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Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Quite quiet :/

It would be more active if there weren't hour long breakdowns of the site every few minutes...

damn you NS

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1987 – King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.

Gordon: King's Cross!?! As in, the London terminal of the LNER King's Cross!?! Noooo! Why did it have to be such a fine station as King's Cross? I swear, everything went down hill when London became St Pancras.

Duck: London used to be Paddington, Gordon, not King's Cross! I told you that back in '56.

Henry: Didn't that big engine from the Other Railway say London was Euston?

Gordon: Shut up, Henry!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Quite quiet :/

A little bit. But, I'm sure things will pick up soon!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Gordon: King's Cross!?! As in, the London terminal of the LNER King's Cross!?! Noooo! Why did it have to be such a fine station as King's Cross? I swear, everything went down hill when London became St Pancras.

Duck: London used to be Paddington, Gordon, not King's Cross! I told you that back in '56.

Henry: Didn't that big engine from the Other Railway say London was Euston?

Gordon: Shut up, Henry!

http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/The_Eight_Famous_Engines#Gordon_Goes_Foreign

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

How are we all?

Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How are we all?

I'm good, Peng. Just starting up my nightly mail run. How are you?

Jaslandia wrote:http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/The_Eight_Famous_Engines#Gordon_Goes_Foreign

Gordon: Ah, my famous trip to London! If only it wasn't so... underwhelming. Can't say I'll be going back anytime soon. Even if I wanted to return to the city that turned its back on its LNER heritage, I'm not sure if I could: the Other Railway now has a bunch of rules governing the use of steam engines on their mainline, and steam engines who travel on the Other Railway must get special approval from the Other Railway officials.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:I'm good, Peng. Just starting up my nightly mail run. How are you?

Doing alright. Tired. It's already late.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Hello friends, if any of you have noticed I've been very withdrawn from NS recently I was felling very burt out over the past 3 months but am now able to play this game with out felling its a chore i'll slowly start become more active but will bide my time

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

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How are we all?

I'm good, Peng. My first semester of college is nearly over, so I don't have too much work to do.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Solla Ultima wrote:Hello friends, if any of you have noticed I've been very withdrawn from NS recently I was felling very burt out over the past 3 months but am now able to play this game with out felling its a chore i'll slowly start become more active but will bide my time

Looking forward to having you back, Solla!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Solla Ultima

"Large" tax cuts apparently amount to 1% when your tax rate is ridiculously high.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:"Large" tax cuts apparently amount to 1% when your tax rate is ridiculously high.

Same has happened to Jaslandia. At this point, I barely even bother with tax cuts.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Same has happened to Jaslandia. At this point, I barely even bother with tax cuts.

I wont in future since they are so minuscule. The only good thing it did was increase employment.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:"Large" tax cuts apparently amount to 1% when your tax rate is ridiculously high.

remember our conversation when we agreed that in NS logic poverty is wealth? this is the same.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Solla Ultima wrote:Hello friends, if any of you have noticed I've been very withdrawn from NS recently I was felling very burt out over the past 3 months but am now able to play this game with out felling its a chore i'll slowly start become more active but will bide my time

Hello Bolshevik.

Working on the national brand foods some more, added a bunch of canned meats, just gotta add the descriptions.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=915542

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

Hi

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

Zero Bay wrote:Hi

Hello and welcome to the CoFN. I am Cesorion! Nice to meet you!

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Good day everyone. How are you all? :D

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton

SH!T! I just banned cars by mistake! SH!T!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:SH!T! I just banned cars by mistake! SH!T!

I dont really think it matters considering that no one can afford it in the first place :p

Nuremgard, Vista Major, Cesorion

Nuremgard wrote:SH!T! I just banned cars by mistake! SH!T!

Oh. Dat's not good. :/

Nuremgard

The Issue

This weekend, a citizen’s group calling itself Gun Owners of Spanelsko has petitioned Congress with a controversial bill making gun ownership compulsory

“This is a very important step to securing the rights and lives of our families and controlling the government,” urges noted gun ownership proponent Sheldon Allen. “Not only would it significantly decrease crime, but it would also effectively stop government tyranny in its tracks. Of course, this also means that every wacko and their cousin will have a gun, but don’t worry, you’ll have a gun to defend yourself from them, so it will all work out.”

Ultra militaristic UFIR becomes reality. Now we have both compulsory military service and compulsory gun ownership!

The Issue

Hail to you! Hail Leader! Patriotism and love for your government is (naturally) on the rise, and one of your closest advisors has suggested to you that Spanelsko forms a youth organisation to teach the next generation to love you as much as this one does.

“Think about it!” says sycophantic Party Coordinator Ronald Hyde, with remnants of silly string and party streamers on his dress uniform suggesting he has perhaps misunderstood his job title. He stands by you on the palace balcony, gesturing to indicate a group of serious-looking children saluting a giant flag. “The patriotism in these kids is admirable! Give them an official youth organisation in the name of our righteous ideology, and call it The Children Of Leader! Teach them to sing songs, to swear allegiance to the flag, to camp in the wilderness, maybe how to clean and shoot a rifle. Who knows when a group of wonderfully fit, patriotic boys could come in handy?”

The Talking Point

Squeaky high prepubescent voices recite the patriotic poem "Hail to The Leader!" before each meal.

OK 2 extreme issues in 2 minutes? yep!

Jaslandia

Zero Bay wrote:Hi

Hello!

Percyton

Post self-deleted by Dpr Keron.

Post self-deleted by Dpr Keron.

[spoiler=Today is November 19 and today are:]

Today is November 19 and today are:

- Day of Discovery of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)

- Day of Missile Forces and Artillery (Belarus, Russia)

- Flag Day (Brazil)

- Garifuna Settlement Day (Belize)

- Have A Bad Day Day

- International Men's Day

- Liberation Day (Mali)

- Martyrdom of Imam Reza (Iran)

- National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day (United States)

- Martyrs' Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)

- National Day (Maldives)

- National Day of Mourning or Volkstrauertag (Germany)

- National Play Monopoly Day (United States)

- The Sovereign Prince's Day (Monaco)

- Women's Entrepreneurship Day

- World Toilet Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the magister militum Ricimer.

- 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeated the Sasanian Empire at the Battle of al-Qādisiyyah in Iraq.

- 1493 – Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island he first saw the day before. He names it San Juan Bautista (later renamed Puerto Rico).

- 1794 – The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War.

- 1802 – The Garinagu arrive at British Honduras (Present day Belize)

- 1816 – Warsaw University is established.

- 1847 – The second Canadian railway line, the Montreal and Lachine Railroad, is opened.

- 1863 – American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

- 1881 – A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.

- 1885 – Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.

- 1911 – The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.

- 1912 – First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.

- 1916 – Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.

- 1941 – World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen.

- 1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.

- 1942 – Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.

- 1943 – Holocaust: Nazis liquidate Janowska concentration camp in Lemberg (Lviv), western Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt.

- 1944 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

- 1944 – World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden.

- 1946 – Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.

- 1950 – US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.

- 1952 – Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.

- 1954 – Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.

- 1955 – National Review publishes its first issue.

- 1959 – The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.

- 1967 – The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.

- 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean land at Oceanus Procellarum (the "Ocean of Storms") and become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon.

- 1969 – Association football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.

- 1977 – TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131.

- 1979 – Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.

- 1984 – San Juanico disaster: A series of explosions at the Pemex petroleum storage facility at San Juan Ixhuatepec in Mexico City starts a major fire and kills about 500 people.

- 1985 – Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.

- 1985 – Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.

- 1985 – Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud.

- 1988 – Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.

- 1994 – In the United Kingdom, the first National Lottery draw is held. A £1 ticket gave a one-in-14-million chance of correctly guessing the winning six out of 49 numbers.

- 1996 – Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire.

- 1998 – Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U.S. President Bill Clinton.

- 1998 – Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of the Artist Without Beard sells at auction for US$71.5 million.

- 1999 – Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.

- 2002 – The Greek oil tanker Prestige splits in half and sinks off the coast of Galicia, releasing over 20 million US gallons (76,000 m³) of oil in the largest environmental disaster in Spanish and Portuguese history.

- 2004 – The Malice at the Palace: The worst brawl in NBA history, Ron Artest suspended 86 games (rest of season), Stephen Jackson suspended 30 games

- 2010 – The first of four explosions takes place at the Pike River Mine in New Zealand; 29 people are killed in the nation's worst mining disaster since 1914.

- 2013 – A double suicide bombing at the Iranian embassy in Beirut kills 23 people and injures 160 others.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1464 - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan

- 1563 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English poet and politician

- 1600 - Charles I of England

- 1711 - Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian physicist, chemist, astronomer, and geographer

- 1770 - Ivan Fyodorovich Kruzenshtern, born as Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern, Russian admiral and explorer of Baltic German descent, led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe

- 1799 - René Caillié, French explorer, first European returned alive from the town of Timbuktu

- 1805 - Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and engineer, developed the Suez Canal

- 1831 - James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, 20th President of the United States

- 1875 - Mikhail Kalinin, Russian civil servant and politician, 1st Head of State of The Soviet Union

- 1875 - Hiram Bingham III, American academic, explorer and politician

- 1888 - José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban-American chess player and theologian

- 1900 - Anna Seghers, German author and politician

- 1912 - George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1917 - Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India

- 1921 - Max Kruse, German writer

- 1933 - Larry King, American journalist and talk show host

- 1936 - Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1938 - Ted Turner, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Turner Broadcasting System

- 1941 - Tommy Thompson, American captain and politician, 19th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services

- 1942 - Calvin Klein, American fashion designer, founded Calvin Klein Inc.

- 1961 - Meg Ryan, American actress and producer

- 1962 - Jodie Foster, American actress, director, and producer

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Quote of the day

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

- Arthur Helps -

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

Jaslandia, Kalaron, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

>Tmw you go to answer a dude's question but he's already gone

07

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^

Also, holy shiz this is cute

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6c/ec/4d/6cec4dc8a0587c79c8f81b77d5fb52f4.jpg

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Monaco is building into the Med to house more super rich people.

All that juicy untaxed wealth. If I was the leader of France I'd invade and annex them, and then add all that cash to the French Treasury. :P

Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Monaco is building into the Med to house more super rich people.

All that juicy untaxed wealth. If I was the leader of France I'd invade and annex them, and then add all that cash to the French Treasury. :P

Well, not possible. There's a treaty between Monaco and France that guarantees Monaco's sovereignity. Tho France has a protective role. France must also approve the head of government (Minister of State) picked by the Prince of Monaco. Monaco also has no central bank or mint. Their Euro coins are minted by France and the amount of Monégasque Euros is taken from the French quota they are allowed to mint.

Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Well, not possible. There's a treaty between Monaco and France that guarantees Monaco's sovereignity. Tho France has a protective role. France must also approve the head of government (Minister of State) picked by the Prince of Monaco. Monaco also has no central bank or mint. Their Euro coins are minted by France and the amount of Monégasque Euros is taken from the French quota they are allowed to mint.

I know. Was just jesting is all. Although de Gaulle did try to get the cash out of Monaco.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:I know. Was just jesting is all. Although de Gaulle did try to get the cash out of Monaco.

But how shall the Monacans live if you take away their money?

Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:But how shall the Monacans live if you take away their money?

I'm not advocating all their money be taken away. I just think the rich there should pay their fair share. But as Monaco is a sovereign nation that relies on tax dodgers for his economy to survive, that wont change any time soon.

Nuremgard wrote:I'm not advocating all their money be taken away. I just think the rich there should pay their fair share. But as Monaco is a sovereign nation that relies on tax dodgers for his economy to survive, that wont change any time soon.

D I R E C T R U L E F R O M M O N A C O

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Axeldonia wrote:D I R E C T R U L E F R O M M O N A C O

Bleed them dry! :P

Axeldonia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- Have A Bad Day Day

Well that seems a bit mean.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1933 - Larry King, American journalist and talk show host

https://youtu.be/HsqcRaCy6K4

Nuremgard wrote:Monaco is building into the Med to house more super rich people.

All that juicy untaxed wealth. If I was the leader of France I'd invade and annex them, and then add all that cash to the French Treasury. :P

Not surprising. Monaco has been reclaiming land from the city for years due to their small size. They even have an entire district made from reclaimed land!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontvieille,_Monaco

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:

Not surprising. Monaco has been reclaiming land from the city for years due to their small size. They even have an entire district made from reclaimed land!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fontvieille,_Monaco

That is rightful dutch clay and you know it

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:I'm not advocating all their money be taken away. I just think the rich there should pay their fair share. But as Monaco is a sovereign nation that relies on tax dodgers for his economy to survive, that wont change any time soon.

Quite communist.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Quite communist.

Not communist. Socialist. There is a difference. And I'm sure those mega rich peeps wont exactly miss the wealth that's taxed from them.

Nuremgard wrote:Not communist. Socialist. There is a difference. And I'm sure those mega rich peeps wont exactly miss the wealth that's taxed from them.

So no Robin Hood ?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:So no Robin Hood ?

Robin Hood had the right idea.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Robin Hood had the right idea.

Please elaborate.

Nuremgard wrote:Robin Hood had the right idea.

Robin hood didn't go far enough.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Please elaborate.

Taking from the rich to give to the poor. It's a good idea.

Axeldonia wrote:Robin hood didn't go far enough.

Got a sudden image of Robin Hood standing with a red flag as the USSR anthem plays.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:I'm not advocating all their money be taken away. I just think the rich there should pay their fair share. But as Monaco is a sovereign nation that relies on tax dodgers for his economy to survive, that wont change any time soon.

Flat-tax nation makes no comment

Nuremgard wrote:Taking from the rich to give to the poor. It's a good idea.

Got a sudden image of Robin Hood standing with a red flag as the USSR anthem plays.

Let's call the tax for the rich 'Robin Hood Tax' :D

Nuremgard

Cesorion wrote:Flat-tax nation makes no comment

Flat taxes suck. I don't see why a cleaner should pay the same rate as a millionaire.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:Flat taxes suck. I don't see why a cleaner should pay the same rate as a millionaire.

What kind of millionaire (one that made it themselves or one that inherited it)?

Cesorion wrote:What kind of millionaire (one that made it themselves or one that inherited it)?

There is no distinction. If you're a millionaire, you should pay a higher rate of tax. Earning your millions doesn't make you some kind of saint or absolve you of your social responsibilities as a citizen.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:There is no distinction. If you're a millionaire, you should pay a higher rate of tax. Earning your millions doesn't make you some kind of saint or absolve you of your social responsibilities as a citizen.

There is. To make millions by yourself, you have to posses some kind of ability. To iherit it, it needs nothing.

Also, since everyone receives the same benefits from the State, everyone pays the same (on income. Obviously other taxes affect millionaires much more)

Cesorion wrote:There is. To make millions by yourself, you have to posses some kind of ability. To iherit it, it needs nothing.

Also, since everyone receives the same benefits from the State, everyone pays the same (on income. Obviously other taxes affect millionaires much more)

No one earns millions by themselves. The person who became a millionaire lives in a society which has infrastructure, an education system, a healthcare system, a police system. Did said millionaire not use any of these state services? Did said millionaire privately pay for all of these services for his employees?

No he didn't. He contributes to society because society has contributed to his success. I think that's a fair trade.

Nuremgard wrote:No one earns millions by themselves. The person who became a millionaire lives in a society which has infrastructure, an education system, a healthcare system, a police system. Did said millionaire not use any of these state services? Did said millionaire privately pay for all of these services for his employees?

No he didn't. He contributes to society because society has contributed to his success. I think that's a fair trade.

The cleaner did as well(receive state benefits). But somehow, said millionaire made millions. The point I am tying to make it that income tax in my nation is flat. Property tax for example, means that the millionaire pays much more than a cleaner, exactly because he has more

Cesorion wrote:The cleaner did as well(receive state benefits). But somehow, said millionaire made millions. The point I am tying to make it that income tax in my nation is flat. Property tax for example, means that the millionaire pays much more than a cleaner, exactly because he has more

I still don't agree with flat income taxes. I'm not very keen on income tax in general as I'd prefer wealth to be taxed rather than income. But I still think it's fairer that someone on a higher income should pay more tax.

Seize the means, redistribute the wealth. Eat the rich.

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I still don't agree with flat income taxes. I'm not very keen on income tax in general as I'd prefer wealth to be taxed rather than income. But I still think it's fairer that someone on a higher income should pay more tax.

And I still think flat tax is fairer. But as you said "I understand that some people might change their mind, but I won't. It applies for me as well

Cesorion wrote:And I still think flat tax is fairer. But as you said "I understand that some people might change their mind, but I won't. It applies for me as well

Yup. This is why most political arguments are pointless. Neither side will change their mind so it just becomes a case of "I'm better than you because I think this way."

Unfallious wrote:Seize the means, redistribute the wealth. Eat the rich.

I'll get my pitchfork.

Jaslandia, Oelesa

Unfallious wrote:Seize the means, redistribute the wealth. Eat the rich.

German Basic Law Article 15:

Article 15 -[Socialisation]

Land, natural resources and means of production may for the purpose of socialisation be transferred to public ownership or other forms of public enterprise by a law that determines the nature and extent of compensation. With respect to such compensation the third and fourth sentences of paragraph (3) of Article 14 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Nuremgard, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:German Basic Law Article 15:

Article 15 -[Socialisation]

Land, natural resources and means of production may for the purpose of socialisation be transferred to public ownership or other forms of public enterprise by a law that determines the nature and extent of compensation. With respect to such compensation the third and fourth sentences of paragraph (3) of Article 14 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

I saw that coalition talks in Germany are failing. Merkel might have to run a minority government.

Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:Seize the means, redistribute the wealth. Eat the rich.

Redistribute the means, eat the wealth. Seize the rich.

Oelesa, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:I saw that coalition talks in Germany are failing. Merkel might have to run a minority government.

Well, they are still going on. There was never a minority goverment on Federal level. And I doubt that there will be. Most likely there will be new elections. I mean we could have a new gov already if the SPD (with 21% being the party with the second most votes) wouldn't have decided to go into opposition. I rather have a Große Koalition (Grand Coalition) than a government that can't get on the same track regarding simple aspects of politics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_coalition_(Germany)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Well, they are still going on. There was never a minority goverment on Federal level. And I doubt that there will be. Most likely there will be new elections. I mean we could have a new gov already if the SPD (with 21% being the party with the second most votes) wouldn't have decided to go into opposition. I rather have a Große Koalition (Grand Coalition) than a government that can't get on the same track regarding simple aspects of politics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_coalition_(Germany)

Minority governments are the regular way Scotland runs its politics. They're not so bad. But to be fair, the SNP can usually get most stuff passed with the support of the Greens who keep the SNP right on the environment and other issues. Labour, Tories and Lib Dems just squawk from the sidelines and vote against government bills hopelessly, just for the sake of it.

Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Minority governments are the regular way Scotland runs its politics. They're not so bad. But to be fair, the SNP can usually get most stuff passed with the support of the Greens who keep the SNP right on the environment and other issues. Labour, Tories and Lib Dems just squawk from the sidelines and vote against government bills hopelessly, just for the sake of it.

Well, minority governments don't work well over here because we have the priciples of Vertrauensfrage (chancellors request of a vote of confidence) and konstruktives Misstrauensvotum (constructive vote of no confidence, opposition must have a candidate which will be elected as chancellor).

To get out of both of those votings as winner the chancellor needs the majority of the parliament on his/her side.

[spoiler= Basic Law articles that explain the stuff]

Article 67 -[Vote of no confidence]

(1) The Bundestag may express its lack of confidence in the Federal Chancellor only by electing a successor by the vote of a majority of its Members and requesting the Federal President to dismiss the Federal Chancellor. The Federal President must comply with the request and appoint the person elected.

(2) Forty-eight hours shall elapse between the motion and the election.

Article 68 - [Vote of confidence]

(1) If a motion of the Federal Chancellor for a vote of confidence is not supported by the majority of the Members of the Bundestag, the Federal President, upon the proposal of the Federal Chancellor, may dissolve the Bundestag within twenty-one days. The right of dissolution shall lapse as soon as the Bundestag elects another Federal Chancellor by the vote of a majority of its Members.

(2) Forty-eight hours shall elapse between the motion and the vote.

[/spoiler]

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Well, they are still going on. There was never a minority goverment on Federal level. And I doubt that there will be. Most likely there will be new elections. I mean we could have a new gov already if the SPD (with 21% being the party with the second most votes) wouldn't have decided to go into opposition. I rather have a Große Koalition (Grand Coalition) than a government that can't get on the same track regarding simple aspects of politics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_coalition_(Germany)

But a Grand C'tion means AfD official opposition. That equals their percentage even doubling itself next time. And SDP will suffer even more

Nuremgard wrote:Minority governments are the regular way Scotland runs its politics. They're not so bad. But to be fair, the SNP can usually get most stuff passed with the support of the Greens who keep the SNP right on the environment and other issues. Labour, Tories and Lib Dems just squawk from the sidelines and vote against government bills hopelessly, just for the sake of it.

Well indeed, that is the job of the MMP. But SNP usually receives very high percentages, sometimes only a bit shy of 50%. That means that a minority govt is more easily formed with support from only one party

Percyton

Cesorion wrote:But a Grand C'tion means AfD official opposition. That equals their percentage even doubling itself next time. And SDP will suffer even more

Well indeed, that is the job of the MMP. But SNP usually receives very high percentages, sometimes only a bit shy of 50%. That means that a minority govt is more easily formed with support from only one party

The SNP got a majority in 2011 (an anomaly in our system) and last year was only 2 seats shy of gaining a second majority. So yeah, the popularity of the party means it can win enough seats to form a coherent minority government.

Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:The SNP got a majority in 2011 (an anomaly in our system) and last year was only 2 seats shy of gaining a second majority. So yeah, the popularity of the party means it can win enough seats to form a coherent minority government.

Exactly. CDU won only 32%. Combined the three parties don't make more than ~ 54%

Percyton

Cesorion wrote:Exactly. CDU won only 32%. Combined the three parties don't make more than ~ 54%

Good point. Although Germany does have many more mainstream parties than Scotland does, so their vote is more divided. It makes forming a coalition harder.

Percyton, Cesorion

Goodnight friends. Wish you all a nice remaining day and sweet dreams tonight. Love you all. <3

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Goodnight friends. Wish you all a nice remaining day and sweet dreams tonight. Love you all. <3

Goodnight, Peng. Have a good day tomorrow.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Cesorion wrote:Exactly. CDU won only 32%. Combined the three parties don't make more than ~ 54%

All this voting nonsense. It just takes up too much time. That's why in New Salvatore and Isfrahan we just have dictatorship. It's far more efficient.

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Percyton

I haven't answered an issue in a while, but legalizing marijuana felt like a good way to pick back up on running my nation lol.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Goodnight friends. Wish you all a nice remaining day and sweet dreams tonight. Love you all. <3

Goodnight, Peng!

Oelesa wrote:I haven't answered an issue in a while, but legalizing marijuana felt like a good way to pick back up on running my nation lol.

Hello, Oel! How are you today?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:German Basic Law Article 15:

Article 15 -[Socialisation]

Land, natural resources and means of production may for the purpose of socialisation be transferred to public ownership or other forms of public enterprise by a law that determines the nature and extent of compensation. With respect to such compensation the third and fourth sentences of paragraph (3) of Article 14 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

>by a law that determines the nature and extent of compensation

ERROR

THIS ISN'T MARXIST ENOUGH

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

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Percyton wrote:Goodnight, Peng!

Hello, Oel! How are you today?

Been great, but pretty sick so I haven't been able to get out and stuff.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Oelesa wrote:

Been great, but pretty sick so I haven't been able to get out and stuff.

Aww, you poor baby

I'll send you some soup

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Oelesa wrote:Been great, but pretty sick so I haven't been able to get out and stuff.

Sorry to hear that, Oel. Hope you feel better soon!

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:Aww, you poor baby

I'll send you some soup

Potato soup with cheese, chives and bacon or bust.

Vista Major, Yukona, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Taking from the rich to give to the poor. It's a good idea.

Got a sudden image of Robin Hood standing with a red flag as the USSR anthem plays.

>TMW the socialist Kalaronians now want to make a missile with a nickname of "Robin Hood"

Nurem you may have given me an i d e a

Oelesa wrote:Been great, but pretty sick so I haven't been able to get out and stuff.

Sorry to hear that you're sick, bud.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Following new legislation in Tangshan, military doctrine says not to open fire until you see the "beady little eyes" of Johnny Foreigner.

Sounds like a new policy of Brexit Britain.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko, Czeko Russika

Nuremgard wrote:Following new legislation in Tangshan, military doctrine says not to open fire until you see the "beady little eyes" of Johnny Foreigner.

Sounds like a new policy of Brexit Britain.

Hey now I remember what I was gonna type before I started thinking about other stuff

Fun fact, it's actually a terrible military doctrine. Infantry combat is predicated on volume of fire, giving your troops a ROE of "Whites of their eyes" woukd only get you slaughtered.

Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Hey now I remember what I was gonna type before I started thinking about other stuff

Fun fact, it's actually a terrible military doctrine. Infantry combat is predicated on volume of fire, giving your troops a ROE of "Whites of their eyes" woukd only get you slaughtered.

The Tangs are off their heads though so.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:The Tangs are off their heads though so.

That's OK, Kalaron is becoming addicted to super radar ships so it's oki

Kalaron needs to turn birds into fried turkey in all corners of the globe tbh.

Jaslandia

Talkative Friedensriech wrote:

Potato soup with cheese, chives and bacon or bust.

I was gonna go miso but okay

Percyton

I answered the bullet train issue by constructing low-speed rail (since Percyton's railways are largely powered by steam engines, even though some of those engines can be quite fast), and my black market went up by 0.65%. Why? Is there a black market for trains? Is that even possible, since you can't exactly hide railway tracks, a locomotive, rolling stock, trucks/vans, coaches, etc.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:I answered the bullet train issue by constructing low-speed rail (since Percyton's railways are largely powered by steam engines, even though some of those engines can be quite fast), and my black market went up by 0.65%. Why? Is there a black market for trains? Is that even possible, since you can't exactly hide railway tracks, a locomotive, rolling stock, trucks/vans, coaches, etc.

People are smuggling drugs in the bullet trains :p

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Percyton wrote:I answered the bullet train issue by constructing low-speed rail (since Percyton's railways are largely powered by steam engines, even though some of those engines can be quite fast), and my black market went up by 0.65%. Why? Is there a black market for trains? Is that even possible, since you can't exactly hide railway tracks, a locomotive, rolling stock, trucks/vans, coaches, etc.

Well that's an interesting mental image.

*in a shady backstreet alley*

Buyer: You got the stuff?

Dealer: Sure do. Diesel-electric. Maximum speed 130 miles per hour. Named Bob. *drags in gigantic burlap bag, and pulls out a full-sized diesel locomotive*

Buyer: *sniffs* That's good stuff.

But in all seriousness, the black market in this case is probably stuff like unlicensed taxi drivers, unlicensed bus drivers, etc. Since rail travel is so slow, I imagine there's a very high demand for faster public transport. Thus, enter the black market.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:People are smuggling drugs in the bullet trains :p

That'd be pretty impressive, since Percyton doesn't have any bullet trains. I suppose they could be smuggling drugs in our regular trains, and there have been a few times where passengers have brought illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin onto the train and were caught; however, those seems more like instances of stupid/over-confident passengers than drug smuggling.

Jaslandia wrote:Well that's an interesting mental image.

*in a shady backstreet alley*

Buyer: You got the stuff?

Dealer: Sure do. Diesel-electric. Maximum speed 130 miles per hour. Named Bob. *drags in gigantic burlap bag, and pulls out a full-sized diesel locomotive*

Buyer: *sniffs* That's good stuff.

But in all seriousness, the black market in this case is probably stuff like unlicensed taxi drivers, unlicensed bus drivers, etc. Since rail travel is so slow, I imagine there's a very high demand for faster public transport. Thus, enter the black market.

Bob: Don't I get a say in this?

Dealer and Buyer: Shut up!

In all seriousness, you do have a point. For example, I've been hearing stories about suspicious and weird men posing as taxi services at Sodor Airport, and offering to transport tourists to their destination. I'll tell my Minister of Transportation Toby to launch an investigation into this, and hopefully we can get this under control quickly.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Well that's an interesting mental image.

*in a shady backstreet alley*

Buyer: You got the stuff?

Dealer: Sure do. Diesel-electric. Maximum speed 130 miles per hour. Named Bob. *drags in gigantic burlap bag, and pulls out a full-sized diesel locomotive*

Buyer: *sniffs* That's good stuff.

But in all seriousness, the black market in this case is probably stuff like unlicensed taxi drivers, unlicensed bus drivers, etc. Since rail travel is so slow, I imagine there's a very high demand for faster public transport. Thus, enter the black market.

Little green men in Percyton confirmed 2017

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Percyton wrote:That'd be pretty impressive, since Percyton doesn't have any bullet trains. I suppose they could be smuggling drugs in our regular trains, and there have been a few times where passengers have brought illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin onto the train and were caught; however, those seems more like instances of stupid/over-confident passengers than drug smuggling.

Bob: Don't I get a say in this?

Dealer and Buyer: Shut up!

In all seriousness, you do have a point. For example, I've been hearing stories about suspicious and weird men posing as taxi services at Sodor Airport, and offering to transport tourists to their destination. I'll tell my Minister of Transportation Toby to launch an investigation into this, and hopefully we can get this under control quickly.

Good plan. In fact, I think Jaslandia will also launch an investigation into illegal taxi services at its own airports, since we've been receiving similar reports.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Little green men in Percyton confirmed 2017

Don't you mean 'little green engines'? *laughs*

https://youtu.be/6wesCEBy1TE

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Don't you mean 'little green engines'? *laughs*

https://youtu.be/6wesCEBy1TE

Percy, you are just wonderful.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Percy, you are just wonderful.

Thanks, Jas! You're wonderful too!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Sorry to hear that, Oel. Hope you feel better soon!

Got this good medicine. Seems to be working lol. If probably never get sick if I just lived in the woods alone lol. Instead I go to a school where everyone is coughing on everyone and where parents refuse to get their kids vaccinated. Yayy.

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

Got an issue that let me give cars to policemen. Just let me bring cars back altogether please!!!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard

Hey dude. You wished me a good day for today when we talked yesterday.

Unfortunately today was a pretty sh!tty day so far.

I hope your's was better.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Nuremgard

Hey dude. You wished me a good day for today when we talked yesterday.

Unfortunately today was a pretty sh!tty day so far.

I hope your's was better.

I am sorry to hear that, Peng. What happened? My day has been okay I suppose apart from one thing.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Oelesa wrote:Got this good medicine. Seems to be working lol. If probably never get sick if I just lived in the woods alone lol. Instead I go to a school where everyone is coughing on everyone and where parents refuse to get their kids vaccinated. Yayy.

Aren't you vaccinated or do you have a weak immune system?

Penguania And Antarctica

Flynnvakia wrote:Aren't you vaccinated or do you have a weak immune system?

Just to trigger people:

Vaccinations cause cancer and autism! :p

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