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Nuremgard wrote:What is a technocracy exactly?
Andromitus wrote:A Technocracy is a political "sect" of a Meritocracy, essentially a state that chooses its leaders based of their mental or physical abilities, or "merit"; in the sense of a Technocracy, it is a Meritocratic state that focuses on ones ability in terms of Scientific or Technical expertise. The best way to think of it is a nation run by scientists of varying divisions; For example it would choose a Political Scientists as the "leaders" with Biologists, Geologists, Physicist, and Chemists running other aspects of the government and so on and so forth.

Perfectly explained. In the case of [nation=short]Djo[/nation] it is absolutistic, meaning the most capable in their fields have unlimited power over anybody else as long as they don't damage the future potential for development of the society as a whole. In short, nothing is sacred as long as there is progress.

Tserra wrote:Challenge accepted DJ.

Bring it on, Tserra. The older the better.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Andromitus

Estrinia wrote:Always works ;)

:)

Penguania And Antarctica

Djo wrote:Perfectly explained. In the case of [nation=short]Djo[/nation] it is absolutistic, meaning the most capable in their fields have unlimited power over anybody else as long as they don't damage the future potential for development of the society as a whole. In short, nothing is sacred as long as there is progress.

Fascinating, thats an intense social hierarchy you got there; May I ask how its dictated? What I mean is, how do you decide how "much better" one scientist is over another?

*Eats the unborn. With a side of toast.*

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona, Percyton

Confederacy Of Free Nations wrote:*Eats the unborn. With a side of toast.*

Hello Rainbow Space Cat Founder :)

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Confederacy Of Free Nations, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hello Rainbow Space Cat Founder :)

Hello Peng :D

Jaslandia, The Vidnoye, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Confederacy Of Free Nations wrote:Hello Peng :D

How is our humble protector doing ?

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:Fascinating, thats an intense social hierarchy you got there; May I ask how its dictated? What I mean is, how do you decide how "much better" one scientist is over another?

Depends on the previous success/education/ability metrics etc. But mostly, you can't, so what usually happens is that for every "risky" decision you'll be judged by your peers. If a scientist considers himself top, and decides to do something which would be legal for a top scientist, but the rest of the scientific community disagrees, the state would consider the community as more capable of making the right decision and proceed to sanction the scientist. It has elements of a democracy, just a general democracy devided into many sections, so your actions are not sanctioned by a plain majority, as in a regular democracy, but by the opinion of your peers. A farmer cannot write laws for a physicist and a physicist cannot write laws for the farmer.

Andromitus

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How is our humble protector doing ?

Lazily watching youtube videos while contemplating napping for the next 18 hours. At some point today I have to destroy a planet, but I might put that off for another year or so. Oh and I am gonna need a sacrifice to appease me, and sate my blood lust soon. Cat memes would be appropriate.

You?

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

Confederacy Of Free Nations wrote:Lazily watching youtube videos while contemplating napping for the next 18 hours. At some point today I have to destroy a planet, but I might put that off for another year or so. Oh and I am gonna need a sacrifice to appease me, and sate my blood lust soon. Cat memes would be appropriate.

You?

I'm doing. Just relaxing right now because I am a bit tired.

Here is your sacrifice :)

http://cdn2-www.cattime.com/assets/uploads/gallery/25-funny-cat-memes/funny-cat-meme.jpg

Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm doing. Just relaxing right now because I am a bit tired.

Here is your sacrifice :)

http://cdn2-www.cattime.com/assets/uploads/gallery/25-funny-cat-memes/funny-cat-meme.jpg

I accept this sacrifice. I am sated.

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

Confederacy Of Free Nations wrote:I accept this sacrifice. I am sated.

Praise Protectorate the god cat, he allows us humble mortals to live another day!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Solla Ultima

The United Providences Of Perland wrote:Praise Protectorate the god cat, he allows us humble mortals to live another day!

My title is Rainbow Space Cat Founder. If you must use my name however, it is not Protectorate. I have decided it is Beerus after another Cat whom I admire.

Merlinton, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

All hail Rainbow Space Cat Founder.

The United Providences Of Perland wrote:Praise Protectorate the god cat, he allows us humble mortals to live another day!

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

Post self-deleted by Andromitus.

Confederacy Of Free Nations wrote:I accept this sacrifice. I am sated.

*Is too terrified to correct it to Satiated* *Does it anyway*

Confederacy Of Free Nations wrote:My title is Rainbow Space Cat Founder. If you must use my name however, it is not Protectorate. I have decided it is Beerus after another Cat whom I admire.

Another Celestial Feline has caught the eye of the Rainbow Space Cat Founder?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

Djo wrote:Depends on the previous success/education/ability metrics etc. But mostly, you can't, so what usually happens is that for every "risky" decision you'll be judged by your peers. If a scientist considers himself top, and decides to do something which would be legal for a top scientist, but the rest of the scientific community disagrees, the state would consider the community as more capable of making the right decision and proceed to sanction the scientist. It has elements of a democracy, just a general democracy devided into many sections, so your actions are not sanctioned by a plain majority, as in a regular democracy, but by the opinion of your peers. A farmer cannot write laws for a physicist and a physicist cannot write laws for the farmer.

That sounds horribly inefficient. You have to wait until an entire scientific community (which, in a technocratic state, must be utterly massive) comes to an agreement against a decision. That could be years of just discussion, and then more time simply to just write the law that will replace the existing controversial decision.

Andromitus

Andromitus wrote:*Is too terrified to correct it to Satiated* *Does it anyway*

Another Celestial Feline has caught the eye of the Rainbow Space Cat Founder?

Is husbando.

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

Friedensreich wrote:That sounds horribly inefficient. You have to wait until an entire scientific community (which, in a technocratic state, must be utterly massive) comes to an agreement against a decision. That could be years of just discussion, and then more time simply to just write the law that will replace the existing controversial decision.

Not really, since there is no need to write most of the law. What is written is the general principles on which to base decisions, and in the eyes of the state each member of the nation has executive privileges to do whatever he believes is the right decision that follows said principles. If there is conflict, meaning no good results, or negative external effects, then it is solved by consensus. It's similar to how in the modern world, if a policeman arrests someone, bystanders believe that he did it because he is well informed about the law and thinks the person being arrested is breaking it. But let's say someone thinks the arrest is racially based, he reports him to a judge who decides if it was or not. This system means that everyone is a policeman with broad authority to protect the development of the nation, by doing what he knows and deferring what he doesn't to better experts.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1813 – War of 1812: After learning of American plans for a surprise attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Laura Secord sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon.

So she's basically a Canadian Paul Revere/Sybil Ludington?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Ludington

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

I cant believe i never tried out these interactive movie games. They are pretty good.

Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona

Estrinia wrote:I will endorse you!!

Damn, He's good.

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

To those who endorse me... At the moment, expect an endorsement in return xP

I'm still new to this WA Status xD

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:To those who endorse me... At the moment, expect an endorsement in return xP

I'm still new to this WA Status xD

I like how you edited that banner of the government building to make it look as if it has communist banners draped over it.

Russkov Soviet, Yukona, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:I like how you edited that banner of the government building to make it look as if it has communist banners draped over it.

Thank you. Its amazing how a NS banner and some photo-shopping can make a nation feel more natural. (Endorsed you in return as well)

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:Thank you. Its amazing how a NS banner and some photo-shopping can make a nation feel more natural. (Endorsed you in return as well)

I've tried to make communist nations before but because I'm so fickle, they never last long.

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I've tried to make communist nations before but because I'm so fickle, they never last long.

The only reason I've lasted is the fact that I am the remains of the 1940's Soviet Union. That...and Anthropomorphic Equine Super Soldier Program... xP

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:The only reason I've lasted is the fact that I am the remains of the 1940's Soviet Union. That...and Anthropomorphic Equine Super Soldier Program... xP

I'm basically Russia except my culture is mostly European lol

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I'm basically Russia except my culture is mostly European lol

I ended up updating my banner. "Cleaned" it up.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Djo

Russkov Soviet wrote:I ended up updating my banner. "Cleaned" it up.

I see your economy still has private enterprise. Is the government working on stamping this out? lol

Russkov Soviet

Private enterprise? Its not the Capitalistic version. All wealth is spread fairly. (But I am ready to stamp it out if need be)

Russkov Soviet wrote:Private enterprise? Its not the Capitalistic version. All wealth is spread fairly. (But I am ready to stamp it out if need be)

We're socialist too. We can be allies. :P

Russkov Soviet

Nuremgard wrote:We're socialist too. We can be allies. :P

Wonderful!

Nuremgard

Russkov Soviet wrote:Wonderful!

But the Norsk Government strongly recommends and encourages the Soviet government to democratise and allow political freedom.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:But the Norsk Government strongly recommends and encourages the Soviet government to democratise and allow political freedom.

Back in my old region, the Eurasian Socialist Union, we have had elections. But after the assassination of the Former Premier Daniel Ivanovich Svanoski, the Equestrian State forbade elections for fear of public retaliation. ...... Hmm.... I guess, now that I'm in a new region, I'll convince the party officials to host elections. (The Premier position is NOT open)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Back in my old region, the Eurasian Socialist Union, we have had elections. But after the assassination of the Former Premier Daniel Ivanovich Svanoski, the Equestrian State forbade elections for fear of public retaliation. ...... Hmm.... I guess, now that I'm in a new region, I'll convince the party officials to host elections. (The Premier position is NOT open)

It's a good idea.

I have 2 other nations which are dictatorships. ;) And another democracy but it's very limited as only landowners can vote and run for office.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:It's a good idea.

I have 2 other nations which are dictatorships. ;) And another democracy but it's very limited as only landowners can vote and run for office.

Ah..Nice. Its going to be a VERY interesting election. Lots of heavily-armed soldiers and limited media. Needless to say, our nation's going to be different.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Ah..Nice. Its going to be a VERY interesting election. Lots of heavily-armed soldiers and limited media. Needless to say, our nation's going to be different.

Nuremgard wishes your nation the best of luck in increasing political freedom.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1907 – The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.

- 1918 – The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.

- 2009 – A Washington D.C Metro train is travelling southbound near Fort Totten station when it collided into another train sitting in the station. Nine people were killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others were injured.

It looks like today is a very busy day for railroads. I just wish two of those things weren't deadly accidents. My condolences to all affected by these tragedies!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, James The Red Engine

Percyton wrote:It looks like today is a very busy day for railroads. I just wish two of those things weren't deadly accidents. My condolences to all affected by these tragedies!

We here on Sodor always do our best to avoid these kind of accidents. And while our safety record has a lot of room for improvement, to say the least, we are proud to say that there have been very, very few human casualties!

https://youtu.be/APg6WgcAnMc

https://youtu.be/CMP_VoJC2sU

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

James The Red Engine wrote:We here on Sodor always do our best to avoid these kind of accidents. And while our safety record has a lot of room for improvement, to say the least, we are proud to say that there have been very, very few human casualties!

https://youtu.be/APg6WgcAnMc

https://youtu.be/CMP_VoJC2sU

With the all accidents on Sodor, insurance premiums must be through the roof! Well, at least they would be, but a train crashed through the roof first, so now there isn't even a roof!

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:With the all accidents on Sodor, insurance premiums must be through the roof! Well, at least they would be, but a train crashed through the roof first, so now there isn't even a roof!

Donald: Och, ha ha ha. Loch Ah huvnae heard 'at one before. /sarcasm

Douglas: But is it true, Donnie? Are insurance rates ben th' roof oan Sodor?

Donald: How shoods Ah know? Aam an engine, nae an insurance agent! An' aam nae a roofer either!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Oh how wondeful. The new poll for a new constitution. Time to vote for the future!

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Oelesa wrote:Oh how wondeful. The new poll for a new constitution. Time to vote for the future!

See how a dedicated President stays up till after 2am for you all?

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:See how a dedicated President stays up till after 2am for you all?

Or could you just not sleep lol? Casue thats my reason, either way i get to be the second voter in our new begining.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Oelesa wrote:Or could you just not sleep lol? Casue thats my reason, either way i get to be the second voter in our new begining.

Well, you're not entirely wrong there

#VoteVistasConstitution

Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:Well, you're not entirely wrong there

#VoteVistasConstitution

#VoteDoNotFixWhatIsNotBroken

But really, what was so wrong with the original constitution that it warranted 2 proposed overhauls of it?

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

I would encourage everyone to vote for my proposal. It incorporates tried and tested methods from the original CFN with features that have been requested for literally years like the outlawing of retroactive laws and the enshrinement of a constabulary within the Constitution itself.

Yukona

Friedensreich wrote:#VoteDoNotFixWhatIsNotBroken

But really, what was so wrong with the original constitution that it warranted 2 proposed overhauls of it?

Short answer: It was clunky and hard to apply

Oelesa

I might do a Civil War RP within the PLR with the outcome solidifying Chertkovo's push for African regional superpower or an eventual global power. Should I do this? It will be a bloody and long civil war.

Russkov Soviet

I encourage everyone here to vote for my Constitution proposal.

The New Constitution allows the Government and the People a great deal of flexibility in thr administration of our politics. Previous constitutions over the years have fallen victim to crises because of unnecessary regulations and dangerous brevity that have made them a nightmare to operate under when a specific issue of state needs to be addressed but can't because of a fault in the Constitution. The New Constitution is broad enough to allow freer range of implementation and interpretation by the honorable judiciary, but is specific enough as to prevent there being a gaping hole in the law of the region.

Furthermore, the New Constitution addresses concerns about the ejection of nations, roleplaying, the constabulary, and more, making it much more relevant to us than one based on the distant past.

A vote for my constitution is a vote for progress, modernization, and, ultimately, freedom.

Yo [nation=short]Vista Major[/nation],

In the upcoming election, Unf's constitution requires that three Justices be elected. Could you save me some skimming and let me know if your Constitution requires something similar?

If so, we'll need candidates for Justice(s).

Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:I might do a Civil War RP within the PLR with the outcome solidifying Chertkovo's push for African regional superpower or an eventual global power. Should I do this? It will be a bloody and long civil war.

Ooh, a second Kongo Civil War (Magnatronia and Andromitus will probably be excited tor this one). You could make this the first one, canonically. Our new ruleset is being made.

Peoples Liberation Republic, Andromitus, Yukona, Magnatronia

Baxten wrote:Ooh, a second Kongo Civil War (Magnatronia and Andromitus will probably be excited tor this one). You could make this the first one, canonically. Our new ruleset is being made.

I will do this RP once the new ruleset is made so then I can gage what is allowed and what isn't

Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona, Magnatronia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Yo [nation=short]Vista Major[/nation],

In the upcoming election, Unf's constitution requires that three Justices be elected. Could you save me some skimming and let me know if your Constitution requires something similar?

If so, we'll need candidates for Justice(s).

Nvm, I skimmed anyways. It seems that Vista's constitution stipulates that the only elected Justice is a single Supreme Justice that is elected by the House rather than the citizens writ large in an election.

All the same, I withdraw my candidacy for Minister of Justice (which didn't seem to be registered anyways) and announce my candidacy for one of the Supreme Court Justice positions should Unf's constitution pass.

Vista Major, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:All the same, I withdraw my candidacy for Minister of Justice (which didn't seem to be registered anyways) and announce my candidacy for one of the Supreme Court Justice positions should Unf's constitution pass.

So I'm MoJ now? I have no opponents :-/

Penguania And Antarctica

I encourage you to vote for Vista's constitution. Unf's gives more power to the Cabinet then I care for. Also, #Per4MoI

Vista Major

Andromitus wrote:So I'm MoJ now? I have no opponents :-/

https://youtu.be/dvA-mimf2yg

Andromitus wrote:So I'm MoJ now? I have no opponents :-/

Isn't Mauricil or something running against you?

Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona

[spoiler=Today is June 23 and today are:]

Today is June 23 and today are:

- Bonfires of Saint John (Spain)

- Father's Day (Nicaragua, Poland)

- First day of Golowan Festival (Cornwall, England)

- First night of Festa de São João do Porto (Porto, Portugal)

- Grand Duke's Official Birthday (Luxembourg)

- International Widows Day

- Jaaniõhtu (Estonia)

- Jamat Ul-Vida (India)

- Jāņi (Latvia)

- Jumatul Bidah (Bangladesh)

- Kupala Night (Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Ukraine)

- Midsummer Eve (Finland, Sweden)

- National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism (Canada)

- National Hydration Day (United States)

- National Pecan Sandies Day (United States)

- National Pink Day (United States)

- National Take Your Dog to Work Day (United States)

- Okinawa Memorial Day (Okinawa Prefecture)

- Statehood Day (Moldova)

- St John's Eve

- Typewriter Day

- United Nations Public Service Day

- Victory Day (Estonia)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.

- 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.

- 1280 – The Battle of Moclín takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a Granadian victory.

- 1305 – A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge.

- 1314 – First War of Scottish Independence: The Battle of Bannockburn (south of Stirling) begins.

- 1532 – Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France sign a secret treaty against Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

- 1565 – Dragut, commander of the Ottoman navy, dies during the Great Siege of Malta.

- 1611 – The mutinous crew of Henry Hudson's fourth voyage sets Henry, his son and seven loyal crew members adrift in an open boat in what is now Hudson Bay; they are never heard from again.

- 1683 – William Penn signs a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians in Pennsylvania.

- 1713 – The French residents of Acadia are given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia, Canada.

- 1757 – Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey.

- 1758 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Krefeld: Allied (British, Hanoverian, and Prussian) forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany.

- 1760 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Landeshut: Austria defeats Prussia.

- 1780 – American Revolution: Battle of Springfield fought in and around Springfield, New Jersey (including Short Hills, formerly of Springfield, now of Millburn Township).

- 1794 – Empress Catherine II of Russia grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev.

- 1810 – John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.

- 1812 – War of 1812: Great Britain revokes the restrictions on American commerce, thus eliminating one of the chief reasons for going to war.

- 1860 – The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.

- 1865 – American Civil War: At Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate, Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army.

- 1868 – Typewriter: Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer."

- 1887 – The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation's first national park, Banff National Park.

- 1894 – The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

- 1913 – Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.

- 1914 – Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.

- 1917 – In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.

- 1919 – Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.

- 1926 – The College Board administers the first SAT exam.

- 1931 – Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.

- 1938 – The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.

- 1940 – Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.

- 1941 – The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later.

- 1942 – World War II: The first selections for the gas chamber at Auschwitz take place on a train full of Jews from Paris.

- 1942 – World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales.

- 1943 – World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMS Newfoundland.

- 1946 – The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake strikes Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

- 1947 – The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.

- 1951 – The ocean liner, SS United States, is christened and launched.

- 1956 – The French National Assembly takes the first step in creating the French Community by passing the Loi Cadre, transferring a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French West Africa.

- 1959 – Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.

- 1960 – The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.

- 1961 – Cold War: The Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent, comes into force after the opening date for signature set for the December 1, 1959.

- 1967 – Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.

- 1969 – Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.

- 1969 – IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.

- 1972 – Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

- 1972 – Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational program receiving federal funds.

- 1973 – A fire at a house in Hull, England which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by arsonist Peter Dinsdale.

- 1985 – A terrorist bomb aboard Air India Flight 182 brings the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.

- 2001 – The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.

- 2012 – Ashton Eaton breaks the decathlon world record at the United States Olympic Trials.

- 2013 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.

- 2013 – Militants stormed a high-altitude mountaineering base camp near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan and killed ten climbers, as well as a local guide.

- 2014 – The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction.

- 2016 – The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1763 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, French wife of Napoleon I

- 1894 – Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist

- 1894 – Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

- 1912 – Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist

- 1916 – Len Hutton, English cricketer and soldier

- 1937 – Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish captain and politician, 10th President of Finland, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1940 – Wilma Rudolph, American runner

- 1951 – Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager

- 1957 – Frances McDormand, American actress

- 1964 – Joss Whedon, American director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1970 – Yann Tiersen, French singer-songwriter and guitarist

- 1972 – Selma Blair, American actress

- 1972 – Zinedine Zidane, French footballer and manager

- 1980 – Melissa Rauch, American actress

- 1984 – Duffy, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress

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Quote of the day

If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.

- Timothy Leary -

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

Oh that suppression button didn't even know I did that, thanks to who ever was on the founder account at the time lol.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona, Confederacy Of Free Nations

Oelesa wrote:Oh that suppression button didn't even know I did that, thanks to who ever was on the founder account at the time lol.

Never fear, Rainbow Space Cat Founder is here!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona

Post self-deleted by Andromitus.

Confederacy Of Free Nations wrote:Never fear, Rainbow Space Cat Founder is here!

Oh, my hero!

Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona, Confederacy Of Free Nations

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1926 – The College Board administers the first SAT exam.

And ever since, that organization has been the bane of every American high schooler's existence.

Vista Major, Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica

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Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1964 – Joss Whedon, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Joss! Happy birthday, Joss! He's me and Thomas' favorite director. We actually contacted him many years ago, asking if he would be interested in directing a Thomas and Friends theatrical movie. He politely declined, but to make up for it, he convinced Peyton Reed (the director of Ant-Man) to include a Thomas reference in Ant-Man.

https://youtu.be/-sTn3k8SfoM

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Mauricil wrote:I'm not really campaigning lol.

But you're running?

Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:So she's basically a Canadian Paul Revere/Sybil Ludington?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Ludington

Yes, but we know her for the chocolate and ice cream store franchise named after her.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Percyton wrote:Joss! Happy birthday, Joss! He's me and Thomas' favorite director. We actually contacted him many years ago, asking if he would be interested in directing a Thomas and Friends theatrical movie. He politely declined, but to make up for it, he convinced Peyton Reed (the director of Ant-Man) to include a Thomas reference in Ant-Man.

https://youtu.be/-sTn3k8SfoM

For what it's worth, I'd be really interested in seeing a Joss Whedon Thomas movie. At least Whedon at the helm would make more sense than having the guy who directed 9.

http://deadline.com/2011/06/9-helmer-shane-acker-boards-feature-based-on-the-thomas-the-tank-engine-toys-138304/

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Yes, but we know her for the chocolate and ice cream store franchise named after her.

I see. So, more like a Canadian Samuel Adams, since we Americans mostly know him for the beer of the same name?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Adams_(beer)

Penguania And Antarctica

I see that Lat left during my recent yet short hiatus.

Does this mean that we shoulf establish a new forum with whatever new Constitution we end up selecting, given that Lat is the creator and moderator of our current one?

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Confederacy Of Free Nations

Jaslandia wrote:For what it's worth, I'd be really interested in seeing a Joss Whedon Thomas movie. At least Whedon at the helm would make more sense than having the guy who directed 9.

http://deadline.com/2011/06/9-helmer-shane-acker-boards-feature-based-on-the-thomas-the-tank-engine-toys-138304/

Oh, you mean the World War II movie? To be completely honest, we still haven't met Shane Acker, and I have no idea what the status of that movie is. It's been in development for so long, that I want to say it's been canceled, but I don't know for sure. We know just as much as the general public does in regards to that World War II movie.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:And ever since, that organization has been the bane of every American high schooler's existence.

I took it once during the summer between sophomore and junior year, got a 1500, and never bothered to waste my time with taking it again.

Standardized testing is just horrible. As someone that is more partial to the social sciences as opposed to English and Math, the SAT did not represent my knowledge.

It's sort of like forcing an electrician to take the MCAT. Can you really blame them if they don't do well?

Jaslandia, Vista Major

Post by Mauricil suppressed by a moderator.

Friedensreich wrote:I took it once during the summer between sophomore and junior year, got a 1500, and never bothered to waste my time with taking it again.

Standardized testing is just horrible. As someone that is more partial to the social sciences as opposed to English and Math, the SAT did not represent my knowledge.

It's sort of like forcing an electrician to take the MCAT. Can you really blame them if they don't do well?

I hear ya. I took it twice, and got about 1200 both times. I did great on the English and Writing portions, but I'm not a Math person, so I didn't do very well on the Math sections. I was worried my SAT score would hurt my college admission chances, but I still got accepted to my dream school, so I can't complain.

Friedensreich

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I see that Lat left during my recent yet short hiatus.

Does this mean that we shoulf establish a new forum with whatever new Constitution we end up selecting, given that Lat is the creator and moderator of our current one?

Very good question. Rainbow Space Cat Founder Beerus dunno.

Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

Jaslandia wrote:I hear ya. I took it twice, and got about 1200 both times. I did great on the English and Writing portions, but I'm not a Math person, so I didn't do very well on the Math sections. I was worried my SAT score would hurt my college admission chances, but I still got accepted to my dream school, so I can't complain.

Yeah, once I got accepted into IU, I stopped caring about my SAT score. Like I told my friend that was still in high school: your high school stuff stops mattering once you get accepted into your college.

Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Nvm, I skimmed anyways. It seems that Vista's constitution stipulates that the only elected Justice is a single Supreme Justice that is elected by the House rather than the citizens writ large in an election.

All the same, I withdraw my candidacy for Minister of Justice (which didn't seem to be registered anyways) and announce my candidacy for one of the Supreme Court Justice positions should Unf's constitution pass.

My apologies about not getting back to you. When I returned home on Tuesday, I'll get all the candidacies and endorsements straight

Confederacy Of Free Nations wrote:Very good question. Rainbow Space Cat Founder Beerus dunno.

We have a backup forum from way back when. We should use that when I find it (again)

The United Providences Of Perland

Friedensreich wrote:Yeah, once I got accepted into IU, I stopped caring about my SAT score. Like I told my friend that was still in high school: your high school stuff stops mattering once you get accepted into your college.

Assuming we're just talking about grades and stuff, I agree, but it varies. Most students feel pretty confident that their last term grades of high school (which come out after they're accepted to college) won't matter, but I college acceptance and scholarships could still be revoked, so the advice I've heard is to still maintain a 'C' or higher your last term. Plus, while I could have easily slacked off that last term, my work ethic wouldn't let me, so I still gave it my all until the last day.

Toot toot :)

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona

Vista Major wrote:My apologies about not getting back to you. When I returned home on Tuesday, I'll get all the candidacies and endorsements straight

A-okay, el Presidente

For public purposes, I am switching my endorsement for Vice President to Baxten.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Toot toot :)

Noot noot!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:Noot noot!

But... That's my thing.. :(

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Aldwood wrote:But... That's my thing.. :(

well where have you been these months!! I've been booting for the past 7 of them!

Penguania And Antarctica

Rope, meet Constidor. On another note, I don't frequent the RMB frequently. What has happened here in the past three days?

The United Providences Of Perland

Andromitus wrote:Noot noot!

Aldwood wrote:But... That's my thing.. :(

Please don't fight.

Jaslandia

I will be back next week full time

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

omg. Is everything always this slow during the summer. I'm so bored and never felt so brain dead. Maybe i'll just eat some more .

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica

Oelesa wrote:omg. Is everything always this slow during the summer. I'm so bored and never felt so brain dead. Maybe i'll just eat some more .

Don't get fat like me.

Midland Odiaba

Peoples Liberation Republic wrote:I might do a Civil War RP within the PLR with the outcome solidifying Chertkovo's push for African regional superpower or an eventual global power. Should I do this? It will be a bloody and long civil war.

Death, taxes, and regime change in PLR.

Idk man you always have regime change and political instability in your nation. Why not try something different this time around? Maybe instead of your country always being the place for civil war, why not make it happen in other countries? Now that's how you will make yourself a powerful nation! If you make civil war in your own country, your civil war will just serve as a proxy war between other more powerful nations.

If you wanna continue the trend of political instability in your nation, well it's your nation so your choice. But I'd strongly recommend against yet another regime change and civil war in the Peoples Liberation Republic if you actually do want to see your nation prosper and become influential around the world. Create war overseas, not at home.

If someone can give me examples of politically unstable nations somehow being able to make a mark on the world (instead of outsiders creating a mark in their country) while their nation is constantly falling apart, I'll give you a cookie.

Mauricil

The Royal Republic Of Kumania wrote:Death, taxes, and regime change in PLR.

Idk man you always have regime change and political instability in your nation. Why not try something different this time around? Maybe instead of your country always being the place for civil war, why not make it happen in other countries? Now that's how you will make yourself a powerful nation! If you make civil war in your own country, your civil war will just serve as a proxy war between other more powerful nations.

If you wanna continue the trend of political instability in your nation, well it's your nation so your choice. But I'd strongly recommend against yet another regime change and civil war in the Peoples Liberation Republic if you actually do want to see your nation prosper and become influential around the world. Create war overseas, not at home.

If someone can give me examples of politically unstable nations somehow being able to make a mark on the world (instead of outsiders creating a mark in their country) while their nation is constantly falling apart, I'll give you a cookie.

United States. Has had deep Social and political divisions and partisan gridlock for decades, but somehow still runs NATO and screws up the balance of power in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.

Now gimme my damned white chocolate macadamia nut cookie.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Tserra

Friedensreich wrote:United States. Has had deep Social and political divisions and partisan gridlock for decades, but somehow still runs NATO and screws up the balance of power in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.

Now gimme my damned white chocolate macadamia nut cookie.

White chocolate cookie with cranberries please.

Jaslandia, Friedensreich

Tserra wrote:White chocolate cookie with cranberries please.

That sounds heavenly, and I don't mean that in an ironic way at all. I love cranberries.

Back when I was in the dorm earlier this year, my friend had a bottle of 100% cranberry juice with no sugar in it or anything. She gave it to me and I drank the whole bottle that night.

Friedensreich wrote:United States. Has had deep Social and political divisions and partisan gridlock for decades, but somehow still runs NATO and screws up the balance of power in the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.

Now gimme my damned white chocolate macadamia nut cookie.

Yeah, but the thing is, those divisions and gridlock are fairly well maintained. There is law and order in the United States. You don't see revolutionaries roaming the streets killing each other. Those divisions and gridlock you're talking about don't have much influence on how the nation is running. They don't matter too much to prevent the nation from functioning properly.

There is no violent revolutionary civil war plaguing the United States. No one is going up in arms to topple the existing system. There is no legitimate challenge to the existing system, so thus the system is able to operate properly. If there was basically anarchy in the streets, then yes the United States wouldn't be able to be a menace to the rest of the world as it would have to focus on its own issues first. But there is no power vacuum anywhere in the nation. We have law and order all across the United States, so thus the United States can exert influence on the rest of the world.

Yukona

The Royal Republic Of Kumania wrote:Yeah, but the thing is, those divisions and gridlock are fairly well maintained. There is law and order in the United States. You don't see revolutionaries roaming the streets killing each other. Those divisions and gridlock you're talking about don't have much influence on how the nation is running. They don't matter too much to prevent the nation from functioning properly.

There is no violent revolutionary civil war plaguing the United States. No one is going up in arms to topple the existing system. There is no legitimate challenge to the existing system, so thus the system is able to operate properly. If there was basically anarchy in the streets, then yes the United States wouldn't be able to be a menace to the rest of the world as it would have to focus on its own issues first. But there is no power vacuum anywhere in the nation. We have law and order all across the United States, so thus the United States can exert influence on the rest of the world.

So yes Fried or anyone find a better example (if you somehow can find an example of a power vacuum plagued lawless land somehow still maintaining the ability to exert much if any influence outside itself) and you'll get your damn cookie.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania wrote:Yeah, but the thing is, those divisions and gridlock are fairly well maintained. There is law and order in the United States. You don't see revolutionaries roaming the streets killing each other. Those divisions and gridlock you're talking about don't have much influence on how the nation is running. They don't matter too much to prevent the nation from functioning properly.

There is no violent revolutionary civil war plaguing the United States. No one is going up in arms to topple the existing system. There is no legitimate challenge to the existing system, so thus the system is able to operate properly. If there was basically anarchy in the streets, then yes the United States wouldn't be able to be a menace to the rest of the world as it would have to focus on its own issues first. But there is no power vacuum anywhere in the nation. We have law and order all across the United States, so thus the United States can exert influence on the rest of the world.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania wrote:So yes Fried or anyone find a better example (if you somehow can find an example of a power vacuum plagued lawless land somehow still maintaining the ability to exert much if any influence outside itself) and you'll get your damn cookie.

I mean, you asked for a politically unstable country, and the US is the definition of political instability.

Now, if you wanted countries that were in civil war, I take your challenge and raise you one Thailand. Maybe even the Philippines if you consider the anti-drug death squads to be a sign of political instability.

Friedensreich wrote:I mean, you asked for a politically unstable country, and the US is the definition of political instability.

Now, if you wanted countries that were in civil war, I take your challenge and raise you one Thailand. Maybe even the Philippines if you consider the anti-drug death squads to be a sign of political instability.

Oh, and Chinaland. Technically they're still in a Civil War between the communists and nationalists because no lasting peace agreement was signed.

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