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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Must have been quite long then
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley were both Irish politicians. The former was in the IRA and wanted Northern Ireland to join the Republic. The latter formed the Democratic Unionist Party and wanted Northern Ireland to remain in the UK. He, like Adams, had connections to terrorist organisations, though his were of a unionist persuasion.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
You mean the artice?
It has 8 paragraphs/sections.
Lavan Tiri
https://youtu.be/k7iEYAhANMs?t=12m35s
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh okay. I must say that British politics works quite different than the German. E.g. debates in the House of Commons always appear to me like a big mess or a giant discussion in a tavern. Everyone shouts and yells and interrupts the orator.
It doesn't seem very ordered and organized. It surprises me that this 'giant mess' rules a country for many centuries without blowing the nation up. :P
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
Peng, your thoughts are my own. The House of Commons "debates" are atrocious. I sometimes sit there and think, "this Parliament once ruled the world's largest empire." The politicians in Westminster are corrupt, inept and out of touch. Debate in the Scottish Parliament is much more civilised. Our Scottish Parliament is modeled on the European style of PR and the horse shoe shaped chamber which fosters consensus and discussion. The Westminster layout deliberately stokes tribalism.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I meant the whole constitution
Think that they don't have desks. What can be more disorganised that that?
I would love to see a subtitled Bundestag Debate. I'll try fing one.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
The House of Commons doesn't even have enough seats to fit all the MPs. Many end up standing during debates.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
Sory for like-unlike. Attempt to press quote
I literally can't understand hemicircular parliaments. How the **** can you debate someone you can't look at the face?
But yeah, they should change the Chamber to something closer our age, with voting buttons and stuff like that
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
The horse shoe shape is much better. You can still look at them in the face. You stand up and can speak to them, as well as the chamber in general. It's much more civilised. We also have computers and voting buttons in the Scottish Parliament, and there is no poncy titles either. No "Right Honourable" this and that.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Well the absolute best is Australia, Rep. of Ireland, and hybrid systems. Which do have computers. Also, we do have computers in the Fifth world country I live in. Guess what. MPs don't use them. Dont know why
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I guess the computers are decorative.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
The whole German Basic Law (current constitution) has 146 Articles. :)
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Cesorion
Probably. Also, popular belief has it that the ancient Greeks used hemicicle in their parliaments. Actually, theater were hemicircular.
The Assebly of 500 was that
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r3K7Og3RS9c/VzEMji5ezaI/AAAAAAAABaY/wpBq4kJQtSEuq6cGeo5pGQFD3SOZ7PNNQCKgB/s1600/n%2B1.jpg
Edit: Australia
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Australian_House_of_Representatives_-_Canberra_%286769187101%29.jpg
Compare them
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
Goodnight, friends <3
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Andromitus, Percyton
Goodnight, Peng!
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Guten Nacht, mein Freund.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Totally noticed
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Solla Ultima
Rewatched Pulp Fiction and was reminded of your SLJ phase. Does suck that AMC cut out the Gimp
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
You're not British, you're Scottish.
It's not a phase, motherfvcker
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms
F*ck yeah.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
*high-fives in a non-British way*
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
"Following new legislation in Percyton, consuming ecstasy is a common rite of passage."
Well that's nice! I'm glad people in Percyton celebrate their coming of age by being happy and joyful! I'm still not sure how you can 'consume' ecstasy, though, since it's a feeling and not an object. A typo, maybe? *Driver whispers and explains what 'ecstasy' is* Ooooh. Oh. That's... kinda messed up. They shouldn't be doing that to themselves.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
Hello friends. How are you all doing ?
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Andromitus, Kalaron, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
I'm good, waiting on my bus to school.
After school, Tim is going to drive up here to visit and I can't wait to cuddle with him :DDDD
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Good to hear you are alright. :)
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Not as well over here: one of my uncle's was admitted into the hospital last night, and he just stopped responding this morning - I'm at the ICU right now
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh. I am sorry to hear that. :(
Percyton
He's gone now
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Here's some info on Pallona
https://onocarcass.deviantart.com/art/Pallona-705780239?ga_submit_new=10%3A1506097793
And the map of Lycanaea
https://i.imgur.com/L5x4Isr.png
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton
Who is Tim?
Kalaron
*ahem*
Might I recommend the beautiful creative freedom paradise that is TEL?
Moi
Kalaron, Percyton
Oh. I'm very very sorry to hear that. My condolences. :(
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton
Thank you Peng
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
It's Sulania but in real life and we can cuddle.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I should have know. Well enjoy cuddling I suppose. How long of a drive is it and aren't you still living with your parents?
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Ghey[sup]That's right, a Discord joke has made it onto the RMB :p[/sup]
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
[spoiler=Today is September 22 and today are:]
Today is September 22 and today are:
- American Business Women's Day (United States)
- Autumnal Equinox Day (Japan)
- Blessed Rainy Day (Bhutan)
- Car Free Day
- Dear Diary Day
- Elephant Appreciation Day
- Hobbit Day (American Tolkien Society)
- Hug a Vegetarian Day
- Independence Day (Bulgaria)
- Independence Day (Mali)
- Mabon or Ostara (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
- Manit Day (Marshall Islands)
- National Centenarians Day (United States)
- National Ice Cream Cone Day (United States)
- National Legwear Day (United States)
- National White Chocolate Day (United States)
- National Youth Day (Turks and Caicos Islands)
- OneWebDay
- Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia)
- World Car-Free Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 904 The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government.
- 1236 The Lithuanians and Semigallians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule.
- 1499 Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War.
- 1586 Battle of Zutphen: Spanish victory over the English and Dutch.
- 1598 English playwright Ben Jonson kills actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel and is indicted for manslaughter.
- 1692 The last of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem witch trials are hanged; the remainder of those convicted are all eventually released.
- 1711 The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.
- 1761 George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1776 Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution.
- 1789 The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
- 1789 Battle of Rymnik establishes Alexander Suvorov as a pre-eminent Russian military commander after his allied army defeat superior Ottoman Empire forces.
- 1792 Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
- 1823 Joseph Smith states he found the golden plates on this date after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
- 1857 The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
- 1862 Slavery in the United States: A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
- 1866 Battle of Curupayty in the Paraguayan War.
- 1885 Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule.
- 1888 The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
- 1892 Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
- 1896 Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
- 1910 The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
- 1914 German submarine SM U-9 torpedoes and sinks the British cruisers HMS Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy on the Broad Fourteens off the Dutch coast with the loss of over 1,400 men.
- 1919 The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
- 1927 Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
- 1934 An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers.
- 1937 Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
- 1939 Joint victory parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest-Litovsk at the end of the Invasion of Poland.
- 1941 The Holocaust in Ukraine: On Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murder 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
- 1948 Gail Halvorsen officially started parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Air lift.
- 1957 In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
- 1960 The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
- 1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (also known as the Second Kashmir War) between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, ends after the UN calls for a ceasefire.
- 1975 Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Secret Service agent Oliver Sipple.
- 1979 A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
- 1980 Iraq invades Iran.
- 1991 The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time by the Huntington Library.
- 1993 A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
- 1993 A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
- 1995 An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
- 1995 Nagerkovil school bombing, is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.
- 2013 At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar, Pakistan.
- 2013 German federal election is held.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1515 Anne of Cleves
- 1791 Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist
- 1880 Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union
- 1891 Hans Albers, German actor and singer
- 1901 Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1918 Hans Scholl, German activist
- 1924 Rosamunde Pilcher, English author
- 1951 Wolfgang "Wolle" Petry, German musician
- 1958 Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1959 Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
- 1983 Klaas Heufer-Umlauf, German television host, actor and singer
- 1989 Sabine Lisicki, German tennis player
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Quote of the day
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
- Oscar Wilde -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton, Cesorion
Nice quote Peng
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Thank you. Tho it isn't my quote. :)
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
I'm so sorry to hear that. Losing family is hard. On behalf of the Equestrian Empire, we offer our prayers and condolences to you and your family. May he rest in peace, and blessed be thy family. The Lord shall always watch over thee.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton
Thank you: while I am not a religious man, I am thankful anyway for the prayer
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
10 hours for him, and yeah. They're cool with him.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I'm not religious in the standard set. I've watched enough My Little Pony with my cousin to embrace the whole "Goddess of the Sun/ Goddess of the Moon" Idealology.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I'm really sorry to hear that. You have my condolences, PK.
That's actually pretty similar to something that happened to Thomas many years back. He fell down a mine shaft after going past a 'Danger' board, and had to be rescued by Gordon.
https://youtu.be/tUR4c9YAcbU
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms
Russkov Soviet do you have a discord account?
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm really sorry to hear that. You and your family have my condolences.
Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton
Okay, mini-rant time.
FVCK my ex-boyfriend.
That is all.
Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
What'd he do?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
I HAD one for my gaming. I still remember the password.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
He's all pissy with me because, gasp, I've moved on and am, gasp, speaking to other dudes.
Russkov Soviet, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
Petty motherf*cker right there
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
So.... He's mad because you two are no longer together, and you've decided to move on and look for another partner? I'm disappointed in him. (I'm a guy, so I don't really understand the female point of view, but I try.)
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
Yeah. I ranted at him (via text), asked a mutual friend to talk to him and make sure he doesn't try and kill himself for a third time since we broke up.
God, that sounds awful, but I am well past the point of caring if I sound like an arse. I want him to move on, and leave me the fvck alone.
I mean, we're both guys, so. . .
Russkov Soviet, Axeldonia, Andromitus
Yeah. I ranted at him (via text), asked a mutual friend to talk to him and make sure he doesn't try and kill himself for a third time since we broke up.
God, that sounds awful, but I am well past the point of caring if I sound like an arse. I want him to move on, and leave me the fvck alone.
I mean, we're both guys, so. . .
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica
Lavan is a guy too. A guy that likes guys. Like many people in this region. :)
Lavan Tiri
Well then...
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Is that a problem, or were you just unsure?
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica
Probably the latter
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Russkov Soviet, you'll be happy to know that I've asked around, and there is some interest in having a railway race with your country.
To my surprise, Gordon is willing to race again, although this time he's not going to bother with streamlining, and he's going to make sure he has his safety valve. Me and Thomas also managed to talk Hugo into competing, as he's probably the fastest rail vehicle owned by Sodor Railways (top speed of 143 miles per hour/230 kilometers per hour), though he's still very nervous about it. Lastly, Spencer and the Flying Scotsman (Gordon's cousin and brother respectively) have also shown interest. They're both from the Mainland, and they raced on behalf of the Mainland at the last Great Railway Show, but this time, they said they're willing to compete either as a Mainland team, or as part of a joint Mainland-Percyton team. Philip the Boxcab Diesel is also willing to return to his role as Percyton's mascot/flag carrier, provided he doesn't meet any "big scary bully steamies" (a reference to Vinnie, an American tender engine who bullied and harassed Philip at the last Great Railway Show).
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Unsure, tired, and confused as heck today.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Excellent! I'll start getting the rails laid down, as well as getting the event sorted. Oh...and don't worry about er.. this Vinnie engine...some of my friends in the Russian Mafia made him an offer he shouldn't refuse...
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Real men only f*ck other men
#Brofist
#Realman
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Great!
And as for Vinnie, it was nice you made him such a generous offer! What was it for? *Driver whispers to Percy*. Oh. Russ, don't be TOO hard on Vinnie. He's still not the nicest engine, but he got his comeuppance at the last Great Railway Show, so I think he's learned his lesson.
https://youtu.be/DlYIkqNnqes?t=50m51s
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Don't worry. We'll make sure Vinnie is looked after... The Mafia still answers to me.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I would appreciate that. Thank you!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=axeldonia/detail=factbook/id=867432
One of these days I'll stop telling myself people care about my lore updates.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I care! I just have ADHD apparently.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I HEARD THE WORD LORE
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I care about your lore, Axel (can I call you that?).
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Yeah, since it's my name and all.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh. I didn't know that. You know, I met an engine named Axel at the Great Railway Show; he was a Belgian streamlined engine competing in the Great Race. Are you Belgian too?
http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Axel
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
No, I'm actually Swedish.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, The Empire Of Handland, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Scandinavia is awesome.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Aww, thank you! <3
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I want Scotland to become like the Nordic countries if/when it becomes independent.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
*fist-bump*
When.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Possibly before Brexit happens.
Lavan Tiri
sorry folks i can't announce my navies new ship today its my dads birthday and we are really busy
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Peep
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
*whistles* Peep peep! Hello there!
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
*Raises Hand* Still straight guys... The minority is still here
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms
Same here :p
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Same.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms
I'm doing well. How are you today?
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Snapphanes good, yes?
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
I'm pleased to report that our investigation into Jerry (formerly of the Mid-Sodor Railway) is now all but completed, and I think we've found out just about everything we could. Expect an article from The Arlesburgh Examiner about this sometime tomorrow.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
I look forward to reading it, Percy!
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Glad to hear. We are all quite happy here in the ESSR, knowing we could help.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The Issue
A religious high school in Spanelsko City has caused quite a stir after firing a teacher because of his homosexual orientation.
Why was this an issue in my nation?!
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri
More Children Named After Leader, Hospitals Report
ok, this is interesting, so their name is...... well they dont have a name at all since i dont have a name?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
You are missing something in this Peng :p
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Here's some info on Lycanaea
https://onocarcass.deviantart.com/art/Lycanaea-705930787?ga_submit_new=10%3A1506171138
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
If you would read carefully it's the DIP of yesterday. According to my files the event you are refering to happened 21 years ago as of today not yesterday. ;)
Lavan Tiri, Au Minbo
I guess you are right. Hm. 21 years and I can't read...
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
"The Confederacy of Free Nations contains 169 nations."
nice
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
Fine. Ready to do some government stuff
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Happens to me too. I've lost count of how many times I've legalised same sex marriage.
Yeah, you only see that headline when your leader has no name. You also only see the "new statue honours leader" headline when your leader has no name.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
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