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Let me put it this way then... all of us are f*cked up in our own way. I've grown tired of society and humanity to the point that I'm embracing my ALT. I feel happier, to an extent, being Premier Coltsov.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:That's not even a shots fired, many furries contend they're actually animals in the bodies of people.

Crazy, the fandom is crazy.

My philosophy is: as long as everyone is over the age of consent and consenting, do whatever the hell you like.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:I don't even.... This is why I'm a furry. Humans be f*cked up.

I don't know, I like to see the good side in humans. I've become friends with a lot of them, and I'd say they're generally very nice people. Plus, if it wasn't for humans, engines like me wouldn't be here: Not only did humans build all of us, but for older engines like me, nice humans chose to preserve us when other, less-nice humans wanted to scrap us for being useless. Trust me, humans are generally very nice, and their niceness can have big effects!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko, Duke The Old Engine

Percyton wrote:I don't know, I like to see the good side in humans. I've become friends with a lot of them, and I'd say they're generally very nice people. Plus, if it wasn't for humans, engines like me wouldn't be here: Not only did humans build all of us, but for older engines like me, nice humans chose to preserve us when other, less-nice humans wanted to scrap us for being useless. Trust me, humans are generally very nice, and their niceness can have big effects!

Not to kill the mood but if you mean by human niceness things like: WW1, WW2, 100 years war, 30 years war, crusades, colonisation times, rise of communism in China, Stalinist regime in USSR etc. yep humans are very nice.... is it surprising that i am generally a pessimist?

Percyton wrote:I don't know, I like to see the good side in humans. I've become friends with a lot of them, and I'd say they're generally very nice people. Plus, if it wasn't for humans, engines like me wouldn't be here: Not only did humans build all of us, but for older engines like me, nice humans chose to preserve us when other, less-nice humans wanted to scrap us for being useless. Trust me, humans are generally very nice, and their niceness can have big effects!

I admire your optimism, Percy. We need more of it nowadays.

Penguania And Antarctica, Duke The Old Engine

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/57/medieval-rp-ic?page=1&scrollTo=477

Lex Caledonia

Good evening, everyone! How are we all today? I can tell you Skarloey is doing quite well today; he just found out that the Thomas fandom on Twitter (yes, that is a thing) is having a 'Skarloey Appreciation Day' today, and he's been beaming with pride and joy ever since. Considering how useful he is, and how he's worked on the Skarloey Railway for over 100 years, I'd say that old engine very much deserves it. Happy Skarloey Appreciation Day, old boy!

https://twitter.com/hashtag/SkarloeyAppreciationDay?src=hash

https://youtu.be/c5QYxq9bUmM

https://youtu.be/KK3k68SQODE

Skarloey: Thank you, Duke! And hopefully someday you'll get your own appreciation day!

Duke: You're too kind, really.

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Guys, India just reported that an 8 month-old baby was raped by a 28-year-old relative (he is the prime suspect, but it's still developing). To add to that, there were previous cases of rape against a 3-month-old in 2016 and an 11 month-old in 2015

...

What the actual f*ck

Some people are just plain sickos. Nothing can be done about that except to lock them up when they do wrong.

Russkov Soviet wrote:Let me put it this way then... all of us are f*cked up in our own way. I've grown tired of society and humanity to the point that I'm embracing my ALT. I feel happier, to an extent, being Premier Coltsov.

While I can understand your pessimism, I don't think completely turning away from reality is the answer. Sometimes the best way to deal with this kind of stuff is to face, and then figure out how to cope with it, or at least how to understand it. It'll make it easier to deal with life in the long-term.

Spanelsko wrote:Not to kill the mood but if you mean by human niceness things like: WW1, WW2, 100 years war, 30 years war, crusades, colonisation times, rise of communism in China, Stalinist regime in USSR etc. yep humans are very nice.... is it surprising that i am generally a pessimist?

I'll concede that humans have far from a perfect record, and I sometimes wonder if the world would be a better place if we engines ran things. But, in defense of Percy's point, many of the things you described were perpetrated by leaders rather than the people. Leaders can sometimes be short-sighted and ignorant, and it's easy for them not to see the consequences of things like wars when they don't have to fight in it. We can only hope that people now and in the future will hold their leaders accountable and show them the consequences of their leaders' actions, so that such atrocities can be prevented in the future.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Duke The Old Engine wrote:Good evening, everyone! How are we all today? I can tell you Skarloey is doing quite well today; he just found out that the Thomas fandom on Twitter (yes, that is a thing) is having a 'Skarloey Appreciation Day' today, and he's been beaming with pride and joy ever since. Considering how useful he is, and how he's worked on the Skarloey Railway for over 100 years, I'd say that old engine very much deserves it. Happy Skarloey Appreciation Day, old boy!

https://twitter.com/hashtag/SkarloeyAppreciationDay?src=hash

https://youtu.be/c5QYxq9bUmM

https://youtu.be/KK3k68SQODE

Skarloey: Thank you, Duke! And hopefully someday you'll get your own appreciation day!

Duke: You're too kind, really.

Some people are just plain sickos. Nothing can be done about that except to lock them up when they do wrong.

While I can understand your pessimism, I don't think completely turning away from reality is the answer. Sometimes the best way to deal with this kind of stuff is to face, and then figure out how to cope with it, or at least how to understand it. It'll make it easier to deal with life in the long-term.

I'll concede that humans have far from a perfect record, and I sometimes wonder if the world would be a better place if we engines ran things. But, in defense of Percy's point, many of the things you described were perpetrated by leaders rather than the people. Leaders can sometimes be short-sighted and ignorant, and it's easy for them not to see the consequences of things like wars when they don't have to fight in it. We can only hope that people now and in the future will hold their leaders accountable and show them the consequences of their leaders' actions, so that such atrocities can be prevented in the future.

I'm glad to hear Skarloey is in a good mood; he certainly does deserve it. And you bring up some interesting points about leaders. But I ask you, Duke: Aren't leaders people too? The two groups aren't mutually exclusive.

Penguania And Antarctica, Duke The Old Engine

Jaslandia wrote:I'm glad to hear Skarloey is in a good mood; he certainly does deserve it. And you bring up some interesting points about leaders. But I ask you, Duke: Aren't leaders people too? The two groups aren't mutually exclusive.

Aye, but power can change people for the worse. As much as I do condemn the people of Germany -during the second world war- for the holocaust, even I admit that they were influenced by the monster at the nation's heart rather than being true monsters themselves.

To put it another way, a leader is a person and that category can field any number of traits thrown together. Good, bad, ugly, handsome, charismatic or clueless a person can be many things. The people that follow them though are a crowd, and as we've learned crowds can be extremely stupid.

A good example is the hullabaloo about "Autonomous" weapons that got blown up because Steven Hawking -A physicist with no experience in the military- and the owner of Apple -a businessman for Christ sake- put out a paper saying the military "could" develop them in the next few years rather than the next few decades. Plenty of people fell to the storm from two influential people using their names in an unrelated topic and got panicky about terminators and the like when the reality of such weapons is that they're....underwhelming....at best.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Duke The Old Engine

Kalaron wrote:Aye, but power can change people for the worse. As much as I do condemn the people of Germany -during the second world war- for the holocaust, even I admit that they were influenced by the monster at the nation's heart rather than being true monsters themselves.

To put it another way, a leader is a person and that category can field any number of traits thrown together. Good, bad, ugly, handsome, charismatic or clueless a person can be many things. The people that follow them though are a crowd, and as we've learned crowds can be extremely stupid.

A good example is the hullabaloo about "Autonomous" weapons that got blown up because Steven Hawking -A physicist with no experience in the military- and the owner of Apple -a businessman for Christ sake- put out a paper saying the military "could" develop them in the next few years rather than the next few decades. Plenty of people fell to the storm from two influential people using their names in an unrelated topic and got panicky about terminators and the like when the reality of such weapons is that they're....underwhelming....at best.

C***************************NT

Kalaron wrote:Aye, but power can change people for the worse. As much as I do condemn the people of Germany -during the second world war- for the holocaust, even I admit that they were influenced by the monster at the nation's heart rather than being true monsters themselves.

To put it another way, a leader is a person and that category can field any number of traits thrown together. Good, bad, ugly, handsome, charismatic or clueless a person can be many things. The people that follow them though are a crowd, and as we've learned crowds can be extremely stupid.

That's true too. A charismatic and influential figure can get large groups of people to do crazy things to say the least.

Penguania And Antarctica, Duke The Old Engine

I am watching the State of the Union right now. There have already been about 50 standing ovations in less than 30 minutes. Our president digusts me. I can feel the authoritarianism.

Nuremgard, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Minnesota Dakota wrote:I am watching the State of the Union right now. There have already been about 50 standing ovations in less than 30 minutes. Our president digusts me. I can feel the authoritarianism.

I don't feel such digest

I feel the cringe an English teacher feels when a student uses the wrong "your/you're", but on a slighter level

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Spanelsko

Minnesota Dakota wrote:I am watching the State of the Union right now. There have already been about 50 standing ovations in less than 30 minutes. Our president digusts me. I can feel the authoritarianism.

Tbh, so long as he reacts negatively to Turkish aggression towards our deployed soldiers, I won't care that much.

Spanelsko

Kalaron wrote:Tbh, so long as he reacts negatively to Turkish aggression towards our deployed soldiers, I won't care that much.

Assuming he cares about that stuff. He probably still thinks Turkey is a bird eaten on Thanksgiving.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

I was half-paying attention to Trump's State of the Union speech earlier, and I heard him mention 'clean coal'. As a steam engine who uses coal, I feel I have the authority to say that 'clean coal' is kinda a myth. I have a bit of a complicated relationship with coal, but regardless, I'd much rather Trump stick to the facts.

https://www.snopes.com/can-clean-coal-actually-reduce-carbon-emissions

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Assuming he cares about that stuff. He probably still thinks Turkey is a bird eaten on Thanksgiving.

Maybe, was hard to miss Turkey's pretty choice threats IMO.

http://www.newsweek.com/us-military-will-not-leave-city-about-be-attacked-turkey-syria-794134

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Maybe, was hard to miss Turkey's pretty choice threats IMO.

http://www.newsweek.com/us-military-will-not-leave-city-about-be-attacked-turkey-syria-794134

You'd be surprised. Either way, the speech is over, and he never mentioned it.

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:You'd be surprised. Either way, the speech is over, and he never mentioned it.

Oh, I wasn't planning on him addressing it during the speech, sorry if it seemed that way. I moreover meant during the next few weeks.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Oh, I wasn't planning on him addressing it during the speech, sorry if it seemed that way. I moreover meant during the next few weeks.

Ah. Fair enough. We'll have to wait and see on that.

Penguania And Antarctica

Yas bee, my Political Freedom is Widely Abused again. I'm #1 in here!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Minnesota Dakota wrote:I am watching the State of the Union right now. There have already been about 50 standing ovations in less than 30 minutes. Our president digusts me. I can feel the authoritarianism.

I haven't seen it. But that many standing ovations in a short amount of time? They are stroking his ego. It's pure sycophancy.

People like to compare Trump to Hitler but the two are really chalk and cheese. Watch Hitler's speeches. He was a monster but damn he was a brilliant orator. He spoke with passion, conviction and vigour. He could rouse a crowd into chanting and saluting. He could hypnotise them.

Trump can barely string a sentence together. The only reason people chant and clap for him is because they're as thick as he is. They see someone as stupid and bigoted as they are is now in charge and they feel vindicated and validated.

Axeldonia, Minnesota Dakota, Spanelsko

[Spoiler=Newcomers]Kingsman Republic, Republic Of Meldia, Merexis & The Buccaneer Junta[/spoiler]

You have all recently joined our region. On behalf of the Confederacy, I welcome you, and I hope you enjoy your stay. You will find out that we are a pretty active community.

If you haven't already done so, contact Minister of the Interior Lex Caledonia, to gain citizenship or residency status. If you have any questions, my inbox is open.

Chancellor

[I]~[nation=noflag]Cesorion[/nation]

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Hallo :)

How's everyone today?

Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hallo :)

How's everyone today?

Sh!tty.

Quite literally. There was a cat turd outside my door this morning. :P

ffs

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hallo :)

How's everyone today?

A little sick and also upset with the SOTU, but I am fine.

Penguania And Antarctica

Minnesota Dakota wrote:A little sick and also upset with the SOTU, but I am fine.

Sorry to hear that. What is SOTU?

Mercunova wrote:Sh!tty.

Quite literally. There was a cat turd outside my door this morning. :P

ffs

Naughty cats you have.

Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Sorry to hear that. What is SOTU?

Naughty cats you have.

State of the Union address

Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:What is SOTU?

It’s when the US political elite come together to applaud near-incessantly, occassionally interspersed with the President’s rude interruptions.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:State of the Union address

Ah ok.

Damn Americans and their abbreviations for everything.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:It’s when the US political elite come together to applaud near-incessantly, occassionally interspersed with the President’s rude interruptions.

Hmm. Seems logical.

Minnesota Dakota

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Ah ok.

Damn Americans and their abbreviations for everything.

Hmm. Seems logical.

*shrug* We don't want to wear the public down by stating full titles

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Continental Commonwealths wrote:It’s when the US political elite come together to applaud near-incessantly, occassionally interspersed with the President’s rude interruptions.

Yup, I don't know why the complaints about the constant applause are being levelled so heavily this year when it happens literally every year. It's not a speech, it's a self-congratulating ego-booster for the dominant party and a sulk-fest for the opposition.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:Yup, I don't know why the complaints about the constant applause are being levelled so heavily this year when it happens literally every year. It's not a speech, it's a self-congratulating ego-booster for the dominant party and a sulk-fest for the opposition.

So cringey though when the Republicans were chanting "USA, USA!"

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:*shrug* We don't want to wear the public down by stating full titles

Full title?

[spoiler=Take this :P]Wilhelm by the Grace of God, King of Prussia,

Markgraf of Brandenburg, Burggraf of Nuremberg, Count of Hohenzollern,

Sovereign and supreme Duke of Silesia, as well as the County of Glatz,

Grand Duke of Lower Rhine and Posen,

Duke of Saxony, Westphalia and Engers, Pomerania, Lüneburg, Holstein and Schlewsig, Magdeburg, Bremen, Geldern, Cleve, Julich and Berg, as well as the Wenden and Kashubas, Krossen, Lauenburg, Mecklenburg

Landgrave of Hesse and Thuringia,

Markgraf of Upper and Lower Lusatia,

Prince of Orange,

Prince of Rügen, Ostfriesland, Paderborn and Pyrmont, Halberstadt, Münster, Mindne, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, Verden, Kammin, Fulda, Nassau and Mörs,

Princely Count of Henneberg,

Count of the Mark and Ravensberg, Hohenstein, Tecklenburg and Lingen, Mansfield, Sigmaringen and Veringen,

Lord of Frankfurt

Tupu Sili of Samoa

[/spoiler]

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Percyton, Cesorion

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Full title?

[spoiler=Take this :P]Wilhelm by the Grace of God, King of Prussia,

Markgraf of Brandenburg, Burggraf of Nuremberg, Count of Hohenzollern,

Sovereign and supreme Duke of Silesia, as well as the County of Glatz,

Grand Duke of Lower Rhine and Posen,

Duke of Saxony, Westphalia and Engers, Pomerania, Lüneburg, Holstein and Schlewsig, Magdeburg, Bremen, Geldern, Cleve, Julich and Berg, as well as the Wenden and Kashubas, Krossen, Lauenburg, Mecklenburg

Landgrave of Hesse and Thuringia,

Markgraf of Upper and Lower Lusatia,

Prince of Orange,

Prince of Rügen, Ostfriesland, Paderborn and Pyrmont, Halberstadt, Münster, Mindne, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, Verden, Kammin, Fulda, Nassau and Mörs,

Princely Count of Henneberg,

Count of the Mark and Ravensberg, Hohenstein, Tecklenburg and Lingen, Mansfield, Sigmaringen and Veringen,

Lord of Frankfurt

Tupu Sili of Samoa

[/spoiler]

I bet he had a small penis.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Cesorion

Nuremgard wrote:I bet he had a small penis.

Thanks for that image in my head. Thank you very much /s. >:(

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Full title?

[spoiler=Take this :P]Wilhelm by the Grace of God, King of Prussia,

Markgraf of Brandenburg, Burggraf of Nuremberg, Count of Hohenzollern,

Sovereign and supreme Duke of Silesia, as well as the County of Glatz,

Grand Duke of Lower Rhine and Posen,

Duke of Saxony, Westphalia and Engers, Pomerania, Lüneburg, Holstein and Schlewsig, Magdeburg, Bremen, Geldern, Cleve, Julich and Berg, as well as the Wenden and Kashubas, Krossen, Lauenburg, Mecklenburg

Landgrave of Hesse and Thuringia,

Markgraf of Upper and Lower Lusatia,

Prince of Orange,

Prince of Rügen, Ostfriesland, Paderborn and Pyrmont, Halberstadt, Münster, Mindne, Osnabrück, Hildesheim, Verden, Kammin, Fulda, Nassau and Mörs,

Princely Count of Henneberg,

Count of the Mark and Ravensberg, Hohenstein, Tecklenburg and Lingen, Mansfield, Sigmaringen and Veringen,

Lord of Frankfurt

Tupu Sili of Samoa

[/spoiler]

Oh yeah? How about this?

[spoiler=I WAS CHOSEN BY HEAVEN]We Charles, by the Grace of God King of Sweden, the Goths and the Vends, Grand Prince of Finland, Duke of Scania, Estonia, Livonia and Karelia, Lord of Ingria, Duke of Bremen, Verden and Pomerania, Prince of Rügen and Lord of Wismar, and also Count Palatine by the Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count of Zweibrücken–Kleeburg, as well as Duke of Jülich, Cleve and Berg, Count of Veldenz, Spanheim and Ravensberg and Lord of Ravenstein[/spoiler]

Yes, that's all in one sentence.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, Cesorion

Axeldonia wrote:Oh yeah? How about this?

[spoiler=I WAS CHOSEN BY HEAVEN]We Charles, by the Grace of God King of Sweden, the Goths and the Vends, Grand Prince of Finland, Duke of Scania, Estonia, Livonia and Karelia, Lord of Ingria, Duke of Bremen, Verden and Pomerania, Prince of Rügen and Lord of Wismar, and also Count Palatine by the Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count of Zweibrücken–Kleeburg, as well as Duke of Jülich, Cleve and Berg, Count of Veldenz, Spanheim and Ravensberg and Lord of Ravenstein[/spoiler]

Yes, that's all in one sentence.

Pippilotta Viktualia Rullgardina Krusmynta Efraimsdotter Långstrump

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton

Axeldonia wrote:Oh yeah? How about this?

[spoiler=I WAS CHOSEN BY HEAVEN]We Charles, by the Grace of God King of Sweden, the Goths and the Vends, Grand Prince of Finland, Duke of Scania, Estonia, Livonia and Karelia, Lord of Ingria, Duke of Bremen, Verden and Pomerania, Prince of Rügen and Lord of Wismar, and also Count Palatine by the Rhine, Duke in Bavaria, Count of Zweibrücken–Kleeburg, as well as Duke of Jülich, Cleve and Berg, Count of Veldenz, Spanheim and Ravensberg and Lord of Ravenstein[/spoiler]

Yes, that's all in one sentence.

How about this?

Charles, by the grace of God, Holy Roman Emperor, forever August, King of Germany, King of Italy, King of all Spains, of Castile, Aragon, León, of Hungary, of Dalmatia, of Croatia, Navarra, Grenada, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Majorca, Sevilla, Cordova, Murcia, Jaén, Algarves, Algeciras, Gibraltar, the Canary Islands, King of Two Sicilies, of Sardinia, Corsica, King of Jerusalem, King of the Western and Eastern Indies, of the Islands and Mainland of the Ocean Sea, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Lorraine, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Limburg, Luxembourg, Gelderland, Neopatria, Württemberg, Landgrave of Alsace, Prince of Swabia, Asturia and Catalonia, Count of Flanders, Habsburg, Tyrol, Gorizia, Barcelona, Artois, Burgundy Palatine, Hainaut, Holland, Seeland, Ferrette, Kyburg, Namur, Roussillon, Cerdagne, Drenthe, Zutphen, Margrave of the Holy Roman Empire, Burgau, Oristano and Gociano, Lord of Frisia, the Wendish March, Pordenone, Biscay, Molin, Salins, Tripoli and Mechelen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor#Titles

Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Spanelsko

Bloody.... Boy am I glad that my "Official" title is short.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko

Jaslandia wrote:How about this?

Charles, by the grace of God, Holy Roman Emperor, forever August, King of Germany, King of Italy, King of all Spains, of Castile, Aragon, León, of Hungary, of Dalmatia, of Croatia, Navarra, Grenada, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Majorca, Sevilla, Cordova, Murcia, Jaén, Algarves, Algeciras, Gibraltar, the Canary Islands, King of Two Sicilies, of Sardinia, Corsica, King of Jerusalem, King of the Western and Eastern Indies, of the Islands and Mainland of the Ocean Sea, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, Brabant, Lorraine, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, Limburg, Luxembourg, Gelderland, Neopatria, Württemberg, Landgrave of Alsace, Prince of Swabia, Asturia and Catalonia, Count of Flanders, Habsburg, Tyrol, Gorizia, Barcelona, Artois, Burgundy Palatine, Hainaut, Holland, Seeland, Ferrette, Kyburg, Namur, Roussillon, Cerdagne, Drenthe, Zutphen, Margrave of the Holy Roman Empire, Burgau, Oristano and Gociano, Lord of Frisia, the Wendish March, Pordenone, Biscay, Molin, Salins, Tripoli and Mechelen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor#Titles

Or this one, from Assyria?

[spoiler=Overcompensating much?]Palace of Ashurnasirpal, priest of Ashur, favorite of Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of Anu and Dagan, the weapon of the great gods, the mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Tukulti-Ninurta, the great king, the mighty king, king of Assyria, the son of Adad-nirari, the great king, the mighty king of Assyria; the valiant man, who acts with the support of Ashur, his lord, and has no equal among the princes of the four quarters of the world; the wonderful shepherd who is not afraid of battle; the great flood which none can oppose; the king who makes those who are not subject to him submissive; who has subjugated all mankind; the mighty warrior who treads on the neck of his enemies, tramples down all foes, and shatters the forces of the proud; the king who acts with the support of the great gods, and whose hand has conquered all lands, who has subjugated all the mountains and received their tribute, taking hostages and establishing his power over all countries.

I am Ashurnasirpal, the celebrated prince, who reveres the great gods, the fierce dragon, conqueror of the cities and mountains to their furthest extent, king of rulers who has tamed the stiff-necked peoples, who is crowned with splendor, who is not afraid of battle, the merciless champion who shakes resistance, the glorious king, the shepherd, the protection of the whole world, the king, the word of whose mouth destroys mountains and seas, who by his lordly attack has forced fierce and merciless kings from the rising to the setting sun to acknowledge one rule.[/spoiler]

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

[spoiler=Today is January 31 and today are:]

Today is January 31 and today are:

- Adhi Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)

- Amartithi (Meherabad, India)

- Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day

- Brandy Alexander Day

- Gorilla Suit Day

- Guru Ravidas Jayanti (India)

- Independence Day (Nauru)

- Magha Purnima (Bangladesh)

- Meak Bochea Day (Cambodia)

- National Backward Day (United States)

- National Inspire Your Heart With Art Day (United States)

- Street Children's Day (Austria)

- Thaipoosam Cavadee (Mauritius)

- Thaipusam (Malaysia)

- Tu B'Shevat (Judaism)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0314 – Pope Sylvester I succeeds Pope Miltiades.

- 1208 – Battle of Lena takes place.

- 1504 – The Treaty of Lyon ends the Italian War, confirming French domination of northern Italy, while Spain receives the Kingdom of Naples.

- 1578 – The Battle of Gembloux takes place.

- 1606 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for plotting against Parliament and King James.

- 1747 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.

- 1801 – John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.

- 1814 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina).

- 1846 – After the Milwaukee Bridge War, Juneautown and Kilbourntown unify as the City of Milwaukee.

- 1848 – John C. Frémont is court-martialed for mutiny and disobeying orders.

- 1862 – Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47 cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.

- 1865 – American Civil War: The United States Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery and submits it to the states for ratification.

- 1865 – American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.

- 1891 – History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.

- 1897 – Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.

- 1900 – Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.

- 1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.

- 1917 – World War I: Germany announces that its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare after a two-year hiatus.

- 1918 – A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.

- 1919 – The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.

- 1929 – The Soviet Union exiles Leon Trotsky.

- 1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.

- 1942 – World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore.

- 1943 – World War II: German Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrenders to the Soviets at Stalingrad, followed 2 days later by the remainder of his Sixth Army, ending one of the war's fiercest battles.

- 1944 – World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.

- 1944 – World War II: During the Anzio campaign the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.

- 1945 – US Army private Eddie Slovik is executed for desertion, the first such execution of an American soldier since the Civil War.

- 1945 – World War II: About 3,000 inmates from the Stutthof concentration camp are forcibly marched into the Baltic Sea at Palmnicken (now Yantarny, Russia) and executed.

- 1945 – World War II: The end of fighting in the Battle of Hill 170 during the Burma Campaign, in which the British 3 Commando Brigade repulsed a Japanese counterattack on their positions and precipitated a general retirement from the Arakan Peninsula.

- 1946 – Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling that of the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).

- 1946 – The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.

- 1949 – These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.

- 1950 – United States President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.

- 1951 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 90 relating to Korean War is adopted.

- 1953 – A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom

- 1957 – Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.

- 1958 – The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.

- 1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.

- 1966 – The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.

- 1968 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.

- 1968 – Nauru gains independence from Australia.

- 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.

- 1971 – The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.

- 1996 – An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.

- 2000 – Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crash: An MD-83, experiencing horizontal stabilizer problems, crashes in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Point Mugu, California, killing all 88 aboard.

- 2001 – In the Netherlands, a Scottish court convicts Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi and acquits another Libyan citizen for their part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.

- 2009 – In Kenya, at least 113 people are killed and over 200 injured following an oil spillage ignition in Molo, days after a massive fire at a Nakumatt supermarket in Nairobi killed at least 25 people.

- 2012 – The Toyota Corolla is known as the best-selling car of all time. Selling over 37.5 million units.

- 2018 – Blue moon and total lunar eclipse

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1512 – Henry, King of Portugal

- 1797 – Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer

- 1835 – Lunalilo, King of Hawaii

- 1865 – Henri Desgrange, French cyclist and journalist

- 1868 – Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1873 – Melitta Bentz, German entrepreneur, invented the coffee filter

- 1881 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1884 – Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany

- 1902 – Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1919 – Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster

- 1923 – Norman Mailer, American journalist and author

- 1929 – Rudolf Mössbauer, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1935 – Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1937 – Philip Glass, American composer

- 1938 – Beatrix of the Netherlands

- 1981 – Justin Timberlake, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

- 1982 – Helena Paparizou, Greek-Swedish singer

- 1990 – Cro, German rapper, singer, producer and designer

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.

- Oscar Wilde (Irish Dramatist, 1854-1900) -

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, Cesorion

*sigh*

What have I done? :(

Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Spanelsko

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:*sigh*

What have I done? :(

You have angered Axeldonia, the lord protector of the Balkans, the delegate of delegates chosen above all others by the transnational congress of trade unions, the destroyer of monarchs, the...

Nah :P

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Spanelsko

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:*sigh*

What have I done? :(

Nothing wrong?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Axeldonia wrote:You have angered Axeldonia, the lord protector of the Balkans, the delegate of delegates chosen above all others by the transnational congress of trade unions, the destroyer of monarchs, the...

Nah :P

I dont know if its me being tired, or if i have something with my eyes but i read the delegate as degenerate ..... I should go sleep.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Cesorion

My Official title, not that it matters is:

Supreme Ruler of the Russian Motherland, Heir to the Equestrian Throne, Premier of the Union Aleksander Dimitri Coltsov of Siberia.

Most of my fellow Equestrians simply refer to me as Aleksander or Premier Coltsov, depending on who they are.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:So cringey though when the Republicans were chanting "USA, USA!"

Eh, chanting "USA" isn't that bad in my mind. It's a bipartisan one if nothing else.

https://nypost.com/2018/01/29/people-who-practice-yoga-contribute-to-white-supremacy-professor-claims/

Whew lads.

Russkov Soviet wrote:My Official title, not that it matters is:

Supreme Ruler of the Russian Motherland, Heir to the Equestrian Throne, Premier of the Union Aleksander Dimitri Coltsov of Siberia.

Most of my fellow Equestrians simply refer to me as Aleksander or Premier Coltsov, depending on who they are.

The title of Nuremgard's monarch:

His Imperial Majesty Stefan, by the Grace of God, the Most August Tsar of Nuremgard, Co-Protector of Diondega, Custodian of the Commonwealth and Constitution, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Fount of All Honour, Provenance of Justice, Supreme Advocate of the Orthodox Church & Defender of the Christian Faith.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Axeldonia wrote:Or this one, from Assyria?

[spoiler=Overcompensating much?]Palace of Ashurnasirpal, priest of Ashur, favorite of Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of Anu and Dagan, the weapon of the great gods, the mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Tukulti-Ninurta, the great king, the mighty king, king of Assyria, the son of Adad-nirari, the great king, the mighty king of Assyria; the valiant man, who acts with the support of Ashur, his lord, and has no equal among the princes of the four quarters of the world; the wonderful shepherd who is not afraid of battle; the great flood which none can oppose; the king who makes those who are not subject to him submissive; who has subjugated all mankind; the mighty warrior who treads on the neck of his enemies, tramples down all foes, and shatters the forces of the proud; the king who acts with the support of the great gods, and whose hand has conquered all lands, who has subjugated all the mountains and received their tribute, taking hostages and establishing his power over all countries.

I am Ashurnasirpal, the celebrated prince, who reveres the great gods, the fierce dragon, conqueror of the cities and mountains to their furthest extent, king of rulers who has tamed the stiff-necked peoples, who is crowned with splendor, who is not afraid of battle, the merciless champion who shakes resistance, the glorious king, the shepherd, the protection of the whole world, the king, the word of whose mouth destroys mountains and seas, who by his lordly attack has forced fierce and merciless kings from the rising to the setting sun to acknowledge one rule.[/spoiler]

Good god, that's a mouthful! Or rather, good Ashur (head of the Assyrian mythological pantheon).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashur_(god)

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:*sigh*

What have I done? :(

Everything alright, Peng?

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

The Tidmouth Times has just posted a new news article, recapping the first day of Prime Minister George Kirkman of Jaslandia's state visit to Percyton. Check it out! It's a good article!

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=964389

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=33386985#p33386985

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:The Tidmouth Times has just posted a new news article, recapping the first day of Prime Minister George Kirkman of Jaslandia's state visit to Percyton. Check it out! It's a good article!

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=964389

https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=33386985#p33386985

George Kirkman: It is indeed an excellent article, Your Majesty. Thank you for your hospitality, and I'm looking forward to the rest of my stay in Percyton!

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:George Kirkman: It is indeed an excellent article, Your Majesty. Thank you for your hospitality, and I'm looking forward to the rest of my stay in Percyton!

Please, just call me Percy. We're thrilled to have you here, and we're glad you're enjoying what Percyton has to offer!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

[spoiler=Today is February 1 and today are:]

Today is February 1 and today are:

- Abolition of Slavery Day (Mauritius)

- Air Force Day (Nicaragua)

- Car Insurance Day

- Change Your Password Day

- Day of Remembrance and Respect to Victims of the Communist Regime (Bulgaria)

- Decorating With Candy Day

- Federal Territory Day (Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya, Malaysia)

- G.I. Joe Day

- Heroes Day (Rwanda)

- Hula in the Coola Day

- Imbolc (Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, and some Neopagan groups)

- International Face & Body Art Day

- Memorial Day of the Republic (Hungary)

- National Baked Alaska Day (United States)

- National Freedom Day (United States)

- National Get Up Day (United States)

- National Serpent Day (United States)

- National Texas Day (United States)

- Robinson Crusoe Day

- Spunky Old Broads Day

- Work Naked Day

- World Hijab Day

- World Read Aloud Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=February is observed as:]

February is observed as:

- Adopt a Rescued Rabbit Month

- African American History Month

- AMD / Low Vision Awareness Month

- American Heart Month

- American History Month

- Avocado and Banana Month

- Bake for Family Fun Month

- Beans Month

- Beat the Heat Month

- Berry Fresh Month

- Canned Food Month

- Celebration of Chocolate Month

- Cholangiocarcinoma Awareness Month

- Dog Training Education Month

- Exotic Vegetables and Star Fruit Month

- February is Fabulous Florida Strawberry Month

- "From Africa to Virginia" Month

- Great American Pies Month

- International Boost Self Esteem Month

- International Expect Success Month

- International Friendship Month

- International Hoof Care Month

- International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month

- Jobs in Golf Month

- Library Lovers Month

- Love the Bus Month

- Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month

- Marijuana Awareness Month

- National Bird Feeding Month

- National Black History Month

- National Cancer Prevention Month

- National Care About Your Indoor Air Month

- National Cat Health Month

- National Cherry Month

- National Children's Dental Health Month

- National Condom Month

- National Embroidery Month

- National Fiber Focus Month

- National Fondue Month

- National Grapefruit Month

- National Heart Healthy Month

- National Hot Breakfast Month

- National Laugh-Friendly Month

- National Mend a Broken Heart Month

- National Parent Leadership Month

- National Patient Recognition Month

- National Pet Dental Health Care Month

- National Prevent a Litter Month

- National Senior Independence Month

- National Snack Food Month

- National Sweet Potato Month

- National Therapeutic Recreation Month

- National Time Management Month

- National Weddings Month

- National Wild Bird-Feeding Month

- National Wise Health Consumer Month

- Pet Dental Health Month

- Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month

- Potato Lovers Month

- Pull Your Sofa Off the Wall Month

- Relationship Wellness Month

- Responsible Animal Guardian Month

- Responsible Pet Owner Month

- Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month

- Spay/Neuter Awareness Month

- Spunky Old Broads Month

- Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month

- Unchain a Dog Month

- Wise Health Care Consumer Month

- Worldwide Renaissance of the Heart Month

- Youth Leadership Month

Note: All month observances with "National" are observances of the United States of America.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0481 – Vandal king Huneric organises a conference between Catholic and Arian bishops at Carthage.

- 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.

- 1329 – King John of Bohemia captures Medvėgalis, an important fortress of the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and baptizes 6,000 of its defenders

- 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights (Prussia).

- 1662 – The Chinese general Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege.

- 1713 – The Kalabalik or Tumult in Bendery results from the Ottoman sultan's order that his unwelcome guest, King Charles XII of Sweden, be seized.

- 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: France declares war on the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

- 1796 – The capital of Upper Canada is moved from Newark to York.

- 1814 – Mayon in the Philippines erupts, killing around 1,200 people, the most devastating eruption of the volcano.

- 1835 – Slavery is abolished in Mauritius.

- 1861 – American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States.

- 1864 – Second Schleswig War: Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig, starting the war.

- 1865 – President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

- 1884 – The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.

- 1893 – Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.

- 1895 – Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.

- 1896 – La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.

- 1897 – Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.

- 1908 – Lisbon Regicide: King Carlos I of Portugal and Infante Luis Filipe are shot dead in Lisbon.

- 1918 – Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.

- 1924 – The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR.

- 1942 – World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.

- 1942 – World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls–Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.

- 1942 – Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.

- 1942 – Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.

- 1946 – Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.

- 1946 – The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.

- 1953 – North Sea flood of 1953 is caused by a heavy storm which occurred overnight, 31 January-1 February 1953; floods strike the Netherlands, Belgium and the U.K.

- 1960 – Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.

- 1964 – The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".

- 1965 – The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill.

- 1968 – Vietnam War: The execution of Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém by South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is recorded on motion picture film, as well as in an iconic still photograph taken by Eddie Adams.

- 1968 – Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.

- 1968 – The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.

- 1972 – Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.

- 1974 – A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.

- 1979 – Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.

- 1989 – The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder.

- 1991 – A runway collision between USAir Flight 1493 and SkyWest Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport results in the deaths of 34 people, and injuries to 30 others.

- 1992 – The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.

- 1996 – The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.

- 1998 – Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.

- 2002 – Daniel Pearl, American journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002, is beheaded and mutilated by his captors.

- 2003 – Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.

- 2004 – Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.

- 2005 – King Gyanendra of Nepal carries out a coup d'état to capture the democracy, becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.

- 2009 – The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.

- 2012 – At least 72 people are killed and over 500 injured as a result of clashes between fans of Egyptian football teams Al-Masry and Al-Ahly in the city of Port Said.

- 2013 – The Shard, the tallest building in the European Union, is opened to the public.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1402 – Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal

- 1552 – Edward Coke, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales

- 1659 – Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer

- 1792 – Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach, German surgeon

- 1874 – Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright

- 1894 – John Ford, American director and producer

- 1901 – Clark Gable, American actor

- 1931 – Boris Yeltsin, Russian politician, 1st President of Russia

- 1946 – Elisabeth Sladen, English actress

- 1971 – Michael C. Hall, American actor and producer

- 1994 – Harry Styles, English singer-songwriter

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

We are all born mad. Some remain so.

- Samuel Beckett (Irish Playwright, 1906-1989) -

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, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- G.I. Joe Day

Interesting. I didn't know today was G.I. Joe Day.

https://youtu.be/pele5vptVgc

Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Interesting. I didn't know today was G.I. Joe Day.

https://youtu.be/pele5vptVgc

But now you know.

And knowing is half the battle!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Cesorion

Axeldonia wrote:But now you know.

And knowing is half the battle!

G.I. JOOOOE!

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Howdy.

Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton

The Bir Tawil Order Of Knights wrote:Howdy.

Welcome to the region, the Bir Tawil Order of Knights! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor! I hope you like it here!

Jaslandia wrote:Interesting. I didn't know today was G.I. Joe Day.

https://youtu.be/pele5vptVgc

Axeldonia wrote:But now you know.

And knowing is half the battle!

Jaslandia wrote:G.I. JOOOOE!

Hank: Ah, G.I. Joe. An American cartoon classic, if you ask me.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1968 – The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.

Hank: Ah yes, the Penn Central debacle, possible the worst merger in history (or at least the worst merger in railway history). I can't speak on the New York Central, but I liked the Pennsylvania Railroad: I was built for that railroad, and I worked there from the time I was built in 1923, until I was retired from service on the PRR in 1955. However, that merger was just a bad idea from the start; the theory was looked solid, but no one seemed to know what they were doing when they actually put the merger and integration into practice. Heck, it's a good thing I wasn't still on the railroad by the time that merger happened: I would have driven my crew mad with my gripping about the merger, and I'm sure the other engines would have also been annoyed by me.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/57/medieval-rp-ic?page=2&scrollTo=480

Happy Squid noises

Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Axeldonia wrote:http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/57/medieval-rp-ic?page=2&scrollTo=480

Happy Squid noises

HA HA! DIPLOMACY!

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

A new issue of mine has been added to the game. Enjoy, guys :)

Jaslandia, Aquatur, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, The Cross And Davids Star, Yukona, Percyton, Cesorion

Still #1 for most armed 👍

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Still #1 for most armed 👍

119th of 121 :P

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:A new issue of mine has been added to the game. Enjoy, guys :)

Another one!?! Nice! Which one is it?

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Still #1 for most armed 👍

More armed than my Armed Autocracy? This will not stand!

Jaslandia wrote:Another one!?! Nice! Which one is it?

It's about horny nobles demanding the right to sleep with beautiful newly married maidens on their land.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Spanelsko

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdSecL8Ytrg

Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:More armed than my Armed Autocracy? This will not stand!

It's about horny nobles demanding the right to sleep with beautiful newly married maidens on their land.

Oh! How... interesting...

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdSecL8Ytrg

https://youtu.be/9opcAg3dJEc

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Oh! How... interesting...

https://youtu.be/9opcAg3dJEc

The 4th movement is my favourite one. I love it. :D

Jaslandia, Percyton

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

Today is Feburary 2 and today are:

- Anniversary of Treaty of Tartu (Estonia)

- Ayn Rand Day

- Bonza Bottler Day

- Bubble Gum Day

- Candlemas (Liechtenstein)

- Constitution Day (Philippines)

- Crepe Day

- Day of Military Honour: Victory of the Battle of Stalingrad (Russia)

- Day of Youth (Azerbaijan)

- Feast of Candelaria (Bolivia)

- Feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple or Candlemas (Western Christianity)

- Give Kids a Smile Day

- Groundhog Day (United States and Canada)

- Hedgehog Day

- Imbolic

- Inventor's Day (Thailand)

- Le Jour des Crêpes (France)

- Lung Leavin' Day

- Marmot Day (Alaska)

- National Heavenly Hash Day (United states)

- National Tater Tot Day (United states)

- National Wear Red Day (United states)

- Our Lady of Navigators (Brazil)

- Our Lady of the Candles (Filipino Catholics)

- Rheumatoid Awareness Day

- Sled Dog Day

- Virgin of Candelaria (Tenerife, Spain)

- World Play Your Ukulele Day

- World Wetlands Day

- Working Naked Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (Breviarium Alaricianum or Lex Romana Visigothorum), a collection of "Roman law".

- 0880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King Louis III is defeated by the Norse Great Heathen Army at Lüneburg Heath in Saxony.

- 0962 – Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor in nearly 40 years.

- 1032 – Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor becomes king of Burgundy.

- 1141 – The Battle of Lincoln, at which Stephen, King of England is defeated and captured by the allies of Empress Matilda.

- 1207 – Terra Mariana, eventually comprising present-day Latvia and Estonia, is established.

- 1438 – Nine leaders of the Transylvanian peasant revolt are executed at Torda.

- 1461 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.

- 1536 – Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina.

- 1645 – Battle of Inverlochy.

- 1653 – New Amsterdam (later renamed The City of New York) is incorporated.

- 1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.

- 1848 – Mexican–American War: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed.

- 1850 – Brigham Young declares war on Timpanogos in the Battle at Fort Utah.

- 1868 – Pro-Imperial forces captured Osaka Castle from the Tokugawa shogunate and burned it to the ground.

- 1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed.

- 1887 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.

- 1899 – The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.

- 1901 – Funeral of Queen Victoria.

- 1913 – Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.

- 1920 – The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.

- 1920 – France occupies Memel.

- 1922 – Ulysses by James Joyce is published.

- 1925 – Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.

- 1934 – The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.

- 1935 – Leonarde Keeler administers polygraph tests to two murder suspects, the first time polygraph evidence was admitted in U.S. courts.

- 1942 – The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling.

- 1943 – World War II: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last German troops in the city.

- 1959 – Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.

- 1966 – Pakistan suggests a six-point agenda with Kashmir after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

- 1971 – Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.

- 1971 – The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.

- 1980 – Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.

- 1982 – Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.

- 1987 – After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new constitution.

- 1989 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: The last Soviet armoured column leaves Kabul.

- 1990 – Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.

- 2000 – First digital cinema projection in Europe (Paris) realized by Philippe Binant with the DLP CINEMA technology developed by Texas Instruments.

- 2004 – Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men's singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks.

- 2005 – The Government of Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act. This legislation would become law on July 20, 2005, legalizing same-sex marriage.

- 2007 – Police officer Filippo Raciti is killed when a clash breaks out in the Sicily derby between Catania and Palermo, in the Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. This event led to major changes in stadium regulations in Italy.

- 2012 – The ferry MV Rabaul Queen sinks off the coast of Papua New Guinea near the Finschhafen District, with an estimated 146-165 dead.

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Famous Birthdays:

- 0450 – Justin I, Byzantine emperor

- 1208 – James I of Aragon

- 1455 – John, King of Denmark

- 1650 – Pope Benedict XIII

- 1754 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France

- 1829 – Alfred Brehm, German zoologist and illustrator

- 1851 – José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican illustrator and engraver

- 1873 – Leo Fall, Austrian composer

- 1882 – James Joyce, Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet

- 1883 – Johnston McCulley, American author and screenwriter, created Zorro

- 1905 – Ayn Rand, Russian-born American novelist and philosopher

- 1926 – Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, French academic and politician, 20th President of France

- 1939 – Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1959 – Hella von Sinnen, German entertainer

- 1963 – Eva Cassidy, American singer and guitarist

- 1977 – Shakira, Colombian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

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Quote of the day

I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.

- Mae West (American Actress, 1893-1980) -

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, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton, Cesorion

Tory councils are running out of money to pay for services. Ha. Hope the Tory voters in those areas are directly affected by that and suffer for it. Would serve them right for voting how they do.

Nuremgard wrote:Tory councils are running out of money to pay for services. Ha. Hope the Tory voters in those areas are directly affected by that and suffer for it. Would serve them right for voting how they do.

My dude, that's a little...extreme.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Kalaron wrote:My dude, that's a little...extreme.

What the Tories are doing to this country is extreme so any suffering they endure is payback in my opinion.

Spanelsko

Kalaron wrote:My dude, that's a little...extreme.

It's.

Nurem.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Vista Major wrote:It's.

Nurem.

Yup. My mum sensibly instilled in me a wholesome working class hatred of Thatcher and the Tories.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:Yup. My mum sensibly instilled in me a wholesome working class hatred of Thatcher and the Tories.

Hated killed the activist, as the old saying goes

http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/57/medieval-rp-ic?page=2&scrollTo=484

>Tfw you spend like 20 minutes on writing about luxurious food and all you can eat afterwards is a midnight snack

FML

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:My dude, that's a little...extreme.

Remember Kal, in Scotland, Conservatives are seen as hellspawn and Thatcher is the spawn of Satan and Hitler

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Remember Kal, in Scotland, Conservatives are seen as hellspawn and Thatcher is the spawn of Satan and Hitler

If Satan and Thatcher stood in my constituency, I'd vote for the former.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- National Wear Red Day (United states)

Funny enough, I wore a red shirt today, and a pair of shorts with red stripes. I celebrated the holiday without even realizing it.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 0450 – Justin I, Byzantine emperor

https://youtu.be/H_2E0RxVHH4?t=2m19s

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1925 – Serum run to Nome: Dog sleds reach Nome, Alaska with diphtheria serum, inspiring the Iditarod race.

The bad news is that this inspired a cheesy kids' movie.

https://youtu.be/ehzdhKKcgow

Nuremgard wrote:Tory councils are running out of money to pay for services. Ha. Hope the Tory voters in those areas are directly affected by that and suffer for it. Would serve them right for voting how they do.

If the Tories are anything like American Republicans, aren't they usually against government services? Kinda ironic, no?

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

hi

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

The Adrian Republic wrote:hi

Greetings Comrade and WELCOME to the CoFN! My name is Aleksander D. Coltsov. I am the current Premier of the Equestrian Union and Ruler of Russia. Don't let us Communist anthro-equines intimidate you, we are quite friendly!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

The Adrian Republic wrote:hi

Welcome to the region, Adrian Republic!

Penguania And Antarctica, The Adrian Republic

Hello!

All citizens and residents are invited to share with the government their ideas, comments and critiques regarding the Confederacy during this open town hall. Everyone has a voice!

Open Town Hall: http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/58/open-town-hall-vistonian-chancellery

~VM

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Vista Major wrote:Hello!

All citizens and residents are invited to share with the government their ideas, comments and critiques regarding the Confederacy during this open town hall. Everyone has a voice!

Open Town Hall: http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/58/open-town-hall-vistonian-chancellery

~VM

Can you give a time period for how long the floor will be open for?

Yukona wrote:Can you give a time period for how long the floor will be open for?

I will likely close the floor around the 20th, though I am willing to shift it till the end of the month entirely.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Please, NS, Let me bring back religious worship and my judiciary. Please?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:Please, NS, Let me bring back religious worship and my judiciary. Please?

Sees state Atheism, screams..... falls from his chair..... runs to his phone.... calls someone.... launch the missiles on Nuremgard.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Spanelsko wrote:Sees state Atheism, screams..... falls from his chair..... runs to his phone.... calls someone.... launch the missiles on Nuremgard.

I didn't mean to do it lol

Jaslandia, Percyton, Spanelsko

Nuremgard wrote:I didn't mean to do it lol

so should i stop the missiles?

Nuremgard

Spanelsko wrote:so should i stop the missiles?

That would be nice.

Percyton, Spanelsko

Russkov Soviet wrote:Greetings Comrade and WELCOME to the CoFN! My name is Aleksander D. Coltsov. I am the current Premier of the Equestrian Union and Ruler of Russia. Don't let us Communist anthro-equines intimidate you, we are quite friendly!

Does that mean you are a horse?

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Welcome to the region, Adrian Republic!

Thank you

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

The Adrian Republic wrote:Does that mean you are a horse?

Neigh

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Could any Canadians here help me with something?

Percyton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S4z-j1-ILU

Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Percyton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S4z-j1-ILU

https://i.imgur.com/bAv27e9.gif?noredirect

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Who knew that by effectively disenfranchising rural communities, I'd cut corruption in New Salvatore by 83%?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

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