Acting MinImm: firing of Magniloqueu Épiqeu da Lhiun as TA, appointing of Magniloqueu Épiqeu da Lhiun as JDMinImm

The Office of the Immigration Minister

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This is to notify that because of certain insubordinate activities Magniloqueu Épiqeu da Lhiun is being removed as a TALOSSAsisstant which is a position under the New Citizens Committee which in turn acts as a Department under the Ministry of Immigration.

Capitán Carlüs Xheraltescù, the Head of the New Citizens Committee is hereby charged to give effect to the same immediately, and to replace the said TA with someone else in all pending immigration requests. 

However, it is also noted that since the undersigned signatory would be on leave till the 2nd of January, 2014, the office of the Acting Immigration Minister also lies vacant, and no one to see to the affairs of the Ministry, if need be. The most capable person in the present circumstances is on the opposite side of the government and whose party does not intend to hold government positions unless they are in power.

The Deputy Immigration Minister acting as the Acting Immigration Minister thus authorizes a certainMagniloqueu Épiqeu da Lhiun to act as the Junior Deputy Immigration Minister to take care of the affairs of the Ministry, if need be, till the said officer is away. Since no prior consent has been taken from the said person, he may(or may not) take charge of the newly assigned position. 

Sd/-

Acting Immigration Minister

Acting MinImm: Béneditsch Ardpresteir

Due to the continued silence from our current Minister of Immigration, I am naming Béneditsch Ardpresteir as Acting Minister of Immigration.

Seneschal Txec Róibeard dal Nordselva

Declaration of a Month of Recess

The Office of the Prime Minister of Talossa
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L'Óifisch dal Seneschal del Regipäts Talossa

Declaration of a Month of Recess

According to Article XIII Section 3 of the Organic Law, the Seneschál may insert between any two Clarks, or after the final Clark, a "month of recess" in which no Clark is published and no Cosâ or Senäts business is conducted. No more than one "month of recess" may be declared during any one term of office.

I hereby declare that the month of August, 2013, shall be a month of recess.


Done under my hand and seal, as from Kenwood House, this day the 24th day of July, in the Year of Our Lord 2013, of the independence of Talossa the thirty-fourth, and the seventh in the reign of our gracious Sovereign John.

Txec Róibeard dal Nordselva, MC
Seneschal 

Cabinet Appointments: Istefan Perþonest for Burgermeister, Chelli dal Nordselva for Culture

The Office of the Prime Minister of Talossa
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L'Óifisch dal Seneschal del Regipäts Talossa

Appointments to the Cabinet

I have appointed upon His Majesty the Kings concurrence the Rt. Honorable Istefan Perþonest to take up the duties of Burgermeister of Inland Revenue.

Additionally, I have appointed and His Majesty has accepted Chelli dal Nordselva to fill the vacant Minister of Culture for the remainder of the 45th Cosa.


Done under my hand and seal, as from Kenwood House, this day the 16th day of July, in the Year of Our Lord 2013, of the independence of Talossa the thirty-fourth, and the seventh in the reign of our gracious Sovereign John.

Txec Róibeard dal Nordselva, MC
Seneschal 

Whitelisting of Erusia (RETRACTED)

The Office of the Prime Minister of Talossa

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L'Óifisch dal Seneschal del Regipäts Talossa

Whitelisting of The People's Republic of Erusia

Per Talossan statutory law 37RZ22, A citizen of Talossa in good standing has petitioned the government for the whitelisting of The People's Republic of Erusia. Neither the Attorney General nor the Foreign Minister presented any objection, so therefore I have approved the petition.

WHITELISTING RETRACTED DUE TO IMPROPER PROCEDURE

Done under my hand and seal, as from Kenwood House, this day the 19th day of July, in the Year of Our Lord 2013, of the independence of Talossa the thirty-fourth, and the seventh in the reign of our gracious Sovereign John.

Txec Róibeard dal Nordselva, MC

Seneschal

Appointment of Poet Laureate: Óïn Ursüm

The Office of the Prime Minister of Talossa

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L'Óifisch dal Seneschal del Regipäts Talossa

I hereby appointed and His Majesty the King has confirmed the appointment of The Honorable Óïn Ursüm as the first Poet Laureate of the Kingdom of Talossa.

Additionally, given the auspicious nature of being the first Poet Laureate, I proclaim that S:reu Óïn Ursüm is hereby entitled to use the honorific "The Honorable" during and after his time as Poet Laureate as well as the post nominal letters M.L.

Done under my hand and seal, as from Kenwood House, this day the 19th day of July, in the Year of Our Lord 2013, of the independence of Talossa the thirty-fourth, and the seventh in the reign of our gracious Sovereign John.

Txec Róibeard dal Nordselva, MC

Seneschal 

The Seek and Desire Are Not the Same Thing PD

The Office of the Prime Minister of Talossa
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L'Óifisch dal Seneschal del Regipäts Talossa

The Seek and Desire are Not The Same Thing Prime Dictate

I, Txec Róibeard dal Nordselva, Seneschál del Regipäts Talossán, with all duly vested authority and stuff, do hereby and forthwith declare the following Prime Dictate, beseeching his Majesty the King to grant his assent with all due celerity that it might become law:

WHEREAS, on June 22 the Magistrates Court issued a ruling declaring that the words seek and desire are synonyms and by this nature make enforcement of The What's The Difference Act impossible;

and WHEREAS debate has erupted in certain corners of Talossa as to the exact meaning of these two words;

and WHEREAS the Kingdom of Talossa itself has been defined by the Magistrates Court as being a micronation despite the fact that the Kingdom of Talossa does not meet all four criteria because The Kingdom of Talossa really should by default recognize itself;

and WHEREAS let us resolve this issue;

THEREFORE;

Section 5 of 37RZ22 The What's the Difference Act is hereby amended to read:

A micronation is hereby legally defined to be any society of persons (whether claiming territorial sovereignty or not) that

* claims a governmental organization and citizenry and
* is not a member of the United Nations and
* is not a member of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization and
* is not the Kingdom of Talossa or a subdivision thereof, or officially recognised by the Kingdom of Talossa.



and FURTHERMORE;


Section 6 of 37RZ2 The What's The DIfference Act is hereby amended, striking the word "seek", to read: 

It is a criminal act for any Talossan citizen to accept or hold citizenship in a micronation. The penalty for committing such a crime shall be the revocation of Talossan citizenship. The Attorney-General, on being informed of any alleged violation of this act, and upon verifying the same to his personal and legal satisfaction, shall immediately notify the accused that the government has determined that valid cause exists for a criminal case to be brought against the citizen in the Uppermost Cort. After providing this notification, the Attorney-General shall allow ten days for the accused to dissolve any and all allegiance to the micronation, or to organize a defence against the charge. If, after this ten day period, the Attorney-General determines that the criminal act yet continues, he shall immediately file criminal charges against the accused with the Uppermost Cort and there shall seek the prescribed penalty for the violation of this act. If after this ten day period, the Attorney-General determines that the criminal activity has permanently ceased, he shall not file the considered charges, and the accused shall continue as a fully privileged citizen of the Kingdom.

Done under my hand and seal, as from Kenwood House, this day the 13th day of July, in the Year of Our Lord 2013, of the independence of Talossa the thirty-fourth, and the seventh in the reign of our gracious Sovereign John.

Txec Róibeard dal Nordselva, MC
Seneschal

Appointment of a Deputy Minister of Stuff: Martì-Páir Furxhéir

Appointment of a Deputy Minister of Stuff

It is my pleasure to announce that I have appointed Martì-Páir Furxhéir as the Deputy Minister of Stuff. DMinStuff Furxhéir will concentrate on our online properties, integrating them and working towards an attractive and professional front-end for our data.

Alexander Davis
Minister of Stuff

Former King Robert I Birthday Well Wishes

The Office of the Prime Minister of Talossa

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L'Óifisch dal Seneschal del Regipäts Talossa

As today marks the birthday of our former King Robert I, I join all of Talossa in celebrating this annual milestone and remind the good citizens of Talossa that we all are here because of the imagination of King Robert.

Done under my hand and seal, as from Kenwood House, this day the 2nd day of July, in the Year of Our Lord 2013, of the independence of Talossa the thirty-fourth, and the seventh in the reign of our gracious Sovereign John.

Txec Róibeard dal Nordselva, MC

Seneschal 

Immigration Day Speech

Note: This speech was given on June 24, 2013 but due to the Prime Minister being out of town on the actual date, it was posted via Talossan Time Travel

The Office of the Prime Minister of Talossa
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L'Óifisch dal Seneschal del Regipäts Talossa

Immigration Day Speech

Talossa is by its very nature a nation of immigrants - every citizen over the past thirty-two years since immigration opened chose to immigrate to this great nation through a conscious decision. It is due to our nature that Immigration Day is such an important day in the life of all Talossans. Nearly Thirty-four years ago in a small bedroom, our first Sovereign, King Robert I, declared his independence from the United States of America. It is this amazing accomplishment that we celebrate here today. All of us from King John down to our newest citizens all owe a debt to this visionary act that created the Kingdom that we call home today.

I am especially pleased to celebrate this, my very first Immigration day. It is my first in two ways - first because I was not a citizen the last time this auspicious day rolled around, and second because this is my first time celebrating it as your Seneschal. I am an example of how hard work and persistence in Talossa is rewarded. Our nation is full of eminent examples of persistence and greatness. In fact, I would say that each and every citizen of Talossa is a testament to this greatness. We have created a nation full of rich heritage, cultural depth, linguistic uniqueness, and above all, a pretty cool place to be! We are the "in-crowd" that our natural Cestours within our national borders celebrate even without realizing they are doing so.

I am proud to be a Talossan and a loyal subject of our Sovereign, His Majesty King John. I am proud to serve as the Seneschal of this great nation. I am most proud to be an immigrant to this nation of freedom loving, independent thinkers. I celebrate with all of you this great day!

Long Live King John and Long May Talossa Thrive!

Dr. Txec dal Nordselva, Seneschal

Election Results: 45th Cosa

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

Citizens of the Kingdom of Talossa, subjects of His Majesty King John:

Hi.

Here follow the results of the elections to the Forty-Fifth Cosa.

Of 188 eligible voters, votes were received from 135 people (11 of whom voted 'Present'), a percent turnout of 71.81%

The following people accumulated their third strike, and have been removed from the citizenship rolls:

• Sevastain Barclamiu
• Stefan da Pair
• Danihel dal Vaißela
• Tric'hard Dïeulofaçeva
• Mathias Liszt
• Elana Vital

Results of the elections to the Cosa:
The Rexhalistaes Unificheschti pr'iensa Monarc'hà Panincestind (RUMP) received 61 votes, 49.19% of the total: 98.
The Zefençadéirs del Republicánismeu Talossán (ZRT) received 18 votes, 14.52% of the total: 29.
The Common Sense Progressive Party (CSPP) received 13 votes, 10.48% of the total: 21.
The Moderate Radical Party of Talossa (MRPT) received 13 votes, 10.48% of the total: 21.
The Independents's Party (IND) received 8 votes, 10.48% of the total: 13.
The New Peculiar Way (NPW) received 7 votes, 5.65% of the total: 11.
Le Parti Republicain (LPR) received 4 votes, 3.23% of the total: 7*.

*Upon further review, the runner did not touch second base. Touchdown, Squirrels.

Results of the Senatorial elections:
Atatürk: Brad Holmes
Cézembre: Glüc da Dhi
Florencia: Audradâ d'Aurìbuérg
Vuode: Viteu Marcianüs (colour me surprised)

Results of the Vuodean Constitutional Referendum:
The new Constitution is ratified.

Results of the Organic referenda:
44RZ3 PASSED.
44RZ4 PASSED.
44RZ5 PASSED.
44RZ8 PASSED.
44RZ11 PASSED.
44RZ23 PASSED.

Specific figures may be found on the GE thread.

 

Done by my hand in the name of King John and under his Royal Seal this 14th day of April in the year of the common era 2013, in the 7th year of the reign of our gracious sovereign King John, and of the independence of Talossa the 34th.

Sir Iustì Canun, Secretar d'Estat

Financial Report of the 44th Cosa

Official Document of the Royal Treasury

Financial Report of the 44th Cosa
2/21/2013

The following information accounts for each financial transaction made by and for the Kingdom of Talossa.

$774.87 - Start of Cosa 44
+ .78 - Interest accrued during C44
- 50.35 - Chain (44RZ14 Section 1.a)
+ 272.00 - Stamp Kickstarter
- 26.48 - Stamp Kickstarter Fees
- 195.05 - Printing
- 12.40 - Shipping of Kickstarter Perks
- 33.00 - Flag (44RZ14 Section 1.b)
$730.37
- 10.00 - Medallion (44RZ14 Section 1.a) Outstanding
$720.37 - End of Cosa 45

Appt of Dpt MinFor: Xheneta Britxind

From the Office of the Distain
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Da l'Óifisch del Distain


Appointment of a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

I come now before the throne seeking an audience to recommend the appointment of a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Your Majesty’s Government.

The Talossan citizen who is the subject of this appointment promises to devote hard work, dedication, loyalty, and Talossanity (despite the well-known fact that the first and last of these things are diametrically opposed to each other). She is a true Talossan who I believe will serve Your Majesty well as a Minister in Your Majesty’s Government and I am sure Your Majesty will agree.

Therefore, I, Pôl d'Aurìbuérg, holding powers in stead of Çesli da Chilseu, Seneschal del Regipäts Talossan, with all duly vested authority and stuff, do hereby and forthwith, recommend that Your Gracious Majesty appoint Xheneta Britxind to the post of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, that she might officially do what she's already been doing unofficially.

Confident that the Crown will consent to accept this wise recommendation, may I be the first to congratulate the newly appointed Deputy Minister Britxind and I wish her every success in doing her duty.

Pôl d'Aurìbuérg
Distain

Börnatfiglheu dobberpuhling

My dear fellow Talossans, I come before you with some extremely grave and unsettling news.

Friday morning, the day before yesterday, the Secretary of State pointed out to me some anomalies in a small group of Wittenberg accounts, six or seven accounts that seemed to be logging in from the same IP addresses. This wouldn’t have been alarming in itself, except that some of the accounts belonged to people in North Carolina and others to people in Michigan, who would certainly not be using the same IPAs. I investigated, and with the greater information available to me as Witt Admin than that available to Sir Iustì, I discovered the problem to be far more serious than Sir Iustì had realized.

The facts are these.

One of our citizens, Eiric S. Börnatfiglheu, has been running 17 different Wittenberg accounts, besides his own, as "sock puppets", all under different names. 15 of his puppets have become citizens. All 18 accounts (his and the 17 puppets’) have been posting sometimes from IPA 152.27.34.201 (which traces to the North Carolina Research and Education Network in Jacksonville, North Carolina) and most often from IPA 174.106.140.126 (which traces to an Internet Service Provider called Road Runner, also in Jacksonville, North Carolina), even though the supposed owners of the accounts live and in some cases work in North Carolina, Michigan, South Carolina, Georgia, New York, Maine, Iowa, and England. Börnatfiglheu lives in Jacksonville, North Carolina, where he works for Coastal Carolina Community College, whose Internet Connections are provided through the North Carolina Research and Education Network. The times and dates at which Wittenberg postings were made from these 18 accounts are closely coordinated. When Börnatfiglheu is active on Wittenberg, so are the 17 puppets; when he's away or inactive, so are all of them; whenever one of them posts something, the others are also likely to post, but long periods pass when none of them posts anything. Whichever IPA he is using at the moment, all the sock puppets use also. The typographical styles of all 18 are quite similar, with certain unusual features in common; ditto their verbal styles.

The sock puppets – 15 citizens and 2 prospectives (the Sawins) – are:

William Beng (Vitxalmour Estinc-Vatna)
Judah Benjamin (Iudas Levì Bentxamì)
Barb Carlin (Barbrà da Carolin)
Sasha Carlyle (Xandreta da Luguvaliüm)
Aaron Clyburn (Aharon Quintana)
Robert Dumenil (Roibeard Istefan Sandart)
Sariah Gipson (Sarac’h Txilvertescu)
Vernon Larsen (Veirnarac’h Lorentzescu)
Caity Lawson (Catrina Curganescu)
Thomas Rushing (Tomás Cariana)
Cameron St Clair (Oltatsch Santa Cjara)
Sven Sawin
Thor Sawin
Benedict Stamford
Nikki Theocharidou (Michi Merþedes da Bheat)
Morris Van Rossum (Moritz Vandalutz d’Ialiüm)
Sandra Yalmin (Sondra Lomaira)

It is possible that some of these people actually exist. For instance, both Thor and Sven Sawin seem to be real people, and are both from the area of Fife Lake and Traverse City, Michigan (where Börnatfiglheu used to live), but they have both moved out of the area. Sven – the real Sven, that is –, works in Ann Arbor, Michigan (not as a bait shop owner in Fife Lake), and Thor is a graduate instructor and PhD candidate in linguistics in South Carolina (not working for the local school district in Fife Lake). So while it’s possible that some of the other names are those of actual people, and it’s even possible some of those people gave Börnatfiglheu permission to use their names, they never posted anything except from one of Börnatfiglheu’s usual IPAs, never joined the Kingdom, never actually became citizens. It was all lies.

Observation through the last couple of evenings reveals Börnatfiglheu’s pattern. Last night, for instance, he logged into his own account at 19:11 (Talossan time), made a posting at 19:11, then logged off at 19:17. Immediately, using the same IPA (174.106.140.126), Benedict Stamford logged on, and off again at 19:18. Then Börnatfiglheu logged on again from 19:18 to 19:29 and from 19:34 to 19:38, making a post at 19:34. Then Sariah Gipson logged onto the same IPA at 19:38, off at 19:48, on again at 19:56, made a post (including rude comments about Börnatfiglheu – part of his game) at 19:56, and logged off one minute later. Thor Sawin logged in, on the same IPA, from 20:11 to 20:16, posting at 20:14; then Börnatfiglheu again from 20:20 to 20:34. And so on, all evening. Gipson, Börnatfiglheu, Lomaira, Larson, Börnatfiglheu again, Thor Sawin, back and forth, all from the same internet connection, one after the other in quick succession.

This deception has been going on at least since early last summer.

The evidence against Börnatfiglheu is overwhelming and absolutely conclusive. (I will of course be making it all public, quite soon.) He has violated the Anti-Imposter and Liar Act (36RZ10) hundreds of times. He has subverted the Talossan electoral system, with eight of his sock puppets voting in the last General Election (all eight for the ZRT), and one of them currently being a ZRT Member of the Cosa. He has played us all for fools, most especially his own political party – which he has betrayed and manipulated – and the College of Arms, having used an enormous amount of volunteer time in obtaining Grants of Arms for most of his sock puppets. He has violated the trust of the entire country.

Anyone with an enabled Witt account can edit or delete his own posts; so in order to preserve the evidence, on Saturday morning I directed the Chancery to obtain an ex parte order to have the 18 accounts suspended. That order was issued by Justice Ian Tamoran, and I as Witt Admin have obeyed it.

After suspending the 18 accounts to preserve the evidence, I (just a few minutes ago) phoned Börnatfiglheu, outlined the evidence against him, and asked him to confess. My thinking was that he could save us all vast amounts of trouble if he would just admit what he’d done. He apologized and said he would “come clean”. I don’t know whether he intends to renounce his citizenship. (If not, I would expect the Attorney General to bring charges against him.) I offered to make a new Wittenberg account available to him if he had anything he wanted to say to everyone; he didn’t seem sure whether he wanted that. We left it that he could let me know.

For what it’s worth – and I’ve closely read almost all the Wittenberg posts made from all the sock puppet accounts ¬– I am personally convinced that this was a one-man operation. I haven’t seen any reason to suspect the involvement of anyone but Börnatfiglheu himself; this is not the tip of some great conspiratorial iceberg. Things being what they are, there will no doubt be political fallout from this mess, coming as it does shortly before a General Election; but nobody should think that the ZRT as a party was in on the deception, nor yet that the RUMP somehow orchestrated its revelation as what we Americans have come to call an “October surprise”. This was Börnatfiglheu, probably without anyone else’s knowledge, acting by himself for his own motives – which may have involved politics, but I think probably were mostly to make himself feel like some kind of big shot, deceiving and manipulating people who liked and trusted him.

I know you’re all shocked. So am I. This is shocking news. We’ll get through it, though.

– John Regeu

Advice to Witt Posters

The Office of the Minister of Immigration
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L'Óifisch del Ministreu d’Inmigraziun


Azul! 
My fellow Talossans I must bring this issue up with all of you. 
There has been a LOT of bickering, mud slinging, and overall unpleasant behavior as of late on this forum. This NEGATIVE behavior is driving away prospective citizens. I have gotten e-mails from prospective citizens that tell me they are not interested in pursuing citizenship because they thought that Talossa was a fun, on-line place to belong, not a place to feel stressed or even feel that they have to side one way or another. There may not be any pushing by any one person, side or group however, when reading the recent threads I can understand how an outsider may feel like this, and why they do not want to join. 

Look at some of the recent threads and ask yourself from an outsiders position what it says to you.

Audradâ d'Aurìbuérg

Preposterous Statement Contest

The RUMP would like to welcome everyone to the First Annual Preposterous Statement Contest!

To start off, anyone who wishes to become a contestant, will have until 11PM TST, on the 31st of January, to nominate themselves on this thread.

All of the contestants will then have until 11PM TST, on the 16th of February, to submit their most preposterous statement they made in 2012, on Wittenberg to; contest@kingdomoftalossa.net. It must include the Date and the Thread Topic it was on!

The three judge panel of; Gödafrïeu Válcadác’h, Eiric S. Börnatfiglheu, and S:reu Iustì Carlüs Canun, UrGP, will then have one week to agree on a winner.

The top three entries will be posted on this thread at the end of the contest, with the grand prize winner receiving a specially made plaque.

Pôl d'Aurìbuérg
Distain