50th Congress slogan-o-rama

As Patria's 2014 election campaign enters the home stretch ("home stretch" being defined as when the calendar actually flips to 2014), the following are some of the party slogans you will be hearing on broadcast media, reading in newspapers and print media, or seeing on billboards and transit vehicles:

Amrita Party: Embracing Patria, Four more years of Mother's love, Love and serve.

Chakra Party: No gurus just right, Transformation not transcendence, Real change begins within.

SRM: Take back the economy, Patria first Patria best, Bring the jobs home, No more made-in-China

National Union: Where a man belongs, Separating the real men from the pussycats, National Union tough

Social Democrats: Patria's progressive voice, Moving forward on social justice

Green Party: Earth first, Go Green

Libertarian Party: Less government more freedom

Jungle Party: Have a take & don't suck, Straight fire!

Lilith Party: Where womyn belong, Strong womyn strong voices

Chastity Party: Stamp out premarital sex, Just say "no" until you say "I do"

Family Values Party: The 3 H's (healthy, happy, heterosexual), Back to the 1950s.

Incel Party: Giving virgins a voice

Note that some of the above slogans are virtually unchanged from the 2010 campaign. At least none of the major parties (there are, of course, a number of other fringe, nutbar and single-issue parties that are not expected to elect more than one member to the 50th Congress) are trotting out something really vapid and insipid such as "the land is strong", used by the Liberal Party of Canada in 1972.

Help Parvati Make Two Stellar Music Videos

Parvati Devi is a chart-topping, internationally touring Canadian musician, yogi and new-thought leader (and an honorary citizen of Patria) who is often compared to “Madonna meets Eckhart Tolle”. Her music is now #2 in the local electronic charts, #30 in Canada and charting within the top hundreds of electronic dance music artists globally - all without ever signing a major record deal.

To release a song to radio or on-line today, you need a music video. This campaign is raising funds to create two world-class music videos, one for each of Parvati’s songs that we know can be hits: “Shanti Om” and “Yoga In the Nightclub”. The music industry has confirmed that they can be hits. These songs deserve star treatment so that they can fully succeed in the visually driven YouTube era. The intention in making these videos is to spread love and hope, create positive waves and offer upliftment globally. We are committed to bringing these songs forward because they deserve to be enjoyed by millions. We will do what it takes to get them there.

Our goal is to raise $6164 so that we can shoot outdoors next month in south Florida, where it is much warmer than in Canada (or in Patria for that matter). If you are interested, you can donate here - or just listen to clips of Parvati's two songs.

SRM plays usual "Patria First" card

The SRM (Spiritual Regeneration Movement or Swadeshi Ramrajya Movement, call it what you wish) appears to be running virtually the same campaign on the same platform as in 2010 - hard-core Patria-first economic nationalism mixed with old-school Hinduism, as seen on the billboard below:

Buckle up, Patria. It's a rocky, pothole-filled road on the 50th Congress campaign trail.

Patria remembers Nelson Mandela

"No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite"

- Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013

Patria joins much of the macronational world in expressing its deepest condolences on the passing of Nelson "Madiba" Mandela at age 95. Patria honors Mandela as a great soul and freedom fighter who left his anger and bitterness at the prison door upon his release and whose achievements transcend his native South Africa. Of course, Patria's right wing and Diet Coke Party (Patria's Tea Party) contingent were quick to condemn Mandela as a terrorist and unrepentant communist, who - unlike Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. - was not sent to prison for non-violent acts of civil disobedience.

Patria Post will issue a Nelson Mandela commemorative stamp in early 2014. Mandela will become only the third macronational leader to be portrayed on a Patrienish stamp, after Pierre E. Trudeau and Ronald Reagan.

Diplomatic shout-out to Leylandiistan

 

As one of the oldest micronations (established in 1818), Patria's Ministry of External Affairs welcomes diplomatic contacts and peaceful, friendly relations with all micronations, particularly those that are committed to peace, non-violence and religious/spiritual freedom. While Patria has ratified formal bilateral treaties of recognition with a few micronations such as the Holy Empire of Réunion, most of Patria's diplomatic recognition is carried out on an informal or de-facto basis. Today, Patria accords such de facto recognition to the Democratic Republic of Leylandiistan (flag pictured above), a new micronation established in 2012, apparently macro-nationally based in Ireland.

Amma on a stamp, for real in Finland.

Over the years Patria Post has issued a number of stamps depicting Amma, such as for her recent 60th birthday as well as for her 50th in 2003, but Finland has done it for real! During Amma's European tour stop in Helsinki, Jani Toivola, honourable Member of Finnish Parliament, officially released a stamp commemorating Amma’s 60th birthday. The stamp includes the message Syleillen Maailmaa ("Embracing the World" in Finnish) and a beautiful photo of Amma. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Jani Toivola expressed his happiness on being able to see Amma once again and expressed his deep appreciation for Amma’s work that creates opportunities and platforms for people, especially the youth, to feel empowered. This stamp is apparently a macro-national philatelic first. Not even India has issued an Amma stamp. Macro-nations (i.e. "real" countries) tend to avoid issuing stamps portraying living persons, unless it is the head of state, reigning monarch or a member of the royal family. The only living person who may be pictured on Canada Post stamps is the Queen.

Transcendent Luminosity: Parvati's UK tour

Honorary citizen of Patria Parvati Devi is launching a tour of the United Kingdom, which she has dubbed "Transcendent Luminosity". Why this name? As Parvati explains:

My upcoming tour through England mid October to end of November, 2013, is called “Transcendent Luminosity” because at the heart of all my work, I know this to be our true nature. The tour is designed to inspire and support each one of us being the best we can be.

Parvati will also be teaching a workshop based on her new self-help book Confessions of a Former Yoga Junkie, inspired by her near-death experience in India in the 1990s.

To state the obvious, this tour is scheduled around Amma's visit to London, Oct. 21-23 during her European tour.

Parvati's tour schedule and online ticket sales. (Note early bird specials - save up to £50 on package deals)