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Lex Caledonia wrote:FUKCINNNNNNNN’ how is Trainspotting middle class?! It’s a grounded representation of what the drug scene in Edinburgh was like back then, Irvine Welsh is a national fukcin’ treasure!

https://youtu.be/G1tJJO_pVvQ

Calls out Unionists as well.

I never said Trainspotting was middle class. I said it was a film liked by many middle class Scots lol

Lex Caledonia

[Pre]Finally, it's happening[/pre]

CESORION FOR CHANCELLOR

[LIST]

I would like to make a big announcement, with many bullet points and interesting policies, but I will sum it up in ome word, seeing our current situation

[*] ↪↪ACTIVITY ↩↩

[List]

#CES4CHANCELLOR2018

Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

I think my New Year's resolution will be to avoid the media as much as possible.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Cesorion

I am still standing for the position of Minister of Internal Affairs. I hope I get to serve you all again!

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Cesorion

Lex Caledonia wrote:I am still standing for the position of Minister of Internal Affairs. I hope I get to serve you all again!

Second

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I think my New Year's resolution will be to avoid the media as much as possible.
Probably won't get far, but all the power to you

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Cesorion wrote:[Pre]Finally, it's happening[/pre]

CESORION FOR CHANCELLOR

[LIST]

I would like to make a big announcement, with many bullet points and interesting policies, but I will sum it up in ome word, seeing our current situation

[*] ↪↪ACTIVITY ↩↩

[List]

#CES4CHANCELLOR2018

I'm moved. Inspired. Activity! Right? That is what is required. We need only the best and dedicated to move this region forward, or bring it back to it's former self. I see it has two choices, complain about how things are or take action. So let's take action and stand up for the CFN family. Having an active Chancellor is just the first step. I want to be a part of this new age Ces can bring about. I'm willing to try and serve this region again. [B]I'm running for Minster of Internal Affairs, to directly help the members that come through our doors. [/B]

Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Cesorion

Oelesa wrote:I'm moved. Inspired. Activity! Right? That is what is required. We need only the best and dedicated to move this region forward, or bring it back to it's former self. I see it has two choices, complain about how things are or take action. So let's take action and stand up for the CFN family. Having an active Chancellor is just the first step. I want to be a part of this new age Ces can bring about. I'm willing to try and serve this region again. [B]I'm running for Minster of Internal Affairs, to directly help the members that come through our doors. [/B]

What I've noticed is that always, the MoIA is a contested office. Sadly, I hope that again, it will be the only contested one

Cesorion wrote:What I've noticed is that always, the MoIA is a contested office. Sadly, I hope that again, it will be the only contested one

I'm code is a little rusty. Contested or not, I just want people active and interested.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Oelesa wrote:I'm code is a little rusty.

So's you're grammar

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Mercunova wrote:So's you're grammar

I thought I was being stupid, but it apparently is true that Oelesa messed up with his grammar.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Cesorion

Mercunova wrote:So's you're grammar

It's true. Checking and double checking never quite works for me. Why do you think I have you read some of my papers before finalising them?

Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Yukona wrote:I can teach you all you need to know about Moisture farming but first you’re gonna have to find me some power converters

You could probably find some good ones at Tosche station.

Penguania And Antarctica

Average Income of Poor

Rubles 210,870.53 → 198,298.26 6.0%

State-owned industry decreased dramatically.

I hate this game.

Jaslandia

Jaslandia wrote:You could probably find some good ones at Tosche station.

Heard Biggs Darklighter's got a few

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Candidacy period starts today, will follow up with a TG soon, send candidacy to myself and my man, Kalaron

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Hello, everyone! Since I'm running for Vice Chancellor this election, I would very much love your feedback on how you think the CoFN Government has been doing, and what we can do to improve the Confederacy. Since the Vice Chancellor is responsible for recruitment and growth, regional reform would fall under my purview, and community input would make my job effective for everyone. Please, don't hesitate to reach out to me at any time; my doors are open ❤️

[I]#VCVista[/I]

Cesorion

Vista Major wrote:Hello, everyone! Since I'm running for Vice Chancellor this election, I would very much love your feedback on how you think the CoFN Government has been doing, and what we can do to improve the Confederacy. Since the Vice Chancellor is responsible for recruitment and growth, regional reform would fall under my purview, and community input would make my job effective for everyone. Please, don't hesitate to reach out to me at any time; my doors are open ❤️

[I]#VCVista[/I]

I just want to say what I posted on discord, for everyone to hear. When I was Vice. I learned that to grow a region, it takes more than money. We need a recruitment tg but we have to really be able to reach people. Grab their attention and draw them in. We want to be appealing, welcoming, organized and active. All things that'll have to be worked on. Which is why I am running for MoIA. I have nothing against Lex, I actually didn't know he was running. I just know what I believe in, and that is doing more than just the job description.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Cesorion

Let's be clear to my fellow candidates

[Spoiler=Vista Major] We might lie on the different ends of the political spectrum, but I must recognize that VM has a passion, a committment to service and a willpower and dedication that can inspire many. I totally second his candidacy for VC, and with great pleasure and equal honor I will work with him[/spoiler]

[Spoiler= To Oelesa and Lex Caledonia] I have a deep respect for both candidates for MoIA. Oel is an experienced politician, whereas Lex has shown that new blood can achieve a lot, with his "flame" and dedication. That is why I decide to formally endorse both candidates, and not publicly support any of them. No matter who wins, I believe that they will achieve a lot.[/spoiler]

Hyderbourg Kalaron note my three endorsements and update the election Factbook

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

[spoiler=Today is December 27 and today are:]

Today is December 27 and today are:

- Constitution Day (North Korea)

- Emergency Rescuer's Day (Russia)

- Make Cut-out Snowflakes Day

- National Fruitcake Day (United States)

- No Interruptions Day

- St. Stephen's Day (Eastern Orthodox Church; a public holiday in Romania)

- Visit The Zoo Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0537 – The Hagia Sophia is completed.

- 1512 – The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.

- 1521 – The Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg disturbing the peace and preaching the Apocalypse. Philip Melanchthon cannot silence them. Martin Luther is being held in protective custody at the Wartburg castle at this time. He is later released and is able, by his preaching, to regain the peace.

- 1655 – Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.

- 1657 – The Flushing Remonstrance, a petition to the governor of the Dutch New Netherland colony in North America, is signed. It articulates for the first time in North American history that freedom of religion is a fundamental right.

- 1703 – Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.

- 1814 – War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.

- 1831 – Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.

- 1836 – The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.

- 1845 – Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.

- 1845 – Journalist John L. O'Sullivan, writing in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argues that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny".

- 1911 – "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

- 1918 – The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

- 1922 – Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

- 1927 – Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

- 1929 – Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

- 1932 – Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

- 1935 – Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.

- 1939 – The 7.8 Mw Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 32,700 people were killed.

- 1939 – Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja.

- 1945 – The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.

- 1949 – Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.

- 1966 – The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

- 1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

- 1978 – Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.

- 1979 – The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

- 1983 – Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.

- 1985 – Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.

- 1989 – The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.

- 1996 – Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.

- 1997 – Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

- 2002 – Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

- 2004 – Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.

- 2007 – Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.

- 2007 – Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.

- 2008 – Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

- 2009 – Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1350 – John I of Aragon

- 1571 – Johannes Kepler, German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer

- 1822 – Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist

- 1896 – Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright

- 1901 – Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer

- 1906 – Ray Mala, Native-American actor

- 1934 – Larisa Latynina, Ukrainian gymnast and coach

- 1948 – Gérard Depardieu, French-Russian actor

- 1961 – Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany

- 1965 – Salman Khan, Indian film actor and producer

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Quote of the day

We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.

- Herb Kelleher -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Oelesa, Mercunova, Yukona, Cesorion

As part of the New Years Plan, I decided to go digging into my "discarded" flag designs and see if I liked any. I found one dated July 8th, 2014.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:As part of the New Years Plan, I decided to go digging into my "discarded" flag designs and see if I liked any. I found one dated July 8th, 2014.

Reeks of communist monarchism

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:As part of the New Years Plan, I decided to go digging into my "discarded" flag designs and see if I liked any. I found one dated July 8th, 2014.

Not bad. Very colorful.

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica

The UK had it's greenest year of electricity in 2017!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Yaaaaaaas, up here we managed to get 118% of our energy through wind power for the first 6 months of 2017.

#renewables4lyfe

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Lex Caledonia wrote:Yaaaaaaas, up here we managed to get 118% of our energy through wind power for the first 6 months of 2017.

#renewables4lyfe

Congratulations y'all, I still disagree with the cost, but if itworks for your country, I'm glad.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Updated my election Factbook

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=cesorion/detail=factbook/id=867342

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Cesorion wrote:Updated my election Factbook

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=cesorion/detail=factbook/id=867342

Nice. I may have to borrow that template in the future.

Nuremgard, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Jaslandia wrote:Nice. I may have to borrow that template in the future.

Feel free to.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

[spoiler=Today is December 28 and today are:]

Today is December 28 and today are:

- Asarah B'Tevet (Judaism)

- Els Enfarinats (Ibi, Alicante, Spain)

- Holy Innocents Day

- Incwala Day (Swaziland)

- King Taksin Memorial Day (Thailand)

- National Card Playing Day (United States)

- National Chocolate Candy Day (United States)

- Pledge of Allegiance Day (United States)

- Proclamation Day (South Australia)

- Republic Day (South Sudan)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0418 – Pope Boniface I is elected.

- 0457 – Majorian is acclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire and recognized by Emperor Leo I the Thracian.

- 0484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul).

- 0893 – An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.

- 1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated.

- 1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.

- 1768 – King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

- 1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto).

- 1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.

- 1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.

- 1836 – South Australia and Adelaide are founded.

- 1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty.

- 1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.

- 1867 – United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.

- 1879 – Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

- 1885 – Indian National Congress, a political party of India is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

- 1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.

- 1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

- 1902 – The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

- 1908 – The 7.1 Mw Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

- 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

- 1918 – Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

- 1941 – World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.

- 1943 – World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.

- 1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.

- 1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

- 1956 – Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.

- 1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

- 1973 – The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.

- 1989 – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

- 2006 – War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.

- 2009 – Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.

- 2014 – Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.

- 2014 – Nine people die and another 19 are reported missing, when the MS Norman Atlantic catches fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea, in Italian waters.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1164 – Emperor Rokujō of Japan

- 1856 – Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1888 – F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1903 – Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader

- 1903 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist

- 1907 – Erich Mielke, German communist politician, East German Minister for State Security (Stasi)

- 1922 – Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor

- 1925 – Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer

- 1932 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress

- 1934 – Maggie Smith, English actress

- 1944 – Kary Mullis, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1953 – Richard Clayderman, French pianist

- 1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer

- 1955 – Liu Xiaobo, Chinese author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1969 – Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel

- 1984 – Martin Kaymer, German golfer

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Quote of the day

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.

- Niels Bohr -

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, Vista Major, Mercunova, Cesorion

Cesorion wrote:Updated my election Factbook

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=cesorion/detail=factbook/id=867342

Awh, Kim Campbell <3

Also, Pirate Kingdoms, did you like a post I made 225 days ago?!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Awh, Kim Campbell <3

Also, Pirate Kingdoms, did you like a post I made 225 days ago?!

What was that about Kim?

Penguania And Antarctica

Cesorion wrote:What was that about Kim?

The third photo you use in that factbook is of Kim Campbell, Canada’s 19th Prime Minister and the only woman to hold the office to date. She ran a bad campaign back in 1993, but she’s a badass symbol of the Canadian progressive conservatism today.

Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Continental Commonwealths wrote:The third photo you use in that factbook is of Kim Campbell, Canada’s 19th Prime Minister and the only woman to hold the office to date. She ran a bad campaign back in 1993, but she’s a badass symbol of the Canadian progressive conservatism today.

Tell me something I don't know.

But I thought you were expressing (dis)approval of her in your post.

PS: Losing 152 out of 154 seats isn't just "bad"

Penguania And Antarctica

Lex Caledonia wrote:Yaaaaaaas, up here we managed to get 118% of our energy through wind power for the first 6 months of 2017.

#renewables4lyfe

Meanwhile, in the US, we left the Paris Climate Treaty and the EPA, which is under the control of Scott Pruitt, a man who sued the organization 14 times, wants to repeal the Clean Power Plan. Not only that, but the deregulation of over 100,000 substances is also being planned by the EPA. Additionally, by executive order, coal companies can now dump their waste into our waterways and the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines have been approved by President Trump. So now the entire country has to rely on California to challenge the federal government's environmental policy.

#It'sTheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt

Jaslandia

Cesorion wrote:Tell me something I don't know.

But I thought you were expressing (dis)approval of her in your post.

PS: Losing 152 out of 154 seats isn't just "bad"

Mulroney ensured that the PCs would be trounced in the upcoming election no matter who succeeded him. Campbell’s campaign tactics just made the trouncing worse. i.e. bad campaign.

Not that it mattered that much to the truly progressive right of centres- the Chrétien Liberals were as much if not more fiscally conservative than the PCs themselves.

Cesorion

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Mulroney ensured that the PCs would be trounced in the upcoming election no matter who succeeded him. Campbell’s campaign tactics just made the trouncing worse. i.e. bad campaign.

Not that it mattered that much to the truly progressive right of centres- the Chrétien Liberals were as much if not more fiscally conservative than the PCs themselves.

Though the actual result should be this https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eUD7or3P3eVggB-JazgFAiFCl862989Z/view

The PCs came third in terms of popular vote

Cesorion wrote:Though the actual result should be this https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eUD7or3P3eVggB-JazgFAiFCl862989Z/view

The PCs came third in terms of popular vote

I’ll just assume that link shows the results with relation to a PR electoral system.

... If only a government was somewhat recently elected with the promise that they would ensure such a skewed electoral result could not happen again... 😒

Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I’ll just assume that link shows the results with relation to a PR electoral system.

... If only a government was somewhat recently elected with the promise that they would ensure such a skewed electoral result could not happen again... 😒

And most probably, it will remain as such... A promise

Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I’ll just assume that link shows the results with relation to a PR electoral system.

... If only a government was somewhat recently elected with the promise that they would ensure such a skewed electoral result could not happen again... 😒

Cesorion wrote:And most probably, it will remain as such... A promise

Are you both Canadian, eh?

Penguania And Antarctica

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Are you both Canadian, eh?

I am. I’m actually not sure about Ces.

Cesorion wrote:And most probably, it will remain as such... A promise

I truly believe the NDP would follow through with it if they ever formed government. I just don’t think that’s a very likely scenario. But it is the reason I respect the NDP more than the Liberals- I actually have faith that the former would follow through on its electoral promises more so than the latter. Of course, all governments break electoral promises, but I feel the Liberals are more apt to because they try to cast as wide a net during the campaign to capture as much of the centre as possible, but when they form government they realize they can only appease one side or the other.

Cesorion, Vetriutan 2

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Are you both Canadian, eh?

I am not. But I am obssesed with politics and Canada

Penguania And Antarctica, Vetriutan 2

Also, Continental Commonwealths, I use the images of Tom Mulcair and Stephen Harper

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Cesorion wrote:Also, Continental Commonwealths, I use the images of Tom Mulcair and Stephen Harper

Foxes, the lot of ‘em

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Cesorion wrote:I am not. But I am obssesed with politics and Canada

Why should I be invested in Canadian politics?

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Why should I be invested in Canadian politics?

I don't know... I just do it.... ;-)

Cesorion wrote:I don't know... I just do it.... ;-)

Don't wink at me. But seriously, what is so great about Canadian politics?

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Don't wink at me. But seriously, what is so great about Canadian politics?

The former PC party

And how Justin can't answer a question 18 times

Yukona

Cesorion wrote:The former PC party

And how Justin can't answer a question 18 times

What is so great about the Progressive Conservatives?

Cesorion

Vetriutan 2 wrote:What is so great about the Progressive Conservatives?

I'm almost a textbook PC

Socially centrist and fiscally conservative

Cesorion wrote:I'm almost a textbook PC

Socially centrist and fiscally conservative

Would you say that you are more of a Red Tory or more of a Blue Tory? What are your thoughts on protectionism and the welfare state? Additionally, can you elaborate more on your social views?

Yukona, Cesorion

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Awh, Kim Campbell <3

Also, Pirate Kingdoms, did you like a post I made 225 days ago?!

Sí: I was pretty sleep deprived when I did. I basically pulled a Lavan [sub]bless[/sub]

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Would you say that you are more of a Red Tory or more of a Blue Tory? What are your thoughts on protectionism and the welfare state? Additionally, can you elaborate more on your social views?

Let's try

I am between Red and Blue, or High Tory. However if I had to chose, I do believe I would say blue.

While Protectionism does help an "infant" economy grow, and would I think help were I come from, a "grown" economy, like Canada, can have Free trade with low, if any, tarrifs. I also believe that too much Protectionism leads to an isolated economy and as a result to an isolated country, and so ought to be avoided.

Generaly speaking, I think that the State should provide at least basic medical care to everyone. However, the private option should always exist. I dislike systems where the only solution is State-provided, not only on welfare, but also on education etc. etc.

On my social views, I don't give a damn if someone if gay/lesbian or of another denomination. As long as they don't try to enforce their views on somebody else. However, in light of recent (bloody) events, I make an exception with Muslims, believing that, at least utnil better security measures are available, we ought to proceed with somewhat greater caution..

Also where I come from, now I go to bed. So I will continue the interesting exchange in the morning.

What about you? Are you a Tory? What do you think about Protectionism, the welfare state, and what are your social views?

Cesorion wrote:Let's try

I am between Red and Blue, or High Tory. However if I had to chose, I do believe I would say blue.

While Protectionism does help an "infant" economy grow, and would I think help were I come from, a "grown" economy, like Canada, can have Free trade with low, if any, tarrifs. I also believe that too much Protectionism leads to an isolated economy and as a result to an isolated country, and so ought to be avoided.

Generaly speaking, I think that the State should provide at least basic medical care to everyone. However, the private option should always exist. I dislike systems where the only solution is State-provided, not only on welfare, but also on education etc. etc.

On my social views, I don't give a damn if someone if gay/lesbian or of another denomination. As long as they don't try to enforce their views on somebody else. However, in light of recent (bloody) events, I make an exception with Muslims, believing that, at least utnil better security measures are available, we ought to proceed with somewhat greater caution..

Also where I come from, now I go to bed. So I will continue the interesting exchange in the morning.

What about you? Are you a Tory? What do you think about Protectionism, the welfare state, and what are your social views?

I am from Iraq, but I now live in the US because of the hell that Iraq is now. I, of course, am not a Tory, and I wouldn't be one if I were Canadian or British.

In regards to protectionism, my views are a bit mixed. While I do support protectionism for emerging industries, I generally support unilateral free trade for developed industries. Protectionism on a large scale, in general, raises prices, thus decreasing consumer spending, which can cause an economic downturn. Additionally, they do not bring back jobs. For example, if the US increased tariffs on China, then the cost of returning manufacturing en masse would be so high that simply raising prices would be more profitable. Not only that, but the decline in manufacturing we are seeing here is largely the result of a transition from an industrial economy to a postindustrial economy based on service jobs. In fact, we are seeing that same phenomenon happening in China, which has relatively protectionist policies with the outside world.

(And since we're on the topic of trade, I would like to point out that Import-Substitution-Industrialization is ineffective at devloping undeveloped economies, as we have seen in the past century with South America and Sub-Saharran Africa. The countries in those regions that have succeeded are those that have realized that export-based growth is much more effective at creating wealth.)

In regards to the welfare state, in the short term, at least, I support it. Government needs to step in to protect its citizenry from the excesses of capitalism through welfare. Everyone in a society, in my opinion, has several basic things that they are entitled to, those being food, water, housing, education, healthcare, and the opportunity to succeed in life. In the long-term, however, things begin to become weird. In the foreseeable future, I believe that we will have all of the resources necessary to provide the basic needs of every person to every person without any person needing to contribute anything to society. Nobody will need to work and everyone will be able to pursue their hobbies as all jobs have been made obsolete through automation and AI. By then, we won't need the welfare state nor will we need a state at all. In this century, our forms of statecraft will become obsolete, much as it did with the Agricultural Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.

Socially, I am pretty progressive. As long as you don't use your rights to take away the rights of your fellow man, then you should be free and independent to do as you wish.

Cesorion wrote:Let's try

I am between Red and Blue, or High Tory. However if I had to chose, I do believe I would say blue.

While Protectionism does help an "infant" economy grow, and would I think help were I come from, a "grown" economy, like Canada, can have Free trade with low, if any, tarrifs. I also believe that too much Protectionism leads to an isolated economy and as a result to an isolated country, and so ought to be avoided.

Generaly speaking, I think that the State should provide at least basic medical care to everyone. However, the private option should always exist. I dislike systems where the only solution is State-provided, not only on welfare, but also on education etc. etc.

On my social views, I don't give a damn if someone if gay/lesbian or of another denomination. As long as they don't try to enforce their views on somebody else. However, in light of recent (bloody) events, I make an exception with Muslims, believing that, at least utnil better security measures are available, we ought to proceed with somewhat greater caution..

Also where I come from, now I go to bed. So I will continue the interesting exchange in the morning.

What about you? Are you a Tory? What do you think about Protectionism, the welfare state, and what are your social views?

Juuust gonna put these here

https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2017/03/13/wapo_terror_attacks.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIPY51yCUAA4WSg?format=png

Jaslandia, Vetriutan 2

Axeldonia wrote:Juuust gonna put these here

https://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/uploader/image/2017/03/13/wapo_terror_attacks.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BIPY51yCUAA4WSg?format=png

"Ecoterrorism"

Axeldonia

Vetriutan 2 wrote:"Ecoterrorism"

E V E R Y C O W A K I N G

Axeldonia wrote:E V E R Y C O W A K I N G

What?

Vetriutan 2 wrote:What?

It's a kaiserreich meme.

Vista Major

Axeldonia wrote:It's a kaiserreich meme.

I don't play Kaiserreich so much that I know even obscure memes.

Yukona

If you all would like a sneak peek as to what my plans for the Vice Chancellery are, feel free to look at me tentative Agenda!

https://goo.gl/XmLksu

Jaslandia, Cesorion

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Why should I be invested in Canadian politics?

If nothing else, they're a bit interesting/dumb as to weapons aquisitions. Every other day, they used to complain about the smallest details about the F-35, including the fact that it had *only* a single engine.

Vista Major wrote:If you all would like a sneak peek as to what my plans for the Vice Chancellery are, feel free to look at me tentative Agenda!

https://goo.gl/XmLksu

Interesting. I like most parts. Within the day I will make one myself

Vista Major

I have a confession to make.

I did meet Nicola Sturgeon. I shook her hand and told her it was a pleasure to meet her. But I never got a photo because my camera didn't work properly. I forgot to take the timer off so the camera snapped after she walked away.

I was too embarrassed to say lol

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Yukona, Cesorion

Nuremgard wrote:I have a confession to make.

I did meet Nicola Sturgeon. I shook her hand and told her it was a pleasure to meet her. But I never got a photo because my camera didn't work properly. I forgot to take the timer off so the camera snapped after she walked away.

I was too embarrassed to say lol

It's the moment that counts

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I have a confession to make.

I did meet Nicola Sturgeon. I shook her hand and told her it was a pleasure to meet her. But I never got a photo because my camera didn't work properly. I forgot to take the timer off so the camera snapped after she walked away.

I was too embarrassed to say lol

At least you tried.

https://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/https://www.scotsman.com/webimage/1.4601147.1509455499!/image/image.jpg

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Vetriutan 2 wrote:At least you tried.

https://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/w_300,f_auto,ar_3:2,c_fill/https://www.scotsman.com/webimage/1.4601147.1509455499!/image/image.jpg

We are all trying, my child

#FreeScotland

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Cesorion

Vista Major wrote:We are all trying, my child

#FreeScotland

No.

#OneNationUnderEngland

Jaslandia, Cesorion

Vista Major wrote:If you all would like a sneak peek as to what my plans for the Vice Chancellery are, feel free to look at me tentative Agenda!

https://goo.gl/XmLksu

*CFN

Or, for the sake of at least my last shred of sanity, CoFN.

But this looks really good. Maybe add scheduled dates for recruitment telegram blasts? Those always seem to be the most tried and true strategy for recruitment. When I was last active, we had just reached 160 nations following the last recruitment campaign.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Vetriutan 2 wrote:No.

#OneNationUnderEngland

Behave yourself.

Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Nuremgard wrote:Behave yourself.

#OneEarthUnderEngland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZr_T1dn6xI

Penguania And Antarctica

Vetriutan 2 wrote:#OneEarthUnderEngland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZr_T1dn6xI

*vomits*

Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota

Nuremgard wrote:*vomits*

#OneMultiverseUnderEngland

#AllDimensionsUnderEngland

I am an imperialist because I don't want to be a colonial.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:*CFN

Or, for the sake of at least my last shred of sanity, CoFN.

But this looks really good. Maybe add scheduled dates for recruitment telegram blasts? Those always seem to be the most tried and true strategy for recruitment. When I was last active, we had just reached 160 nations following the last recruitment campaign.

Do you see a Lord Chancellor anywhere? No? Good.

COFN

Ooh, blasts. I can put that on my calendar.

Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota

Vetriutan 2 wrote:#OneMultiverseUnderEngland

#AllDimensionsUnderEngland

I am an imperialist because I don't want to be a colonial.

#IndependentScotland

Lex Caledonia

Vista Major wrote:Do you see a Lord Chancellor anywhere? No? Good.

COFN

Ooh, blasts. I can put that on my calendar.

His point was that since the "of" in the Regional name is not capitalised, then it should either not exist, or be CoFN. The latter is prefered to avoid confusion with the old Commonwealth, which was CFN

Jaslandia, Oelesa

Cesorion wrote:His point was that since the "of" in the Regional name is not capitalised, then it should either not exist, or be CoFN. The latter is prefered to avoid confusion with the old Commonwealth, which was CFN

It's meant to maintain consistency with the rest of the acronym. I'd be less opposed if it was something like CoN or CoF because of symmetry, but CoFN without the capitalization is odd/unbalanced

Nuremgard wrote:#IndependentScotland

Why does this website exist?

https://www.wikifeet.com/Nicola_Sturgeon

Yukona

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Why does this website exist?

https://www.wikifeet.com/Nicola_Sturgeon

Because people are weird.

Nuremgard wrote:Because people are weird.

That's true.

"Great Scottish lass and a brilliant politician. Promising feet"

"I love Big Nic. But I also love feet, and I just want a decent picture of them ;-:"

"Tights and jeans ? just no"

Jaslandia, Yukona

Vista Major wrote:It's meant to maintain consistency with the rest of the acronym. I'd be less opposed if it was something like CoN or CoF because of symmetry, but CoFN without the capitalization is odd/unbalanced

Well, do you have OCD?

Oelesa

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Why does this website exist?

https://www.wikifeet.com/Nicola_Sturgeon

What

The

F*ck

Is

That

?!?!?!

Cesorion wrote:What

The

F*ck

Is

That

?!?!?!

Weirdos rating people's feet.

Cesorion wrote:His point was that since the "of" in the Regional name is not capitalised, then it should either not exist, or be CoFN. The latter is prefered to avoid confusion with the old Commonwealth, which was CFN

THIS.

But I’ll also continue to be an advocate for the CFN acronym. Because context clues are a thing; we have the technology. For instance, I personally have little issue,when someone uses the acronym UN,figuring out if they are referring to the United Nations or the University of Nebraska.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Why does this website exist?

https://www.wikifeet.com/Nicola_Sturgeon

BRB burning that website to the ground.

Lex Caledonia wrote:BRB burning that website to the ground.

#MakeFootFetishismIllegal

[spoiler=Today is December 29 and today are:]

Today is December 29 and today are:

- Constitution Day (Ireland)

- Independence Day (Mongolia)

- National Pepper Pot Day (United States)

- No Interruptions Day

- Tick Tock Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0875 – Charles the Bald, King of the Franks, is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor Charles II.

- 1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church.

- 1427 – The Ming army begins its withdraw from Hanoi, ending the Chinese domination of Đại Việt.

- 1503 – The Battle of Garigliano (1503) was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army commanded by Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo

- 1508 – Portuguese forces under the command of Francisco de Almeida attack Khambhat at the Battle of Dabul.

- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Three thousand British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.

- 1812 – The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three-hour battle.

- 1835 – The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.

- 1845 – In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, the United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state.

- 1851 – The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.

- 1860 – The launch of HMS Warrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.

- 1874 – The military coup of Gen. Martinez Campos in Sagunto ends the failed First Spanish Republic and the monarchy is restored as Prince Alfonso is proclaimed King of Spain.

- 1876 – The Ashtabula River railroad disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.

- 1890 – Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

- 1911 – Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

- 1911 – Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

- 1916 – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

- 1930 – Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.

- 1934 – Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

- 1937 – The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.

- 1940 – World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.

- 1949 – KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.

- 1972 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people onboard.

- 1975 – A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.

- 1989 – Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.

- 1992 – Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.

- 1996 – Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.

- 1997 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the city's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.

- 1998 – Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over one million lives.

- 2003 – The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.

- 2006 – UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.

- 2011 – Samoa and Tokelau skip straight to December 31 when moving from one side of the International Date Line to another.

- 2012 – A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.

- 2013 – A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1709 – Elizabeth of Russia

- 1721 – Madame de Pompadour, official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to 1751

- 1766 – Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric

- 1788 – Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish antiquarian, developed early archaeological techniques and methods

- 1800 – Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer

- 1808 – Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States

- 1809 – William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

- 1876 – Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor

- 1910 – Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1923 – Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist

- 1937 – Dieter Thomas Heck, German television presenter, singer and actor

- 1938 – Jon Voight, American actor and producer

- 1942 – Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal

- 1953 – Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips

- 1953 – Matthias Platzeck, German politician

- 1953 – Thomas Bach, German lawyer and fencer, 9th President of the International Olympic Committee

- 1957 – Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer

- 1972 – Jude Law, English actor

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

- Orison Swett Marden -

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Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova

Good evening. How are you all?

I am pleased to announce my candidacy for Minister of Foreign Affairs.

For a Safe and Securer Society, with Unity and Equality.

#Unité #Egalité #MD4MoFA

Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion

Minnesota Dakota wrote:I am pleased to announce my candidacy for Minister of Foreign Affairs.

For a Safe and Securer Society, with Unity and Equality.

#Unité #Egalité #MD4MoFA

Sounds good.....

Minnesota Dakota

I just want to remind Hyderbourg and Kalaron about my candidacy for MoJ. I've sent you two a TG but I neither got a confirmation reply nor was my candidacy add to the respective factbook.

It would be quite embarrassing if my candidacy would get lost. :(

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Cesorion

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I just want to remind Hyderbourg and Kalaron about my candidacy for MoJ. I've sent you two a TG but I neither got a confirmation reply nor was my candidacy add to the respective factbook.

It would be quite embarrassing if my candidacy would get lost. :(

Actually, they never wrote the FB. Once I was browsing the Papers account, and I thought I should update it with candidacies that had been declared on the RMB or TGed to the papers. I thought I should stay away of it now that they are in charge...

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova

Cesorion wrote:Actually, they never wrote the FB. Once I was browsing the Papers account, and I thought I should update it with candidacies that had been declared on the RMB or TGed to the papers. I thought I should stay away of it now that they are in charge...

Oh okay

Oelesa, Minnesota Dakota, Cesorion

Cesorion wrote:Actually, they never wrote the FB. Once I was browsing the Papers account, and I thought I should update it with candidacies that had been declared on the RMB or TGed to the papers. I thought I should stay away of it now that they are in charge...

Probably a good call. I personally applaud you for being on the ball in terms of our upcoming election and recording the candidates, but you wouldn’t want anyone accusing you of overextending the authorities of your office.

I’ll also add that this type of foresight is the kind of trait we probably want in a Chancellor. Plus, you know, you’re actually active. So, two thumbs up.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Cesorion

Cesorion wrote:Well, do you have OCD?

No.

Oelesa

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Probably a good call. I personally applaud you for being on the ball in terms of our upcoming election and recording the candidates, but you wouldn’t want anyone accusing you of overextending the authorities of your office.

I’ll also add that this type of foresight is the kind of trait we probably want in a Chancellor. Plus, you know, you’re actually active. So, two thumbs up.

Thank you.

For the Record, the update was made before the announcement of the committee, at a time the Chancellor was still inactive for 11 days

Oelesa

If Richard Branson’s an environmentalist why does he own an airline?

Nuremgard, Lex Caledonia

As did Vista Major, I have a document entailing my vision. Check out

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GzRF7U-kM84EAXUyZZt1vHDpnzzXpNRd/view

Jaslandia, Aquatur

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=857626

Modified my mythology for Kyras, planning to make further changes (making Kyras more Norse-like)

Jaslandia, Aquatur, Lex Caledonia

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