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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Happy birthday, Jas!
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
You know, I probably should have asked before, but...are you using the NGA's flag?
Jaslandia
I suppose so.
Yeah. I got tired of the Welsh flag and regardless of what happened after I left, the NGA is where I learned to play NS and I'm still proud of the work I did there, so I'm borrowing it.
The United Providences Of Perland
Thanks, Nurem!
Aldaur
Well alrighty, I can respect that.
I hope you don't mind me saying something though...
[B]Everyone, this region is young and I'm sure that all of you understand that it needs work. We've made strides and come far since it's creation in opposition to a tyrannical king, but the job is not done.
This Region was founded on the belief that it is the people who hold power, that no God nor King or Man will ever hold power without the mandate of the people, and that it is the responsibility of the people to always fight for the Republic with beliefs and values and governing wishes. I ask those of you who think they might enjoy government, even a little, to become involved.
I will not promise some lofty position, and I will not promise that glory comes quickly or at all, but I will promise you this: our region will grow stronger -little by little, day by day- if we all only try to get work done.
This community has survived so much, we escaped the smothering reach of two founders and have resisted crises since far before I had ever even joined, and we must band together now to excel as we always have, as we always will.
For now, sign up here (http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/index/) and vote for any and all laws still on the floor to be voted upon! If you have ideas for the furtherment of the Region, then go here (https://discord.gg/yFwnGq6) and talk about them (Stick around and you can even talk to people in the other chats!) or hell, go to the Ministers of Internal and foreign affairs and see if you can get a job with them![/B]
Sorry for the long post, y'all, just figure we need new blood to compliment the old.
Jaslandia, Chatawa, The United Providences Of Perland, Humpheria Major, Yukona
I don't mind at all. That's the best part of freedom is that you can say and do anything you want and not have to worry about what others think. That being said, I respect you for understanding that I'm not trying to incite a riot so to speak as I'm just remembering old times. Like I said, I wasn't around when the NGA fell so for me, there are nothing but fond memories and war stories. However, the flag change is purely temporary until I find something that fits better.
Jaslandia, Yukona
[B]Tip of the Day[/B]: Did you know that our forums shows all our members birthday? Happy Birthday to [nation=short]Jaslandia[/nation]!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona
Happy Birthday!!
[nation=short]Latrovia[/nation] See, I am not aware of everything. So if people don't tell me I can't post peoples birthdays. Furthermore I need the person's approval to make their birthday public.
Jaslandia, Latrovia, Vista Major
Well the moment that people fill up their birthday on the forums, it gets public.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
True, but nevertheless I will ask everyone I know their birthday if they want it to be shared with the whole region. The person might reveal their birthday on the forums but don't want it announced.
I mean you probably shared your birthday with your friends but I guess you don't want it to be shout out loud on the city's most active square.
Vista Major
Yeah I agree, but I feel like sharing in this specific case is not really a bad thing. I would love to get some wishes and some loving messages. That's again me. :P
Vista Major
I'll also share in this celebratory cheer
Happy birthday!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Happy Birthday Jaslandia!
If you're concerned, don't be. From experience, 18 feels no different than 17.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
lol experience
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Except that you can vote, marry, and join the army.
Hopefully not all in one day.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Anything is possible with lots of red bull
Jaslandia, Vista Major
Pick up the phone, baby
I know you're home, baby -- It's lit!
I'm in the zone, baby -- Straight up!
I just poured up a four baby -- Yeah, yeah
Jaslandia, Young Money Entertainment, The United Providences Of Perland
Young Money?
YOUNG MONEY?!
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Young Money Entertainment
Young Money
Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths
Best. Jas' Birthday. Ever.
Jaslandia, Young Money Entertainment, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
It's good to be back, brother. Took me a while to find this joint but we made it!
Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths
Thanks for the birthday well-wishes, everyone! And Young Money, it's great to see you back again too! Hopefully we don't try to put you on trial this time. Sorry again about that, by the way.
Vista Major, Young Money Entertainment, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Happy birthday, Jas! I was going to wish you happy birthday earlier, but I wanted to wait until everything was ready. Okay, so Varrick is purchasing a brand new steam engine for his railway; I asked Varrick if he could name it after you, and he said yes. Jaslandia, meet Jaslandia!
https://goo.gl/DnK6H8
Jaslandia, Latrovia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Percy, that is so sweet of you! Thank you so much! I'm sure Jaslandia will be a Really Useful Engine!
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
*hyperventilates*
Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
He's not even finished yet! We're still going to add a few more things so Jaslandia can come alive and have a face like me. I was just going to collect some Island of Sodor coal, since that's one of the ingredients to bring Jaslandia to life.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
That would be awesome! Thank you!
Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Hows the weather in your countries? :P
Penguania And Antarctica
RL or NS ?
RL: Foggy, cloudy, wet, cold.
NS: Very cold, snowy, sunny, blue sky.
Latrovia
Its the same as here. :/
Temperatures have been below freezing here and the roads and pavements are covered in glittering frost.
Latrovia
RL: Freeze your nads off cold
NS: About the same
Latrovia
The Blue Bloods Club Messenger
The Blue Bloods Club welcomes it's newest member [nation=short]Ludania[/nation].
-Peng-
Founder of The Blue Bloods Club
You are interested in the Blue Bloods Club ? Then check our club factbook.
Ludania, Jaslandia, Vista Major
I look forward to getting to know all of you better!
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
The sky here looks like it was taken out of a movie or something.
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
Hello people. I wish everyone a nice Saturday.
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- Anti Obesity Day
- Constitution Day (Abkhazia, Georgia)
- Constitution Day (India)
- International Women Human Rights Defenders Day
- National Cake Day (United States)
- Republic Day (Mongolia)
- Small Business Saturday (United States)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 783 - The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
- 1476 - Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
- 1778 - In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
- 1789 - A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
- 1825 - At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
- 1842 - The University of Notre Dame is founded.
- 1863 - United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November.(Since 1941, it has been on the fourth Thursday.)
- 1917 - The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
- 1918 - The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
- 1922 - Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
- 1922 - The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
- 1939 - Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
- 1942 - Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City
- 1944 - World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
- 1944 - World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1949 - The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
- 1965 - In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1, on board.
- 1976 - "Anarchy in the U.K.", the debut single of the Sex Pistols, is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock
- 1983 - Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
- 1986 - Iran-Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
- 1990 - The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
- 1991 - National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
- 1998 - Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
- 2000 - George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
- 2003 - The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
- 2004 - Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
- 2008 - Mumbai attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba.
- 2011 - NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani check post in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
- 2011 - The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1436 - Catherine of Portugal
- 1827 - Ellen G. White, American religious leader and author, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- 1857 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author
- 1876 - Willis Carrier, American engineer, invented air conditioning
- 1894 - Norbert Wiener, American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher
- 1898 - Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1903 - Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English pianist and educator
- 1909 - Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic
- 1922 - Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts
- 1924 - George Segal, American painter and sculptor
- 1929 - Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian singer-songwriter and accordion player
- 1931 - Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentinian painter, sculptor, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1939 - Tina Turner, American-Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1948 - Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1957 - Matthias Reim, German singer-songwriter
- 1961 - Dirk Michaelis, German singer and composer
- 1972 - Arjun Rampal, Indian actor and producer
- 1974 - Roman ebrle, Czech decathlete and high jumper
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Quote of the day
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
- Albert Einstein -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia
[B]The Ministry of Interior welcomes our two first Mentors : [nation=short]Kalaron[/nation] [nation=short]Vista Major[/nation][/B]
Vista Major, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica
#Kal4EveryOffice
[nation=short]Kalaron[/nation], are you powerhungry ?
Vista Major, Kalaron
I lifted the immigration ban in my nation.
Also, Fidel Castro died "For realzies"
Vista Major
I wasn't informed of this previously
I shall be inquiring posthaste
I love that Nurem has both the most secular and least secular nations.
Also, although I now have the nation with the smallest government, Tangshan beats me in terms of freedom from taxation. By leaps and mf bounds. The gap between first and second in baffling. It's like Tang is Usain Bolt and the other 86 contestants are two day old kittens.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
I do enjoy a contrast.
Tangshan is ruthlessly free market and anti-taxation, well for the rich at least. Although it does like big government in the sense it loves spying on its citizens and invading every aspect of their lives to control them.
Glad to give the Commonwealths a run for their money. ;)
Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Oh, there's no contest at all- but your pun was recognized and duly appreciated.
I just don't know how to get my taxes any lower. I don't collect any income tax and although I know there are many other forms of taxation, government spending composed a whopping 0.0% of our national spending. So, if the government is collecting tax, we're honestly just hording it away in a vault under the Senate Chamber floor.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
Electing one hundred Smaug the Dragons to the confederal legislature. What could go wrong, asks the Commonwealths' electorate.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
Little to no tax is collected in Tangshan but any that is collected becomes the personal property of the President.
Penguania And Antarctica
So I just won a banner called The Other Way which says, "develop a good economy without free markets."
Okay, I know Nuremgard is leftist and socialist but come on, we still have free markets lol Most of the economy is ran by private enterprise.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
It's a political sim., of course it lies.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Ah, that's normal.
I think people often call this "WTF NationStates"
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Absolutely.
Just think of all the riches I can accrue by showing the new guys where the toilet is.
I could charge money...
In reality, nah, just figured that, if I was gonna ask others to get involved, I probably shouldn't just sit there.
The United Providences Of Perland
Different with us: if its a small crime like price jacking or petty theft, punishment's only a couple of days in the local prisons. If it's something along the line of manslaughter, rape, or murder, then immediate execution in the street by a civil defense officer. Of course, laws on covering criminals differ from place to place, so anything can happen.
Congrats boy :P
Well I'll be damned, I remember you from the olden days (back when I was using the main nation, but I still remember)
Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Young Money Entertainment, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
Warm as hell, though rain's supposed to occur on Monday and Saturday. In other words, disturbing and not bollocks-dropping cold as it normally would be at the time
Latrovia, Penguania And Antarctica
Like, following trial the defendant is taken out into the streets and shot? Or upon apprehension they're immediately shot?
On the contrary, I think the last thing your bullocks are doing is dropping when it's particularly cold out.
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Then I must be an alien or something: they don't s*r*v*l
Should Aldaur stay as a demokratur (an elected democratic dictatorship), become a Constitutional Oligarchy or become a Republic again?
Penguania And Antarctica
Good ol' demokratur. That suits you best. :)
Aldaur
Please congratulate [nation=short]The United Providences of Perland[/nation] for becoming our newest Mentor. Soon I will alter the Citizenship Applications as well, in order to fit the newest services we've applied in our Ministry of Interior.
Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
Good day, my friends. I wish everyone a wonderful day. Happy Birthday [nation=short]Sulania[/nation] !! Welcome in the adults club ! Hope you enjoy today with friends and family and that all your birthday wishes come true. :)
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- 18th Birthday of [nation=short]Sulania[/nation]
- Advent Sunday
- Aviation Day (Venezuela)
- Harvest Festival (Turkmenistan)
- Maaveerar Day (Tamil Eelam, Sri Lanka)
- National Bavarian Cream Pie Day (United States)
- National Craft Jerky Day (United States)
- Pins And Needles Day
- Teacher's Day (Spain)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 25 - Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.
- 176 - Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of "Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.
- 602 - Emperor Maurice is forced to watch his five sons be executed before being beheaded himself.
- 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
- 1703 - The first Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703.
- 1807 - The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops.
- 1810 - The Berners Street hoax was perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London.
- 1815 - Adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
- 1835 - James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.
- 1839 - In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
- 1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
- 1886 - German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
- 1895 - At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
- 1896 - Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
- 1901 - The U.S. Army War College is established.
- 1912 - Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
- 1940 - In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.
- 1942 - World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.
- 1944 - World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people.
- 1945 - CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) was founded to a send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II.
- 1963 - The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.
- 1968 - Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.
- 1971 - The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.
- 1973 - Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387-35).
- 1975 - The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
- 1978 - In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White.
- 1984 - Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty.
- 1991 - The United Nations Security Council adopts Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia.
- 1992 - For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.
- 1999 - The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
- 2001 - A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
- 2004 - Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
- 2006 - The Canadian House of Commons approves a motion tabled by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada.
- 2009 - Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.
- 2015 - An active shooter inside a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, shoots at least four members of the Colorado Springs Police Department. One officer later dies. Two civilians were also killed, and six injured. The shooter later surrendered.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 111 - Antinous, Greek favourite of Hadrian
- 1630 - Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria
- 1701 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician
- 1746 - Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs
- 1754 - Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist
- 1857 - Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, bacteriologist, and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1874 - Charles A. Beard, American historian, author, and educator, co-founded The New School
- 1875 - Julius Lenhart, Austrian gymnast
- 1894 - Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic
- 1921 - Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician
- 1940 - Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter
- 1942 - Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1943 - Jil Sander, German fashion designer, founded Jil Sander AG
- 1951 - Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1955 - Bill Nye, American engineer, educator, and television host
- 1960 - Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Ukraine
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Quote of the day
Study the past, if you would divine the future.
- Confucius -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Latrovia, Vista Major, The United Providences Of Perland
The wind blowed some tumble weed along his way when the little penguin entered the little desert town. He walked down the dusty main street of Cofederacy Town. It was a small sedate town with not even 100 people living there. It was a shiny town once. But the ravages of time took away most of it's splendor. The little penguin waddled down the street. He arrive at the saloon named 'Reginal Miners Bar' but most referred to it as 'RMB'. He entered the old red painted building. No guests were there only the bartender. The penguin chatted a bit with the bartender. The man told him that the city isn't very active anymore since there were a lot of gang wars and conflicts between the citizens. The bartender told him also that the town is currently preparing for the next mayor election. The penguin thanked the bartender and left the saloon heading to the train station. There was a small green painted engine with a yellow six on each site of the cab. The engine seemed useful and working hard so he moved on and came along a lot of little shops and offices.
Varrick's Bank
The office of sheriff Jas
Kalaron Arms
Doctor Sulania
Reverend Tserra's little chapel
And a lot more houses of other citizens.
After the city tour he headed back to the saloon. He needs a place to sleep and the bartender had some rooms. The penguin also thought it would be the most likely place to meet other citizens. After he moved into the saloon he sat down with a drink waiting for people to talk to. He didn't know how long he will wait.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Kalaron, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton
After awhile, a medium sized, white, mid-aged man came into the RMB. He had a bushy black beard, glasses, and a state that could cut steel. He had a revolver packed closely on his right side, obediently sitting in its holster. He approached the bar, and sat down next to the little penguin. He ordered a beer, and took his glasses off, sitting them aside. His drink arrived a few moments later, and he began to sip it down. After a few sips of his beverage, he looked down at the little penguin. He said hello, and asked him if he was new here.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Stare (not state)*
Seems so, said the little penguin. 'It's hard to find some life in this city.'
Vista Major, Percyton
Yeah, we had a small, I guess you could say, uprising awhile back. Half the town was either dead or gone. We fought back, and rebuilt, for the fourth time. Now, it's mostly just a few of us. The others a criminals or house sloths. Every few days someone turns up dead. It's sad really. We used to be huge, have a great community, and be happy. Now, we live here is modest sadness.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Happy Birthday, Sul.
I know we may have worked to make it great earlier, but still, I hope it gets even better!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
With someone like you around, I can only think it can get better.
Kalaron
And there goes Sul, making Vista squeal and Perland print currency faster than mints can melt 'em.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I mean, 'tis the truth.
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
Happy birthday, Sul!
Deus vult!
https://youtu.be/HIs5B2U7US0?t=6s
"It wasn't always like that," a man said. An elderly, white-haired Caucasian man with a mustache came into the RMB. The man wore a blue police uniform, with a handgun on his belt, a badge reading 'Sheriff' on the chest of the shirt, and one insignia each on both shoulders of the shirt. "This town used to be a lot different, with a whole lot of different people than what we have now. I've been here since the begining of this town, and I've seen this place change names, have revolutions, have changes in governments, and of course, I've seen people come and go all the time."
Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Percyton
Oh my goodness
Penguania And Antarctica
"Perhaps that's what gives this city its charm," says a bespectacled boy. He had dark skin, short hair, tattered yellow jeans, and a white t-shirt that read '#BlackLivesMatter' in the front and '#BiPower' in the back. A garden-variety social justice warrior. "This place is always changing, always getting closer to the goal of prosperity. Revolution and civil wars are only... Growing pains. What we need is some worthwhile reform. Not that the [I]current establishment[/I] would ever do that," the boy glared at the sheriff, then gave a smile to the penguin.
Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
[I]#KalaSulRising for Sul's birthday![/I]
Kalaron, The United Providences Of Perland
I just came on, and this is what I'm greeted with.
I'll be going again. Oh, and the map'a been updated.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Seems here are more people than I thought, said the penguin and sipped his drink. 'I hope we can bring this city alive with its old splendor'. The penguin looked around to get everyone's expression.
Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland
"Hey, I support well-thought-out reform as much as the next guy," the Sheriff replied defensively, "but just talking about some vague notions of 'reform' and how 'the establishment' is holding you back won't help anything. If you have some serious proposals for change, me and the rest of the so-called 'establishment' would be more than happy to hear them."
"Amen to that," the Sheriff replied with a smile, as he sat down by the penguin and the middle-aged man. "Hey, barkeep! I'll have some scotch. And the next round's on me."
Penguania And Antarctica
Meanwhile, at the train station, the #6 green tank engine was hard at work shunting coaches and freight cars, when a a shiny red #5 tender engine pulled into the station next to the tank engine, with the red engine pulling two red passenger coaches. The two engines exchanged smiles as a few passengers got off.
Among the passengers who got off was a bald, white man with a black suit, yellow waistcoat, black tie, and grey trousers. In his coat pocket was a pocket watch with his initials engraved on it: S.T.H. The man checked his watch, then went into the RMB. He sat down a seat away from the sheriff.
"Give me a glass of your finest red wine," the man said to the bartender.
"Well, aren't you a fancy one?" the bartender joked.
The well-dressed man chuckled. "It's part of the job of being a railway controller, I'm afraid."
Penguania And Antarctica
You see what your actions have caused?
I told ya Vista would start shouting things, now I just need to see Per make a strange post about minting money.
Penguania And Antarctica
"I couldn't agree more." Said a strange man, waltzing into the saloon from outside. "Dr Sully's my name, fixing these peoples up is my game." He said, walking into the RMB. His face unnaturally young looking, with a clean shaven face, but with an old brown jacket with a neat black bowtie. He twirled a strange metal shaft in his hand, with a strange green light at the end of it. "Reform is all well and good, but it needs direction. We don't just need change, we need meaning change. And I, along with this lawman, would like to see some ideas before we start throwing around calls for blanket change." He stated, putting the strange device into a hidden pocket within his jacket.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
"Hello, Sir. Is this cute looking green engine at the station belonging to you ? If so I have to say you made a good deal when you got it. You know I really love to see it because it is cute, like me, and makes 'toot toot', like me" said the penguin to the well-dressed man.
Jaslandia, Percyton
"Let us redefine progress to mean that just because we can do a thing it does not necessarily follow that we must do that thing." said the little penguin with confusion like he doesn't know what he just said.
Jaslandia
I really like the Momentum plugin thing for Chrome. Since I am terrible at using a planner it makes it a little easier for me to see the things I need to do and compels me to do them.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
"Indeed he is mine," the man replied. "His name is Percy. He usually works on my railway on Sodor, but I sometimes loan him out to other railways. That's why he's working here. He's certainly a useful one; loves shunting and pulling the mail train."
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
"Indeed, indeed," the Sheriff responded. "Just because something is a reform idea, doesn't mean it's a good reform idea."
"Oh, that engine?" the Sheriff said. "He's a kind little engine; he always says hello to me when he sees me. I always enjoy his visits here. You have a good engine on your hands, Mr. Railway Controller."
This has been Random Tech Reviews with Minnie! Next up, Minnie reviews the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 before it blows up - literally!
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Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm new here can I join in on the roleplay.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland
Hey! Sure, go right ahead!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
"On the contrary, I would like to say that as many avenues of change as possible must be tried out. It is often the wild, crazy... [I]unorthodox[/I] ideas that bring us the greatest pleasure. And if we fail? We pick ourselves up and try again. Humanity isn't a glass window to he shattered by even the slightest off-the-beaten-path proposals. No, we are stronger than the most industrial of steels. We have the luxury to try something completely new. Not 'thought-out' to the point of irrelevance. That takes the fun out of everything." The boy said, tapping his glass of root beer.
Hola! Welcome to the Confederacy!
Please make yourself at home here and in our roleplays.
I just got an issue that I solved yesterday
Come on NS! Be more efficient
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
*Muffled screams quickly getting quieter as I run away on fire*
Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
"Reform isn't supposed to be fun," the Sheriff replied. "And while I appreciate your trust in our resilience, things may not always turn out so well, and it isn't always so obvious when reform has failed. When doing reform, we need to think ahead and plan for the possible outcomes of the reform, both positive and negative. It isn't always the most enjoyable route, but it's the most effective route." The Sheriff took a sip of his scotch.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
"Thank you," the controller replied. "But please, call me Sir Topham Hatt. I'm glad you're enjoying his company. Does he work hard here?"
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
"Certainly," the Sheriff said. "You know what I said abut him saying 'hello' to me when he sees me? Well, most of the time, he's focusing so much on his work he doesn't even notice me. Everything is more efficient when Percy is here."
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Have a little faith
Penguania And Antarctica
Hello!
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Hello and welcome!
Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra
"Aww, that's such a downer, sir," the boy said, leaning back against his chair. "Reform is an extension of life, and life is supposed to be fun. If reform isn't fun, it's..." He paused. "Something less. I admire your dedication for protocol, but don't let such rigidity ruin your spark. Lord knows you'll need it." The boy sipped from his root beer, smirking and giving a wink to the Sheriff.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Sir Topham Hatt smiled. "I'm glad to hear that. I'm always proud to know my engines can be Really Useful even without me and my subordinates watching over them."
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Good day, friends.
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- Albanian Flag Day (Albania)
- Cyber Monday (United States)
- Day of Albanians (Kosovo)
- Heroes' Day (Sri Lanka)
- Hōonkō (Japan)
- Independence Day (Mauritania)
- Independence Day (Panama)
- Make Your Own Head Day
- National French Toast Day (United States)
- National Sovereignty Day (Argentina)
- Navy Day (Iran)
- Red Planet Day
- Republic Day (Burundi)
- Republic Day (Chad)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 587 - Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.
- 1443 - Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
- 1520 - An expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan passes through the Strait of Magellan.
- 1582 - In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.
- 1660 - At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
- 1811 - Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
- 1814 - The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press, built by the German team of Koenig & Bauer.
- 1821 - Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.
- 1843 - Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
- 1885 - Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
- 1893 - Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the New Zealand general election, 1893.
- 1895 - The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours
- 1905 - Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
- 1908 - A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
- 1912 - Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1914 - World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
- 1917 - The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
- 1943 - World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.
- 1958 - Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
- 1960 - Mauritania becomes independent of France.
- 1964 - Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
- 1966 - Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
- 1967 - The first pulsar known as PSR B1919+21 in the constellation of Vulpecula was discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.
- 1972 - Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.
- 1975 - East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
- 1979 - Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
- 1980 - Iran-Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)
- 1989 - Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
- 1991 - South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
- 2002 - Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.
- 2014 - Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern city of Kano killing at least 120 people.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1118 - Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor
- 1489 - Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots
- 1628 - John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author
- 1757 - William Blake, English poet and painter
- 1772 - Luke Howard, English chemist and meteorologist
- 1820 - Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist
- 1829 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1837 - John Wesley Hyatt, American engineer
- 1881 - Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist
- 1931 - Tomi Ungerer, French author and illustrator
- 1943 - Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1950 - Ed Harris, American actor and producer
- 1961 - Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1962 - Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host
- 1974 - apl.de.ap, Filipino-American singer and rapper
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Quote of the day
As far as I'm concerned, 'whom' is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.
- Calvin Trillin -
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Jaslandia, Latrovia, Vista Major, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus
Commander Jack then proceeded to launch 5 ICBMs in the general direction of Percyton for no particular reason
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Alarms go off in the Iron Dome Headquarters of the Mercunovan Armed Forces; small missiles are sent up to destroy the ICBMs, which they successfully do.
Mercunovites are paranoid.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
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Written by Refuge Isle.