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RandomPauI: Nov 24, 2006; Grimey Drawer

RUSSIA TIMES BREAKING NEWS LIVESTREAM

Russia Times Coverage of the American Republic on Deaths Door: Livestream From the Convention Floor as it Happens: posted:

1 min ago:
09:53 am

1 min ago:
09:53

For those of you just joining us, here's a concise summary of what's going on.

Thirty minutes ago a group of ISIS-sympathizers opened fire on a school in Arlington, Virginia. And ten minutes ago a battle for the Capital of the United States began. A group of armed men assaulted the Constitutional Convention using high-powered military rifles, armored vehicles, and IEDs. The Michigan Marine Corps National Guard Unit immediately claimed responsibility. There are also reports of military-grade bomb-laden drones flying into the congressional building where Obama was scheduled to give an address. There may be reports of hundreds of casualties. We are certain that all reports of the domestic attacks have been confirmed. Police and army units have been activated to repel these attacks by their own brothers in arms.

It must be noted that the DC area police had already been reeling from America's failed policing efforts. Last month three commanders of the Miniuteman Civil Defense Corps, a private military corporation, robbed a series of area banks. They murdered five police men and eight civilians before they were gunned down. Last week a group of five muslim criminals murdered their guards and escaped from the District of Columbia Correction Detention Facility. Between those two incidents and others the number of DC officers killed or wounded this year stands at fourty-one.

The escape itself come hours after a group of five Islamo-Fascist terrorists were returned to Yemen to assist the Saudi Government in the repression of the Yemeni people. That exchange happened two days after Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi promised to strike at the heart of America after a "failed" assassination attempt. We should note that this was the American's sole "contribution" to support the legitimate, secular government of Syria. America has otherwise continued funneling weapons to terrorists in Syria thru the Saudi regime.

Obama's spokesmen and Democratic media propagandists are tight lipped about these developments, but this is clearly a coordinated effort to destabilize the government. It's difficult to determine who is involved but unnamed officials indicate that this is the opening act for simultaneous coup and counter-coup, timed to take place during a terrorist attack in another location. We can't confirm if that first terrorist attack is a false flag attack or if American intelligence agencies chose to sit on the information.

This story will update as more details become available.

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175Ju5750meGuy5 twitter feed posted:

(Ed note: The bottom two tweets wound up being at the top of the new page without any context so I edited them to include the article they're replying too)

RandomPauI fucked around with this message at 06:36 on Sep 28, 2016

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RagnarokAngel: Oct 5, 2006; Black Magic Extraordinaire

Welp we tried.

# ? Sep 29, 2016 22:26

RandomPauI: Nov 24, 2006; Grimey Drawer

Actually this sort of ending would allow for a do-over with new people.

The actions taken during the second convention would null because a final vote on ratification of everything wasn't held.

The people who didn't show up could be said to have been killed, were pulled back by the governor, or outright refused to return to the convention.

The people who did show up could stay or leave at the OP's discretion.

And it's a mock Russia Time article so of course it'll have gotten a lot of details factually incorrect for the sake of spin. No Muslim shooting up a school, no drone attack, etc.

# ? Oct 1, 2016 04:44

Necc0: Jun 30, 2005; by exmarx; Broken Cake

e: i thought this was the debate thread lol

# ? Oct 5, 2016 02:02

Potato Salad: Oct 23, 2014; nobody cares

Necc0 posted:

oh hey cool NBC's last word before the debate starting was Assange promises damaging reveal before election

what the gently caress is wrong with you shitheads

Wrong thread? Also, buy my book.

(is this game still active? I had some shenanigans planned roleplaying a bunch of bored, high-strung US Marshals guys)

# ? Oct 5, 2016 02:05

Loel: Jun 4, 2012; "For the Emperor."

There was a terrible noise.
There was a terrible silence.

Potato Salad posted:

Wrong thread? Also, buy my book.

(is this game still active? I had some shenanigans planned roleplaying a bunch of bored, high-strung US Marshals guys)

Id like it to be, but everyone stopped voting (or never started :effort:

)

# ? Oct 5, 2016 03:32

Elmnt80: Dec 30, 2012

Loel posted:

Id like it to be, but everyone stopped voting (or never started )

I think thus shows we are uniquely qualified to be us politicians. :v:

(I'm also somewhat glad. Was not looking forward to defending the super conservative south, because fuuuuuck that poo poo)

# ? Oct 5, 2016 03:38

Loel: Jun 4, 2012; "For the Emperor."

There was a terrible noise.
There was a terrible silence.

Cop Porn Popper posted:

I think thus shows we are uniquely qualified to be us politicians.

(I'm also somewhat glad. Was not looking forward to defending the super conservative south, because fuuuuuck that poo poo)

I think it might be easier if we all came in with secret agendas, and OP could have our patrons/special interests go this way or that. IE, tell us we need to push more for x issue.

Bit easier than just 'defend the south'

Instead, it could be defending big sugar or whatever.

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RandomPauI: Nov 24, 2006; Grimey Drawer

Well it is an effective learning experience. Here are some takeaways.

At the start of the game:

1) make the scenario very clear at the start of the game.

2) the people who want to be a delegate or alternate should inform the OP how they plan to play things at the start as a delegate or an alternate.

3) the OP will tell delegates and alternates if something's incompatible with the will of the voting blocks, the people in power there, if certain things cross the line, etc. The delegates and alternates will make changes accordingly until they can reach an agreement with the OP.

When voting:

1) only the speaker can call a vote.

2) only the speaker can make certify the vote and make official vote results public.

3) instead of voting on streamlining things article by article just have that be an up or down vote at the start.

Delegates:

1) who don't post or vote for one week can get a warning, downgraded to alternate, or booted out at the speakers discretion.

Alternates:

1) need to participate at least once a week even though they can't vote.

2) If there are more alternates than delegates they can participate as citizens, members of the media, pundits, other government officials, etc. But if they want to stay an alternate they have to post content.

3) If there are less alternates then delegates then have a plan in place to decide which alternate gets to be the new delegate. This could be a lotto between people interested in that state, or a lotto between all alternates.

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