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Partybus
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Posts: 2272
Founded: Oct 20, 2007
Left-Leaning College State

Postby Partybus » Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:50 pm

A Wealth of Pigeons - A Cartoon Collection by Harry Bliss and Steve Martin.
A little light reading, it's a signed copy. A holiday present...
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The Macabees
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Posts: 3860
Founded: Antiquity
Anarchy

Postby The Macabees » Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:26 pm

The Modern Mercenary by Sean McFate
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Pax Nerdvana
Post Marshal
 
Posts: 15718
Founded: May 22, 2017
Capitalizt

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:49 am

Rereading Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein.
The Internet killed gun control.
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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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UniversalCommons
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Posts: 4792
Founded: Jan 24, 2016
Left-Leaning College State

Postby UniversalCommons » Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:54 pm

Reading Leadership, Strategy, and Tactics by Jocko Willink as well as Think Like A Monk Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day by Jay Shetty
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Baizou
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Posts: 129
Founded: Jan 02, 2018
Liberal Democratic Socialists

Postby Baizou » Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:56 pm

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer. A good book, so far.
Premise: MT, VHSpunk, Japanese heritage, always 2004. | Factbook | Parties | Main Cast | Q&A | News | Development Index
Stories From Baizou
"A Revolutionary Compromise," starring Meikawa Tomoko. | More to come?
Premier Fukushima
Ambassador Mizushima
Sovereign Haruto
Princess Consort Yuu
Rep. Meikawa
Councilor Akitamoto
CARRIE
Retired Sovereign Airi
Rep. Yutani
Flag features Ambassador Mizushima. OOC, user's pronouns are she/her.
It's 2004. MTish nation with videocassettepunk tech, Japanese heritage, minority of magic occult practitioners, casuistic Catholic plurality, sovereign deriving authority by Anglican coronation, and policymaking so byzantine parties wonder if it'd be easier to pursue agendas via international law.
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Pax Nerdvana
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Posts: 15718
Founded: May 22, 2017
Capitalizt

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Mon Jan 11, 2021 8:45 pm

Republic Commando: Hard Contact by Karen Traviss.
The Internet killed gun control.
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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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The Macabees
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Postby The Macabees » Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:03 pm

José Ortega y Gasset, The Revolt of the Masses
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Dangine
Chargé d'Affaires
 
Posts: 352
Founded: Nov 02, 2018
Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Dangine » Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:06 pm

Art of War
Dangine is a Socialist nation that has a lot of political freedom and civil rights.
Thank you Brusseldorf for redesigning my official flag. They did so without me asking.
Overview
Organized factbook of all my factbooks
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Deus Ignis
Bureaucrat
 
Posts: 52
Founded: Nov 01, 2019
Ex-Nation

Postby Deus Ignis » Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:19 pm

Coraline by Neil Gaiman
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
Favorite Forum: Which Germany was the best?
Deus Regem Deus Tenebris Deus Ignis
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The Macabees
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Founded: Antiquity
Anarchy

Postby The Macabees » Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:28 pm

Michael Kulikowski, Late Roman Spain and its Cities
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Pax Nerdvana
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Posts: 15718
Founded: May 22, 2017
Capitalizt

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:57 am

Republic Commando: Triple Zero by Karen Traviss
The Internet killed gun control.
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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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The Macabees
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Posts: 3860
Founded: Antiquity
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Postby The Macabees » Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:40 pm

Charles Murray, Coming Apart
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Frieden-und Freudenland
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Posts: 2268
Founded: Jul 30, 2015
Ex-Nation

Postby Frieden-und Freudenland » Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:46 pm

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
When I write, I don't have an accent.

My issues

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)"
~Walt Whitman
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Pax Nerdvana
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Posts: 15718
Founded: May 22, 2017
Capitalizt

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:05 am

Going to start For The Honor Of The Queen by David Weber today
The Internet killed gun control.
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Quotes
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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El-Sallia
Secretary
 
Posts: 34
Founded: Nov 26, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby El-Sallia » Mon Jan 18, 2021 6:48 pm

Romance of the Three Kingdoms
This it's is do be an signature. That's is nice. I'm am not do has enough to justify putting anything special in ye olde signature, so this will do are have to be sufficient.

Proud Forum 7 denizen.

(Lore is about 75% serious and very much under development. TGs welcome for inquiries, suggestions, or just chatting.)
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Elwher
Negotiator
 
Posts: 7351
Founded: May 24, 2012
Anarchy

Postby Elwher » Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:28 am

Collin Quinn - OverStated
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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UniversalCommons
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Posts: 4792
Founded: Jan 24, 2016
Left-Leaning College State

Postby UniversalCommons » Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:28 pm

The Human Cosmos Civilization and the Stars by Jo Marchant
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Gunov
Secretary
 
Posts: 37
Founded: Sep 11, 2020
Psychotic Dictatorship

Postby Gunov » Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:31 pm

The Fall of Gondolin- J.R.R Tolkien
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Barboneia
Postmaster-General
 
Posts: 10573
Founded: Sep 17, 2014
Compulsory Consumerist State

Postby Barboneia » Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:33 pm

Currently reading Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill.
Depressing Nordic semi-socialist commonwealth filled with Lovecraftian horrors, man-eating fox people, Finns, bizarre accents, and Volvos.
A collection of some of my NationStates artwork.
On the Commonwealth National Security Bureau.
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Stahllicht
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Posts: 12
Founded: Mar 06, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Stahllicht » Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:12 pm

I’m currently reading The Wolfen {1978} by Whitley Strieber.
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Snow Bird-Worldism Crash
Diplomat
 
Posts: 994
Founded: Nov 10, 2016
Democratic Socialists

Postby Snow Bird-Worldism Crash » Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:04 am

treasure of tau ceti (1969) by john rackham
flag by jey parks. thanks jey!

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Elizio
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Posts: 154
Founded: Jan 23, 2011
Ex-Nation

Postby Elizio » Mon Jan 25, 2021 1:59 pm

The Shipkiller by Justin Scott
Starting over as Hwiteard
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Pax Nerdvana
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Posts: 15718
Founded: May 22, 2017
Capitalizt

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:21 am

Just finished The Minutemen: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution by General John R. Galvin
The Internet killed gun control.
Profile
Quotes
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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The Grene Knyght
Minister
 
Posts: 3263
Founded: May 07, 2016
Left-wing Utopia

Postby The Grene Knyght » Tue Jan 26, 2021 12:05 pm

The Children of Húrin, JRR Tolkien (Edited by Christopher Tolkien)
[_★_]
(◕‿◕)
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.
Portal Nationalist | Proletarian Moralist
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Atheris
Negotiator
 
Posts: 6412
Founded: Oct 05, 2018
Ex-Nation

Postby Atheris » Tue Jan 26, 2021 12:35 pm

No Safe Harbor by various US Pirate authors.
#FreeNSGRojava
Don't talk to Moderators. Don't associate with Moderators. Don't trust moderators. Moderators lie.
NEW VISAYAN ISLANDS SHOULD RESIGN! HOLD JANNIES ACCOUNTABLE!
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