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Babylonid
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Founded: Aug 02, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Babylonid » Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:29 am

The Wealth of Nations. Gotta check how all this madness started.
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Blargoblarg
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Founded: Sep 06, 2010
Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Blargoblarg » Wed Aug 26, 2020 1:00 am

I'm reading the Bible and the Qur'an, and finding them both very repetitive and boring.
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Major study finds that America is an oligarchy, not a democracy
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Elwher
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Posts: 9294
Founded: May 24, 2012
Capitalizt

Postby Elwher » Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:00 am

Blargoblarg wrote:I'm reading the Bible and the Qur'an, and finding them both very repetitive and boring.


Both were written for the masses, who require repetition in order to absorb concepts.
CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.
Ambrose Bierce
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Asle Leopolka
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Posts: 840
Founded: Oct 18, 2019
Ex-Nation

Postby Asle Leopolka » Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:02 am

The Latin Bass Book by Chuck Sher and Oscar Stagnaro.
W̵̲͔͇͒̌̉̆̇͛̋ͅa̸̢̼̺̅̉̊͝l̶̟͈̳̗͒͜l̷̫͝ ̶̱̱̘͖̙̬͖̈́̏̕͘ō̴̼̭̥͔̮̟͒̒͒ͅn̴̖̦͎̯͕̈́̿͘͠ ̸̞̼͉͙́͐̏͝ẗ̴̮͕̰̫̖͉̩̍͆̂͛͝h̵̖̋̉̾̎͆e̸̞̩̳̲͙͎͑ ̴̩̈̽̈́͑S̵̯̮̟͈͎̭͠t̸͍̗̹̬͉̙̓͆̔̿r̸̡̤̺̱̹͈̦͑̈́̅ẹ̶̮͔̳̆͆̄̏̔e̴̢̺͚̠̟͕̋̄̂̓̽͘t̴̢̡̩͙̫̼̚,̸̩̖͌̈́͐̇ ̷̨͐͆P̵̳̦͗r̶̹̪̯͕̬̰̍̓͆o̷̠̱͙̠͔̗̫̽f̶̱͙͇̼̬̮̻̊͌̋į̸̯̩̖͇̍͋̓̾́̏̽ͅt̴͇̬͍̗̺̀̈́̈́͗͊ ̴̧̯̼̩͑̓̒͗i̷̪̲̜̮̼̲̎͑͊̂̕n̶͍̂ ̴͓̻̤̬͎̫̹̎͌̈́́̕͝t̸̺͚͍̕h̷͖͎̙͍̬̫̰̍̀̃̿̓e̷̛̩̔̑̌̾͊ ̵̤̖͎͔͖̂͘͝S̴̳͖̩̪͕̒͒̌͌͝h̷̝͇̱̝̻̓̓͂͑̒ȅ̶̛̞̱̮̏͐͜ḕ̷͙͉̄͜ť̸̫̩̟s̴̲̲̏̑̏̇͆͂͘͜

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The Macabees
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Postby The Macabees » Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:23 am

Reading Stephen Dyson's The Creation of the Roman Frontier
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Elwher
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Founded: May 24, 2012
Capitalizt

Postby Elwher » Thu Aug 27, 2020 9:31 am

Ben Blum - Ranger Games
CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.
Ambrose Bierce
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Mauritania Romana
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Founded: Aug 27, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Mauritania Romana » Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:30 pm

The Three Body Problem
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Tranzoria
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Founded: Feb 22, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Tranzoria » Thu Aug 27, 2020 2:38 pm

Communist Manifest
Yes, Seriously.
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Snow Bird-Worldism Crash
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Founded: Nov 10, 2016
Democratic Socialists

Postby Snow Bird-Worldism Crash » Fri Aug 28, 2020 1:34 pm

stalin: volume 1: paradoxes of power, 1878–1928 (2014) by stephen kotkin
lost worlds (1944) by clark ashton smith
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Free Stalliongrad
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Founded: Jun 01, 2020
Democratic Socialists

Postby Free Stalliongrad » Sun Aug 30, 2020 2:05 pm

Too close to Home by Linwood Barclay
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Northern Adve Akiand
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Posts: 5
Founded: Jul 22, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Northern Adve Akiand » Sun Aug 30, 2020 7:29 pm

I've been on a Wilkie Collins kick lately.
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The Grene Knyght
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Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Mon Aug 31, 2020 3:37 pm

Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
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Socialist Women wrote:Part of the reason you're an anarchist is because you ate too much expired food
Claorica wrote:Oh look, an antifa ancom being smartaleck
Old Tyrannia wrote:Bold words from the self-declared Leninist
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2015: x=-8.75,y=-6.56
2016: x=-8.88,y=-9.54
2017: x=-9.63,y=-9.90
2018: x=-9.88,y=-9.23
2019: x=-10.0,y=-9.90
2020: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
2021: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
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PRO: Socialism, Communism, Internationalism, Revolution, Leninism.
NEUTRAL: Anarchism, Marxism-Leninism.
ANTI: Capitalism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Fascists, Hyper-Sectarian Leftists.
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The Cosmic Mainframe
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Founded: Jan 26, 2020
Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby The Cosmic Mainframe » Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:14 pm

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett.
== BEGIN POSTSCRIPT ==
The Mainframe requires more processing power and storage.
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== END POSTSCRIPT ==

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Pax Nerdvana
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Posts: 15726
Founded: May 22, 2017
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:13 pm

Rereading Star Guard by Andre Norton. This book was one of the books that got me into SF. It holds a special place in my heart.
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"Affordability
Suitability (.22LR for squirrels, bigger .22s for long range little things, and big-bore for legal hunting reasons, etc)
Ammunition supply-chain (6.5x55 Swede and .303 British, although available, isn't exactly everywhere)
If it's ugly, uncomfortable, and can't shoot straight, but it accomplishes the above, then it's either a Mosin or a Hi-Point."
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Team Lennox
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Posts: 268
Founded: Feb 24, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Team Lennox » Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:20 pm

Reading: Magnus Chase And The Gods Of Asgard, book 3, The Ship Of The Dead
HE/HIM. Use those pronouns! Do NOT assume my gender!


  • An American born citizen
  • A teenager doing teenage stuff (I guess)
  • A leftist (remind me to make a dispatch on my beliefs later)
  • A Christian with usually fundamentalists views (except for on the Patriarchist, (Bible wasn't a big thing on Gender equity) and LGBTQ+ rights, (Bible wasn't a big thing on that either) (Also the Mosaic law doesn't let us eat things like bacon and ham since in the Bible pigs are unclean animals. Like how am I to survive not eating bacon! >:( )




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Deus Ignis
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Posts: 52
Founded: Nov 01, 2019
Ex-Nation

Postby Deus Ignis » Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:04 am

The Folk of the Air series by Holly Black
Man is Beyond Good and Evil, for Morals and Ethics change from Culture to Culture and Era to Era
The hardest choice for a monarch is to choose his nation's happiness or his own, for all roads lead to ruin
Greed & Pride above all else
Monarchist, Republican , Comanche
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Deus Regem Deus Tenebris Deus Ignis
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Pulsroth
Chargé d'Affaires
 
Posts: 379
Founded: Oct 07, 2013
Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Pulsroth » Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:33 am

The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath by H.P Lovecraft
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Visit my futuristic and Lovecraftian themed nations as well, why don't you? Wip3d Out, Esterhill

I'm newly married, so I'm well and truly blessed right now. And whoever else ends up reading this, may you live a blessed life too!
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The Grene Knyght
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Posts: 3274
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:57 pm

All Names Have Been Changed, Claire Kilroy
[_★_]
(◕‿◕)
Socialist Women wrote:Part of the reason you're an anarchist is because you ate too much expired food
Claorica wrote:Oh look, an antifa ancom being smartaleck
Old Tyrannia wrote:Bold words from the self-declared Leninist
Currently
Reading
2015: x=-8.75,y=-6.56
2016: x=-8.88,y=-9.54
2017: x=-9.63,y=-9.90
2018: x=-9.88,y=-9.23
2019: x=-10.0,y=-9.90
2020: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
2021: x=-10.0,y=-10.0
ＦＵＬＬＹ　ＡＵＴＯＭＡＴＥＤ　ＬＵＸＵＲＹ　ＧＡＹ　ＳＰＡＣＥ　ＣＯＭＭＵＮＩＳＭ
PRO: Socialism, Communism, Internationalism, Revolution, Leninism.
NEUTRAL: Anarchism, Marxism-Leninism.
ANTI: Capitalism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Fascists, Hyper-Sectarian Leftists.
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Thepeopl
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Posts: 2646
Founded: Feb 24, 2019
Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Thepeopl » Fri Sep 04, 2020 1:19 pm

The Cosmic Mainframe wrote:Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett.

Love Pratchett! And occasionally I will reread books. Luckily we have shelves of Pratchett books in our bookcase.
But recently finished Red Men by Matthew de Abaitua, Idoru by William Gibson and currently reading in "Zero History " and "all tomorrow's parties" both by William Gibson. Yes I am on a scifi binge
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Ethel mermania
Post Overlord
 
Posts: 129689
Founded: Aug 20, 2010
Corrupt Dictatorship

Postby Ethel mermania » Sat Sep 05, 2020 5:59 pm

Burr. By gore vidal
https://www.hvst.com/posts/the-clash-of ... s-wl2TQBpY

The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion … but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
--S. Huntington

The most fundamental problem of politics is not the control of wickedness but the limitation of righteousness. 

--H. Kissenger
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Pax Nerdvana
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Posts: 15726
Founded: May 22, 2017
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Sat Sep 05, 2020 7:22 pm

Immediate Action by Andy McNab.
The Internet killed gun control.
Profile
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We Will Not Comply
They can’t stop the Signal
"The universe did never make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract."
-Robert Heinlein

"Affordability
Suitability (.22LR for squirrels, bigger .22s for long range little things, and big-bore for legal hunting reasons, etc)
Ammunition supply-chain (6.5x55 Swede and .303 British, although available, isn't exactly everywhere)
If it's ugly, uncomfortable, and can't shoot straight, but it accomplishes the above, then it's either a Mosin or a Hi-Point."
-Hurtful Thoughts on stuff you want in a gun
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Luminesa
Khan of Spam
 
Posts: 61253
Founded: Dec 09, 2014
Inoffensive Centrist Democracy

Postby Luminesa » Sat Sep 05, 2020 9:19 pm

Broken and Blessed by Fr. Josh Johnson. Very wonderful prayer and meditations book, I’m glad a young priest is speaking to young people without watering himself down, or without trying to be hip while sacrificing good theology. Recommend for friends interested in getting a new prayer book to try during the pandemic!
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faith, hope and love are some good things He gave us...
and the greatest is love."
-Alan Jackson
Help the Ukrainian people, here's some sources!
Help bring home First Nation girls! Now with more ways to help!
Jesus loves all of His children in Eastern Europe - pray for peace.
Pray for Ukraine, Wear Sunflowers In Your Hair
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UniversalCommons
Senator
 
Posts: 4792
Founded: Jan 24, 2016
Ex-Nation

Postby UniversalCommons » Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:03 am

I started reading Energy and Civilization A History by Vaclav Smil. It helps me get a better understanding of why oil is such a popular source of energy.

I am also reading The Knowledge Ilusion Why We Never Think Alone by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach.
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Tethys 13
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Posts: 1021
Founded: Dec 05, 2007
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Tethys 13 » Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:48 am

Sea of Sorrows by Ree Soesbee, not for the first time. My goodness does the writer make you feel sorry for the protagonist in the first chapter.
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The Macabees
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Posts: 3924
Founded: Antiquity
Anarchy

Postby The Macabees » Mon Sep 07, 2020 10:45 am

The Macabees wrote:Reading Stephen Dyson's The Creation of the Roman Frontier


Definitely one of the better books I've read on Roman history and counterinsurgency.

Now reading Valleius Paterculus' The Roman History.
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