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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Why do you think he was talking about you? You went there pretty damn fast
Magnatronia
To be honest, a lot of times I say a lot of sh!t that just comes into my head and I don't engage my brain before typing. Then when you, Yukona and others debunk my BS, I look like a fanny and end up trying to BS my way out of it again even though I know I'm in the wrong.
Sorry, guys xo
Jaslandia, Yukona, United Continental States, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
Post self-deleted by Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth.
Well, I think we all do this, and you admitting it shows real maturity
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
Yeah, well, I know I can be a right c*nt at times. Debating is a skill I'm still working on. Problem is I think more with my heart than my head and then the crap flows. No excuse though.
I would like to personally apologise to you for that stupid remark I made earlier about the Conservative politician on the telly. That was crass and immature of me. I am sorry.
Jaslandia, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
OMG, just realized that Bearlong CTE'd. :(
Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton
Apologies to you too from me for not being the most sportsman-like debating partner.
Jaslandia, Percyton, Nuevo Pevvania
"As a region, The Confederacy of Free Nations is ranked 7th in the world for Most World Assembly Endorsements."
Well, good job people. :)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Yukona, Percyton
RIP Bear. He may not have been active recently, but he's played a key role in regional government for quite some time.
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Since I have given a personal apology to the others, I should complete the set.
Sorry, Yukona
Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton
I know it ain't meant at me, but if nothing else I think you're fine. By this point I think we all expect a certain degree of hotheadedness from anyone :D
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
I just wanted to apologise. I looked and felt very silly.
Kalaron, Percyton
Yeah I am fine, and I want to apologize too for the remarks about you
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
It's fine. Under the circumstances, they were warranted.
Real life problems have been giving me a lot of stress these past few days so that may explain (but not justify) my conduct.
Jaslandia, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
Hey, Peng. How are you?
Am I right in saying there is going to be an election in Germany soon?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Well I hope it gets better
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
Cheers.
Percyton
my most recent factbook: https://www.nationstates.net/nation=solla_ultima/detail=factbook/id=871491
You aren't actually increasing troops to 1.9Mil, because 1.5 is the max.
The other stuff should be OK tho.
Ill be editing that then thanks for notifying me :)
Kalaron, Percyton
NP buddy.
You didn't do anything to me apart from tag me in a post apologising to everyone so I thought everyone was quoting me when in reality it was just your message :(
Jaslandia
Sorry to disappoint.
Yukona
Introducing the Continental Commonwealths' bill of rights: the Articles of Confederation.
If you happen to peruse them and notice a spelling/grammar mistake, please let me know. I wrote them while on an exercise bike. :P
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
Aw, man. My tax rate is 90%. This is ridiculous lol
I've always wanted to write a fully fledged constitution for Nuremgard. Well done, Con!
Jaslandia, Percyton
I got a 96%
I'm right there with ya, dood. :P
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton, Solla Ultima
I wish I could slash it into single digits without affecting my poor's income or government expenditure lol
My tax rate is 99.2%.
IT'S NOT HIGH ENOUGH
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Thanks Nurem! I do a lot my NationStates writing while I'm on an exercise bike or treadmill. I can't stand not doing something with my mind while exercising.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
Commie!
How can you even concentrate or type coherently while on one? lol
Jaslandia, Percyton
Oh, I'm very prone to spelling mistakes while doing so. And I'd be lying if I didn't say that I've dropped it a couple times and had it go flying when it lands on the running belt. Thank God for Otter Boxes.
But I find it works the same way that watching TV or listening to music works for other people. I keep stronger, more consistent pace when writing or reading. I do NS writing, respond to emails, read Wikipedia. It works for me.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
"Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.5%"
mmmmm feels good
Cesorion, South Hyder
"Income tax is unheard of."
BLISS
i'll be there soon enough
God speed, my friend!
Im still here!
Vista Major, Percyton
Percyton
Jaslandia
https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=26849135
Finally posted, after three hours and ten minutes
Jaslandia
You are right. There are Federal Elections on Sumday September 24th.
Sorry for the late reply.
Nuremgard
Howdy CoFN ^>^
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
s/a/r/c/a/s/m
That's ok, likewise. Once we got through the rancour, it was a juicy discussion.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
Sorry for suppressing. Attempt to like.
Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton
Quite alright, I used to be in this region ^.^
Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton
Post self-deleted by Cesorion.
How do you get there?
Following new legislation in Tangshan, policemen want to put the nations homosexuals up against the wall.
I wouldnt mind that. ;)
Jaslandia, United Continental States
Diregard. [Url=https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225]That is the correct one[/url]!!!!
Jaslandia, Percyton, United Continental States
Can anyone help me? I just can't figure out how to place an image in a text. How do I get a link of a picture to put between [img] [/img]?
Percyton
If you Google an image and found it just copy the url of the image you choose and put it between the [img]
Percyton
Hello friends. How are you all?
Percyton
When I do that, i get "It was not possible to determine the dimensions of the image. Please verify that the URL you entered is correct."
And all I did was copy and paste the url link
Hmm. Make sure it's not the Google link but the actual link of the image.
Percyton, Cesorion
Right click on the image and Copy link, right?
Yes.
Well.. It's simply not working.
I kid you not, it's always me who has these 'technological' issues. You could place a group including me in a room with 20 pcs and there's a 50% chance I'd take the one computer that's messed up.
Penguania And Antarctica, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
I'm going to Durham Uni in October so I'd say I'm very pleased, thanks you asking.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
Now I think I found a working way, but the image is too wide.. And it's the only image of its kind.
:'^)
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
So many intelligent people around me. That kinda makes me feeling dumb. Especially when I know I quit university.
But good luck with whatever you study.
Percyton
[spoiler=Today is August 19 and today are:]
Today is August 19 and today are:
- Afghan Independence Day (Afghanistan)
- August Revolution Commemoration Day (Vietnam)
- Birthday of Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway)
- Break The Monotony Day
- Constitution Day (Anguilla)
- International Bow Day
- International Geocaching Day
- International Homeless Animals Day
- International Orangutan Day
- Manuel Luis Quezón Day (Quezon City, Philippines)
- National Aviation Day (United States)
- National Potato Day (United States)
- National Soft Ice Cream Day (United States)
- Savior of the Apple Feast Day (Russian Orthodox Church and Georgian Orthodox Church)
- World Honey Bee Day
- World Humanitarian Day
- World Photography Day
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 295 BC The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War.
- 43 BC Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
- 947 Abu Yazid, a Kharijite rebel leader, is defeated and killed in the Hodna Mountains in modern-day Algeria by Fatimid forces.
- 1153 Baldwin III of Jerusalem takes control of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from his mother Melisende, and also captures Ascalon.
- 1504 In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe.
- 1561 Mary, Queen of Scots, who was 18 years old, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France.
- 1612 The "Samlesbury witches", three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, are put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, one of the most famous witch trials in British history.
- 1666 Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as "Holmes's Bonfire".
- 1692 Salem witch trials: In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
- 1745 Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
- 1745 OttomanPersian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
- 1759 Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
- 1772 Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
- 1782 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
- 1812 War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning the nickname "Old Ironsides".
- 1813 Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's Second Triumvirate.
- 1839 The French government announces that Louis Daguerre's photographic process is a gift "free to the world".
- 1848 California Gold Rush: The New York Herald breaks the news to the East Coast of the United States of the gold rush in California (although the rush started in January).
- 1854 The First Sioux War begins when United States Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and in return are massacred.
- 1861 First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.
- 1862 American Indian Wars: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.
- 1909 The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
- 1919 Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1927 Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
- 1934 The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
- 1934 The German referendum of 1934 approves Hitler's appointment as head of state with the title of Führer.
- 1940 First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
- 1942 World War II: Operation Jubilee: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by allied forces on Dieppe, France and fails, many Canadians are killed or captured. The operation was intended to develop and try new amphibious landing tactics for the coming full invasion in Normandy.
- 1944 World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
- 1945 August Revolution: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- 1953 Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
- 1955 In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
- 1960 Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
- 1960 Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
- 1964 Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched.
- 1965 Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.
- 1978 In Iran, Cinema Rex fire caused more than 400 deaths.
- 1980 Saudia Flight 163, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar burns after making an emergency landing at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing 301 people.
- 1981 Gulf of Sidra Incident: United States fighters intercept and shoot down two Libyan Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the Gulf of Sidra.
- 1987 Hungerford massacre: In the United Kingdom, Michael Ryan kills sixteen people with a semi-automatic rifle and then commits suicide.
- 1989 Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years.
- 1989 Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events that began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
- 1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest while on holiday in the town of Foros, Ukraine.
- 1999 In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Miloević.
- 2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash: A Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter carrying troops is hit by a Chechen missile outside Grozny, killing 118 soldiers.
- 2003 A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.
- 2003 A suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem, Israel, planned by Hamas, kills 23 Israelis, seven of them children, in the Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing.
- 2005 The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia and China, called Peace Mission 2005 begins.
- 2009 A series of bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 101 and injures 565 others.
- 2010 Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.
- 2013 The Dhamara Ghat train accident kills at least 37 people in the Indian state of Bihar.
[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1743 Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France
- 1871 Orville Wright, American engineer and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company
- 1883 Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company
- 1906 Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor
- 1919 Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician
- 1921 Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer, creator of Star Trek
- 1924 Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 Frank McCourt, American author and educator
- 1940 Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter
- 1942 Fred Thompson, American actor, lawyer, and politician
- 1945 Ian Gillan, English singer-songwriter (Deep Purple and Black Sabbath)
- 1946 Bill Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 42nd President of the United States
- 1951 John Deacon, English bass player and songwriter
- 1952 Jonathan Frakes, American actor and director
[/spoiler]
Quote of the day
The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.
- Gene Roddenberry -
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Kalaron, Percyton, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
I just went for a yard sale picture. My first headline is up!
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32363623#p32363623
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
THANK YOU!! Go ahead, the rest of you.. What are you waiting for??
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Moldegaard
trying to think of a good story :P
Jaslandia, Cesorion
The News board should be linked at the top of this page
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion, Solla Ultima, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
Oh hey I did a thing
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=421233&p=32363768#p32363768
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=421238&p=32364072#p32364072
Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton, United Continental States, Moldegaard
Well done!
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion, Neo-Icelandic Commonwealth
Not sure if I should go differed entry or not :/
Percyton
Again, good point.
Therefore, I request that a nation with Appearance authority Adds a Link to the RNF in the WFE.
That is the link
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225
Percyton, Moldegaard
Chairman Corbyn ftw!
WE SHALL RUN OVER ALL OPPOSITION WITH OUR MAO-ESQUE BICYCLES!
Well he is left wing, Right???
Yes, of course!
I don't think your news thing on the NS forums should really be slapped up without at least consulting the cabinet, honestly. Certainly the MOIA and Chancellor at least.
Yukona
A pair of arseholes sat next to me and sis in the cinema today. How come the arseholes always seem to gravitate to you? Of all the seats they could have picked...
Jaslandia, Solla Ultima
If you have a program like Paint, you can shrink the image or change the dimensions there.
https://youtu.be/F8hNaCnOdcw
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I just had a spoonful of baking cocoa.
I feel so much
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Axeldonia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, United Continental States
Well the problem is that they have to be from Google search results. So I have to find an already 'perfect' picture on there.
There's probably a way to put in your own images but I've failed at that so far.
Percyton
MOIA was the first to agree with that and he said it would be fun. I TGed the Cabinet about it f course. When the Chancellor TGed me later that day about another matter, he did not mention anything, nor did I hear from other Cabinet members, except from Andy, who liked my posts about the RNF. So the Cabinet is aware about it.
Yukona, Moldegaard
Well, alrighty then, I suppose, so long as you got approval. Personally speaking I find it a bit redundant, but I cede the issue.
Cesorion
What I usually do is save the image from Google/online to my computer, put it into Paint and modify it, upload it online to an image-sharing site like Imgur or Tinypic, and then put the resulting link into the Factbook.
Percyton, Cesorion
I do that with parliament diagrams. But if you search, I believe that you will find an image about the size you want. Another problem you might face is too large links. A link longer than two lines is no good. Another advantage of Imgur...
Jaslandia, Percyton
I've done that, but there was always a problem with the link
Jaslandia
Maybe it's the wrong link. Try clicking on something like 'Get share link' and use that one.
Percyton
I'll try again some time. For now I've found good images on Google to use in my news!
Jaslandia, Percyton
So, no one is going to ask? Okay, I'll bite.
Kal, why are you eating baking cocoa like it's an after school snack?
Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, United Continental States
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p0OadRapq4
Percyton
I wanted to see exactly how terrible it would be.
It was so much worse than I expected it to be.
Jaslandia, Percyton
I eat Tang as a snack. *Shrugs*
United Continental States
Saturdays in your house are weird.
Your house is just weird.
Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Yukona
Your economy trend is weird. How'd you go from 97/100 to 16/100?
Jaslandia, Percyton
I don't want to talk about it :(
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton, Moldegaard
Oh... that issue happened.... oh no
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
What university are you looking at attending by the way? Was it McGil?
Percyton
Is there a dangerous issue i'd like to know of?
Yeah there's a few IIRC. One of them asks if you want to switch to an agrarian economy and the other is about a strike in one of your main industries. I just always dismiss them.
Nuremgard, Percyton, Cesorion, Moldegaard
This is why I never hop back into issues, the outcomes are like Jenga but without the fun and it always falls and the fact that it fell is all anyone talks about afterwards, honestly.
Nuremgard, Yukona
I've already gone. University of Ottawa and University of Saskatchewan.
Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton
All day, Er'day.
I've just got my place confirmed that I can go to Canada in 2019 - will you be around then? I'm either going to UoA or Toronto, I think. Hopefully Toronto, as my university really wants me to go there now because I exceeded my offer by quite a bit so they enticed me with a simple "Hey, Canada?". I was like, "you had me at year around hockey and cold weather".
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton, Cesorion
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