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Republic City Police wrote:I am being serious. As for my status, I had presumed that the Constabulary from our previous region had carried over, and I was a part of it. If I am not a current Constable, I will gladly re-apply for membership if someone could tell me how to re-apply.

Well.

Considering that no one set up the Constabulary, and Sul decided he'd much rather be a Monitor (We got cookies bro) we ain't got one.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Republic City Police

Kalaron wrote:Well.

Considering that no one set up the Constabulary, and Sul decided he'd much rather be a Monitor (We got cookies bro) we ain't got one.

I see. In that case, I will eagerly await the appointment of a new Minister of Justice, and hope he/she does get around to setting up the Constabulary. I guess I've naturally been filling the role of the regional cop for so long, that I sometimes forget to apply for official status, and I apologize for that.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra

Republic City Police wrote:I see. In that case, I will eagerly await the appointment of a new Minister of Justice, and hope he/she does get around to setting up the Constabulary. I guess I've naturally been filling the role of the regional cop for so long, that I sometimes forget to apply for official status, and I apologize for that.

Is OK.

Also, all, seeing as I have had a burst of energy as of late, I'll be drafting a set of rules to be displayed in Discord (This is to bring us in line with the Chat Administration Act) soon.

Lavan Tiri

Kalaron wrote:Is OK.

Also, all, seeing as I have had a burst of energy as of late, I'll be drafting a set of rules to be displayed in Discord (This is to bring us in line with the Chat Administration Act) soon.

They'll be voted on at the seventh.

Lavan Tiri

Who here is good at making websites? Can you show me how? I'm technologically inept :p

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Aldaur wrote:Who here is good at making websites? Can you show me how? I'm technologically inept :p

I mean, I consider myself decent at stuff like Weebly. But that's no more work than making a good factbook. Someone around here must be a real coder

Lavan Tiri, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:I mean, I consider myself decent at stuff like Weebly. But that's no more work than making a good factbook. Someone around here must be a real coder

Just point me to an easy website making site and I should probably be good :p

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Aldaur wrote:Just point me to an easy website making site and I should probably be good :p

https://www.weebly.com

Lavan Tiri, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

The Royal Republic Of Kumania wrote:The question of whether or not to keep the Kumanian Royal Family remains a huge topic of debate in the current day. In the 50's, a global nuclear war plagued the world and in the aftermath, factions and clans took over. It was chaos. And among the chaos, the Kuma Clan, led by Tommy Kuma, defeated several of the other clans in the area to unite the land that would become Kumania. Tommy Kuma was seen as a hero as he helped his fellow people rise from the ashes of chaos and anarchy in a post-apocalyptic world.

There's many who still regard him and his descendants as heroes who should continue being honored and running the nation. But Kumania is also extremely progressive, which has led to many on the left to question whether or not they should support abolishing the monarchy. The current queen and her father are both extremely progressive, and helped turn Kumania into a progressive nation, and therefore an ally of progressives, so it's a conflict of conscious among these progressive politicians. They must choose whether to abolish such an undemocratic part of the government, or turn against a major political ally. The nation is evenly split on whether or not to abolish the royal family, as evidenced in the recent referendum that was very narrowly defeated. The Royal Republic is at a crossroads in deciding whether or not it will remain the Royal Republic.

It's possible that such a compromise of keeping the royals but only having them be ceremonial could be achieved, but tensions are still high across Kumania and it's unlikely that they will calm down for a while as Kumania technically is still embroiled in civil war, but it's not as noticeable as it was months ago. The civil war started out with communists rebelling and then fascists launching a counterrevolution and then the communists and government uniting against the fascists and now it's mostly guerrilla warfare in the northern strongly-conservative rural areas of Kumania.

Hey! The 50's nuclear war part is from my old factbook in arctic states!

Lavan Tiri

Magnatronia wrote:Hey! The 50's nuclear war part is from my old factbook in arctic states!

Nuclear war is such an excessive concept :P

Lavan Tiri

Kalaron wrote:Nuclear war is such an excessive concept :P

Yeah, true. But my new nation has a much cooler backstory!

http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10061422/1/?x=0#post10005642

Lavan Tiri

Magnatronia wrote:Hey! The 50's nuclear war part is from my old factbook in arctic states!

Wanna start a rp, show these guys how we used to do it back in the ESU? :P

Lavan Tiri, Magnatronia

I am glad to inform the public that the Second Administration of the Confederacy has created a regional NS Forum Page that we hope to serve not just as a tool for us to reach out to others, but as a tool, to increase our Inter-regional presence, a tool to increase the numbers of our citizens and as a tool of importance to our Foreign Relations.

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=398870

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Oelesa

In reference to Bear's swing at Vista, I thought it was a joke but I've retracted my like of the post. What's wrong with people, it seems all of a sudden these divides are appearing in places none of us - may be even the people involved - knew were there. Alas poor Yorrick, the region hasn't been the same recently.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Toot toot. Heyho friends. Wish you all a nice day. =)

[spoiler=Today are:]

Today are:

- Constitution Day (North Korea)

- Day of Goodwill (South Africa)

- Emergency Rescuer's Day (Russia)

- Make Cut-out Snowflakes Day

- National Fruitcake Day (United States)

- No Interruptions Day

- St. Stephen's Day (Eastern Orthodox Church)

- Visit The Zoo Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 537 – The Hagia Sophia is completed.

- 1512 – The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.

- 1521 – The Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg disturbing the peace and preaching the Apocalypse. Philip Melanchthon cannot silence them. Martin Luther is being held in protective custody at the Wartburg castle at this time. He is later released and is able, by his preaching, to regain the peace.

- 1657 – The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.

- 1831 – Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.

- 1836 – The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.

- 1845 – Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.

- 1911 – "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

- 1918 – The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

- 1922 – Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.

- 1927 – Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

- 1929 – Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin orders the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class".

- 1932 – Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

- 1935 – Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.

- 1942 – The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.

- 1945 – The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.

- 1949 – Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.

- 1968 – Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

- 1978 – Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of fascist dictatorship.

- 1979 – The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

- 1983 – Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.

- 1985 – Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.

- 1989 – The Romanian Revolution concludes, as the last minor street confrontations and stray shootings abruptly end in the country's capital, Bucharest.

- 1996 – Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.

- 1997 – Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

- 2001 – China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.

- 2002 – Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

- 2004 – Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.

- 2007 – Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated in a shooting incident.

- 2007 – Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.

- 2008 – Operation Cast Lead: Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza.

- 2009 – Iranian election protests: On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1350 – John I of Aragon

- 1571 – Johannes Kepler, German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer

- 1822 – Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist

- 1896 – Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright

- 1901 – Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer

- 1906 – Ray Mala, Native-American actor

- 1934 – Larisa Latynina, Ukrainian gymnast and coach

- 1948 – Gérard Depardieu, French-Russian actor

- 1961 – Guido Westerwelle, German lawyer and politician, 15th Vice-Chancellor of Germany

- 1965 – Salman Khan, Indian film actor and producer

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Quote of the day

We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.

- Herb Kelleher -

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, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

How is everyone today ?

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How is everyone today ?

Good thanks, Peng, how you doing my friend?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Good thanks, Peng, how you doing my friend?

I'm okay. Thanks.

Lavan Tiri, Yukona

RCP derives her power from time and you whippersnappers should show her some respect

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths

I had a milk overdose the other day. I was literally struggling to get up, I felt so sick....I love milk..to much.

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona

It's finally active! and all it needed was a little push, if your nation is ready for war, resource claims or you just want to help the little guy the Khutongian Civil War RP is ready for you!

http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10061422/1/#new

[P.S. Play it or else :D]

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major

What the devil has happened to our Cabinet?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:What the devil has happened to our Cabinet?

Humph resigned for personal reasons (workload related) and Sul resigned because I think he wanted to maintain his monitor role on the Discord following Kal's new policy of not allowing monitors to also hold government roles.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:What the devil has happened to our Cabinet?

I took it out back and hacked at it with an axe. It didn't match the new flooring that I was putting in.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Unfallious wrote:Humph resigned for personal reasons (workload related) and Sul resigned because I think he wanted to maintain his monitor role on the Discord following Kal's new policy of not allowing monitors to also hold government roles.

Bearlong wrote:I took it out back and hacked at it with an axe. It didn't match the new flooring that I was putting in.

There are two types of people.

Thanks Unf. And, uh, I guess you too, Bear.

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona

RIP Leia.

Goodbye Carrie Fisher.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Baxten, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Republic City Police wrote:I see. In that case, I will eagerly await the appointment of a new Minister of Justice, and hope he/she does get around to setting up the Constabulary. I guess I've naturally been filling the role of the regional cop for so long, that I sometimes forget to apply for official status, and I apologize for that.

I'm available and would relish the chance to be MoJ.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:RIP Leia.

Goodbye Carrie Fisher.

Oh my God no it hasn't happened?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Goddamn so young as well. May the force be with you Carrie, tonight is a bad night, I shall be watching the Starwars original trilogy in her remembrance.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Killdash, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:RIP Leia.

Goodbye Carrie Fisher.

I'm actually quite sad about this.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Lavan Tiri wrote:I'm actually quite sad about this.

Most of us are, Lavan. Another life taken in this god awful year.

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1918 – The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

Historians really are terrible at naming things.

Also, RIP Carrie Fisher. Died at age 60, just as Star Wars was coming back. So young, and she still had so much potential. You will be missed, Carrie.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

So much death this year, especially this month. :(

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona, Percyton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjDaPOWdx6s

I feel this appropriate

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

RIP Carrie Fisher, May the Force be With You Carrie, as we will never forget you.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

"Seconds ago: Percyton was reclassified from "Democratic Socialists" to "Corrupt Dictatorship"."

Well, that was a fast and unexpected government change. I guess I'll need to be more careful, and maybe then Percyton can become something other than a 'corrupt dictatorship'.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Percyton wrote:"Seconds ago: Percyton was reclassified from "Democratic Socialists" to "Corrupt Dictatorship"."

Well, that was a fast and unexpected government change. I guess I'll need to be more careful, and maybe then Percyton can become something other than a 'corrupt dictatorship'.

"Seconds ago: Percyton was reclassified from "Corrupt Dictatorship" to "Father Knows Best State"."

Well, I guess that's a little better. It's a start.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona

I am undergoing easternization in my nation and am considering altering my denonym. Should I keep it as Aldauri (Al-dar-E) or change it to Aldaurei (Al-dar-Eye)?

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Aldaur wrote:I am undergoing easternization in my nation and am considering altering my denonym. Should I keep it as Aldauri (Al-dar-E) or change it to Aldaurei (Al-dar-Eye)?

Al-dar-eye sounds a little bit like Alderaan

But that's just me

Lavan Tiri, Aldaur

Aldaur wrote:I am undergoing easternization in my nation and am considering altering my denonym. Should I keep it as Aldauri (Al-dar-E) or change it to Aldaurei (Al-dar-Eye)?

Aldauri (Al-dori)

Lavan Tiri, Aldaur

Aldaur wrote:I am undergoing easternization in my nation and am considering altering my denonym. Should I keep it as Aldauri (Al-dar-E) or change it to Aldaurei (Al-dar-Eye)?

The former.

Lavan Tiri, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Very well, I shall keep it as Aldauri :p

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Love you all. <3

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona

Driving test tomorrow, if anyone happens to be in Southern Britain stay away from Yeovil otherwise you might get more than a few dents in your car

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Tmw old people show up in your office asking what can they do to serve the country and you chose childcare so they can impart some knowledge and keep parents economically active then this happens:

People invite random old men into their homes to play with their kids.

Yeah...didn't foresee that I gotta say

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Love you all. <3

Love you too.

Yukona wrote:Driving test tomorrow, if anyone happens to be in Southern Britain stay away from Yeovil otherwise you might get more than a few dents in your car

Good luck!

Yukona wrote:Tmw old people show up in your office asking what can they do to serve the country and you chose childcare so they can impart some knowledge and keep parents economically active then this happens:

People invite random old men into their homes to play with their kids.

Yeah...didn't foresee that I gotta say

Yukona wrote:Tmw old people show up in your office asking what can they do to serve the country and you chose childcare so they can impart some knowledge and keep parents economically active then this happens:

People invite random old men into their homes to play with their kids.

Yeah...didn't foresee that I gotta say

Yeah I did that too. Well creepy lol

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Yukona

Yukona wrote:Driving test tomorrow, if anyone happens to be in Southern Britain stay away from Yeovil otherwise you might get more than a few dents in your car

I'll be doing my third in January. Good luck to ya.

Lavan Tiri, Yukona

The death of every human being is notable.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Yukona

Mdogao wrote:The death of every human being is notable.

Ok

Lavan Tiri

Mdogao wrote:The death of every human being is notable.

Ummm... Okay? I think?

Lavan Tiri

Mdogao wrote:The death of every human being is notable.

At the same time?

Probably not, I mean who would be around to note it?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Andromitus

Mdogao wrote:The death of every human being is notable.

I laugh at your naïevety.

Lavan Tiri

Bearlong wrote:I laugh at your naïevety.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxXEPk3dzFg

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Bearlong wrote:I laugh at your naïevety.

I laugh at your cynicism

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major

Mdogao wrote:The death of every human being is notable.

Pretty much, yeah

Lavan Tiri

Posted on the RP, dudes.

Lavan Tiri, Andromitus

Mdogao wrote:I laugh at your cynicism

I mean, it's kinda true.

Like, it'd be nice to, but there's a person dying every minute and no one really has time for it.

Lavan Tiri, Yukona

Kalaron wrote:no one really has time for it.

https://youtu.be/6gLMSf4afzo

Lavan Tiri

Kalaron wrote:I mean, it's kinda true.

Like, it'd be nice to, but there's a person dying every minute and no one really has time for it.

There's a difference between noted and notable. Every human being is notable, even if they aren't noted by others.

Lavan Tiri

Mdogao wrote:There's a difference between noted and notable. Every human being is notable, even if they aren't noted by others.

I mean, I guess?

The thing is, that's more of a philosophical standpoint though, rather than objective fact.

Lavan Tiri

Kalaron wrote:I mean, I guess?

The thing is, that's more of a philosophical standpoint though, rather than objective fact.

The thing is? What thing? Of course its philosophical.

Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Hello people. Wish you all a pleasant day. :)

[spoiler=Today are:]

Today are:

- Els Enfarinats (Ibi, Spain)

- Holy Innocents Day (Catholic Church, Church of England, Lutheran Church)

- Incwala Day (Swaziland)

- King Taksin Memorial Day (Thailand)

- National Card Playing Day (United States)

- National Chocolate Candy Day (United States)

- Pledge of Allegiance Day (United States)

- Republic Day (South Sudan)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 418 – Pope Boniface I is elected.

- 457 – Majorian is acclaimed emperor of the Western Roman Empire and recognized by Emperor Leo I the Thracian.

- 484 – Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths. He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul).

- 893 – An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.

- 1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated.

- 1308 – The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.

- 1768 – King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

- 1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto).

- 1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.

- 1836 – South Australia and Adelaide are founded.

- 1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico with the signing of the Santa María–Calatrava Treaty.

- 1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.

- 1867 – United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.

- 1879 – Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

- 1885 – Indian National Congress, a political party of India is founded in Bombay Presidency, British India.

- 1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.

- 1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

- 1902 – The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.

- 1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

- 1918 – Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

- 1941 – World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences.

- 1943 – World War II: After eight days of brutal house-to-house fighting, the Battle of Ortona concludes with the victory of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division over the German 1st Parachute Division and the capture of the Italian town of Ortona.

- 1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.

- 1948 – The DC-3 airliner NC16002 disappears 50 miles south of Miami.

- 1956 – Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.

- 1958 – "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.

- 1972 – Kim Il-sung, already Prime Minister of North Korea and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, becomes the first President of North Korea.

- 1973 – The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.

- 1989 – A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, killing 13 people.

- 2006 – War in Somalia: The militaries of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian troops capture Mogadishu unopposed.

- 2009 – Forty-three people die in a suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan, where Shia Muslims are observing the Day of Ashura.

- 2010 – Arab Spring: Popular protests begin in Algeria against the government.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1164 – Emperor Rokujō of Japan

- 1856 – Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1888 – F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1903 – Earl Hines, American pianist and bandleader

- 1903 – John von Neumann, Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist

- 1907 – Erich Mielke, German communist politician, East German Minister for State Security (Stasi)

- 1922 – Stan Lee, American publisher, producer, and actor

- 1925 – Hildegard Knef, German actress and singer

- 1932 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress

- 1934 – Maggie Smith, English actress

- 1944 – Kary Mullis, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1953 – Richard Clayderman, French pianist

- 1954 – Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer

- 1955 – Liu Xiaobo, Chinese author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1969 – Linus Torvalds, Finnish-American computer programmer, developed Linux kernel

- 1984 – Martin Kaymer, German golfer

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Quote of the day

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.

- Niels Bohr -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Tserra, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Aww sh*t. This year sucks. Well, Original Trilogy and comfort food it is.

Jaslandia, Baxten, Lavan Tiri, Sulania, Continental Commonwealths, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Killdash wrote:Aww sh*t. This year sucks. Well, Original Trilogy and comfort food it is.

What is your preferred comfort food? Mine is potato soup.

Killdash, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Mdogao wrote:What is your preferred comfort food? Mine is potato soup.

I like fried chicken and red beans. I do live in Louisiana, anyways.

Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Mdogao

Baxten wrote:I like fried chicken and red beans. I do live in Louisiana, anyways.

Delicious! Would you call that soul food or cajun? Or something else?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Mdogao wrote:Delicious! Would you call that soul food or cajun? Or something else?

It's sort of both. Red beans would be Cajun, but fried chicken would be just southern. Other Cajun stuff would be like crawfish and crawfish accessories (like crawfish etouffee) and really any seafood things.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mdogao

Killdash wrote:Aww sh*t. This year sucks. Well, Original Trilogy and comfort food it is.

I just want it to be 2017 already so this terrible year can end. ;_;

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mdogao

Sulania wrote:I just want it to be 2017 already so this terrible year can end. ;_;

I want 2016 to never end, so Donald Trump can never take office.

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

Mdogao wrote:I want 2016 to never end, so Donald Trump can never take office.

^He has a point

Lavan Tiri, Greater Banitia, Penguania And Antarctica

Mdogao wrote:I want 2016 to never end, so Donald Trump can never take office.

Donald Trump taking office < Possibility of another good celebrity death

I will take the chances of the Trumpster.

Lavan Tiri, Greater Banitia, Penguania And Antarctica

Sulania wrote:I just want it to be 2017 already so this terrible year can end. ;_;

Let's be real, 2017 is going to be sh*t too.

Killdash, Lavan Tiri

Sulania wrote:I just want it to be 2017 already so this terrible year can end. ;_;

I think the death of all these icons is literally caused by Donald Trump's president electency draining the joy from our lives.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Mdogao

Mdogao wrote:What is your preferred comfort food? Mine is potato soup.

Probably cheese sandwiches. They take me back to my boyhood cartoon-watching days.

Lavan Tiri, Yukona, Mdogao

Killdash wrote:Probably cheese sandwiches. They take me back to my boyhood cartoon-watching days.

Damn that hit right in the nostalgia

Killdash, Lavan Tiri

Mdogao wrote:I want 2016 to never end, so Donald Trump can never take office.

Saaame

Been thinking about that literally all week

Lavan Tiri, Mdogao

Vista Major wrote:Saaame

Been thinking about that literally all week

Hindsight, like the year we're all looking forward to, is 2020

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Mdogao

Sulania wrote:Hindsight, like the year we're all looking forward to, is 2020

#Michelle4Prez2020

Jaslandia, Killdash, Lavan Tiri, Greater Banitia

I for one welcome our new trumpian overlords

Lavan Tiri, Mdogao

Sulania wrote:Donald Trump taking office < Possibility of another good celebrity death

I will take the chances of the Trumpster.

I wrote a rebuttal, but then I realizee this is a joke.

Right?

Please tell me you are joking.

Lavan Tiri

Mdogao wrote:I wrote a rebuttal, but then I realizee this is a joke.

Right?

Please tell me you are joking.

Let's see... Random people that we all know of because they appeared in one or two movies/series that we like, or an annoying reactionary orange taking the highest office in the free world and the most powerful position in the world.

What do you think?

Killdash, Lavan Tiri, Mdogao

Sulania wrote:Donald Trump taking office < Possibility of another good celebrity death

I will take the chances of the Trumpster.

At lease the roleplay is going along nicely

Lavan Tiri

Sulania wrote:Let's see... Random people that we all know of because they appeared in one or two movies/series that we like, or an annoying reactionary orange taking the highest office in the free world and the most powerful position in the world.

What do you think?

Very well said

Lavan Tiri

Mdogao wrote:What is your preferred comfort food? Mine is potato soup.

Pb&js with dill pickle chips.

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Mdogao

Yukona wrote:Damn that hit right in the nostalgia

It's been a week of nostalgia. All the Easter Eggs in Rogue One, and here I am watching the Original Trilogy.

Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

POSTED ON THE RP DUDES

Lavan Tiri

Magnatronia wrote:POSTED ON THE RP DUDES

Can someone hit me with a link?

Lavan Tiri

Killdash wrote:Can someone hit me with a link?

As long as you participate, yes!

http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10061422/1/#new

Killdash, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major

Magnatronia wrote:As long as you participate, yes!

http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10061422/1/#new

I'll check it out.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Just saw Rogue One. I won't give away any spoilers, but I really liked it. Great actions, great characters, and I liked the movie's darker take on the Star Wars universe.

Killdash, Lavan Tiri, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:

Pb&js with dill pickle chips.

What kind of monster are you?

Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Just saw Rogue One. I won't give away any spoilers, but I really liked it. Great actions, great characters, and I liked the movie's darker take on the Star Wars universe.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Just saw Rogue One. I won't give away any spoilers, but I really liked it. Great actions, great characters, and I liked the movie's darker take on the Star Wars universe.

I loved it. Better than Force Awakens in my opinion.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Killdash wrote:I loved it. Better than Force Awakens in my opinion.

I'm not sure if I would say that; I think Force Awakens had better character development and plot. Still, it's close, and I'd say Rogue One certainly exceeds Force Awakens in terms of action and sheer awe.

Killdash, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:I'm not sure if I would say that; I think Force Awakens had better character development and plot. Still, it's close, and I'd say Rogue One certainly exceeds Force Awakens in terms of action and sheer awe.

I don't want to spoiler anything, but I thought the dialogue was spot on, and there was a more of a Star Wars feel about it.

Disney did very well, but there was very similar shot sequencing to, for instance, the Avengers. I loved Force Awakens, but it was definitely a Disney through and through. Rogue One lacked that.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Killdash wrote:I don't want to spoiler anything, but I thought the dialogue was spot on, and there was a more of a Star Wars feel about it.

Disney did very well, but there was very similar shot sequencing to, for instance, the Avengers. I loved Force Awakens, but it was definitely a Disney through and through. Rogue One lacked that.

Fair enough. I see what you mean. You could also make the argument that due to Force Awakens' Disneyfication, it couldn't be as dark like Rogue One was.

Killdash, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major

Jaslandia wrote:Fair enough. I see what you mean. You could also make the argument that due to Force Awakens' Disneyfication, it couldn't be as dark like Rogue One was.

However it is excellent to see spilt themes across the main arc and subsidiary stories. It prevents the saga from getting too bogged down in a mono-thematic quagmire.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Killdash wrote:However it is excellent to see spilt themes across the main arc and subsidiary stories. It prevents the saga from getting too bogged down in a mono-thematic quagmire.

Indeed.

Killdash, Lavan Tiri

Post self-deleted by Magnatronia.

Jaslandia wrote:I'm not sure if I would say that; I think Force Awakens had better character development and plot. Still, it's close, and I'd say Rogue One certainly exceeds Force Awakens in terms of action and sheer awe.

Indeed, I'd agree with the character development being meh. Still liked it better than Force Awakens. Rogue One Actually made me want to come back and see it again, Force Awakens didn't.

[spoiler=Spoiler Alert]That romance subplot sucked though[/spoiler]

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

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