[I've Never Done a 'Callout' Before. Am I Doing It Right?]

Now if you'd claimed to have your photograph taken with say the Unabomber we'd be a lot more suspicious. But this? Man.

Do remember that the Unabomber was a professional academic and assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley and lectured in mathematics. It's not unreasonable that he would have had his photograph taken many times during his tenure there.

[How 3v1s should be]

I thought you could only suffer one DA a day?

It's in his outbox. He's sending a defeat alert to each of the three he is at war with in the same day.

[A Canadian Election Story]

Ah, but even if everyone who voted for you had voted for Jim Peterson, Oostrom would still have won... by 33 votes (22,425 to 22,392).

Funny story though. Reminds me of how the media works in general.

[Outsourced: Another Reason to Loathe Him]

I'm a full proponent of gay rights and all of that wonderful progressive stuff but really nobody has any right to be offended by this. People ought to take offense when somebody actively intends to put down a group of people by using a word, not simply because the word used has a nominal association with homophobia. If Kobe knew the referee was a homosexual and the idea was in his head when he said !@#$%^, then that is a bad thing, like if somebody called Kobe the n-word. It's something that is used as a generic putdown these days, no different than !@#$%^& or !@#$%^& or dickhead. If you're going to cause a fuss about something, cause a fuss about actual discrimination against gays.

I'm going to have to agree with this entirely.

Kobe Byrant may be a complete and utter jerk and contemptible for many, many reasons, but this just isn't one of them.

[A Public Service Announcement from the Department of Spelling]

There is a character that is similar in appearance to this character that is found on 100% of the keyboards of the membership of this game.

What if my 'a' key fell off? Would I have to quit the game to preserve your statistic here?

[2 1/2 weeks - Observations etc on foreign aid, humanitarianism, and relief coordination.]

I agree. Japan's response to the disaster has been significantly more efficient than the other countries you mentioned.

But that's to be expected from a first-world country. First-world countries, Haiti and Turkey are not.

[CBC Vote Compass]

Closest to Greens, furthest from Conservative.

I was pretty close to BQ too, apart from the whole "Quebec should become a new nation lololol" which I strongly disagreed with.

Edit: Also, for the lulz, it said my preferred PM was still Harper, since I know very little about the BQ/Green leaders and I know Ignatieff isn't able to be trusted worth his salt. Harper's at least somewhat competent, if a bit despotic.

Edit2: Further, I'm not Canadian.

[The myth of cowardice]

Well said, Lamuella. Unfortunately, I doubt the PR slingers are going to take these words to heart. What cowards they are.

[Where are the carriers?]

Also, you guys should remember that most of the carriers (as well as much else in the military) are holdovers from the Cold War when we needed them to compete with the Soviet Union.

I wasn't aware the Soviets had a carrier fleet to speak of.

[Changes in TE]

I'm liking that resource selection feature myself, but the increase in purchase limits for infra and land are pretty helpful too.

Also no, I don't intend to donate because I'm poor.

[Shanks a lot.]

add me to, ill help out with this !@#$%^&*

Likewise. This sort of thing has no place in CN and I'd be glad to help toss it out.

[Announcement: I have accepted the surrender of the United Purple Nations]

If only GGA was around...

Apparently someone is trying to revive it.

[Craigslist Congressman]

Uhh.. was he a Libertarian?

*giggle*

[Pick My Alliance]

There, take that.

This.

Join RIA.

[ATTN Buyers: Tech Bonanza]

I make a habit of buying at 3/50 from people in my own alliance, 3/100 from people outside. Increasing the profit of people in my own alliance doubles as extra development aid for those people, so what the hell.

It also encourages our own sellers to do more of their deals internally, rather than externally, thus satisfying our tech needs as an alliance.

[Two Years - RIP]

I never knew ye, but I salute nonetheless.

RIP Denzin.

[The radiation is getting bad.]

ATTN: Government of Novus Niciae

In the interest of Neko preservation, the Office of Emergency Response, in cooperation with the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Jerna has dispatched a shipment of radiation sickness treatment ampoules to Novus Niciae, capable of treating all but the worst cases of radiation sickness.

Signed,

Claire Tobias

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Jerna

[Two-Faced? Misinterpretation? Liars?]

NEW started this war. They knew exactly where their path was leading and they decided to walk it anyway. To say they are fighting a defensive war is ludicrous.

Which is why you don't sign an MDP-level-or-higher treaty with someone that you can't follow the actions of 100% of the time (whether you agree with them or not)

[My New Avatar]

For a fleeting second I thought that was comradevader's avatar.

That's because it is, only with an Othal rune overlaid on it.

Hope you don't get busted for it not being Halloween, Ashoka.

[What Penkala doesn't get:]

"Judge not, that ye be not judged." - Matthew 7:1 (King James translation)

[What I'm Thankful For]

That was a great read. Well done.

To quote a certain important American someone:

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

[Longest consecutively serving leadership]

Number 1 should read:

!@#$%* - CN Staff (since Jan 6, 2006)

[Target: John McCain & DADT 2.0]

Coming from John McCain, this is not surprising at all. What a flip-flop demagogue.

[Gambling on election results]

I suppose there are worse things to vote on. Like whether or not the Reserve will put up interest rates, and if so, by how much.

[Rogues do funny things.]

That's hilarious, Haf and more than likely a bug.