The Kingdom of Ernor

I don't know why people still look at this website, I figure it must be because some people only look at the outernet section? But anyway, posts aren't made here anymore. They happen at http://thekingdomofernor.com/main

/serendipity/ is being done away with, and replaced with /main/. New website: :3. It looks significantly better, it functions the same as far as news articles go, but overall organization is superior.

There are some new features:

• Tribune
A superior chat program to chatango, built into the site.


• Statuses
You can leave cheesy facebook-esque statuses on your own profile


• Oh wait, there are profiles now, that's a feature
To leave comments on articles and other things, you have to register and log-in, which makes things better srsly


• Userpoints
You gain points by leaving comments, leaving status messages, inviting friends to the site (and many more if the friend actually registers), and other things. You can also gain points by being awarded them for proving merit.


• Badges
Activity points like this award a set of badges, based on ranks in the comic. Also, you can be bestowed unique badges based purely on merit, such as Ratiophile, Quality Poster, and Clever troll. More on badges in the guide section on the new site.


• Hella mad puppy faces
yo

The Comic website has also been updated to a superior site in looks and function, and you can expect us to suck less in general!

/serendipity/ will remain live so that you can access old posts. About 10 of the latest posts have been transferred to /main/ for the transition.

/serendipity/ is being done away with, and replaced with /main/. New website: :3. It looks significantly better, it functions the same as far as news articles go, but overall organization is superior.

There are some new features:

• Tribune
A superior chat program to chatango, built into the site.


• Statuses
You can leave cheesy facebook-esque statuses on your own profile


• Oh wait, there are profiles now, that's a feature
To leave comments on articles and other things, you have to register and log-in, which makes things better srsly


• Userpoints
You gain points by leaving comments, leaving status messages, inviting friends to the site (and many more if the friend actually registers), and other things. You can also gain points by being awarded them for proving merit.


• Badges
Activity points like this award a set of badges, based on ranks in the comic. Also, you can be bestowed unique badges based purely on merit, such as Ratiophile, Quality Poster, and Clever troll. More on badges in the guide section on the new site.


• Hella mad puppy faces
yo

The Comic website has also been updated to a superior site in looks and function, and you can expect us to suck less in general!

/serendipity/ will remain live so that you can access old posts. About 10 of the latest posts have been transferred to /main/ for the transition.

I’m a modern man
A man for the millennium
Digital and smoke-free
A diversified multi-cultural post-modern deconstruction that is anatomically and ecologically incorrect
I’ve been up linked and downloaded
I’ve been inputted and outsourced
I know the upside of downsizing
I know the downside of upgrading

I’m a hi-tech low-life
A cutting edge state-of-the-art bi-coastal multi-tasker
And I can give you a gigabyte in a nanosecond

I’m new-wave, but I’m old-school
And my inner child is outward bound

I’m a hot-wired heat seeking warm-hearted cool customer voice activated and bio-degradable
I interface with my database
My database is in cyberspace

So I’m interactive

I’m hyperactive
And from time to time I’m radioactive

Behind the eight ball, ahead of the curve, ridin' the wave, dodgin' the bullet and pushin' the envelope

I’m on-point on-task on-message and off drugs
I’ve got no need for coke and speed
I've got no urge to binge and purge

I’m in-the-moment on-the-edge over-the-top and under-the-radar
A high-concept low-profile medium-range ballistic missionary
A street-wise smart bomb
A top-gun bottom feeder
I wear power ties
I tell power lies
I take power naps and run victory laps

I’m a totally ongoing big-foot slam-dunk rainmaker with a pro-active outreach
A raging workaholic
A working rageaholic
Out of rehab and in denial!

I’ve got a personal trainer, a personal shopper, a personal assistant and a personal agenda
You can’t shut me up
You can’t dumb me down

‘cuz I’m tireless and I’m wireless

I’m an alpha male on beta blockers

I’m a non-believer and an over-achiever laid-back but fashion-forward
Up-front down-home low-rent high-maintenance
Super-sized long-lasting high-definition fast-acting oven-ready and built-to-last

I’m a hands-on foot-loose knee-jerk head case
Prematurely post-traumatic
And I have a love child who sends me hate mail

But... I’m feeling
I’m caring
I’m healing
I’m sharing
A supportive bonding nurturing primary care-giver

My output is down and my income is up
I take a short position on the long bond
And my revenue stream has its own cash-flow

I read junk mail
I eat junk food
I buy junk bonds
And I watch trash sports

I’m gender specific capital intensive user-friendly and lactose intolerant

I like rough sex
I like tough love
I use the “F” word in my emails
And the software on my hard-drive is hardcore -- no soft porn

I bought a microwave in a mini-mall
I bought a minivan in a mega-store

I eat fast food in the slow lane

I’m toll-free byte-sized ready-to-wear
And I come in all sizes

A fully-equipped factory-authorized hospital-tested clinically-proven scientifically-formulated medical miracle

I’ve been pre-washed pre-cooked pre-heated pre-screened pre-approved pre-packaged post-dated freeze-dried double-wrapped vacuum-packed
and… I have an unlimited broadband capacity

I’m a rude dude
But I’m the real deal –-
Lean and mean
Cock-glocked and ready-to-rock
Rough tough and hard to bluff

I take it slow
I go with the flow
I ride with the tide
I’ve got glide in my stride
Drivin' and movin'
Sailin' and spinin'
Jivin' and groovin'
Wailin' and winnin'

I don’t snooze, so I don’t lose
I keep the pedal to the metal and the rubber on the road
I party hearty
And lunch time is crunch time

I’m hangin’ in
There ain’t no doubt
And I’m hangin’ tough
Over and out.

Source

"We lost our nets, huts and fishing pots," said Chief Promise, village leader of Otuegwe and our guide. "This is where we fished and farmed. We have lost our forest. We told Shell of the spill within days, but they did nothing for six months."

That was the Niger delta a few years ago, where, according to Nigerian academics, writers and environment groups, oil companies have acted with such impunity and recklessness that much of the region has been devastated by leaks.

In fact, more oil is spilled from the delta's network of terminals, pipes, pumping stations and oil platforms every year than has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico, the site of a major ecological catastrophe caused by oil that has poured from a leak triggered by the explosion that wrecked BP's Deepwater Horizon rig last month.

That disaster, which claimed the lives of 11 rig workers, has made headlines round the world. By contrast, little information has emerged about the damage inflicted on the Niger delta. Yet the destruction there provides us with a far more accurate picture of the price we have to pay for drilling oil today.

Source



It reads like a James Bond novel: an enigmatic white-haired computer hacker; a soldier turned whistleblower; secret government correspondence; and the world's most powerful country desperate to contain the situation.

Julian Assange, the Australian-born face of the web iconoclast WikiLeaks, is in hiding overseas after the US military arrested one of its own soldiers, Bradley Manning, and accused him of leaking a a secret video of a US Army helicopter gunning down civilians in Iraq in 2007.

The video was released on Wikileaks this year, and the US is now desperate to find Mr Assange before he leaks thousands of hugely embarrassing state diplomatic cables, which are believed to discuss the Middle East, its governments and leaders. Continue reading "The US's hunt for the ... »

Source

(Reuters) - A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell's Angels motorcycle gang members, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer.

German police said on Monday that after making his getaway from the Hell's Angels club, the 26-year-old dumped the bulldozer, causing a 5 km (3 miles) traffic jam near the southern town of Allershausen, local police said. He then fled to his home nearby where he was apprehended by the police.

"What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hell's Angels is currently unclear," said a spokesman for local police, adding that the student had lately been suffering from depression.

The puppy was now in safe hands, the spokesman added.

Source

WASHINGTON - The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials.

The previously unknown deposits — including huge veins of iron, copper, cobalt, gold and critical industrial metals like lithium — are so big and include so many minerals that are essential to modern industry that Afghanistan could eventually be transformed into one of the most important mining centers in the world, the United States officials believe.

The value of the newly discovered mineral deposits dwarfs the size of Afghanistan’s existing war-bedraggled economy, which is based largely on opium production and narcotics trafficking as well as aid from the United States and other industrialized countries. Afghanistan’s gross domestic product is only about $12 billion.

This is actually pretty hilarious. Had me laughing :3.



You know what I've noticed is that FBI is always extremely polite, whereas police are always extremely belligerent and rude. Guess it's just to make you feel uncomfortable and more willing to answer questions.

Rofl, just out of curiosity, I went to the "September 11 attacks" talk page, and I found this gem (which I can only assume was written by an admin):

Q3:Should the article provide evidence supporting a conspiracy? (No.)

A3: No. This article should not provide evidence supporting a conspiracy. This article has facts supporting a conspiracy missing!

This article represents the mainstream version of the events with clear supporting evidence. While it does often omit some details because they are seen by some editors as implying that some minor conspiracy theories may have some basis the article rightly excludes conspiracy theory speculation as it is unsupported in the mainstream media. The article has a section directing to conspiracy theories and this is sufficient and appropriate. If there are any points supported by the mainstream media but not included then bring it up with evidence and a reason why it should be included. Just because it is true is not a reason, it should be relevant and it should not include speculation on the implications provided by truth websites, this is what the various conspiracy articles are for. Claiming censorship and bad faith in your initial post will discourage anyone from listening to your suggestions so be civil and WP:AGF until replies give you reason not to but regardless, ALWAYS try to remain civil. If you want to be taken seriously when posting try to leave out uncivil rhetoric and present your case calmly.

Just going from start to finish:
"While it does often omit some details because they are seen by some editors as implying that some minor conspiracy theories may have some basis" -- ROFL, WHAT? So they're admitting that they omit details just because they imply that a conspiracy theory might be true. Wow.

"the article rightly excludes conspiracy theory speculation as it is unsupported in the mainstream media." -- ROFL, what? So wikipedia bases everything on the mainstream media? Since when is the mainstream media considered the truth? Like, I understand that the mainstream media is generally considered trust worthy, but wikipedia is censoring information because the mainstream media never mentions it. Wow.

"Just because it is true is not a reason [for it to be included in the article]" -- ROFL, WHAT? So wikipedia isn't about truth, it's about mainstream media? Wow. I didn't know they'd be so transparent with that kind of bias.

The first question in the FAQ is if the article is biased, and it says "No", and then goes on to explain how anything not mentioned by the mainstream media is excluded for fear of giving evidence for something that the authors don't want to give evidence for ("conspiracy" theories). El oh el.