The Dark Lord

Okay, for some reason when I go back to play the game, I lag so much that it's impossible to play and browse the Internet. I don't know if deleting my cache or anything would help. EDIT: It's been fixed, sort of. I had to turn down the graphics to lower CPU usage, which is odd because I have a decent laptop. I guess some recent updates just made the game consume more CPU usage than normal.

We're having a crapload of snow (so far it's about half a foot, and we're anticipating at least a foot), and it's pretty awesome. It's pretty rare to have snow at all in central Arkansas, though. Oh well, no school for me. :P

I'm going to play the Devil's Advocate. If racism is defined as a belief in superiority of a race over an other, would it be a racist thing to say that evolution has brought about genetic differences among different people groups? For example, these differences may enable one group to survive more easily in colder climates, whereas the other group is better suited for hot, equatorial zones. The group that can fare better in the cold is obviously in possession of a trait that makes them superior in their own environment. If it's not racist, where do we draw the line? Intellectual superiority? Also, if a scientific study found out that a certain race is more intelligent than another, how should we react? Should we suppress the knowledge, even if it's the truth? Do we embrace it?

"Come on, you apes! Do you wanta go out like Danny Deever?!"

NASA is making preparations for a lunar base mission that will very possibly be launched June 2017. The site is relatively close to the original moon landing. Member states of the Federation will be represented. Memo: It is currently July 2016.

Cool story, bro.

Depends on the terms.

The UK has denied Brazil's request.

There are two blogs concerning the German annexation of Morocco:

It's part of Spain, but it has self-government. Unless you mean that you're stripping them of their self-government privileges?

You already own the Canary Islands. ... ... Fail.

? There are UN peacekeepers between Israeli and Palestine. To do that they would've had to attack the peacekeepers to get through. It doesn't mean it's true; it's just a blog entry. It did cause wide-spread anger, though.

Dungeonal.

The Israelis have begun to ship Palestinians in Israeli regions off to concentration camps. The blogger from Palestine claims that his brother escaped from one of the camps and claimed that he saw Palestinian children being forced to do manual labor while the elderly were murdered and tossed into open pits. Little girls were sold as sex slaves to Israeli military officers in charge of the camp. ----------------------------------- This is very disturbing.

Oh the naivety! A war mod has been chosen. ;)

The Federation has closed off its waters to any military vessels (pretty much North America and upper Europe). Likewise, the United States and the United Kingdom have stated that they will not intervene in the Poland conflict, although they express their sympathies toward the Polish people.

Very well, Mather.

Poland will still hate you, Mather. Throughout history, they've been made everyone's [bleep] and divided up, so they're not going to tolerate you.

Thats a pretty big generalisation of the most diverse country in the world. Tell me where you can get a gay marriage in the USA? Massachusetts.

You're always welcome in Stellar Legends. :P @LCooL, you gotta admit that it was hilarious seeing you and Jim argue in world chat. If you don't watch your dissent, you will wake up to find that your population is 0, and I think your buildings will be burned down.

Don't weasel out of this. Oh, and the Poles will hate you if you partition their country, which has been partitioned multiple times throughout recent-ish history. The Principality of Sealand has stated, "Well, we aren't the most lowly nation now." in response to Scandinavia's obvious display of fear toward the Slavic Republic.

Better welfare system. Why do you think there's thousands of Poles moving to Norway each year? And why would there be a war when they have not attempted to get them nor am I hostile towards them? Cool. There are thousands of various foreign nationals moving to the USA each year. Let's annex their countries! And Dusty and Icu have expressed an interest in Poland. Icu has especially expressed an interest in the Baltic States.

Oooo. Maybe we can see a war between the Slavic Republic, Russia and the Scandinavian Union now. :D And since you stated that you are going to do it, I expect you to pull through it, even if it starts a war between you, Russia, and the Slavic Republic. Don't be a wuss!

Retech has not sent me any details about his tech for confirmation.

A ceasefire has been called between the IRA and the British and American forces. During this time, peacekeeping forces will return everything to status quo, and diplomatic talks will be conducted between the Irish Republican, British, and American governments. As for the soldier that accidentally crushed the IRA operative, he will be given a hearing in which he will be found to have accidentally crushed the IRA soldier due to his suit's strength level being turned up too high. [hide=Map][/hide]