This news summary is brought to you by *Intermicronational World* (IW), a government news agency. IW is a genuinely alternative news source. IW has existed since October 2011, but was forced to expand its services in March 2014 because of a lack of scholarly or scientific articles about micronations, and has since become a daily source of news, and not just about micronations. The government behind IW is the UMMOA-GEO (or Ummoagian) Nation-State. UMMOA® is a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) registered collective mark, and the wordmark is recognised by the USPTO as a political organisation concerned with international affairs. The UMMOA is also recognised by various IGOs, NGOs, churches, and nations and states with limited recognition. GEO, on the other hand, was registered at its Winnecomaq (Long Island) address with Google as a Government Office on 6 December 2014, and is actually made up of all the private properties of three real micronations. In reality, all real property owners can join GEO. GEO has recently founded the unique GEO Ministry of Homeless Affairs after helping expand two state of New Jersey NGOs. *The United States of Secession* After the 2012 election, 69 separate petitions with more than 675,000 names were submitted to the White House “We The People” petition site. (We know so because we painstakingly counted.) Naturally, you might hear that and think, Wow, 675,000 nutjobs! That’s a lot of nutjobs. But as we were digging, we discovered some credible people in this scene, from Ivy League professors to presidential candidates like Ron Paul. [Ozy.com] http://www.ozy.com/acumen/the-united-states-of-secession/61365 *Lenni-Lenape tribe sue Christie, New Jersey over alleged civil rights violations* The Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation, an American Indian tribe of 3,000 members, filed a civil-rights action lawsuit in federal court against the state and Gov. Chris Christie’s administration Monday. [PressofAtlanticCity.com] http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/lenni-lenape-tribe-sue-christie-new-jersey-over-alleged-civil/article_0e375558-2f1a-11e5-84b6-b3b6aa701db1.html *Gorbachev Urges Renewed Ties With West* Okay, he doesn’t look good, but hopefully he’ll get better… Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said that problems inherited from previous eras are holding Russia back and urged Western leaders to restore ties with Moscow instead of trying to “provoke” it during a book presentation Tuesday, Russian media reports said. [TheMoscowTimes.com] http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/525987.html *Nearly One Million Russians Have Come Forward to Report Second Citizenship* Instead of throwing even their Russian passports in the dustbin, since President Vladimir Putin signed a law last summer requiring Russians with dual citizenship to register with the authorities, upward of 975,000 Russians have come forward to do so. *Wieners*! As some readers may know, this very law caused the abolishment of the validity of every passport in *UMMOA -GEO *, including diplomatic passports [ http://goo.gl/yelwDE ]. Even if you are *His Excellency Lavrov* himself, you are going to have to show some other kind of ID than your fancy diplomatic passport, *Sergey*! And the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations in the *UMMOA -GEO *? Great toilet paper, although I’ll admit it may be kind of rough on the sphincter. [TheMoscowTimes.com] http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/nearly-one-million-russians-have-come-forward-to-report-second-citizenship/526019.html *Homeless Muscovites Receive Dedicated Movie Theater, Hair Salon* A movie theater for Moscow’s homeless population had its inaugural screening over the weekend, attracting scores of the city’s less fortunate, the Metro news daily reported Monday. [TheMoscowTimes.com] http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/homeless-muscovites-receive-dedicated-movie-theater-hair-salon/525883.html *Chicken boom in Idaho as more people raise backyard broilers, layers* It’s been a big year so far for people raising backyard chickens. Chicken coops seem to be popping up in Franklin County and across the country. Hatcheries are seeing a boom in chick sales. [IdahoStateJournal.com] http://www.idahostatejournal.com/members/chicken-boom-in-idaho-as-more-people-raise-backyard-broilers/article_453fe9f8-304a-11e5-8be2-0f9ead12fdc4.html *Going south (but not in a negative way): more wealthy Chinese opt for ‘experiential’ holidays in the Antarctic* More than 30 hours of plane rides and sailing for days through raging waves — that’s what China’s luxury travellers are increasingly willing to put themselves through to enjoy the sights and sounds of the southernmost part of the world. [SCMP.com] http://www.scmp.com/news/china/money-wealth/article/1842508/going-south-more-wealthy-chinese-opt-experiential-holidays
