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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Ok. I think Gordon takes offense to that, though. He doesn't sound happy right now.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Gordon can go whistle.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Gordon: "What cheek! Fancy speaking to me like that!"
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Kick his [nation=short]ss[/nation], Gordon!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hmm, I imagine that happens with some frequency to our poor friend SS...
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
We're talking about Gordon, not Red Forman. Gordon would rather brag about how superior and fast he is than actually do something (well, unless that 'something' is pulling the express).
https://youtu.be/wiJEMK4Z96A
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
*sigh*
Plus, Gordon said he's "above" stuff like that, and he doesn't think it would be 'dingy-fried' -- No no, I mean 'dignified'. Sorry.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Is something wrong, Peng?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Just feel a bit lonely.
Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton
Cheer up, Peng! You always have us!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
No offence but i hope you won't be the only one I'll have.
Yukona, Percyton
"Dingy-fried". *melts*
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
"Hurry up! We need more ice."
*penguins arrive with buckets full of ice to stop CC's melting process*
Jaslandia, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Percyton
I won't be the only one! I meant all of us in the CoFN. And I'm sure there are also people outside of NS you can reach out to.
Did I do something wrong? Is my boiler too hot?
*Rushes to get a refrigerated van from the yards*
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I agree. I would much prefer to die instantly in a nuclear blast than have to try to survive in a post-nuclear world.
Penguania And Antarctica
Know that feeling, Peng. I'm working in another city away from my family all the way down to the night if Christmas Eve, and won't see the bf for almost a month. Hang in there!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
*cocks shotgun* There's three things I love. God. Guns. Freedom. God didn't give me permission to die. Guns gave me the ability to survive and freedom...I bring that with me B^]
Lavan Tiri
You can't purify water by shooting it
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
Well America has freedom...and clean water.....Now I'm not mathematicsatician but something is tells me you done goofed
Lavan Tiri, Mdogao
I can relate very well, Peng. I get these types of days sometimes. I cheer myself up with playing games and listening to sad music (I know, strange combo), but you do what makes you happy.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Yes. I must have. Enjoy. I'll be in my country, enjoying universal healthcare and world benchmark human rights.
Lavan Tiri
Another win for freedom
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Mdogao
https://youtu.be/IhnUgAaea4M
Lavan Tiri
Yes
Lavan Tiri
I knew it was gonna come
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
I get on and NGA and CFN are both locked and dead. Guess majority came here. Sad to see it fallen.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
RF? It's been so long!
The Russian Federations, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
You bet. I've been running a region of my own the past two years. Just dropping in and out. Lol
Sad to see things have resorted the way it did. Though I guess silver not having the founder account over was a d*ck move for all of us who been there from the NGA/early CFN times.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
Yeah, Silver went full-dictator in the CFN's last days. Although, after we left the NGA for the second time (we went back to the NGA after Silver's tyranny forced us to leave he CFN), we also had a region called The Most Serene Republic Of Montaris, and our founder there (Ruclax) also went full-dictator, so I guess history repeats itself..
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Clearly you don't know what incendiary ammunition is :P
Was sad times abound.
We've gotten a victory here, though.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Guess we keep making region until the root of evil is rooted out. lol
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
That was meant as a joke, but is actually pretty true.
We've had three failed examples of what happens when manipulators get into seats of power, so here's hoping democracy continues to thrive here.
The Russian Federations, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm happy to see the majority of the region staged toghether despite what the old few have done. There's always hope as long as the regional family sticks toghether.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Damn straight.
We just gotta keep moving forward, and we can't let dictators rise.
Y'all can count on the Discord to keep democracy open, if nothing else.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
Indeed.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
In other news, I'm gonna try to get a new factbook describing the mission statement for Admins, what my vision for them is, and what positions there are.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
#KalministraSul
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
What even?
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
So I've added a functional religion section to my overview,
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=andromitus/detail=factbook/id=644081
I though Polytheism would be a fun way to go with the meager 3% of my population that is religious. I'm also thinking of dedicating a full factbook to it later
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Nice flag. Not biased here at all due to my own flag.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Ru keeps trying to get MSRM to function.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Ru himself seems to have moved to Great Britain
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Not before he tried to reintroduce an elected form of government to his "October" Charter.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Not the real Great Britain, to the region Great Britain
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Although, I think it would have been funny if Ru actually moved to Britain in real life over what he himself called "just a game".
Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Percyton
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=kalaron/detail=factbook/id=743013
Is very small, but covers what I wanted to say pretty well for tonight at least.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
His frat bros made him do it.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Humpheria Major
#KalaSul mixed with #Administration
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
#TheKallyBible
#KingMercVersion
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
#BanFratsNow
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
How else will high profile politicians and CEOs to be channel their latent homoerotic tendencies?
Also, think of the lost fantasy porn opportunities!
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
1) Twitter
2) There's always the Chem lab
Lavan Tiri
I think they are a doing a good job of killing themselves
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major
The college I'm looking at doesn't do frats
Yet
The student Senate wants the administration to consider allowing it on campus
I think frats are still going fairly strong. It's a little sad, but we'll hopefully live
Lavan Tiri
1) Far too little possibility for physical touching.
2) Corrosive chemicals. *shudders*
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
1) Fine, Facebook Groups, then. Plenty of secret hookup joints there for retired pastors
2) Don't hate it till you try it. I mean, talk about a fire in your loins
Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Freewire
Your "bearback" post a while back notwithstanding, this is the funniest thing you've ever posted.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Nothing wrong with [I]mixing[/I] it up every once in a while
Lavan Tiri
I have a new bill that is ready to be voted on! Special thanks to [nation=short]Tserra[/nation], whose "Percyton Honorary Citizenship Act" inspired this bill.
http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10090156/1/
Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Britain/the Mainland is pretty nice, though, so I wouldn't blame him. I personally think Sodor is nicer, but maybe I'm biased.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
(I've had my homeflag since the beginning. Though the only difference now is I got the shield behind the coat of arms.
Nice to see another nation using the flag though. ^_^)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
To the people who question the need of a Ministry of Engagement. Thank you. :P
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Freewire, Woogieboogie
What's that supposed to mean?
Lavan Tiri
I presume he is either being sarcastic or opposed to a Ministry of Divorce as well. ;-)
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona
Hey friends. I wish all of you a wonderful day. =)
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- Armed Forces Day (Philippines)
- Crossword Puzzle Day
- Dongzhi Festival (East Asia)
- Dont Make Your Bed Day
- Forefathers' Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States)
- Humbug Day
- International Dalek Remembrance Day
- Look On The Bright Side Day
- National Flashlight Day (United States)
- National French Fried Shrimp Day (United States)
- National Homeless Persons Remembrance Day (United States)
- National Short Story Day (United Kingdom)
- Pancha Ganapati (Saiva Siddhanta Church)
- Phileas Fogg Win A Wager Day
- Ribbon Candy Day
- São Tomé Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Summer solstice (Southern Hemisphere)
- Turkish Language Day (Republic of Macedonia)
- Winter solstice (Northern Hemisphere)
- Yule (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 69 The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors.
- 1124 Pope Honorius II is elected.
- 1140 Conrad III of Germany besieged Weinsberg.
- 1237 The city of Ryazan is sacked by the Mongol army of Batu Khan.
- 1361 The Battle of Linuesa is fought in the context of the Spanish Reconquista between the forces of the Emirate of Granada and the combined army of the Kingdom of Castile and of Jaén resulting in a Castilian victory.
- 1620 Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
- 1826 American settlers in Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas, declare their independence, starting the Fredonian Rebellion.
- 1861 Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
- 1872 Challenger expedition: HMS Challenger, commanded by Captain George Nares, sails from Portsmouth, England.
- 1879 World premiere of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 1883 The Royal Canadian Dragoons and The Royal Canadian Regiment, the first Permanent Force cavalry and infantry regiments of the Canadian Army, are formed.
- 1907 The Chilean Army commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.
- 1910 An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners.
- 1913 Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.
- 1923 United Kingdom and Nepal formally signed an agreement of friendship, called the NepalBritain Treaty of 1923, which superseded the Treaty of Sugauli signed in 1816.
- 1936 First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.
- 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
- 1941 World War II: A formal treaty of alliance between Thailand and Japan is signed in the presence of the Emerald Buddha in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
- 1962 Rondane National Park is established as Norway's first national park.
- 1963 The episode of intercommunal violence called "Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000-30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.
- 1967 Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.
- 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
- 1973 The Geneva Conference on the ArabIsraeli conflict opens.
- 1979 Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Peter Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
- 1988 A bomb explodes on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, killing 270.
- 1994 Mexican volcano Popocatépetl, dormant for 47 years, erupts gases and ash.
- 1995 The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
- 1999 The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid, Spain.
- 2004 Iraq War: A suicide bomber killed 22 at the forward operating base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul, Iraq, the single deadliest suicide attack on American soldiers.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1118 Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint
- 1804 Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1891 John William McCormack, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- 1892 Walter Hagen, American golfer
- 1917 Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1918 Kurt Waldheim, Austrian colonel, war criminal, and politician, 9th President of Austria
- 1937 Jane Fonda, American actress, producer, and activist
- 1940 Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1942 Hu Jintao, Chinese engineer and politician, 6th President of China
- 1942 Reinhard Mey, German singer-songwriter
- 1947 Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1948 Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
- 1950 Jeffrey Katzenberg, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded DreamWorks Animation
- 1954 Chris Evert, American tennis player and coach
- 1959 Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter and actress
- 1965 Anke Engelke, Canadian-German actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1966 Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian actor, director, and producer
- 1982 Philip Humber, American baseball player
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Quote of the day
Love means to commit yourself without guarantee.
- Robert Baden-Powell -
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Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona
I got what he is doing, I'm asking what he means.
Lavan Tiri
The Empire of Freewire
1 day 21 hours ago
Hello
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[B] Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania and Antarctica, The United Providences of Perland, and 2 othersSenatus Popolusque Mercunovus, and Yukona[/B]
What the hell....
How is Hello...
What...
I'm at loss for words right now.
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
How are y'all?
Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Freewire, Yukona
Whooooooooop!!!
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
bored
Lavan Tiri
I'm doing fine so far.
Lavan Tiri
We're a [I]like[/I]able community
Purdy good
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Freewire, Yukona
We like everyone's posts. :P
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Freewire, Yukona
MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
The Election Privacy Amendment has passed the House of Delegates. I call upon the Constitution to change itself accordingly.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Freewire
The Constitution is behind on its Amendments
Penguania And Antarctica
Post self-deleted by Bearlong.
I can't edit the document, which is a shame. Though I have developed a question now: The Constitution mandates that a 2/3 majority of the House of Delegates is required to pass an amendment (Art. IV.I). The Constitution also defines the House of Delegates as all citizens except for the President (Art I.I).
This means that constitutional amendments require 26 votes in favour (40 citizens - the President = 39 Delegates, (39/3)*2 = 26) to pass, no?
Vista Major
Latrovia, Vista Major
Nope.
Me and Tse were on that day one.
http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10040684/1/#new
Vista Major
On making the decision, and yet not on rewording the document.
Boy, aren't we effective!
Vista Major
Supreme Court, bruh.
We just interpret.
Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra
By and large, what Kal said.
Vista Major, The United Providences Of Perland
We're working on it, your Bearjesty
I want to create a cultural event between the President and the Citizens. Where we will be discussing all together the future and the present of the region.
So a conversation between the people of the region and me. :)
Who would like to take part in this? :)
Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
don't need to ask me twice. when does it begin?
Latrovia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
Well as soon as some others will express interest on this table-talk. I have an open administration and what matters to me is to increase the participation so the next administrations have it more easy to reach higher standards of progress.
Penguania And Antarctica
gotcha
Oh boi one of the issues I submitted got added to the game. If anyone gets a Black Friday issue I wrote it :P
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Notice from the Office of the President
The CFN Government will recess on December 24, 25 and 26 in observation of the Christmas and other winter holidays. We hope everyone enjoys this time in peace and surrounded by family and friends.
By the President,
☿ Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Chief of Staff
Latrovia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona
That's ME people! xD
Penguania And Antarctica
I never would have guessed.
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Thats why I am always helpful.
Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, The United Providences Of Perland
Ugh, the damn Constitution...
Our Constitution distinguishes between Amendment and Repeal. Article IV states that an amendment is possible with 2/3 of the House of Delegates (judicially interpreted to actually mean 2/3 of votes within the House, thank God) while Article V states that a repeal is possible with only unanimous consent of the House of Delegates (a ridiculous threshold to impose upon any legislature and, God willing, also subject to the judicial interpretation of unanimity of votes within the House).
Now, I'm assuming (although it is not explicitly stated) that select sections or articles of the constitution can be repealed by amendment. This is despite the fact that there is an explicit legal difference between amending legal text to change its interpretation and repealing legal text to remove its interpretation.
However, what about repealing an entire amendment to the Constitution? As these seem to exist as stand alone documents that supplement the Constitution in the American fashion, do these require a unanimity of votes to repeal or can entire amendments to the Constitution be repealed by amendment?
This is usually why amendments and repeals require the same threshold.
Latrovia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona
I agree to a point with what you say. And I am willing to work with everyone around here to fix these kind of issues.
First I would like to thank you for your valid points. Second I would like to have you in my citizen-president table meeting. And third, this is the way our Democracy works. I don't have the power, neither I wanna have the power to take down the House of Delegates, but you got to understand that the role of the President here is not to have a lot of power. Despite the fact, whether I will or not propose good ideas, they can be taken down easily by the HoD. But also the few members of the House choose the fate of the region.
This raises a really interesting conversation :)
Penguania And Antarctica
I noticed this too, but I assumed that when the Constitution said "repeal" that it meant more "repeal of this Constitution". So, for example, if we just decide to ditch this constitution and write a new one (God knows there's been calls for that in the past), we have a Constitutional buyout.
Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
That buyout is definitely necessary, but 100% voting majority is a crazy threshold to impose on a legislature.
And given that we've already set a precedent for repealing by amendment (ex. the removal of the Minister of Defence), the distinguishing between repeal and amendment seems redundant. Who is to say that we don't just amend every section of the Constitution to read and mean something entirely different, therefore effectively repealing it?
Just the phrase "repealing by amendment" gets my eye twitching.
Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Message from the MOI
[nation=short]Solla Ultima[/nation] has been chosen as the Deputy Minister of Interior!
Jaslandia, Latrovia, Penguania And Antarctica
Welcome on our team [nation=short]Solla Ultima[/nation]! :D
Penguania And Antarctica, Solla Ultima
I wouldn't exactly call 39 people to be a few :P
The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona
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