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Question about RL country:

Are you required to have a first aid kit, warning triangle, reflective vest, fire extinguisher, warning light, etc. in your car?

In Germany you need to have a first aid kit, warning triangle and at least one reflective vest (tho automobile club recommend one vest for every passenger) in your car. If you don't have those and you are pulled over you have to pay a fine.

Vista Major

AMBASSADOR UPDATE REGARDING THE VERSUTIAN FEDERATION

The Versutian Federation has just recently voted on and passed a complete overhaul of its constitution. The new constitutiona will come into effect April 2nd, when elections are held on the new positions created by the new constitution. A legal code was introduced by one of our citizens who worked on it with others to make it suitable for our region. Our region has been quite peaceful after we went through difficult times earlier this year. However, the discussions about the overhaul of the constitution brought together many people and caused us, in a sense, to feel united as we go through massive reforms. The Versutian Federation also voted to join the International Legislative Coalition, a coalition where nation states can discuss WA affairs. Nonetheless, there hasn't been any other major updates than the one I provided the Confederate of Free Nations to read. I hope your ambassador will keep us updated on your region's news.

Bainius

Minister of Defense of The Versutian Federation/Ambassador to The Confederacy of Free Nations

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Question about RL country:

Are you required to have a first aid kit, warning triangle, reflective vest, fire extinguisher, warning light, etc. in your car?

In Germany you need to have a first aid kit, warning triangle and at least one reflective vest (tho automobile club recommend one vest for every passenger) in your car. If you don't have those and you are pulled over you have to pay a fine.

It's not required by law in the United Kingdom but there is the Good Samaritan Law, where if you are at the scene of the accident before emergency services you must pull over and offer assistance if it is safe to do so, failure to do so could result in arrest or a huge fine.

Penguania And Antarctica

It is sad to see Aleister of Lazarus closing so many embassies. I just want to say farewell to all of Lazarus's embassy regions.

Sad to see the embassies close, but unfortunately Lazarus has become a puppet of Lone Wolves United

Farewell

- Almodas

Longtime resident of Lazarus

Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Mercunova, Aflana Ii

Yukona wrote:It's not required by law in the United Kingdom but there is the Good Samaritan Law, where if you are at the scene of the accident before emergency services you must pull over and offer assistance if it is safe to do so, failure to do so could result in arrest or a huge fine.

Ah ok. Thanks :)

Yukona

Yukona wrote:It's not required by law in the United Kingdom but there is the Good Samaritan Law, where if you are at the scene of the accident before emergency services you must pull over and offer assistance if it is safe to do so, failure to do so could result in arrest or a huge fine.

Same here, I believe. I've also heard you/your vehicle can be ordered into emergency service if you come within proximity of a forest fire.

Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Same here, I believe. I've also heard you/your vehicle can be ordered into emergency service if you come within proximity of a forest fire.

In my state every person between 18 and 65 years can be ordered by the incident commander of a fire brigade to do supportive tasks at an incident scene (e.g. care for a person until professional care arrives, "guarding"/bocking a pathway leading to the incident scene).

Yukona, Confederal States

Mercunova wrote:

Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLIlRvEa3Ls

https://youtu.be/6WTdTwcmxyo

[spoiler=Today is March 15 and today are:]

Today is March 15 and today are:

- Absolutely Incredible Kid Day

- Ag Day

- Brutus Day

- Buzzard Day

- Companies that Care Day

- Constitution Day (Belarus)

- Dumbstruck Day

- Hōnen Matsuri (Japan)

- Ides of March

- International Day Against Police Brutality

- J. J. Roberts' Birthday (Liberia)

- National Day (Hungary)

- National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence (United States)

- National Everything You Think Is Wrong Day (United States)

- National Farm Rescuer Day (United States)

- National Kansas Day (United States)

- National Pears Helene Day (United States)

- National Shoe the World Day (United States)

- True Confessions Day (United States)

- World Consumer Rights Day

- World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film

- Youth Day (Palau)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 474BC – Roman consul Gnaeus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce.

- 44BC – Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.

- 0220 – Cao Cao, Chinese warlord and penultimate Chancellor of the Han dynasty passes away.

- 0280 – Sun Hao of Eastern Wu surrenders to Sima Yan which began the Jin dynasty.

- 0351 – Constantius II elevates his cousin Gallus to Caesar, and puts him in charge of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire.

- 0493 – Odoacer, the first barbarian King of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, is slain by Theoderic the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, while the two kings were feasting together.

- 0856 – Michael III, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, overthrows the regency of his mother, empress Theodora with support of the Byzantine nobility.

- 0933 – After a ten-year truce, German King Henry the Fowler defeats a Hungarian army at the Battle of Riade near the Unstrut river.

- 1147 – Conquest of Santarém: The forces of Afonso I of Portugal capture Santarém.

- 1311 – Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V, Count of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.

- 1493 – Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.

- 1672 – Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.

- 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Court House: Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat a mixed American force numbering 4,400 in a Pyrrhic victory.

- 1783 – In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'état never takes place.

- 1819 – French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel wins a contest at the Academie des Sciences in Paris by proving that light behaves like a wave. The Fresnel integrals, still used to calculate wave patterns, silence skeptics who had backed the particle theory of Isaac Newton.

- 1820 – Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.

- 1848 – A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.

- 1864 – American Civil War: The Red River Campaign: U.S. Navy fleet arrives at Alexandria, Louisiana.

- 1874 – France and Viet Nam sign the Second Treaty of Saigon, further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over Cochinchina.

- 1875 – Archbishop of New York John McCloskey is named the first cardinal in the United States.

- 1877 – First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.

- 1888 – Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.

- 1892 – Liverpool F.C. is founded.

- 1906 – Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.

- 1916 – United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.

- 1917 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.

- 1921 – Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.

- 1922 – After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.

- 1926 – The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.

- 1927 – The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.

- 1931 – SS Viking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.

- 1933 – Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the Austrofascist dictatorship.

- 1939 – The German occupation of Czechoslovakia is completed.

- 1941 – Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines takes its first flight between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name.

- 1943 – World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov: The Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.

- 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces begin an offensive to push Germans from Upper Silesia.

- 1952 – In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).

- 1956 – My Fair Lady debuts on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.

- 1961 – At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.

- 1965 – President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.

- 1978 – Somalia and Ethiopia signed a truce to end the Ethio-Somali War.

- 1985 – The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).

- 1986 – Collapse of Hotel New World: Thirty-three people die when the Hotel New World in Singapore collapses.

- 1990 – Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.

- 1991 – The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany comes into effect, granting full sovereignty to the Federal Republic of Germany.

- 2011 – Beginning of the Syrian Civil War.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 0270 – Saint Nicholas, Greek bishop and saint

- 1638 – Shunzhi Emperor of China

- 1666 – George Bähr, German architect, designed the Dresden Frauenkirche

- 1767 – Andrew Jackson, American general, judge, and politician, 7th President of the United States

- 1830 – Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1854 – Emil von Behring, German physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1907 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer

- 1930 – Martin Karplus, Austrian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1930 – Zhores Alferov, Belarusian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1932 – Alan Bean, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

- 1943 – David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter

- 1947 – Ry Cooder, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

- 1975 – Eva Longoria, American actress and producer

- 1975 – will.i.am, American rapper, producer, and actor

- 1979 – Kevin Youkilis, American baseball player and scout

- 1993 – Paul Pogba, French footballer

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Quote of the day

We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.

- Mignon McLaughlin (American Journalist, 1913-1983) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Midasia

[spoiler=Sacré bleu! Another Update from Parliament]Hello Citizens,

Long time, no post.

A proposed amendment to the Constitution is currently being debated within the Hall of Discourse. This amendment is entitled the Parliamentary Electorization Act, and it can be accessed here:

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/68/parliamentary-electorization-act

If you are a citizen and therefore a Member of Parliament, you are encouraged to read the proposed amendment and, if you feel so inclined, engage in the debate. The debate will conclude at 11:00am Eastern on Saturday, March 17.

Regarding the three proposed bills and the proposed motion debated earlier this week, Parliament is waiting for the author’s edits to be finalized prior to moving them to a vote. You will be updated when this takes place.

Thanks everyone,

[nation=short]Continental Commonwealths[/nation]

Speaker of Parliament[/spoiler]

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Yukona

How are we all doing tonight? I wrote my American history essay.

Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:How are we all doing tonight? I wrote my American history essay.

Making my application for the Medieval RP (or editing it to fit the standards), and just chilling. My family and I took my dad out to dinner for his birthday, but it's been pretty mellow, enjoying Spring Break until classes start again next week (I'll be out of class Friday since my mom's getting a mesh fitted for a resurgent hernia).

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Chernarus State wrote:Making my application for the Medieval RP (or editing it to fit the standards), and just chilling. My family and I took my dad out to dinner for his birthday, but it's been pretty mellow, enjoying Spring Break until classes start again next week (I'll be out of class Friday since my mom's getting a mesh fitted for a resurgent hernia).

Good stuff.

Penguania And Antarctica

Following new legislation in Imperial Great Britain and Ireland, only state-owned media is permitted.

A UK with the BBC as its only news outlet. *shudders*

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Hi guys

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- Ides of March

https://youtu.be/7FvgP5hO99o

https://youtu.be/a9KU3Ia3se8

https://youtu.be/wgPymD-NBQU

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:https://youtu.be/7FvgP5hO99o

https://youtu.be/a9KU3Ia3se8

https://youtu.be/wgPymD-NBQU

a v e, t r u e t o C a e s a r

Jaslandia, Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:How are we all doing tonight? I wrote my American history essay.

What was it on?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Au Minbo wrote:What was it on?

The question was:

Noted Harvard historian John Kenneth Galbraith described America in the 1950s and 60s as the Affluent Society. Do you agree or disagree? What would be a better description? How did this affect Cold War strategies?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:The question was:

Noted Harvard historian John Kenneth Galbraith described America in the 1950s and 60s as the Affluent Society. Do you agree or disagree? What would be a better description? How did this affect Cold War strategies?

Interesting. His son is also a former US Diplomat and Candidate for Governor of my state in 2016. He lost pretty handily though

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Au Minbo wrote:Interesting. His son is also a former US Diplomat and Candidate for Governor of my state in 2016. He lost pretty handily though

Fair enough. I argued that it was only affluent for the white middle class. I suggested the Divided Society as a descriptor.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Chernarus State wrote:a v e, t r u e t o C a e s a r

[I]Degenerates like you belong on a cross.[/I]

Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Friedensreich wrote:[I]Degenerates like you belong on a cross.[/I]

r e t r i b u t i o n !

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Chernarus State wrote:r e t r i b u t i o n !

[B][I]G I V E M E C A U S E, P R O F L I G A T E ![/I][/B]

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Friedensreich wrote:[B][I]G I V E M E C A U S E, P R O F L I G A T E ![/I][/B]

t h e n e w s l a v e g i r l s a r e q u i t e b e a u t i f u l

Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Good Day! Hope everyone has a good day!

If anyone is newly-arrived to our region, please do contact Lex Caledonia to become a citizen!

Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJwt2dxx9yg

The Chancellor's Public Schedule [I]16 March 2018

(All times Eastern. Subject to change.)

16:00 The Chancellor releases a statement

18:00 The Chancellor holds a conference with the Speaker

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Midasia

Nuremgard

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Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica

Chernarus State wrote:t h e n e w s l a v e g i r l s a r e q u i t e b e a u t i f u l

[I]I M L O O K I N G F O R W A R D T O G E T T I N G S E N T A C R O S S T H E R I V E R[/I]

Friedensreich wrote:[I]I M L O O K I N G F O R W A R D T O G E T T I N G S E N T A C R O S S T H E R I V E R[/I]

t h e c a e s a r h a s m a r k e d y o u f o r d e a t h , a n d t h e l e g i o n o b e y s ! r e a d y y o u r s e l f f o r b a t t l e !

Statement by the Chancellor

This morning, I received a notice from the organizer of the Interregional Olympics, which I mentioned in my Weekly Address this week, informing me that the Interregional Olympics had been cancelled.

The ongoing poll we had set up was therefore immediately pulled, although the Administration bears in mind the region's general willingness to participate in events such as that and will be sure to inform you of any similar opportunities we receive in the future.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Kalaron wrote:Nuremgard

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233369021632872448/424248036382867466/unknown.png

Most European nations are pro-EU. This is a minority of Eastern European countries complaining.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:Most European nations are pro-EU. This is a minority of Eastern European countries complaining.

It's a scenario for war-game simulations, not an actual thing.

Besides, I was more talking about the SNP getting a second referendum than anything :P

Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:It's a scenario for war-game simulations, not an actual thing.

Besides, I was more talking about the SNP getting a second referendum than anything :P

Ah, right. I couldn't tell. Fingers crossed we win the second ref.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Happy 19th Birthday Yukona. Enjoy it with family and friends, pal. :D

[spoiler=Today is March 16 and today are:]

Today are:

- 19th Birthday of Yukona

- Curlew Day

- Day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania)

- Goddard Day

- Latvian Legion Day (Latvia)

- Lips Appreciation Day

- National Artichoke Hearts Day (United States)

- National Everything You Do Is Right Day (United States)

- National Freedom of Information Day (United States)

- National Panda Day (United States)

- No Selfies Day

- Saint Urho's Day (Finnish Americans and Finnish Canadians)

- World Sleep Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 597BC – Babylonians capture Jerusalem, and replace Jeconiah with Zedekiah as king.

- 0455 – Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated by two Hunnic retainers while training with the bow on the Campus Martius (Rome).

- 0934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

- 1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.

- 1244 – Over 200 Cathars are burned after the Fall of Montségur.

- 1322 – The Battle of Boroughbridge take place in the Despenser Wars.

- 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the island of Homonhon in the Philippines.

- 1621 – Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."

- 1660 – The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.

- 1689 – The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.

- 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.

- 1782 – Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782

- 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.

- 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: An Austrian column is defeated by the French in the Battle of Valvasone.

- 1802 – The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.

- 1812 – Siege of Badajoz begins: British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during the Peninsular War.

- 1815 – Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.

- 1818 – In the Second Battle of Cancha Rayada, Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.

- 1864 – American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.

- 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.

- 1870 – The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.

- 1872 – The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

- 1894 – Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.

- 1900 – Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.

- 1916 – The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.

- 1917 – World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.

- 1924 – In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.

- 1925 – An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.

- 1926 – History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.

- 1935 – Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.

- 1936 – Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.

- 1939 – From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.

- 1940 – First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.

- 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.

- 1945 – Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in around 5,000 deaths.

- 1958 – The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.

- 1962 – A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.

- 1966 – Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena target vehicle.

- 1968 – Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.

- 1968 – General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.

- 1969 – A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.

- 1976 – British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.

- 1977 – Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.

- 1978 – Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.)

- 1978 – Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.

- 1979 – Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.

- 1983 – Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.

- 1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists. (He later dies in captivity.)

- 1985 – Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.

- 1988 – Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

- 1988 – Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5000 people and injuring about 10000 people.

- 1988 – The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. A PIRA volunteer and two civilians are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.

- 1989 – In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found near the Pyramid of Cheops.

- 1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.

- 2005 – Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.

- 2014 – Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.

- 2016 – A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 54.

- 2016 – Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 22 and injuring 18.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1750 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer

- 1751 – James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States

- 1774 – Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer

- 1789 – Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist and mathematician

- 1839 – Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1878 – Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal

- 1912 – Pat Nixon, American educator, 39th First Lady of the United States

- 1926 – Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian

- 1927 – Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut, first man who died on a space mission

- 1940 – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter

- 1953 – Isabelle Huppert, French actress

- 1953 – Richard Stallman, American computer scientist and programmer

- 1954 – Nancy Wilson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress

- 1964 – H.P. Baxxter, German musician

- 1967 – Lauren Graham, American actress and producer

- 1969 – Markus Lanz, German-Italian television presenter and producer

- 1986 – Daisuke Takahashi, Japanese figure skater

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Quote of the day (presented to you by Yukona)

If you will it dude, it is no dream.

- Walter Shoback -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Yukona, Cesorion, Midasia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Happy 19th Birthday Yukona. Enjoy it with family and friends, pal. :D

[spoiler=Today is March 16 and today are:]

Today are:

- 19th Birthday of Yukona

- Curlew Day

- Day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania)

- Goddard Day

- Latvian Legion Day (Latvia)

- Lips Appreciation Day

- National Artichoke Hearts Day (United States)

- National Everything You Do Is Right Day (United States)

- National Freedom of Information Day (United States)

- National Panda Day (United States)

- No Selfies Day

- Saint Urho's Day (Finnish Americans and Finnish Canadians)

- World Sleep Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 597BC – Babylonians capture Jerusalem, and replace Jeconiah with Zedekiah as king.

- 0455 – Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated by two Hunnic retainers while training with the bow on the Campus Martius (Rome).

- 0934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

- 1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.

- 1244 – Over 200 Cathars are burned after the Fall of Montségur.

- 1322 – The Battle of Boroughbridge take place in the Despenser Wars.

- 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the island of Homonhon in the Philippines.

- 1621 – Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."

- 1660 – The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.

- 1689 – The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.

- 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.

- 1782 – Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782

- 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.

- 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: An Austrian column is defeated by the French in the Battle of Valvasone.

- 1802 – The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.

- 1812 – Siege of Badajoz begins: British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during the Peninsular War.

- 1815 – Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.

- 1818 – In the Second Battle of Cancha Rayada, Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.

- 1864 – American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.

- 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.

- 1870 – The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.

- 1872 – The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

- 1894 – Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.

- 1900 – Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.

- 1916 – The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.

- 1917 – World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.

- 1924 – In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.

- 1925 – An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.

- 1926 – History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.

- 1935 – Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.

- 1936 – Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.

- 1939 – From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.

- 1940 – First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.

- 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.

- 1945 – Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in around 5,000 deaths.

- 1958 – The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.

- 1962 – A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.

- 1966 – Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena target vehicle.

- 1968 – Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.

- 1968 – General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.

- 1969 – A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.

- 1976 – British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.

- 1977 – Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.

- 1978 – Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.)

- 1978 – Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.

- 1979 – Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.

- 1983 – Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.

- 1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists. (He later dies in captivity.)

- 1985 – Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.

- 1988 – Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

- 1988 – Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5000 people and injuring about 10000 people.

- 1988 – The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. A PIRA volunteer and two civilians are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.

- 1989 – In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found near the Pyramid of Cheops.

- 1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.

- 2005 – Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.

- 2014 – Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.

- 2016 – A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 54.

- 2016 – Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 22 and injuring 18.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1750 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer

- 1751 – James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States

- 1774 – Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer

- 1789 – Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist and mathematician

- 1839 – Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1878 – Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal

- 1912 – Pat Nixon, American educator, 39th First Lady of the United States

- 1926 – Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian

- 1927 – Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut, first man who died on a space mission

- 1940 – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter

- 1953 – Isabelle Huppert, French actress

- 1953 – Richard Stallman, American computer scientist and programmer

- 1954 – Nancy Wilson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress

- 1964 – H.P. Baxxter, German musician

- 1967 – Lauren Graham, American actress and producer

- 1969 – Markus Lanz, German-Italian television presenter and producer

- 1986 – Daisuke Takahashi, Japanese figure skater

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Quote of the day (presented to you by Yukona)

If you will it dude, it is no dream.

- Walter Shoback -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Happy birthday duder Yukona!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Midasia

Didn't know it was your birthday, Yukona Happy birthday, mate!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia

How the young grow ever more mature.

Happy birthday, loving Yukona

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia

Happy Birthday Yukona!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

[spoiler=Another One of those Rare Updates from Parliament]Good afternoon/evening Citizens,

Three proposed bills and one proposed motion have been moved to the Floor of Parliament for a vote. The voting periods for all four items will conclude on Friday, March 23 at 6:30pm Eastern.

A link to the proposed motion is provided here.

The University Charter Resolution

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/67/university-charter-resolution

Links to the respective bill proposals are provided below.

The Comprehensive Retention Act

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/65/comprehensive-retention-act

The Foreign Policy Recalibration Act

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/66/foreign-policy-recalibration-act

The Domestic Restoration Act

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/64/domestic-restoration-act

As always, Members are asked to read the bills/motions at hand and register your vote. Those in favour should vote by stating "endorsed"; those opposed should vote by stating "denounced".

Thanks everyone,

[nation=short]Continental Commonwealths[/nation]

Speaker of Parliament[/spoiler]

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:[spoiler=Another One of those Rare Updates from Parliament]Good afternoon/evening Citizens,

Three proposed bills and one proposed motion have been moved to the Floor of Parliament for a vote. The voting periods for all four items will conclude on Friday, March 23 at 6:30pm Eastern.

A link to the proposed motion is provided here.

The University Charter Resolution

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/67/university-charter-resolution

Links to the respective bill proposals are provided below.

The Comprehensive Retention Act

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/65/comprehensive-retention-act

The Foreign Policy Recalibration Act

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/66/foreign-policy-recalibration-act

The Domestic Restoration Act

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/64/domestic-restoration-act

As always, Members are asked to read the bills/motions at hand and register your vote. Those in favour should vote by stating "endorsed"; those opposed should vote by stating "denounced".

Thanks everyone,

[nation=short]Continental Commonwealths[/nation]

Speaker of Parliament[/spoiler]

The subtly unsubtle sarcasm is much appreciated.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:The subtly unsubtle sarcasm is much appreciated.

I’m offended.

I was going for unsubtle subtlety.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederal States

I heard someone had birthday.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY Yukona!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

Happy birthday, Yukona!

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- National Everything You Do Is Right Day (United States)

Perfect day to commit the bank robbery I've always wanted to do! jk

*after the bank robbery* Well that was fun. Now let me just take a...

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- No Selfies Day

Dang it!

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

So it's the Russian presidential election tomorrow. I just read an article that described it quite aptly. "It's less of an election and more of a coronation."

Jaslandia, Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:So it's the Russian presidential election tomorrow. I just read an article that described it quite aptly. "It's less of an election and more of a coronation."

Yup. We're settling in for a long con tonight bruv. Best case is that Putin cuts it very, very close such that NATO can decapitate his support rather quickly through Ukraine and sanctions, but the worst case is the more probable one. Putin's settling in on a mixed bag, but he's got extreme nationalism on his side as well.

Suffice to say, we're either watching Russia's current dictator get reelected, or we're watching one of his -probable- heirs win.

Confederal States

*sitting on bed doing ns stuff

*randomly decide to clear topics to further dictatorship

*all of them are economic/environmental issues

*capitalist choices increase compassion and lower authoritarianism

w h y ?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Thanks for your kind thoughts on my birthday guys, appreciate it

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Midasia

Kalaron wrote:Yup. We're settling in for a long con tonight bruv. Best case is that Putin cuts it very, very close such that NATO can decapitate his support rather quickly through Ukraine and sanctions, but the worst case is the more probable one. Putin's settling in on a mixed bag, but he's got extreme nationalism on his side as well.

Suffice to say, we're either watching Russia's current dictator get reelected, or we're watching one of his -probable- heirs win.

I heard that public servants in Russia will be forced to vote.

Yukona wrote:Thanks for your kind thoughts on my birthday guys, appreciate it

Aren't you a lucky bunny that we like you so much.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia

Chernarus State wrote:*sitting on bed doing ns stuff

*randomly decide to clear topics to further dictatorship

*all of them are economic/environmental issues

*capitalist choices increase compassion and lower authoritarianism

w h y ?

probably because you give away your authority to the corporations and their demands?

Jaslandia, Chernarus State, Penguania And Antarctica

Good Day! Hope everyone has a good day!

Song of the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-zP66eSLto

The Chancellor's Public Schedule [I]17 March 2018

(All times Eastern. Subject to change.)

[I]No public schedule.[/I]

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

[spoiler=Today is March 17 and today are:]

Today is March 17 and today are:

- Campfire girls Day

- Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)

- Martyr Vicente's Feast (Spain)

- National Corn Dog Day (United States

- National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day (United States)

- National Quilting Day (United States)

- Sheikh Mujibur Rahmanís birthday (Bangladesh)

- St. Patrick's Day (Canada, Ireland, Montserrat, United Kingdom, United States)

- Submarine Day

- World Sleep Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.

- 180 – Marcus Aurelius dies leaving Commodus the sole emperor of the Roman Empire.

- 455 – Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate, emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

- 1001 – The Raja of Butuan in what is now the Philippines sends a tributary mission to the Song dynasty.

- 1337 – Edward, the Black Prince is made Duke of Cornwall, the first Duchy in England.

- 1452 – The Battle of Los Alporchones is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the Emirate of Granada and the combined forces of the Kingdom of Castile and Murcia resulting in a Christian victory.

- 1560 – Fort Coligny on Villegagnon Island in Rio de Janeiro is attacked and destroyed during the Portuguese campaign against France Antarctique.

- 1677 – The Siege of Valenciennes, during the Franco-Dutch War, ends with France's taking of the city.

- 1776 – American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.

- 1780 – American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday "as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence".

- 1805 – The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King.

- 1842 – The Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is formed;

- 1860 – The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand land wars.

- 1861 – The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed.

- 1891 – SS Utopia collides with HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.

- 1921 – The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.

- 1939 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins,

- 1941 – In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

- 1942 – Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.

- 1945 – The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.

- 1947 – First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.

- 1948 – The Benelux, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty establishing NATO.

- 1950 – Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".

- 1957 – A plane crash in Cebu, Philippines kills Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others.

- 1958 – The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.

- 1959 – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.

- 1960 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

- 1963 – Mount Agung erupted on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.

- 1966 – Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.

- 1968 – As a result of nerve gas testing in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.

- 1969 – Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.

- 1970 – My Lai Massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.

- 1973 – The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

- 1979 – The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.

- 1985 – Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.

- 1988 – A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.

- 1988 – Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.

- 1992 – Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242.

- 1992 – A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.

- 2000 – Five hundred thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.

- 2003 – Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

- 2004 – Unrest in Kosovo: More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-five Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Serbia are destroyed.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1834 – Gottlieb Daimler, German engineer and businessman, co-founded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft

- 1881 – Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1901 – Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor

- 1902 – Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer

- 1919 – Nat King Cole, American singer, pianist, and television host

- 1926 – Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright

- 1930 – James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

- 1938 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer

- 1948 – William Gibson, American-Canadian author and screenwriter

- 1951 – Kurt Russell, American actor and producer

- 1967 – Billy Corgan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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Quote of the day

A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal and strengthen.

- John O'Donohue -

Note: Neither Mercunova nor Penguania_And_Antarctica assume responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Confederal States, Midasia

Mercunova wrote:[I]No public schedule.[/I]

Lazy bum. *insert smiley emoticon with tongue sticking out here*

Mercunova wrote:

- 180 – Marcus Aurelius dies leaving Commodus the sole emperor of the Roman Empire.

Here's how it didn't happen: https://youtu.be/r2jbK6dGLGc

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

could i ask? is it allowed to use flags of national socialist movements in NS?

I am asking due to one of my RP games.

And before anyone asks no i didn't us NS flag in NS. I am just asking in case that there would be a rule against it.

Spanelsko wrote:could i ask? is it allowed to use flags of national socialist movements in NS?

I am asking due to one of my RP games.

And before anyone asks no i didn't us NS flag in NS. I am just asking in case that there would be a rule against it.

You can't.

Gualimole wrote:You can't.

thank you, i wasn't sure since i saw quite many use fascist themed or nazbol themed flags so i wanted to be sure in order to not get by accident reported and banned.

Nuremgard

Spanelsko wrote:thank you, i wasn't sure since i saw quite many use fascist themed or nazbol themed flags so i wanted to be sure in order to not get by accident reported and banned.

You can use flags which are renditions/variations of the nationalist socialist movement (like my nation The Dalek Paradigm). You just can't use the swastika.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:You can use flags which are renditions/variations of the nationalist socialist movement (like my nation The Dalek Paradigm). You just can't use the swastika.

Or this guy: Eropatia

Yes! I finally brought back my court system! Nuremgard proudly has three branches of government once more!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Midasia

Spanelsko wrote:could i ask? is it allowed to use flags of national socialist movements in NS?

I am asking due to one of my RP games.

And before anyone asks no i didn't us NS flag in NS. I am just asking in case that there would be a rule against it.

My reccomendation would be to use the HO4 route and use the iron cross or something similar.

Nuremgard

Axeldonia wrote:My reccomendation would be to use the HO4 route and use the iron cross or something similar.

Weird how we can use other fascist symbols but not Nazi ones. I'm not arguing for the right to display swastikas but communist and fascist symbols are also symbols of hate since both have been responsible for the suffering and deaths of countless people.

Russkov Soviet, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:Weird how we can use other fascist symbols but not Nazi ones. I'm not arguing for the right to display swastikas but communist and fascist symbols are also symbols of hate since both have been responsible for the suffering and deaths of countless people.

I have no idea.

Nuremgard wrote:Weird how we can use other fascist symbols but not Nazi ones. I'm not arguing for the right to display swastikas but communist and fascist symbols are also symbols of hate since both have been responsible for the suffering and deaths of countless people.

Spanelsko wrote:thank you, i wasn't sure since i saw quite many use fascist themed or nazbol themed flags so i wanted to be sure in order to not get by accident reported and banned.

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=217052

Jaslandia

Russkov Soviet wrote:I have no idea.

NS is so inconsistent.

Kalaron wrote:https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=217052

I can see where they are coming from I suppose. Lucky for us or else there'd be no nations on NS. Practically every country has a shady past.

Nuremgard wrote:NS is so inconsistent.

I can see where they are coming from I suppose. Lucky for us or else there'd be no nations on NS. Practically every country has a shady past.

Not Kalaron, the worst we did was bring down a world wide embargo on a nation :P

No but really, I'm just glad we get the pliancy we do from the Mods. It's hard to enforce the rules honestly.

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:Yes! I finally brought back my court system! Nuremgard proudly has three branches of government once more!

Fiends.

Nuremgard

Kalaron wrote:Not Kalaron, the worst we did was bring down a world wide embargo on a nation :P

No but really, I'm just glad we get the pliancy we do from the Mods. It's hard to enforce the rules honestly.

Yeah. I mean I used to have a nation with a factbook explaining why incest was an integral part of its society.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Yeah. I mean I used to have a nation with a factbook explaining why incest was an integral part of its society.

The dragon one, yes? Valaryia or something.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:The dragon one, yes? Valaryia or something.

Valyria. It's a civilisation from the Game of Thrones series.

Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Valyria. It's a civilisation from the Game of Thrones series.

Eeeeeew GOT :P

Nuremgard wrote:Yeah. I mean I used to have a nation with a factbook explaining why incest was an integral part of its society.

But dragon incest is a bit different I believe... Then again.. people are picky as hell.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:You can use flags which are renditions/variations of the nationalist socialist movement (like my nation The Dalek Paradigm). You just can't use the swastika.

Or my Lemon flag on Discord

Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Eeeeeew GOT :P

You heathen. GoT is amazing.

Russkov Soviet wrote:But dragon incest is a bit different I believe... Then again.. people are picky as hell.

Well the incest was between the people, not the dragons. :P

Kalaron wrote:Eeeeeew GOT :P

Depending on which you mean I will or will not fight you

Nuremgard wrote:You heathen. GoT is amazing.

Well the incest was between the people, not the dragons. :P

..... Well now, that makes it wrong I suppose xP

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Au Minbo wrote:Depending on which you mean I will or will not fight you

Both, fight me you lemon :V

Nuremgard wrote:You heathen. GoT is amazing.

Well the incest was between the people, not the dragons. :P

I gladly take the title of heathen.

Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:..... Well now, that makes it wrong I suppose xP

They did it to keep their bloodlines pure, to keep land and money in the family and to keep the secrets to binding dragons among themselves. That's the explanations I gave at least.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Both, fight me you lemon :V

I gladly take the title of heathen.

Cometh at me Brother

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Both, fight me you lemon :V

I gladly take the title of heathen.

I'm gonna' have Daenerys burn you.

Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:They did it to keep their bloodlines pure, to keep land and money in the family and to keep the secrets to binding dragons among themselves. That's the explanations I gave at least.

Those are some good reasons. Its still kinda wrong, but hey... your motives are [I]pure[/I]..

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:Those are some good reasons. Its still kinda wrong, but hey... your motives are [I]pure[/I]..

I don't have the nation any more. I have three right now. But you know me. Fickle as f*ck.

Russkov Soviet

Nuremgard wrote:I don't have the nation any more. I have three right now. But you know me. Fickle as f*ck.

Aren't we all in a way? Hmm.. Your old nation gave me an idea. I might try to genetically-engineer some dragons now...

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:Weird how we can use other fascist symbols but not Nazi ones. I'm not arguing for the right to display swastikas but communist and fascist symbols are also symbols of hate since both have been responsible for the suffering and deaths of countless people.

Afaik most WW2 related media uses the iron cross, which is a german miltary symbol unrelated to the nazi regime and is still used in the Bundeswehr today. In contrast the Swastika had been around in europe before, but it was only with the NDSAP it became a widely recognized nazi-associated symbol.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Russkov Soviet wrote:Aren't we all in a way? Hmm.. Your old nation gave me an idea. I might try to genetically-engineer some dragons now...

Always happy to be an inspiration.

Axeldonia wrote:Afaik most WW2 related media uses the iron cross, which is a german miltary symbol unrelated to the nazi regime and is still used in the Bundeswehr today. In contrast the Swastika had been around in europe before, but it was only with the NDSAP it became a widely recognized nazi-associated symbol.

It's still a sacred symbol in Hinduism today too.

Axeldonia

Russkov Soviet wrote:Aren't we all in a way? Hmm.. Your old nation gave me an idea. I might try to genetically-engineer some dragons now...

Biology is a fickle thing, certainly, but physical properties say the dragons are grounded either way :/

The universe is a cold bitch sadly.

Russkov Soviet

Kalaron wrote:Biology is a fickle thing, certainly, but physical properties say the dragons are grounded either way :/

The universe is a cold bitch sadly.

Eh... I'll just make a jet that's kinda dragon-shaped for an air show xD

Nuremgard

Russkov Soviet wrote:Eh... I'll just make a jet that's kinda dragon-shaped for an air show xD

Stop right there Kaiba, you've been found out!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233369021632872448/424775152224567296/tumblr_m5ajo3lRyT1r5u7a3o1_1280.jpg

Russkov Soviet, Axeldonia

Kalaron wrote:Stop right there Kaiba, you've been found out!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233369021632872448/424775152224567296/tumblr_m5ajo3lRyT1r5u7a3o1_1280.jpg

YOU'RE A THIRD RATE DUELIST WITH A FOURTH RATE DECK

Axeldonia wrote:YOU'RE A THIRD RATE DUELIST WITH A FOURTH RATE DECK

HEART OF THE CARDS

MUH ANCIENT GODS TRAPPED IN SMOL FABRIC CARDS

MUH SMOL ASIAN EGYPTIAN WHITE PHAROH

WHAT

Axeldonia

Kalaron wrote:Stop right there Kaiba, you've been found out!

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Oh sweet Divines! I didn't even think of that! -_-

Vista Major

The Issue

News media is abuzz this week as prominent atheist and anti-religious author Gary Montague has threatened to burn a copy of Atheist Communism’s most sacred text in order to desecrate it and offend its adherents worldwide. As usual, everyone and their mother are demanding that you do something about this.

Montague brandishes a copy of the offending book in your face while hiding in your office from a torch-bearing mob. “This so-called ‘religious text’ endorses people who commit murder, slavery, incest, genocide, and environmental destruction as holy and devout men. It deserves burning! I don’t care how popular or moral Atheist Communism is these days: this so-called holy text is a blueprint for barbarism. That kind of evil has no place in our so-called civilized society.” Montague panics and flees through your window as the mob breaks down the door.

Me: Atheist Communism best religion.

after choosing: The Talking Point

The nation's new religious police burn blasphemers on bonfires of their own books.

Jaslandia, Vista Major

I cannot understand why so many people don't vote in elections. It's so easy. You go to the polling station, you get you ballot, you go into the voting booth, make your X, and then throw your ballot into the ballot box. That's all. So damn easy.

Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Spanelsko, Midasia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I cannot understand why so many people don't vote in elections. It's so easy. You go to the polling station, you get you ballot, you go into the voting booth, make your X, and then throw your ballot into the ballot box. That's all. So damn easy.

Some people need to work. Some people are too ill to go to a polling station to vote (like my mum.) Some people are lazy. Some people don't want to vote because they hate politics and politicians. There are many reasons why people don't vote.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

Following new legislation in Tangshan, cheering flag-waving citizens don't like to think too hard about politics.

That's how we like our people in Tangshan: ignorant and patriotic.

Jaslandia, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:Some people need to work. Some people are too ill to go to a polling station to vote (like my mum.) Some people are lazy. Some people don't want to vote because they hate politics and politicians. There are many reasons why people don't vote.

1. Voting is always on a Sunday over here. Except of few people nobody has to work on Sunday.

2. If your are not able to go to a polling station you could do postal vote.

3. Well if you hate politics as they are now you can try to change them with your vote.

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:1. Voting is always on a Sunday over here. Except of few people nobody has to work on Sunday.

2. If your are not able to go to a polling station you could do postal vote.

3. Well if you hate politics as they are now you can try to change them with your vote.

1 - This is true.

2 - My mum does a postal vote.

3 - Changing politics is hard when the numbers are stacked against you in Parliament and your country uses an outdated system like FPTP.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:1 - This is true.

2 - My mum does a postal vote.

3 - Changing politics is hard when the numbers are stacked against you in Parliament and your country uses an outdated system like FPTP.

Well, at least you try to change something with your vote. Better than doing nothing.

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Well, at least you try to change something with your vote. Better than doing nothing.

I started voting in my early twenties. I never miss an election.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:I started voting in my early twenties. I never miss an election.

That's good. I voted today for the positions of municipality mayor and Landrat (Head of our County/District)

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:That's good. I voted today for the positions of municipality mayor and Landrat (Head of our County/District)

Which parties did you vote for?

Penguania And Antarctica

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