IF you don't mind, Baron, please let me know what alternative you find, as many of my images are hosted on Imgur. Perhaps there is a way to host them on talossa.com?

-Txec R

A resident of the UK recently let me know that the image hosting service Imgur has been blocked in that region; I'm currently looking for an alternative.

The Government currently claims that they have the legal right to secretly interfere in the immigration process, blocking anyone they wish from trying to immigrate.  This power could be used to block people who have different political beliefs, who come from specific areas of the world, or who the people in power just don't like.  Someone in the Government could legally just delete their application, pretend it never existed, and never tell the public.

The Government also claims that they have never used this power.  There is no evidence to the contrary, and we believe them.

But the Government party is also fighting to keep the power to secretly block people they don't like.  They are voting against the Public Process Act, a short bill that would just require that "the public must be informed of the minister's decision and the justification for the decision."  Right now, the Seneschal and 100% of URL-aligned senators have voted against the bill.

We believe the Government when they say that they're not using their secret power to control immigration.  But we also don't think they should even have that power.  The Progressive Alliance doesn't think a bureaucrat should get to secretly control who gets to apply to immigrate.

This does not mean allowing gross people or spammers to immigrate.  The Government could still block them, but they should have to tell the people about it.

No bureaucrats should control who gets to apply to immigrate.  No one person should get to decide who's allowed to immigrate.  The immigration process should be public and open.  No one should be excluded from Talossa just because someone in the Government doesn't like their vibe (or their politics or whatever else).

The law should be changed.  There's no reason for the Government to have the power to secretly bar people from applying to immigrate.  If someone objectionable or gross applies to immigrate, then the Ziu can block them, or the Corts can block them, or His Majesty can block them, or people can just refuse to petition for that person.  And if the Government does need to intervene even before that, then they should just be required to tell us.  There's no reason to keep this a secret, unless there's something to hide.

Past abuses must be sought out, investigated, and brought to light.  We believe the Government when they say that they've never used the secret power that they want to keep.  But it's possible that other governments have not been responsible in this regard.  The Progressive Alliance will investigate any possible past abuses and bring them to light.


The Progressive Alliance will promise never to secretly block potential immigrants, and we will pass legislation to eliminate this government power.  No bureaucrat should secretly control immigration.

1. Mike Stern - Wishing well

2. Thomas Tallis - Third mode melody

Gheorghe Zamfir & André Rieu - The Lonely Shepherd (Einsamer Hirte):

Arturo Márquez - Danzón no. 2:

Anyone?

Btw, we do of course know the composition of the first final already. I will post these in a separate thread soon, but there is no rush as the deadline will be November 30th probably.

I was thinking about broadcasting the top 3 for each category in the discord on election night, but considering the somewhat limited enthusiasm for the event so far, I'm not sure that's gonna be worth it.

The third category is Songs with no lyrics

Nominations are now open.

We are looking for 25 nominations.

Each person may nominate two songs, with a deadline of 72 hours. (Please include a youtube link)
If we're not full after 72 hours everyone gets another nomination 24 hours after their previous nomination.


---Specific rules for this category---

(This would be my interpretation anyway. I hope @King Txec  , who nominated the category, agrees, but if not we can make some rule changes of course.)

A song may include vocals, as long as these aren't words. Invented languages and gibberish that is intended to sound like words do count as lyrics however. (So ooooh aaaah is ok, but prisencolinensinainciusol is not ok)

Of course music without any vocals also counts.

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We are voting on the written combination artist (or composer) + title, rather than the specific version that is being linked to, in case people do not like that version.

If you can, please include a link to YouTube or some other video or audio file of the song. Otherwise I will find a link myself, but I might not always find the best version.

Nominated so far:

Attention, Progressives!  A vote is underway for the next six days, as set forth in the constitution authored by party founder @þerxh Sant-Enogat !  Please see the private party forum to participate in discussion and vote!

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