How would negotiations have turned out?
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
01 May 17 UTC
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PM for PW
gameID=197264
36 hour phases
100 point buy in 60% RR
AnonFull press
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Bladerunners (1019 D)
02 May 17 UTC
Civil disorder after 1 NMR?
Just an idea - I think countries should go into immediate civil disorder on 1 NMR so a new person can take over right away and keep the game going. The current system of a CD after 2 NMRs means a country + game can be ruined before a new player takes over.
10 replies
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Puddle (428 D)
03 May 17 UTC
Multi? Screwing Around? Really Bad Players? WTF
gameID=195315
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SuperMario0727 (204 D)
03 May 17 UTC
Best Ally for Germany?
If Germany could only have one ally, which Great Power would be the best to pair with? Assume that only the tactical and strategic factors affect the choice of partnership. In other words, you do not choose allies on the basis of character.
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dargorygel (2679 DMod(G))
01 May 17 UTC
Anonymous Games
Sometimes... usually because I end up revealing who I am... I wonder what the point of anonymous games is. When we've played with someone, there are usually tells. When we have NOT played with someone, why do we need anonymity.
And sometimes I think that when I play anonymous games I might as well say who I am in globals. Stupid ellipsis and dumb proper grammar.
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CommanderByron (801 D(S))
30 Apr 17 UTC
If we built it
trumps wall
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
30 Apr 17 UTC
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I hate the idea of wasting our resources on building a border wall but if they do:
-We should open the project to Mexican laborers with the promise of citizenship after it's completion. This will allow us to pay them the 7.25$ federal minimum wage.
-The project should include solar paneling along the wall on its southern face. This will off set costs with energy that can be sold to the public.
-At various points along the wall effort should made to incorporate public parks, amphitheaters, and scenic vistas. This would increase the walls value to those immediately impacted by its construction.
-At various points along the wall factories and warehouses should be constructed which connect to the wall and allow Mexicans to work in US factories, these workers would only need to be paid federal minimum wage and the only requirement for the businesses who lease the space is that they must allow ICE to control the entry and exit points of their business and must employ 50% US workers in the factory. **

**this im not too strong on, but the rest I am.
Bladerunners (1019 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
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or instead of $ on the wall - help mexico fight poverty and crime --- so people don;t need to come to the US... just an idea
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
30 Apr 17 UTC
If we arrested those who hire undocumented and prosecuted them they wouldn't come here in the first place
Hauta (1618 D(S))
30 Apr 17 UTC
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Do NOT harm the job creators.
Bladerunners (1019 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
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you can't solve problem by arresting and prosecuting thousands upon thousands of people who hire illegal immigrants ... and sometimes people don't even know if illegal

also - these are people who too many americans think are criminals as opposed to decent people trying to escape the horrible conditions in their homeland for a better life
dargorygel (2679 DMod(G))
30 Apr 17 UTC
I am on the right-wing side of things... but sometimes the arguments are foggy due to a misunderstanding of terms. I found this article interesting.
http://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2014/07/is-illegal-immigration-a-crime-improper-entry-v-unlawful-presence.html
ishirkmywork (1401 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
I challenge anyone to name a historic physical wall or barrier that still has positive feelings and implications in human culture.
orathaic (1009 D(B))
30 Apr 17 UTC
@"Bladerunners
or instead of $ on the wall - help mexico fight poverty and crime --- so people don;t need to come to the US... just an idea"

Some part me can't help but feel this is 'help the state power become more effective at repressing the population and forcing through unpopular policies which enrich the few and empower the already pretty powerful'.

How about the US stops trying to extend its law enforcement beyond the border, and actually address the underlying social issues in the US which cause people to turn to drugs. How about using fair trade and allowing migration to help Mexico help itself?
Carebear (100 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
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@Hauta - Re: "Do NOT harm the job creators." That is really an absurd statement. If individuals or businesses hire workers that are not eligible to work in the US, then they are breaking the law. There is absolutely no case for them to be some sort of protected group above the law, even if you could somehow easily define that group.

This is simple free market supply and demand being manipulated by corporate America. The fact is that corporate America owns the government. Until that changes, no action will be taken to address the issue of illegal workers and unnecessary legal foreign workers. The fraud and low fees associated with H1B and similar visas, a legal mechanism for hiring foreign workers, is a prime example.


brainbomb (295 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
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@ishirk. The nights watch has guarded the realms of men for thousands of years
orathaic (1009 D(B))
30 Apr 17 UTC
What was the effect of the great wall of China?

What is the effect of natural boundaries, like the english channel seperating the UK from the rest of europe?
Sgt242 (1143 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
The typical illegal or undocumented, whichever term you prefer, comes across the border then receives free health care, free education for their children. The criminal element that cross the border crowd or jails and prison system. In both cases the cost us tax payers at the federal and local levels is unacceptable. Build the wall.
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
30 Apr 17 UTC
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The English Channel won World War II. We should build more of those.
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
30 Apr 17 UTC
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Thank god the celts dug the channel; it did wonders to keep the romans, vikings, norsemen, and saxons out.
Ogion (3817 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
Absolutely brain bomb. The wall should be built of ice and be 800 feet tall. There is a fine tradition of megalomaniacs building ice structures in the deserts

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/dictator-orders-ice-palace-to-be-built-in-central-asian-desert-51822.html%3Famp
ghug (5068 D(B))
30 Apr 17 UTC
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"receives free health care"

Uhh, have you forgotten which country we're talking about?
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
30 Apr 17 UTC
It didn't keep the Romans out, Byron. It just made it not worth the bother. The missionaries had no problem getting there, though.
ND (879 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
"I challenge anyone to name a historic physical wall or barrier that still has positive feelings and implications in human culture."

-Great Wall of China
-Hadrian's Wall

Trump's Great Wall accomplishes the following things:
-Helps stop the illegal trafficking of drugs like heroin
-Helps stop human trafficking
-provides a physical barrier which when combined with a virtual barrier will help our (U.S.) border security and law enforcement agents to enforce our national security and national borders
Ogion (3817 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
I was thinking of the Great Wall of China as well, but ND, it's pretty naive to think this wall will have any effect whatsoever on any of those things you mention.
ND (879 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
what do we do then?
DEVOgeranium (226 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
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@ND, It turns out that people just fly into our country as an illegal immigrant, and building a wall won't stop flights coming in from Mexico. Drug trafficking is the same deal, people can just stow the drugs away up their butt and fly across the border.
It does however provide a physical barrier, which when combined with a virtual barrier will stop all good will and sentiment from crossing the border, helping us enforce our national distrust of every other country in the world.
ghug (5068 D(B))
30 Apr 17 UTC
Bo, the channel totally fucked Caesar up. That was because he didn't know what tides were though.
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
30 Apr 17 UTC
Well yeah, ghug, but saying the Romans never got there isn't the same thing as saying the Romans under Caesar never got there.
Bladerunners (1019 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
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@ND - a wall will stop the drug trade? ... No. ... and keep the border secure? from what?

lol Ghug - definitely no free health care in the US that immigrants are striving to get in for
ishirkmywork (1401 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
We could just legalize drugs. Problem solved. A lot cheaper too.
Ogion (3817 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
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Well, we could address drug addiction as a public health issue with treatment programs and the like, but that would require 1) doing things intelligently based on actual scientific evidence and 2) raising taxes to pay for the more cost effective solution. Neither is ever going to happen in the US so we will forever 1) waste billions on a very expensive, destructive and ineffective prison system and 2) waste a ton of money and time on a completely ineffective wall because, well, most americans are barbaric idiots.
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
30 Apr 17 UTC
@bo- sarcasm.
Sgt242 (1143 D)
30 Apr 17 UTC
I guess you don't know how the health care works in the US. Illegals come across the border and when they need health care, they go to hospital. The hospital has to treat them knowing that the illegal is not going to pay. Then their children go to our public schools and again they don't pay. In both cases tax payer money pays for it.
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
01 May 17 UTC
@CB ... sarcasm doesn't work on the internet without emojis.
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
01 May 17 UTC
Sarcasm doesn't work for political discussion. Neither do strawman arguements
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
01 May 17 UTC
Neither does an e after the u in "arguments."
CAPT Brad (40 DX)
01 May 17 UTC
Hey spell check et al
CommanderByron (801 D(S))
01 May 17 UTC
@bo. True. I tried starting with an absurdity. Thanking celts for "digging" the channel.
slypups (1889 D)
01 May 17 UTC
Lol - a wall stopping drug traffickers. Armed border patrol doesn't stop drug trafficking - a wall sure won't do it. We'll probably be repairing it weekly (for even more $$$) for all the holes the drug traffickers keep punching in it at various spots.

We'd be more likely to stop immigration by spending the wall money on factories in Mexico employing people there - then they would not leave Mexico because they would have jobs there. Or spend the wall money on international propaganda making the US look like a horrible place to live - that would also keep people out.
Ogion (3817 D)
01 May 17 UTC
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Actually you are on to something slypups. Don't make propaganda to make it a horrible place to work but actually make it a horrible place. That explains why these racist types vote republican. If they can make working conditions and wages as bad in the Us as they are in Mexico then brown people will stop coming. Brilliant! Now I get it finally!
Randomizer (722 D)
01 May 17 UTC
You already have walls in border cities and the drug cartels build tunnels under them to ship product. Walls don't work.
Bladerunners (1019 D)
02 May 17 UTC
@St 242 - you're correct - i'm not American and therefore not an expert on your healthcare system. I may have mis-spoke. however - your health care system should provide free health care regardless .... ;-) and i still think if you look at illegal immigrants as criminals - that's unfortunate. help mexico deal with their problems and less of an issue .. don't build a stupid wall
KingCyrus (511 D)
02 May 17 UTC
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The Chinese built a wall, and they have almost no Mexicans. Just saying.
bo_sox48 (5202 DMod(G))
02 May 17 UTC
OH MY GOD you stole a joke off the internet gj KC
KingCyrus (511 D)
02 May 17 UTC
Still funnier than you bo ;)
Hellenic Riot (1626 D(G))
02 May 17 UTC
Internet jokes? On MY internet? Get out of it!
slypups (1889 D)
03 May 17 UTC
But will this new wall also stop the Mongol hordes coming over the steppes? Someone needs to make Trump answer this question before we spend our money on this Great Wall.
jason4747 (100 D)
03 May 17 UTC
Don't build a 2,500 mile long wall. Build a 2,500 mile long Wal-Mart. Mexicans come in from the south to work there, and Americans come in from the north to shop there. And vice versa. We all win!


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