South Pacific Independent News Network

[Unibot III]

Bloody hell this is a terrible read. Unibot, how you think it's okay to simultaneously try to pin HEM down as evil imperialist scum, dedicated to surrendering TSP to that side, in his campaign thread in TSP, while writing articles "anonymously" (nearly always a coward's mask) about how one nation showed up in TRR AND THEREFORE CLEARLY TNI IS PLANNING INVASIONCOUPGATE is so far beyond me that I'm not sure it can be comprehended.

You can go back to the Euromobile now. Nice spin though. Excellent redirection.

[Anumia]

Bloody hell this is a terrible read. Unibot, how you think it's okay to simultaneously try to pin HEM down as evil imperialist scum, dedicated to surrendering TSP to that side, in his campaign thread in TSP, while writing articles "anonymously" (nearly always a coward's mask) about how one nation showed up in TRR AND THEREFORE CLEARLY TNI IS PLANNING INVASIONCOUPGATE is so far beyond me that I'm not sure it can be comprehended.

You can go back to the Euromobile now. Nice spin though. Excellent redirection.

I'm starting to think that "redirection" is your favourite word of the week.

EDIT: That being said...Nanananananana Euro-Maaaaan

[Solorni]

Omg, we should revive Captain Europeia! Or maybe do a new one....

[Anumia]

Omg, we should revive Captain Europeia! Or maybe do a new one....

Definitely.

[McMasterdonia]

Lol. I wonder if the Chief Editor of Spinn will resign if he is elected Media Officer of TRR.

[Cerian Quilor]

Bloody hell this is a terrible read. Unibot, how you think it's okay to simultaneously try to pin HEM down as evil imperialist scum, dedicated to surrendering TSP to that side, in his campaign thread in TSP, while writing articles "anonymously" (nearly always a coward's mask) about how one nation showed up in TRR AND THEREFORE CLEARLY TNI IS PLANNING INVASIONCOUPGATE is so far beyond me that I'm not sure it can be comprehended.

You can go back to the Euromobile now. [s]Nice spin though. Excellent redirection.[/s]

Truth'd.

[Hileville]

Lol. I wonder if the Chief Editor of Spinn will resign if he is elected Media Officer of TRR.

I'm not running for any positions in TRR.

[McMasterdonia]

Lol. I wonder if the Chief Editor of Spinn will resign if he is elected Media Officer of TRR.

I'm not running for any positions in TRR.

Aww Hile, Sorry </3. I must have got it confused then.

[Venico]

You can go back to the Euromobile now. Nice spin though. Excellent redirection.

HAHA! Spin?! Get it? Because this newspaper puts its own SPINN on stuff? Heh *coughs* ahem. >.> Sorry.

[Solorni]

Pretty embarrassing for SPINN. Hopefully we see better standards in the future.

[Frattastan II]

After failing to collect not even ten endorsements from TRR natives, Liegeois is relying on new WA nations moving in the region to endorse them, in what seems to be some sort of joke invasion attempt.

23 minutes ago: Gunpowder Barrels applied to join the World Assembly.
23 minutes ago: Double Time resigned from the World Assembly. (LKE)

70 minutes ago: Engaging Books applied to join the World Assembly.
70 minutes ago: Influenza A applied to join the World Assembly.
71 minutes ago: Need A Spanking applied to join the World Assembly.
72 minutes ago: The Whale resigned from the World Assembly. (TNI)
72 minutes ago: Platenor resigned from the World Assembly. (LKE)
74 minutes ago: South Solitude resigned from the World Assembly. (LKE)

[Unibot III]

After failing to collect not even ten endorsements from TRR natives, Liegeois is relying on new WA nations moving in the region to endorse them, in what seems to be some sort of joke invasion attempt.

23 minutes ago: Gunpowder Barrels applied to join the World Assembly.
23 minutes ago: Double Time resigned from the World Assembly. (LKE)

70 minutes ago: Engaging Books applied to join the World Assembly.
70 minutes ago: Influenza A applied to join the World Assembly.
71 minutes ago: Need A Spanking applied to join the World Assembly.
72 minutes ago: The Whale resigned from the World Assembly. (TNI)
72 minutes ago: Platenor resigned from the World Assembly. (LKE)
74 minutes ago: South Solitude resigned from the World Assembly. (LKE)

Oh that's hilarious.

[Cerian Quilor]

[Klaus Devestatorie]

Oh noooo
a jooke
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(it's a joke and that's so bad aaah)

[Astarial]

Oh noooo
a jooke
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(it's a joke and that's so bad aaah)

This wins an award for being the most quotable, least siggable post ever.

[South Pacific Independent News Network]

SPINN Election Projections

 
Election Headquarters - Downtown South Pacific...
 
The race for the next Cabinet of the South Pacific will be officially over at 12pm EDT on December 10, 2013.  SPINN is now prepared to project the winners of each of the 8 races.
 
In the Delegate and Vice Delegate election Escade and Kringalia ran unopposed and will win in a landslide victory.  They are expected maintain current voting percentage and receive almost 95% of the vote.  They are currently just below the 95% threshold with a 32 votes being cast for them.  Two nations selected to re-open nominations in this election.
 
In the race for Chair of the Assembly Sandaoguo (Glen-Rhodes) is now projected to be elected for a second term.  This particular race has been puzzling for some citizens who believed he would win in a landslide victory as the only candidate.  The vote currently stands at 19 votes for Sandaoguo with 12 citizens selecting to re-open nominations.  SPINN had previously stated he was perceived to make the Chair more political than normal in his first term.
 
What was expected to be an extremely close contest for Minister of Foreign Affairs has turned out to be one of the least competitive races in the election.  TSP heavyweights HEM and Hileville were facing off against each other with United Solar Republics as a third option.  Hileville is projected to win the election with over 75% of the electorate voting for him over the competitors.  HEM and United Solar Republics have already delivered a concession speech.  Hileville could not be reached for comment.
 
Southern Bellz will be elected to a full term as Minister of the Army.  Southern Bellz was elected to fill the remainder of Drugged Monkeys term in a special election held at the end of October.  Under Southern Bellz the New Southern Army has seen a rise in activity conducting two successful operations.  Southern Bellz currently holds 91% of the vote with 31 total votes at the time of writing.  Two citizens selected to re-open nominations and one abstained.
 
SPINN Associate Editor-in-Chief Awe is now projected to win the race for Minister of Regional Affairs.  Awe received 28 votes at the time this article was written with his competitor Farengeto getting three votes and re-open nominations being selected once.  Awe will have big shoes to fill as his predecessor revolutionized the office.
 
QuietDad will be elected to his first full term as Chief Justice after being appointed in November to fill the remainder of Southern Bellz term.  QuietDad was previously projected to win a second term by SPINN.  Arbiter08 received one vote with re-open nominations getting 2 selections and QuietDad with 29 at the writing of this article.  The future of the Chief Justice position isn't clear as Judicial Reform has been extensively debated in the Assembly.  A panel of three elected Justices is expected to be implemented in the coming term.
 
Rebs (Rebel-topia) is expected to be re-elected Crazies MoFO in TSP (previously Craziest Person in TSP).  This race as usual was interesting to say the least with four candidates and loads of craziness.  Rebs is projected to beat out Unibot, Belschaft, and Meow Zedong (TheGrimReaper).
 
This is the first time in recent years where a majority of elected Cabinet members joined the region in the same year as being elected.  Escade, Kringalia, Awe, and Sandaoguo all joined the South Pacific in 2013.  QuietDad while not a Cabinet member also became politically active in the South Pacific this year.  The future's looking bright for the South Pacific and SPINN expects a great term for this Cabinet.
 
All polling numbers are made up of publicly available votes.  Any private votes cast were not counted or made available to SPINN during the writing of this article.

[Anumia]

Congratulations to all the projected winners! We look forward to working with you, and seeing your results in the NS Fair

[Kringalia]

This has been an exciting election. I'm also sure you'll all have fun at the Fair!

[Glen-Rhodes]

SPINN had previously stated he was perceived to make the Chair more political than normal in his first term.

I think SPINN is a fantastic publication, but this is the second time one of your writers has thrown out this accusation. If left unchallenged, this claim will simply become reality. I've challenged SPINN to come up with actual examples of me using the position for political ends. As far as I can tell, this is simply thinly-veiled criticism for my position on independence and imperialism in TSP, rather than a substantiated claim that I've been anything but professional and bureaucratic regarding my duties as Chair.

[Cerian Quilor]

Key word 'perceived', Glen. SPINN never said that you were more political, just that the perception was there.

[Glen-Rhodes]

Key word 'perceived', Glen. SPINN never said that you were more political, just that the perception was there.

The meme that I've been too political was started in a SPINN story. Even if SPINN were merely reporting "perceptions," as an institution of journalism it has the obligation to explain, rather than to mindlessly repeat what others say. That's when things become propaganda! For starters, it can point to who said it, when they said it, and what caused them to say it. But I suspect that whoever wrote the initial article simply editorialized it, because I was never accused of being too political when conducting my duties before the first article.

[Southern Bellz]

I'd guess it's based off your comment where you said you would use the position to hold up legislation that would make TSP 'go raider'. As far as I know, in TSP that is the only example of someone saying they would use the chair in that capacity.

I think you did a good job, so I'd say let your actions speak for themselves.

[Cerian Quilor]

Key word 'perceived', Glen. SPINN never said that you were more political, just that the perception was there.

The meme that I've been too political was started in a SPINN story. Even if SPINN were merely reporting "perceptions," as an institution of journalism it has the obligation to explain, rather than to mindlessly repeat what others say. That's when things become propaganda! For starters, it can point to who said it, when they said it, and what caused them to say it. But I suspect that whoever wrote the initial article simply editorialized it, because I was never accused of being too political when conducting my duties before the first article.

I just have one small problem with the part I bolded here.

THIS ISN'T THE REAL WORLD.

The people writing these news outlets don't have the time to give more than bullet points on some things that seem to be newsworthy. We're not all Unibot, possessed of the time and inclination to write novels on the morality of Defenderism.

[New Bradfordsburg]

Poorly written novels at that.

[Hileville]

When writing the first article (I believe it was used in the Assembly review peace first) we spoke to several members of the region including most of the SPINN staff about what they thought of your term. One of the common statements were that the office under you as become more political. This really isn't meant in a bad way and the feeling I got when speaking with people in the region wasn't negative at all. I am quite surprised with the current vote count in your race. I expected you to win with a landslide victory.

I would have to search through IRC logs and pm's to get some of the examples that were given during the writing of that article. I remember the quote of you saying that you would do everything to hold up legislation that would make TSP raider was one of them. I seem to also remember some of the posts that were made here on these forums being referenced but can't remember the exact ones. I will not give who was spoken to during the article without getting their permission first. I did write both of the articles in which referred to the job becoming more political. Again this in my opinion hasn't been a bad thing. It is just different from the philosophy that has existed in the region for some time.