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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
I was thinking about asking for a map spot. The Island of Sodor is right by the Isle of Man. Thank you, Merc! Thank you, Bax!
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
I think either Sul or Unf would own Man/Sodor. I hope they don't mind giving up a small island to the CoFN's favorite green saddle-tank engine.
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
A good genital flogging should do lol
New Estaris
Was there another place I should have posted this? I saw no rp link or thread and I assumed we were just rping on the rmb due to Unf's post.
Yeah. Where do I post?
Aldaur
In the rear right of the flight.
#AirForceJokeThatKnowOneWillGet :p
New Estaris, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Another "Liberate Singapore" resolution? Seriously? They don't even have a password!
Greater Banitia, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
They wouldn't own Sodor by default since it isn't currently a real island occupied by either one--Bax would have to find the shape of the fictional island on Google Images or something and then cut and paste it into the map. New territory.
Jaslandia
#CivilianAirmenKnowItToo
Aldaur
... I knew it...
Aldaur
I don't think Bax would even have to do that. Since Sodor isn't particularly large, Bax can just put a little dot off the coast of England and circle it. If we really need an accurate shape, Bax could put some sort of insert that shows Percyton/Sodor up-close.
Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
We have 2 new Citizens :)
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Who?
Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
There will be a meeting of Delegates at 2:00 PM EDT today--no agenda. Please ne present as confirmation of the Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs will take place.
Latrovia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
[nation=short]Minnesota Dakota[/nation]
[nation=short]The Eastern Byzantine Empire[/nation]
Greater Banitia, The Eastern Byzantine Empire, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Hello friends. I'm sorry for this late DIP but finally here it is.
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- All Saints' Day (Finland, Sweden)
- Bank Transfer Day (United States)
- Colón Day (Panama)
- Guy Fawkes Night or Gunpowder Day (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
- Health Day (Turkmenistan)
- Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka, India)
- National Doughnut Day (United States)
- National Love Your Red Hair Day (Ireland, United States)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1138 - Ly Anh Tong is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.
- 1605 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.
- 1688 - William III of England lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham.
- 1757 - Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
- 1768 - Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
- 1780 - French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
- 1829 - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) opens.
- 1862 - American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
- 1872 - Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
- 1895 - George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
- 1911 - After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
- 1912 - Woodrow Wilson is elected to the presidency of the United States.
- 1916 - The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
- 1917 - October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date).
- 1925 - Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
- 1940 - World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMS Jervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
- 1943 - World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.
- 1955 - After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
- 1970 - The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
- 1986 - USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China - the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
- 1990 - Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
- 1996 - Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.
- 2006 - Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shi'a Muslims.
- 2007 - China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.
- 2007 - Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.
- 2009 - U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.
- 2013 - India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1494 - Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright
- 1854 - Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1892 - John Alcock (RAF officer), captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force
- 1893 - Raymond Loewy, French-American engineer and designer
- 1913 - Vivien Leigh, British actress
- 1923 - Rudolf Augstein, German soldier and journalist, co-founded Der Spiegel
- 1931 - Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
- 1936 - Uwe Seeler, German footballer and actor
- 1941 - Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1948 - Bob Barr, American lawyer and politician
- 1948 - William Daniel Phillips, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1959 - Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
- 1960 - Tilda Swinton, English actress
- 1980 - Christoph Metzelder, German footballer
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Quote of the day
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
- Mark Twain -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Tserra, New Estaris
Here'a a dilemma for you.
Let's say the decision whether or not to leave the EU falls upon the MPs in Westminster. Should an MP:
1) Vote against their own judgment/opinion if it clashes with their constituents, and vote the way their constituents voted in the referendum.
OR
2) Ignore the way their constituents voted and vote with their conscience, for what they believe to be right for the nation.
1 or 2 and why?
Aldaur, New Estaris
Blame the Government.
https://youtu.be/LF1951pENdk
While I'm opposed to Brexit, I would have to go with Option 1. Citizens were led to believe the referendum meant something (even if it had all the legal power of an opinion poll), and at this point, it would seem undemocratic to vote against the outcome of the referendum.
Nuremgard, Greater Banitia, Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
The answer to every problem in human history.
Nuremgard, Greater Banitia, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm in two minds. I generally agree that governments should obey the will of the electorate. But I regret voting Leave and want to see us stay in the EU. But if this does go to Parliament, it may set a precedent for future referendums, including a Scottish one. Could Westminster prevent independence for Scotland even if a majority voted for it? I don't think they could as Scots have the Claim of Right (which states the Scottish people are sovereign.) But it's still something to consider.
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Aldaur
Daarkliu mlika ennvazioj khe
Aldwood has been approved as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Vista Major, Percyton
Thomas wanted me to congratulate Aldwood on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs! Me and Thomas look forward to working with Aldwood in the future.
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
In news of a similar vein, back in The Versutian Federation, the UCT's serving under interim powers as Minister of Foreign Affairs after the resignation of the newly-elected MoFA
New Estaris
I love bonfire night!
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
I hate it. Cant hear the videos I'm watching because of the damn fireworks.
Penguania And Antarctica
That
That's because you are supposed to be outside looking at the amazing displays and the giant bonfires.
Penguania And Antarctica
No thanks. I have a paranoid fear of losing my face or limbs to a stray firework. Or have some psycho throw one at me.
Penguania And Antarctica
New WikiLeaks Emails from Clinton Campaign
#SpiritCooking (look it up)
Greater Banitia
http://www.snopes.com/john-podesta-spirit-cooking/
Aldaur
I'd love to do spirit cooking!
*Pours rum and vodka into dinner*
In the words of Emeril Lagasse, "Bam! Let's kick it up a notch!"
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
The fact that Spirit cooking is a thing is what I am surprised about. It's disgusting.
You're missing the breast milk and semen....
Jaslandia
Yeah, I can understand that. I'm just frustrated because so many people are saying that:
a: Hillary Clinton was involved in this (she wasn't: the e-mail was only addressed to John Podesta)
b: Spirit cooking is something Satanic (which it isn't)
Aldaur
It was just invented by a satanist and is just disgusting in general.
Hillary Clinton is not Satanist, she is a Christian, albeit, probably a sh!tty one.
When America elects an open atheist as a president, then it will be progress.
Jaslandia, Aldaur
Never going to happen.
While Marina Abramović (the creator of spirit cooking) seems rather eccentric, I don't see any evidence that she's a Satanist.
ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Abramović
Aldaur
Of course not. Like the Middle East, many Americans are still stuck in the Dark Ages.
Aldaur
Spirit cooking is an occultist ritual founded by Satanist Aleister Crowley.
Even if it isn't some weird ritual practice, theybuse menstrual pig blood, semen and breast milk to cook the food in and then paint the recipe on the wall with their own blood. That's disgusting and fvcked up.
Yummy yummy
Aldaur
I suppose.
They ain't making you do it though, so whatever.
Aldaur
Abramović's ritual has nothing to do with Satanism. Even if it did, only some of her recipes in her cookbook contain semen and other bodily fluids, while the event referenced in the e-mail to Podesta did not include bodily fluids; it was just a normal dinner with an unusual name.
Aldaur
The attempts to smear Clinton are just getting desperate now.
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Aldaur
I hear that her soul is so unclean pure water will melt her.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Aldaur
I never said it had anything to do with Satanism, just that a famous satanist founded it.
Well, you called it occultist though.
Guess it ain't [B]quite[/B] calling it satanist, a bit.
Aldaur
Well she claims to be a clairvoyant that predicted the earthquake in Italy....so it's not that far off and it's safe to say she is a weirdo either way.
Jaslandia
I mean, I guess.
Once again, it's whatever, so long as she doesn't force others to do it.
Indeed. I'm not the biggest fan of Clinton, but the kind of unsubstantiated and silly BS she has been accused of is ridiculous.
http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-accidentally-gave-isis-400-million/
http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-topless-1960s/
http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-threw-a-tantrum-with-matt-lauer/
http://www.snopes.com/nra-hillary-clinton-quote/
To be fair, a lot of this stuff is fake news made by people who probably don't care a lot about politics; there just seems to be more fake allegations against Clinton because any fake allegations about Trump would seem boring and unsurprising considering the kinds of things Trump has ACTUALLY said and done.
I haven't seen proof of that; looking up 'spirit cooking' on Wikipedia automatically redirects to Abramović, and I haven't seen any mentions of spirit cooking linking it to anyone other than Abramović. Perhaps there is a Satanic ritual called 'spirit cooking', but I see no evidence that it's the same as the stuff Abramović is doing.
https://youtu.be/aopdD9Cu-So?t=27s
I can concede to that.
Nuremgard, Aldaur
help.
The Issue
The international community has appealed to New Estaris to increase humanitarian aid to the worlds poorer nations.
The Debate
We must increase foreign aid, says beaded local peace activist Mohammed Smithers. Compared to some of these nations, New Estaris is swimming in Connorels. Lets face it, not every nation in the world is lucky enough to have a government like ours. Lets show some compassion to our less economically gifted neighbors.
Accept
Talk about a way to flush Connorels straight down the toilet, argues Think Tank member Elena Nxumalo. What Ive noticed is that whenever we do give something, its never enough: a few years later theyre back asking for more. The best way to help these poor nations is to stop shielding them from the logical consequences of their idiotic, long-debunked socialist economic policies.
Accept
Relief wouldnt hurt us... if we relieved the right countries, suggests government advisor Chuck Trax. We give them a little humanitarian aid, they give us access to their Tourism markets... its win-win. Nothing wrong with a little quid pro quo, especially for a good cause.
Choose 1 if you want to be socialist and good-hearted.
Choose 2 if you want to be stingy.
Choose 3 if you want to be pragmatic and Machiavellian.
Jaslandia
http://www.ronpaul.com/2013-03-14/ron-paul-foreign-aid-is-immoral-and-impractical/
dont mention it
friend
Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths
Foreign aid should be going directly to the people that need it, not their corrupt governments.
Aldaur, Nova Balreska
If only things were that simple
Aldaur
Indeed.
Aldaur, Yukona
We should just give everyone a chicken.
Jaslandia
Throw in a pot, and you have a deal.
http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/promising-chicken-every-pot.html
Aldaur
Some more new WikiLeaks about Clinton Campaign:
Apparently during the debates, they gave Clinton the debate questions before the debate but not Bernie Sanders.
New Estaris
Is this the one about Donna Brazile and her receiving debate questions while she worked at CNN?
Aldaur
... We know.
We in the Bernie Campaign have known about that for literally ages.
Aldaur
There was that one and another one. They did it multiple times.
Poor Bernie. He had no chance.
Penguania And Antarctica
Maybe that's because Bernie is actually principled and actually knows his positions on things, and doesn't require a teleprompter and sh!t to give a response
Nuremgard, Aldaur, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Bernie don't need no bank
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
I find Nicola Sturgeon is like that too. When she speaks, she hardly ever uses notes. She speaks from the heart and I like and respect that.
Aldaur
Ikr. A Sanders presidency would have been great and I don't even agree with him. Same thing with Rand Paul.
Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
#BringBernieBack
#StillSanders
#DumpTheTrump
#WhichHillary
#PodestaEmails
Aldaur, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
#ReinstateTheHighDictatorHimmler
Aldaur, Pirate Kingdoms
Aw come on Sul, don'tcha know those emails were leaked by [B]Russia![/B]
Honestly, we need to focus on those Red commies before they come for us!
This totally isn't fear-mongering to get you to stop thinking about what's inside of these emails!
Sulania, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
Better than Clinton or Trump.
New Estaris
Sit. Down.
SIT!
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
JOSEPH HIMMLER FOR DICTATOR!
Aldaur
It's the leader of his country mate. Not Heinrich Himmler.
New Estaris
That's, uh, quite the unfortunate name choice.
That said, anyone with the title of "High Dictator" isn't likely to get an endorsement from me.
Jaslandia, Aldaur, New Estaris, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
The word dictator just has bad connotations now. It used to be an official and respected public office in Rome.
Jaslandia, Aldaur
Oh, well, if it was okay for the Romans.
Aldaur
Just sayin'
Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths
True. Although back then, the office of dictator was meant to be temporary, about 6 months or so. Nowadays, the idea of a temporary dictator is practically an oxymoron.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dictator
Nuremgard, Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
Not to mention that it rarely had positive consequences. Even in the cases of Sula, who did abide by the temporary stipulations of the office, his dictatorship was marked by exorbitant bloodshed.
So, yeah, still preeeetty negative.
Jaslandia
Yeah, not Hinrich Himmler
Aldaur
Well, prior to Sulla, there were some upsides. Fabius managed to wear down Hannibal and the Carthaginians as dictator, while Cincinnatus became a practical legend after he gave up absolute power to return to private life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabius_Maximus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Quinctius_Cincinnatus
If you think about it, it was really because of Sulla that dictatorship nowadays is always negative, and how dictatorships now always seem to be permanent.
Aldaur, New Estaris
In my country of Westeros, the gold dragon is the currency. The daily newspaper costs one dragon. But one dragon is equal to 210 silver stags or 11,760 copper pennies. That is an expensive newspaper!
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris
What if you elect a President with extraordinary powers for a term of 4 years. If that not the same thing as a temporary dictator?
New Estaris
Possibly, but it's kinda a moot point because such a system does not currently exist. If if did exist, it would devolve into a permanent dictatorship quickly, as what can stop the dictator from refusing to step down if the dictator wields absolute power?
Aldaur
What's to stop a President from merely doing the same? Don't say the Constitution, Judiciary or the Legislature because as long as the leader is popular (and sometimes if he just has the favor of the military), he can realistically do whatever he wants. The Presidency allows limitations on themselves, but as we have seen with President Andrew Jackson, he can just ignore the balance of power and be a majoritarian dictator for a few years.
New Estaris
Post self-deleted by New Estaris.
I just finished a plane WIP.
Kill me, I'm dying.
Penguania And Antarctica
But...but...your motto.
I didn't know people still looked at motto's.
Besides, at least I'll die without a headache.
Honestly, both projects have caused me such headaches.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Hello friends. I wish everyone a peaceful and relaxing Sunday.
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- Arbor Day (Republic of Congo)
- Chhat Puja/Chhat Parwa (India, Nepal)
- Constitution Day (Dominican Republic)
- Constitution Day (Tajikistan)
- Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (Finland)
- Green March (Morocco)
- Gustavus Adolphus Day (Sweden)
- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
- Malaria Day in the Americas
- Marooned without a Compass Day
- National Nachos Day (United States)
- Saxophone Day (United States)
- Zero Tasking Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 355 - Roman emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.
- 1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in the area that would become Texas.
- 1789 - Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
- 1844 - The first Constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
- 1856 - Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.
- 1865 - American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels.
- 1869 - In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6-4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
- 1913 - Mohandas'Mahatma' Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
- 1917 - World War I: Battle of Passchendaele ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.
- 1918 - The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed.
- 1939 - World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place.
- 1941 - World War II: During the Battle of Moscow, Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet people for only the second time.
- 1942 - World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219.
- 1943 - World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings.
- 1947 - Meet the Press makes its television debut.
- 1962 - The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
- 1965 - Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans had made use of this program.
- 1971 - The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
- 1986 - Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
- 1999 - Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
- 2004 - An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
- 2012 - Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan
- 1814 - Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone
- 1851 - Charles Dow, American journalist, founded The Wall Street Journal and co-founded Dow Jones & Company
- 1854 - John Philip Sousa, American commander, composer, and conductor
- 1861 - James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball
- 1880 - Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright
- 1931 - Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1932 - Francois Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1946 - Sally Field, American actress
- 1948 - Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1949 - Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Gabon
- 1952 - Michael Cunningham, American author and screenwriter
- 1968 - Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
- 1970 - Ethan Hawke, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1987 - Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
- 1988 - Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer
- 1988 - Emma Stone, American actress
- 1990 - André Schürrle, German footballer
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Quote of the day
About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.
- Herbert Hoover -
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Tserra, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
A worthy cause, I just wish they gave it a shorter name. It's a bit of a mouthful to say "Happy International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict!"
Does this really need a holiday? I think Tom Hanks in Cast Away already did a great job of raising awareness of this? In fact, why not just call the holiday 'Castaway/Cast Away Day'?
Greater Banitia, Penguania And Antarctica
Three customers for the plane (NS of course) and my headphones have just arrived.
Pretty good day, truth be told.
How about "Day Against War on the Ecosystem"
True
Whenever I feel envious of the rich, I should remind myself of people like Michael Buble whose three year old son has cancer.
Money isn't everything.
Aldaur
Chaps, want to help me
The Issue
A minor domestic emergency recently left you searching for a call-out plumber, an electrician and a handyman able to rehang a chandelier. Though the sorry incident is now sorted, youve been left aware of how hard it is is to find a good tradesmen these days. Your Education Minister tells you that this is because the majority of high school graduates are enrolling in university programs, which is leaving a major skilled labor shortage in the trades industries. Theres ample artists, architects and astrophysicists, but a poor proportion of plumbers, painters and plasterers.
The Debate
This is the reason why we should allow immigrant labor, says Borders Control Minister, Newt van de Berg. Why dont we remove the ban on immigration, and use incentive schemes to increase the number of migrants coming in with the skills we need, to fill the labor shortages? That way our citizens can focus on holding higher paying jobs while immigrants do the jobs nobody else wants.
Accept
Seems to me like youve got a captive audience that could be taught new skills, says social reformist Bob Schultz. By which I mean your prison population. Why not offer prison inmates training in the trades that you are lacking, and give them commuted sentences in exchange for attaining qualification? I mean, sure, some of them might misuse training in being able to cut the power to banks and businesses, and a small minority might take these courses just to get out of jail faster, but otherwise, good solution, yes?
Accept
Wouldnt it be easier just to get more young people studying trades? posits Community College tutor Erica Kennedy. You could subsidize technical colleges and apprenticeships, and even offer stipends to students as an extra incentive to make these choices. You may have to raise taxes a little, and divert funding from further education courses in arts and science, but practical skills are ultimately more important to our economy.
Accept
Sometimes, perhaps it is best to let the ocean currents move you, rather than trying to turn back a rising tide, suggests Taiqiquan practitioner Montgomery Sisko, working through a series of graceful circular movements. Your nations economy is changing, and shifting away from manual work. This is natural, and you should move with, never against. Imagine: as graduates become unemployed, the market self-adjusts, and the economy flows back towards its former shape. As pipes become blocked, supply and demand mismatch results in the free market rising to fill a gap. Energy flows through the system like water, and problems resolve themselves.
I chose the second one in order to help prisoners re-enter society as useful and productive members.
But crime
Aldaur
Well it's up to you. You could let immigrants do trade jobs but that will probably decrease employment in the native population.
Aldaur
Or do the best thing, encourage students to get it.
Being a Plumber is actually a super well paying job.
Like, my teacher actually made about 1500USD a day normally.
But it comes at the expense of not funding arts and sciences.
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