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Adaptive Aesthetics wrote:I log in and notice the board has a hundred and ten messages. Did I miss something ?

Not really.

Troll came in, was stupid, got deleted by mod.

So...*shrug*

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Freewire, Yukona, Adaptive Aesthetics

Sulania wrote:Do tell, do tell

You could look at my name and flag alone and learn about it.

Kalaron wrote:Not really.

Troll came in, was stupid, got deleted by mod.

So...*shrug*

HI ON THE RMB

Haven't talked to you here

How's it going?

Jaslandia, Kalaron

Kalaron wrote:Not really.

Troll came in, was stupid, got deleted by mod.

So...*shrug*

AKA: something really stupid that kept me entertained.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Yes, religion is odd. It's inconsistent. And all of them burn herbs or incense for a "nice" smell. And it's old.

Take for instance the Easter mass. It has the same programm for the last couple hundred years. Not very progressive and innovative if you ask me.

I quite like the tradition of religion, gives it a sort of timeless feeling for me.

Yukona

Freewire wrote:HI ON THE RMB

Haven't talked to you here

How's it going?

Uh...hi.

It's going cool, little tired right now but my headache is subsiding and I'm pretty happy.

You?

Sulania wrote:I quite like the tradition of religion, gives it a sort of timeless feeling for me.

Personally, I don't.

Their music is cool and all, but religious tradition has always gotten on my nerves.

Freewire

Kalaron wrote:Their music is cool and all, but religious tradition has always gotten on my nerves.

I'm gonna go ahead and pretend that i didn't hear that.

Sulania wrote:I quite like the tradition of religion, gives it a sort of timeless feeling for me.

I never was into religion. Nor were my parents or my grandparents. We are pretty non-religious.

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:I'm gonna go ahead and pretend that i didn't hear that.

I mean, whether you heard or not doesn't bother me.

Gonna be real frank, some of traditions are enough to infuriate me -I think most people here know what that is, and I won't say to prevent another argument on the RMB- but I don't really care if you do 'em.

Kalaron wrote:I mean, whether you heard or not doesn't bother me.

Gonna be real frank, some of traditions are enough to infuriate me -I think most people here know what that is, and I won't say to prevent another argument on the RMB- but I don't really care if you do 'em.

Good choice of words. I almost ended up getting triggered.

And here I am thinking how ugly my pathology class is. Like soooo many sicknesses around the world that I could make RP for....

It's movie night for me. The Shining came out of the hat.

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Latrovia wrote:And here I am thinking how ugly my pathology class is. Like soooo many sicknesses around the world that I could make RP for....

On the topic of RP, could you tone your warships down a little?

Like, you have 25 carriers and 360 warships -as I said to another person a long time ago, that isn't even counting the fleet tenders you would need- compared to the US Navy's eleven (please god, strike down the plan for a twelfth) and 274 warships. I hate to say it, but I think the same common sense rule regarding "How many soldiers can I have?" should be put in here for navies.

Like, the USA should be the major cut off point for ship numbers in an RP, but you have nearly one hundred more all cramming into Italy.

Aghrabia, Yukona, Magnatronia

Kalaron wrote:On the topic of RP, could you tone your warships down a little?

Like, you have 25 carriers and 360 warships -as I said to another person a long time ago, that isn't even counting the fleet tenders you would need- compared to the US Navy's eleven (please god, strike down the plan for a twelfth) and 274 warships. I hate to say it, but I think the same common sense rule regarding "How many soldiers can I have?" should be put in here for navies.

Like, the USA should be the major cut off point for ship numbers in an RP, but you have nearly one hundred more all cramming into Italy.

Yes [nation=short]Latrovia[/nation], actually pay attention this time.

Yukona

Kalaron wrote:Not really.

Troll came in, was stupid, got deleted by mod.

So...*shrug*

Can you give me a summary of what they said?

Yukona

Aghrabia wrote:Yes [nation=short]Latrovia[/nation], actually pay attention this time.

Woah now, that's a little hostile for the tone I'm trying to set.

I don't even RP, but I know that when everyone tries to US the US they really just break the RP, so I'm offering some advice for consideration -especially sense the app would need to be approved by Unf- and because I like pointing out stuff of military origin.

Aghrabia, Yukona

Adaptive Aesthetics wrote:Can you give me a summary of what they said?

Nevermind. I put on my hazmat suit and went back in the RMB to read the posts. What a troll.

Aghrabia

Adaptive Aesthetics wrote:Can you give me a summary of what they said?

Antisemitism

"whoa you guys didn't kick me immediately for wanting to burn jews"

insults to the Non-whites.

Really just your run of the mill thirteen year old who thinks he's the bee's knees because he watched Family Guy and really liked it when they made fun of the Jews.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Kalaron wrote:Woah now, that's a little hostile for the tone I'm trying to set.

I don't even RP, but I know that when everyone tries to US the US they really just break the RP, so I'm offering some advice for consideration -especially sense the app would need to be approved by Unf- and because I like pointing out stuff of military origin.

But this is an issue you'd think would've been resolved by now- given how the amount of times he has presumably been told to stop godmodding here, with the amount of times he was told to in the ESU on top of that ([nation=short]The Royal Republic of Kumania[/nation], [nation=short]Magnatronia[/nation] back me up on this one). You'd think he would have gotten the message by now.

Kalaron

Aghrabia wrote:But this is an issue you'd think would've been resolved by now- given how the amount of times he has presumably been told to stop godmodding here, with the amount of times he was told to in the ESU on top of that ([nation=short]The Royal Republic of Kumania[/nation], [nation=short]Magnatronia[/nation] back me up on this one). You'd think he would have gotten the message by now.

Well, that's the reason we have OOC, to point this stuff out and -hopefully- put a stop to it.

Also, he's yet to RP with us, as far as I know.

I'm willing to listen for if he has a reason that lower Italy can support -or would want to support- that many ships, and regardless we should keep it casual.

You ain't no poser to the great chill, are ya? :P

Aghrabia

Killdash wrote:It's movie night for me. The Shining came out of the hat.

Movie night for me too. The Martian, Paul and now Pretty Woman.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Movie night for me too. The Martian, Paul and now Pretty Woman.

Pretty Woman, thanks to my mom. She's the reason why I know every line in this movie. She watched it so damn often. But it's a good movie.

Nuremgard, Killdash

Hope you're okay [nation=short]oelesa[/nation]!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Man, I'm so glad I wasn't here a little ago.

Same. Trolls are nothing but trouble.

Humpheria Major wrote:Hope you're okay [nation=short]oelesa[/nation]!

Hey Humph! Long time no see, buddy. How is it going ?

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Humpheria Major, Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hey Humph! Long time no see, buddy. How is it going ?

Literally same

Humpheria Major wrote:Hope you're okay [nation=short]oelesa[/nation]!

Seconded

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Humpheria Major

Sulania wrote:I quite like the tradition of religion, gives it a sort of timeless feeling for me.

Nothin' like your morning purge of the witches and infidels

Aghrabia, Adaptive Aesthetics

Magnatronia wrote:Oh, wow, so now you actually admit it?

So what's your problem with Hispanics in that case? I'm really curious to hear what you've got against me.

Louie ur white let's be real

Aghrabia wrote:But this is an issue you'd think would've been resolved by now- given how the amount of times he has presumably been told to stop godmodding here, with the amount of times he was told to in the ESU on top of that ([nation=short]The Royal Republic of Kumania[/nation], [nation=short]Magnatronia[/nation] back me up on this one). You'd think he would have gotten the message by now.

It's possible I might've encouraged him to exaggerate a little in rp idk it was whack times a lot has been blanked out in my memory but uh yes I gotchu fam

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Aghrabia wrote:But this is an issue you'd think would've been resolved by now- given how the amount of times he has presumably been told to stop godmodding here, with the amount of times he was told to in the ESU on top of that ([nation=short]The Royal Republic of Kumania[/nation], [nation=short]Magnatronia[/nation] back me up on this one). You'd think he would have gotten the message by now.

Sure

Aghrabia

I am Happy to announce, that, under the Ministry of Justice, Deputy Adaptive Aesthetics has written us a Law Code.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=779752

After slight shifts in grammar, vocabulary and a tweek here or there, it is now open for public viewing!

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Adaptive Aesthetics

Kalaron wrote:Woah now, that's a little hostile for the tone I'm trying to set.

I don't even RP, but I know that when everyone tries to US the US they really just break the RP, so I'm offering some advice for consideration -especially sense the app would need to be approved by Unf- and because I like pointing out stuff of military origin.

Nah dude, you haven't seen our boi Lat until he's duking it out with another self proclaimed 'super power' in every other RP.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Aghrabia

Humpheria Major wrote:Hope you're okay [nation=short]oelesa[/nation]!

Yep, was with no power from 6 am to now. We got a genorator but the rest of the town won't be on till 11 tommorrow.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Humpheria Major

90 mph straight line winds does a lot of damage.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Department Of Confederate Documents wrote:I am Happy to announce, that, under the Ministry of Justice, Deputy Adaptive Aesthetics has written us a Law Code.

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=779752

After slight shifts in grammar, vocabulary and a tweek here or there, it is now open for public viewing!

Can we have another few tweaks?

Like, I don't think leaving Treasonous Language undefined is a good idea considering that such could just be pointing out the flaws of the confederacy, especially in private telegrams.

Quite frankly, I think the bits on verbal conduct would serve much better if removed and made into their own law for separate consideration, or just being flat out removed.

Oelesa wrote:90 mph straight line winds does a lot of damage.

Not to mention that they're liberating to the soul

Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Can we have another few tweaks?

Like, I don't think leaving Treasonous Language undefined is a good idea considering that such could just be pointing out the flaws of the confederacy, especially in private telegrams.

Quite frankly, I think the bits on verbal conduct would serve much better if removed and made into their own law for separate consideration, or just being flat out removed.

The Law Code serves more as a guide on punishments for crimes than setting legal precedent.

The whole point of the code is to be amended and added upon. This is the beta (but public) stage, waiting to see more laws and punishments to be added.

Taking it out would serve no purpose, and it's actually quite fitting today considering we had very poor verbal conduct on the RMB a few hours ago.

Adaptive Aesthetics wrote:The Law Code serves more as a guide on punishments for crimes than setting legal precedent.

The whole point of the code is to be amended and added upon. This is the beta (but public) stage, waiting to see more laws and punishments to be added.

Taking it out would serve no purpose, and it's actually quite fitting today considering we had very poor verbal conduct on the RMB a few hours ago.

By someone who wasn't a citizen, a trial wouldn't be applicable for them regardless.

I want to give thanks to the NationStates Moderation team; unfortunately, I can't keep an eye out all the time, so having others take care of the trolls is a huge help. Of course, I should also thank everyone who reported the troll to Moderation in the first place.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

Kalaron wrote:By someone who wasn't a citizen, a trial wouldn't be applicable for them regardless.

He was still here and caused a scene. Just because he wasn't formally admitted doesn't mean our common sense laws don't apply.

" and immediate ejection from the Confederacy shall be applied for any other offense"

Please keep in mind, there is a difference between ejection and banjection. Ejection means they can come straight back.

Vista Major, Oelesa

Overall, I do approve of the law code in its capacity as an advisory guide to allow for the enforcement of the law, though.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

Ugh, as much as I despise environmental degradation, it's so goddamn depressing watching these documentaries about how livestock is the number one reason the environment is gonna collapse in the near future. And I don't even mean to be preachy! It's just so hard constantly hearing your environmental science teacher say that because we're to lazy to bother trying to raise less livestock, we're gonna have war, famine, drought, etc. And then she always finishes off by saying "But YOU can make an impact by insert generic pick-me-up". She knows it's pointless, man. Least she could do is be honest.

Aghrabia, Vista Major

Adaptive Aesthetics wrote:He was still here and caused a scene. Just because he wasn't formally admitted doesn't mean our common sense laws don't apply.

Well, in a way, they don't.

The precedent set by the Supreme Court -or at least two of members of it- is that non-citizens have no rights, including that of a trial.

By the way, what exactly is the purpose of this law code even? If it simply serves to guide a punishment on a law, is it then overwritten if the subsequent law instead holds a different punishment?

Kalaron wrote:Well, in a way, they don't.

The precedent set by the Supreme Court -or at least two of members of it- is that non-citizens have no rights, including that of a trial.

By the way, what exactly is the purpose of this law code even? If it simply serves to guide a punishment on a law, is it then overwritten if the subsequent law instead holds a different punishment?

Again, it is meant to serve as a guideline for future and full laws to follow. Think of it like an outline, or a jumping off point. So, when writing future and current laws, we have something to base them off of, and maintain a good scope of how we should proceed in writing them.

Andromitus wrote:Again, it is meant to serve as a guideline for future and full laws to follow. Think of it like an outline, or a jumping off point. So, when writing future and current laws, we have something to base them off of, and maintain a good scope of how we should proceed in writing them.

OK, but does it get over written if the law has a different punishment in mind?

Kalaron wrote:OK, but does it get over written if the law has a different punishment in mind?

If the law passes through all measurements then yes; however, I believe a Justice can again call it into question if it differs extremely from the Law Code

Adaptive Aesthetics

We have POWER! It's finally over, no more dark ages.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Humpheria Major, Adaptive Aesthetics

Kalaron wrote:OK, but does it get over written if the law has a different punishment in mind?

To clear up some confusion, this serves the exact same purpose as the (real) United States Code.

First to post something worthwhile on the RP

http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10139937/1/#new

And what happened to the confederacy general???

Magnatronia wrote:First to post something worthwhile on the RP

http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10139937/1/#new

And what happened to the confederacy general???

it got updated a few days ago

Well that was fun to read. Damn Nazis. Anyways, does anyone know where to get a custom cotton flag made for a decent price? All the places I find want an arm and a leg for it.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Movie night for me too. The Martian, Paul and now Pretty Woman.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Pretty Woman, thanks to my mom. She's the reason why I know every line in this movie. She watched it so damn often. But it's a good movie.

Since that title has been mentioned: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ssXAkg0bV6o

The Empire Of Handland wrote:Well that was fun to read. Damn Nazis. Anyways, does anyone know where to get a custom cotton flag made for a decent price? All the places I find want an arm and a leg for it.

I personally felt disgusted when he mentioned he was Texan: while our state is well known for racism and stupidity, he just took everything to another level of moronic thought. As for custom flags, not much I can offer on that, though a couple did have slightly lower prices.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Since that title has been mentioned: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ssXAkg0bV6o

I personally felt disgusted when he mentioned he was Texan: while our state is well known for racism and stupidity, he just took everything to another level of moronic thought. As for custom flags, not much I can offer on that, though a couple did have slightly lower prices.

your name is beautiful, too bad I can't endorse you

Jaslandia, Pirate Kingdoms

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Since that title has been mentioned: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ssXAkg0bV6o

I personally felt disgusted when he mentioned he was Texan: while our state is well known for racism and stupidity, he just took everything to another level of moronic thought. As for custom flags, not much I can offer on that, though a couple did have slightly lower prices.

Well that makes sense. I hate Texas and most Texans anyways. You seem alright though. Hated Texas every day I was there.

Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

The Empire Of Handland wrote:Well that makes sense. I hate Texas and most Texans anyways. You seem alright though. Hated Texas every day I was there.

Being a liberal Mexican does allow for me to sympathize with those who hate our state

The Empire Of Handland, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

Pirate Kingdoms why don't you become a WA Member?

Penguania And Antarctica

Orcala wrote:Pirate Kingdoms why don't you become a WA Member?

Already have a WA nation: The United Confederacy Of Texas, which is technically my main nation

Penguania And Antarctica, Orcala

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Being a liberal Mexican does allow for me to sympathize with those who hate our state

I really hate the weather the most. So unbelievably hot and humid. Couldn't stand it being there in the middle of the summer for basic.

Kalaron wrote:Woah now, that's a little hostile for the tone I'm trying to set.

I don't even RP, but I know that when everyone tries to US the US they really just break the RP, so I'm offering some advice for consideration -especially sense the app would need to be approved by Unf- and because I like pointing out stuff of military origin.

The power of the UK includes both the military power of Latrovia and it's Commonwealths. But sure I will consider your suggestion.

The Empire Of Handland wrote:I really hate the weather the most. So unbelievably hot and humid. Couldn't stand it being there in the middle of the summer for basic.

Try being here right now: almost all of February was in the 80°s and we're projected to stay like that until May, when the temps start to go to the 90°s every day.

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Since that title has been mentioned: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ssXAkg0bV6o

I personally felt disgusted when he mentioned he was Texan: while our state is well known for racism and stupidity, he just took everything to another level of moronic thought. As for custom flags, not much I can offer on that, though a couple did have slightly lower prices.

Who are you talking about?

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Who are you talking about?

I think he's talking about that troll that was here a little while ago. He said he was an edgy school kid with "No filter on his mouth". God I hate that kid and his views, which unfortunately are supported by an unnerving amount of Americans.

Magnatronia wrote:I think he's talking about that troll that was here a little while ago. He said he was an edgy school kid with "No filter on his mouth". God I hate that kid and his views, which unfortunately are supported by an unnerving amount of Americans.

Ah, right.

I am raging with NS right now. For some reason, it gave me an issue about serfdom in Nuremgard (my advanced liberal democracy) so I abolished it. This reduced by poor's income by about 11,000 rubles and reduced my state-owned industry from 15% to 9%.

F*ck you, NS. I f*cking hate you!

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Latrovia wrote:The power of the UK includes both the military power of Latrovia and it's Commonwealths. But sure I will consider your suggestion.

Well that's just it, the military power of Latrovia and Ilodia combined should at all be equal to or greater than the USA.

Between the two nations, there is a total population of 70 million people, compared to the US pop of 319 million people, unless we're using the stupid fake stats of NS to derive how many ships we have, your people would be hit incredibly hard to pay for the upkeep of a smaller fleet -less people paying means a higher tax rate for each individual- than the US Navy, but you instead have nearly a hundred more ships just in your combat fleet.

Simply put, it's beyond unrealistic for UKL to have a similar military number to the US.

Aghrabia, Magnatronia

Post self-deleted by Kalaron.

[quote=kalaron;24167755]Well that's just it, the military power of Latrovia and Ilodia combined should not at all be equal to or greater than the USA./quote]

Nuremgard wrote:Ah, right.

I am raging with NS right now. For some reason, it gave me an issue about serfdom in Nuremgard (my advanced liberal democracy) so I abolished it. This reduced by poor's income by about 11,000 rubles and reduced my state-owned industry from 15% to 9%.

F*ck you, NS. I f*cking hate you!

Why have State owned industry when #HailCorporate can come in and do all of the work for you?

Magnatronia

REGIONAL SONG OF THE DAY

Day 5: Muse- "Soldier's Poem" (link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uMYAATQDOEQ)

Thank you for reading, papa bless

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Yukona, Magnatronia

Magnatronia wrote:I think he's talking about that troll that was here a little while ago. He said he was an edgy school kid with "No filter on his mouth". God I hate that kid and his views, which unfortunately are supported by an unnerving amount of Americans.

An increasing number of Americans are anti Semetic?

Magnatronia

I've decided to scrap my old military factbook in exchange for a new one, but i need some assistance. Any suggestions anyone?

Yukona

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:I've decided to scrap my old military factbook in exchange for a new one, but i need some assistance. Any suggestions anyone?

http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms

Go through most of the stuff there, I'll talk to you about exactly what you need if you want, but it'll have to wait untill after 2pm EST.

Kalaron wrote:http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms

Go through most of the stuff there, I'll talk to you about exactly what you need if you want, but it'll have to wait untill after 2pm EST.

Fine by me. Thanks.

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Fine by me. Thanks.

No problem homeslice breadslice.

Kalaron wrote:No problem homeslice breadslice.

>.> Really?

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:>.> Really?

Well I'm sorry homeslice breadslice friendslice.

I didn't know it was so bad to be my chummy-chum pal friend amigo pally pal buddy.

Yukona wrote:An increasing number of Americans are anti Semetic?

Either that, or the ones who are already like that feel emboldened to be more open with their views. And anyways I was referring to his insulting view of Hispanics.

Kalaron wrote:Well I'm sorry homeslice breadslice friendslice.

I didn't know it was so bad to be my chummy-chum pal friend amigo pally pal buddy.

If you take one more diddily-darn step I'm gonna have to diddily-darn snap your neck.

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:If you take one more diddily-darn step I'm gonna have to diddily-darn snap your neck.

This copypasta must end.

Also, how are y'all?

Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:This copypasta must end.

Also, how are y'all?

Well me is. You how are ?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Well me is. You how are ?

Not too bad, won't be doing anything for an hour next block, and I'm happy since I can chat with Tim.

Kalaron wrote:This copypasta must end.

Also, how are y'all?

Downloading Ubuntu on my chromebook. Tired of dealing with Chrome OS

Kalaron

Nuremgard wrote:Ah, right.

I am raging with NS right now. For some reason, it gave me an issue about serfdom in Nuremgard (my advanced liberal democracy) so I abolished it. This reduced by poor's income by about 11,000 rubles and reduced my state-owned industry from 15% to 9%.

F*ck you, NS. I f*cking hate you!

It's just like how you only become a corrupt dictatorship when you don't want to.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Aghrabia wrote:It's just like how you only become a corrupt dictatorship when you don't want to.

I spent ages getting my poor's income high and getting lots of state industry. Then it gets taken away in one damn issue.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Freewire

Hello people.

[spoiler=Today is March 2 and today are:]

Today is March 2 and today are:

- Air Force Day (Sri Lanka)

- Book Day (United Kingdom)

- Feast of 'Alá (Bahá'í Faith)

- Jamahiriya Day (Libya)

- James Ronald Webster Day (Anguilla)

- Peasants' Day (Burma)

- Martyrdom of Fatima (Iran)

- National Banana Cream Pie Day (United States)

- National Flag Day (Bangladesh)

- National Old Stuff Day (United States)

- National Read Across America Day or Dr. Seuss Day (United States)

- Peasants' Day (Myanmar)

- Texas Independence Day (Texas,US)

- Victory at Adwa Day (Ethiopia)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his bucellarii are almost cut off.

- 986 – Louis V becomes King of the Franks.

- 1127 – Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.

- 1444 – Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë.

- 1458 – George of Poděbrady is chosen as the king of Bohemia.

- 1476 – Burgundian Wars: The Old Swiss Confederacy hands Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, a major defeat in the Battle of Grandson in Canton of Neuchâtel.

- 1484 – The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England.

- 1498 – Vasco da Gama's fleet visits the Island of Mozambique.

- 1561 – Mendoza, Argentina is founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro del Castillo.

- 1657 – Great Fire of Meireki: A fire in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths; it lasted three days

- 1717 – The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.

- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.

- 1791 – Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.

- 1797 – The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.

- 1807 – The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country.

- 1808 – The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.

- 1811 – Argentine War of Independence: A royalist fleet defeats a small flotilla of revolutionary ships in the Battle of San Nicolás on the River Plate.

- 1815 – Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the leaders of the Kingdom of Kandy.

- 1825 – Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.

- 1836 – Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.

- 1855 – Alexander II becomes Tsar of Russia.

- 1859 – The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, begins.

- 1865 – East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.

- 1867 – The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.

- 1877 – U.S. presidential election, 1876: Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.

- 1882 – Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.

- 1901 – United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.

- 1901 – The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.

- 1903 – In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.

- 1917 – The enactment of the Jones–Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

- 1919 – The first Communist International meets in Moscow.

- 1933 – The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

- 1937 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.

- 1939 – Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.

- 1941 – World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact.

- 1943 – World War II: Battle of the Bismarck Sea: United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships.

- 1946 – Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.

- 1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.

- 1955 – Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.

- 1956 – Morocco gains its independence from France.

- 1961 – John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.

- 1962 – In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.

- 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.

- 1965 – The US and South Vietnamese Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.

- 1969 – In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.

- 1970 – Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.

- 1972 – The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.

- 1977 – Libya becomes the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya as the General People's Congress adopted the "Declaration on the Establishment of the Authority of the People".

- 1978 – Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.

- 1983 – Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.

- 1989 – Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.

- 1990 – Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.

- 1991 – Battle at Rumaila oil field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.

- 1992 – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations.

- 1995 – Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.

- 1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.

- 2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).

- 2004 – War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.

- 2012 – A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1824 – Bedřich Smetana, Czech pianist and composer

- 1829 – Carl Schurz, German-American general, lawyer, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior

- 1900 – Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer

- 1904 – Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator

- 1908 – Walter Bruch, German engineer

- 1931 – Mikhail Gorbachev, Russian lawyer and politician, President of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1940 – Lothar de Maizière, German Christian Democratic politician, last head of government of East Germany

- 1942 – Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

- 1942 – John Irving, American novelist and screenwriter

- 1962 – Jon Bon Jovi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

- 1968 – Daniel Craig, English actor and producer

- 1977 – Chris Martin, English singer-songwriter and producer

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Quote of the day

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- Phil Jackson -

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa

Aghrabia wrote:It's just like how you only become a corrupt dictatorship when you don't want to.

True: main nation's supposed to be a liberal republic but all the sane decisions for issues reduced freedoms.

Nuremgard, Aghrabia

Yukona wrote:An increasing number of Americans are anti Semetic?

No. The number of trolls who want to be edgy are increasing. The internet allows this tomfoolery to flourish. The fact that we're still talking about this a day later gives that troll more power and success.

Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Aghrabia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Freewire, Magnatronia

So I just blew my motherboard after not grounding myself when changing components. Always ground yourself when touching your computer kids, it may look rare - but it when it costs you £300 it don't matter.

Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:So I just blew my motherboard after not grounding myself when changing components. Always ground yourself when touching your computer kids, it may look rare - but it when it costs you £300 it don't matter.

Are you totally sure it is broken ? Maybe it isn't.

Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Are you totally sure it is broken ? Maybe it isn't.

It's about as broken as I am right now so I don't think it matters anymore

Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:It's about as broken as I am right now so I don't think it matters anymore

Hmm. That's unfortunate.

Yukona

Glorious Winter Bear has arrived

*Gib ice and snow*

Penguania And Antarctica, Adaptive Aesthetics

Well I took everyone's advice and I got Chrome. I joined the forums! My only complaint is my avatar/flag. It's got this gross gray border around it and I can't seem to get it to go away. Can anyone help me shrink my flag exactly to the 25kb it requires?

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Fine by me. Thanks.

OK, so, since I'm on my phone, I'll just trust the others to ignore this message if they don't want to read about military stuff, OK?

First, you want to have [B]one tank. The cold war is over and it is the age of Main Battle Tanks, so don't run into heavy tanks because "Has big gun kill things", that ain't the way this game is played, capisce?

Look for something you like, but learn the details behind it, it's rather important to know your weaknesses. Really I'll only say to consider the M1A2 as a last resort, and to avoid the Challenger since not even the Brits want it.

Basically, follow Lat's template, but don't put worrisome numbers on things.

Aghrabia

Kalaron wrote:OK, so, since I'm on my phone, I'll just trust the others to ignore this message if they don't want to read about military stuff, OK?

First, you want to have [B]one tank. The cold war is over and it is the age of Main Battle Tanks, so don't run into heavy tanks because "Has big gun kill things", that ain't the way this game is played, capisce?

Look for something you like, but learn the details behind it, it's rather important to know your weaknesses. Really I'll only say to consider the M1A2 as a last resort, and to avoid the Challenger since not even the Brits want it.

Basically, follow Lat's template, but don't put worrisome numbers on things.

Cough Strv 103 upgraded cough

Yukona wrote:Cough Strv 103 upgraded cough

No turret tho.

Quite the impediment.

Kalaron wrote:No turret tho.

Quite the impediment.

No turret, no problems

Yukona wrote:No turret, no problems

Except quick turning tho

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Already have a WA nation: The United Confederacy Of Texas, which is technically my main nation

oh, ok. I'll endorse that nation

Penguania And Antarctica

I finally made a factbook entry

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=779912

Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

You may or may not know but in addition to vaporwave I absolutely love playing cards. I've always wanted to make my own design but I'm still thinking of creative names and ideas. Maybe one day....

Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

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