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Pirate Kingdoms wrote:They were talking about this sh*tty Spike pilot episode about the Nazis winning World War II by using Me-262s on D-Day and subsequent conflicts before conquering the United States (Statue of Liberty is doing a Nazi salute, the U.S. flag has the stars in a swastika, border patrol hunts down ethnic minorities to send them into the gas chambers, and the Armed Forces commit massacres in public locations over the whole gassing revelations). It was supposed to encompass other scenarios but the overall negative reception strangled the show in its cradle.

I guessed as much, but uh... it just threw me for a loop xD

Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:They were talking about this sh*tty Spike pilot episode about the Nazis winning World War II by using Me-262s on D-Day and subsequent conflicts before conquering the United States (Statue of Liberty is doing a Nazi salute, the U.S. flag has the stars in a swastika, border patrol hunts down ethnic minorities to send them into the gas chambers, and the Armed Forces commit massacres in public locations over the whole gassing revelations). It was supposed to encompass other scenarios but the overall negative reception strangled the show in its cradle.

In other words, wehraboo wank material.

(and honestly, there is a godawful amount of it out there already. Aren't people just unpleasant? :3)

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Happy Thanksgiving guys. Just want to say I'm extremely thankful for this region and all the people that come with it. The last 2 and a half years wouldn't be the same without this place. I know I haven't been around as much, but I still consider this place family. Wherever you all are at this time of the year, whether you celebrate or not, I hope you're having a good time and that there's something you're thankful for.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Mercunova, Percyton, Cesorion, Solla Ultima, Czeko Russika

Song of the Day #2

John Lennon - Imagine (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOgFZfRVaww) - Genre: Soft Rock, Released: 1971

[spoiler]A hugely important piece, that is known and loved by many people, and for a good reason: 'Imagined' is often cited as one of the best songs of all time, with the Rolling Stone putting it at a hugely important #3 out 500. It sets out Lennon's views with seemingly effortless clarity and beauty, allowing for seriously introspective lyrics entwined with warm piano and violin. Released at the height of the Vietnam War, 'Imagine' called for a blissfully anarchistic revolution - in other words, it called for a utopian society. The song has only become more relevant to progressive socities,

especially in the current geopolitical climate ("Nothing to kill or die for, And no religion too, Imagine all the people living life in peace" can be applied to many conflicts happening right now).

His calling out of "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, I hope some day you will join us, and the world will be one" is eerily as endearing as it is forlorn. A true master piece, and a hallmark of Lennon's amazing musical career, maybe it's time we listened to his message and join the brotherhood of man?[/spoiler]

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Solla Ultima, Czeko Russika

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you all have a happy and prosperous day!

Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Mercunova, Percyton, Solla Ultima, Czeko Russika, Latinamericana

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends! I and most of Sodor don't celebrate Thanksgiving, since our culture is mostly British, but we have a few engines who are American (like Hank, Sam, and Porter) or partially-American (like Rosie, Caitlin, and Connor). They, along with the American expatriate community in Percyton, will be hosting a big Thanksgiving dinner at Vicarstown!

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Mercunova, Solla Ultima, Czeko Russika, Latinamericana

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it :-)

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Czeko Russika, Latinamericana

In honor of today, I present to you the closest thing Thomas & Friends has to a Thanksgiving episode: 'Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure'!

This episode is a bit of an odd one. Originally, this was a Christmas episode, and the show didn't have any Thanksgiving episodes (since this is a British show with British characters). But, when this episode was aired in America, the script was modified to be a Thanksgiving episode, since Shining Time Station (the TV show that aired Thomas & Friends episodes in the United States) was doing a Thanksgiving episode. In light of this, I will link to both the U.K. (Christmas) and U.S. (Thanksgiving) versions of the episodes.

https://youtu.be/hs-Exvt_-OA

https://youtu.be/zpJ9RGO4Tiw

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Latinamericana

[spoiler=Today is November 23 and today are:]

Today is November 23 and today are:

- Fibonacci Day (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number)

- Labor Thanksgiving Day (Japan)

- National Cashew Day (United States)

- National Day of Mourning (United States)

- National Eat a Cranberry Day (United States)

- National Espresso Day (United States)

- Repudiation Day (Frederick County, Maryland, United States)

- Rudolf Maister Day (Slovenia)

- St George's Day or Giorgoba (Georgia)

- Thanksgiving (Micronesia, Palau, United States and it's territories)

- Turkey-free Thanksgiving

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 534 BC – Thespis of Icaria becomes the first recorded actor to portray a character onstage.

- 1174 – Saladin enters Damascus, and adds it to his domain.

- 1248 – Conquest of Seville by Christian troops under King Ferdinand III of Castile.

- 1499 – Pretender to the throne Perkin Warbeck is hanged for reportedly attempting to escape from the Tower of London. He had invaded England in 1497, claiming to be the lost son of King Edward IV of England.

- 1510 – First campaign of the Ottoman Empire against the Kingdom of Imereti (modern western Georgia). Ottoman armies sack the capital Kutaisi and burn Gelati Monastery.

- 1531 – The Second War of Kappel results in the dissolution of the Protestant alliance in Switzerland.

- 1644 – John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.

- 1733 – The start of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John in what was then the Danish West Indies.

- 1808 – French and Poles defeat the Spanish at Battle of Tudela.

- 1810 – Sarah Booth debuts at the Royal Opera House.

- 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.

- 1867 – The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish nationalists from custody.

- 1876 – Corrupt Tammany Hall leader William Magear Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) is delivered to authorities in New York City after being captured in Spain.

- 1889 – The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

- 1890 – King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.

- 1910 – Johan Alfred Ander becomes the last person to be executed in Sweden.

- 1914 – Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.

- 1918 – Heber J. Grant succeeds Joseph F. Smith as the seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

- 1924 – Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.

- 1934 – An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis.

- 1936 – Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.

- 1939 – World War II: HMS Rawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.

- 1940 – World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

- 1943 – World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

- 1943 – World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.

- 1946 – French naval bombardment of Hai Phong, Vietnam, kills thousands of civilians.

- 1953 – Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.

- 1955 – The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.

- 1959 – French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".

- 1963 – The BBC broadcasts the first episode of An Unearthly Child (starring William Hartnell), the first story from the first series of Doctor Who, which is now the world's longest running science fiction drama.

- 1971 – Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.

- 1972 – The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.

- 1974 – Sixty Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government.

- 1976 – Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100 m undersea without breathing equipment.

- 1978 – Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.

- 1978 – The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.

- 1980 – The 6.9 Mw Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934.

- 1981 – Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

- 1985 – Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.

- 1992 – The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

- 1993 – Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.

- 1996 – Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.

- 2001 – The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.

- 2003 – Rose Revolution: Georgian president Eduard Shevardnadze resigns following weeks of mass protests over flawed elections.

- 2004 – The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, the largest religious building in Georgia, is consecrated.

- 2005 – Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.

- 2006 – A series of bombings kills at least 215 people and injures 257 others in Sadr City, making it the second deadliest sectarian attack since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003.

- 2007 – MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sinks in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. There are no fatalities.

- 2009 – The Maguindanao massacre occurs in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines.

- 2010 – Bombardment of Yeonpyeong: North Korean artillery attack kills two civilians and two marines on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea.

- 2011 – Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.

- 2015 – Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 0912 - Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

- 1804 - Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States

- 1837 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and thermodynamicist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1860 - Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1887 - Henry Moseley, English physicist and chemist

- 1888 - Harpo Marx, American actor and singer

- 1920 - Paul Celan, Romanian-French poet and translator

- 1950 - Chuck Schumer, American lawyer and politician

- 1956 - Shane Gould, Australian swimmer and coach

- 1982 - Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter

- 1992 - Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and actress

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Quote of the day

I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.

- Henry David Thoreau -

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, Andromitus, Oelesa, Kalaron, Mercunova

Sturgeon's talk tonight was interesting and funny. I have even more respect for her now. An African lad spoke out from the audience to thank her for personally intervening with the Home Office to stop him being deported.

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

The original Vetriutan is actually advancing economically. Maybe random generators and spinners can do a better job at running a nation than I can.

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Axeldonia wrote:Hey there...

Need a flag?

Axeldonia wrote:Hey there...

Need a flag?

Percyton wrote:Welcome to the region, Latinamericana! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!

Hey, Clem! How are you?

Well i'd like a flag that unites all South America

Penguania And Antarctica

Latinamericana wrote:Well i'd like a flag that unites all South America

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/6/69/South_American_flag_by_kyuzoaoi.png/revision/latest?cb=20140906081421

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Latinamericana

Suprise lore update! This time it's about the Squidspawn faith, splinter churches and religion in general! Isn't this fun?

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=axeldonia/detail=factbook/id=867432

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Vetriutan 2 wrote:https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/future/images/6/69/South_American_flag_by_kyuzoaoi.png/revision/latest?cb=20140906081421

Well that was quick ;)

Thank you but i was looking for something else

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Sturgeon's talk tonight was interesting and funny. I have even more respect for her now. An African lad spoke out from the audience to thank her for personally intervening with the Home Office to stop him being deported.

#cantpurgethesturge

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Just to trigger people:

Vaccinations cause cancer and autism! :p

REEEEEEEEEEEEE

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

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Hope it's going great for you guys.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Latinamericana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xm0HNbvtgQ

>Tfw no one likes your over the top squid lore

oh no who'da thunk

woe is me

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Latinamericana

Axeldonia wrote:>Tfw no one likes your over the top squid lore

oh no who'da thunk

woe is me

i is tired from turkey fegot :p

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Latinamericana

Axeldonia wrote:>Tfw no one likes your over the top squid lore

oh no who'da thunk

woe is me

I appreciate squids

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Latinamericana

RIP Merc's Ears

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Mercunova wrote:RIP Merc's Ears

seriously what the f*ck have you've been doing this week?

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Lex Caledonia wrote:#cantpurgethesturge

https://orig00.deviantart.net/88e5/f/2016/206/d/1/stalin_purge_by_comradepepe-dabc0wd.jpg

Mercunova wrote:RIP Merc's Ears

What now? Were you at a heavy metal concert or something?

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:i is tired from turkey fegot :p

Lex Caledonia wrote:I appreciate squids

W O E

Penguania And Antarctica, Latinamericana

Fröhliches Dankfest!

Penguania And Antarctica, Latinamericana

Jaslandia wrote:What now? Were you at a heavy metal concert or something?

Back: Arsehole at work yesterday who throws crap in mail sacks in such a way that required me to re-pack them all

Ears: Turned on the radio only to be welcomed by Christmas music. The last time it was on I was rocking out to Chicago Transit Authority (Questions 67 & 68) and forgot to turn down the volume, and today I got blasted with holiday bells and associated ghastly sounds.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Stay tuned in the coming weeks for continuing reports of the slow disintegration of my person.

An NBC News Exclusive!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Czeko Russika

So...Canada actually kinda sucks if you're already kinda melancholy.

Mercunova wrote:Back: Arsehole at work yesterday who throws crap in mail sacks in such a way that required me to re-pack them all

Ears: Turned on the radio only to be welcomed by Christmas music. The last time it was on I was rocking out to Chicago Transit Authority (Questions 67 & 68) and forgot to turn down the volume, and today I got blasted with holiday bells and associated ghastly sounds.

Sorry to hear that. Sounds like you've been having a run of bad luck lately.

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:So...Canada actually kinda sucks if you're already kinda melancholy.

What makes you say that?

Penguania And Antarctica

Mercunova wrote:I was rocking out to Chicago Transit Authority

I didn't know public transportation was 'hip' now. Good on the city of Chicago! A nice way to get young people involved in transportation issues!

Mercunova wrote:Stay tuned in the coming weeks for continuing reports of the slow disintegration of my person.

An NBC News Exclusive!

Jaslandia wrote:Sorry to hear that. Sounds like you've been having a run of bad luck lately.

Indeed. Perhaps having some sort of lucky charm would help, Merc? I can talk to Stephen and see if he'd be willing to loan you his lucky horseshoe.

https://youtu.be/9hnddSS-6GY

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Prime Minister Katja Krupin seems to wear red a lot these days.

I should hope so! She's head of the Socialist Party!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Talkative Friedensriech, Percyton, Czeko Russika, Latinamericana

Merc's Musing in the Morning

If you have diabeetus, and you're on Medicare, the cost of your testing supplies may be covered.

Liberty Medical will even send you a free meter if you qualify.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Prime Minister Katja Krupin seems to wear red a lot these days.

I should hope so! She's head of the Socialist Party!

I'm more of a blue guy myself

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Axeldonia wrote:W O E

Wot's there to like, the Kyasii'll kill 'em all regardless; Conquer and reinstitute the Red Hand I say!

Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia

Medieval RP when.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:Wot's there to like, the Kyasii'll kill 'em all regardless; Conquer and reinstitute the Red Hand I say!

I mean... The red hand was basically a city-state in the far south, so that'd not be too bad.

Lex Caledonia wrote:Medieval RP when.

I WANT MY RP NOW REEEEE

Andromitus wrote:Wot's there to like, the Kyasii'll kill 'em all regardless; Conquer and reinstitute the Red Hand I say!

*angry bagpipes in the distance*

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Latinamericana

Jaslandia wrote:What makes you say that?

It's boring, really, not my prefered boring though. The whole place is like a twilight zone version of the USA too, where all the signs are in french gibberish -to me- and my ability to talk to Tim is much more curtailed.

Jaslandia

Vista Major wrote:Fröhliches Dankfest!

Oi, Fröhliches Tag des Konsumentismus!

Nuremgard wrote:Prime Minister Katja Krupin seems to wear red a lot these days.

I should hope so! She's head of the Socialist Party!

Holy shít, her last name is similar to my family’s surname pre-Americanization.

Anyway, the world needs more Reds :P

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton, Latinamericana

Talkative Friedensriech wrote:Holy shít, her last name is similar to my family’s surname pre-Americanization.

Anyway, the world needs more Reds :P

It's due to the recent election. She had to form a coalition government with other leftists.

Talkative Friedensriech wrote:Oi, Fröhliches Tag des Konsumentismus!

We Germans invented a much better word: Konsumterror (consumption terror)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:We Germans invented a much better word: Konsumterror (consumption terror)

You Germans have words for everything. ;)

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Latinamericana

Nuremgard wrote:You Germans have words for everything. ;)

Yes we do. :D

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Mercunova wrote:Merc's Musing in the Morning

If you have diabeetus, and you're on Medicare, the cost of your testing supplies may be covered.

Liberty Medical will even send you a free meter if you qualify.

https://youtu.be/w71wHXLgi6E

Vista Major wrote:I'm more of a blue guy myself

https://youtu.be/68ugkg9RePc

Kalaron wrote:It's boring, really, not my prefered boring though. The whole place is like a twilight zone version of the USA too, where all the signs are in french gibberish -to me- and my ability to talk to Tim is much more curtailed.

I see. I suppose I understand where you're coming from. Maybe it'll be better if you go outside Quebec.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:It's boring, really, not my prefered boring though. The whole place is like a twilight zone version of the USA too, where all the signs are in french gibberish -to me- and my ability to talk to Tim is much more curtailed.

Lol

Jaslandia wrote:https://youtu.be/w71wHXLgi6E

https://youtu.be/68ugkg9RePc

I see. I suppose I understand where you're coming from. Maybe it'll be better if you go outside Quebec.

Montréal has one of the best music and bar scenes in North America tbh

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Latinamericana

Yukona wrote:Montréal has one of the best music and bar scenes in North America tbh

I suppose so. I'm not much into that stuff, but if you are, might be worth checking out.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:I suppose so. I'm not much into that stuff, but if you are, might be worth checking out.

Not just that, it has awesome cuisine, great music (as said), great cultural sites (museums and art galleries, etc) and fantastic parks. It can probably be claimed to be one of the best cities to live in for a young person in North America, as it's not too costly either.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:https://youtu.be/w71wHXLgi6E

https://youtu.be/68ugkg9RePc

I see. I suppose I understand where you're coming from. Maybe it'll be better if you go outside Quebec.

True, though I don't think that'll really happen, all my relatives happen to live here, after all :p

I've just been trying to keep my spirits up, my relatives ain't bad after all, you see, but they're Portuguese and loud.

Also, the people at this mall are really rather rude :/

Jaslandia, Percyton

Quick Update:

Never having Thanksgiving vacation with my cousin Robert again. We flew from DFW (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA) to Moscow. After landing, we went to some hotel/office near the Kremlin. Despite the boring meeting, Russia was fun. We then left early in the morning (4 am Russian time) to fly to Paris... for another freaking meeting. Then he sent me and my GF, along with my family on an afternoon flight back to Texas. We had McDonald's for our Thanksgiving dinner. We got home around 5am today... And I had to be back to work TODAY at 9am. So..tired...

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Quick Update:

Never having Thanksgiving vacation with my cousin Robert again. We flew from DFW (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA) to Moscow. After landing, we went to some hotel/office near the Kremlin. Despite the boring meeting, Russia was fun. We then left early in the morning (4 am Russian time) to fly to Paris... for another freaking meeting. Then he sent me and my GF, along with my family on an afternoon flight back to Texas. We had McDonald's for our Thanksgiving dinner. We got home around 5am today... And I had to be back to work TODAY at 9am. So..tired...

What airport did you fly into in Moscow? The one I went to was very interesting

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Yukona wrote:What airport did you fly into in Moscow? The one I went to was very interesting

Zhukovsky International.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:https://youtu.be/w71wHXLgi6E

That's one of my favorite Wilford YTPs

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Also... I dunno why NS is being stupid here, but uh..

"Gays and Lesbians are now allowed to serve in the Russkov Soviet Armed Forces."

They've always been allowed to serve ever since our creation in 1921.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko, Latinamericana

Russkov Soviet wrote:Also... I dunno why NS is being stupid here, but uh..

"Gays and Lesbians are now allowed to serve in the Russkov Soviet Armed Forces."

They've always been allowed to serve ever since our creation in 1921.

Was that an issue result or on the policy page?

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

[spoiler=Today is November 24 and today are:]

Today is November 24 and today are:

- American Indian Heritage Day (Maryland, USA

- Black Friday (United States)

- Buy Nothing Day

- Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day

- Evolution Day

- Guru Tegh Bahadur's Martyrdom Day (India)

- Lachit Divas (Assam)

- Lincoln's Birthday (Indiana and West Virginia, USA)

- Maize Day

- Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (India)

- National Day of Listening (United States)

- National Flossing Day (United States)

- National Native American Heritage Day (United States)

- National Sardines Day (United States)

- Presidents' Day (New Mexico, United States)

- State Holiday or Robert E. Lee Day (Georgia, USA)

- Systems Engineer Day

- Teachers' Day (Turkey)

- Thanksgiving Day (Turks and Caicos Islands)

- You’re Welcomegiving Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0380 – Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.

- 1227 – Polish Prince Leszek the White is assassinated at an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa.

- 1248 – In the middle of the night a mass on the north side of Mont Granier suddenly collapsed, in one of the largest historical rockslope failures known in Europe.

- 1429 – Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.

- 1542 – Battle of Solway Moss: An English army defeats a much larger Scottish force near the River Esk in Dumfries and Galloway.

- 1642 – Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).

- 1835 – The Texas Provincial Government authorizes the creation of a horse-mounted police force called the Texas Rangers (which is now the Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety).

- 1850 – Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.

- 1859 – Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.

- 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

- 1877 – Anna Sewell's animal welfare novel Black Beauty is published.

- 1906 – A 13–6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was fixed and results in the first major scandal in professional American football.

- 1917 – In Milwaukee, nine members of the Milwaukee Police Department are killed by a bomb, the most deaths in a single event in U.S. police history until the September 11 attacks in 2001.

- 1922 – Nine Irish Republican Army members are executed by an Irish Free State firing squad. Among them is author Robert Erskine Childers, who had been arrested for illegally carrying a revolver.

- 1932 – In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.

- 1935 – The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.

- 1940 – World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.

- 1941 – World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces.

- 1943 – World War II: At the battle of Makin the USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.

- 1944 – World War II: The 73rd Bombardment Wing launches the first attack on Tokyo from the Northern Mariana Islands.

- 1962 – The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.

- 1962 – The influential British satirical television programme That Was the Week That Was is first broadcast.

- 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is killed by Jack Ruby.

- 1965 – Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.

- 1966 – Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.

- 1969 – Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon.

- 1971 – During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.

- 1973 – A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasts only four months.

- 1974 – Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.

- 1976 – The Çaldıran–Muradiye earthquake in eastern Turkey kills between 4,000 and 5,000 people.

- 2012 – A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people.

- 2013 – Iran signs an interim agreement with the P5(United States)1 countries, limiting its nuclear program in exchange for reduced sanctions.

- 2015 – A Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet is shot down by the Turkish Air Force over the Syria–Turkey border, killing one of the two pilots; a Russian marine is also killed during a subsequent rescue effort.

- 2015 – A terrorist attack on a hotel in Al-Arish, Egypt, kills at least seven people and injures 12 others.

- 2015 – An explosion on a bus carrying Tunisian Presidential Guard personnel in Tunisia's capital Tunis leaves at least 14 people dead.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1632 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar

- 1713 - Laurence Sterne, Irish-English priest and author

- 1713 - Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary

- 1784 - Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States

- 1806 - William Webb Ellis, English priest, created Rugby football

- 1826 - Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author

- 1864 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator

- 1867 - Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer

- 1897 - Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss

- 1926 - Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1934 - Wolfgang Rademann, German television producer and journalist

- 1946 - Ted Bundy, American serial killer

- 1952 - Ilja Richter, German actor, voice actor, television presenter, singer and author

- 1961 - Hartmut Engler, German musician

- 1978 - Katherine Heigl, American actress and producer

- 1984 - Maria Höfl-Riesch, German skier

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

- William Arthur Ward -

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, Mercunova, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Zhukovsky International.

Ah I went into Domodedovo

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Was that an issue result or on the policy page?

Issue result

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Issue result

Good on you.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Also... I dunno why NS is being stupid here, but uh..

"Gays and Lesbians are now allowed to serve in the Russkov Soviet Armed Forces."

They've always been allowed to serve ever since our creation in 1921.

´´They've always been allowed to serve ever since our creation in 1921.´´

Meanwhile in another universe= We have been always at war with Eurasia.

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Quick Update:

Never having Thanksgiving vacation with my cousin Robert again. We flew from DFW (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA) to Moscow. After landing, we went to some hotel/office near the Kremlin. Despite the boring meeting, Russia was fun. We then left early in the morning (4 am Russian time) to fly to Paris... for another freaking meeting. Then he sent me and my GF, along with my family on an afternoon flight back to Texas. We had McDonald's for our Thanksgiving dinner. We got home around 5am today... And I had to be back to work TODAY at 9am. So..tired...

Sorry to hear that. Robert should have told you guys that it would just be meetings and that you wouldn't be home in time for Thanksgiving. Wonder why he didn't.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1784 - Zachary Taylor, American general and politician, 12th President of the United States

https://youtu.be/efvPQjeu34c?t=2m17s

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Spanelsko wrote:´´They've always been allowed to serve ever since our creation in 1921.´´

Meanwhile in another universe= We have been always at war with Eurasia.

Huh.

Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Sorry to hear that. Robert should have told you guys that it would just be meetings and that you wouldn't be home in time for Thanksgiving. Wonder why he didn't.

https://youtu.be/efvPQjeu34c?t=2m17s

Because Robert is a "big-time business guy dat ain't got time for dat sorta thing". He's no longer part of the family and may/may not be disposed of. [I]Capisce?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Russkov Soviet wrote:Because Robert is a "big-time business guy dat ain't got time for dat sorta thing". He's no longer part of the family and may/may not be disposed of. [I]Capisce?

Thanksgiving is just an excuse for you greedy Americans to stuff yourselves with food because you cant wait until Christmas.

Russkov Soviet, Axeldonia, Spanelsko

Russkov Soviet wrote:Because Robert is a "big-time business guy dat ain't got time for dat sorta thing". He's no longer part of the family and may/may not be disposed of. [I]Capisce?

I see. Seems like it wouldn't take long at all to say "I'm just going overseas for some meetings, not much else. You guys probably wouldn't be home for Thanksgiving;" heck, I just did it. Robert kinda sounds like a d*ck.

Nuremgard wrote:Thanksgiving is just an excuse for you greedy Americans to stuff yourselves with food because you cant wait until Christmas.

Eh, I'll stick up for Thanksgiving here. Some people do take seriously the part about being grateful and spending time with family, though the placement so close to Christmas is a bit awkward; in a perfect world, Thanksgiving would be closer to late spring or early summer, since there aren't a lot of holidays around that time. Plus, my birthday is very close to Thanksgiving (November 25), so I usually have to share my birthday celebrations with Thanksgiving.

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard

Since I have 2 democracies, I may just keep New Salvatore as a one-party state, so I have 2 dictatorships too.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Thanksgiving is just an excuse for you greedy Americans to stuff yourselves with food because you cant wait until Christmas.

I actually don't celebrate holidays that much anyhow. I only celebrate Christmas due to family. (I'm ashamed to be an American. Hence the whole Russian thing.)

Nuremgard

Random question, what are your favourite 40k chapters? or faction?

UFIR

Faction = Chaos with Khorne (Blood for the blood god!)

Chapter= Imperial Fists and their son Black Templars.

Jaslandia wrote:I see. Seems like it wouldn't take long at all to say "I'm just going overseas for some meetings, not much else. You guys probably wouldn't be home for Thanksgiving;" heck, I just did it. Robert kinda sounds like a d*ck.

Eh, I'll stick up for Thanksgiving here. Some people do take seriously the part about being grateful and spending time with family, though the placement so close to Christmas is a bit awkward; in a perfect world, Thanksgiving would be closer to late spring or early summer, since there aren't a lot of holidays around that time. Plus, my birthday is very close to Thanksgiving (November 25), so I usually have to share my birthday celebrations with Thanksgiving.

Robert IS a dick. xD

Jaslandia

Russkov Soviet wrote:I actually don't celebrate holidays that much anyhow. I only celebrate Christmas due to family. (I'm ashamed to be an American. Hence the whole Russian thing.)

Would you rather be Russian due to your family being Russian/having Russian ancestry?

Russkov Soviet, Percyton

So we were having a discussion with Vista Major, about the Forums. Do you prefer blue or white as the main color?

Our current forum is blue. For reference http://cfnforums.freeforums.net I add the forums of the old CFN,that were white.

(Of course it is a matter of aesthetics. The operative part is the same)

Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Would you rather be Russian due to your family being Russian/having Russian ancestry?

It depends. My mother's side is English/Scottish, while my dad's Russian/English. I just feel like I need to get out of the US for more than a few months.

Nuremgard, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:It depends. My mother's side is English/Scottish, while my dad's Russian/English. I just feel like I need to get out of the US for more than a few months.

Most of my family a few generations ago are Irish.

Russkov Soviet, Percyton, Latinamericana

Nuremgard wrote:Most of my family a few generations ago are Irish.

imigrent

Yukona wrote:imigrent

A mongrel like all Brits.

Lex Caledonia

Yukona wrote:imigrent

"Immigrants. We get the job done." - Alexander Hamilton, 2015

Nuremgard, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:"Immigrants. We get the job done." - Alexander Hamilton, 2015

We're all immigrants since all our ancestors immigrated from Africa.

Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Cesorion, Latinamericana

Nuremgard wrote:We're all immigrants since all our ancestors immigrated from Africa.

ur en imigrent

http://iiwiki.com/wiki/SAGR-25

Finally finished it. Canada is good for one thing if nothing else, giving me time to work.

Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:We're all immigrants since all our ancestors immigrated from Africa.

"Immigrant. Get job done." - Ugg Dugg, 3000 BCE

Nuremgard, Kalaron, Percyton

Mercunova wrote:Merc's Musing in the Morning

If you have diabeetus, and you're on Medicare, the cost of your testing supplies may be covered.

Liberty Medical will even send you a free meter if you qualify.

I don't have diabeetus, but that still sounds like a good deal.

Cesorion wrote:So we were having a discussion with Vista Major, about the Forums. Do you prefer blue or white as the main color?

Our current forum is blue. For reference http://cfnforums.freeforums.net I add the forums of the old CFN,that were white.

(Of course it is a matter of aesthetics. The operative part is the same)

I think the blue looks better. White just makes it seem so empty.

Spanelsko wrote:Random question, what are your favourite 40k chapters? or faction?

UFIR

Faction = Chaos with Khorne (Blood for the blood god!)

Chapter= Imperial Fists and their son Black Templars.

They both sound very scary and mean.

Vista Major wrote:I'm more of a blue guy myself

Thomas: Heck yeah! Blues for the wins!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, James The Red Engine, Spanelsko

Song of the Day #3

Cosmo Pyke - Chronic Sunshine (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOSSAQPt-Ro) - Genre: Indie Rock/2-tone/Alt. Jaz, Released: 2017

[spoiler]An amazingly jangly and retrospectively 2-tone indie hit, Chronic Sunshine is a track lathered in jazzy tones and reverb guitars. Featuring his thick London accent and unique style, and integrating frank lyrics about difficult girlfriends, getting arrested by the British Transport Police for graffiti, and growing up in the heart of Peckham. It's a track that I imagine would not get that much air-time in other countries, so I thought I'd share it with you. [/spoiler]

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Yukona wrote:ur en imigrent

bludy imogrents, cumin' 'ere an takin our jobz just like the mausoleums

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Confederal States

Lex Caledonia wrote:bludy imogrents, cumin' 'ere an takin our jobz just like the mausoleums

now whenever u say indepedont scotland I can just say if u dont liek it go home

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Yukona wrote:now whenever u say indepedont scotland I can just say if u dont liek it go home

yaaaas man, the daily mail is gonna love me

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Cesorion wrote:So we were having a discussion with Vista Major, about the Forums. Do you prefer blue or white as the main color?

Our current forum is blue. For reference http://cfnforums.freeforums.net I add the forums of the old CFN,that were white.

(Of course it is a matter of aesthetics. The operative part is the same)

Blue deffo, easier on the eyes, especially at night.

Jaslandia, Cesorion

Spanelsko wrote:Random question, what are your favourite 40k chapters? or faction?

UFIR

Faction = Chaos with Khorne (Blood for the blood god!)

Chapter= Imperial Fists and their son Black Templars.

Faction-wise, I'd go with either Chaos under Khorne (berserker status, boi) or Nurgle (the only Chaos god who genuinely loves his followers), or the Tyranids since they're Xenomorphs except intelligent enough to start literal crusades and can adapt biologically)

As for the Space Marines, I do like the World Eaters because it has Angron (ultimate raeg-lord) and Khârn (what a swell guy, that kidder), but for a specific chapter, the Salamanders are the ones I go for (Blood Ravens are a close second, but only under Azariah Kyras)

Percyton wrote:I don't have diabeetus, but that still sounds like a good deal.

I think the blue looks better. White just makes it seem so empty.

They both sound very scary and mean.

Thomas: Heck yeah! Blues for the wins!

Well, Khorne is a literal blood-thirsty psychopathic war god that will grant his followers vast strength and unwavering determination at the cost of becoming a violent berserker who will be driven to kill anyone for their skulls as a trophy to him, friend, foe, whoever has blood and a skull. The Black Templars are also psychotic, but they're not Chaos-aligned and are still loyal to the God-Emperor of Mankind, so they usually don't go and brutally murder the subjects of the Imperium at large like the Chaos Space Marines or the Flesh Eaters.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko

Percyton wrote:I don't have diabeetus, but that still sounds like a good deal.

Luckily, engines can't get diabeetus.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Latinamericana

Mercunova wrote:Luckily, engines can't get diabeetus.

Diabeetus? In our lands? Pffft

Jaslandia, Mercunova, Percyton, Latinamericana

Lex Caledonia wrote:bludy imogrents, cumin' 'ere an takin our jobz just like the mausoleums

https://youtu.be/BP-l40WEGNo

Mercunova wrote:Luckily, engines can't get diabeetus.

OR CAN THEY????

https://youtu.be/rGoVnAkqNF0

No, they probably can't.

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Well, Khorne is a literal blood-thirsty psychopathic war god that will grant his followers vast strength and unwavering determination at the cost of becoming a violent berserker who will be driven to kill anyone for their skulls as a trophy to him, friend, foe, whoever has blood and a skull. The Black Templars are also psychotic, but they're not Chaos-aligned and are still loyal to the God-Emperor of Mankind, so they usually don't go and brutally murder the subjects of the Imperium at large like the Chaos Space Marines or the Flesh Eaters.

So, I was right that they're both scary and mean, but one is scarier and meaner than the other?

Mercunova wrote:Luckily, engines can't get diabeetus.

Jaslandia wrote:https://youtu.be/BP-l40WEGNo

OR CAN THEY????

https://youtu.be/rGoVnAkqNF0

No, they probably can't.

They can't. I asked Edward about it, and he says diabeetus (though he insisted that it's called 'diabetes', which I think sounds scarier) is a human disease that can be caused by a variety of factors, such as genetics, viruses, and excessive weight gain. Engines don't have 'genes' (whatever those are) or genetics because we're built in a factory and the factories don't give us genes, we can't catch viruses, and we don't have to worry about weight gain because we can't lose or gain weight (at least not on our own; our human operators can add or remove parts to us, and that can cause our weight to change).

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Happy birthday Jaslandia!

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

Nuremgard wrote:Happy birthday Jaslandia!

Not my birthday yet (at least not in my time zone), but thank you!

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Happy birthday Jaslandia!

Happy birthday, Jas!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

Percyton wrote:Happy birthday, Jas!

Thanks, Percy!

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

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