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Everestopia wrote:Einsiev! How I have missed you!

Likewise! It's been so long!

Everestopia, Jaslandia

Tserra wrote:Honestly, not a clue. I know Vista is, or was planning on running for President. At least I think he was. Aside from him I dont think I received any official notices of candidacy while I was Chief Justice.

As for the vacancy for Chief Justice, the President nominates three successors, then everything should be carried out like any other TG ballot election, only the Acting Chief Justice would be filling the role of Chief Justice in regards to the election, which is also why we now have the speaker receive ballots also, just in case the Acting Chief Justice happens to be one of the nominees, it would avoid bias. Truth be told I kinda expected to have a new permanent Chief Justice by now, but I am confident the President is simply taking his time to select the best nominees.

Yeah I know the process I just figured there would be nominees in the last four days

Humpheria Major wrote:Yeah I know the process I just figured there would be nominees in the last four days

Peng and Per have been making campaign posts.

Not sure if Peng's are genuine given that there's been jokes before about how Peng and Percy should run and share a ticket for President and Vice President. If either or both are genuinely running, I am totally down for that.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Peng and Per have been making campaign posts.

Not sure if Peng's are genuine given that there's been jokes before about how Peng and Percy should run and share a ticket for President and Vice President. If either or both are genuinely running, I am totally down for that.

Per is short for Perland, not Percy. Just realized that could be a tad confusing.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Einsiev wrote:Likewise! It's been so long!

How have you been?

Einsiev

Evening all, how are we faring today?

Everestopia wrote:Evening all, how are we faring today?

Not bad. Just listening to inspiring music from GoT and thinking about how awesome Daenerys is. You?

Nuremgard wrote:Not bad. Just listening to inspiring music from GoT and thinking about how awesome Daenerys is. You?

She is pretty awesome. Nothing as exciting.. just drying off from my shower, lol.

tjey found a match

Everestopia wrote:She is pretty awesome. Nothing as exciting.. just drying off from my shower, lol.

Hail Daenerys Targaryen, First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals, Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm!

Vista Major

Nuremgard wrote:

Hail Daenerys Targaryen, First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals, Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm!

Ew

Nuremgard wrote:Hail Daenerys Targaryen, First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals, Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and Protector of the Realm!

Vista Major wrote:Ew

Was always a Lannister man myself.

Continental Commonwealths

Vista Major wrote:Ew

Who do you support, traitor?

Vista Major

Everestopia wrote:Was always a Lannister man myself.

Now that really is worthy of an ew.

#Vista4Prez

[I]For a Newer Confederacy[/I]

Nuremgard wrote:Who do you support, traitor?

I bet either Tully or Stark.

Everestopia wrote:I bet either Tully or Stark.

Jon's a Targaryen so he should be Dany's vassal in the North.

Nuremgard wrote:Now that really is worthy of an ew.

What can I say...I'm attracted to power.

Everestopia wrote:What can I say...I'm attracted to power.

I did enjoy Tywin's character.

Nuremgard wrote:Jon's a Targaryen so he should be Dany's vassal in the North.

Half Targaryen.

Everestopia wrote:Half Targaryen.

Still has dragon's blood.

Everestopia

Nuremgard wrote:Who do you support, traitor?

Chancellor Amos Baxfield of the Federal Democratic Commonwealth of Vista Major, Head of the 85th Federal Government

Nuremgard wrote:Still has dragon's blood.

Yeah, good point.

But Ma main girl Cersi truly knows how to separate church and state!

Boom!!! ;)

Nuremgard, Continental Commonwealths

Everestopia wrote:Yeah, good point.

But Ma main girl Cersi truly knows how to separate church and state!

Boom!!! ;)

Touche.

Cant wait to see Dany burn the bitch.

Nuremgard wrote:I did enjoy Tywin's character.

Because he was a sassy badass, who didn't take no as an answer.

Everestopia wrote:Because he was a sassy badass, who didn't take no as an answer.

He was a Machiavellian for sure.

Nuremgard wrote:Touche.

Cant wait to see Dany burn the bitch.

Will be great.. when we finally get to it!

The time Of kings is over, 'tis the battle of the queens now! :D

Nuremgard

Everestopia wrote:Will be great.. when we finally get to it!

The time Of kings is over, 'tis the battle of the queens now! :D

I've always supported Dany from the beginning. The one true Queen.

Nuremgard wrote:He was a Machiavellian for sure.

Without a doubt... he literally played the game of thrones.

Nuremgard

Everestopia wrote:Without a doubt... he literally played the game of thrones.

Charles Dance played him perfectly.

Nuremgard wrote:I've always supported Dany from the beginning. The one true Queen.

To be fair, as have I. As soon as she dealt with the people in slavers bay and walked out with the aligence of the unsullied.. I was waving the Dany flag!

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:Charles Dance played him perfectly.

Love Charles Dance, amazing actor.

If you ever get to see him perform in a Shakespear play at the Globe theatre in London.. go!

Nuremgard

Everestopia wrote:To be fair, as have I. As soon as she dealt with the people in slavers bay and walked out with the aligence of the unsullied.. I was waving the Dany flag!

I don't just support her because I think she would make the best ruler due to her personality, it's also because her family ruled for nearly three hundred years. They united the land so they are the rightful rulers.

Nuremgard wrote:I don't just support her because I think she would make the best ruler due to her personality, it's also because her family ruled for nearly three hundred years. They united the land so they are the rightful rulers.

Until her incestual family started going crazy and killing their subjects without a second thought.

Everestopia wrote:Until her incestual family started going crazy and killing their subjects without a second thought.

Yeah...they maybe should have stopped the whole incest custom after Aegon the Conqueror's death.

Nuremgard wrote:Yeah...they maybe should have stopped the whole incest custom after Aegon the Conqueror's death.

There's good things and bad things about every house, except Tully. They're just boring AF.

Everestopia wrote:There's good things and bad things about every house, except Tully. They're just boring AF.

Something fishy about them.

Everestopia

Nuremgard wrote:Something fishy about them.

1. That was terrible :P

2. I've just always found them to be boring and pointless.

Nuremgard

Everestopia wrote:1. That was terrible :P

2. I've just always found them to be boring and pointless.

They did get the sh!t end of the stick though as much infighting took place in the Riverlands. And they were conquered by the Ironborn for the time.

Everestopia

Everestopia wrote:How have you been?

I've been decent, just busy due to school. Yourself?

Everestopia, Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:They did get the sh!t end of the stick though as much infighting took place in the Riverlands. And they were conquered by the Ironborn for the time.

True, but even so.

Einsiev wrote:I've been decent, just busy due to school. Yourself?

Good, glad you're okay :)

Bought an apartment with my boyfriend. So got moving into that to look forward to!

Einsiev

Everestopia wrote:True, but even so.Good, glad you're okay :)

Bought an apartment with my boyfriend. So got moving into that to look forward to!

I always did find the Tullys to be one of the more uninteresting families. The most uninteresting are the Greyjoys though. I hate the Ironborn. I also found the Baratheons a bit boring until I read about the House's founder, Orys. I also like their motto, name and sigil.

Everestopia wrote:True, but even so.Good, glad you're okay :)

Bought an apartment with my boyfriend. So got moving into that to look forward to!

Ah, neat! I hope everything goes well for you!

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:I always did find the Tullys to be one of the more uninteresting families. The most uninteresting are the Greyjoys though. I hate the Ironborn. I also found the Baratheons a bit boring until I read about the House's founder, Orys. I also like their motto, name and sigil.

Oh I don't know... Renly Baratheon, I rather liked him.

Einsiev wrote:Ah, neat! I hope everything goes well for you!

Thanks Ein! I'm sure it will!

How's school?

Everestopia wrote:Oh I don't know... Renly Baratheon, I rather liked him.Thanks Ein! I'm sure it will!

How's school?

I didn't mind Renly. Didn't like Loras though. Thought too much with his dick. Loved Margaery.

Hey dudes, sorry for not posting in the RPs, I've been super busy with school work and I like spending whatever spare time I got with my dude. But hopefully this weekend I'll have time to post on the Confederacy General and the Khutonga RP.

Everestopia, Vista Major

Nuremgard wrote:I didn't mind Renly. Didn't like Loras though. Thought too much with his dick. Loved Margaery.

Oh I just liked Renly as he was cute, lol.

Nuremgard, Continental Commonwealths

Magnatronia wrote:Hey dudes, sorry for not posting in the RPs, I've been super busy with school work and I like spending whatever spare time I got with my dude. But hopefully this weekend I'll have time to post on the Confederacy General and the Khutonga RP.

I pardon you, thou art forgiven.

Vista Major

Everestopia wrote:Oh I just liked Renly as he was cute, lol.

Rhaegar sounded like a hottie.

Everestopia wrote:Thanks Ein! I'm sure it will!

How's school?

School has been more demanding, as I've been promoted to a Cadet Captain in my JROTC as well as becoming a Squadron Commander (Overseer of an entire branch of jobs which my subordinates are expected to complete) and the Color Guard Commander. My second semester is much smoother than my first semester thankfully. XD

Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Peng and Per have been making campaign posts.

Not sure if Peng's are genuine given that there's been jokes before about how Peng and Percy should run and share a ticket for President and Vice President. If either or both are genuinely running, I am totally down for that.

I appreciate that. I don't think I can enter politics right now, because my railway work and king duties have been keeping me pretty busy. But in the future, who knows? I don't like to permanently rule stuff out.

Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths

Everestopia wrote:Evening all, how are we faring today?

Farily Well, You?

Mdogao wrote:tjey found a match

Thats great!

New factbook:

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=nuremgard/detail=factbook/id=765338

Jaslandia, Percyton

Everestopia wrote:Good, good. How have you been?Here was merely protecting our freedoms, by keeping an eye on how we use them... duh! :P

I've been great! Long time no talk :P

How has life been treating you?

Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:New factbook:

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=nuremgard/detail=factbook/id=765338

Interesting. I'll have to talk to Gordon to see if we can have something similar to that in Percyton. It wouldn't be a whole season (we can't give up that much work), but I'm thinking a few times a year, the important engines and important humans could gather at Tidmouth, Knapford, or Vicarstown to interact and raise money for charity.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:New factbook:

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=nuremgard/detail=factbook/id=765338

What I took away as a Prairie Canadian: Hunting is banned in Nuremgard?!

*riots, topples statues of Nurem*

(P.s. You'll all be happy to know that my phone has already learned the words "Nurem" and "Nuremgard")

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

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[spoiler=Today is February 4 and today are:]

Today is February 4 and today are:

- Day of the Armed Struggle (Angola)

- Farmer's Day (Taiwan)

- Ice Cream for Breakfast Day

- Independence Day (Sri Lanka)

- Lace Day

- National Create a Vacuum Day (United States)

- National Homemade Soup Day (United States)

- National Stuffed Mushroom Day (United States)

- National Thank a Mail Carrier Day (United States)

- Quacker Day

- Rosa Parks Day (California and Missouri, United States)

- Sweater Day

- Take Your Child to the Library Day

- USO Day

- World Cancer Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 211 – Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians. He leaves the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons.

- 634 – Battle of Dathin: Rashidun forces under Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan defeat an outnumbered Byzantine force near Gaza in Palestine.

- 960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.

- 1169 – A strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania.

- 1454 – In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master.

- 1555 – John Rogers is burned at the stake, becoming the first English Protestant martyr under Mary I of England.

- 1703 – In Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.

- 1758 – Macapá, Brazil is founded.

- 1789 – George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.

- 1794 – The French legislature abolishes slavery throughout all territories of the French First Republic. It will be reestablished in the French West Indies in 1802.

- 1797 – The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.

- 1801 – John Marshall is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.

- 1810 – The Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe.

- 1820 – The Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochrane completes the 2-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and 2 ships.

- 1825 – The Ohio Legislature authorizes the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal.

- 1846 – The first Mormon pioneers make their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley.

- 1859 – The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.

- 1861 – American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states meet and form the Confederate States of America.

- 1899 – The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.

- 1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.

- 1936 – Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.

- 1941 – The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.

- 1945 – World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp is liberated from Japanese authority.

- 1945 – World War II: The Yalta Conference between the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opens at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea.

- 1945 – World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.

- 1948 – Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.

- 1961 – Angolan War of Independence begins.

- 1966 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133.

- 1967 – Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.

- 1969 – Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

- 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.

- 1974 – M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.

- 1975 – Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.

- 1976 – In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.

- 1977 – A Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ends another and derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history.

- 1992 – A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.

- 1996 – Major snowstorm paralyzes Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and ties all-time record low temperature at −26 °F (−32.2 °C)

- 1997 – En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collide in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73.

- 1998 – The 5.9 Mw Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 killed, and 818 injured, damage is considered extreme.

- 1999 – Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 times by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race relations in the city.

- 2003 – The Bengali Hindus declare the independence of the Republic of Bangabhumi from Bangladesh.

- 2003 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.

- 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.

- 2015 – A TransAsia Airways aircraft with 58 people on board, en route from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung River just after take-off, killing at least 31 people.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1682 – Johann Friedrich Böttger, German alchemist

- 1871 – Friedrich Ebert, German lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Weimar Republic

- 1897 – Ludwig Erhard, German soldier and politician, 2nd Chancellor of West Germany

- 1902 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer

- 1906 – Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer and academic, discovered Pluto

- 1906 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian

- 1913 – Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist

- 1929 – Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist

- 1943 – Ken Thompson, American computer scientist and programmer, co-developed the B programming language

- 1948 – Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths

Continental Commonwealths wrote:What I took away as a Prairie Canadian: Hunting is banned in Nuremgard?!

*riots, topples statues of Nurem*

(P.s. You'll all be happy to know that my phone has already learned the words "Nurem" and "Nuremgard")

Oh aye you Canadians like hunting. Savages.

Ha. Nice one.

Nuremgard wrote:Oh aye you Canadians like hunting. Savages.

Ha. Nice one.

Different way of life to be honest, considering Canada has vast wilderness I don't think one Canuck hunting a racoon is gonna do a lot.

Yukona wrote:Different way of life to be honest, considering Canada has vast wilderness I don't think one Canuck hunting a racoon is gonna do a lot.

Hunting for food is a different matter. Hunting for sport is barbaric.

Nuremgard wrote:Hunting for food is a different matter. Hunting for sport is barbaric.

There's no need to come off as brash just because someone has a different way of life than you man

Yukona wrote:There's no need to come off as brash just because someone has a different way of life than you man

I'm not being brash. I'm expressing my opinion. Barbaric is the word I thought most apt. Rather than "hunting is not nice."

Nuremgard wrote:I'm not being brash. I'm expressing my opinion. Barbaric is the word I thought most apt. Rather than "hunting is not nice."

I don't mean that, I mean the "Savages. Ha. Nice one."

Yukona wrote:I don't mean that, I mean the "Savages. Ha. Nice one."

Yes. It was tongue-in-cheek.

Continental Commonwealths

Nuremgard wrote:Yes. It was tongue-in-cheek.

That's fair enough then, if it's any consolation on my French EU4 game I forced England to release Scotland :^)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Yukona wrote:That's fair enough then, if it's any consolation on my French EU4 game I forced England to release Scotland :^)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLCEUpIg8rE

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLCEUpIg8rE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSH0eRKq1lE

Nuremgard

Yukona wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSH0eRKq1lE

That song does not represent Scotland ever since the cowardly decision in 2014.

Nuremgard wrote:That song does not represent Scotland ever since the cowardly decision in 2014.

I'm having a Burns Night tonight to honour my uncle (MacDonald Clan)

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:That song does not represent Scotland ever since the cowardly decision in 2014.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Xkr8z3lEo :^)

Yukona wrote:I'm having a Burns Night tonight to honour my uncle (MacDonald Clan)

My mum is a Campbell by birth. Those two clans are ancient rivals.

Nuremgard wrote:My mum is a Campbell by birth. Those two clans are ancient rivals.

We're doomed to argue in the RMB forever.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Yukona wrote:We're doomed to argue in the RMB forever.

Saor Alba!

Nuremgard wrote:Saor Alba!

I dunno man, as much as I would not stop Scottish independence, I feel such an absolute warmth towards the United Kingdom as a whole. I know it may sound weird and probably doesn't resonate with you but when I see the Scots Guards, or the Union flag on the shoulder of men in World War II, I just think we've shared so much and in my opinion to break it all up instead of coming to a new status-quo would tarnish that in some way. You may not think the same, but over all the years a lot has been achieved in unison and it's by no means the be-all and end-all of the debate, nor does it excuse the way in which Scots or anyone else has been treated.

Nuremgard

Yukona wrote:I dunno man, as much as I would not stop Scottish independence, I feel such an absolute warmth towards the United Kingdom as a whole. I know it may sound weird and probably doesn't resonate with you but when I see the Scots Guards, or the Union flag on the shoulder of men in World War II, I just think we've shared so much and in my opinion to break it all up instead of coming to a new status-quo would tarnish that in some way. You may not think the same, but over all the years a lot has been achieved in unison and it's by no means the be-all and end-all of the debate, nor does it excuse the way in which Scots or anyone else has been treated.

While I do not resonate with your emotional attachment to the UK, I recognise that some do feel the way you do and I respect that. We have achieved much together but I think the Union has passed its sell-by date. Scotland and England were independent far longer than they were in union together. A new status quo will never be reached because Westminster is averse to any kind of reform, and there is no desire for reform in England as many down there don't want England to lose its dominance in the union.

Time for us to go our separate ways and be true, independent equals once more.

Yukona

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Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:I dunno man, as much as I would not stop Scottish independence, I feel such an absolute warmth towards the United Kingdom as a whole. I know it may sound weird and probably doesn't resonate with you but when I see the Scots Guards, or the Union flag on the shoulder of men in World War II, I just think we've shared so much and in my opinion to break it all up instead of coming to a new status-quo would tarnish that in some way. You may not think the same, but over all the years a lot has been achieved in unison and it's by no means the be-all and end-all of the debate, nor does it excuse the way in which Scots or anyone else has been treated.

I mean, those men in WW2 fought for the ideal of Democracy and against Fascism, I hardly think very many of them would be upset if their children decided to seperate thtough Democracy.

Besides, the US and Britain shared quite a bit in the old days, but the split was for the better ;P

Nuremgard

Kalaron wrote:I mean, those men in WW2 fought for the ideal of Democracy and against Fascism, I hardly think very many of them would be upset if their children decided to seperate thtough Democracy.

Besides, the US and Britain shared quite a bit in the old days, but the split was for the better ;P

Yes. I notice how many unionists don't argue for the US returning to Westminster's bosom. Although I have heard some argue that Ireland should rejoin the UK.

Kalaron wrote:I mean, those men in WW2 fought for the ideal of Democracy and against Fascism, I hardly think very many of them would be upset if their children decided to seperate thtough Democracy.

Besides, the US and Britain shared quite a bit in the old days, but the split was for the better ;P

Not at all what I mean, I mean that they were united in a cause and clearly had to love their country, be them Englishmen, Irishmen, Welshmen or Scotsmen. I feel there's a special something in that, something that in hindsight is quite hard to perceive.

Nuremgard wrote:Yes. I notice how many unionists don't argue for the US returning to Westminster's bosom. Although I have heard some argue that Ireland should rejoin the UK.

...do they want the IRA?

That's how you...geez...déjà vu

I mean, the US never will by the way.

Honestly, Britain is closer to being our Fifty First State than Puerto Rico

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Kalaron wrote:...do they want the IRA?

That's how you...geez...déjà vu

I mean, the US never will by the way.

Honestly, Britain is closer to being our Fifty First State than Puerto Rico

To be fair, the man I saw arguing for Ireland for rejoining the UK was a Scotsman in the Orange Order so his politics and allegiance were clear.

Yukona wrote:Not at all what I mean, I mean that they were united in a cause and clearly had to love their country, be them Englishmen, Irishmen, Welshmen or Scotsmen. I feel there's a special something in that, something that in hindsight is quite hard to perceive.

I've no doubt there was a greater sense of unity and Britishness back then. But you could serve in the Armed Forces and still support Scottish independence. My late grandfather served in the Merchant Navy and he voted Yes.

Yukona wrote:Different way of life to be honest, considering Canada has vast wilderness I don't think one Canuck hunting a racoon is gonna do a lot.
I know the conversation has moved on from this, but who the fvck hunts racoons?! You may shoot a pesky racoon, but I dont think many actually go out hunting them.

Yukona wrote:Not at all what I mean, I mean that they were united in a cause and clearly had to love their country, be them Englishmen, Irishmen, Welshmen or Scotsmen. I feel there's a special something in that, something that in hindsight is quite hard to perceive.

The cause being to destroy Fascism and prevent their families from being destroyed.

That special something, as far as I can see, is the same thing that united those soldiers from disparate states into one fighting force. It was brotherhood made by combat, and it certainly wasn't felt soley by those of one country.

Nuremgard

Kalaron wrote:The cause being to destroy Fascism and prevent their families from being destroyed.

That special something, as far as I can see, is the same thing that united those soldiers from disparate states into one fighting force. It was brotherhood made by combat, and it certainly wasn't felt soley by those of one country.

And let's not beast around the bush here. Churchill admired Hitler and Mussolini. He also agreed with some Nazi policies. His primary reason for fighting the Third Reich was to protect the British Empire's world hegemony.

Nuremgard wrote:And let's not beast around the bush here. Churchill admired Hitler and Mussolini. He also agreed with some Nazi policies. His primary reason for fighting the Third Reich was to protect the British Empire's world hegemony.

*beat

NS badly needs an edit function for RMB posts.

Vista Major, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I know the conversation has moved on from this, but who the fvck hunts racoons?! You may shoot a pesky racoon, but I dont think many actually go out hunting them.

I know, that was the point :^)

Continental Commonwealths

Nuremgard wrote:And let's not beast around the bush here. Churchill admired Hitler and Mussolini. He also agreed with some Nazi policies. His primary reason for fighting the Third Reich was to protect the British Empire's world hegemony.

"One may dislike Hitler's system and yet admire his patriotic achievement. If our country were defeated, I hope we should find a champion as indomitable to restore our courage and lead us back to our place among the nations." - I see no problem with saying that at all.

"If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons."

Yukona wrote:"One may dislike Hitler's system and yet admire his patriotic achievement. If our country were defeated, I hope we should find a champion as indomitable to restore our courage and lead us back to our place among the nations." - I see no problem with saying that at all.

"If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/not-his-finest-hour-the-dark-side-of-winston-churchill-2118317.html

Yukona wrote:"One may dislike Hitler's system and yet admire his patriotic achievement. If our country were defeated, I hope we should find a champion as indomitable to restore our courage and lead us back to our place among the nations." - I see no problem with saying that at all.

"If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29701767

I am not an admirer of Churchill. He is seen through rose-tinted spectacles by far too many Brits.

The UK, France, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand were at war because Hitler invaded Poland and threatened Europe with Fascism.

The US entered the war more than two years later because their fleet was attacked in harbour. Their own president, who desired war, won an election just a year earlier by appealing heavily to the majority anti-war electorate.

We were hardly at war for the same reasons.

Nuremgard, Yukona

The United States of Latrovia agreed to construct embassies with Commonwealth of Liberty.

"I am extremely happy for our new regional success on the Inter regional Arena. Long live the Confederacy!"

Latrovia wrote:The United States of Latrovia agreed to construct embassies with Commonwealth of Liberty.

"I am extremely happy for our new regional success on the Inter regional Arena. Long live the Confederacy!"

Also I do hope that good and fruitful future is in store for us in our cooperation and team work with our new partners! :)

Latrovia wrote:The United States of Latrovia agreed to construct embassies with Commonwealth of Liberty.

"I am extremely happy for our new regional success on the Inter regional Arena. Long live the Confederacy!"

Who are you quoting? Are you quoting yourself?!

Humpheria Major

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Who are you quoting? Are you quoting yourself?!

Yeah, I forgot to type that down, so I quoted myself. :P

Latrovia wrote:Yeah, I forgot to type that down, so I quoted myself. :P

"That's a little weird." - Continental Commonwealths ©, 2017

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Latrovia, Vista Major, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:"That's a little weird." - Continental Commonwealths ©, 2017

Lool hahaha Continental Commonwealths, you're a legend man! :D Latrovia ©, 2017

Continental Commonwealths wrote:The UK, France, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand were at war because Hitler invaded Poland and threatened Europe with Fascism.

The US entered the war more than two years later because their fleet was attacked in harbour. Their own president, who desired war, won an election just a year earlier by appealing heavily to the majority anti-war electorate.

We were hardly at war for the same reasons.

Well, I don't agree fully.

US public opinion was swayed to war due to the bombing of Pearl Harbour, but that was hardly the point where every American turned around and said "Alright, who the fvck do we gotta beat up in Europe?"

Admittedly, the public opinion was split between waging war and maintaining peace (I'm afraid WW1 kinda took the wizz out of European war for most Americans) before the event, but we went to war against Hitler for the same reasons as the Brits when Hitler declared war on us after Japan bombed PH.

To quote an American Soldier speaking to a captured German troop: "We're invading you to free you from the delusion of being a master race"

If we really want to split hairs, those nations went to war against Germany out of concern for their own security rather than a deep seated hate of Fascism.

Indeed, during the 1930s some members of Britain's nobility and Parliament even praised the Nazis...so the eventual point of why Britain's people waged war was the security, of the nation, which could be argued to have been the same reason America went to war seeing as our Convoys were being destroyed by German U-boats.

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLCEUpIg8rE

Nuremgard wrote:Saor Alba!

Donald: Aye! I'll drink tae 'at!

Douglas: But we're engines; we dornt drink alcohol.

Donald: I meant water, ye moron!

Douglas: That's nae how it works, Donnie. We engines dornt drink water fur pleasure, an' our water tanks are awreddy full.

Donald: Och, haud yer weesht! I was 'spikin figuratively.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:

*beat

NS badly needs an edit function for RMB posts.

Amen, Hallelujah, praise the lort

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