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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Varrick! Great to see you again! It's been too long! And I don't know if the Blackstone House is really named after you, but it'd be cool if it was.
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Varrick The Rich Guy, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
*blink*
I was more so inspired by... never mind. It's a pleasure as always, Varrick the Great.
Classy.
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Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Then you are weak
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
I've been through a day of watching over my mother post-surgery, which will continue for an estimated two weeks, along with college courses and a history essay due on April 25, so forgive me if I feel pain over everything at this point.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
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Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Oh. Well, I was unaware of the context, and thought you were just poking fun at how often I have to send out updates as things in Parliament are fairly busy. Sorry about your circumstances.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
*sigh* Yet again, the WA mocks me by placing me as the 6th-most average nation in the region (though to be fair, it is a place less average than last time). If I ever become King of Percyton again, my first act will be to send a strongly-worded letter to the WA over their inaccurate rating system. And if that doesn't work, an invasion of WA headquarters might be in order. Maybe then they'll realize how splendid and un-average I am.
As someone who explicitly ran for King in opposition to the Supreme Council back in the 50s, I understand completely how bad the Supreme Council was back then (and it's only slightly better now). I like to think I did quite well in weakening the Supreme Council's power, but I guess I didn't do well enough, since the Council voted me out as King a few years later, and after a period of weakness, the Supreme Council is strong again (though not as strong as they were before I became King). For a state founded by radical revolution, you'd be surprised by how conservative and stubborn our political system can be. People like me may rock the boat from time to time (or, 'rock the coach', in our case *ba dum tss*), but it isn't long before things go back to roughly the way they were before.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
I'm flattered, Jas! I still remember the whole 'Peng/Percy' ticket a while back. I miss those times.
Varrick! It has been a while! I really need to visit your railway sometime to help out. I've been good. Busy with work, but good. How are you? How are Jaslandia (the engine), Kijo, Cardinal, Shu and all the others doing?
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, James The Red Engine, Duke The Old Engine
Don't listen to those pretentious swine that call themselves WA... You consider yourself [I]unique[/I] and [I]splendid[/I], then you ARE! Don't get too full of yourself though, for enemies can and will be out to mur- ...dismantle you. And on another note, at least the government is holding well in the nation! Besides... sometimes allies can be asked to perform an.... [I]International Coup[/I]... if things aren't favorable and unable to be fixed by the citizens.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, James The Red Engine, Duke The Old Engine
Personally, I don't mind some conservatism and stubborness in a nation; if anything, I think a certain amount of it is necessary in any healthy society. However, I do share some of your gripes with the Supreme Council: I was quite unhappy when they took over my old railway the Mid-Sodor Railway in the 1920s, and when our railway was on its last legs and eventually closed in the 1940s, I feel like the Council didn't do enough to support us or make sure all of the railway's engines were looked after. This goes for myself especially, as I was locked up in a shed for over 20 years after the railway closed, and while a group of explorers led by the Thin and Fat Clergymen (who you may know as the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and the Reverend Teddy Boston respectively) eventually found me, and the Skarloey Railway took me in and restored me, the Supreme Council never gave a d*mn about what became of me this whole time. So yeah, you could say I'm a bit bitter over that.
Skarloey: Let bygones be bygones, Duke. The important thing is that you're here with us now.
Duke: I suppose you're right. Even if the Supreme Council didn't care about me, I'm glad you and your railway did, and I've been proud to have been part of the Skarloey Railway for... gosh, it's been nearly 50 years now.
Peter Sam: And you're still as grumpy and finicky as you were when we worked with you on the MSR!
Sir Handel: Maybe even moreso!
Duke: You impertinent scallywags! Be off with you! Those youngins. In my days, engines were seen and not heard. If I had a head, I'd be shaking it now.
Skarloey: Oh lighten up, Duke! We were all young once!
Duke: I suppose. Although I at least had a cab when I was young.
Rheneas: Oh, he got you there, Skarloey!
Skarloey: He got you too, since you didn't have a cab either!
Ivo Hugh: Are we seriously arguing over cabs? While I like my cab and everything, it doesn't seem like a big deal.
Skarloey: *laughs* It was a different time, Ivo. You're a young engine who was built in an era when every proper engine had a cab, so you wouldn't understand.
Samson: *puffing past* I heard that!
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, James The Red Engine
Thank you, Russ! I'm glad someone realizes how splendid and extraordinary I really am. And while we've been warned before about international threats and coups, I don't think we have TOO much to worry about. Nothing's happened in the past, both because Percyton is too small too really care, and because our fame through books and our TV series discourages people from attacking us. But, if something does come up, we shall call upon our allies, with our military (led by Minister of Defense Neville) will valiantly hold the enemies off while we wait.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
Glad to hear it. Keep being you James....
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, James The Red Engine
Oh no. Don't tell me HE'S back on Sodor. Why would Sir Topham Hatt bring back an engine who once took Gordon's express coaches to the Blue Mountain Quarry instead of quarry trucks?
https://youtu.be/K7dQAglM02k?t=2m40s
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
Samson: I'l have you know that I've learned from my mistakes, and that despite my past, I can indeed be a Really Useful Engine. And besides, I'll only be here for a few days. One of your diesel engines (I think his name was Braxton) is undergoing maintenance, so Sir Topham Hatt sent for me to take slate from the Blue Mountain Quarry and do Braxton's other jobs.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Duke The Old Engine
First off, it's Paxton. Second, Blue Mountain Quarry? So I guess that means we'll be working with you a lot over the next few days. That should be interesting. I wasn't at the Quarry when Samson came to work there the last couple of times (I was working on the Skarloey Railway with a few of the other narrow gauge engines), but I've heard some very interesting stories about him from Skarloey, Peter Sam, and the other engines who have worked with him. I'll actually be going up to the Blue Mountain Quarry for work tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to actually meeting Samson for the first time.
Skarloey: I'm not sure you'll like him, Duke. He's made a lot of careless mistakes in the past, and I know you always hate careless mistakes.
Duke: I do, but I'm also willing to look past that if those engines then improve. Samson says he has, so I'm willing to believe him unless he does something that makes me think otherwise.
Skarloey: That's a good attitude, Duke! When you get past the arrogance and reluctance to admit his mistakes, Samson is actually a very funny and pleasant chap. We chatted with him a lot when he was here before, although that didn't stop us from also laughing at his mistakes and overconfidence.
Peter Sam: Like when we laughed at him for taking too many stone trucks, and how he struggled and went slow instead of admitting that he took too many trucks?
https://youtu.be/Q7WNDaI1mHM?t=1m47s
Jaslandia, Percyton
Yeah, I would love to have you on Varrick Rail some time! Maybe a special excursion train from Omashu to Ba Sing Se? And the other engines are doing quite well, I'm pleased to report. Working hard as always, and they're making me money, so I can't complain!
For what it's worth, I've dabbled with... let's call them 'private military contractors' and other war-related businesses. So if Percyton ever is attacked or couped, I could certainly use my vast connections and seemingly endless financial resources to put together a defense and/or counterattack. Just say the word, Percy, and I'll make the preparations immediately! Heck, for you, I could even throw in the Avatar at a discount!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
And knowing you, I'm guessing you would still make money off this whole thing?
Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica
Why of course! I'm crazy, but I'm not THAT crazy! But, for Percy, I would make a little less money than I normally would. I have some scruples, you know?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Only sacrificing a little bit of money to help a good friend doesn't seem to exhibit much scruples, but coming from you, I suppose it's something.
Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica
Now you're getting it! Keep thinking like that, and you might have the smarts to go into business yourself one day!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
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Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
[spoiler=Today is March 24 and today are:]
Today is March 24 and today are:
- Be Mad Day
- Commonwealth Covenant Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
- Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice (Argentina)
- Earth Hour
- Endometriosis March Day
- International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
- National Cheesesteak Day (United States)
- National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day (United States)
- National Tree Planting Day (Uganda)
- Student Day (Scientology)
- Take Your Parents to the Playground Day
- World Endometriosis Day
- World Tuberculosis Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1401 Turco-Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus.
- 1603 James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England and Ireland, upon the death of Elizabeth I.
- 1603 Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shogun from Emperor Go-Yōzei, and establishes the Tokugawa shogunate in Edo, Japan.
- 1663 The Province of Carolina is granted by charter to eight Lords Proprietor in reward for their assistance in restoring Charles II of England to the throne.
- 1720 Count Frederick of Hesse-Kassel is elected King of Sweden by the Riksdag of the Estates, after his consort Ulrika Eleonora abdicated the throne on 29 February
- 1721 Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 10461051.
- 1731 Naturalization of Hieronimus de Salis Parliamentary Act is passed.
- 1765 Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
- 1829 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, allowing Catholics to serve in Parliament.
- 1832 In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith.
- 1837 Canada gives African Canadian men the right to vote.
- 1854 Slavery is abolished in Venezuela.
- 1860 Sakuradamon Incident: Assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke.
- 1869 The last of Titokowaru's forces surrendered to the New Zealand government, ending his uprising.
- 1878 The British frigate HMS Eurydice sinks, killing more than 300.
- 1882 Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
- 1885 Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Bang Bo on the TonkinGuangxi border.
- 1896 A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission in history.
- 1900 Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- 1907 The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
- 1921 The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event
- 1927 Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
- 1934 United States Congress passes the TydingsMcDuffie Act, allowing the Philippines to become a self-governing commonwealth.
- 1944 Ardeatine massacre: German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome.
- 1944 World War II: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 Allied prisoners of war begin breaking out of the German camp Stalag Luft III.
- 1946 A British Cabinet Mission arrives in India to discuss and plan for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
- 1958 Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
- 1961 Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
- 1965 Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.
- 1973 Kenyan athlete Kip Keino defeats Jim Ryun at the first-ever professional track meet in Los Angeles.
- 1976 In Argentina, the armed forces overthrow the constitutional government of President Isabel Perón and start a 7-year dictatorial period self-styled the National Reorganization Process.
- 1980 El Salvadorian Archbishop Óscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador.
- 1986 The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
- 1989 In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000 m3) of crude oil after running aground.
- 1993 Discovery of Comet ShoemakerLevy 9.
- 1998 Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden, aged 11 and 13 respectively, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are killed and ten are wounded.
- 1998 A tornado sweeps through Dantan in India, killing 250 people and injuring 3,000 others.
- 1998 First computer-assisted Bone Segment Navigation, performed at the University of Regensburg, Germany
- 1999 Kosovo war: NATO began attacks on Yugoslavia without United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approval , marking the first time NATO has attacked a sovereign country.
- 1999 A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
- 2003 The Arab League votes 211 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from Iraq.
- 2008 Bhutan officially becomes a democracy, with its first ever general election.
- 2015 Germanwings Flight 9525 crashes in the French Alps in an apparent pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 150 people on board.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1494 Georgius Agricola, German mineralogist and scholar
- 1693 John Harrison, English carpenter and clock-maker, invented the Marine chronometer
- 1733 Joseph Priestley, English theologian, philosopher, chemist, physicist
- 1820 Fanny Crosby, American poet and composer
- 1874 Harry Houdini, Hungarian-Jewish American magician and actor
- 1884 Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1897 Wilhelm Reich, Austrian-American psychotherapist and academic
- 1903 Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1909 Clyde Barrow, American criminal
- 1911 Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera
- 1921 Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player
- 1926 Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1927 Martin Walser, German author and playwright
- 1930 Steve McQueen, American actor and producer
- 1951 Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer, founded the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation
- 1956 Steve Ballmer, American businessman
- 1960 Nena, German singer-songwriter and actress
- 1961 Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist and politician, Greek Minister of Finance
- 1973 Jim Parsons, American actor
- 1974 Alyson Hannigan, American actress
- 1976 Peyton Manning, American football player and entrepreneur
- 1990 Keisha Castle-Hughes, Australian-New Zealand actress
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Quote of the day
The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.
- Sally Ride (American Astronaut, 1951-2012) -
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton
who are you?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Mercunova
https://youtu.be/5vscOHPFUf0?t=7m3s
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
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Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
Extra history!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hello people. :)
How are you all?
Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Confederal States, Midasia
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
Im alright. Enjoy my weekend. :)
Vista Major, Percyton, Midasia
I watched their series on Genghis Khan recently. It was good.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I'm good, reading over some material from the NSMRC, watching Criken, and getting ready to open the expo.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
So the UK is leaving the EU but:
The EU will still have full access to British waters and the UK will still be subject to EU fishing policy with the added bonus of having no say.
The UK wants to "take back control of our borders" but does not want to erect a hard border in Northern Ireland.
The UK's shiny new blue post-Brexit passports will be printed in France.
If this is taking back control, I would not like to see what not having control looks like.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Spanelsko
B-But now the scary brown people will go away, right?
Bearlong, Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
[spoiler=Today is March 25 and today are:]
Today is March 25 and today are:
- Anniversary of the Arengo and the Feast of the Militants (San Marino)
- Cultural Workers Day (Russia)
- Empress Menen's Birthday (Rastafari)
- EU Talent Day (European Union)
- Feast of the Annunciation (Lebanon)
- Freedom Day (Belarus)
- International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members (United Nations General Assembly)
- International Day of the Unborn Child
- International Waffle Day
- Maryland Day (Maryland)
- National Cerebral Palsy Day (United States)
- National Lobster Newburg Day (United States)
- National Medal of Honor Day (United States)
- National Pecan Day (United States)
- National Tolkien Reading Day (United States)
- New Zealand Army Day (New Zealand)
- Old New Year's Day
- Palm Sunday (Christianity)
- Pisan New Year
- Rama Navami (India, Nepal)
- Revolution Day (Greece)
- Struggle for Human Rights Day (Slovakia)
- Tolkien Reading Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0708 Pope Constantine succeeds Pope Sisinnius as the 88th pope.
- 0717 Theodosius III resigns the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy.
- 1000 Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah assassinates the eunuch chief minister Barjawan and assumes control of the government.
- 1199 Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6.
- 1306 Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots (Scotland).
- 1409 The Council of Pisa opens.
- 1555 The city of Valencia is founded in present-day Venezuela.
- 1576 Jerome Savage takes out a sub-lease to start the Newington Butts Theatre outside London.
- 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
- 1655 Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
- 1802 The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
- 1807 The Slave Trade Act becomes law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire.
- 1807 The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger-carrying railway in the world.
- 1811 Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism.
- 1821 Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821 (Julian calendar).
- 1865 American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
- 1894 Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
- 1911 In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
- 1917 The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
- 1918 The Belarusian People's Republic is established.
- 1924 On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
- 1931 The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
- 1941 The Kingdom of Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers with the signing of the Tripartite Pact.
- 1947 An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
- 1948 The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
- 1949 More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
- 1957 United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
- 1957 The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
- 1965 Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 1969 During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
- 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight by the Pakistan Armed Forces against East Pakistani civilians.
- 1971 The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
- 1975 Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.
- 1979 The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
- 1988 The Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
- 1995 WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, is made public by Ward Cunningham.
- 1996 The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
- 2006 Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman kills six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
- 2006 Protesters demanding a new election in Belarus, following the rigged Belarusian presidential election, 2006, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin is among several protesters arrested.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1347 Catherine of Siena, Italian philosopher, theologian, and saint
- 1538 Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer
- 1867 Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor, designed Mount Rushmore
- 1867 Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor
- 1881 Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer
- 1908 David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1914 Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1921 Simone Signoret, Jewish French actress
- 1928 Jim Lovell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
- 1942 Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1947 Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
- 1973 Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier
- 1976 Wladimir Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
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Quote of the day
A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.
- Frank Morgan (American Actor, 1890-1949) -
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, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia
In an ironic twist, the UK Government claims it wants closer ties with the Commonwealth which is made up of lots of non-white people. In trade deals, there is no doubt that many of these countries will want easier access to the UK as a condition.
I am sure Brexit voters will be happy to have less white people coming from Christian and democratic Europe and instead have more non-whites coming from poorer, authoritarian and conservative Commonwealth countries.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
But listen to your Führer Mrs. May. She is infallible. The Empire will return. Leaving the EU is just the first step. You will re-colonize the old territory and bring it to its former glory. Just a few ethnic cleansings here and there is all it needs.
(I'm being sarcastic here. Don't take any of this serious.)
Nuremgard, Axeldonia
The sad thing is that returning to the glorious days of Empire is what many Brexiteers want. They think they are "ruled" by the "tyrannical" EU. This is quite frankly an insult to the countless people who suffered under the yoke of the Empire.
Brexiteers ought to ask the Irish what it's really like to be ruled by a foreign power. Oh, wait a minute. They're instead telling the Irish they should leave the EU along with the UK. Some are even saying Ireland should re-join the UK!
Delusional does not even begin to describe them.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
How about this:
Step 1: Dissolve all nations except UK
Step 2: Integrate all that unclaimed territory into the UK
Step 3: British World Empire with all it's aweful splendid parts
Step 4: PROFIT
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia
I'm a scary brown person who will be travelling to London this summer. So, no. The answer is no.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
That is more coherent than any strategy for Brexit the British government has came up with.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
London has a brown person as mayor. You should be fine.
Bearlong, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
To be fair, both sides have handled this in an exceptionally poor fashion, IMO.
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Spanelsko
I disagree. The UK side has been an absolute shambles. The EU is merely protecting the interests of its member states.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
And by doing so in such an aggressive way, is placing the unity of europe in even greater harms way in front of two economic predators tbh. From what I've seen, it's always been less a matter of protecting EU interests and more a matter of punishing the dissenter with a side of EU interests.
Suffice to say, it's not my fight but the future will demand a lot of cohesion from the west in the future if we all don't want to end up as economic markets for China when it surpasses the US in status -best case is a Free World Autarky with the express goal of strangling China's economics IMO- but at least either way it would allow a bit more economic resistance. Every second spent squabbling between the EU and dissenting states is another month wasted tho.
Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
The EU is not punishing the UK for dissenting or leaving. That's Brexit victim nonsense. The EU will not compromise its structure or its economic interests just to please the UK. The UK is leaving but is expecting the EU to bend over backwards and give it an amazing deal. The UK wants to leave the club but retain the privileges of membership. Not happening.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
We've already gone down this road before so I'll leave it at the same old same old. Germany should never have released the statement saying "I am confident that these countries can also send a message that we won't let anyone take Europe from us, if they didn't mean to say that they were going to punish anyone who tried to take Europe from them, and it's frankly more important to me that there is more cooperation inside of Europe than the usual ragtime affairs I point to when I say "An increasingly western focused West that doesn't look at the real threats".
We'll have to agree to disagree.
Penguania And Antarctica
OHHAHAHHAHA.... you are soooo funny..... we all know that the Catalonian Empire of Siberian Spain will rule all of us in the future.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh the irony.
Only in the 700s would someone give up the throne of one of the most powerful empires of the time, in order to become a priest.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFl3OaBi8FY
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
Why is it irony??
Percyton
Germany is a great country. :)
Nuremgard, Vista Major, Percyton, Confederal States
The fact that we're talking about Britain leaving the EU on 'EU Talents Day'. Bonus points for the fact that, based on the Brexit deal Nurem gave earlier, the EU is coming out on top in this deal, thus proving the EU's talent.
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh okay. :)
Jaslandia, Percyton
This is yet more proof that Peng is a Nazi.
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Confederal States
No.
Who else thought that Germany was a great country?
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Many people think. You don't need to be a Nazi to love your country.
But thank you for giving me an insight into your thinking that patriotism is part of a bad ideology.
I'm sure the Americans will love you for this. /s
Another updaaate
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=grand_hesperia/detail=factbook/id=992229
Vista Major, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Confederal States
American patriotism? More like apologism for genocide and slavery. Iraqi patriotism? More like patriotism for an artificial state created by the Brits. Russian patriotism? More like apologism for Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea and anti-LGBT laws. Patriotism in general? More like patriotism for a spook.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Hi guys!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Aldwood, Mercunova, Percyton
Hi Est. Long time no speak. How are you? :)
Jaslandia, New Estaris, Percyton
I'm... To your west?
Axeldonia, Confederal States
Never mind him. He's winding you up.
Let's be honest. Every state in the world is artificial. Borders are man-made and nation-states are man-made constructs. And jeez, I thought I was cynical. If we keep listing off the sins of all countries, by your reasoning, nobody should be proud of their country and we should all just be a bunch of self-loathing misery guts.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
You know me well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-communism
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-the-conquest-of-bread
Thanks? I'll give that book a miss.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Stirner
It's even self-defeating to be self-loathing.
Honestly, it's pretty nice to be patriotic if you still want to fix issues in the nation, IMO. Better than folks just going "I hate this country".
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcw8R_pt43w
Penguania And Antarctica
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Vista Major, Axeldonia, Percyton, Confederal States
Who knew legalising gay marriage, polygamy and polyandry would lower religiousness?
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Grand Hesperia
Cuz loving god is gay
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
His Maj will have severely pissed off the clerics.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
They should stay but help to change this country in a good way tbh rather than growing ever more disaffected IMO :V
America needs to reinspire a mass civic nationalism to help recover I think.
Nuremgard, Lex Caledonia
Perhaps, but first we'd need to take back the 'nationalist' label from Trump, the alt-right, and other toxic folks.
Nuremgard
People will always accuse you of being a "bad" nationalist. Take it from a self-identified nationalist.
Confederal States, Spanelsko
Fair enough, but that's why more people need to be open to calling themselves 'civic nationalists'. I don't know how it is in the UK, but in America, pretty much the only folks who call themselves 'nationalists' are 'America First', Trumpian, usually white supremacist types. If there are civic nationalists in America, they aren't calling themselves that.
Nuremgard, Lex Caledonia
In the UK, nationalists refer to Scots, Welsh and Irish who want independence. This is often decried as xenophobic and terribly awful. British patriotism (that's the word always used) is purer than the driven snow, all about inclusiveness and is so elevated above all other nationalism that those who espouse it don't even recognise it as nationalism.
Axeldonia
Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Percyton
To be frank, we'd need to take it back in emotive terms first which will already be hard given the normalized envy disaffected folks have towards other places (The grass is always greener on the other side) and then do even harder tasks like keeping it up while we -hopefully- cauterize China's development forward towards being a super power.
We've a lot of scumfvckery to get through :/
E: if we can even do it I guess. The real pitfall of capitalism is that it completely fails at looking ahead by more than half a minute. We'd have lobbyists breathing down the world's neck like sweaty people.
Jaslandia
Im pretty great! Almost one year with my girl, Tuesday
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Im pretty great! Almost one year with my girl, Tuesday
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Glad to hear it bud.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Welp, found out I'm going to be a full-fledged uncle: my sister confirmed her test last night
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Congrats, UCT!
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
How old is your sister?
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
yee
26, turning 27 this year
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I feel young.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
you are :p
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
At least I'm going to turn 18 in a few weeks.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I'm turning 19 in a month
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
19 in two months and a day. :P
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Wee bairn, ya Wee Baby Kally
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I'm glad to hear the others are well. And I'd love to pull an excursion train when I get back! I'll try to come soon! And thanks for your support, Varrick! Hopefully we never need it, but it's nice to know that we have it. I met the Avatar once before, and she seemed cool. She was understandably confused by the idea of talking locomotives, but after she got over that, we got along quite well. I certainly would love to see her again, though hopefully not under such dire circumstances!
An important day in railway history for sure! Just as I did last year, I pulled a special passenger train from Tidmouth to Vicarstown earlier today to mark the occasion. Although this time, I triple-headed the train with Thomas and Gordon, so that was fun!
Welcome back, Est! And congrats on your happy relationship!
Congrats, Chernarus! I'm sure you'll be a great uncle!
I'm turning 118 this year, so in terms of years, "y'all got nothing on me" (as I've heard some of the teens say). Though, I mentioned before that there isn't a strong relationship between an engine's age and their personality, so I don't really act 118. And I'm not even the oldest engine on Sodor; the oldest would be Stephen, who is 189 years old now.
Jaslandia, Varrick The Rich Guy, Penguania And Antarctica
yey
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
And now I feel old; I'm turning 20 in November of this year.
Well, I don't feel so old now.
So, what's like being in existence for 118 years? You have seen so many things, and witnessed so many changes in society. When you were built, there was no TV, no cell phones, no airplanes, and cars were still in their infancy. How the world has changed!
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Honestly, I don't feel 118; not only do I still act like a young engine, but we engines are so busy with work, that the years seem to go by fast for us. And while I haven't seen all the changes in the world, since I can only go where the rails go, I have seen a lot: I've seen Percyton become more 'urbanized' (as Edward calls it when cities are bigger and have more people in them), I've seen World War II and the war industry come and go, I've seen more passengers with cell phones, and I've also seen our commuter and work-related traffic decline due to the rise of cars and planes (though we've made up for it with more tourist travelers, and we still have a decent number of people who use our trains to get to and from work). Still, a lot of things have stayed the same too: I work with many of the same engines as I did in the begining, the stations and rails haven't changed much, and the problems of the old days are still problems today (snow on the line, faulty signals, accidents and crashes, icy rails, etc.).
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
All mainstream British parties describe themselves as upholding the tennants of civic nationalism. The only reason its come to refer to the independence movement is because British nationalism has been bastardised by the National Front - now BNP - and the EDL.
Interesting. I guess the old saying is true: the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
http://i2.wp.com/www.wehuntedthemammoth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/edlsargon.jpg
If things change, then how do things also stay the same?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
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