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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Jas, darling, why would you spoiler that? It's fûcking Star Wars--everyone knows it.
Jaslandia
Well, better safe than sorry!
Lavan Tiri
Jas, the movie was from the last millenia. I think its safe to say you don't need to spoiler it.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
Hey, someone got angry at me at a dinner party once because I referenced how The Great Gatsby ended.
The book came out in 1925.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Good lord. Were they clever enough to know that or did they think the movie was the original?
Also, Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books <3
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
I guess. I just wasn't sure when the Star Wars prequels would pass into 'Rosebud' or 'I am your father' territory, if you get what I mean.
Lavan Tiri, Au Minbo
Well there are probably people who haven't seen the prequels, which is probably a good thing. But then again the prequels didn't really leave anything to be a shocker because it made it so obvious how things were gunna end up like it didn't spice things up at all which rly sucked.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
During debate on the Elected Ministry Amendment [1], a ruling from the chair was called for [2]. After observing discussion on the issue (namely, the President's ability to speak within the House of Delegates), I have come to a conclusion, and therefore made a ruling [3]. This ruling is binding in all House of Delegates activity hereforth. Any questions, comments, concerns, appeals, or debate with regard to this ruling will be conducted in the Office of the Speaker. [4]
1. http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10095974/1/
2. http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/single/?p=10005841&t=10095974
3. http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/single/?p=10005882&t=10095974
4. http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10098987/1/
Lavan Tiri
So I had an interesting idea for our map and solving the land issue. This would radically change really everything, but I think it would make RPs go smoother and progress in a more realistic yet fun way.
Firstly, the new map would have pre-established nations on the map that you could stake claims for. The nations would each have a number, and you could simply telegram me the number you want and I can simply add you to the map. You could also telegram me if you wanted to be a state within another nation; I'd contact the land owner and get their permission if you would prefer to do that. This would make mapping out everyone much more efficient, and it would prevent super-empires from forming, reducing the chance off land shortages drastically.
Now, the second and much more radical idea would be to create a sort of geopolitical lore that each nation has assigned to them. We could create a whole world with a story that would allow us to form numerous scenarios that would let us form several different RPs. Of course you could add your own part of your nation's lore, and I would highly encourage that. I feel this would help invigorate the RP-side of the region and give people looking for more fun activities to do in the region a much easier time finding their place.
I feel that this plan would help our RP activity immensely, and it would allow us to increase the amount of more informal and fun activities within the Confederacy.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Magnatronia
I'd actually support that idea a lot. I'd very much rather have my nation, which has had its whole entire rp in the past be based in eastern Canada, be a part of Latrovia than having to move it somewhere where it would just not fit the past history like somewhere in Africa.
I haven't looked through much of the rp, but from what I've seen it seems like it's set a few years in the future, whereas in the ESU (my former region in which Latrovia also was in) the rp was set in the present. There was an rp where a Kumanian princess married a Latrovian prince and at the time lost her right to be the heir to the throne but maybe perhaps in this future things could've changed and now the two nations are united.
The only problem is that Latrovia doesn't control all of eastern Canada and it'd require Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus giving up its control of its claims in Canada to either Latrovia or myself. I could do without the Canadian territory that Latrovia currently controls, but I cannot do without the Maritime provinces. Those lands were the heart of my nation with Halifax, Nova Scotia (aka Kumania City) being my nation's capital. It'd be like trying to have a United States without DC, New York, and Boston, an England without London, a France without Paris, an Italy without Rome, or a Greece without Athens.
If I cannot have the Canadian territory that SPM currently owns, then Kumania cannot participate in rp. Which is more difficult to believe, that about 55 million people (mostly concentrated in the disputed land) would live in eastern Canada, or that about 55 million people live in the highly undeveloped rural areas of eastern Canada that Latrovia currently owns?
Lavan Tiri
Interesting. The first part could certainly work, and I've seen other regions do the same thing.
For the second part, I think creating an integrated geopolitical lore for all the nations on the map would be a good idea. However, each nation should create their own lore (we could possibly make it so all nations are required to have a brief geopolitical lore before they're added to the map), with the mapmaker then verifying each lore for coherence and whether or not it conflicts with other nations' lores.
Lavan Tiri
Nations would create their own lore, such as their history and such and it would be similar to how you outlined it. However, I would (with their help) create their current geopolitical situation.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
More than likely, N. America will be split into the 13 colonies, Eastern Canada, Cascadia, the NCR, Mexico, Western Canada (with Alaska), and I'm still trying to figure out things with the Central US.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Lavan Tiri
My offer to give up land still stands, if that averts the need.
Lavan Tiri
Wanna see if I could have California. Or New England. I wanna establish my capital, Mega-City One, where New York City is in the real world.
Lavan Tiri
Kalaron would probably take Kalifornia, since he's had that for God only knows how long. New England may work, but I still need to plan the map.
Lavan Tiri
I'd love to be the first to claim Eastern Canada. Basically all my nation needs is to be in a cooler environment with a sizable coast and then things could pretty much work out. And if I am given Eastern Canada and Magatronia is given New England, it might be like old times with him bordering me again, this time to my south. It'd probably make for nuking him easily if he's to the south of me rather than the west as my people wouldn't have to fear nuclear fallout raining down upon them thanks to winds blowing from west to east. :3
Just kidding odds are I'll never nuke him already been there done that. But then again sometimes things are more fun the second or third times around. :D
Lavan Tiri
That should work out, but I don't wanna add too many nations due to the fact I wanna create lore for every one.
Lavan Tiri
I honestly like both ideas as long as I get something German or Prussian. My nation is based on that nan.
Hello people. Wish you all a nice day. :)
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- Anniversary of the 1966 coup détat (Burkina Faso)
- Festival Of Sleep Day
- Humiliation Day
- Last Lap (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
- Nakhatsenendyan toner (Armenia)
- National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (United States)
- National Drinking Straw Day (United States)
- National Fruitcake Toss Day (United States)
- Tamaseseri Festival (Hakozaki Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1521 Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
- 1653 By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
- 1749 Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
- 1749 The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
- 1777 American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
- 1815 Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
- 1823 Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
- 1848 Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.
- 1861 American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
- 1868 Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
- 1870 Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.
- 1888 The refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.
- 1911 A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
- 1911 A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
- 1913 An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
- 1919 At the Paris Peace Conference, Emir Faisal I of Iraq signs an agreement with Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
- 1925 Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
- 1932 Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company.
- 1933 Minnie D. Craig becomes the first female elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first female to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
- 1938 The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 1944 World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
- 1945 World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
- 1947 Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
- 1956 A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
- 1957 The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
- 1958 The West Indies Federation is formed.
- 1959 Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
- 1961 The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
- 1961 The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
- 1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
- 1977 Apple Computer is incorporated.
- 1990 Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
- 1993 In Moscow, Russia, George Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
- 1994 More than seven million people from the former apartheid Homelands receive South African citizenship.
- 1999 The Mars Polar Lander is launched.
- 2002 Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
- 2009 The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
- 2015 Boko Haram militants raze the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, with as many as 2,000 people having been killed.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 106 BC Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician
- 1829 Konrad Duden, German philologist, founded the German language dictionary Duden
- 1876 Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic
- 1883 Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1887 August Macke, German-French painter
- 1892 J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist
- 1901 Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam
- 1924 Otto Beisheim, German businessman and philanthropist, founded Metro AG
- 1926 George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer
- 1929 Gordon Moore, American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation
- 1929 Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1946 John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
- 1956 Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 Michael Schumacher, German race car driver
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Quote of the day
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
- Rudyard Kipling -
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, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Yeah, that could get hard to create an individual story for each nation.
Honestly, I kinda do not like the idea. However so long as the Sinai (with Gaza, it looks weird without it.) is mine for perpetuity. I will be cool with it.
Lavan Tiri
I've said to Kal before that to be active on the map, I'd have to have *at least* some part of Western Canada and the Yukon. Yukona just wouldn't be Yukona without it.
Lavan Tiri
Do we have a map already?
Lavan Tiri
We do, and it can be found here https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=686028
Also, if you have a WA nation feel free to apply for citizenship.
Lavan Tiri
I will apply for citizenship as I'd like a lil' map spot.
Lavan Tiri, The United Providences Of Perland
I was thinking of having Israel but after the 6 Day War, meaning that it'd have both. Would that be fine.
Lavan Tiri, The United Providences Of Perland
Map may be getting changed very soon; hopefully we can make a poll for it, but I remember what happened last time with that
Lavan Tiri
I have received this invitation for our region to join the Vanguard Alliance.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=743336
I would love to hear everyone's opinion on this matter. Preferably via TG as I wouldn't like a RMB rain of messages to begin. :P
Keep in mind that this is an official invitation and we can negotiate a few crucial parts of the Treaty to something that we like. So take every factor in notice. :)
Lavan Tiri, The United Providences Of Perland
Responding on the RMB because open discussion is always an A+ in my book.
I'm the furthest thing from a fascist, but it is my understanding that we have are an accepting region and therefore I resent the preamble where it implies that we must be anti-fascist to be a signatory.
I also dislike infringements upon regional autonomy. Article V Section XVII, for instance. Also, why the devil are the sections enumerated without respect to the article they fall under?!
Jaslandia, Latrovia, Lavan Tiri, Yukona
I have no idea why are enumerated like that. I found it odd myself.
Lavan Tiri
If we're going lore-based for the map I'd very much like to control my own lore in that regard instead of trying to fit into a pre-made one.
Latrovia, Lavan Tiri, The United Providences Of Perland
Considering some of the most well-known people in our regional history were fascists (Aldaur springs to mind) I'm fundamentally against joining this alliance even if it does fall within my own political interests.
Bearlong, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Magnatronia
Agreed. I believe that it would consume us much time fitting ourselves into a pre-made one too. Plus who would take upon themselves to write that lore?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Writing a global unified lore would be great, but it would take a very long time and require a lot of researching of every individual in the region some of whom (like myself) do not have much information about their nation written down (mine's mostly memorised). It would also be incredibly inflexible for new nations. Frankly, I don't see it working out without being very clunky and unaccommodating.
Lavan Tiri
Perhaps I shouldn't of used lore. I was really thinking of making the global, geopolitical situation. For example, say Unf and I are the major powers. I'd write them in the briefing of both myself and Unf. However, I'd write my own brief history and Unf would write his.
Lavan Tiri
Ah, so you're talking about one big collection of everyone's own lore? I like it better, but I think it needs stipulations to prevent continuity problems. What I'm saying is, you need an editor who can tweak other people's lore to make sure nothing gets crossed over. I'd be prepared to do that if you'd like, since it doesn't seem like it could be that big of a job if everyone is detailed enough.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
I think Vista created a Dispatch with everyone Lore?
Lavan Tiri
Only thing is that it's all separate, without connections to the other nations. What I'm trying to do is at least make the present day geopolitical situation and, ultimately, the history of everyone connected.
Basically what Unf said.
Jaslandia, Latrovia, Lavan Tiri
I dont know what you mean. Are you saying you want Israel? Are you offering it to me? ..etc.
Lavan Tiri
It will consume you much time though :/
Lavan Tiri
Offering it to you. It has your requirements (Sinai and the Gaza Strip), so I think it'd fit you.
Aw well. I don't have much of a life anyways :P
Latrovia, Lavan Tiri
I actually don't think it would.
Here's my interpretation of Bax's system and how it would work.
You have the factbook, a grand collection of the world as we know it in CoFN. Say you claim a chunk of central Europe. You're then tasked with writing a summary of your nation how it was formed, etc and especially the role it has played in the region its in up until now (like relations with your neighbours, wars, alliances, etc). You then send that to Bax who will then send that to all your neighbours who can use that in the crafting of their own lores (or can disagree and hash it out with the original writer, eventually coming to an agreement). This will result in a single interconnected unified lore but authored by everyone. When someone new comes along and signs up they get presented with the lore of their neighbours and asked to write their own lore (they can make changes, invent wars and alliances and the other players can change their lores as they see fit so long as they're in agreement). This means that we get a system which is continually changing and resulting in RPs which are infinitely deeper because you have this rich history of relationships and wars that can affect how your nation will view the nations around it.
Do you get it?
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Magnatronia
This is actually better than what I was originally thinking. From now on, this shall be the new map reform I'm proposing, with changes from Unf
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
Quick question though: What do y'all think about the preplaced nations. I know Unf doesn't like it, but hear me out: This would prevent the land issues we're having right now as well as prevent these super empires with tons of colonies forming. Another plus is that it'd make writing lore easy, as you know exactly where everyone around you is before someone claims it. I feel that if you know this already, you can get more specific with your lore and, when someone claims the land, all you'll have to do is work it out with that person and fill in blank spaces with names.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
Forgot to mention that you could also take some neighbor land, but it wouldn't be anything ridiculous. Also, you could become a state inside other nations if you don't wish to do that.
Lavan Tiri
I wouldn't mind sharing meh lores
Lavan Tiri
It doesn't seem too bad
Lavan Tiri
I was going to say the same thing as ContComm about the fascist and numbering thing. Considering we have a few members here that are fascists, I don't think we should join an anti-fascist alliance, even if its one that emphasizes neutrality. In general, the CoFN/NGA/CFN has never been too big on joining big alliances, and I prefer we pursue an independent foreign policy, complemented by individual alliances and treaties with our closest allies.
Preplaced nations wouldn't be a bad idea, but we should be original with how we do it; I've seen other regions do it so that the preplaced areas are basically identical to the RL countries on the map, and I find that approach rather boring and restrictive.
Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths
Most wouldn't be IRL nations. If anyone has suggestions, please tell me. I was thinking of having something like a union ofAustria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy to form the Alpine (Con)Federation. I was also thinking Tibet could be its own country as well as Basqueland; im gonna look at maps of several separatist movements and create spots like that.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
As long as I can get eastern Canada, I'm cool with whatever plan is chosen. I've already developed a great deal of history and lore of my nation. In my old region, I was among the most active people within rp.
Lavan Tiri
I thought you wanted to be a state within Latrovia or in some sort of Personal union with him, both of which I can do.
Lavan Tiri
Well I'd prefer to be my own independent nation, but if being united with Latrovia in some way would be the only way for Kumania to continue existing in eastern Canada on the map, then that is an option I'm willing to take. But my first choice is complete independence.
Lavan Tiri
We'll see how it turns out. I don't want people pre-claiming land before the map becomes a thing. However, I'm gonna start on it now and hopefully finish it.
Lavan Tiri
You were also the one that nuked me.
Lavan Tiri
If we're talking about map stuff, I'm eyeing good ol' Texas/New Mexico/Arizona
Lavan Tiri
I do not like the idea of pre-placed nations.
Lavan Tiri
Again, I'm gonna be making pre-made spots. However, the regions of the US will probably be separate countries, so it's not totally unlikely that this will be a spot.
Lavan Tiri
It's been 6-2 so far. I'm gonna try to accommodate smaller nations like you (like you get your map spot back). However, nations like Ald and the colonial powers will have sizes limited
Lavan Tiri
If you're handling this like a vote you should get Perland to make a poll or use a site like strawpoll.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
Yes. If The United Providences Of Perland could make a poll for this new map plan, that'd be great
Lavan Tiri
*ahem*
Iberian Peninsula.
Vista Major
I know
Lavan Tiri
Bax, mí amigo.
Post self-deleted by Andromitus.
Gran Colombia still? Or is that changing?
Also, I think y'all should check out the Khutongian Civil War RP, its a bit lonely with only Magnatronia and myself
Lavan Tiri
Colombia and Panama are still together, with the previous ITF deal going on. I may add Venezuela, too
Lavan Tiri
Can we make significant moves? I've been considering a move to the Great Lakes area if there was ever room
Lavan Tiri
I mean, if you want to. Scandinavia kinda fits your nation because of the extreme liberalness of Vista Major
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
Hello everyone. I just wanted to inform you all that tomorrow at 7 pm I will be leaving on a vacation and will have little to no access to the internet until I return on the 14th. So if you need me for whatever reason, learn to do without.
Also if anything happens, the ship is called Divina and its Allegiant 619.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
Got it, so if that ship goes down, tell know one, contact nobody and delete your browser history and you never existed, Understood on my end
Lavan Tiri, Au Minbo, Grand North America
Extreme. What a good word right there. Genius.
Lavan Tiri
Have fun, and good luck!
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
>Learn to do without
Minnie, I highly doubt the Region can.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica
Enjoy your trip. And don't drown or do the Titanic.
Lavan Tiri, Au Minbo
Damn. I remember when it was normal to go to a blockbuster or something to go pick up a movie in an actual store. That was so long ago.....lol
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona
Hello people.
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- Chōna-hajimeshiki at Tsurugaoka Hachimangū. (Kamakura, Japan)
- Day of King Amador (Sao Tome and Principe)
- Day of the Fallen against the Colonial Repression (Angola)
- Day of the Martyrs (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Hwinukan mukee (Okinawa Islands, Japan)
- Hypnotism Day
- Independence Day (Myanmar)
- National Spaghetti Day (United States)
- National Trivia Day (United States)
- Ogoni Day (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People)
- Pop Music Chart Day
- World Braille Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 46 BC Julius Caesar defeats Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
- 871 Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army.
- 1490 Anne of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the King of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lèse-majesté.
- 1642 King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war.
- 1717 The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
- 1762 Great Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples.
- 1847 Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
- 1854 The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.
- 1863 The New Apostolic Church is established in Hamburg, Germany.
- 1865 The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters near Wall Street in New York City.
- 1889 The Oklahoma Land Run opens two million acres of unused Oklahoma Territory to first serve first come settlers on April 22.
- 1896 Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
- 1903 Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company shoots the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
- 1912 The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.
- 1948 Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1951 Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
- 1955 The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
- 1958 Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit.
- 1959 Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
- 1966 A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution.
- 1972 Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England.
- 1974 United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
- 1976 The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.
- 1987 The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people.
- 1989 Second Gulf of Sidra incident: A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.
- 1990 In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
- 1998 Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: Over 170 are killed in three remote villages.
- 1998 A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
- 1999 Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
- 2004 Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
- 2004 Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
- 2006 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
- 2007 The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
- 2013 A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1643 Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician
- 1785 Jacob Grimm, German philologist, mythologist, and author
- 1809 Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille
- 1832 George Tryon, English admiral
- 1900 James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist
- 1929 Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician
- 1934 Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic
- 1940 Helmut Jahn, German-American architect, designed Liberty Place and Messeturm
- 1940 Gao Xingjian, Chinese-French author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 John McLaughlin, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1960 Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1963 Till Lindemann, German singer-songwriter
- 1965 Guy Forget, French tennis player
- 1990 Toni Kroos, German footballer
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Quote of the day
You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate.
- Bryant H. McGill -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Merlinton, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
I am reassessing my political views. Standby.
Jaslandia, Latrovia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona
Wait, what? So, I guess Ian Fleming's famous spy is real, but also a lot less interesting. Maybe that's part of the disguise?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
So apparently the 'boring' James Bond is actually the spy's namesake.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bond_(ornithologist)
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I will respect your right to your opinion. That does not mean I need to respect your opinion.
Jaslandia, Latrovia, Lavan Tiri, Aldaur, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
That awkward moment when you realize that a Maser is an actual thing, that can actually kill someone...hehe
Lavan Tiri
I've been contacted again regarding The Vanguard Treaty. Our reply was a negative one.
Yours truly,
[nation=short]Latrovia[/nation]
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Good name, terrible treaty for us :P
Latrovia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
- Magnatronian Clanker-Corporatist troops performing a military hostile take-over of the northern provinces of Khutonga, followed by a sudden incursion into Andreall Controlled Territories in and around the Sudkivu Province?
- Andromitus expanding the anti-radio black zone and plans to set up an EMP field around its territory?
- What's Project Glowstone? What plans does OmniCorp have for its ideal scenario in Khutonga?
- How will the Baxtonians respond to the Proxy-war fought in their absence of Khutonga?
Y'all are missin out, join the Khutongian Civil War RP
http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10061422/2/#new
I'm back baby! Back in RP-ready business
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
I would, but the military numbers for that RP look positively moronic and this Magnatronia guy doesn't seem to understand what modern tech is.
Lavan Tiri, Yukona
First time driving on my own and get a parking fine for not putting the ticket the right way up. Feels good man.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Modern tech means minimal to no robots, and the ones you have aren't going to be fighting gods on the battlefield. Boots on the ground is still the most viable way to do things in modern tech, but drones and those robots that diffuse bombs (and whatever other robots we have today) are OK. No futuristic ones.
Lavan Tiri
Tell that to the guy with androids and troops grown in vats.
Lavan Tiri, Yukona
Also a military of, like, 1.5 million or less active duty, and that's if you are a large country. Smaller countries would probably be around 600,000 or less
Lavan Tiri
I'll post it on the OP. We're kinda at the point of no return now, so we can have it for future reference.
Lavan Tiri
You coulda done a lot better in the moderation of this RP, Bax, I'm not going to lie. Even if you did lose interest in it around the time it began it only generates confusion for future RPs if that guy finds out the things he had no problem using here are absolutely and totally not ok in our usual RPs.
Lavan Tiri
I'm not trying to deflect blame; I realize that this is mostly my fault. I apologize for that, but that doesn't change the fact that these robots are now engrained in the RP to where it's near impossible to fix. They can finish it out with all of that sci-fi stuff, but it won't be permitted in future RPs.
If you or anyone else for that matter wants to be a Co-OP for future RPs, please contact me.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
My 'Troopers' are just for aesthetic and me differentiating for personal management, they have no military advantage apart from their use in my personal factbook's. I use them for wartime purposes because the whole point of my population is that their pacifist's so they have their inventions fight for them.
So yea, its just a fun aesthetic, but I can change it if to many people don't like it and it disrupts the RP to much
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
Yea, aesthetic or not, it's still future tech. However, there are other ways to go about being pacifist i.e. powerful allies.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
its a small enough change that I can shift it with ease
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
If you can change it in the RP, that'd be great.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Andromitus
I finally got the leader issue again and I didn't f it up this time!
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
gg m8
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, The United Providences Of Perland
How do I get involved in this RP?
Lavan Tiri
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