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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
You didn't step out of line, I was making a joke on how what you said about Kal 'n how he would most likely respond
I don't think internet can teach you love. And no, porn isn't love.
Aghrabia, Oelesa
I think he will write a long paragraph about why I am wrong, except it doesn't actually say why. It will probably have "aint" and "like i said" in it. And then he call me an idiot on the discord.
If I respond, he will write an even longer paragraph, that still doesn't say anything. He will eventually say "well I'm done talking about this" and pretend like he is being the bigger person by ending the debate, while he is trashing my character on the discord.
Sulania might jump in at some point to tell me I am debating wrong.
Thanks.
Real helpful.
Thanks Lat.
Trashing people on Discord.
Real nice.
I don't agree, I don't think anyone who actually looks at the Discord will either.
No, he hasn't.
Maybe before, when I cared.
Maybe back a week ago, or a month ago or before trolls started coming.
But not now, after so long. I'm just tired now, Andy.
Why should I care that Lat wants to pretend that he's perfect, that people are unfair to him.
Why should I care that a bunch of nations -who are probably the same trolls that have been trying to make the Region as unfun as it can be- only ever post a complain on the Discord, and are silent besides that...suspicious as that is...
Why should I care that Lat just wants to put more arguments on the RMB?
The point is, I stopped caring a while ago and I don't even want to be involved anymore. So I'm going to take my own advice and just limit my exposure.
I'm not gonna CTE, but I'm not gonna be active either, now since the trolls have gotten their fill, hopefully we can stop having arguements on the RMB.
Nur, got a space for me in that "no newspaper" cubby?
Aghrabia, Magnatronia
I wasn't even here, but okay.
That's what you do though. You jump into arguments and critique people's debate skills, usually in support of kalaron. It's kind of your thing.
Lol what? Scroll through your own posts. You are constantly insulting people who disagree or criticize you.
Yes, I don't do anything else. It's not like I have an entire RMB history filled with other things. Maybe your taking your interactions with me as representative of all my interactions with everyone else. At which point then, okie dokie.
Also I just don't get on the RMB all the much anymore, and when I do its either dead or there's an argument. It's kinda hard to juggle work, high school and college while still havin some essence of a soctal life and then on top of that make time to interact with people that aren't all that active to begin with.
lol you are just being silly now. i said you have a habit of jumping into arguments and criticizing people for how they debate. you have that habit. i didnt say anything else about you so the rest of your post is just wasted words.
Respectfully, you really seem to get off on calling people trolls just because they disagree with you.
Khitoum
It's mostly the insinuation. And the fact I still have a headache.
thats because its easier to call someone a troll or an alt than to admit they have a point
lol no. stop it. i said that if i got into an argument with kalaron, you would jump in and support him by criticizing my debate style. i have seen you do it over and over in arguments with other nations. i did not say thats all you do. you are just trying to bury my point. tbh, thats as sloppy a debate tactic as using the ad hominems u are so of complaining about.
Do we have to discuss this over and over again ? Isn't it possible to just move on? We heard the same arguments a couple of times. I think we reached a point here to just say 'We agree to disagree.' That's it. If you have a personal problem with each other than take it to a private conversation.
That's all I wanted to say.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Oelesa
Ok. Moving on now. How is your day going?
Penguania And Antarctica
Mine is going welll
Khitoum
My day ? Well a bit stressful. Have to do some paperwork, phone calls and such stuff. It's exhausting. Especially if you need to have things done till Friday.
Beside this I'm okay.
How about you ?
Khitoum
Its ok, thank you. Sorry your day is stressful. What kind of job do you have?
Penguania And Antarctica
Well, I don't have a job. I go to university. But I have to do some paperwork to do to clarify somethings.
oh thats cool. what do you study?
Penguania And Antarctica
Mechatronics. And because most people don't know what it is, here is a link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechatronics
Jaslandia, Khitoum
You have got to be kidding. I said "Someone called me a plebian and a puppeteer on the Discord." You said "I don't remember that" like that means it never happened.
Why do I need to help you remember? If you care, use the search function to find it. It's not my job to jog your memory. Don't call me unhelpful for not entertaining your self-serving laziness.
And Khitoum is right. Some people use the Discord as their private club for trashing people who mostly post on the RMB, and speculating who is an alt. Its not very classy.
yes it iiiiiissssss
1. I called it, does that make me an oracle?
2. Dude, I was playing, the simple fact that you responded like that proves my point
Well mine isn't! I failed a test because the test was BS, wasn't on the subject material, and when we pointed out the teacher was wrong, she threatened to take more points off. This is the last trimester and now Im panicking! AAAAHAAHHHHHHHH
Oelesa
Careful, he'll probably label you a troll or an alt for commenting on his behavior
Okay, dude, the joke was old, and he obviously wasn't on board, just...staaaahp
i have never heard of this but it is awesome
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
ok?
what class was the test in?
do you have a specialty in the area?
Penguania And Antarctica
Nope. No specific field.
Outer Oz, Jaslandia
cool, i hope you get your paperwork sorted out
i have a question for everyone: where do you get your news from?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Khitoum, Tecmonaenov
Give me a sec I'll just go found the next region for us.
Outer Oz
mostly nyt, cnn, bbc, npr. sometimes propublica. hbu?
what do u mean?
Outer Oz
I used to rely mostly on Reuters, the Economist, and the Financial Times. Lately, I have been focusing more on specialty reporting and analysis from think tanks and nonprofits like ProPublica, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Center for Investigative Reporting, etc.
Khitoum
ya propublica is great
Outer Oz
my chool gives us free copies of the kansas city star, new york times, and wall street journal. so mostly those three. also a lot of podcasts.
WaPo is good too
Outer Oz, Khitoum
We've moved regions like 5 times. We move around a lot, and I feel we may do it again if we go down this track.
Outer Oz, Aghrabia
I forgot about WaPo! I got a digital subscription in January and I love it. Is the Kansas City Star mostly regional coverage? Or national/international?
Tecmonaenov
mostly local/regional stuff
Outer Oz
CNN or BBC (really any British news source). Definitely NOT Fox or MSNBC. I can't stand either side. My family used to watch MSNBC, but I got them to switch to CNN
Outer Oz
in case anyone else was wondering "wapo" is the washington post.
what trak?
*track
Outer Oz
That's cool. What other British sources do you like?
The Guardian and Independent
Outer Oz
Thanks, I will check them out!
Relax, nothing bad is happening.
We'll be fine.
Are you active again already?
He's probably just been slamming us on the discord this whole time
We're not going to move regions because someone is having their feelings hurt. That won't solve the problem. What will solve the problem is establishing an easy system for the removal of trolls/alts (which do actually exist in the region right now and are not, as is currently being spread, a form of smear-ey label used by Kal even if he does use the term extremely liberally). I'm currently in the process of drafting a constitution I believe has the capability to do just that.
Baxten, Sulania, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Khitoum
Im looking forward to seeing it
Oelesa
[spoiler=Today is March 27 and today are:]
Today is March 27 and today are:
- Armed Forces Day (Myanmar)
- Celebrate Exchange Day
- International whisk(e)y day
- Mule Day
- National Joe Day (United States)
- National Spanish Paella Day (United States)
- Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day
- Seward's Day (Alaska, United States)
- World Theatre Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1309 Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
- 1329 Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
- 1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
- 1625 Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
- 1782 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 1794 The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
- 1794 Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
- 1809 Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.
- 1814 War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
- 1836 Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
- 1866 President Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
- 1871 The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
- 1884 A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
- 1886 Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
- 1899 Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the PhilippineAmerican War at the Battle of Marilao River.
- 1915 Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
- 1938 Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
- 1941 World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
- 1943 World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
- 1945 World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
- 1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
- 1964 The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
- 1975 Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
- 1977 Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.
- 1980 The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
- 1980 Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
- 1981 The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
- 1986 A car bomb explodes outside Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, Australia, killing one police officer and injuring 21 people.
- 1990 The United States begins broadcasting TV Martí, an anti-Castro propaganda network, to Cuba.
- 1993 Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
- 1993 Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
- 1998 The Food and Drug Administration approves Viagra for use as a treatment for male impotence, the first pill to be approved for this condition in the United States.
- 1999 Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.
- 2000 A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.
- 2002 Passover massacre: A Palestinian suicide bomber kills 29 people at a Passover seder in Netanya, Israel.
- 2002 Nanterre massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire at the end of a town council meeting, resulting in the deaths of eight councilors; 19 other people are injured.
- 2004 HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
- 2009 The dam forming Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, fails, killing at least 99 people.
- 2014 Philippines signs a peace accord with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, ending decades of conflict.
- 2015 Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.
- 2016 A suicide blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, Lahore claims over 70 lives and leaves almost 300 others injured. The target of the bombing are Christians celebrating Easter.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1416 Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded Order of the Minims
- 1845 Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1847 Otto Wallach, Jewish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1863 Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited
- 1868 Patty Hill, American songwriter and educator
- 1871 Heinrich Mann, German author and poet
- 1886 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, designed IBM Plaza and Seagram Building
- 1901 Carl Barks, American illustrator and screenwriter
- 1901 Erich Ollenhauer, German politician
- 1901 Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician, 61st Prime Minister of Japan, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1909 Golo Mann, Jewish-German historian and author
- 1924 Sarah Vaughan, African-American singer
- 1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor
- 1950 Tony Banks, English keyboard player and songwriter
- 1952 Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Austrian skier
- 1963 Quentin Tarantino, American director, producer, screenwriter and actor
- 1970 Mariah Carey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1971 David Coulthard, Scottish race car driver and sportscaster
- 1986 Manuel Neuer, German footballer
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Quote of the day
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
- Napoleon Hill -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Yukona, Percyton, Khitoum
Yay!
Oelesa, Kalaron
Fox
News
Outer Oz
Ew
Outer Oz, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Oelesa
I concur
Outer Oz, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Aghrabia
agreed, but its still good to monitor what the other side is thinking haha
Jaslandia
Lol just testing the waters. I do watch it, but just so I can laugh..sometimes get mad.
Outer Oz, Jaslandia, Aghrabia
You mean what they want them to think?
Outer Oz
Post self-deleted by Penguania And Antarctica.
Newspaper: Volksstimme
TV: MDR Aktuell, ZDF heute and Tagesschau
Outer Oz, Aghrabia
Its easy to say that, but how do I know that there is not another set of "they"s who is influencing my thoughts as a liberal?
Mostly from Reddit /r/news, worldnews, and a bunch of other subreddits (I've made my own multireddit where I can aggregate all of these feeds into one).
Aside from that generally I'll go to CNN and Google News as well. I even sometimes go to Fox News because it's important IMO to look at the "other" side and see how they are receiving the news and how it is being reported. It's interesting to see a world event occur and comparing articles between Fox News and MSNBC and how they reported it.
Degenerate scum
Aghrabia, Andromitus
What's got your goat?
Magnatronia
The fact that none of you are under the control of my government.
Also, I have a tummy ache.
Aghrabia
drink some Sprite and you'll be ok.
Jaslandia
I'll be under your control if you want
I never said were not being influence too ;)
Is he advancing on you? Don't worry, our really big guns will hold him at bay
Seltzer water or ginger ale + crackers
Feel better
Jaslandia
Can we have a Tea Time tonight ?
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Vista Major
Thats gross
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Aghrabia, Vista Major
I'm sure we could, the question is one of if Jas or Vista will make one.
Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
He's invited. Our doors are always open to new overlords
What if you have a tummy ache from too many crackers?
Aghrabia, Magnatronia
Woah this got a Sul and a Bax like
I'm trying to up my like value. Gotta advertise their worth
Jaslandia
It was worth.
Jaslandia
no no you got it all wrong ginger ale will do just fine :)
S/HE'S GOT A POINT! TRUUUU
Well I get my news from nearly everywhere. I avoid news stations that I know that are simply gonna waste my time, but I do like listening the news and then making a comparison so I can analyze better the situation and hear as many point of views as I can. That's what I am doing in real life in the organisations I work with and also thats what I used to be doing in the European Parliament.
[nation=short]Khitoum[/nation] Greetings there, I am Latrovia your Mentor. Feel free to TG if you have any questions and I'll show you around here. :)
You eat a few crackers ya dink
Well in that case care to join Ædenism? You get all the benefits and none of the sadistic evil nature
Of our corporatist friend
Check out my shameless plug..err...national overview, for more info
Magnatronia
#FluffyHair4VP
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Outer Oz what is your opinion of the new Zircon missile system?
Just a quick one for all the people sh*tting on discord - it's not some kind of elite club that dumps loads on everyone's doorsteps. People have conversations about anything and everything, if it happens to be on a certain person - they can do that, you can't stop them. If it doesn't happen there, it happens in Skype, it really makes no difference. Ultimately, it's a wing of NS that many users including myself use to communicate with friends, and we enjoy that communication. Don't paint everyone with the same brush and throw out ridiculous accusations when you disagree with one thing/one person. We go from talking about space to having full on raged-fueled debates, it's just the nature of an online community.
There's loads of different residents on there, not everyone agrees and not everyone gets along, but it's a community after all.
If you want to be involved in this 'elite club', there's a secret way of getting in: click on the link and get an account ya morons. It ain't that hard and I'm sure people bored the f*ck out of their skulls like myself will talk to you.
Seriously, no offence, but don't use the Discord as some kind of scape goat - if you don't have it, you may not be as up to date on regional affairs but that's your own problem. It's just like complaining that you have to read the RMB to be up to date on what's happening. Like, yeah, well done?
Sorry my friends, gotta put it out there.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm glad that, when I'm too exhausted to keep the colours, someone else is out there willing to do it. :D
Andromitus, Yukona
No.
Yes.
Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Yes, get that sexy fluffy hair into office.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Latrovia, Aghrabia, Yukona
If canola oil is made out of canola is baby oil made out of baybies then ?
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Andromitus, Solla Ultima
Every 60 seconds in Africa a minute passes by...
Jaslandia, Andromitus
I mean, it can be...
Andromitus
The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the Tampa Bay Times (my local newspaper) primarily. I'll also occasionally glance at Fox News (if I want a conservative viewpoint on the subject), CNN, Salon, or The Atlantic.
That can be arranged.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
>the living epitome of an informed american citizen who can make up their own mind about important stuff like democracy and things
Jaslandia
Oh yes babyyyy : https://twitter.com/ukl_gov
REGIONAL SONG OF THE DAY
Day 30: The Protomen - "Hope Rides Alone" (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZsUAqaOiHU)
Suggestion Courtesy of [nation=short]Magnatronia[/nation]
Thank you for reading, papa bless
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia
Aww thank you Champ! Good luck on your re-election. :)
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