Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on September 09, 2023, 01:48:32 AMAs to answer 1, Ián Lupul ár regeu may well be deserving of respect, but he is not the Lord God Almighty and it is kind of creepy to capitalise his pronouns. This is the kind of thing about Talossan monarchism which sets people's teeth on edge.

We are in agreement that His Majesty is not the Lord God Almighty. It was a stylistic choice because I assumed this was standard practice when referring to a monarch. However, after some research I see pronouns are only capitalized when coupled with appropriate honorifics such as "His Majesty" and I thank you for bringing that to my attention. Having been born and raised in the U.S.A., I admit that I'm an ignorant Yank with only a dim understanding of such minutia.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on September 09, 2023, 01:48:32 AMAs to answer 2, I'm kind of surprised that you don't seem to know what I'm talking about. The TNC has brought a law of that sort before the Ziu in the two previous Cosas, as 57RZ20 and 58RZ12. If your party tries again, will you support this?

I do remember 58RZ12 The SoS Succession Reform Act, but I didn't realize this was what you were referring to. 58RZ12 states that "The Deputy Secretary of State shall be appointed under the same procedure as the Secretary of State [...]"
So if you would consider a Deputy SoS to be a "Government Appointed Deputy" why wouldn't you consider the Secretary of State to also be "Government Appointed", and with more power!? That's why I don't see the problem with appointing a successor, in the exact same way, that can step in if the SoS is unable to perform their duties.

58RZ12 was voted down, so obviously there are other opinions. Perhaps I'm missing something that others see, and if so, I would be glad to hear it!

Sure!

1. I personally think that allowing the King to have a choice in his successor, even if it is a part of a larger process with vetoes, etc., shows Him at least a modicum of the respect He is entitled to by His station. However I am always open to be convinced otherwise.

2. I suppose I would need to know what the hypothetical bill specifically requires. A Government-appointed Deputy (GaD) would, I assume, be under the jurisdiction of the SoS, meaning that his duties (or lack thereof) would be assigned by the SoS. If the SoS was concerned about the GaD being dishonest in some way, then I would go on to assume the GaD would simply not be utilized, making the existence of the position moot. I'm not sure exactly what the utility would be of having a GaD, and considering it's hard enough to fill the positions we do have, I don't think it makes sense to add more that will eventually become defunct for lack of bodies.
I guess this was a long way of saying: it depends, but probably not.

I would like to take this time to announce my run for Senator for Maricopa, the hottest spot north of Havana!
Despite being relatively new and still feeling my way around the laws and politics of the realm, I hope that what I lack in knowledge, I make up for with vigor!
I am an active member of the Kingdom and wish to advance fun and engagement, not just overall but specifically in our province, which is, let's face it, the best one! Hopefully this fact has been evident in my representation of Maricopa across the Talossan Sporting World! (with varied success)
I am a member of the TNC, but I'm not interested in political games. I prefer to simply be earnest and honest because open communication is more important than "toeing the party line".
With all of that being said, if I am elected Senator I pledge to always put the good of Maricopa above all else, and to always be open to the input, discussion, and guidance of my fellow Maricopans.

- Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat O.SPM (U.PSM)

Quote from: Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB on September 05, 2023, 01:37:58 PM

Quote from: Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat on September 05, 2023, 08:25:01 AM

Quote from: Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB on September 04, 2023, 06:29:22 PMIt was also never emailed to me. Copying it from Witt involved manually changing the fonts, etc. not that I would have sent it out with the political stuff included.

I intended to forward it to the Chancery this morning for mail out. Considering that there always seems to be small edits needed, I decided to wait and make sure it passed muster before having it forwarded to the entire Kingdom.

@Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB If you have not sent it out yet (I don't believe I have received it yet in my email) I would be glad to forward a copy to you with the appropriate updates, just let me know.

I do not have an email copy that can be forwarded. Usually these are sent to email so I don't have to manually fiddle with fonts, colors, and links. Once I get the copy I'll send it out.

@Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB No, please don't trouble yourself. I will forward a copy to the Chancery within the hour for you to send out.

Quote from: Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB on September 04, 2023, 06:29:22 PMIt was also never emailed to me. Copying it from Witt involved manually changing the fonts, etc. not that I would have sent it out with the political stuff included.

I intended to forward it to the Chancery this morning for mail out. Considering that there always seems to be small edits needed, I decided to wait and make sure it passed muster before having it forwarded to the entire Kingdom.

@Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB If you have not sent it out yet (I don't believe I have received it yet in my email) I would be glad to forward a copy to you with the appropriate updates, just let me know.

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Immigration News
During Guscht XLIV we received 12 immigration applications from:

• Willow Clarke
• Robson Luiz Matiussi Junior
• Asa Ward
• Terpugov Kirill Andreevich
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• Valliammai Krishnan Parandhaman
• Tadana Kastom
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  And we welcome 2 new citaxhiéns: Zacrïeu Sverdeu and Ian Feliceu

Quote from: Sir Lüc on August 03, 2023, 01:17:27 PM

Quote from: Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat on August 02, 2023, 03:56:38 PMTo much fanfare Erschéveþ da Schir has taken the appropriate steps to restore his citaxhienità!

I think you meant to say her citaxhienità

I meant to say "their" because I wasn't sure, but apparently I accidentally defaulted to "his". Good catch Sir Lüc! I've updated it above and hope that Erschéveþ will forgive my mistake.

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• Juan Manuel Félix Guajardo
• Shreyas Reddy
• Muhammad Jaffer Rashid
• Akshat Kapoor
• David Sosa Valdes
• Zachary Bills
• Ash Anthony Almanza
• Rebecca Leib
• Thanh Phat Tsan
• Rania Nemri
• Kobie
• Gerardo Becerra Victorio
• Ilya Cherewyk
• Gabriel Mathew Williams

  And we welcome 1 new citaxhién: A.M. Marhaen!

Am I the only one who instantly thinks of Starship Troopers anytime someone mentions Buenos Aires?

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on August 01, 2023, 08:41:16 PMSafe travels! There won't be a bloodless coup seizing power while you are gone, and you will not return to armed troopers who take you into indefinite secret custody.  Sorry, wait, was that a weird thing to say?  Never mind.

That is correct Baron, the coup will be quite bloody, and the custody, not-so-secret :-D


But in all seriousness, enjoy your trip Breneir!

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on August 01, 2023, 09:31:10 AM

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on July 31, 2023, 03:53:02 PMOkay! So I think Twitter is fixed and embedded again.  Not the app -- try Bluesky, folks! -- but our embed of it.

For those reporting issues with the Twitter embed, could you please confirm it is now working for you? @Carlüs Éovart Vilaçafat @Sir Txec dal Nordselvă, UrB @Miestră Schivă, UrN

Also thank you @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu for getting those back issues of La C'hronica posted!

I am seeing it again. Thanks for working your magic @Baron Alexandreu Davinescu and getting La C´hronicǎ updated!

Quote from: Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC MC EiP on July 27, 2023, 10:18:44 PMI can confirm that La Tascaragnhă Nouă is returning to production, been drafting a few articles over the course of the week.

That's wonderful news! (no pun intended!) I can't wait to see what you and Zach have in store!

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on July 27, 2023, 08:58:45 PMAnyway. Carlus I am wondering why I am able to see the Twitter plugin working fine and Miestra as the one reported user having issues can not see it working. Are others reporting issues?

It is really strange that you are seeing it because it is broken for me as well. Is anyone else still seeing the Twitter feed on the website? Please let us know!

Yes, I was not aware, which as you rightly point out is an oversight on my part, and I apologize. I'm working to get the missing La C'hronicas added to the site as soon as possible. Hopefully those that needed or wanted to see them, saw them posted here on Witt or received them by email.

As far as the Twitter feed (I totally echo your feelings about calling it "X") it appears that Twitter has made recent changes to their API breaking the feed. We are currently working on a resolution.

Quote from: Miestră Schivă, UrN on July 27, 2023, 01:08:13 AMSadly there are no "private enterprise" newspapers functioning, but the Government-issued monthly La C'hronica fills the gap: https://talossa.com/lchronica/

(Incidentally, attention Minister of STUFF: LC doesn't appear to have been posted on the National Website since March?!)

I was not aware, thank you for bringing this to my attention!

I am throwing my hat in the ring for Maricopa Senator.