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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
"He is a national treasure"
Nurem, I'm detecting some bias in your factbook ;)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
[quote=16, I was in the CoFN for about two weeks as a nation by the name of Tirstin, I barely remember what I did here, but I do remember learning somewhat about the CoFN. As Clerk of the COL Congress, I've done my best to learn more about the CoFN
He's also a leftist.
No bias here at all. ;)
One of my IRL friends is an Anarcho-Communist.
Guess who just baked a cake. :)
Jaslandia, Tserra, Minnesota Dakota
I don't think a state can really be called a "dictatorship" when any subject of the state is free to leave at any time.
You're confusing dictatorship with totalitarian state. A dictatorship is simply rule by 1 person, nothing to do with whether subjects can leave or not.
Well, a dictatorship is when one has absolute authority in any specific field, so the right of the people yo leave doesn't really decide that.
Ruclax had absolute authority on legislation through the HoL, thus he was a dictator by proxy.
Hmm, You?
Penguania And Antarctica
Nah, its not the "1 person" part thats important. Lots of systems include rule by 1 person and aren't dictatorships. What really makes a dictatorship a dictatorship is the methods the dictators uses to hold on to power. A dictatorship is a type of totalitarian state. Not the only type, but one of them.
Correct. I baked the first cake on my own. :)
*hands Midas a piece of the cake as prize*
Minnesota Dakota
Yes it does, if they have the right to leave they are outside his authority, meaning the authority is not absolute
haha your wasting your time trying to get Kalaron to agree with you
Mmmmmm, Delicious
Penguania And Antarctica
By definition, you are incorrect.
The political sphere was dominated by Ruclax and he had absolute authority to pass or fail legislation through his house of Lords.
This is legitimately the definition of a dictatorship.
Penguania And Antarctica
Mhmmmk
Penguania And Antarctica
haha see he just wont stop trying to prove everyone else incorrect
The Mercantile League
How long does it take citizen apps to get processed? Is there a waiting time
Make Penguania regional nation with the 2nd most endorsements again.
#EndorsePenguania
Minnesota Dakota
It might take longer because elections are happening soon.
The Mercantile League
Hes right Kalaron, its political science. trying to prove someone wrong "by definition" is both a fait accompli and an exercise in utility.
*futility
Well, that's because you have no background in the MSRM and want to debate about it like it was Britain.
It's a bit like arguing with a historian about something because a different civilization did something somewhat similar, it has no bearing.
He meanwhile is ignoring the definition of a word to argue it.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dictatorship
That'll be my final post on the matter.
Aech
Lol yep
Even though he is a newer member (to my knowledge), and I've never seen his name till just recently, I feel as though he is dedicated enough for the work of MoFA. To be successful it requires a lot of attention and I can honestly say that after being the leading foreign affairs member of our regions, he is the best choice out of everyone I've seen these past few weeks. I've started to lack in my ability to execute the office of MoFA the best I can. I believe [nation=short]Kep[/nation] will re ignite that passion for Foreign Affairs that I once had and bring the position back to its original glory.
I endorse Kep for Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Peace, Justice, Democracy
For a Better Tomorrow, Minnesota Dakota for Minister of Foreign Affairs.
#MD4MoFA
The United Providences Of Perland
how much are these people paying you for endorsements
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Yukona
Exhibit A.
The Mercantile League
Shhhh
Jaslandia
https://youtu.be/pele5vptVgc
https://youtu.be/HKgQKW3yhWI?t=1m36s
Penguania And Antarctica
Hello people. Seems I accidentially baked a birthday cake because today is the 1st DIP anniversary. So hope you enjoy this day and today's DIP. :)
[spoiler=Today is February 11 and today are:]
Today is February 11 and today are:
- 1st Anniversary of the Daily Information Post known as DIP
- 112 day (European Union)
- Anniversary of the foundation of Vatican City (Holy See, Vatican City)
- Armed Forces Day (Liberia)
- Be Electrific Day
- Cheongwoldaeboreum (North Korea)
- Day of Revenue Service (Azerbaijan)
- Evelio Javier Day (Panay Island, the Philippines)
- Get Out Your Guitar Day
- Lantern Festival (China, Taiwan)
- Makha Bucha (Thailand)
- National Dont Cry Over Spilled Milk Day (United States)
- National Foundation Day (Japan)
- National Inventors Day (United States)
- National Make a Friend Day (United States)
- National Peppermint Patty Day (United States)
- National Shut-In Visitation Day (United States)
- National White Shirt Day (United States)
- Pro Sports Wives Day
- Revolution Day (Iran)
- Satisfied Staying Single Day
- Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) (Australia, Canada, Israel, United Kingdom, United States)
- World Day of the Sick (Roman Catholic Church)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 660 BC Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
- AD 55 Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome. This clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
- 244 Emperor Gordian III is murdered by mutinous soldiers in Zaitha (Mesopotamia). A mound is raised at Carchemish in his memory.
- 1177 John de Courcy's army defeats the native Dunleavey Clan in Ulster. The English establish themselves in Ulster.
- 1534 Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England.
- 1626 Emperor Susenyos I of Ethiopia and Patriarch Afonso Mendes declare the primacy of the Roman See over the Ethiopian Church, and Catholicism to be the state religion of Ethiopia.
- 1659 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
- 1790 The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for the abolition of slavery.
- 1794 First session of United States Senate opens to the public.
- 1808 Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
- 1812 Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry is accused of "gerrymandering" for the first time.
- 1823 Carnival tragedy of 1823: About 110 boys are killed during a stampede at the Convent of the Minori Osservanti in Valletta, Malta.
- 1826 University College London is founded as University of London.
- 1840 Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
- 1843 Giuseppe Verdi's opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
- 1855 Kassa Hailu is crowned Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia, by Abuna Salama III in a ceremony at the church of Derasge Maryam
- 1856 The Kingdom of Awadh is annexed by the British East India Company and Wajid Ali Shah, the king of Awadh, is imprisoned and later exiled to Calcutta.
- 1858 Bernadette Soubirous's first vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.
- 1861 American Civil War: The United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.
- 1873 King Amadeo I of Spain abdicates.
- 1889 Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted; the first National Diet convenes in 1890.
- 1903 Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
- 1906 Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
- 1919 Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
- 1929 Kingdom of Italy and the Vatican sign the Lateran Treaty.
- 1937 A sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers.
- 1938 BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
- 1939 A Lockheed P-38 Lightning flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
- 1942 World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore.
- 1943 World War II: General Dwight D. Eisenhower is selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
- 1953 U.S.President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
- 1953 The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
- 1959 The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
- 1964 Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
- 1971 Eighty-seven countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
- 1973 Vietnam War: First release of American prisoners of war from Vietnam takes place.
- 1978 Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
- 1979 The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
- 1981 Around 100,000 US gallons (380 m3) of radioactive coolant leak into the containment building of TVA Sequoyah 1 nuclear plant in Tennessee, contaminating eight workers.
- 1990 Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
- 1990 Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title and cause the largest upset in sports history.
- 1997 Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 2001 A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
- 2008 Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
- 2011 The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.
- 2014 A military transport plane crashes in a mountainous area of Oum El Bouaghi Province in eastern Algeria, killing 77 people.
- 2015 A university student was murdered as she resisted an attempted rape in Turkey, sparking nationwide protests and public outcry against harassment and violence against women.
- 2016 A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1816 Ernst Litfaß, German printer and publisher, invented the free-standing cylindrical advertising column
- 1847 Thomas Alva Edison, American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph
- 1869 Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and author
- 1909 Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1926 Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer
- 1926 Paul Bocuse, French chef
- 1932 Dennis Skinner, English miner and politician
- 1934 Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama
- 1934 John Surtees, English motorcycle racer and race car driver
- 1934 Mary Quant, British fashion designer
- 1935 Gene Vincent, American singer and guitarist
- 1936 Burt Reynolds, American actor and director
- 1964 Sarah Palin, American journalist and politician, 9th Governor of Alaska
- 1969 Jennifer Aniston, American actress and producer
- 1983 Rafael van der Vaart, Dutch footballer
- 1992 Taylor Lautner, American actor, model and martial artist
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Quote of the day
Believe you can and youre halfway there.
- Theodore Roosevelt -
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, Tserra, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
#Per4MoI "Transparency & Stability!"
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
How are you all, my favorite peoples?
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm doing good. Baked my first cake today. :)
How is you ?
Percyton
I'm doing well. Playing CK2 and listening to Resident Evil.
Penguania And Antarctica
Sounds like a good day. :)
Seconded.
I'm doing good, Love.
Tired.
I mean it's not the first time a Democrat got bribed.
Gosh dudes, I'm not nearly as mean or serious as my role-playing suggests. Jeez, it's a game.
To clarify, they made the choice because it provides slighty more protection to the crew, which is a good thing in small scale conflicts because of a smaller number of wounded men, but in a World War, modern munitions will cut through the extra 200 mm afforded by the engine to kill your people and cost you the money for the tank's engine.
In short, the Merkava would be taken out by Western Tanks, and Russian/Chinese tanks wouldn't be easy to slap down.
My fellow citizens,
After much thought, and after consulting with others, I am hereby dropping out of the February 2017 presidential race.
This election, the presidential field is crowded with candidates, which makes building a winning coalition even more important. It also means vote-splitting is an even a bigger concern, and I am concerned that my candidacy will only serve to take votes away from other candidates. This is something I do not want, as Im concerned this will allow the victory of Latrovia, who, due to his attitude toward other region members and the House of Delegates, is someone I do not wish to see win. I apologize to all those who supported my candidacy, and I instead urge you to support Vista Major for President. I have had my disagreements with Vista in the past, but I truly believe he is a capable and reasonable leader, who can guide the CFN to prosperity.
However, though I am dropping out from the presidential race, I may still run for office this election cycle. I will post an update once I have reached a decision. Until then, thank you to my supporters and everyone else in the region, and may Shirley bless the CFN!
- Jaslandia
Vista Major, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Humpheria Major, Percyton
#Kep4MoFA - [I]A Hurrah for the People[/I]
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
No matter which office you run for, Jas, you'll have my support.
Well, unless you decide to run for MoI: then I'd have to choose between you and Peng, and I'm not sure if I could do that.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Thanks, Percy. And don't worry, I don't see myself running for MoI; Peng has my full support for MoI this election.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
How about MoJ ? I heard you are used to that position ;)
Support the one you think fits the job best. :)
Jaslandia, Vista Major
I thought about MoJ, but I've served in that position for so long and I'm starting to get tired of it. If no one else was running for MoJ I would do, but there are others running, and I want to give someone else a chance. I'm leaning toward VP, but I haven't made a final decision yet.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
If you wanna run for VP I can drop out for you.
Jaslandia, Vista Major
Yes, VP. Become our adorable Joe Biden. I would love that.
Jaslandia, Vista Major
No. Run. This is a democracy.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Tserra
I appreciate that, but you really don't have to. I want the voters to decide. Besides, I enjoy some competition.
Vista Major
Well, I've been around here so long, that I might as well be as old as Biden.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Yeah, don't want to see these "big changes" personally.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Humpheria Major
Indeed. A Jas VP would not be bad at all
But, Oel, you must run. For the Vine
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I very much appreciate this! It's been a pleasure seeing you on the POTCOFN trail
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Is it wrong that I'm pronouncing 'POTCOFN' as 'pot coffin'?
Ugh. Where's ContComm to tell us how we shouldn't be using CoFN because it sounds like 'coffin'?
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Post self-deleted by Jaslandia.
Smoke filled rooms
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
Well, not really. It is phonetic.
We don't need to confuse the Commonwealth of the Confederacy. We could just use PTC.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I m mean, we're pretty much just being the old CFN by this point.
Vista Major
Pilot Training College? How exciting! I always wanted to fly!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTC
I kid, I kid. PTC is still fine.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
B-b-but I like having the 2nd most endorsements in the region ;-;
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Well can share this position.
We already had [nation=short]Nuremgard[/nation], [nation=short]Greater Banitia[/nation] and me as triumvirate. We all had the most endorsements.
Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Vista Major
*success*
Jaslandia
hi just a warning ahead of tomorrows ballot
I'm actually running for President
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
You're a liar.
You said no warning.
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
Pot Coffin or Pot Seafin
That is the debate that rages throughout the land these days
Jaslandia
I meant some warning
Penguania And Antarctica
As my campaign I will simply post this damning evidence: http://i.imgur.com/c0vfebc.png
Aghrabia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Magnatronia
For the record. I will probably be sending this ballot out at midnight my time.
I know inevitably there will be some people who complain, because it is not their time zone. To those people I offer this song: https://youtu.be/15JCb6P60Vw
Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
#Kep4MoFA - [I]A Hurrah for the People[/I]
Seriously, that is some next level propaganda right there.
Penguania And Antarctica
Oh, and this song also: https://youtu.be/alvrgB4-XR0
Penguania And Antarctica
Operation Sea Lion is coming for this betrayal ;P
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
tfw when people think ur enslaving ur own employees, but ur just doing ur job
#CorporatocracyProblems amirite?
Penguania And Antarctica
Tell me about it
Magnatronia
Dudes, America hasn't held a world fair since 1984.
Clearly we need to up the ante...this is still NS stats right? ;P
But yeah, we should totally rectify this situation, preferably to also work with our Allies on better arms and armour.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
your both inhumane monsters :D
Magnatronia
I like you already. We should destroy Andromit- I mean, help our fellow man see the error of their ways.
The Mercantile League
Adam Smith was right
Magnatronia
Yes, once his citizens experience the joys of capitalism, he will open his borders and we will flood him with cheap goods
Magnatronia
Orange flag is back. :D
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Humpheria Major
Is best flag.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
We had a civil war over Capitalism and Imperialism...both of those sides lost
They're trying to, though
http://www.worldsfairusa.com/
Shh....relax. just lay back and let us devalue your currency
Magnatronia
So true.
Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica
Here's hoping we help the Brits along with better tanks.
They're in a sore spot.
Vista Major
You should apply for a spot on the map. Particularly one around near our mutual friend, and with a high population.
I will once my citizen ship app is processed
Do you guys like my flag?
Penguania And Antarctica
I like the design but not the colors. Maybe maroon instead of green?
That does look nicer, Thank You.
Penguania And Antarctica, The Mercantile League
Do you like the new flag?
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Looks alright, pretty neutral really.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
#Vista4Prez
[I]The Movement Begins![/I]
Vote for Progress; Vote for Democracy!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
[B]#Per4MoI[/B] "Transparency & Stability!"
Einsiev, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
I declare war on Latrovia
Aghrabia, Vista Major
wat
Vista Major
YOUR CHEATING ON ME, YOU MONSTER! I THOUGHT I WAS YOUR TARGET, YOU TWO TARGET B@STARD!
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Magnatronia
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