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Postauthoritarian America
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Postby Postauthoritarian America » Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:39 pm

Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer. I just opened it randomly today to the episode where Henry takes a newly-arrived Indian emigre to a cheap Paris brothel and the newcomer shits in the bidet. I must've laughed out loud for a solid quarter of an hour. The style is just like Miller is sitting in a bar telling you the funniest story you've ever heard. I'm gonna like this one.
"The violence of American law enforcement degrades the lives of countless people, especially poor Black people, through its peculiar appetite for their death." | "There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust, the stronger party." -- Ulysses S. Grant, 1861 | "You don't get mulligans in insurrection." | "Today's Republican Party is America's and the world's largest white supremacist organization." | "I didn't vote to overturn an election, and I will not be lectured by people who did about partisanship." -- Rep. Gerry Connolly |"Republicans...have transformed...to a fascist party engaged in a takeover of the United States of America."
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Heloin
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Ex-Nation

Postby Heloin » Wed Feb 17, 2021 9:01 pm

Pax Nerdvana wrote:
Heloin wrote:Angel with the Sword by C.J. Cherryh. Part if a book series called Merovingen Nights I found out about from an album I've been listening to.

I’ve read some of her stuff before, namely Downbelow Station. It’s pretty good, and there’s a filk album based on that universe.

Finitys' End is a good album, if that's the one you're referring to. I'm getting some more books in the universe soon.
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The Macabees
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Founded: Antiquity
Anarchy

Postby The Macabees » Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:25 pm

Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns
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Voxija
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Founded: Jan 17, 2019
Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Voxija » Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:13 pm

I am reading Hidden Figures. Pretty good timing with Persistence.
The Republic of Voxija (pronounced: Voshiya)
I'm a woman. Some weird Jew. Trying to learn French and failing. An American who wishes the US would switch to the metric system. Part of a giant conspiracy. Secret pyromaniac? I will never make an OOC factbook!

my politics are confused and muddled
Most of my grammar errors are on purpose. Sppeling errors, tho...
I'd rather be fishing. | Author of Issues 1324 and 1346.
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Free Stalliongrad
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Founded: Jun 01, 2020
Democratic Socialists

Postby Free Stalliongrad » Sat Feb 20, 2021 11:10 am

Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
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Adab
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Founded: May 28, 2014
Democratic Socialists

Postby Adab » Sat Feb 20, 2021 12:08 pm

Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality by Jonathan Aitken.
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Al Halatbah
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Posts: 53
Founded: May 20, 2018
Moralistic Democracy

Postby Al Halatbah » Sun Feb 21, 2021 4:34 pm

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
1838. Queen Victoria's epic conquest of half the world continues full force. And now, Her Maj enters Al Halatbah. أهلا بك

Call me Beth, age goes here, South African-Aussie, has possibly the most boring political views imaginable (Sort of a moderate libertarian) Oh, and I'm an artist, wife and mother, in ascending order.
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Whitemore
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Founded: Jul 22, 2020
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Postby Whitemore » Sun Feb 21, 2021 4:37 pm

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China. It details the life and reign of the Empress Dowager and so far I've enjoyed it, just bought it a few weeks ago and could finally sit down and start to read it due to the ice storms knocking out my Internet.
★ The Empire of Whitemore ★ - " We will reach the Gates of Heaven!"

    • The remnants of Humanity set in 2601, 500 years after an alien attack on Terra forced Mankind to flee the planet.

    • Loosely based off of several sci fi anime shows, some examples are; Code Geass, Aldnoah Zero and Legend of the Galactic Heroes.
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Frieden-und Freudenland
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Founded: Jul 30, 2015
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Frieden-und Freudenland » Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:39 pm

Started Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie today :)
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.)"
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Gandoor
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Civil Rights Lovefest

Postby Gandoor » Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:46 pm

Been reading Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser. Borrowed it from my library a few days ago as an ebook but ended up buying a copy of it at Barnes & Noble yesterday (hey, I was gonna end up buying it anyways). I may or may not be a little obsessed with Antoinette.
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UniversalCommons
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Ex-Nation

Postby UniversalCommons » Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:21 pm

Shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution by Klaus Schwab.
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Pax Nerdvana
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Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Sun Feb 21, 2021 8:34 pm

Heloin wrote:
Pax Nerdvana wrote:I’ve read some of her stuff before, namely Downbelow Station. It’s pretty good, and there’s a filk album based on that universe.

Finitys' End is a good album, if that's the one you're referring to. I'm getting some more books in the universe soon.

Yeah, that’s the album I was talking about. I should reread Downbelow Station, now that I’m thinking about it. And maybe track down more of the Alliance-Union novels...
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Celestial Wave
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Founded: May 07, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Celestial Wave » Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:02 pm

Animal Farm. I love it so far!
I (kinda) use NS stats!
pro: democracy, Liberalism, scientific advancement, LGBT rights
Anti: Totalitarianism, extreme conservatism, religion in politics, racists

I'm a 8th grade loser, don't take me seriously plz
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Elwher
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Capitalizt

Postby Elwher » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:42 pm

Rereading Larry Bond - Red Phoenix
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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Wechaiyae
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Posts: 2
Founded: Dec 12, 2020
New York Times Democracy

Postby Wechaiyae » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:46 pm

The Monuments Men by Bret Witter and Robert M. Edsel
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Mousters
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Founded: Nov 16, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby Mousters » Mon Feb 22, 2021 5:07 pm

Reminiscences-Douglas Macarthur
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Nookville
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Founded: Mar 29, 2020
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Nookville » Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:03 pm

Like a Love Story
Minister of Parliament, The Blue Star Union
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Most of the time I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm happy to learn.
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The Macabees
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Postby The Macabees » Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:14 pm

Karel Berkhoff, Harvest of Despair: Life and Death in Ukraine Under Nazi Rule
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Pax Nerdvana
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Left-Leaning College State

Postby Pax Nerdvana » Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:20 am

Rereading The Moon is a Harsh Mistress 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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Tundra Terra
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Founded: Sep 23, 2014
Corporate Police State

Postby Tundra Terra » Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:45 pm

Plato's Republic
Current Status: Tundra is rocking with the Krieg...
We are a PMT Military and no We don't use NS stats.Why?
because..."WAR IS ETERNAL!!!"
"If bloodlust vikings, dorve tanks to school, had PMT-FT tech with Chaos -like fanaticism, this would be it."
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Deus Ignis
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Posts: 52
Founded: Nov 01, 2019
Ex-Nation

Postby Deus Ignis » Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:32 am

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
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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Elwher
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Founded: May 24, 2012
Capitalizt

Postby Elwher » Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:28 am

Max Schulman - Rally Round The Flag, Boys
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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Kasmirna
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Founded: Feb 24, 2021
Ex-Nation

Postby Kasmirna » Sun Feb 28, 2021 1:57 pm

Thr Poppy War by R.F Kuang halfway through it and so far really good if a bit to based on real events.
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Nookville
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Founded: Mar 29, 2020
Left-wing Utopia

Postby Nookville » Tue Mar 02, 2021 6:57 pm

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson. Just a short bit in and it's already an outstanding read
Minister of Parliament, The Blue Star Union
(they/them) Leftist (Economic Left/Right: -8.88, Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.03)
Most of the time I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm happy to learn.
NEWS:Funding directed to libraries, steep drop in crimes
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United Engiresco
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Founded: May 31, 2020
Ex-Nation

Postby United Engiresco » Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:05 pm

Currently reading Tokyo Ghoul:re Volume 1. Good read if you are into dark and edgy stuff or just like anime and manga in general.
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