During the last week the World Barista Championships were conducted in Rimini (Italy). There the national champions of 54 countries promoted speciality coffee and direct trade / fair trade.

It's summer, I'm bored and unemployed, it's not spring anymore so I'm afraid to go outside, and I just bought a bunch of bitcoin that the US seized from Silk Road and I'm gonna go use it on Silk Road 2.0 - irony anyone?

Long story short - who wants to play...

This came up when I was playing a game as Italy. I tried to convoy an army from Greece to Marseilles ( I had fleets in the Ionian sea, tyrennien sea, and gulf of Lyon ) but when I try to support the convoy into Marseilles from the fleet in the gulf of Lyon it gives me the error parameter "fromterrID" set to invalid value "17". What does this mean and how can I fix this. I need an answer soon since the phase moves on at 5 in the morning pacific standard time

Join live gunboat game http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=143365 starts in 50 minutes

The tournament finally wrapped up in May - about 5 months behind schedule (ah well), and the results are in! Congratulations to The Hanged Man for coming in first place!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2656101/Clever-boy-Dogs-prefer-EARN-treats-solving-problems-receiving-handouts.html

"In a series of experiments, scientists found dogs were happier when they earned a reward by performing a task, rather than just being handed a treat" Too bad all our government tit-sucking Liberals weren't dogs...

Nope, no problem here. Keep calm. Give thanks tonight that this child sacrificed himself so that you can maintain your right to bear arms.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/10/justice/oregon-high-school-shooting/

Created a live world game, starts in 1 day

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http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/12/us/north-carolina-nuclear-bomb-drop/

Uhh... woopsies?

Another blundering intervention into a foreign country thanks to Bush & Bliar and another nutter put in charge.

I just learned about something that happened 50 years ago and it was scary and now *I'm scared*!!! Oh no..someone help me!!!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/11/us/politics/eric-cantor-loses-gop-primary.html I hate to post two threads in one day, but wow...that's a stunner! He was supposed to be a rising star in the GOP, and reasonably conservative, too...I said back during the Government Shutdown that it was going to hurt moderates more than the Tea Partyers, but WOW...I never thought someone as conservative as Cantor would go. Isolated (if astounding) incident, or indicative of a bigger shift?

http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=143290 Austria and England

I'm a genuine noob, what is Civil Disorder (in this game) and simply looking for an explanation.

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Here's the link for anyone interested in the game.

Interesting data on longitudinal political polarization in the US:

http://www.people-press.org/2014/06/12/political-polarization-in-the-american-public/

Stuff to follow.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/husband-and-wife-open-fire-on-gunmen-who-try-to/article_29109617-bc56-534f-82e6-d36ccba40c38.html

I know that we've had this discussion before. I can't recall what we all preferred, but we have ended up with a mod who sees it as OK to taunt, hound and attempt to out-bully another member. Not only is that likely to bring the site into disrepute but it is borderline criminal in Kestas jurisdiction and could lead to site sanctions. Is this what we want?

A live game has been paused due to Russia's impending absence, I was wondering if it doesn't start back up as a live game (as paused live games often never do) could a mod change it to a different time per phase so that the game could continue

Into Round 3 we go, with Team Virgil once again eking out a victory to move on...will it happen again? Will Rowling or Woolf be able to keep busting through that glass ceiling and move on as the only two female authors left? Will Asimov continue to keep the hopes of fans alive, as after a glut of sci-fi writers to start, he's the last one standing? Will Thucy drop the "vote 12 times per turn" thing now that Thoreau and Laozi have gone the way of Shakespeare? 16 enter, 8 move on!

I already called the dentist and I'm going there tomorrow morning since earlier is impossible, but meanwhile I was wondering if there's something I can do to make it less damaging. The thing is that it's very much irritating the flesh around the teeth, as well as presumably pulling my teeth out of position. Can anyone think of a fix?

Saw some Far Cry 4 footage and it looks pretty interesting. I've never played any of the games in the series are they worth picking up?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-27800319

Is this a good time to review Tony Bliars role as Middle East Peace Envoy?
I hope it is not payment by results, I don't think he could afford it !!

Autumn, 1916: Turkey : (OOC: I had a close family member pass away this weekend. Sorry for NMR.)
Autumn, 1916: Austria: Fuck's sake Turkey do you want to lose?

As above, below

Hillary Clinton's new book came out today, June 10. See below for the point of this post.

I feel left out. Hit me.

Go on, spank me, call me a bad little boy. It only gets harder from here...if you know what I mean. ;)
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