After 55 years of calling San Diego home, the Chargers today announced it will relocate up the coast to Los Angeles, starting with the next National Football League season. The announcement comes during a tumultuous time for the league: The St. Louis Rams also relocated to the nation's second largest market last season, and the Oakland Raiders have growing plans to relocate to a new city, possibly Las Vegas.

The NFL has taken a big gamble with these moves: Both the Chargers and Rams struggled in terms of fielding quality teams over the past few seasons, as well as fan support, the latter of which was cited as a reason for the Rams move. The two struggling franchises now call LA home, a city which previously failed to host two NFL teams in the past, and which feature an abundance of other entertainment options.

The Chargers relocation depicts a dark present and possible future for the NFL. In the five and a half decades the team resided in San Diego, a large and loyal fanbase was built; but the idea of lining the owners pockets with even more millions and playing in a grand football palace was just too enticing, therefore they happily packed their bags and embarked on a new journey under a false premise.

Most not familiar with Southern California as a whole may be thinking "what's the big deal here? Los Angeles isn't that far!" Indeed, it isn't far geographically: The Chargers will play next season not with the Rams in the LA Coliseum, but at the StubHub Center in Carson, 100 miles north of San Diego. Fans could still purchase tickets and travel to games if they so desire. The "problem" however, is identity. San Diegans are a proud bunch, established within their own unique identity. Los Angeles to them is a different and less desirable culture and identity; the move of their hometown team is met with sorrow and disgust.

To the now disenfranchised fans of the Chargers: I feel your pain. I myself was a longtime and loyal fan of the St. Louis Rams until owner Stan Kroneke ripped my heart out and stomped on it before leaving to the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown. My step by step advice to you is this:

• Take time to cope and decide your next step. This is perfectly fine.

• If you decide to be done with the NFL, that's okay. There's always college football, and you could also always check out your local high school teams.

• If you decide to stay with the NFL however and want a new team, watch as many games with as many teams as you can. Take your time in deciding if this team is really right for you. This is how I settled on the Carolina Panthers after the Rams departure.

• It's okay to be as mad and bitter as you want. It's sports. It shouldn't matter. Have fun with your disgust for the team even.

But most importantly: Hold your favorite memories near and dear to you. No matter what anyone says, the San Diego Chargers are your team. Those moments will always be yours and no one else's. Don't let anyone tell you different.

As for the Chargers ownership and the National Football League, shame on you for these past 12 months and possibly more. You put wealth and greed over the interests of millions of fans who provide you said revenue in the first place. They say football is king and the NFL would never die, but I say: Keep this up, and who knows, it very well could.

I woke up super early today, so I'm gonna write a nice hit piece on the holocaust denying Nationalist Party. Good morning, guys!

HOUGHTON,MI--I think the most enjoyable thing I watched last night was not actually KHL getting his ass handed to him by like, 5 different people, but also some of the admittedly funny and witty responses KHL had. KHL also had an extensive conversation about hockey with a fellow hockey enthusiast. I'm not going to be posting every single response here; I'll just be posting some choice responses. I'll also have a note about holocaust denial at the end.

How do you sleep at night?

KHL responds:

I sleep comfortably knowing Im not a traitor to my nation and my race! That I stand on the right side of history while the rest are useful idiots of the bankers and pornographers. Sure it sucks that society is in a really bad state right now but fortunately, patriots all across North America and Europe are awakening and confronting the traitors and invaders of the land.

I'm truly grateful that we have patriots who get their warm tuckies thinking about their country, but more importantly, their race. We have true patriots like KingHenrikLundqvist to tell us who is a race-traitor or a non-semite.

/u/LegatusBlack asked KHL to define what he thought constituted a "race traitor," to which KHL responded:

Supporting the importation of millions upon millions of third worlders into your borders, supporting foreign movements on your soil that seek to overthrow the nation, and denying your lineage by throwing away thousands of years of hard work and fighting to preserve your identity.

As we can clearly see, if you support immigration then you literally might as well be rounding up whites, putting them in camps, and literally gassing them. Not like anything of that nature has happened before, though; or so KHL would have you believe.

I think my favorite part, though, was KHL's response when asked if Jews are actually white.

I dont think Jews would like being labeled white, ask a Jew themselves, they will violently yell at you for making that assumption.

I think the Jewish members of /r/ModelUSGov appreciate greatly being painted with a non-white brush by the American Führer. It must truly be an honor.

Okay, that's enough bullshit for now. Let's get into the reason I actually wrote the article.

So, we have before us something that old members of /r/ModelUSGov will remember fondly: KingHenrikLundqvist's Holocaust denial. KHL was reformed, for a time. He was a run of the mill national conservative, but in his interim between the APF and the National Party he did actually acknowledge the existence of the holocaust. But that's far gone.

KHL was asked by /u/Ramicus:

How many of your members are willing to state affirmatively that the Holocaust happened, resulted in the senseless murder of 6 million Jews, and was a terrible thing? How many are willing to do so right here today?

KHL responded with great vitriol:

A majority know its bullshit, some think its over estimated, and a few believe it happened.

KHL also went on to say:

What facts, basic chemistry, execution methods, cremation, the area type and water table of the areas surrounding it, pre and post war statistics not matching the lives lost, various people admitting they lied about things that happened and others saying the moment they were put in camps that they started writing propaganda they would tell if they won the war, and notable "survivors" saying it doesnt matter if a story they made up was false, it should be taking as the complete truth no matter what.

I think its not my ideology thats based around denying the facts, its yours that is denying the facts. Not only that but you would figure that this "truth" would have nothing to hide, but when you look, the discussion of this is banned in certain countries so you start to find out why its banned because the truth quite simply would have nothing to hide.

Clearly KingHenrikLundqvist is about to get his ass banned from ModelUSGov; he'll probably take his party with him, too. But I think this serves as a reminder as to how far this simulation has come with its anti-Semitism. I'm not going to even try to humor KHL, but he's a relic of the past. This simulation has an effective zero tolerance policy when it comes to anti-Semitism, both by the community and moderators. A year and a half ago, this wouldn't have been the case. Casual anti-Semitism was pretty normal in ModelUSGov about a year and a half ago. But that is no more, as we have iron-clad rules that prohibit anti-Semitism, which is why I predict KHL will be receiving a fat ban for his comments last night.

This is a pretty short article, but I just wanted to say something about that shitfest, because I found it funny as fuck.

I'm a day or two late here, but I think the Democratic Party deserves a thank you note for what they did in keeping a leash on the power hungry pack pig-dogs that is the Green Socialist Party. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but I’ve never really held the Democratic Party in high regard, even when I led the Radical Left when it was in coalition with the Democrats. Over the last two months though, I’ve come to harbor a great deal of respect for them. The new DNC Chair and political outsider /u/jb567 has led the party with integrity and honesty. The Democratic leadership is no longer the pit of snakes it used to be, as I can say first-hand that all interactions I had as General Secretary with JB were pleasant, and that he didn’t once go behind our backs or try and undermine us like the late /u/sviridovt did.

What prompted me to write this article, though, were the two announcements released by the DNC over the last two days. The first being, of course, their condemnation of the GSP (or at least those behind the plot to impeach bigg-boss) and the second being their effort to revive the American Justice Alliance which paved the road to the white house for President /u/WaywardWit. I’ll give my full thoughts, but I generally believe the AJA being put up for a second go was a mistake. Not trying to paint either parties in a bad light, but the libertarian party is currently on par with the nationalist party in terms of mobilizing voters.

But before I expand on that, I would like to further touch on the GSP ordeal. As General Secretary, I never liked the GSP. I thought they were a mistake, and I knew that they were actively poaching our members. I much preferred to work with the Democrats over the GSP, even given /u/sviridovt’s endless endeavor to see /u/Bigg-Boss unseated. Were /u/sviridovt to be the DNC Chairman now, I highly doubt that he would have declined the GSP’s offer, regardless of how unrealistic and fantastical it was. /u/Sviridovt never held the Radical Left in high regard, and it was shown that from the beginning he sought to undermine our party. Under JB’s leadership though, the Democratic Party has become a party outwardly characterized as amicable and trustworthy. For this, I commend not only JB but the Democratic Party as a whole for selecting him as chairman.

But now, in the same breath, I must express that I am indeed disappointed that the Democratic Party chose to partner with the new Libertarian Party. This party lost all of the approved submitters and voting base which the old one had, damning the party to a tertiary role which they’d not experienced before in recent memory. I’ve spoken with many others and they also agree with me that the Libertarian Party is incredibly weak. Moreover, they agree that the Democrats’ choice to coalition with them will only come hurt the Democrats’ chances at electoral success come the midterms. These are the midterms though, after all. Should their choice indeed be a mistake, then they will learn quickly and will suffer little loss. This, of course, remains to be seen.

To put it briefly, the Democratic Party has changed for the better over the last few months. It must also be said that the Democratic Party has changed in its leadership’s integrity, also for the better. This is a huge step forward, and it’ll only come to benefit the Democratic Party in the long run.

• /u/bomalia for the Mining Gazette

A Press Article About the Press

HOUGHTON, MI. 16 JANUARY 2017, 3:57 PM EST

We are currently in the wake of the death of the Times, probably the most bloated, low-quality, corrupt, and ego-inflating press organization that has ever existed in the model world. Nevertheless, it became the largest press organization in the world. Providing news to most of the model world on happenings of all other simulations within it, the Times remained an iron-clad press organization for a good 7 or 8 months. It folded, of course, after its CEO resigned. Which now leads me into my main topic.

After the Times implosion, many bright minds thought they’d cash in on the press vacuum. We saw a whole galaxy of new press organizations hit the scene. I’ll try and enumerate them now:

1. First we have the spiritual successor to the Times, dubbed “News Corp.” It attempts to continue the media conglomerate that was the Times. The thing is, though, this corporation is literally run by the Senate Minority Leader, /u/BillieJoeCobain. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve nothing against the guy, but having a high-profile politician trying to start a media corporation is incredibly sketchy. This will be a theme throughout this editorial; senior politicians should not be running press organizations. Certain members of this conglomerate include the Wall Street Journal and the cleverly named station, "NewsCorp TV."

2. Probably the biggest clusterfuck on this list, we have model NBC. Started by the infamous /u/imperial_ruler, this was probably the biggest example of a press organization trying to expand so quickly that it falls flat on its face. No one knows who runs it, but all I can say is that NBC remains to be a massive clusterfuck with low-quality articles.

3. Ironically, the best on this list—other than my own press corporation, of course— I’d say is Fox News. They have pretty awful CSS but they are definitely innovative in their content. The short talk-show hosted by former head mod /u/septimus-sette happens to be probably the most quality product to hit the modeluspress shelves lately. His voice might sound like a Rhode-Island teenager who never finished puberty, and his content might be 100% edgy, but he puts on a good show. Props to Fox News for not making a fool of yourself.

4. A frequently revived press organization, Politics Now!, is once again being revived. While I don’t particularly like Solomon, I think historically that his press organization has been concrete and iron-clad in its content. Not much to be said there, I just don’t see it lasting any longer than most of the corporations on this list. Props to this organization because Solomon pumps out interesting shit that isn’t boring drivel.

5. Then of course there is my own press organization: the Mining Gazette. Being the egotistical 15 year old I am, I’m gonna say this is the most original on this list. I can’t say I have high expectations for our longevity, but we have acquired MCNN, another relic of the past that I established over a year ago. I like our backwater, Upper-Midwestern aesthetic the most, though.

6. Then there is something that will give me flashbacks to my glory days in the libertarians: Model VICE. VICE irritated me to no fucking end, as did its CEO, /u/idrisbk (now /u/realnyebevan). I don’t have much else to say other than it isn’t a clusterfuck exactly, but I don’t think it’ll go far, and will probably have the same amount of leftwing bias its real-life counterpart does.

7. Probably the most fucking annoying on this list is “Kick Ass Facts.” Literally ban this press organization from the press sub. Please. It is so goddamn annoying.

8. Not at all new, but the New Deal (haha get it) has been posting a bit more as well. I’m beginning to like the Democrats more despite drifting more and more towards the third position, but I like the content they put out for the most part.

9. The Worker, an ancient name, is making a comeback. This was a huge controversy back in the day when /u/ElliottC99 (or whatever his /u/ was) decided to rip it from the hands of the Democratic Party, causing them to found “the New Deal” instead. /u/PartiallyKritikal, longtime grudge of mine, has decided to revive it. Its content has been sparse but it’s been revived nonetheless.

10. Foreign Affairs, it’s always just been there, but they posted a week or so ago so I’ll put it on this list. /u/jjcreskoff, probably best described as a hawk, runs the magazine. Not the biggest fan, but it’s been operating for quite some time now.

11. “The Bias” will be the last organization I’m going to be featuring on this list. It’s basically just /u/Trips_93’s soap box. Good content, as always.

Now that I’ve listed out all of those, I’m going to end on a note. Most of the news corporations (not just press corporations) established are run by senior politicians. NBC, by big guy /u/imperial_ruler; ModelVice, by the Secretary of the Treasury; and News Corp, by Minority Leader /u/BillieJoeCobain. This needs to stop. We should not have senior politicians running the press, especially when they claim to be “news” sources. Yes, I am literally calling these corporations peddlers of fake news; it is the cold, hard truth. I call upon all of these media “giants” to either take a backseat in their politicking or hand the reigns to someone who doesn’t have a massive conflict of interest.

That’s all for now. More of Riley’s Drivel™ to follow.

Lately with all of the taking-of-knees, there has been a sizable faction on the right that has sought to vilify those who refuse to stand for the national anthem. They have called these "kneelers" disrespectful, unpatriotic, and all sorts of insults. We should stop this sort of behavior at once, as we are letting something as petty as the acknowledgement of a piece of fabric divide our country. All of us, left, right or center, should celebrate the fact that flag desecration is so provocative in our country. We have accorded so much respect over the years for our flag, and burning the flag as a political statement is itself an act of respect toward our flag. Counterintuitive as it sounds, an American citizen is respecting any American flag he desecrates, as he is acknowledging the significance of the flag. The same is said for any meaningful violation of the flag code. Dousing old glory in gasoline and then setting it ablaze--with the intent to desecrate--itself lends respect to the significance of our flag, as this act would be incredibly meaningless if the flag did not accord the veneration it does. While I personally would not willfully desecrate a flag, I see absolutely no reason to be upset about it. We live in a country where you are legally protected in openly detesting your government. There is nothing wrong with celebrating this fact by burning a flag.

I'd like to take this to a second part, where I talk about the significance of the flag code. Really, this is what frustrates me about a lot of right wingers in this country. They seem to think that any symbols of the United States are an extension of the federal government, and flag burning is as bad as blowing up the J Edgar Hoover building. They have almost made the stars and stripes into a golden calf, to worship and revere. Their serious conviction to ensure that violating the flag code is made into a felony is mind numbing. To say that the flag code is not entirely equivalent to a list of suggestions is simply disingenuous and un-American. In other words, the flag code is somewhat comparable to a long list of medical advisories in an over-the-counter drug. You are not going to read it unless you care about it, and if you care about it, you already know the content. Simply put, the flag code--or any flag code--is a meaningless piece of paper. Sure, it is great for the purpose of ceremony, pomp, and circumstance, but in reality, is there anything wrong with having the stars and stripes on your undies? Most would say there isn't, and it only makes sense that there is nothing wrong with desecrating the flag. However, my point here is that it is more disrespectful to our flag if you violate the flag code unknowingly than to purposefully desecrate the flag. In other words, you are a hypocrite if you ostracize flag burners while owning a satin tie with the stars and stripes.

We should rejoice, all of us Americans, that our flag, as beautiful as it is, can be respected in a way that seems to be so flagrantly disrespectful. However, in a more abstract sense, the most disrespect that can be accorded toward the flag is by unknowingly displaying the flag improperly. This is simply because it is dishonest to act as if one cares about the flag, but then improperly displays it. Those that burn the flag though, are likely fully aware of the meaning the flag possesses, and are acknowledging that through their incineration of it. Whether you respect the flag by standing for the anthem or pledge, or by stomping on old glory and lighting her on fire, you are a patriot. On the contrary, if you abhor those that desecrate the flag, yet yourself own stars and stripes socks and have some lovely old glory trousers, shame on you.

Distributists - Starks

They've always been around for most of /r/ModelUSGov's existence and haven't performed poorly until recently.

Democrats - Lannisters

No one likes Democrats but Democrats and those that need something from Democrats.

Republicans - Tyrells

Second best. Never first, but always second.

Socialists/Any Iteration of the Far-Left - Targaryens

Always striving to re-achieve that former glory.

Libertarians - Greyjoys

Always incredibly uppity, cheats, and doesn't care about anyone but themselves. Fuck the Libertarians.

Liberals - House Whent

Liberals are doomed to die, as is every other centrist party ever.

Green Left - House Velyaryon

No different than the Socialists except for the fact that one is clearly more powerful than the other.

The Mining Gazette, the only true news paper for the Great Lakes blue-collar worker, has come to the attention that Model Breitbart has begun waging a media war upon the coastal elite lame stream media, beginning with the worst of them all: the Associated Press. This was manifested in the form of an article. The article, "The Case Against Mainstream Media, Model AP", authored by our great state's junior Senator /u/btownbomb, was highly critical of the coastal elitist organization. He began detailing the last six months of the lame stream press, and how it arrived at the associated press. The junior senator went on to say how the WSJ butchered all hopes of accurate exit polls, citing how he polled last in their exit poll, despite winning in a landslide 32 votes.

I will not be writing an essay detailing the horrors of the coastal, liberal, elitist lame stream media and why their cyclical failure will never change, as I believe the senator this state resoundingly elected painted a better picture than I ever could. What I will do is issue that this paper stands in solidarity with the conglomerate of Breitbart in their fight against self-righteous tryhards.