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Lex Caledonia wrote:Same tbh. A federal UK would be the dream, with devo-max a close second.

A federal UK but with the caveat of the home nations having a veto on federal matters, like how EU member states have.

Lex Caledonia

Nuremgard wrote:A federal UK but with the caveat of the home nations having a veto on federal matters, like how EU member states have.

But England is split into Northern and Southern finally giving the North a voice

Lex Caledonia

Unfallious wrote:But England is split into Northern and Southern finally giving the North a voice

Well it's either that or we dissolve the UK. I don't want Scotland being dragged into wars because England fancies playing the imperialist.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Don’t listen to him, Perc. The truth is that back in the day our region only allowed one Englishman in at a time.

Naturally, a bitter rivalry sparked between our two Anglo residents, and soooomeone just can’t give up the grudge.

We’ve since relaxed our one-in-one-out Englishman policy, but- *eyes Unf*- we haven’t closed the book on whether to bring it back just yet.

Was there ever a no-German policy?

Unfallious wrote:But England is split into Northern and Southern finally giving the North a voice

It should be regional, with devolved state governments for regions like East Anglia, Lancashire and Merseyside(etc), Wessex, London, Northumbria and Cumbria - and so on

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

The West Country wrote:It should be regional, with devolved state governments for regions like East Anglia, Lancashire and Merseyside(etc), Wessex, London, Northumbria and Cumbria - and so on

There is no appetite for devolution or regionalisation in England unfortunately. And the Westminster mob would never give up power.

Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Was there ever a no-German policy?

*consults law books*

No, and you continue to be fine as long as you’re the only German. Should another join the region, you’ll both only be allowed to stay if you agree to form a musical duet. Lucky you, as the primary resident you get first choice of whether you’ll play the spoons or the jug.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Polls consistently show that the majority of Scots support devo-max, i.e. controlling all policy areas except a select few such as defence and foreign relations. This is why David Cameron refused to put the option on the ballot paper in 2014. He knew it would win over independence. So he made it a choice between independence and the status quo.

A fully devolved UK would definitely be better. And while I would still support full independence, I could live with a fully devolved UK.

Unfallious wrote:But England is split into Northern and Southern finally giving the North a voice

The West Country wrote:It should be regional, with devolved state governments for regions like East Anglia, Lancashire and Merseyside(etc), Wessex, London, Northumbria and Cumbria - and so on

Good lord! If you all had your way, the UK would be about as centralized as Belgium (i.e. not at all centralized). I'm not even sure if you could call such as devolved UK 'United' anymore. More like the Confederated Kingdom than the United Kingdom.

Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country

Jaslandia wrote:Good lord! If you all had your way, the UK would be about as centralized as Belgium (i.e. not at all centralized). I'm not even sure if you could call such as devolved UK 'United' anymore. More like the Confederated Kingdom than the United Kingdom.

A Confederated Kingdom sounds much better. "United" just means Westminster, i.e. English MPs control everything.

No thank you.

[spoiler=Today is April 18 and today are:]

Today is April 18 and today are:

- Adult Autism Day

- Army Day (Iran)

- Coma Patients' Day (Poland)

- Friend's Day (Brazil)

- Independence Day (Zimbabwe)

- International Amateur Radio Day

- International Day For Monuments and Sites or World Heritage Day (UNESCO)

- International Juggler's Day

- Invention Day (Japan)

- National Animal Crackers Day (United States)

- National Banana Day (United States)

- National Columnists’ Day (United States)

- National Lineman Appreciation Day (United States)

- National Stress Awareness Day (United States)

- Pet Owners Independence Day

- Victory over the Teutonic Knights in the Battle of the Ice (Russia)

- Yom HaZikaron or Memorial Day (Israel)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days.

- 1025 – Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.

- 1506 – The cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica is laid.

- 1518 – Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland.

- 1521 – Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.

- 1689 – Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.

- 1738 – Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.

- 1775 – American Revolution: The British advancement by sea begins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements.

- 1831 – The University of Alabama is founded in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

- 1847 – American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.

- 1857 – "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.

- 1864 – Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.

- 1897 – The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.

- 1899 – The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.

- 1902 – The 7.5 Mw Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.

- 1906 – An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.

- 1909 – Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.

- 1912 – The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.

- 1915 – French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.

- 1923 – Yankee Stadium: "The House that Ruth Built" opens.

- 1942 – World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.

- 1942 – Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.

- 1943 – World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

- 1945 – Over 1,000 bombers attack the small island of Heligoland, Germany.

- 1946 – The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.

- 1949 – Ireland leaves the British Commonwealth and becomes the Republic of Ireland.

- 1949 – The keel for the aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.

- 1954 – Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.

- 1955 – Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.

- 1980 – The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

- 1983 – A suicide bomber in Lebanon destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people.

- 1988 – The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

- 1992 – General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmad Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.

- 1996 – In Lebanon, at least 106 civilians are killed when the Israel Defense Forces shell the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge.

- 2007 – A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.

- 2013 – A suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe kills 27 people and injures another 65.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1480 – Lucrezia Borgia, Italian daughter of Pope Alexander VI

- 1819 – Michael Phelan, Irish-born American billiards player

- 1882 – Leopold Stokowski, English conductor

- 1905 – George H. Hitchings, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1907 – Miklós Rózsa, Hungarian-American composer and conductor

- 1928 – Otto Piene, German sculptor and academic

- 1940 – Joseph L. Goldstein, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1942 – Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver

- 1953 – Rick Moranis, Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter

- 1964 – Niall Ferguson, Scottish historian and academic

- 1971 – David Tennant, Scottish actor

- 1973 – Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian runner

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Quote of the day

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

- Ambrose Bierce (American Journalist, 1842-1914) -

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

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Mercunova, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:*consults law books*

No, and you continue to be fine as long as you’re the only German. Should another join the region, you’ll both only be allowed to stay if you agree to form a musical duet. Lucky you, as the primary resident you get first choice of whether you’ll play the spoons or the jug.

That's unfair treatment. We have a massive amount of Americans and Britons. I'll forward a constitutional complaint to the Supreme Court because I think the principle of equal treatment as a basis of a modern society is violated by that decision. We should limit the amount of Americans and built up a wall to protect our borders. And we'll make them pay for it. :P

/jk

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Mercunova, Percyton, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Nuremgard wrote:I hope the Scottish and Welsh governments win this court battle against the UK government over the power-grab. I fear for the devolution settlement. But since it's going to the British Supreme Court, I think the result is a foregone conclusion.

wait what

the heck is going on

Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Axeldonia wrote:wait what

the heck is going on

The Scottish and Welsh governments both passed Brexit bills to protect their powers from being taken away by Westminster. But the UK government has launched a legal challenge to these bills, asserting it does have the right to take whatever powers it pleases.

Nuremgard wrote:The Scottish and Welsh governments both passed Brexit bills to protect their powers from being taken away by Westminster. But the UK government has launched a legal challenge to these bills, asserting it does have the right to take whatever powers it pleases.

Well, there's only one option should the courts rule in the english's favour...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcA4ffFNiAk

Nuremgard

Axeldonia wrote:Well, there's only one option should the courts rule in the english's favour...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcA4ffFNiAk

Or this.

https://youtu.be/hamKl-su8PE?t=64

Axeldonia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:That's unfair treatment. We have a massive amount of Americans and Britons. I'll forward a constitutional complaint to the Supreme Court because I think the principle of equal treatment as a basis of a modern society is violated by that decision. We should limit the amount of Americans and built up a wall to protect our borders. And we'll make them pay for it. :P

/jk

YES! And then we can finally do away with the hegemony of the Eastern Time Zone once and for all!

NZST! NZST!

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Or this.

https://youtu.be/hamKl-su8PE?t=64

Or... Well...

https://youtu.be/wCTgUq6hzUk?t=32

Nuremgard

I f:^)cked my economy by being too liberal and democratic socialist :^(

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

The West Country wrote:I f:^)cked my economy by being too liberal and democratic socialist :^(

>socialist

>economy

pick one =^)))

Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country

The West Country wrote:I f:^)cked my economy by being too liberal and democratic socialist :^(

111 minutes ago: Following new legislation in The West Country, the mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations.

112 minutes ago: Following new legislation in The West Country, businesses that prove successful are immediately broken up.

These decisions may have something to do with it. :P Don't worry. Every country goes through bad times, especially economically. You'll sort it. And if not, the electorate will just vote you out. ;)

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Driselbian Ambassador No 1 wrote:>socialist

>economy

pick one =^)))

This guy. This guy can stay.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Continental Commonwealths wrote:This guy. This guy can stay.

>When you think that socialism is Soviet-style central planning even though it actually is an economic system in which the workers own the means of production

Bearlong, Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

So Shazria forces companies to pay their fair share of taxes and employment goes down, the average income decreases and taxes go up.

Typical.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:So Shazria forces companies to pay their fair share of taxes and employment goes down, the average income decreases and taxes go up.

Typical.

What's with this game's propertarian biases?

Nuremgard, Axeldonia

Gualimole wrote:What's with this game's propertarian biases?

I know. It's a pain in the posterior.

Axeldonia, Gualimole

Gualimole wrote:>When you think that socialism is Soviet-style central planning even though it actually is an economic system in which the workers own the means of production

I think that equating socialism with the Soviet Union is widely if not almost exclusively a US phenomenon. Canada’s democratic socialist party formed HM’s Official Opposition on the federal level from 2011 to 2015. My province has but two parties represented in the provincial legislature, one of which is democratic socialist. Not sure making jokes at the expense of the ideology equates to unequivocal ignorance on the subject, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The West Country, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I think that equating socialism with the Soviet Union is widely if not almost exclusively a US phenomenon. Canada’s democratic socialist party formed HM’s Official Opposition on the federal level from 2011 to 2015. My province has but two parties represented in the provincial legislature, one of which is democratic socialist. Not sure making jokes at the expense of the ideology equates to unequivocal ignorance on the subject, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Are you referring to the NDP? Becuase while the NDP has socialist roots through the CCF, they currently are just a social democratic party that is to the left of the Liberals.

Bearlong, Axeldonia

Gualimole wrote:Are you referring to the NDP? Becuase while the NDP has socialist roots through the CCF, they currently are just a social democratic party that is to the left of the Liberals.

The NDP are arguably more socialist on the provincial level than federally.

Continental Commonwealths

Bearlong wrote:The NDP are arguably more socialist on the provincial level than federally.

Elaborate.

Gualimole wrote:Are you referring to the NDP? Becuase while the NDP has socialist roots through the CCF, they currently are just a social democratic party that is to the left of the Liberals.

Oh, is that who they are?!

Actually, the NDP are a blanket party for leftists, socialists, democratic socialists, social democrats, and even communists- they literally have a self-described communist in the House of Commons belonging to their party. A large portion of those who associate with the party, and particulary those associated with their prairie-based provincial affiliate parties, prefer to distinguish themselves as democratic socialists as opposed to social democrats. I was, afterall, a member of their parties in my youth on both the federal and provincial level. Various tenets of socialism are very much embraced be many who belong to and associate with these New Democrat parties.

And you are indeed correct that they grew out of the CCF and are traditionally left of the Liberals!

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Oh, is that who they are?!

Actually, the NDP are a blanket party for leftists, socialists, democratic socialists, social democrats, and even communists- they literally have a self-described communist in the House of Commons belonging to their party. A large portion of those who associate with the party, and particulary those associated with their prairie-based provincial affiliate parties, prefer to distinguish themselves as democratic socialists as opposed to social democrats. I was, afterall, a member of their parties in my youth on both the federal and provincial level. Various tenets of socialism are very much embraced be many who belong to and associate with these New Democrat parties.

And you are indeed correct that they grew out of the CCF and are traditionally left of the Liberals!

I'm an American who was born in Iraq. You don't have to be so condescending.

Gualimole wrote:I'm an American who was born in Iraq. You don't have to be so condescending.

Sure, I get that. But I’m a Canadian born in Canada whose been involved in Canadian politics for years prior to my even being allowed to vote. I welcome a discussion of Canadian politics- in fact, I’d love to have one- but I’m also gonna be forthright with you and say that if you try to correct me by implying that socialist tenets have pretty much dispersed from the New Democrats’ ideology since the dissolution of the CCF in the 60s, I’m probably going to go off on that a bit.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Sure, I get that. But I’m a Canadian born in Canada whose been involved in Canadian politics for years prior to my even being allowed to vote. I welcome a discussion of Canadian politics- in fact, I’d love to have one- but I’m also gonna be forthright with you and say that if you try to correct me by implying that socialist tenets have pretty much dispersed from the New Democrats’ ideology since the dissolution of the CCF in the 60s, I’m probably going to go off on that a bit.

We likely aren't going to have a discussion on Canadian politics any time soon in this region. What I have seen on my time in NS is that more left-wing regions have more Britons in their premises while more right-wing regions have more Canadians in their premises.

Gualimole wrote:Elaborate.

I have no idea. I just wanted to join in and sound smart.

Bearlong wrote:I have no idea. I just wanted to join in and sound smart.

So you're implying that you're not smart?

Gualimole wrote:We likely aren't going to have a discussion on Canadian politics any time soon in this region. What I have seen on my time in NS is that more left-wing regions have more Britons in their premises while more right-wing regions have more Canadians in their premises.

Well, I’ll be here under the shade of this maple tree alongside Tommy Mulcair waiting for our relevance to resurface.

Lavan Tiri

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Well, I’ll be here under the shade of this maple tree alongside Tommy Mulcair waiting for our relevance to resurface.

At least there are some Canadians in this regions. Do you know how it feels to be the only Iraqi here?

Lavan Tiri

Gualimole wrote:So you're implying that you're not smart?

That is the correct implication, yes.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Well, I’ll be here under the shade of this maple tree alongside Tommy Mulcair waiting for our relevance to resurface.

I miss Tom. Jagmeet is cool and all (and hawt 0w0), but I want daddy back.

Gualimole wrote:At least there are some Canadians in this regions. Do you know how it feels to be the only Iraqi here?

You're from Iraq?!

Lavan Tiri, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Gualimole wrote:At least there are some Canadians in this regions. Do you know how it feels to be the only Iraqi here?

Ask Peng, because I'm pretty sure he's the only German here. Everyone else is either American, British, or Canadian (AFAIK). We may still have a few Australians lingering around, but I doubt it.

Lavan Tiri, Percyton, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Gualimole wrote:At least there are some Canadians in this regions. Do you know how it feels to be the only Iraqi here?

I do not. I imagine you could connect with our resident heterosexual and discuss the dynamics that come with being an overwhelming minority within the region.

Bearlong wrote:I miss Tom. Jagmeet is cool and all (and hawt 0w0), but I want daddy back.

I miss Tommy boy, and I’m not even remotely left!

Also, you have a thing for Jagmeet, eh? Yeah, he’s foxy. Apparently he has luscious, beautiful hair. Might challenge JT to a better hair contest one day.

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I do not. I imagine you could connect with our resident heterosexual and discuss the dynamics that come with being an overwhelming minority within the region.

Jaslandia wrote:Ask Peng, because I'm pretty sure he's the only German here. Everyone else is either American, British, or Canadian (AFAIK). We may still have a few Australians lingering around, but I doubt it.

Speak of the devil.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Bearlong wrote:You're from Iraq?!

I was born in Baghdad and lived there for the first five years of my life, but had to leave for Jordan because the violence of post-war Iraq and the violent sectarianism and marred its capital city, Baghdad. What happened in that city is equivalent to a religious cleansing, which was especially bad for my family, who are Assyrian Christians.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Continental Commonwealths wrote:resident heterosexual

You called?

Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I do not. I imagine you could connect with our resident heterosexual and discuss the dynamics that come with being an overwhelming minority within the region. I miss Tommy boy, and I’m not even remotely left!

Also, you have a thing for Jagmeet, eh? Yeah, he’s foxy. Apparently he has luscious, beautiful hair. Might challenge JT to a better hair contest one day.

Vista said that we now have an LGBTQ+ minority and you're saying that we have an LGBTQ+ majority. I now believe in nothing.

Lavan Tiri

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Speak of the devil.

Jaslandia wrote:You called?

Jinxed!

Lavan Tiri, Continental Commonwealths, Percyton

Gualimole wrote:Vista said that we now have an LGBTQ+ minority and you're saying that we have an LGBTQ+ majority. I now believe in nothing.

Cut your loses and just quit believing in Vista.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Cut your loses and just quit believing in Vista.

Vista Major

Lavan Tiri

Gualimole wrote:Vista Major

Hey! No snitchin’!

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I do not. I imagine you could connect with our resident heterosexual and discuss the dynamics that come with being an overwhelming minority within the region. I miss Tommy boy, and I’m not even remotely left!

Also, you have a thing for Jagmeet, eh? Yeah, he’s foxy. Apparently he has luscious, beautiful hair. Might challenge JT to a better hair contest one day.

Can you blame me?

https://youtu.be/AsJO40JOhfI?t=1m51s

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Cut your loses and just quit believing in Vista.

He is the one that keeps doing the census. More likely to know who he's able to chase after than to keep any actual statistics.

Gualimole wrote:I was born in Baghdad and lived there for the first five years of my life, but had to leave for Jordan because the violence of post-war Iraq and the violent sectarianism and marred its capital city, Baghdad. What happened in that city is equivalent to a religious cleansing, which was especially bad for my family, who are Assyrian Christians.

Well sh!t, mate. I have no response, tbh.

Lavan Tiri

Bearlong wrote:Well sh!t, mate. I have no response, tbh.

Living in Jordan for a few years was okay, even though Amman was pretty polluted and the weather there was either too hot or too cold.

Lavan Tiri

Bearlong wrote:Can you blame me?

https://youtu.be/AsJO40JOhfI?t=1m51s

Woof.
Bearlong wrote:He is the one that keeps doing the census. More likely to know who he's able to chase after than to keep any actual statistics.
You jest, but I’ve met not a few gay horndogs who’ve happened to work for Stats Can. I’ve become convinced that there is statistical validity to that statement “gays just love their stats”.

Lavan Tiri

Continental Commonwealths wrote:You jest, but I’ve met not a few gay horndogs who’ve happened to work for Stats Can. I’ve become convinced that there is statistical validity to that statement “gays just love their stats”.

When will people simply working in Excel become gay porn?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Gualimole wrote:When will people simply working in Excel become gay porn?

You jest, but...

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Gualimole

Continental Commonwealths wrote:You jest, but...

What is more arousing, Microsoft Word or Google Docs?

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Woof.You jest, but I’ve met not a few gay horndogs who’ve happened to work for Stats Can. I’ve become convinced that there is statistical validity to that statement “gays just love their stats”.

Former Statistics major, can confirm. Also if you can either get me a) a hookup with one of your friends or b) a job at StatsCan, that'd be grand.

Gualimole wrote:What is more arousing, Microsoft Word or Google Docs?

LaTeX. Hands down.

In other news, I've been doing my laundry during this entire conversation. I'm proud to annouce that i am finally done.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri

Jaslandia wrote:Jinxed!

Now you owe him a soda.

Jaslandia, Percyton

Gualimole wrote:Vista said that we now have an LGBTQ+ minority and you're saying that we have an LGBTQ+ majority. I now believe in nothing.

I remember doing an LGBTQ+ Polandball for the region about a year or two ago, and more than half of our active members were on it.

Sulania wrote:I remember doing an LGBTQ+ Polandball for the region about a year or two ago, and more than half of our active members were on it.

My theory for the composition of the COFN is that most of the nations here are heterosexual, while most of the active members are LGBTQ+.

Gualimole wrote:My theory for the composition of the COFN is that most of the nations here are heterosexual, while most of the active members are LGBTQ+.

I mean, statistically more than likely, but it is an oddity that our active members, historically, have been part of the LGBTQ+ Community while our region doesn't advertise itself as an LGBTQ+ Region like some others on NS.

Sulania wrote:I mean, statistically more than likely, but it is an oddity that our active members, historically, have been part of the LGBTQ+ Community while our region doesn't advertise itself as an LGBTQ+ Region like some others on NS.

There's also the normality of how our region is a sausage fest, like the rest of NS.

Kalaron wrote:Now you owe him a soda.

I will purchase him one (1) pop in recompense. Should he refers to the beverage as “soda” during the exchange, however, I will make him eat it, can and all.

Jaslandia

An amendment to the Criminal Code has been moved to a vote. Find it here:

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/86/amendment-code-criminal-behaviour-act

There are also five other proposals being voted upon that will conclude tomorrow. Make sure to check them out, too:

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/board/21/voting-hall

Jaslandia

Beep boop toot toot :D

Jaslandia, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I will purchase him one (1) pop in recompense. Should he refers to the beverage as “soda” during the exchange, however, I will make him eat it, can and all.

What about referring to it as coke? Anyone who claims otherwise is getting the Roddy Piper Special by my hands.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/19/video-of-iran-morality-police-wrestling-with-woman-sparks-outrage

Islam. What a wonderful religion.

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/19/video-of-iran-morality-police-wrestling-with-woman-sparks-outrage

Islam. What a wonderful religion.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/uk/799925/violent-crime-scotland-concern-murder-robbery-assault/amp

Scotland. What a wonderful place. ;p

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/19/video-of-iran-morality-police-wrestling-with-woman-sparks-outrage

Islam. What a wonderful religion.

Kalaron wrote:https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/uk/799925/violent-crime-scotland-concern-murder-robbery-assault/amp

Scotland. What a wonderful place. ;p

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/19/very-angry-badger-causes-part-of-scottish-castle-to-be-closed-to-public

BADGERS, WHAT UTTER C*NTS

Jaslandia

Chernarus State wrote:What about referring to it as coke? Anyone who claims otherwise is getting the Roddy Piper Special by my hands.

Jas is a notorious Mr. Pibb junkie. Even the fact that it is manufactured by the Coca-Cola Corporation will not keep you safe from his ire should you attempt to provide him a Coke, or refer to his precious beverage as such

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/19/video-of-iran-morality-police-wrestling-with-woman-sparks-outrage

Islam. What a wonderful religion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence#United_States

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

Christianity. What a wonderful religion.

Not saying I actually agree with that sentiment, just pointing out that all religions have their kooks and extremists who do horrible stuff. It just so happens that, for the time being, the extremists hold the power in many Muslim-majority countries.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I will purchase him one (1) pop in recompense. Should he refers to the beverage as “soda” during the exchange, however, I will make him eat it, can and all.

I can accept that deal. I'm willing to make a sacrifice.

Chernarus State wrote:What about referring to it as coke? Anyone who claims otherwise is getting the Roddy Piper Special by my hands.

That, though is a bridge too far. Not all soda is coke. It's like referring to all cheese as 'cheddar cheese'. Cheddar is great and all, and I wouldn't mind eating cheddar cheese, but there's a whole world of cheese out there beside cheddar.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Jas is a notorious Mr. Pibb junkie. Even the fact that it is manufactured by the Coca-Cola Corporation will not keep you safe from his ire should you attempt to provide him a Coke, or refer to his precious beverage as such

Mr. Pibb is good and all, but I don't have it that often. Although, Mr. Pibb and I do share a physician: Dr Pepper.

Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Jas is a notorious Mr. Pibb junkie. Even the fact that it is manufactured by the Coca-Cola Corporation will not keep you safe from his ire should you attempt to provide him a Coke, or refer to his precious beverage as such

Pibb Xtra is essentially my version of crack

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Mr. Pibb is good and all, but I don't have it that often. Although, Mr. Pibb and I do share a physician: Dr Pepper.

Mr Pibb is better than Dr Pepper

Penguania And Antarctica

Sulania wrote:Mr Pibb is better than Dr Pepper

Blasphemy!

https://youtu.be/fnyMUpPdVqw

Call me back when Mr. Pibb gets his doctorate, 'kay?

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Blasphemy!

https://youtu.be/fnyMUpPdVqw

Call me back when Mr. Pibb gets his doctorate, 'kay?

My feet are quivering with rage

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Chernarus State wrote:My feet are quivering with rage

Come at me, bro.

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Come at me, bro.

Insolent child, your product is the drink of the Shaitan Iblis, Inshallah, I will have your head, you soft drink infidel.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

[spoiler=Today is April 19 and today are:]

Today is April 19 and today are:

- Army Day (Brazil)

- Beginning of the Independence Movement (Venezuela)

- Bicycle Day

- College Student Grief Awareness Day

- Dutch-American Friendship Day (United States)

- Give OUT Day

- First Day of Summer or Sumardagurinn fyrsti (Iceland)

- Holocaust Remembrance Day (Poland)

- Humorous Day

- Indian Day (Brazil)

- John Parker Day

- King Mswati III's birthday (Swaziland)

- Landing of the 33 Patriots Day (Uruguay)

- National Amaretto Day (United States)

- National Ask An Atheist Day (United States)

- National D.A.R.E. Day (United States)

- National Garlic Day (United States)

- National Get to Know Your Customers Day (United States)

- National Hanging Out Day (United States)

- National High Five Day (United States)

- National North Dakota Day (United States)

- National Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day (United States)

- National Rice Ball Day (United States)

- Poetry And The Creative Mind Day

- Primrose Day (England)

- Yom HaAtzmaut (Israel)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- AD65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested.

- 0531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at Raqqa (northern Syria).

- 0797 – Empress Irene organizes a conspiracy against her son, the Byzantine emperor Constantine VI. He is deposed and blinded. Shortly after, Constantine dies of his wounds; Irene proclaims herself basileus.

- 1012 – Martyrdom of Ælfheah in Greenwich, England.

- 1529 – Beginning of the Protestant Reformation: After the Second Diet of Speyer bans Lutheranism, a group of rulers (German: Fürst) and independent cities protests the reinstatement of the Edict of Worms.

- 1539 – Treaty of Frankfurt signed

- 1608 – In Ireland: O'Doherty's Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry

- 1677 – The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops.

- 1713 – With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 to ensure that Habsburg lands and the Austrian throne would be inherited by his daughter, Maria Theresa (not actually born until 1717).

- 1770 – Captain James Cook, still holding the rank of lieutenant, sights the eastern coast of what is now Australia.

- 1770 – Marie Antoinette marries Louis XVI of France in a proxy wedding.

- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The war begins with an American victory in Concord during the battles of Lexington and Concord.

- 1782 – John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.

- 1809 – An Austrian corps is defeated by the forces of the Duchy of Warsaw in the Battle of Raszyn, part of the struggles of the Fifth Coalition. On the same day the Austrian main army is defeated by a First French Empire Corps led by Louis-Nicolas Davout at the Battle of Teugen-Hausen in Bavaria, part of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.

- 1810 – Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparán, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed.

- 1839 – The Treaty of London establishes Belgium as a kingdom and guarantees its neutrality.

- 1861 – American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.

- 1892 – Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

- 1903 – The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.

- 1927 – Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.

- 1942 – World War II: In Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.

- 1943 – World War II: In Poland, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, after German troops enter the Warsaw Ghetto to round up the remaining Jews.

- 1954 – The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recognises Urdu and Bengali as the national languages of Pakistan.

- 1956 – Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.

- 1960 – Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.

- 1971 – Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.

- 1971 – Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.

- 1971 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate–LaBianca murders.

- 1973 – The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.

- 1984 – Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.

- 1985 – Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.

- 1987 – The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night.

- 1989 – A gun turret explodes on the USS Iowa, killing 47 sailors.

- 1993 – The 51-day FBI siege of the Branch Davidian building outside Waco, Texas, USA, ends when a fire breaks out. Eighty-one people die.

- 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, USA, is bombed, killing 168.

- 1997 – The 1997 Red River flood overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.

- 1999 – The German Bundestag returns to Berlin.

- 2005 – Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is elected to the papacy and becomes Pope Benedict XVI.

- 2011 – Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.

- 2013 – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev is killed in a shootout with police. His brother Dzhokhar is later captured hiding in a boat inside a backyard in the suburb of Watertown.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1793 – Ferdinand I of Austria

- 1832 – José Echegaray, Spanish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1932 – Fernando Botero, Colombian painter and sculptor

- 1933 – Jayne Mansfield, American model and actress

- 1937 – Joseph Estrada, Filipino politician, 13th President of the Philippines

- 1942 – Frank Elstner, German television presenter

- 1952 – Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer and politician

- 1966 – Oliver Welke, German television presenter, actor, comedian and sports journalist

- 1972 – Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer

- 1978 – James Franco, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1981 – Hayden Christensen, Canadian-American actor and producer

- 1987 – Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player

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Quote of the day

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

- A. J. Liebling (American Journalist, 1904-1963) -

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

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Mercunova, Percyton, The British Islands Confederacy

Chernarus State wrote:Insolent child, your product is the drink of the Shaitan Iblis, Inshallah, I will have your head, you soft drink infidel.

We do not negotiate with terrorists. If I were to stop drinking Dr Pepper, then the terrorists would win.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 2011 – Fidel Castro resigns as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba after holding the title since July 1961.

Interesting. I wonder if it's a coincidence then that Raul Castro resigned as President of Cuba today.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/miguel-d-az-canel-becomes-cuba-s-president-ra-l-n867021

Castro is still First Secretary though, so maybe less of a coincidence than I thought.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

I keep increasing taxes, making more people unemployed, decreasing the size of various industries and decreasing the average income of people in Shazria - all because I dare to impose safety standards on companies, crack down on tax avoidance and put a trade embargo on a nation with environmentally harmful practices.

Well I'm very sorry for trying to look after my subjects' best interests.

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Ask Peng, because I'm pretty sure he's the only German here. Everyone else is either American, British, or Canadian (AFAIK). We may still have a few Australians lingering around, but I doubt it.

What about me? I'm the only tank engine here! Everyone else is either a tender engine (James, Duke, and Donald and Douglas), or isn't a steam engine at all (human, equine, penguin, etc.).

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:

Percy: No kidding. Percyton learned that lesson the hard way, since we had two kings with "power issues", as you put it (James and Diesel).

Hey I resent that! I was a great king! It was the Supreme Council, I tell you! They always got in my way, and then voted me out before my agenda could be fully implemented.

Percyton wrote:What about me? I'm the only tank engine here! Everyone else is either a tender engine (James, Duke, and Donald and Douglas), or isn't a steam engine at all (human, equine, penguin, etc.).

I don't think tender vs. tank engine makes much of a difference. Either way, us steam engines are in the minority in this region, and I think THAT'S the more relevant factor.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

James The Red Engine wrote:I don't think tender vs. tank engine makes much of a difference. Either way, us steam engines are in the minority in this region, and I think THAT'S the more relevant factor.

I guess. Still, I think even on the Internet there's something that sets us tank engines apart. Even if it's not a big difference, it's still a difference. We go through different things than tender engines, you know?

James The Red Engine wrote:Hey I resent that! I was a great king! It was the Supreme Council, I tell you! They always got in my way, and then voted me out before my agenda could be fully implemented.

Gordon: If your 'agenda' was self-promotion, incompetent economic policies, and unpopular criminal justice, then it deserved to be blocked, and you deserved to be voted out! Be grateful you managed to land on your wheels after your debacle, and that you now get to be Minister of Justice.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Anniversary of the battle of Lexington and Concord folks. Hope y'all are having as great a day as I. :D

Russkov Soviet, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Are any of yall participating in the walkout tomorrow? I am.

Penguania And Antarctica

Midasia wrote:Are any of yall participating in the walkout tomorrow? I am.

Nope, I don't have classes on friday and I wouldn't anyways.

Penguania And Antarctica

Au Minbo wrote:Nope, I don't have classes on friday and I wouldn't anyways.

My class is about 2hrs 55mins, also I'm sure my Composition teacher might talk about that

Penguania And Antarctica

Starbucks, oh you lol

Stop virtue signalling.

Happy 4/20 my dudes

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, The West Country

How is everyone today?

Percyton, Midasia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How is everyone today?

Doing good: I'm guessing today's a bit of an awkward day that'll be explained in the DIP.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How is everyone today?

I have prepared a speech to give to the people walking out. I am nervous.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Midasia wrote:I have prepared a speech to give to the people walking out. I am nervous.

What's that walkout you talk about?

Lavan Tiri

Chernarus State wrote:Doing good: I'm guessing today's a bit of an awkward day that'll be explained in the DIP.

Every day is awkward. But you seem to misunderstood me. I meant you can read more about it in the DIP is that you can discover more birthdays in the DIP.

Lavan Tiri

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:What's that walkout you talk about?

It is for school safety and for gun safety.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:What's that walkout you talk about?

Midasia wrote:It is for school safety and for gun safety.

It’s the anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting, Peng, and I believe student leaders chose this date to stage nationwide walkouts to protest the lack of action on gun control as a result.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:It’s the anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting, Peng, and I believe student leaders chose this date to stage nationwide walkouts to protest the lack of action on gun control as a result.

But it’s also 4/20 and Hitler’s birthday, so there’s just a whole range of emotions associated with this date.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Continental Commonwealths wrote:It’s the anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting, Peng, and I believe student leaders chose this date to stage nationwide walkouts to protest the lack of action on gun control as a result.

Well thank you Mr Kanada

Lavan Tiri

Midasia wrote:It is for school safety and for gun safety.

Ah ok

Lavan Tiri, Midasia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:But it’s also 4/20 and Hitler’s birthday, so there’s just a whole range of emotions associated with this date.

My brothers birthday

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

It is with great pleasure that we announce the engagement of His Imperial Highness Archduke Valerian to Andrei Fedorov, the son of the esteemed ambassador to our dear friend and ally Mercunova. The two shall be wed in the summer month of June and upon their marriage, Andrei will assume all titles, styles, privileges and responsibilities that his new imperial dignity shall demand.

May they live long and prosper!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Midasia, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

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