Steam Name: Nikolai Age: 13 How long have you been Roleplaying? (can be any game): About two years How long have you been playing Serious GMod RP?: About ten months
Character Section
Authorization(s): Bachelors Degree in Civil and Electrical Engineering Twenty-five years experience in mechanical design
Name: Krzyztof Wojnaczyk Age: 74 Gender: Male Affiliation: None
Write a detailed in-canon back-story how your character obtained these authorizations. (I suppose a backstory will suffice.) Krzyztof Wojnaczyk was born on a snowy fifteenth of December in the year 1942 on a farm in northern occupied Poland. His father, Wojciech, was a member of Armia Krajowa (Polish for Home Army) who died in the war. His mother was a tender of a farm who later married the owner of said farm. Krzyztof's early life was full of constant moving as his mother was remaining outside the law of Germany. In his early years, his mother supplied education in the fields of grammar, arithmetic, and other basics. In 1947, when Krzyztof was five, he began attending a formal school. He attended such school until adulthood.
In 1960, at the age of 18, Krzyztof applied and was accepted at the Warsaw University of Technology. There, he studied mechanical engineering and received a bachelors degree. He maintained a 3.5 GPA during his college years. In 1965, he began employment at ?ucznik Arms Factory, a reputable arms manufacturer in Poland. From the start of his employment until 1971, he performed maintenance on machinery used for creation of equipment in divisions of ?ucznik Arms Factory that created civilian objects like type-writers. In 1971, the Board of Directors at ?ucznik Arms Factory deemed Krzyztof eligible for their scholarship program, in which he would be able to return to the Warsaw University of Technology and study electrical engineering in order to become involved in weapons development. This he did.
In 1975, he returned to ?ucznik Arms Factory and began, one again, performing maintenance on machines. But this time, it was on machines that created parts for firearms. He remained in this job until 1985. At this point a weapon designer at ?ucznik became interested in Krzyztof, and recruited him onto his team. He worked in that position until 2010, when he retired.
Until the Seven Hour War, he lived happily in retirement. Following the war, he was jolted into a life style of fear. He avoided imprisonment into a city, following a group of mysterious mormon rebels. Being moved from camp to camp, he eventually reached the outskirts of City 45 where he remained until now.
What will these authorizations give your character in regards to perks or defects? Perks The ability to maintain and design mechanical defenses.
The ability to give basic training to others regarding engineering.
Defects Mindset in engineering. Krzyztof worked in engineering for most of his life, and he's nearly incapable of doing anything else.
Krzyztof was taught in a specific manner, an old technique. Working with more modern engineers will be difficult for him.
What do you plan to do with these perks/defects? My wishes are to, in the beginning of my roleplay, help maintain the firearms of others given they are willing to roleplay damage of their weapons. I also wish to use these characters skills to defend myself. My end goal is to be admitted into the Alliance in which I would be able to use this character's ability to the fullest extent.
Will anyone else need these auths? (If so, list OOC and IC name(s)) No.
Which server does this apply for? Outlands
Extra Notes (optional): I have general knowledge in these fields in real life.
EDIT: Removed a BBCode closing that didn't belong.
Abridged Synopsis Nightmare in Cyrillic is a proposal for an Open-Aura based roleplay gamemode - the brainchild of Nikolai and Burning Bullet, two experienced members of the roleplay community who know what will and won’t work when creating a new concept. Nightmare in Cyrillic is a concept created with how it could benefit Catalyst Gaming.
Vorteca, Rovkin. Present-day. A city plaza crowded with men, women, and children, each to their own devices. Two men, casually dressed as to fit in with the common urban attire, step outside a dull office building. One hands the other a cigar. Both begin tapping at their PDAs. All seems normal and tranquil. However, these seemingly normal people have a dangerous secret to hide. They are like us in every way, but they are not of us. Rather, they are from another dimension that parallels our own. It is known as the Realm of Count-Saint Germain. Supernatural beings from this cryptic dimension live disguised amongst the common people. Known by the public merely as “Others,” these cosmic anomalies possess the unimaginable ability to manipulate the very fabric of time and space. They feed on the blood of their mortal brethren. No mortal possesses the ability to stop them. However, not all of these beings have malicious intentions for the mortal world. Will these surreptitious beings use their own abilities to feed off of mankind, or will they use their supernatural powers to rescue mankind from the brink of extinction at the hands of their own kin?
Nightmare in Cyrillic essentially takes the common complaints regarding other roleplay gamemodes, in Catalyst Gaming and abroad, and combines those complaints with benefits of some other Catalyst Gaming gamemodes. Something that Burning and I were really worried about when we were coming up with this was what benefit this truly had. As a lot of you know, there's not much for you to do as a citizen in HL2RP, and the UU is essentially the focal point - even though it shouldn't be. In light of that, Burning and I made sure the focal point of this RP gamemode would be the citizen RP.
Double Coexisting Dimensions Within the RP, you have two dimensions. Those are mortal reality and the realm of Count-Saint Germain, a dimension which all Others can enter. If anyone, Other or mortal, endures prolonged exposure in the realm, they will die. Others are more vulnerable in the realm of Count-Saint Germain.
Factions Mortals Mortals - humans - live in fear of the Others, and of their government. Citizens often have to carry out their daily deeds with the risk of losing their lives at the hands of Dark Others.
Others Others are those of a genetically altered breed of humans. Others have the ability to live in excess of three thousand years. They survive on power vested in them by their patron Count-Saint Germain and the lives of their mortal brethren. There are multiple classifications of Others.
Centurions Centurions officially known as <insert cyrillic characters that refuse to be nice little letters>(militsiya) are the law enforcement of the city. Centurions are for the most part corrupt, and they reserve the right to violate the civil rights you don’t have, and basically do what they want. There are some regulations, but for the most part Centurions do not hold back on punishment.
Eidolon Centurion Federalsk Eidolon Centurion Federalsk are eidolon others who work as federal liaisons to Centurions. They oversee the handling of others by Centurions and are the law enforcement for the government in the Realm of Count-Saint Germain. Within the Realm of Count-Saint Germain they are considered enemies by the masses, and serve as the opposition to the Blackguard of Count-Saint Germain.
Blackguard of Count-Saint Germain Blackguard of Count-Saint Germain is the group of high-grade magicians who live to protect the interests of Count-Saint Germain. They operate in both realms, but mainly reside in the Realm of Count-Saint Germain. They are one of the few peoples that will not suffer death after prolonged exposure to the Realm of Count-Saint Germain.
Guard of Saint Benedict Guard of Saint Benedict is the group of high-grade magicians who balance the Blackguard of the Count-Saint Germain and fight them. Saint Benedict is the Catholic saint against sorcery. Members of the Guard are commended and saved from eternal damnation for their efforts to preserve the Catholic religion against the Blackguard of Count-Saint Germain.
Classification of Others Others are classified into three groups : Charlatans, Eidolons, and Lightists. Charlatans are magicians of the Dark who wish to end humanity; Eidolons are Others who have pledged their allegiance to the government, in good and bad; Lightists are the enemy of the Charlatans and are there to prevent the Dark from ending humanity.
Flags and Benefits l flag Allows for: Ownership and purchase of melee weapons. Obtained by: IC application with militia and OOC approval of certified administrator.
L flag Allows for: Sidearms Obtained by: IC application with militia and OOC approval of certified administrator.
h flag Allows for: Semi-automatic assault and battle rifles. Obtained by: IC application with militia, OOC approval of certified administrator, and recommendation from super administrator.
H flag Allows for: Automatic assault rifles. Obtained by: IC application with militia, OOC approval of super administrator, and recommendation of either (a)another super administrator or (b)two certified administrators.
PET flags Allows for: Same as in HL2RP, physgun, tool gun, and the ability to spawn props. Obtained by: Forum application or Gold donation.
o flag Allows for: Creation of low level Other. Obtained by: Forum application, approval by certified administrator after evaluation of knowledge of canon and vampire-esque things.
O flag Allows for: Creation of high level Other. Obtained by: Forum application, approval of " ", gold member donation
D flag Allows for: Driving vehicles. Obtained by: IC application with militia, and OOC approval of certified administrator.
YES VEHICLES! The map is going to be fairly big, and there will be vehicles.
Would love for other ideas for flags.
Essentially, this is a work-in-progress either way. This is going to happen here or elsewhere. I would love for this to happen here, and am open to suggestions for changes by all of you.
The REINS act.........sigh.....when will the abuse of power end in Congress?
Quote from: The Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- A bill that would give the controlling party of either chamber of Congress veto power over any major new regulation passed the House of Representatives Wednesday.
The measure, dubbed the Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny -- or REINS -- Act, would require Congress to sign off on any new rule estimated to cost more than $100 million. It passed 241 to 184, with a handful of Democrats crossing the aisle.
The REINS Act is only the latest of a slew of bills aimed at peeling back regulations, which House Republicans have pushed for in the name of cutting red tape and freeing up businesses. The GOP sees the regulations as overbearing rulemaking by unelected bureaucrats.
"Who do the regulators answer to? No one," said Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) in debate on the House floor.
"When the regulators go to work everyday, like most people go to work, their work assignment's a little different," Poe said. "In my opinion, they sit around a big oak table, sipping their lattes. They have out their iPads and their computers, and they decide, 'Who shall we regulate today?' And they write a regulation and send it out to the masses and make us deal with the cost to that."
Rep. Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.), argued that if Congress can stop rules in their tracks, businesses will flourish.
"Poll after poll of small business owners, of medium-sized business owners -- they will show you and tell you that major regulations are holding back their expansion and the ability of them to hire more workers," Quayle said.
The bill would effectively give either chamber a veto on a regulation because leaders could simply not put it on the calendar for a vote, and the rule would expire after 70 congressional working days.
The Senate is unlikely to pass the measure.
Opponents of the bill argue that there is actually no evidence that regulation is a drag on the economy. Although REINS advocates frequently point to an estimate that regulations cost business more than $1 trillion a year, opponents point to a recent report from the Congressional Budget Office that found the benefits of regulations often outweigh their costs by spurring economic activity.
Environmental advocates have been especially alarmed about the REINS Act because many environmental regulations fall into the "major" category, with their impact often exceeding $100 million in cost. They fear the measure is simply a way to let the Tea Party and special interests shoot down any new rule to protect the air and water.
The Act's opponents also note that it's ironic the GOP legislative attempt comes during an administration that has promoted fewer regulations that the previous one, and that the regulations Congress wants to block stem from laws passed by Congress itself.
Democrats cast the entire exercise as a partisan distraction from attempts to do something about the economy, including extending a payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits that run out at the end of the year.
"Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat -- please to put a dollar in the workers' hand," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said. "I urge my colleagues to vote no on this REINS Act, and to get to work to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance for the American people."
"Only then will we increase demand in our economy, create jobs, promote economic growth and put money into the pockets of 160 million Americans," Pelosi said. "Think of the difference that will make instead of putting forth legislation that has no impact on our economic growth is not in furtherance of job creation."
Spoiler for Hiden:
112TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 10 To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 20, 2011 Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. AKIN, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BERG, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BONNER, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAMP, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. FLORES, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Ms. FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. GUTHRIE, Ms. HAYWORTH, Mr. HELLER, Mr. HERGER, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. ISSA, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. JONES, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. KLINE, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LEE of New York, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. NUNES, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. POSEY, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. QUAYLE, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. ROSKAM, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. UPTON, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. WEST, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. WITTMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS2 •HR 10 IH A BILL To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Regulations From the 5 Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011’’. 6 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 7 The purpose of this Act is to increase accountability 8 for and transparency in the federal regulatory process. 9 Section 1 of article I of the United States Constitution 10 grants all legislative powers to Congress. Over time, Con- 11 gress has excessively delegated its constitutional charge 12 while failing to conduct appropriate oversight and retain 13 accountability for the content of the laws it passes. By 14 requiring a vote in Congress, the REINS Act will result 15 in more carefully drafted and detailed legislation, an im- 16 proved regulatory process, and a legislative branch that 17 is truly accountable to the American people for the laws 18 imposed upon them. VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS3 •HR 10 IH 1 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULE- 2 MAKING. 3 Chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 4 to read as follows: 5 ‘‘CHAPTER 8—CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW 6 OF AGENCY RULEMAKING ‘‘Sec. ‘‘801. Congressional review. ‘‘802. Congressional approval procedure for major rules. ‘‘803. Congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor rules. ‘‘804. Definitions. ‘‘805. Judicial review. ‘‘806. Exemption for monetary policy. ‘‘807. Effective date of certain rules. 7 ‘‘§ 801. Congressional review 8 ‘‘(a)(1)(A) Before a rule may take effect, the Federal 9 agency promulgating such rule shall submit to each House 10 of the Congress and to the Comptroller General a report 11 containing— 12 ‘‘(i) a copy of the rule; 13 ‘‘(ii) a concise general statement relating to the 14 rule; 15 ‘‘(iii) a classification of the rule as a major or 16 nonmajor rule, including an explanation of the clas- 17 sification specifically addressing each criteria for a 18 major rule contained within sections 804(2)(A), 19 804(2)(B), and 804(2)(C); 20 ‘‘(iv) a list of any other related regulatory ac- 21 tions intended to implement the same statutory proVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS4 •HR 10 IH 1 vision or regulatory objective as well as the indi- 2 vidual and aggregate economic effects of those ac- 3 tions; and 4 ‘‘(v) the proposed effective date of the rule. 5 ‘‘(B) On the date of the submission of the report 6 under subparagraph (A), the Federal agency promulgating 7 the rule shall submit to the Comptroller General and make 8 available to each House of Congress— 9 ‘‘(i) a complete copy of the cost-benefit analysis 10 of the rule, if any; 11 ‘‘(ii) the agency’s actions pursuant to title 5 of 12 the United States Code, sections 603, 604, 605, 13 607, and 609; 14 ‘‘(iii) the agency’s actions pursuant to title 2 of 15 the United States Code, sections 1532, 1533, 1534, 16 and 1535; and 17 ‘‘(iv) any other relevant information or require- 18 ments under any other Act and any relevant Execu- 19 tive orders. 20 ‘‘(C) Upon receipt of a report submitted under sub- 21 paragraph (A), each House shall provide copies of the re- 22 port to the chairman and ranking member of each stand- 23 ing committee with jurisdiction under the rules of the 24 House of Representatives or the Senate to report a bill VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS5 •HR 10 IH 1 to amend the provision of law under which the rule is 2 issued. 3 ‘‘(2)(A) The Comptroller General shall provide a re- 4 port on each major rule to the committees of jurisdiction 5 by the end of 15 calendar days after the submission or 6 publication date as provided in section 802(b)(2). The re- 7 port of the Comptroller General shall include an assess- 8 ment of the agency’s compliance with procedural steps re- 9 quired by paragraph (1)(B). 10 ‘‘(B) Federal agencies shall cooperate with the Comp- 11 troller General by providing information relevant to the 12 Comptroller General’s report under subparagraph (A). 13 ‘‘(3) A major rule relating to a report submitted 14 under paragraph (1) shall take effect upon enactment of 15 a joint resolution of approval described in section 802 or 16 as provided for in the rule following enactment of a joint 17 resolution of approval described in section 802, whichever 18 is later. 19 ‘‘(4) A nonmajor rule shall take effect as provided 20 by section 803 after submission to Congress under para- 21 graph (1). 22 ‘‘(5) If a joint resolution of approval relating to a 23 major rule is not enacted within the period provided in 24 subsection (b)(2), then a joint resolution of approval relat- 25 ing to the same rule may not be considered under this VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS6 •HR 10 IH 1 chapter in the same Congress by either the House of Rep- 2 resentatives or the Senate. 3 ‘‘(b)(1) A major rule shall not take effect unless the 4 Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval described 5 under section 802. 6 ‘‘(2) If a joint resolution described in subsection (a) 7 is not enacted into law by the end of 70 session days or 8 legislative days, as applicable, beginning on the date on 9 which the report referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is re- 10 ceived by Congress (excluding days either House of Con- 11 gress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a session 12 of Congress), then the rule described in that resolution 13 shall be deemed not to be approved and such rule shall 14 not take effect. 15 ‘‘(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 16 section (except subject to paragraph (3)), a major rule 17 may take effect for one 90-calendar-day period if the 18 President makes a determination under paragraph (2) and 19 submits written notice of such determination to the Con- 20 gress. 21 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a determination made 22 by the President by Executive order that the major rule 23 should take effect because such rule is— 24 ‘‘(A) necessary because of an imminent threat 25 to health or safety or other emergency; VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS7 •HR 10 IH 1 ‘‘(B) necessary for the enforcement of criminal 2 laws; 3 ‘‘(C) necessary for national security; or 4 ‘‘(D) issued pursuant to any statute imple- 5 menting an international trade agreement. 6 ‘‘(3) An exercise by the President of the authority 7 under this subsection shall have no effect on the proce- 8 dures under section 802. 9 ‘‘(d)(1) In addition to the opportunity for review oth- 10 erwise provided under this chapter, in the case of any rule 11 for which a report was submitted in accordance with sub- 12 section (a)(1)(A) during the period beginning on the date 13 occurring— 14 ‘‘(A) in the case of the Senate, 60 session days, 15 or 16 ‘‘(B) in the case of the House of Representa- 17 tives, 60 legislative days, 18 before the date the Congress is scheduled to adjourn a 19 session of Congress through the date on which the same 20 or succeeding Congress first convenes its next session, sec- 21 tions 802 and 803 shall apply to such rule in the suc- 22 ceeding session of Congress. 23 ‘‘(2)(A) In applying sections 802 and 803 for pur- 24 poses of such additional review, a rule described under 25 paragraph (1) shall be treated as though— VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS8 •HR 10 IH 1 ‘‘(i) such rule were published in the Federal 2 Register on— 3 ‘‘(I) in the case of the Senate, the 15th 4 session day, or 5 ‘‘(II) in the case of the House of Rep- 6 resentatives, the 15th legislative day, 7 after the succeeding session of Congress first con- 8 venes; and 9 ‘‘(ii) a report on such rule were submitted to 10 Congress under subsection (a)(1) on such date. 11 ‘‘(B) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed 12 to affect the requirement under subsection (a)(1) that a 13 report shall be submitted to Congress before a rule can 14 take effect. 15 ‘‘(3) A rule described under paragraph (1) shall take 16 effect as otherwise provided by law (including other sub- 17 sections of this section). 18 ‘‘§ 802. Congressional approval procedure for major 19 rules 20 ‘‘(a) For purposes of this section, the term ‘joint res- 21 olution’ means only a joint resolution introduced on or 22 after the date on which the report referred to in section 23 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress (excluding days ei- 24 ther House of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days 25 during a session of Congress), the matter after the resolvVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS9 •HR 10 IH 1 ing clause of which is as follows: ‘That Congress approves 2 the rule submitted by the l l relating to l l.’ (The 3 blank spaces being appropriately filled in). 4 ‘‘(1) In the House, the majority leader of the 5 House of Representatives (or his designee) and the 6 minority leader of the House of Representatives (or 7 his designee) shall introduce such joint resolution 8 described in subsection (a) (by request), within 3 9 legislative days after Congress receives the report re- 10 ferred to in section 801(a)(1)(A). 11 ‘‘(2) In the Senate, the majority leader of the 12 Senate (or his designee) and the minority leader of 13 the Senate (or his designee) shall introduce such 14 joint resolution described in subsection (a) (by re- 15 quest), within 3 session days after Congress receives 16 the report referred to in section 801(a)(1)(A). 17 ‘‘(b)(1) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) 18 shall be referred to the committees in each House of Con- 19 gress with jurisdiction under the rules of the House of 20 Representatives or the Senate to report a bill to amend 21 the provision of law under which the rule is issued. 22 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘submis- 23 sion date’ means the date on which the Congress receives 24 the report submitted under section 801(a)(1). VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS10 •HR 10 IH 1 ‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee or committees 2 to which a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 3 been referred have not reported it at the end of 15 session 4 days after its introduction, such committee or committees 5 shall be automatically discharged from further consider- 6 ation of the resolution and it shall be placed on the cal- 7 endar. A vote on final passage of the resolution shall be 8 taken on or before the close of the 15th session day after 9 the resolution is reported by the committee or committees 10 to which it was referred, or after such committee or com- 11 mittees have been discharged from further consideration 12 of the resolution. 13 ‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee or com- 14 mittees to which a joint resolution is referred have re- 15 ported, or when a committee or committees are discharged 16 (under subsection (c)) from further consideration of a 17 joint resolution described in subsection (a), it is at any 18 time thereafter in order (even though a previous motion 19 to the same effect has been disagreed to) for a motion 20 to proceed to the consideration of the joint resolution, and 21 all points of order against the joint resolution (and against 22 consideration of the joint resolution) are waived. The mo- 23 tion is not subject to amendment, or to a motion to post- 24 pone, or to a motion to proceed to the consideration of 25 other business. A motion to reconsider the vote by which VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS11 •HR 10 IH 1 the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in 2 order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration of the 3 joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution shall re- 4 main the unfinished business of the Senate until disposed 5 of. 6 ‘‘(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, 7 and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection 8 therewith, shall be limited to not more than 2 hours, which 9 shall be divided equally between those favoring and those 10 opposing the joint resolution. A motion to further limit 11 debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment to, 12 or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to the 13 consideration of other business, or a motion to recommit 14 the joint resolution is not in order. 15 ‘‘(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu- 16 sion of the debate on a joint resolution described in sub- 17 section (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 18 the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 19 Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution 20 shall occur. 21 ‘‘(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 22 to the application of the rules of the Senate to the proce- 23 dure relating to a joint resolution described in subsection 24 (a) shall be decided without debate. VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS12 •HR 10 IH 1 ‘‘(e)(1) In the House of Representatives, if the com- 2 mittee or committees to which a joint resolution described 3 in subsection (a) has been referred have not reported it 4 at the end of 15 legislative days after its introduction, 5 such committee or committees shall be automatically dis- 6 charged from further consideration of the resolution and 7 it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. A vote on 8 final passage of the resolution shall be taken on or before 9 the close of the 15th legislative day after the resolution 10 is reported by the committee or committees to which it 11 was referred, or after such committee or committees have 12 been discharged from further consideration of the resolu- 13 tion. 14 ‘‘(2)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to 15 proceed to the consideration of a resolution shall be privi- 16 leged and not debatable. An amendment to the motion 17 shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move to 18 reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 19 disagreed to. 20 ‘‘(B) Debate in the House of Representatives on a 21 resolution shall be limited to not more than two hours, 22 which shall be divided equally between those favoring and 23 those opposing the resolution. A motion to further limit 24 debate shall not be debatable. No amendment to, or mo- 25 tion to recommit, the resolution shall be in order. It shall VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS13 •HR 10 IH 1 not be in order to reconsider the vote by which a resolution 2 is agreed to or disagreed to. 3 ‘‘(C) Motions to postpone, made in the House of Rep- 4 resentatives with respect to the consideration of a resolu- 5 tion, and motions to proceed to the consideration of other 6 business, shall be decided without debate. 7 ‘‘(D) All appeals from the decisions of the Chair re- 8 lating to the application of the Rules of the House of Rep- 9 resentatives to the procedure relating to a resolution shall 10 be decided without debate. 11 ‘‘(f) If, before the passage by one House of a joint 12 resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that 13 House receives from the other House a joint resolution 14 described in subsection (a), then the following procedures 15 shall apply with respect to a joint resolution described in 16 subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint resolu- 17 tion— 18 ‘‘(1) the procedure in that House shall be the 19 same as if no joint resolution had been received from 20 the other House; but 21 ‘‘(2) the vote on final passage shall be on the 22 joint resolution of the other House. 23 ‘‘(g) The enactment of a resolution of approval does 24 not serve as a grant or modification of statutory authority 25 by Congress for the promulgation of a rule, does not extinVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS14 •HR 10 IH 1 guish or affect any claim, whether substantive or proce- 2 dural, against any alleged defect in a rule, and shall not 3 form part of the record before the court in any judicial 4 proceeding concerning a rule. 5 ‘‘(h) This section and section 803 are enacted by 6 Congress— 7 ‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 8 the Senate and House of Representatives, respec- 9 tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 10 of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 11 respect to the procedure to be followed in that 12 House in the case of a joint resolution described in 13 subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to 14 the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 15 ‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 16 right of either House to change the rules (so far as 17 relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 18 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 19 the case of any other rule of that House. 20 ‘‘§ 803. Congressional disapproval procedure for 21 nonmajor rules 22 ‘‘(a) For purposes of this section, the term ‘joint res- 23 olution’ means only a joint resolution introduced in the 24 period beginning on the date on which the report referred 25 to in section 801(a)(1)(A) is received by Congress and VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS15 •HR 10 IH 1 ending 60 days thereafter (excluding days either House 2 of Congress is adjourned for more than 3 days during a 3 session of Congress), the matter after the resolving clause 4 of which is as follows: ‘That Congress disapproves the 5 nonmajor rule submitted by the l l relating to l l, 6 and such rule shall have no force or effect.’ (The blank 7 spaces being appropriately filled in). 8 ‘‘(b)(1) A joint resolution described in subsection (a) 9 shall be referred to the committees in each House of Con- 10 gress with jurisdiction. 11 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the term submis- 12 sion or publication date means the later of the date on 13 which— 14 ‘‘(A) the Congress receives the report submitted 15 under section 801(a)(1); or 16 ‘‘(B) the nonmajor rule is published in the Fed- 17 eral Register, if so published. 18 ‘‘(c) In the Senate, if the committee to which is re- 19 ferred a joint resolution described in subsection (a) has 20 not reported such joint resolution (or an identical joint 21 resolution) at the end of 15 session days after the date 22 of introduction of the joint resolution, such committee may 23 be discharged from further consideration of such joint res- 24 olution upon a petition supported in writing by 30 MemVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS16 •HR 10 IH 1 bers of the Senate, and such joint resolution shall be 2 placed on the calendar. 3 ‘‘(d)(1) In the Senate, when the committee to which 4 a joint resolution is referred has reported, or when a com- 5 mittee is discharged (under subsection (c)) from further 6 consideration of a joint resolution described in subsection 7 (a), it is at any time thereafter in order (even though a 8 previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to) 9 for a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 10 resolution, and all points of order against the joint resolu- 11 tion (and against consideration of the joint resolution) are 12 waived. The motion is not subject to amendment, or to 13 a motion to postpone, or to a motion to proceed to the 14 consideration of other business. A motion to reconsider the 15 vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to shall 16 not be in order. If a motion to proceed to the consideration 17 of the joint resolution is agreed to, the joint resolution 18 shall remain the unfinished business of the Senate until 19 disposed of. 20 ‘‘(2) In the Senate, debate on the joint resolution, 21 and on all debatable motions and appeals in connection 22 therewith, shall be limited to not more than 10 hours, 23 which shall be divided equally between those favoring and 24 those opposing the joint resolution. A motion to further 25 limit debate is in order and not debatable. An amendment VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS17 •HR 10 IH 1 to, or a motion to postpone, or a motion to proceed to 2 the consideration of other business, or a motion to recom- 3 mit the joint resolution is not in order. 4 ‘‘(3) In the Senate, immediately following the conclu- 5 sion of the debate on a joint resolution described in sub- 6 section (a), and a single quorum call at the conclusion of 7 the debate if requested in accordance with the rules of the 8 Senate, the vote on final passage of the joint resolution 9 shall occur. 10 ‘‘(4) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating 11 to the application of the rules of the Senate to the proce- 12 dure relating to a joint resolution described in subsection 13 (a) shall be decided without debate. 14 ‘‘(e) In the Senate the procedure specified in sub- 15 section (c) or (d) shall not apply to the consideration of 16 a joint resolution respecting a nonmajor rule— 17 ‘‘(1) after the expiration of the 60 session days 18 beginning with the applicable submission or publica- 19 tion date, or 20 ‘‘(2) if the report under section 801(a)(1)(A) 21 was submitted during the period referred to in sec- 22 tion 801(d)(1), after the expiration of the 60 session 23 days beginning on the 15th session day after the 24 succeeding session of Congress first convenes. VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS18 •HR 10 IH 1 ‘‘(f) If, before the passage by one House of a joint 2 resolution of that House described in subsection (a), that 3 House receives from the other House a joint resolution 4 described in subsection (a), then the following procedures 5 shall apply: 6 ‘‘(1) The joint resolution of the other House 7 shall not be referred to a committee. 8 ‘‘(2) With respect to a joint resolution described 9 in subsection (a) of the House receiving the joint 10 resolution— 11 ‘‘(A) the procedure in that House shall be 12 the same as if no joint resolution had been re- 13 ceived from the other House; but 14 ‘‘(B) the vote on final passage shall be on 15 the joint resolution of the other House. 16 ‘‘§ 804. Definitions 17 ‘‘For purposes of this chapter— 18 ‘‘(1) The term ‘Federal agency’ means any 19 agency as that term is defined in section 551(1). 20 ‘‘(2) The term ‘major rule’ means any rule, in- 21 cluding an interim final rule, that the Administrator 22 of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 23 of the Office of Management and Budget finds has 24 resulted in or is likely to result in— VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS19 •HR 10 IH 1 ‘‘(A) an annual effect on the economy of 2 $100,000,000 or more; 3 ‘‘(B) a major increase in costs or prices for 4 consumers, individual industries, Federal, 5 State, or local government agencies, or geo- 6 graphic regions; or 7 ‘‘(C) significant adverse effects on competi- 8 tion, employment, investment, productivity, in- 9 novation, or on the ability of United States- 10 based enterprises to compete with foreign-based 11 enterprises in domestic and export markets. 12 ‘‘(3) The term ‘nonmajor rule’ means any rule 13 that is not a major rule. 14 ‘‘(4) The term ‘rule’ has the meaning given 15 such term in section 551, except that such term does 16 not include— 17 ‘‘(A) any rule of particular applicability, 18 including a rule that approves or prescribes for 19 the future rates, wages, prices, services, or al- 20 lowances therefore, corporate or financial struc- 21 tures, reorganizations, mergers, or acquisitions 22 thereof, or accounting practices or disclosures 23 bearing on any of the foregoing; 24 ‘‘(B) any rule relating to agency manage- 25 ment or personnel; or VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS20 •HR 10 IH 1 ‘‘(C) any rule of agency organization, pro- 2 cedure, or practice that does not substantially 3 affect the rights or obligations of non-agency 4 parties. 5 ‘‘§ 805. Judicial review 6 ‘‘(a) No determination, finding, action, or omission 7 under this chapter shall be subject to judicial review. 8 ‘‘(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a court may de- 9 termine whether a Federal agency has completed the nec- 10 essary requirements under this chapter for a rule to take 11 effect. 12 ‘‘§ 806. Exemption for monetary policy 13 ‘‘Nothing in this chapter shall apply to rules that con- 14 cern monetary policy proposed or implemented by the 15 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the 16 Federal Open Market Committee. 17 ‘‘§ 807. Effective date of certain rules 18 ‘‘Notwithstanding section 801— 19 ‘‘(1) any rule that establishes, modifies, opens, 20 closes, or conducts a regulatory program for a com- 21 mercial, recreational, or subsistence activity related 22 to hunting, fishing, or camping; or 23 ‘‘(2) any rule other than a major rule which an 24 agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the 25 finding and a brief statement of reasons therefore in VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:54 Jan 20, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H10.IH H10 smartinez on DSKB9S0YB1PROD with BILLS21 •HR 10 IH 1 the rule issued) that notice and public procedure 2 thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 3 to the public interest, 4 shall take effect at such time as the Federal agency pro- 5 mulgating the rule determines.’’.
Quote from: An Alternate Opinion from Congressman Geoff Davis
About the REINS Act
“All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” – U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 1
Excessive delegation of Congress’ constitutional responsibility for making the law of the land to the Executive Branch has created a lack of accountability in Congress for many of the most burdensome federal regulations.
Although this trend is not new, allowing major decisions to be made by unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats is not consistent with the constitutional responsibilities of our representative government.
To restore Congressional accountability for the regulatory process, Congressman Geoff Davis [KY-04] introduced the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. The REINS Act would require Congress to take an up-or-down, stand-alone vote, and for the President to sign-off on all new major rules before they can be enforced on the American people, job-creating small businesses, or State and local governments.
Major rules are those that have an annual economic impact of $100 million or more. Last year, 100 major rules were finalized by the Executive Branch.
A recent study commissioned by the Small Business Administration found that annual regulatory compliance costs in the United States hit $1.75 trillion in 2008. A staggering figure that exceeds the total collected from income taxes that year ($1.449 trillion).
Not all regulations are bad; many provide important public safeguards. However, when a proposed regulation could have an impact in the hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars on our economy, it should be subject to the review by the elected representatives of the people.
The REINS Act is about improving the regulatory process. If the REINS Act becomes law, Members of Congress will be accountable to their constituents on the question of whether a new regulation is truly needed, or is an unnecessary burden. This will encourage Congress and agencies to work together to develop and pass regulations that implement the original intent of laws.
Furthermore, the REINS Act would prevent Administrations from either party from bypassing Congress to implement a political agenda through regulation.
The REINS Act is a commonsense reform that will increase congressional accountability, improve the regulatory process, and protect the American people from further unnecessary regulatory burdens on our economy.
I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican, I'm a Socialist and a Marxist, I don't support the United States government, this is one of the reasons why.
Recently, I've realized that there seems to be an increasingly growing number of people in CG that actually give a shit about the real world, and enjoy debating about it. So I think we should have a debate board, and someone who can be trusted and has an interest in debating should be the moderator.
I'm going to need some people to be long-term translators for a project. You need to be fluent in the language, and have a good understanding of the grammar, and different dialects and such.
Primary Languages Spanish French Chinese Russian German Japanese Arabic
Secondary Languages Polish Austrian Afrikaans Dutch Danish
Nikolai's sequel to "Journal of Arkadi Chernyaev : Totalitarian Rule." Read it here.
Journal of Rysio Preston Dakkari The Sun No Longer Rises
I stepped clumsily into the drab, grey processing center of City 11. To my surprise, I was not greeted by a Civil Protection unit or some pesky scanner. It was rather obvious from just this, that this city was vulnerable. I had heard about the City 20 attacks. Barbaric but so be it, if that's the way we shall escape this bitter oppression.
Dismounting from the sidewalk in front of the aforementioned processing center, I nearly tripped onto poorly leveled stone. Upon regaining my balance, I saw what I wish I could 'unsee.' Poverty, depression, and ignorance. Back in the 1990s, I once visited a run-down district of the city of Sarajevo, in Bosnia. This was far worse.
I have hope though in my goals for this city, of which are to come in the future. However, it is fairly obvious in this city, that the sun no longer rises ... at least not without some assistance.
I'm posting this a few hours in advance, although for some people it is already Sunday, the 11th. As we all know, tomorrow/today marks ten years since 9/11 when three Boeing 757s and one Boeing 767 were hijacked. American Airlines Flight 11 was flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 AM that sunny morning. All of America and many people around the world watched as United Airlines Flight 175 hit the South Tower. Shocked they stood in their living rooms around family, or around colleagues at work. Everything was at a stand-still, and people waited for answers. And then the pentagon at 9:37 was hit by American Airlines Flight 77.
Members of the New York Fire Department stood in amazement as the towers collapsed, after being informed that they were resistant to fire. And then the news came in. United Airlines Flight 93 had crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. People were confused, but it was soon evident. The brave passengers on that plane - fathers, businessmen, and average day civilians - organized a plan within the frame of thirty minutes. They called their loved ones, and said their final goodbyes. They charged the cockpit, and the pilot of the plane turned it and crashed into the field intentionally. The plane was obliterated on impact.
The next day, Americans took a new turn. Anger flowed throughout their veins, and revenge was the only thing on their mind. It became evident the thought of everyone; we will never forget. But as prepared as Americans were to get revenge, it wasn't as easy as it had been back in 1941 when the Japanese military bombed Pearl Harbor. Our enemy was not clear, and they represent no national flag. Americans would soon know al-Queda was responsible.
Tomorrow may we not become angry, but may we remember and honor the lives of those who responded to call of distress of strangers they didn't know. Those who died to save the lives of others. And while we shall never forget September 11th, 2001, we shall never allow for our anger to cloud our judgement, and we should only honor the lives lost that sunny, seemingly normal morning.
I call upon you to do whatever you may please to honor the lives lost on September 11th, 2001.
Okay let's make this clear now, because I'm tired of all the whining I'm hearing about what Bromine did.
TO LEAVE THE NEXUS YOU NEED EIGHT OVERWATCH UNITS, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE A HELL OF A GOOD REASON TO LEAVE, TAKING A WALK OR TALKING TO CITIZENS IS NOT A GOOD REASON.
YOU DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO COMMAND CIVIL PROTECTION UNITS AROUND, NOR MAY YOU SPEAK TO THEM IN A FORCEFUL YELLING MANNER.
Journal Entry I DIES MARTIS A.D. X KAL. IVL. MMDCCLXIX A.U.C. City 18, Somewhere in Eastern Europe
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower." - Steve Jobs
When my brother was a teenager, he had a journal in his possession. He wrote in it every night, and I'm honestly not sure about what. We grew up on a farm in Southern Russia, what was there to right about? I can imagine him saying "Oh, the chicken laid five eggs this morning." I always told him I wouldn't start a journal, perhaps due to that rationale : We lived on a farm, nothing interesting ever occurred. However, now I am in City Eighteen, and I do not live the cleanest of lives, and am not the most loyal of people. My life is more interesting than my brother's life was when he was a teenager, with that red velvet journal with "Life" in Cyrillic on the cover. My brother never was a very important figure in my life, perhaps he will be soon. This journal isn't just here to mark events in my life. It is also here to track.....business. Business inside the city that relates to operations outside the city. Operations that may one day liberate us from the rule of the Combine.
Today marks a new era of my life, and perhaps in time, a new era in history. Today I go from smuggling for Merriam DeSanto to starting my own...business. Let's face it here. It's not a business, it's a gang of sorts. I have connections with Resistance members outside the city. This gang.......will remain un-named. I don't intend on running it like the idiots you see running around these days. Idiots that end up in detainment cells in the Nexus or on a razor train to Nova Prospekt. The issue with those gangs is that they think they need guns that make them conspicuous, and overall they don't know what they're doing. They're acting like gangs of the old days. Instead of helping people, they're trying to fight the Combine, and in turn hurting the people. It works two ways. Instead of trying to fight the Combine, they could be helping people, and in turn hurting the Combine. But no, they are too uneducated, ignorant, or naive. So, I and fellow members will be helping people. We may eventually get a name. But until we are organized enough, there is no point.
My brother will be transferring to City 18 from City 14. There was an exogen breach, they evacuated the city. He is the key to this operation. He has time and experience with the Lambda Movement. He spent time exploring the lands outside of cities, where most strangers don't dare go. He's seen the world as it is now. And his experience will be needed. He willingly entered City 14 to escape the dangers of the world. He is our connection to the outside, our lifeline. I've realized I never got around to our......business.
The business involves smuggling. Not smuggling weapons, that would be idiotic. If we smuggle weapons, every citizen gets a weapon in the city, riots start, shootings, murder, and then Overwatch gets called in to purge the city and we all die. That would be a poor attempt, to no avail. So we will smuggle mainly items of nourishment. The purpose and importance of this, is that civilians who rely on us for nourishment, and not rations distributed by the Universal Union. They contain memory-dissolving agents. Through proper nourishment, civilians will be able to remember more, focus more. We will also give medicine. This nourishment and medicine, such as antidepressants, allows for people to focus, and be exuberant when the time comes to overcome the Combine, at least in our city. And if you give people who are against resistance, such as loyalist, proper nourishment, whether it be willingly or by force, they will soon realize why they should not be so loyal. It stops people from joining the Union Civil Authority, and creates more resistance-willing members of society. It's all in due time.........it will require innovation from those exuberant members of society to distinguish the leaders from the followers, as Steve Jobs would put it. Business Entry I DIES MARTIS A.D. X KAL. IVL. MMDCCLXIX A.U.C. City 18, Somewhere in Eastern Europe
Citizens of City 18, this is your city administrator, Dr. Aron Wojciechowski, speaking. This will – unlike other speeches – be purely audio. I have received questions, and know of question from citizens regarding the Universal Union. Questions like, “Will the suppression field ever be deactivated so our species to breed again?” or “What is humankind's fate?” and ultimately “Do our benefactors truly know what is best for us?” The Universal Union has assisted us in escaping our barbaric ways of life. Their technology has helped both the Universal Union and mankind thrive. Our barbaric ways of life depended on impulses....primitive impulses that are counter-productive. Through the assistance and care of the Universal Union, we can escape these primitive, counter-productive impulses. This has been your city administrator, Dr. Aron Wojciechowski. Prosperity to you, your friends, humandkind, and ultimately the Universal Union. Thank you.
Priority #1 : Verify that a unit is at District Two Hardpoint.
Priority #2 : All units report to UCH, except for one unit who remains outside.
Priority #3 : Round up citizens in UCH, outside unit clamps, and begin community inspection.
Community Inspection : Tie and search civilians for contraband
Priority #3 IS VOID UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE BY THE UNIT WHO CALLED THE JUDGEMENT WAIVER.
Priority #4 : Highest available units gather in groups of two or three and begin district two sweep.
Priority #5 : Amputate civilians in District Two. Detain citizens in D2, amputate IF NECESSARY.
Priority #6 : After sweep + community inspection complete, verify that all civilians have been untied and unclamp and allow civilians to return to daily routine.
So, City 45 has caused issues regarding crashes, and Rofl asked someone to make a poll with some good choices. I put City 11 up there, but I advise against it.
[a red velvet book with the words "Viva La Revolution" carved in the front with a makeshift switchblade]
Entry #1
"When a long train of abuse and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce Them under absolute Despotism, it is their right,it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
- excerpt from the Declaration of Independence, signed 1776.
If anything, this journal is for me to vent my thoughts and express my journeys - I've waited too long to start this. However, I hope that, sometime in the future - and hopefully with no Combine existence - someone finds this and learns something from this. History is an aspect needed in human life. You can't survive without it, because you have no cultural or national identity. You are writing history if you're the next generation. Although there are people to tell you stories of the past, who knows what the fuck will happen to people who give a damn - we're few, but we're strong. And who knows what the Combine have planned for us.
My father lived in Tibet during Mao Zedong's "cultural revolution." Soldiers and loyalists would march into towns, hand out pamphlets about Zedong's "New China," get people riled up, and then go into Buddhist temples, take artifacts and throw them in the fucking town square and burn them. They would run around like wild chimpanzees killing Buddhist monks and nuns just for the sake of getting rid of their history. My father had a strong fear of losing the history of Tibet. He kept a red velvet book that he wrote in every night. He would tell of his adventures and vent his thoughts - and throw history in there too. My father was shot and killed by a C.....C......shit, what the hell are they called? The big fucking scary guys in the white suits - talk like robots - fucking killing machines. Anyway, he was killed by one of those trying to help a distinguished local political leader of Croatia escape. I was there, to say the least. Let's just say there were three bodies lying on the ground when I left there. The first was my father, the second the political official, and the third wasn't my fucking body, I'll tell you that, if you get what I'm saying.
When I was a child growing up in the China Town district of Chicago, I used to read this series called Alex Rider. Alex Rider was a teenager that was pulled to work for MI6 - British intelligence agency - at a young age. Good read. Sudden memories. This is pointless.
The Declaration of Independence, followed by the Constitution - the longest surviving constitution in history until some bozos in ridiculous uniforms had to come along and fuck that up.
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