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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
I can get it. I see where it is now. Thanks
Vista Major
Alrighty then
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=737132
Thanks for that vis
Vista Major
#Humph/Sul2016
#Peng/Percy2016
Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Humpheria Major, Percyton
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Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Don't you get any ideas.
What time is the debate tonight?
The United Providences Of Perland
Hello pals. I wish you all a wonderful and relaxing Sunday. And do not forget to keep smiling. :)
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- 3rd Sunday Advent
- Anniversary of the Statute of Westminster (Canada)
- Human Rights and Peace Day (Kiribati)
- Indiana Day (200th Anniversary; Indiana, United States)
- International Mountain Day
- Mouloud or The Prophet's Birthday (United Arab Emirates)
- National Noodle Ring Day (United States)
- National Tango Day (Buenos Aires)
- Pampanga Day (Pampanga province, Philippines)
- Republic Day (Burkina Faso)
- Republic Day (Madagascar)
- World Choral Day
- Worldwide Candle Lighting Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 361 - Julian enters Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire.
- 630 - Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca.
- 969 - Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas is assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes.
- 1688 - Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, allegedly throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
- 1789 - The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.
- 1792 - French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France is put on trial for treason by the National Convention.
- 1815 - The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
- 1816 - Indiana becomes the 19th U.S. state.
- 1899 - Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
- 1905 - A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
- 1907 - The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
- 1917 - World War I: British General Edmund Allenby enters Jerusalem on foot and declares martial law.
- 1920 - Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for an IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians also reported being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.
- 1931 - Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the CommonwealthAustralia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.
- 1934 - Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the last time.
- 1936 - Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
- 1937 - Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
- 1941 - World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.
- 1941 - World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.
- 1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
- 1958 - French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
- 1960 - French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle.
- 1962 - Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, is the last person to be executed in Canada.
- 1964 - Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
- 1968 - The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, is filmed in Wembley, London
- 1972 - Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
- 1980 - The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.
- 1990 - Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.
- 1994 - A bomb explodes on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain is able to safely land the plane.
- 1997 - The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.
- 2001 - The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
- 2005 - The Buncefield Oil Depot catches fire in Hemel Hempstead, England.
- 2005 - Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese in Cronulla, New South Wales; these are followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla.
- 2006 - The International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust is opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States express concern.
- 2006 - Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, launches a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort is often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War.
- 2008 - Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1725 - George Mason, American lawyer and politician
- 1781 - David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer
- 1792 - Joseph Mohr, Austrian Roman Catholic priest and writer, wrote the words to the Christmas carol "Silent Night"
- 1803 - Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic
- 1843 - Robert Koch, German microbiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1863 - Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic
- 1882 - Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1890 - Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor
- 1908 - Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1911 - Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1912 - Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer
- 1913 - Jean Marais, French actor and director
- 1918 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, historian, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1931 - Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican-American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1943 - John Kerry, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 68th United States Secretary of State
- 1967 - Mo'Nique, American comedian, actress, and producer
- 1969 - Viswanathan Anand, Indian chess player
- 1973 - Mos Def, American rapper
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Quote of the day
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.
- Sydney J. Harris -
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, The United Providences Of Perland, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
How is everyone today ?
Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland
Peng & Percy
- Make the region cute again ! -
We might not be official candidates but we are the candidates of people's hearts.
#PengPercy
#Peng4Pres
#Percy4VicePres
Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths
I'm OK, just a little steamed over something.
Should be fine, especially since I got Xenonauts, and I'm making sure that people make it out this time.
Like, I ain't lying, we're taking every dead body home.
Yes
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
It doesn't contain RP information, but [nation=short]Kalaron[/nation] has started a regional history here: http://iiwiki.com/wiki/CFN-NGA-Montaris_history
Unfortunately, it is very incomplete. Kal, you should really complete this! Remember to include
1. The exodus from the original NGA to the first CFN
2. Silver and Evers fight for control of the CFN Sovereign account
3. The Prophecy. I know some people got really worked up over this, though I still don't think it was that big a deal
4. Connor and his fake dead brother. If you can find it, Acro's "final post" is hilarious.
5. That time Ru tried to create a military empire and then blamed his fratbros.
6. Silver's meltdown and the migration to the second NGA.
7. Valt, the Presidium, and the Tavern Charter.
8. Fawkes/Red Riders' "raid", Puerto Vino's "defection" to Montaris and his temper tantrum
9. Ruclax's second big power trip, and the founding of the second CFN
10. The great tradition of Jas' teatimes, which have been mostly replaced by Peng's DiP.
Did I miss anything?
Today is Indiana's bicentennial!
Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica
Due to a family emergenxy I wont be able to attend at that time... Ca we postpone it around 10 o clock my area?
Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Humpheria Major
Slight correction: Silver and Evers never fought for the CFN founder account, that was more between Unf and Silver in the weeks before the NGA Exodus.
Vista Major
My bad. My memory of those events is getting hazy. It was so long ago
I believe he means Silver and Controlled Interest.
Jaslandia
I have no problem with this.
I hope everything is ok.
Latrovia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra
Thank you Humph :)
Penguania And Antarctica, Humpheria Major
You know, you are a really interesting person.
To know of all of this, you have to have been around for quite a while and yet I can't identify you.
Surely you have some stories from the old days?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Post self-deleted by Humpheria Major.
MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
There will be a meeting of the House of Delegates today, Sunday 11 December 2016, at 2000 UTC (1500 EST).
Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nf-5hi5xB16TJXotkjUAYZPC7pWBlRnUt8gadWGAJPE/edit?usp=sharing
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
Hello, I hope everyone had a nice weekend.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Humpheria Major
I disagree with this, very much so.
Why?
Very much so. How about you ?
Mdogao
Well, this is only the second election, and I don't believe anyone has really had a valid complaint about any of this before, so why hold off an election for it? Especially without consulting citizens and just going in half-cocked. <----My main issue with it. Plus, I disagree with the solution proposed.
But....we've had many elections before and this is how we've done it before?
The complaint is that someone could say "I don't like you because you voted for the other guy!" and treat them differently because they voted against the preferred candidate.
This is also how US elections operate with regards to privacy?
Because the US is full of 320 million fools. I haven't seen this happen before, and if it does, they will face rigorous social, maybe even legal, punishment.
Not if they are feared?
Why does you anecdote from personal experience mean that it will not happen? Let me tell you, I have seen things like this happen before, from Cabinet votes to HoD, people will try to influence others, and the only way to prevent this is to keep it private.
Disparaging the views of 320 million people is a bit sour, don't you think?
Yukona
Have you received my citizen application?
Penguania And Antarctica
You have a very nice looking flag. :)
Perl, I respectfully disagree.
I am not too hot about the proximity of the election but if I didn't think the change was necessary, I wouldn't have taken action to help the people decide how we run our elections. No one is changing anything unilaterally, an amendment to the Constitution will be introduced today, that is why we are pushing back the date. You are more than welcome to vote as you like and try to project your message to other members of the House. That's the beauty of the system!
You do as well. :)
Penguania And Antarctica
How are you doing ?
That came before the exodus from the original NGA to the CFN.
Penguania And Antarctica
I thought that was what created the CFN in the first place?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10081748/1/#new
Good, How about you?
Penguania And Antarctica
I'm doing great. Playing Stellaris again. I love that game. It's so addictive. :)
The United Providences Of Perland, Solla Ultima
Indeed it was.
OK. I think we're thinking of two different times. I forget that I wasn't here for, like, several months
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I find that game takes sooooo looooong to do very much.
Penguania And Antarctica
It's fine. And yeah, we may be getting two different events confused: Silver vs. CI, which led to the exodus from the original NGA to the CFN; and Silver vs. Unf, which was the whole dispute over the Lord-Chancellor account that led to the exodus from the CFN to NGA 2.0.
Oh, you're thinking of that. Yea, I see now.
You should totally come to the funeral Jas. The more people the better.
Jaslandia, Percyton
I'm going to make a post there later today.
Awesome. Hope other people, especially members of the Blue Bloods Club come
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Can I come, Bax? I imagine the funeral place isn't set up to allow engines, so I can send human delegates instead.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Anyone can come.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I imagine the armored train from BF1 as your military
http://static1.gamespot.com/uploads/screen_kubrick/1566/15663463/3110606-gameplay_bf1_armoredtrain_gamescom_gs.jpg
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Thank you!
My Defense Minster, Diesel 10, just got a few of those in. Here is some of other military equipment Percyton has:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KfpQ2QGrp5o/maxresdefault.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/12inchRailwayHowitzersMkVCatterick12December1940.jpg
http://www.madaxeman.com/images/Russian/Train_2.JPG
Ludania, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Percyton has some impressive guns!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton
In half an hour I will be up for the debate.
Penguania And Antarctica
Thank you. Diesel 10 says they're a bit outdated, though; Percyton doesn't really have the money to buy the latest weaponry.
Ludania, Jaslandia
Yeah it's really long-drawn-out.
Yes it is indeed. :)
I'm usually too impatient to play a full game lol. I'm a fan of Paradox's other games though.
Penguania And Antarctica
I would call myself a Paradox fanboy. :)
Ludania
Me too. Crusader Kings 2 is my favourite game.
Penguania And Antarctica
[B]House of Delegates meeting in 25 minutes, guys.[/B]
Please attend.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
I will.
I like EUIV and Stellaris very much. But the other games are great too.
Ludania
Yes I have. But each new application needs to wait for two days until it is accepted or denied.
Penguania And Antarctica, Solla Ultima
Members of the COFN, I am dropping out of the Presidential race because I have too much going on in real life thank you for your support. This does not mean I am becoming inactive just means I am not running for President
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Humpheria Major
Thank you for your willingness to get involved.
Jaslandia, Latrovia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Sad but okay. You did great tho. :)
#Humph4Pres
#Lat4Pres
May the better one win.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
Fixed it lol jk jk
Lavan Tiri
Presidential Debate starting now
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY
Humpheria vs. Latrovia
Clash of the titans
Who will win? Come find out!
Latrovia, Baxten, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Ok, sorry for trouble thanks. :)
Lavan Tiri
Sounds like a WWE advertisement rather than a debate.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Humpheria Major
That was intentional
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Oh
I like it :)
Lavan Tiri
Sorry to bother, but its been two days for mine I think
Lavan Tiri
Mine was very pleasurable, thank you for asking!
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I was going to accept it today, but I was in the Presidential debate at the moment! xD
Lavan Tiri, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
The election will take place by public poll tomorrow
Mdogao
And the debate is over. Well I did expect more tough questions than the one we were given but that was not too bad. It shows premise and it takes us a step forward.
Thank you all for your support, your replies, your responses and you cooperation with me in finding the best solution of how to run our home for the best.
I want to thank current President Humpheria and wish him good luck and remember guys...each election symbolisis something new, something different. My vision is to increase our democracy and let the people of the region run the show. Remember that democracy is a democracy, when the majority (the people) run the region. And the minority (The government) is here to fulfill the people's will.
Penguania And Antarctica, Mdogao
I'm excited... my first two regions didn't have elections.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Humpheria Major
That's unfortunate. You'll have fun here though
Penguania And Antarctica, Mdogao
I'm like the Canadian-esque flag you got going on, Vista. This one should stay.
Penguania And Antarctica
Why is it that no matter what I do, my civil rights go down! GAH
Look up issues on NSIndex before you answer them, to verify you want the effects an outcome will have
Andromitus
I like that in [nation=short]Kalaron[/nation]'s Chancellor factbook, it asks "What is the Chancellery?" and then shows a picture of Mount Rushmore.
I can't be bothered to read the text he also included, so I choose to believe that the Kalaronian Chancellery is four sentient heads carved into a mountainside.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mdogao
I would vote for that
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Great. I try to even things out by reintroducing capitalist elements into my economy and now the richest 10% make 3x as much as the poorest 10%
The United Providences Of Perland, Mdogao
That's still an unrealistically narrow wealth distribution . Probably better than any real nation. I'd say job well done!
Continental Commonwealths
But I had it narrower!
Mdogao
Not gonna lie.
I totally paid Oel to do it for me, and that was for the CFN chancellery position.
Penguania And Antarctica
It clearly says "Made by Kalaron" at the bottom of the factbook, Kal. You need to face facts and embrace the Four Sentient Mountain Faces as the head of state.
I motion that the Four Sentient Mountain Faces be added to tomorrow's ballot as the option to cast a decenting vote.
Penguania And Antarctica
Without transparent elections, there is a far greater risk of election fraud by both unregistered voters and untrustworthy "independent" election officials. Once again, Humphty-Dumphty has attempted to bypass the laws of the region and rig the system in favor of his personal agenda. Then, he deleted his original post to try to weasel out of accountability. He's also unnecessarily verbose, which isn't illegal, but is annoying.
Citizens of the Confederacy, we can't let this continue! Tomorrow, let's vote Crooked Humphery out of office!
I wasn't too impressed either, but he reversed his decision. All we can ask of our politicians is that they see the error of their ways and choose the correct path. Although, I'll admit that deleting the former post is less than transparent.
All the same, #FourSentientMountainFaces4Pres
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArsonMurderAndJaywalking
See, there could have been a good use of alliteration and new catchy statement, though instead you made use to an IRL statement. Eh, I'll give the point, I don't like Hillary.
Jaslandia
Huh, so him reversing his decision following people clearing things up and believing in people not being attacked by others for their choice at the ballet is corrupt?
I have a question, if you'd be so magnanimous to reply
What happened to don't feed the trolls? Or do you only have principles when it suits you?
You've come to interest me, what can I say?
Besides, I figure that I should come to know my neighbor.
So, how exactly do you view the old days, and the old people from them.
I'm talking Silver, Controlled Interests, the whole lot.
Surely we have plenty to learn from you?
That you are a hypocrite?
Embrace the One True Shirley.
Aw, but you didn't answer my question.
I'm [B]sure[/B] you know all about those old fellas, huh?
If you cared about the future of this community, you would focus on rooting out the corrupt regime currently in power.
But he isn't, and I'm more interested in what you know of the past.
You got CI confused with Everest after all, maybe you aren't as smart as you think you are?
Hell, to you, they might be the same person.
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