We've got an Armenian prospective who really resents being assigned to a province named after the founder of the Turkish Republic.

Have you guys considered doing what Belacosta did with their old name? Twice?

I believe that there are now two CpI Judges in this category.

I thank the Member for his constructive suggestion. I had forgotten we'd done that, as it wasn't done in the previous Government, but now I've flipped back to last year and I see what you mean. I think what I'll probably do is lock old threads, but add a notation for those who got citizenship.

On Anzac Day I like to get a kebab, as if to say "no hard feelings". My great-granddad catching a bunch of shrapnel in the back in consequence of Winston Churchill's mad plans had the positive side effect of boosting the career of the man who went on to found the Turkish Republic (although any Greek or Kurd might have a problem with that)

"And the band played Waltzing Matilda
When we stopped to bury our slain
Well we buried ours and the Turks buried theirs
Then it started all over again"

The judges have given feedback on all the entries on the Discord, and I suppose they're just waiting for Llimbaziua to repost it here?

¡Estimadă.ts cüncitaxhiens!

It has been a grief for me that, during the Duke of Lupul's time on the throne, there was a growing alienation between the King and his elected Government, to the point of total lack of communication - unless repeated text messages requesting a formality, followed by a formality being issued, counts as communication.  I thought maybe that was just my winning personality, but no; other Governments had similar issues.

You may have been me rambling to the Free Democrat convention that this was something we had to change. As luck would have it, we now have a King who is paying attention. I am happy to announce, therefore, that henceforth, as Seneschál I will be having regular audiences with His Majesty The King to discuss Government business.

My preferences for minimal Royal political action - in fact, for minimal Royal anything - are well known. However, failing the dawn of the New Republic, Talossa needs a constitutional monarchy as exists in other well-run countries. In the United Kingdom, the Monarch has quite awesome powers in paper, which it is a social contract never to use except in the direst emergency. But the 19th century journalist Walter Bagehot argued that the Monarch has three rights, which are also three duties, towards their elected Government: to advise, to encourage, and to warn.

So: regular meetings so that His Majesty can advise, encourage, and warn me. This is a precedent that we hope will be upheld by my successors in Government - and his successors as Head of State of Talossa.

Questions? Comments?

Let's all hear it for T. Rex!

I would agree in broad outline with this. The problem with the judiciary in the post-KR1 era is that we began to exclude major political figures from the CpI. This was necessary due to the blatant corruption under KR1, where a single person could vote against a bill in the Cosă AND in the Senäts AND sit on the CpI to declare it inorganic. BUT: the corollary of this is that CpI judges are less active Talossans for whom our nation is not their top priority.

My solution to this way back when was to bring in the General Cort staffed with Community Jurists to act as a more efficient "court of first instance". The first thing we need to do is to nominate a couple more of those!

The second thing we need to do is tighten up the provisions of El Lexhatx G.11 for penalising judicial inactivity.

Under the provisions of El Lexhatx D.2.1, I am happy to name @Mic'haglh Autófil, SMC EiP as Acting Foreign Minister, to cover for @Bentxamì Puntmasleu who has taken a leave of absence.

(For those keeping track, I don't need the King to do a formality on this one!)

Happy to ask @King Txec to confirm @Ian Plätschisch as the new Finance Minister

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on November 30, 2024, 10:48:47 PMMiestra stated that Luc said I made him uncomfortable which is not true.

I beg you to consider that people sometimes say things in forums to which you're not invited. If Sir Lüc had not communicated *clearly* to me that he doesn't appreciate your remarks, I would have ignored them.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on November 30, 2024, 06:39:14 PM

Quote from: Breneir Tzaracomprada on November 30, 2024, 05:16:02 PMsauve and debonair Sir Lüc

A month ago, you called Sir Luc "cute" and "handsome." Now you're calling him "suave and debonair." This isn't criminal behavior, but it is inappropriate (and creepy).

The fact that this behaviour is repeated even though its target has expressed his discomfort with it - and the fact that the perpetrator understands that discomfort, doesn't care, and just keeps going - shows that it is intended as harassment, even if it does not (yet) rise to the legal definition of that under law. Wittenberg moderators need to be authorised to stamp this stuff out.

Given the new role of @Sir Lüc and the provisions of El Lexhatx C.5, there are now 16 Cosă seats vacant; this is a placeholder to remind me to reassign them before the next Clark.

In accordance with El Lexhatx C.3.1, I humbly advise the King to appoint @Sir Lüc as Secretary of State.

We don't celebrate the holiday in this country, but for some reason we've adopted the tradition of "Black Friday" to drive consumerist excess