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Andromitus wrote:Is he actually invading, I thought he was moving to eradicate the Red seas pirate problem?

Oh no, I am totes invading. But I have two real objectives in an either-or fashion.

1. Occupy Medri Bahri, and attempt to incorporate it into my territory, thus keeping the Red Sea Jaslandian and Tserran, and by extension getting rid of any potential pirates.

or

2.Destroy the ports in Medri Bahri beyond recognition, thus more or less keeping the Red Sea Jaslandian and Tserran, and by extension getting rid of any potential pirates.

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Everyone's sitting here debating on an executive title, and here I am getting invaded by an ordained clergyman obsessed with French Toast Crunch. Speaking of which, to try and ensure a not-so-brutal invasion and to celebrate 1,000 pages of RMB:

*burns several boxes of French Toast Crunch before eating Reese's Puffs over the ashes of artificial cereal and cardboard*

Not the French Toast Crunch! You monster!

https://youtu.be/wFWI2sDZMJ4

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Pirate Kingdoms, Magnatronia

New Jailand wrote:Young fool... Only now, at the end, do you understand...

A surprise to be sure but a welcome one

Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland

New Jailand wrote:Young fool... Only now, at the end, do you understand...

Sure, alright.

Friedensreich wrote:But you don't own land north of me, and I can easily use some trade routes through the rest of China and Asia to get the same effect. Those in Russia and Siberia will undoubtedly need agricultural products given their climate, after all.

These demands are unacceptable, but again, it's alright, because of the aforementioned reasons.

I will not be joining the ITF anytime soon, and will likely join the USCS (offering them a warm water port in Hong Kong, Hainan, and Macau, the agriculture of Hainan and the manufacturing power of Guangdong) for protection and in spite if you try to coerce me into complying with your demands for a portion of my trade income and an encroachment on my sovereignty by forbidding a portion of a military.

Aldaur wrote:We don't care if you trade by land, you just are disallowed to enter the Pacific. We wish you luck on getting that protection, especially since none of them are nearby and it would take a great deal of resources to get their forces nearby to disrupt Aldauri control. We do not encroach on your sovereignty, you encroach on ours. We previously stated, the Pacific is a part of our Dominion, and we will not permit foreign warships to traverse our waters. We also offer you safe passage for a 2% fee, and you rejected our generous and fair offer alongside with a threat to bring enemy forces into our territory. We will not take this insult lightly.

Another one bites the dust

Aldaur

Tserra wrote:Oh no, I am totes invading. But I have two real objectives in an either-or fashion.

1. Occupy Medri Bahri, and attempt to incorporate it into my territory, thus keeping the Red Sea Jaslandian and Tserran, and by extension getting rid of any potential pirates.

or

2.Destroy the ports in Medri Bahri beyond recognition, thus more or less keeping the Red Sea Jaslandian and Tserran, and by extension getting rid of any potential pirates.

Not the French Toast Crunch! You monster!

https://youtu.be/wFWI2sDZMJ4

If you need help with that, just let me know. I've been itching to bomb civilia- I mean, defend the ITF's interests.

Jaslandia, Pirate Kingdoms

Magnatronia wrote:Sure, alright.

Do you insist on being rude to everyone? Surely you have better things to be doing.

Merlinton, Yukona

New Jailand wrote:Do you insist on being rude to everyone? Surely you have better things to be doing.

It's his way to show affection.

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:It's his way to show affection.

New Jailand wrote:Do you insist on being rude to everyone? Surely you have better things to be doing.

I love you

Merlinton, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Russian Fedration wrote:[nation=short]Baxten[/nation]

Can we mark something to where my puppet can take over my official spot

I've noted it. I'm really very busy and will be till around late May.

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Magnatronia wrote:I love you

I LOVE YOU MORE!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:It's his way to show affection.

^This exactly.

Merlinton, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Magnatronia

Friedensreich wrote:But you don't own land north of me, and I can easily use some trade routes through the rest of China and Asia to get the same effect. Those in Russia and Siberia will undoubtedly need agricultural products given their climate, after all.

These demands are unacceptable, but again, it's alright, because of the aforementioned reasons.

I will not be joining the ITF anytime soon, and will likely join the USCS (offering them a warm water port in Hong Kong, Hainan, and Macau, the agriculture of Hainan and the manufacturing power of Guangdong) for protection and in spite if you try to coerce me into complying with your demands for a portion of my trade income and an encroachment on my sovereignty by forbidding a portion of a military.

Ald, what have you done...

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

Magnatronia wrote:Another one bites the dust

And another one gone

And another one gone

Another one bites the dust

Jaslandia, Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

Tserra wrote:Oh no, I am totes invading. But I have two real objectives in an either-or fashion.

1. Occupy Medri Bahri, and attempt to incorporate it into my territory, thus keeping the Red Sea Jaslandian and Tserran, and by extension getting rid of any potential pirates.

or

2.Destroy the ports in Medri Bahri beyond recognition, thus more or less keeping the Red Sea Jaslandian and Tserran, and by extension getting rid of any potential pirates.

If you want you can get some "assistance" from a certain group I know. ;)

Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:If you want you can get some "assistance" from a certain group I know. ;)

Tserra does not deal with terrorists. Tserra would not subject the honorable defenders of Medri Bahri to "assistance" as you call it. Tserra will fight with honor, win or lose.

Besides, someone has to avenge the French Toast Crunch, and that someone is gonna be me.

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:If you want you can get some "assistance" from a certain group I know. ;)

I don't think a nation of honour like Tserra would, TBH.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Tserra wrote:Tserra does not deal with terrorists. Tserra would not subject the honorable defenders of Medri Bahri to "assistance" as you call it. Tserra will fight with honor, win or lose.

Besides, someone has to avenge the French Toast Crunch, and that someone is gonna be me.

That's fine, but if you need me, you know where to call.

What about you, Pirate Kingdoms? You need some help?

Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:That's fine, but if you need me, you know where to call.

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:What about you, Pirate Kingdoms? You need some help?

lol at the double dealing.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Friedensreich wrote:Anyway, [nation=short]The_Royal_Republic_Of_Kumania[/nation], [nation=short]Andromitus[/nation], [nation=short]Magnatronia[/nation], [nation=short]Russian_Fedration[/nation], y'all have got a post waiting for you!

http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10187218/1/#new

*Screams*

Aldaur wrote:Also hi guys :p I will be getting more active here soon. This has been a very busy few months for me, but I should jave more time soon!

'Sup Ald, how've you been?

Latrovia wrote:Lets call Constables Sheriff's or Executioners and they can start running around telling people "You are under arrest freak!"

You're under arrest, freak ;)

Friedensreich wrote:Not anymore.... you know that area that is Southeastern China (Hong Kong, Macau, Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi)? Yeah, that's me.

Aldaur wrote:Btw, outside of rping, I promise I am nice :p It is just within Aldauri culture to be obscenely aggressive :p

Yea' you should be warned about RP-Aldaur, he's...territorial

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:That's fine, but if you need me, you know where to call.

I wouldn't be going around "dealing" with other nations just yet, your already in high-water with me and...you should know...there's a little present coming in the mail

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:What about you, Pirate Kingdoms? You need some help?

Probably in a little bit: I might have plans for the Ardayga to try and begin their own conquest of Medri Bahri, and odds are they might try to call for an alliance with other groups.

Tserra wrote:Oh no, I am totes invading. But I have two real objectives in an either-or fashion.

1. Occupy Medri Bahri, and attempt to incorporate it into my territory, thus keeping the Red Sea Jaslandian and Tserran, and by extension getting rid of any potential pirates.

or

2.Destroy the ports in Medri Bahri beyond recognition, thus more or less keeping the Red Sea Jaslandian and Tserran, and by extension getting rid of any potential pirates.

Not the French Toast Crunch! You monster!

https://youtu.be/wFWI2sDZMJ4

The irony of invading Medri Bahri to prevent pitacy is that Medri Bahri was the only region willing and able to actually combat the pirates. By harming them, the threat of pirates slipping into that section of the Red Sea will probably increase, especially when the two blockades are eventually forced to dissolve and try to continue supplementing the Free State Forces in their war.

Also, -grabs flamethrower and aims it at a stockpile of French Toast Crunch- good, my child, let the hate flow through you.

Jaslandia

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Probably in a little bit: I might have plans for the Ardayga to try and begin their own conquest of Medri Bahri, and odds are they might try to call for an alliance with other groups.

The irony of invading Medri Bahri to prevent pitacy is that Medri Bahri was the only region willing and able to actually combat the pirates. By harming them, the threat of pirates slipping into that section of the Red Sea will probably increase, especially when the two blockades are eventually forced to dissolve and try to continue supplementing the Free State Forces in their war.

Also, -grabs flamethrower and aims it at a stockpile of French Toast Crunch- good, my child, let the hate flow through you.

That is some irony. The thing is though, piracy was not the primary motivation of this conflict. It was more of a justification.

Its like a guy living in a cul-de-sac. This guy, lets call him Frank, really likes garden gnomes, people come from all over to see his garden gnomes, but one of his neighbors has some rockin garden gnomes of his own. So in Franks jealousy, wanting all garden gnomage to himself he breaks out his own window, and blames it on his neighbors kid. Thus appearing justified Frank does the only sensible, and logical thing. He sets his neighbors house on fire, smashing his neighbors garden gnomes in the process. At best his neighbor has to move, because of the fire. At worst, Frank is the only guy with rockin garden gnomes in the cul-de-sac.

Also I will reply on the RP either late tonight, or tomorrow sometime.

Jaslandia, The Vidnoye, Pirate Kingdoms

Tserra wrote:That is some irony. The thing is though, piracy was not the primary motivation of this conflict. It was more of a justification.

Its like a guy living in a cul-de-sac. This guy, lets call him Frank, really likes garden gnomes, people come from all over to see his garden gnomes, but one of his neighbors has some rockin garden gnomes of his own. So in Franks jealousy, wanting all garden gnomage to himself he breaks out his own window, and blames it on his neighbors kid. Thus appearing justified Frank does the only sensible, and logical thing. He sets his neighbors house on fire, smashing his neighbors garden gnomes in the process. At best his neighbor has to move, because of the fire. At worst, Frank is the only guy with rockin garden gnomes in the cul-de-sac.

Also I will reply on the RP either late tonight, or tomorrow sometime.

Damn, Frank's really obsessed with garden gnomes :p Also, great, existence was enough to warrant this: feels like Al all over again.

Political candidates vetted in Nuremgard. Political freedom down and politicians swearing allegiance to their parties. Oops.

Should have gone with my first instinct and let voters decide the candidates.

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:

I wouldn't be going around "dealing" with other nations just yet, your already in high-water with me and...you should know...there's a little present coming in the mail

If that's the case then i'll send it with a "Return to Sender"

[spoiler=Today is May 11 and today are:]

Today is May 11 and today are:

- Day after Vesak Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka)

- Day of the Military Police of the National Armed Forces (Indonesia)

- National Eat What You Want Day (United States)

- National Foam Rolling Day (United States)

- National Technology Day (India)

- National Twilight Zone Day (United States)

- Nisga'a Day (Nisga'a Nation)

- Root Canal Appreciation Day

- Statehood Day (Minnesota, USA)

- Vietnam Human Rights Day (Vietnam)

- Waisak Day (Indonesia)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 330 – Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but it is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.

- 868 – A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.

- 912 – Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

- 1310 – In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics.

- 1502 – Christopher Columbus departs Cádiz on his fourth and final voyage to the Americas.

- 1647 – Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.

- 1672 – Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.

- 1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch–Hanoverian army.

- 1792 – Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River.

- 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.

- 1813 – In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth lead an expedition to cross the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.

- 1833 – The Aberdeen-built brig Lady of the Lake struck an iceberg and sank off the coast of Newfoundland with the loss of up to 265 passengers and crew.

- 1846 – President James K. Polk asked for a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War. It is approved on May 13.

- 1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.

- 1858 – Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.

- 1862 – American Civil War: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.

- 1867 – Luxembourg gains its independence.

- 1880 – Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.

- 1889 – An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.

- 1891 – The Ōtsu incident: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzō. He is rescued by Prince George of Greece and Denmark.

- 1894 – Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.

- 1910 – An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.

- 1918 – The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established.

- 1927 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.

- 1942 – William Faulkner's collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.

- 1943 – World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.

- 1944 – World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis powers on the Gustav Line.

- 1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of its crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under its own power.

- 1949 – Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.

- 1949 – Israel joins the United Nations.

- 1953 – The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.

- 1960 – In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann who is living under the alias of Ricardo Klement.

- 1963 – Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a crisis involving federal troops.

- 1970 – The Lubbock tornado, a F5 tornado, hits Lubbock, Texas, killing 26 and causing $250 million in damage.

- 1972 – The United States performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site, which was part of the series Operation Grommet and Operation Toggle.

- 1973 – Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.

- 1985 – Bradford City stadium fire: Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in a flash fire at Valley Parade football ground during a match against Lincoln City in Bradford, England.

- 1987 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.

- 1995 – More than 170 countries extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.

- 1996 – After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board.

- 1996 – The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.

- 1997 – Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.

- 1998 – India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.

- 2000 – Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.

- 2013 – Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.

- 2014 – Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers attempting to defuse a hostile incident.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1014 – Anawrahta, founder of the Pagan Empire

- 1720 – Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen, the historical Baron Munchausen

- 1811 – Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai-American conjoined twins

- 1838 – Walter Goodman, English painter, illustrator, and author

- 1861 – Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer

- 1881 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer

- 1888 – Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer

- 1892 – Margaret Rutherford, English actress

- 1894 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer

- 1904 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and illustrator

- 1916 – Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1918 – Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1921 – Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician

- 1930 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic, co-developed THE multiprogramming system

- 1941 – Eric Burdon, English singer-songwriter, actor, and painter

- 1977 – Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper and race car driver

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!

- Joseph B. Wirthlin -

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

Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Andromitus, Yukona

Hello!

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

The Vidnoye wrote:Hello!

Hello there.

Jaslandia

The Vidnoye wrote:Hello!

Heyoo

Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hello there.

Howre ya doing?

Andromitus wrote:Heyoo

Whats up?

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Aldaur wrote:We don't care if you trade by land, you just are disallowed to enter the Pacific. We wish you luck on getting that protection, especially since none of them are nearby and it would take a great deal of resources to get their forces nearby to disrupt Aldauri control. We do not encroach on your sovereignty, you encroach on ours. We previously stated, the Pacific is a part of our Dominion, and we will not permit foreign warships to traverse our waters. We also offer you safe passage for a 2% fee, and you rejected our generous and fair offer alongside with a threat to bring enemy forces into our territory. We will not take this insult lightly.

Too bad none of this is IC ;P

Russian Fedration

The Vidnoye wrote:Howre ya doing?

Whats up?

I'm okay. Just relaxing a bit. Hbu?

The United Providences Of Perland

The Vidnoye wrote:

Whats up?

Not much, you?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:[spoiler=Today is May 11 and today are:]

Today is May 11 and today are:

- Day after Vesak Full Moon Poya (Sri Lanka)

- Day of the Military Police of the National Armed Forces (Indonesia)

- National Eat What You Want Day (United States)

- National Foam Rolling Day (United States)

- National Technology Day (India)

- National Twilight Zone Day (United States)

- Nisga'a Day (Nisga'a Nation)

- Root Canal Appreciation Day

- Statehood Day (Minnesota, USA)

- Vietnam Human Rights Day (Vietnam)

- Waisak Day (Indonesia)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 330 – Byzantium is renamed Nova Roma during a dedication ceremony, but it is more popularly referred to as Constantinople.

- 868 – A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.

- 912 – Alexander becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

- 1310 – In France, fifty-four members of the Knights Templar are burned at the stake as heretics.

- 1502 – Christopher Columbus departs Cádiz on his fourth and final voyage to the Americas.

- 1647 – Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to replace Willem Kieft as Director-General of New Netherland, the Dutch colonial settlement in present-day New York City.

- 1672 – Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.

- 1745 – War of the Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy: French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch–Hanoverian army.

- 1792 – Captain Robert Gray becomes the first documented white person to sail into the Columbia River.

- 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.

- 1813 – In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth lead an expedition to cross the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. Their route opens up inland Australia for continued expansion throughout the 19th century.

- 1833 – The Aberdeen-built brig Lady of the Lake struck an iceberg and sank off the coast of Newfoundland with the loss of up to 265 passengers and crew.

- 1846 – President James K. Polk asked for a Declaration of War against Mexico, starting the Mexican–American War. It is approved on May 13.

- 1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.

- 1858 – Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.

- 1862 – American Civil War: The ironclad CSS Virginia is scuttled in the James River northwest of Norfolk, Virginia.

- 1867 – Luxembourg gains its independence.

- 1880 – Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.

- 1889 – An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.

- 1891 – The Ōtsu incident: Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich of Imperial Russia (later Nicholas II) suffers a critical head injury during a sword attack by Japanese policeman Tsuda Sanzō. He is rescued by Prince George of Greece and Denmark.

- 1894 – Pullman Strike: Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike in Illinois.

- 1910 – An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.

- 1918 – The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus is officially established.

- 1927 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.

- 1942 – William Faulkner's collections of short stories, Go Down, Moses, is published.

- 1943 – World War II: American troops invade Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands in an attempt to expel occupying Japanese forces.

- 1944 – World War II: The Allies begin a major offensive against the Axis powers on the Gustav Line.

- 1945 – World War II: Off the coast of Okinawa, the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill is hit by two kamikazes, killing 346 of its crew. Although badly damaged, the ship is able to return to the U.S. under its own power.

- 1949 – Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.

- 1949 – Israel joins the United Nations.

- 1953 – The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.

- 1960 – In Buenos Aires, Argentina, four Israeli Mossad agents capture fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann who is living under the alias of Ricardo Klement.

- 1963 – Racist bombings in Birmingham, Alabama disrupt nonviolence in the Birmingham campaign and precipitate a crisis involving federal troops.

- 1970 – The Lubbock tornado, a F5 tornado, hits Lubbock, Texas, killing 26 and causing $250 million in damage.

- 1972 – The United States performs a nuclear test at Nevada Test Site, which was part of the series Operation Grommet and Operation Toggle.

- 1973 – Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.

- 1985 – Bradford City stadium fire: Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in a flash fire at Valley Parade football ground during a match against Lincoln City in Bradford, England.

- 1987 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.

- 1995 – More than 170 countries extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.

- 1996 – After the aircraft's departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592 causes the Douglas DC-9 to crash in the Florida Everglades killing all 110 on board.

- 1996 – The 1996 Mount Everest disaster: on a single day eight people die during summit attempts on Mount Everest.

- 1997 – Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.

- 1998 – India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.

- 2000 – Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.

- 2013 – Fifty-two people are killed in a bombing in Reyhanlı, Turkey.

- 2014 – Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer stands by police officers attempting to defuse a hostile incident.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1014 – Anawrahta, founder of the Pagan Empire

- 1720 – Hieronymus Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen, the historical Baron Munchausen

- 1811 – Chang and Eng Bunker, Thai-American conjoined twins

- 1838 – Walter Goodman, English painter, illustrator, and author

- 1861 – Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer

- 1881 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer

- 1888 – Irving Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer

- 1892 – Margaret Rutherford, English actress

- 1894 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer

- 1904 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and illustrator

- 1916 – Camilo José Cela, Spanish author and politician, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1918 – Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1921 – Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician

- 1930 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic, co-developed THE multiprogramming system

- 1941 – Eric Burdon, English singer-songwriter, actor, and painter

- 1977 – Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper and race car driver

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!

- Joseph B. Wirthlin -

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

My observations:

a) I'd actually never heard of that assassination attempt on the future Tsar. Interesting.

b) Not a good day for tornados in Texas.

c) Yeah, let's shoot tear gas into the crowded stands of a stadium. What could possibly go wrong.

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:My observations:

a) I'd actually never heard of that assassination attempt on the future Tsar. Interesting.

b) Not a good day for tornados in Texas.

c) Yeah, let's shoot tear gas into the crowded stands of a stadium. What could possibly go wrong.

They're in Texas, they never have a good day. If they survive the rattlers, they'll have the old gun nuts in cowboy boots and hats to worry about. And don't even get me started about how hard it would be for me to have a good time in Texas. They'll probably try holding a lightning rod up to my head in a thunderstorm thinking it'll "cure me".

Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm okay. Just relaxing a bit. Hbu?

Peng, Cross and David told me at lunch today that your cat died. Is this true? If so, I am very sorry Peng, I love cats.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star

The United Providences Of Perland wrote:Peng, Cross and David told me at lunch today that your cat died. Is this true? If so, I am very sorry Peng, I love cats.

Yeah, it's the truth. We had to put her to sleep last night. Out of a sudden she got some kind of infarct or embolism. There wasn't much the vet could do but relieve her from her pain. Today we buried her in our garden.

Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland

Andromitus wrote:'Sup Ald, how've you been?

Yea' you should be warned about RP-Aldaur, he's...territorial

Pretty good! Just been really busy lately! I finished being a Flight Commander for ROTC, I go accepted to do an internship with Aviation Week and the Institute on Economics and International Affairs. So I will be doing that and taking classes at George Mason and George Washington Universities in Washington DC this summer. Then I planned my trip to go to Italy after that. I also was taking my physical fitness assessment (PFA) and got a mild concussion from tripping and hitting my head on a concrete wall, so that was fun. I retook my PFA a few days later and did well on it. I've also joined TurningPointUSA and College Republicans, and so we've been planning and executing free speech rallys, inviting conservative speakers to campus and we are planning to have a victims of communism speech in 2 weeks. So that's what I've been up to :p Wbu?

Yea, the Aldauri would rather see our territory burned to the ground then let it be out of our hands. We will light the pacific ocean on fire and kill all the fish by nuking it and making it flammable with oil if need be :p

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona, Magnatronia

Aldaur wrote:Pretty good! Just been really busy lately! I finished being a Flight Commander for ROTC, I go accepted to do an internship with Aviation Week and the Institute on Economics and International Affairs. So I will be doing that and taking classes at George Mason and George Washington Universities in Washington DC this summer. Then I planned my trip to go to Italy after that. I also was taking my physical fitness assessment (PFA) and got a mild concussion from tripping and hitting my head on a concrete wall, so that was fun. I retook my PFA a few days later and did well on it. I've also joined TurningPointUSA and College Republicans, and so we've been planning and executing free speech rallys, inviting conservative speakers to campus and we are planning to have a victims of communism speech in 2 weeks. So that's what I've been up to :p Wbu?

Yea, the Aldauri would rather see our territory burned to the ground then let it be out of our hands. We will light the pacific ocean on fire and kill all the fish by nuking it and making it flammable with oil if need be :p

I'm surrounded by succesful people while I am a loser. *sigh*

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Aldaur, Andromitus

Aldaur wrote:Pretty good! Just been really busy lately! I finished being a Flight Commander for ROTC, I go accepted to do an internship with Aviation Week and the Institute on Economics and International Affairs. So I will be doing that and taking classes at George Mason and George Washington Universities in Washington DC this summer. Then I planned my trip to go to Italy after that. I also was taking my physical fitness assessment (PFA) and got a mild concussion from tripping and hitting my head on a concrete wall, so that was fun. I retook my PFA a few days later and did well on it. I've also joined TurningPointUSA and College Republicans, and so we've been planning and executing free speech rallys, inviting conservative speakers to campus and we are planning to have a victims of communism speech in 2 weeks. So that's what I've been up to :p Wbu?

Yea, the Aldauri would rather see our territory burned to the ground then let it be out of our hands. We will light the pacific ocean on fire and kill all the fish by nuking it and making it flammable with oil if need be :p

Not nearly as much as you lol; Been working on Independent Assignments, Finals, preparing for multiyear projects.

Although, I must admit, I don't know how much of the Pacific you think you control, and I'm not gonna argue, but I doubt other nations are going to continue allowing Aldaurian military presence to continue harassing vessels in international waters; and with Fried, S'long as he doesn't fly through your direct territories, he could always send trading vessels through or above Indonesia.

Aldaur

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm surrounded by succesful people while I am a loser. *sigh*

Yeah, welcome to the club pal!

Russian Fedration, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm surrounded by succesful people while I am a loser. *sigh*

Your not alone my friend :)

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm surrounded by succesful people while I am a loser. *sigh*

Aww dude, you're not a loser! I think you're a great person! Send me a TG if you wanna talk about something bothering you, okay?

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm surrounded by succesful people while I am a loser. *sigh*

You're not a loser mate, you just have to go out and do stuff :p Take a momentary break from NS to get stuff done :p Then come back lol

Andromitus wrote:Not nearly as much as you lol; Been working on Independent Assignments, Finals, preparing for multiyear projects.

Although, I must admit, I don't know how much of the Pacific you think you control, and I'm not gonna argue, but I doubt other nations are going to continue allowing Aldaurian military presence to continue harassing vessels in international waters; and with Fried, S'long as he doesn't fly through your direct territories, he could always send trading vessels through or above Indonesia.

Are you in HS or college? I can't remember :p

The entire Pacific is an Aldauri dominion and is not international waters :p Though admittingly, we will only tax you in the southern pacific. We could do so in the North, but we kind of turn a blind eye tbh. We will sink all warships sailing anywhere in the pacific if they don't have our permission though. We take pur peacekeeping in the Pacific seriously.

As long as it is a non-military airplane, you can fly over the Pacific, it is fine. We only tax goods traded by sea in our waters (the whole Pacific ocean is ours :p). I will say though, that Indonesia is definitely not north enough for us to turn a blind eye and we will sink exiled ships. Better hug the coast until you reach the sea of Japan and sail across up there. If it's a warship though, our fleets will get you :p And if we happen to stumble on a trading vessel up there, we may or may not seize your stuff for not sailing without permission. This is the Aldauri way :p

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Friedensreich wrote:Yeah, welcome to the club pal!

Andromitus wrote:Your not alone my friend :)

YAY im not alone either LOL !!!

Aldaur wrote:You're not a loser mate, you just have to go out and do stuff :p Take a momentary break from NS to get stuff done :p Then come back lol

Are you in HS or college? I can't remember :p

The entire Pacific is an Aldauri dominion and is not international waters :p Though admittingly, we will only tax you in the southern pacific. We could do so in the North, but we kind of turn a blind eye tbh. We will sink all warships sailing anywhere in the pacific if they don't have our permission though. We take pur peacekeeping in the Pacific seriously.

As long as it is a non-military airplane, you can fly over the Pacific, it is fine. We only tax goods traded by sea in our waters (the whole Pacific ocean is ours :p). I will say though, that Indonesia is definitely not north enough for us to turn a blind eye and we will sink exiled ships. Better hug the coast until you reach the sea of Japan and sail across up there. If it's a warship though, our fleets will get you :p And if we happen to stumble on a trading vessel up there, we may or may not seize your stuff for not sailing without permission. This is the Aldauri way :p

Your Really Itching for a Fight here aint ya?

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Aldaur wrote:You're not a loser mate, you just have to go out and do stuff :p Take a momentary break from NS to get stuff done :p Then come back lol

Unfortunately I have no talents or any kind of skills.

Aldaur

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Unfortunately I have no talents or any kind of skills.

Organizational skills? You're definitely more organized than I am.

I might be a guru about economics and politics, but I'm probably the most ditzy and unorganized person you'll ever meet.

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Unfortunately I have no talents or any kind of skills.

Your a firefighter aren't you? That takes bravery, compassion, as well as physical strength, so clearly you do have skills.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Aldaur, Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona

Friedensreich wrote:Organizational skills? You're definitely more organized than I am.

I might be a guru about economics and politics, but I'm probably the most ditzy and unorganized person you'll ever meet.

I'm going to propose something that you might not want to do: convince me socialism is good. Personally, I believe in voluntarism, if I don't want to be associated with someone/something, I don't have to. I don't want to be part of a community (who knows, maybe I do). I'm not a hard right-wing libertarian, but definitely centre-right with some strong socialist policies but only in very certain areas such as education and healthcare

Aldaur

Yukona wrote:I'm going to propose something that you might not want to do: convince me socialism is good. Personally, I believe in voluntarism, if I don't want to be associated with someone/something, I don't have to. I don't want to be part of a community (who knows, maybe I do). I'm not a hard right-wing libertarian, but definitely centre-right with some strong socialist policies but only in very certain areas such as education and healthcare

I'll try to, but you'll have to drop your prior ideas about socialism.

Aldaur, Yukona

Russian Fedration wrote:YAY im not alone either LOL !!!

Your Really Itching for a Fight here aint ya?

We only want peace, so don't disrupt it :p

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Unfortunately I have no talents or any kind of skills.

I am sure that is not true. You clearly have research skills (i.e. the important dates and holidays of each day for every year there is one), you must be an ample arguer if you're on NS. A lot of skills are gained just from playing NS. We all like you, so you have being amiable as a skill. There is plenty that you have, and that is just a few!

You also don't need talent or skills to be successful, just the right mindset. Believe you can do anything and be determined to do it!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Sorry to hear about your cat, Peng. I was a mess when my rabbit passed away. Those loveable furballs of ours have a way of digging in deep and becoming one of the family. Hope you're holding up okay <3

Russian Fedration, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Friedensreich wrote:socialism.

Best joke I've heard all year :p

Yukona, Magnatronia

Well I do love animals. Although some of them have a bad bad bad temper!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Aldaur wrote:Best joke I've heard all year :p

Republicans knowing socialism, now that is a joke indeed!

Russian Fedration, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Aldaur

Friedensreich wrote:I'll try to, but you'll have to drop your prior ideas about socialism.

*twitches* kill all communists *twitches*

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Magnatronia

Yukona wrote:*twitches* kill all communists *twitches*

I was like that until I started reading Marx and took a class on Marxism. You can ask people from TNI, I was vehemently anti-communist for a very long time.

Aldaur wrote:We only want peace, so don't disrupt it :p

Now fried THATS the funniest joke I've heard alll year . Your lucky I'm not connected to the ocean son , if so these stunts wouldent end will if you pulled them on me

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Friedensreich

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Sorry to hear about your cat, Peng. I was a mess when my rabbit passed away. Those loveable furballs of ours have a way of digging in deep and becoming one of the family. Hope you're holding up okay <3

Thanks. <3

Sorry for suppressing your post. Those buttons are just too close to each other when I am on mobile.

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths, Magnatronia

Russian Fedration wrote:Now fried THATS the funniest joke I've heard alll year . Your lucky I'm not connected to the ocean son , if so these stunts wouldent end will if you pulled them on me

It's supposed to be funny :p Like how the Chinese are very aggressive but aleays say they want peace and harmony lol

Please, if you were connected to the Pacific, you'd become one of our vassels :p

Friedensreich wrote:Republicans knowing socialism, now that is a joke indeed!

I've read the Communist Manifesto, one of my favorite teachers was a Communist, I have quite a few Communist friends (I live in Portland), and all my classes have something to do with Marxism haha My mom also fled from a Communist country and my family has been fighting Communism for 3 generations. Trust me, ik what Communism is.

Jaslandia, Magnatronia

Aldaur wrote:It's supposed to be funny :p Like how the Chinese are very aggressive but aleays say they want peace and harmony lol

Please, if you were connected to the Pacific, you'd become one of our vassels :p

I've read the Communist Manifesto, one of my favorite teachers was a Communist, I have quite a few Communist friends (I live in Portland), and all my classes have something to do with Marxism haha My mom also fled from a Communist country and my family has been fighting Communism for 3 generations. Trust me, ik what Communism is.

I don't think you do, or else you would know that Communism is not socialism (rather an extreme version of socialism), the USSR, Warsaw Pact, and the PRC =\= Communist. In addition, you would know that there are dozens more communist ideologies and thinkers than just Lenin, Marx, and Mao. For example, Kropotkin (my personal favorite), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and Bakunin.

Russian Fedration, Aldaur

Friedensreich wrote:I don't think you do, or else you would know that Communism is not socialism (rather an extreme version of socialism), the USSR, Warsaw Pact, and the PRC =\= Communist. In addition, you would know that there are dozens more communist ideologies and thinkers than just Lenin, Marx, and Mao. For example, Kropotkin (my personal favorite), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and Bakunin.

Oh, and I'd sooner become one with the Xiongnu before becoming the vassal of a territorial Australia that will charge 2% of my trade income and ban my navy ;P

Jaslandia, Aldaur

Aldaur wrote:It's supposed to be funny :p Like how the Chinese are very aggressive but aleays say they want peace and harmony lol

Please, if you were connected to the Pacific, you'd become one of our vassels :p

I've read the Communist Manifesto, one of my favorite teachers was a Communist, I have quite a few Communist friends (I live in Portland), and all my classes have something to do with Marxism haha My mom also fled from a Communist country and my family has been fighting Communism for 3 generations. Trust me, ik what Communism is.

You should do stand up because thats the Funniest Sh1t Ive ever seen.

Your Vassel. You know nothing about me i will nuke my self before i EVER Allow that to happen.

its ok

Block the worlds biggest Ocean and Get your Sh1t Pushed in

Friedensreich wrote:I don't think you do, or else you would know that Communism is not socialism (rather an extreme version of socialism), the USSR, Warsaw Pact, and the PRC =\= Communist. In addition, you would know that there are dozens more communist ideologies and thinkers than just Lenin, Marx, and Mao. For example, Kropotkin (my personal favorite), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and Bakunin.

Fried .....yea .

I love being a vassel on NS. Its the best.

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

The Vidnoye wrote:I love being a vassel on NS. Its the best.

Vid....Come on now....You wont Join ITF because its too restricting.

Jaslandia, The Vidnoye, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

The Vidnoye wrote:I love being a vassel on NS. Its the best.

I like to be a vessel. :P

Russian Fedration, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, The Vidnoye, Andromitus, Magnatronia

Friedensreich wrote:I was like that until I started reading Marx and took a class on Marxism. You can ask people from TNI, I was vehemently anti-communist for a very long time.

You could say the same for socialists who took a class on free market and capitalism, once you get educated with a bias it's quite easy to switch views

Russian Fedration

Dont forget to submit via TG your national Entries for the Regional Song Contest.

Jaslandia, Magnatronia

Friedensreich wrote:I don't think you do, or else you would know that Communism is not socialism (rather an extreme version of socialism), the USSR, Warsaw Pact, and the PRC =\= Communist. In addition, you would know that there are dozens more communist ideologies and thinkers than just Lenin, Marx, and Mao. For example, Kropotkin (my personal favorite), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and Bakunin.

Ik I quoted your thing about socialism, but in my mind, I was responding to this:

Friedensreich wrote:I was like that until I started reading Marx and took a class on Marxism. You can ask people from TNI, I was vehemently anti-communist for a very long time.

Marx is communism, not socialism. Also, the end goal of socialism is to reach communism. However, I know therr are plenty of people who just want to stop at socialism, or at least that is what they say. It is still unpopular to call yourself a full fledged communist in America.

You say those states don't equal communism, which is true if you are trying to create it in it's purest form. But nothing can be pure, as reality corrupts everything. All communist states will inevitably end in totalitarian states with massive governments attempting redistribution. One could make the same argument about Fascism as well. It has never been tried in it's purest form, but that's because it can't. Like communism, they will end up as totalitarian states with big governments.

Now we have places like Scandinavia, which people hail as a center of socialism or democratic socialism. However, this is very far from the truth. The fact is, they are very capitalist countries with social welfare programs. In fact, having social welfare programs was a tactic of capitalists to get rid of socialists because then the State would be taking care of it's citizens and socialists couldn't complain about anything. See Bismarck for an example. So if you just want more social programs, that doesn't make you a socialist. I want there to be social programs, and I am vehemently capitalist. Albeit, I want to reform how those social programs work, but that's a different discussion.

Now I have huge gripes with both Communism and Socialism, as I see them as attempts to restrict liberty, something I find important. I believe in a small but strong and active government. While the government certainly has a role, such as protecting life, liberty, privacy and property, I do not believe taking from someone else and giving to another is an equitable policy, nor is it compatible with liberty. That is not the social contract that I signed. Rather, the government should help people create their own things to fulfill their needs and desires, not take away from others. That's my take on it.

Magnatronia

Latrovia wrote:Dont forget to submit via TG your national Entries for the Regional Song Contest.

Do you have a factbook/dispatch one may peruse?

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Yukona

Aldaur wrote:Ik I quoted your thing about socialism, but in my mind, I was responding to this:

Marx is communism, not socialism. Also, the end goal of socialism is to reach communism. However, I know therr are plenty of people who just want to stop at socialism, or at least that is what they say. It is still unpopular to call yourself a full fledged communist in America.

You say those states don't equal communism, which is true if you are trying to create it in it's purest form. But nothing can be pure, as reality corrupts everything. All communist states will inevitably end in totalitarian states with massive governments attempting redistribution. One could make the same argument about Fascism as well. It has never been tried in it's purest form, but that's because it can't. Like communism, they will end up as totalitarian states with big governments.

Now we have places like Scandinavia, which people hail as a center of socialism or democratic socialism. However, this is very far from the truth. The fact is, they are very capitalist countries with social welfare programs. In fact, having social welfare programs was a tactic of capitalists to get rid of socialists because then the State would be taking care of it's citizens and socialists couldn't complain about anything. See Bismarck for an example. So if you just want more social programs, that doesn't make you a socialist. I want there to be social programs, and I am vehemently capitalist. Albeit, I want to reform how those social programs work, but that's a different discussion.

Now I have huge gripes with both Communism and Socialism, as I see them as attempts to restrict liberty, something I find important. I believe in a small but strong and active government. While the government certainly has a role, such as protecting life, liberty, privacy and property, I do not believe taking from someone else and giving to another is an equitable policy, nor is it compatible with liberty. That is not the social contract that I signed. Rather, the government should help people create their own things to fulfill their needs and desires, not take away from others. That's my take on it.

OOC and IC I would totally agree. A lot of center-rightists come off as wishy washy, but not you dude.

Aldaur

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Do you have a factbook/dispatch one may peruse?

Nope, back in the ESU we've used our forums for this matter.

Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

Friedensreich wrote:I don't think you do, or else you would know that Communism is not socialism (rather an extreme version of socialism), the USSR, Warsaw Pact, and the PRC =\= Communist. In addition, you would know that there are dozens more communist ideologies and thinkers than just Lenin, Marx, and Mao. For example, Kropotkin (my personal favorite), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and Bakunin.

Kroptokin was anarchist, not communist. (gimme dat bread book)

Communism is a form of socialism, like anarchism.

Magnatronia wrote:OOC and IC I would totally agree. A lot of center-rightists come off as wishy washy, but not you dude.

OOC I am a Right Wing Progressive (I am taking the word progressive back since the right thought of it :p), which I means I believe we should progress towards liberty, not less. I have a mantra, that if you want to truly be free, all you need it property and a gun :p You could also say that I am a Lincoln, Roosevelt and Eisenhower Republican.

IC though, I am a legalistic totalitarian monarchy lol

Magnatronia

Unfallious wrote:Kroptokin was anarchist, not communist. (gimme dat bread book)

Communism is a form of socialism, like anarchism.

You believe anarchism is a form of socialism?

Aldaur wrote:OOC I am a Right Wing Progressive (I am taking the word progressive back since the right thought of it :p), which I means I believe we should progress towards liberty, not less. I have a mantra, that if you want to truly be free, all you need it property and a gun :p You could also say that I am a Lincoln, Roosevelt and Eisenhower Republican.

IC though, I am a legalistic totalitarian monarchy lol

I don't agree with the gun stuff, or Eisenhower/Roosevelt, but I see where you're coming from.

Jaslandia, Aldaur

Yukona wrote:You believe anarchism is a form of socialism?

Socialism is any system in which the people own the means of production. In an anarchism, the people own the means of production.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:Socialism is any system in which the people own the means of production. In an anarchism, the people own the means of production.

I have a bad feeling about this

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Post self-deleted by Unfallious.

The socialism referred to in orthodox Marxist literature isn't the same as socialism the overarching category. In Marxism socialism is the transitional phase between capitalism and communism, but it's also a catch-all term for systems like communism, anarchism, syndicalism, etc.

Aldaur, Vista Major

First of all, guys, listen to this mixtape of 80's music I made for my graduating class of 2017. I made it and plan to give it out in CD form, kinda like a going away gift! I'm gonna miss them so much. Just listen to it, and tell me what you would fix. What you like, what you don't like, etc. https://soundcloud.com/luis-toruno-590824807/class-of-2017

Second, can someone help me? I encountered this homeless dude on the street walking back to my house, and he asked if I could spare change. Note, I always feel incredibly obligated to give people in need whatever I can spare. If I don't I feel god awful after. I was bringing back groceries, and I had two bags of oranges and a bag of candy almonds. I got all of them for my mom for mom's day, obviously. Me being quick to help him, I gave him the bag of almonds, since I had no spare change. But now I feel guilty because I COULDA GIVEN HIM A BAG OF ORANGES. Ugh, and it's really killing me. Do any of you guys have a guilt complex? How do you deal with it?

Merlinton

Magnatronia wrote:Second, can someone help me? I encountered this homeless dude on the street walking back to my house, and he asked if I could spare change. Note, I always feel incredibly obligated to give people in need whatever I can spare. If I don't I feel god awful after. I was bringing back groceries, and I had two bags of oranges and a bag of candy almonds. I got all of them for my mom for mom's day, obviously. Me being quick to help him, I gave him the bag of almonds, since I had no spare change. But now I feel guilty because I COULDA GIVEN HIM A BAG OF ORANGES. Ugh, and it's really killing me. Do any of you guys have a guilt complex? How do you deal with it?

Yeah when I get like this I ferment revolution in my native country so that this man can be properly housed by the collectivised state.

Andromitus

So far 5 nations will be joining the Regional Song Contest. So proud of my dudes! ;)

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:Yeah when I get like this I ferment revolution in my native country so that this man can be properly housed by the collectivised state.

I wish he had food and a roof over his head. Not slaving away at a collective.

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Yukona

Magnatronia wrote:

Second, can someone help me? I encountered this homeless dude on the street walking back to my house, and he asked if I could spare change. Note, I always feel incredibly obligated to give people in need whatever I can spare. If I don't I feel god awful after. I was bringing back groceries, and I had two bags of oranges and a bag of candy almonds. I got all of them for my mom for mom's day, obviously. Me being quick to help him, I gave him the bag of almonds, since I had no spare change. But now I feel guilty because I COULDA GIVEN HIM A BAG OF ORANGES. Ugh, and it's really killing me. Do any of you guys have a guilt complex? How do you deal with it?

We have a huge homeless problem here in Portland, so I am probably not the best person to ask about feeling bad about hobos. We have so many services here it is ridiculous that someone would be on the street, yet here they are. They are either drug addicts or crazy. We know this because the people who just fall on hard times get free housing, no questions asked here. One of the hobos tried to mug me the other day as well. I wouldn't feel bad at all if I were you. You didn't have to give him anything, but you did. So you're a good person. Just don't do that here in Portland, because they would beat you up and taken your groceries.

Yukona

Magnatronia wrote:First of all, guys, listen to this mixtape of 80's music I made for my graduating class of 2017. I made it and plan to give it out in CD form, kinda like a going away gift! I'm gonna miss them so much. Just listen to it, and tell me what you would fix. What you like, what you don't like, etc. https://soundcloud.com/luis-toruno-590824807/class-of-2017

Second, can someone help me? I encountered this homeless dude on the street walking back to my house, and he asked if I could spare change. Note, I always feel incredibly obligated to give people in need whatever I can spare. If I don't I feel god awful after. I was bringing back groceries, and I had two bags of oranges and a bag of candy almonds. I got all of them for my mom for mom's day, obviously. Me being quick to help him, I gave him the bag of almonds, since I had no spare change. But now I feel guilty because I COULDA GIVEN HIM A BAG OF ORANGES. Ugh, and it's really killing me. Do any of you guys have a guilt complex? How do you deal with it?

i hate poor people :)

Russian Fedration

Latrovia wrote:Nope, back in the ESU we've used our forums for this matter.

Then is there a forum thread one may peruse?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Aldaur wrote:We have a huge homeless problem here in Portland, so I am probably not the best person to ask about feeling bad about hobos. We have so many services here it is ridiculous that someone would be on the street, yet here they are. They are either drug addicts or crazy. We know this because the people who just fall on hard times get free housing, no questions asked here. One of the hobos tried to mug me the other day as well. I wouldn't feel bad at all if I were you. You didn't have to give him anything, but you did. So you're a good person. Just don't do that here in Portland, because they would beat you up and taken your groceries.

Yeah I find a lot of the time they don't have to be homeless but their addictions or mental state make them be

Aldaur

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Then is there a forum thread one may peruse?

what do you need it for?

Yukona wrote:Yeah I find a lot of the time they don't have to be homeless but their addictions or mental state make them be

We need to put them all in either drug rehabilitation centers or mental institutions to get help. And ik mental institutions get a bad wrap, but I am not talking about shutting them away from society and experimenting on them. I actually mean a place to help them and give them a place to stay so they aren't wandering around committing crimes and harming others or themselves, which they do quite frequently.

Yukona, Magnatronia

Latrovia wrote:what do you need it for?

The details of what the devil you're talking about! You know, a breakdown of what you're looking for, what the guidelines are, what the process is. Something that one may record in a factbook, dispatch, or forum post so as to disseminate said information to curious minds.

Can anyone view iPhone emojis on the RMB? If so, I'm making this face right now: 😑

Russian Fedration, Jaslandia, Aldaur, Yukona, Magnatronia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:😑

Yes. Can you view android emojis because I am making this face right now: 😃

Jaslandia

Latrovia wrote:So far 5 nations will be joining the Regional Song Contest. So proud of my dudes! ;)

I'd like to participate but unfortunately the songs I considered as entries are somewhat populare over here in Germany. They also a bit older (80s). So I don't know if that's a hindrance.

The Vidnoye wrote:i hate poor people :)

I can't tell whether you're trying to bait me, or if you're genuinely this heartless. At least Aldaur gave a decent reason for his position towards homeless people.

Aldaur wrote:We have a huge homeless problem here in Portland, so I am probably not the best person to ask about feeling bad about hobos. We have so many services here it is ridiculous that someone would be on the street, yet here they are. They are either drug addicts or crazy. We know this because the people who just fall on hard times get free housing, no questions asked here. One of the hobos tried to mug me the other day as well. I wouldn't feel bad at all if I were you. You didn't have to give him anything, but you did. So you're a good person. Just don't do that here in Portland, because they would beat you up and taken your groceries.

I appreciate the well thought-out response, Ald. And I would actually agree that no one should HAVE to give them anything. But Miami isn't exactly Portland (assuming Portland, Oregon), so we don't have as many venues available to the homeless. So you see a lotta amputees and such asking for money. Though this one dude swindled me outta 5 bucks because he pretended to have Parkinsons. I go out of my way to ignore him now because A. That was dishonest and gives the homeless an even worse reputation and B. My grandmother died while suffering from Parkinson's. But most people here seem genuinely in need. Some even sell water and soda? I like those dudes especially.

Merlinton, Aldaur

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Vista: "Well, I guess no one is interested in the title 'Director'. Guess I'll throw my weight behind 'First Minister', which also has just me as a sole voter."

I voted for you, Bedlam Betsy.

Don't judge me, knave

Jaslandia, Yukona, Magnatronia

Magnatronia wrote:I wish he had food and a roof over his head. Not slaving away at a collective.

working for food and a home like everyone in the collective

being homeless because you failed the arbitrary state educational system

????

ok guy you just give him some almonds i'm sure that fvcking helped

The Vidnoye

Unfallious wrote:working for food and a home like everyone in the collective

being homeless because you failed the arbitrary state educational system

????

ok guy you just give him some almonds i'm sure that fvcking helped

Working on the collective =/= practically homeless and starving

AYYYY LMAO

Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Magnatronia wrote:I can't tell whether you're trying to bait me, or if you're genuinely this heartless. At least Aldaur gave a decent reason for his position towards homeless people.

Genuinely heartless. I hope they stay poor too, sure does feel good to have wealth I didnt work for!

Unfallious wrote:Kroptokin was anarchist, not communist. (gimme dat bread book)

Communism is a form of socialism, like anarchism.

Kropotkin is an anarcho-communist, much like Bakunin and Pierre Joseph Proudhon were. Modern day AnCom takes inspiration from Bakunin and especially Kropotkin.

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