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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Is anybody in this region in a form of debate? I am starting Public Forum after doing two topics in Lincoln-Douglas. I would like to hear your opinions on the topics.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Ιnteresting
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
So how do you think someone in the Middle East would describe the region differently than an outsider to the region? And just note, I have only lived in the Middle East, specifically Iraq and Jordan, for about half of my life. The other half has been spent in the US, so I am a bit of an outsider. I, of course, did not follow current events in my first half of my life. I was too busy playing truck simulators. So, in a way, I really am approaching the Middle East from an outsider's perspective.
In fact, I still remember singing the Jordanian anthem in school, not knowing what the words really meant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws1i9_iMIxk
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
I think outsiders may see it from their own country's perspective or through the eyes of their own biased media or governments. Not saying that's necessarily bad but their views will be coloured by that. They might see their vision for the ME via the interests of the state they live in. Whereas someone like you will see it in a way what is best for the region. Does that make sense or am I rambling? lol
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
No, you're not rambling. And to make a point, I don't think my foreign policy interests as an American and as an Iraqi conflict. Gradually withdrawing from Middle Eastern affairs, stopping the illegal seizure of Palestinian land, and withdrawing military and economic support to Saudi Arabia would benefit both the U.S. and the Middle East and its people in general.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia
I think since the US and its allies invaded, they have a moral responsibility to stabalise Iraq and then, as you say, gradually withdraw from the region, stop supporting the Saudis and let regional politics take their course.
Axeldonia
You might think that Iraq needs and wants support from the US and its allies, but that isn't true. Iraq now has a competent security force and it has repeatedly called for less US intervention in the country. The most Iraq would probably need is some US training to turn it into a professional defense force. For now, Iraq is stabilizing and is slowly becoming safer.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia
Well I am happy to hear that. I'd eventually like to see the West withdrawing from the ME altogether (that wont happen.) Realistically, I want the West to support more moderate regimes like Iran and Iraq.
Axeldonia
But don't forget about "for now". Iraq would very well enter itself into a second civil war between the Baghdad government and its supplementary Shiite militias. They are just cooperating now because ISIS is a common enemy for both. At this current moment, with ISIS being relegated into the desert, tensions between Baghdad and these militias are rising. And it isn't just me who is saying this. Prominent Iraqi politicians also think that using supplementary militia forces was risky and could very well lead to another civil war. But even if that happened, I am confident that Iraq's security forces will eventually defeat these militias. Iraq's military now isn't Iraq's military in 2014.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia
I agree. The militias must be disbanded after IS is defeated or driven out. Iraq needs a standing national army for its own defence. A politically neutral army is crucial for national security. Iraq is a Shia majority country, right? What sect do the current government belong to? If they are Sunni, do they discriminate against Shia or vice versa? Iraq needs a government that will promote religious toleration.
Axeldonia
The Talking Point
Visions of giant pink tigers are a common side effect after Spanelskoans eat their meals.
OK?!
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
Not involved in any formal debate groups now, but I used to dabble.
Minnesota Dakota
Trump recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying he wants a "great deal" for Israel and a "great deal" for Palestine.
I f*cking hate that man.
Axeldonia
Intafada in 3... 2...
Everyone does at this point: hell, even Pence can't stand the bastard
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
Someone shot JFK. Why hasn't someone shot Trump yet?
"Catalonia elections prompt crackdown on colour yellow"
F*cking hell, is this even real life anymore?
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
Well, if Trump's goal is to pointlessly incite Israeli-Palestinian tensions and ruin any remaining credibility the U.S. has as a neutral arbritrator in the Israel-Palestine dispute, then I'd say Trump is succeeding with flying colors. And this is coming from someone who leans slightly on the Israeli side.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Just give the whole region to Switzerland already.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Yes it is real life. Real life is always more bizarre than fiction. It reminds me of when they would not superimpose the Scottish saltire on Edinburgh Castle because the flag is now seen as too "political."
I think I am for a two-state solution.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
They'd be a more honest arbiter than the US which has been so far up Israel's arse it's coming out the other end.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Is this the real life, is this just fantasy
Caught in a landside, no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
[...]
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton, Spanelsko
Works for me. Switzerland already has four different groups within its borders (French, German, Italian, and Romansh), so they obviously already figured out how to get different groups to get along.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
Uuuuugh
IT'S THE BLOODY SCOTTISH FLAG!
If it was something like the Catalan flag which has different versions I'd MAYBE understand. But that's just... Ugh.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
The difference being those groups don't all squabble over a supposedly sacred scrap of land. Religion just complicates everything, as always.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Plus, their constitution demands a neutral foreign policy. It's the perfect candidate!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
They've been trying to erode Scottish culture for years. Union jacks have been appearing all over our food recently. Apparently the saltire has been stolen by us evil nationalists. Yet unionists quite happily burnt the saltire on the night of the referendum. Of course, we couldn't show that on the media. That would make the unionists look bad! Cant have that!
Axeldonia
As am I, and so are most sane people for that matter. And I even agree with you that the 'Israel lobby' has a ridiculous amount of influence on U.S. policy. I'm just pro-Israel in the sense that, if I had to choose between Israel and Palestine, I'd choose Israel.
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
And of course the Israel lobby has the trump card. If you dare criticise them, you're just an anti-Semite. They love playing the racist card when it suits them.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
Just took a look at some old news article about that. Apparently the ones who who did seem to be fat english skinhead living in Scotland.
What a surprise.
Nuremgard
Fat English skinheads who hate Scotland and the SNP but seem happy to live here and enjoy their free prescriptions et al. They should be grateful that we wouldn't start deporting them back down south after independence.
Axeldonia
I just got out of an interesting conversation in my English class about the use of the n-word.
Penguania And Antarctica
East and West Germany?? :P
Nuremgard, Percyton
Some critiscm of Israel is actually anti-Semitic. But there's also plenty of legitimate and non-bigoted arguments against Israel, and I also don't like pro-Israel groups using the 'anti-Semite' label to shut down valid debate.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Vetriutan 2
Because we'll end up with a Republican meltdown: if Trump is removed, then an even more conservative politician takes the reins and will be unable to maintain the alt-right base. If Pence is removed, then Ryan will have to balance the alt-right and the Christian conservatives. If Ryan is removed and Hatch takes over, then they're appeased but we'd have to watch over an even older President than Trump (Trump is 71, Hatch is 83) and just as conservative as Ryan and Pence. Ultimately, Trump is easier to maintain as his performance may actually give the Democrats (let's be honest, the Democrats are the main opposition; independents, Libertarians, Greens, and Constitution are just too weak to draw someone in, and even then, the Democrats may have to go with a favored candidate due to Bernie being 76) a chance to succeed in 2018 and 2020. Odds are, however, that the Republicans will carry Congress given the Democrats neglecting the white middle-class/blue collars that went for Trump.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Minnesota Dakota, Vetriutan 2
Note that it took around three years for JFK to be shot.
Note also that as much as his supporters (and detractors) may not be willing to accept it, Trump isn't really all that anti-establishment, as Kennedy was.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/world/europe/russia-vladimir-putin-president.html
From the article:
"It began with a worker climbing onto the stage set up for the occasion at the Gorky Automobile Factory known by its Russian acronym as GAZ to ask Mr. Putin if he would run, saying: Today in this hall everybody, without exception, supports you. Give us a gift, announce your decision!""
From Julius Caesar:
CASCA:
"I cant explain it. It was all silly and so I paid no attention. I saw Mark Antony offer him a crownthough it wasnt a real crown, just a small circletand, as I told you, he refused it oncethough in my opinion he wouldve liked to have it. Then Antony offered it to him again, and he refused it again (though, in my opinion, he was reluctant to take his hand off it). Then Antony offered it the third time. He refused it the third time, and as he refused it the commoners hooted and clapped their chapped hands, and threw up their sweaty hats, and let loose such a great deal of stinking breath because Caesar refused the crown that it nearly choked Caesar, because he fainted and fell down. As for myself, I didnt dare laugh, for fear of opening my lips and inhaling the stinking air."
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
And it took 4 months for James Garfield to be shot, so that may be a better comparison.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield
Mercunova, Cesorion
[spoiler=Today is December 6 and today are:]
Today is December 6 and today are:
- Anniversary of the Founding of Quito (Ecuador)
- Armed Forces Day (Ukraine)
- Birthday of Prophet Muhammad and Imam Sadeq (Iran)
- Constitution Day (Spain)
- Day of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of Azerbaijan
- Independence Day (Finland)
- Mitten Tree Day
- National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (Canada)
- National Gazpacho Day (United States)
- National Microwave Oven Day (United States)
- National Miners Day (United States)
- National Pawnbrokers Day (United States)
- Put On Your Own Shoes Day
- Saint Nicholas Day (Western Christianity)
- White Ribbon Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0963 Pope Leo VIII is appointed to the office of Protonotary and begins his papacy as antipope of Rome.
- 1060 Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
- 1240 Mongol invasion of Rus': Kiev under Daniel of Galicia and Voivode Dmytro falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
- 1534 The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
- 1648 Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".
- 1704 Battle of Chamkaur: During the Mughal-Sikh Wars, an outnumbered Sikh Khalsa defeats a Mughal army.
- 1745 Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
- 1768 The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- 1790 The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
- 1865 The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
- 1877 The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
- 1884 The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
- 1897 London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
- 1904 Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
- 1907 A coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
- 1916 World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
- 1917 Finland declares independence from Russia.
- 1917 Halifax Explosion: A munitions explosion near Halifax, Nova Scotia kills more than 1,900 people in the largest artificial explosion up to that time.
- 1917 World War I: USS Jacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SM U-53.
- 1921 The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
- 1922 One year to the day after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the Irish Free State comes into existence.
- 1928 The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
- 1933 U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey rules that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene.
- 1941 World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. Camp X opens in Canada to begin training Allied Secret Agents for the War.
- 1947 The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
- 1953 Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
- 1956 A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
- 1957 Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit.
- 1967 Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.
- 1969 Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is beaten to death by Hells Angels security guards.
- 1971 Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
- 1973 The Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States House of Representatives votes 387 to 35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On November 27, the Senate confirmed him 92 to 3.)
- 1975 The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.
- 1977 South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
- 1978 Spain ratifies the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
- 1982 The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians.
- 1989 The École Polytechnique massacre (or Montreal Massacre): Marc Lépine, an anti-feminist gunman, murders 14 young women at the École Polytechnique in Montreal.
- 1991 In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city for seven months.
- 1992 The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, India, is demolished, leading to widespread riots causing the death of over 1,500 people.
- 1997 A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
- 1998 in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez is victorious in presidential elections.
- 2005 An Iranian Air Force C-130 military transport aircraft crashes into a ten-floor apartment building in a residential area of Tehran, killing all 84 on board and 44 more on the ground.
- 2006 NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
- 2015 Venezuelan elections are held. For the first time in 17 years the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1285 - Ferdinand IV of Castile
- 1421 - Henry VI of England
- 1778 - Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist
- 1875 - Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author
- 1898 - Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist
- 1898 - Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1920 - Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer
- 1920 - George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1929 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German-Austrian cellist and conductor
- 1930 - Rolf Hoppe, German film and stage actor.
- 1941 - Richard Speck, American murderer
- 1942 - Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright
- 1948 - Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver
- 1948 - Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German actor and musician
- 1956 - Hans Kammerlander, Italian mountaineer and guide
- 1958 - Nick Park, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1959 - Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman
- 1967 - Judd Apatow, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1982 - Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist
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Quote of the day
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
- Lily Tomlin -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
Most people already do that, no? The only people who don't do that are people who don't wear shoes at all (meaning this holiday doesn't really apply to them), people with a physical or mental disability which prevents them from putting on their own shoes (who aren't able to celebrate this holiday), and rich people who are so rich that they have a servant to put on their shoes for them (and I guess those super-rich people could celebrate the holiday, but it seems like a pretty small portion of the population for a holiday to apply to). The holiday may be about little kids who are just starting to dress themselves, but that development toward dressing oneself (again, assuming the child has no physical or mental disabilities that would prevent this) should happen more naturally, instead of being dictated by a single holiday.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
http://www.armyrecognition.com/images/stories/north_america/united_states/exhibition/ausa_2016/pictures/Griffin_technology_demonstrator_light_tank_Mobile_Protected_Firepower_US_army_General_Dynamics_640_001.jpg
Well this poor thing is unfortunate >.>
Huh, this sorta matches up with what Hand said earlier on Discord about Michael I: one King dies and another King rises up
The people of Nuremgard wish their beloved Tsar Stefan a very happy 28th birthday today! The nation celebrates with a national holiday.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Yes, Iraq is a majority Shiite country, and the government is aligned with the religious majority. And yes, there is some religious discrimination against the Sunnis in the country.
That is unfortunate. I hope that changes.
Vetriutan 2
http://www.superarrow.ca/
If this website is real, I pray to god that the Canadian Gov isn't literally as dumb as they look. Source: A friend from the IDT thread.
Edit: Having read it more, yee it's fake. Thank god that it's fake and dumb :3
Vista Major, Mercunova
The K4AM shall fly as a phoenix.
http://iiwiki.com/wiki/K4AM
Hello everyone. Hope you all had a wonderful day so far. :D
Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
I did
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
>TMW you order something from Amazon and find out that it got taken by a person named "Jenn"
God damn, that's a name I will hate for all time.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton, Cesorion, Confederal States
Weird. We have been waiting for packages for a while and Amazon told us they'd been delivered. Well they had not. Turns out the next door neighbour had taken them in and just now brought them to us. But the postman didn't even put a note through our door telling us the neighbour had them. What's more, we've been in all week so I don't see how he didn't just knock on our door. We would have answered.
Mercunova
[spoiler=Today is December 7 and today are:]
Today is December 7 and today are:
- Armed Forces Flag Day (India)
- Day of the Little Candles (Colombia)
- Feast of St. Ambrose (Milan, Italy)
- Flag Base Day (Scientology)
- International Civil Aviation Day
- Letter Writing Day
- National Cotton Candy Day (United States)
- National Heroes Day (East Timor)
- National Illinois Day (United States)
- National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (United States)
- Spitak Remembrance Day (Armenia)
- Western Province Day (Solomon Islands)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 43BC Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated.
- 0574 Byzantine Emperor Justin II retires due to recurring seizures of insanity. He abdicates the throne in favor of his general Tiberius, proclaiming him Caesar.
- 1703 The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
- 1724 Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
- 1732 The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
- 1776 Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
- 1787 Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1842 First concert of the New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Corelli Hill.
- 1869 American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
- 1904 Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
- 1917 World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
- 1922 The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.
- 1930 W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
- 1936 Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
- 1941 World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
- 1946 A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
- 1949 Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
- 1962 Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
- 1963 Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
- 1965 Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
- 1971 Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
- 1972 Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
- 1982 In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
- 1983 An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at MadridBarajas Airport, killing 93 people.
- 1987 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground.
- 1988 The 6.8 Ms Armenian earthquake shakes the northern part of the country with a maximum MSK intensity of X (Devastating), killing 25,00050,000 and injuring 31,000130,000.
- 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
- 1995 The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
- 1999 A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.
- 2003 The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
- 2005 Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
- 2015 The JAXA probe Akatsuki successfully enters orbit around Venus five years after the first attempt.
- 2016 Syrian army continues large-scale attack and controls the revival (Sheikh Lutfi, Marja, Bab al-Nairab, Maadi, Al-Salhin) in the east of Aleppo backed by Russian Air Force and Iranian militias.
- 2016 Pakistan International Airline's flight PK661, a domestic passenger flight from Chitral to Islamabad, operated by ATR-42-500 crashed near Havelian killing all 47 on board.
- 2017 Marriage Amendment Bill to recognize same-sex marriage passes in Australia.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1302 - Azzone Visconti, Italian ruler, founded Milan
- 1545 - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
- 1598 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter
- 1701 - Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician
- 1801 - Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor and playwright
- 1810 - Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist
- 1905 - Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic
- 1915 - Eli Wallach, American actor
- 1928 - Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher
- 1932 - Ellen Burstyn, American actress
- 1949 - Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1956 - Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach
- 1972 - Hermann Maier, Austrian skier
- 1980 - John Terry, English footballer
- 1984 - Robert Kubica, Polish race car driver
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Quote of the day
Love has no age, no limit; and no death.
- John Galsworthy -
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, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
https://youtu.be/4Ed8vNcMif0
https://youtu.be/lK8gYGg0dkE
Vista Major, Percyton
Yee. Apparently this daft lady signed for my package too. >.>
I should have gone down the moment I heard, honestly.
If it were a neighbor, I wish they'd give it back already.
Nuremgard
Usually thats down to private delivery companies like Yodel or UPS, theyre notoriously sh*tty at delivering the parcel to the right place in one piece
Nuremgard
I did, Peng. The Bright Acres retirement home in Ffarquhar chartered me to take some of their retirees to Knapford to see the Knapford High Street Christmas Market, and then to take them home at the end of the day, so that was a nice trip. Can't say the same for Thomas, though. We had to wear our snowplows today due to the snow, and Thomas sometimes complains about having to wear it; today was one of those days where he complained. But, I'm sure he'll get over it soon enough.
Gordon: Typical American railways. With how lax that country's gun laws are, I'm surprised such incidents don't occur more often.
Percy: Come on, Gordon, aren't you being a little too harsh? We have engines like Hank and Sam who worked on railways in America, and they enjoyed it very much. And they never mentioned anything about constant shootings on the trains or in the station.
Gordon: That's because Hank and Sam worked on two of the few sensible railways in America. It's obvious the 'Long Island Rail Road' (seriously, it's bad enough to call it 'railroad' instead of 'railway', but what kind of barbarian spells 'railroad' like it's two words? Absurd!) is not one of those railways.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
It was the Royal Mail but they have become crappier since they got privatised.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
A-hem!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_and_the_Magic_Railroad
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Gordon: Ah yes, one of the many reasons I hate that movie. Like I said before in my last rant against Magic Railroad, it Americanized us far too much for my liking, down to even using the American term 'railroad' in the freaking title! It's patently absurd!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
I abolish VAT but income tax goes up 2%. I did not write the issue that way! I did not ask to make up the difference by putting up income tax.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Such is NS, I'm afraid.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hola everyone!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Cesorion
Hey there, welcome to the Confederacy: I hope you enjoy your stay here with our little community
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Thanks! :D
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton
Welcome to the region, Aquatur! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica
Welcome to the CoFN, Aquatur!
Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hi Aquatur!
I hope you enjoy your stay here! Welcome!
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Good Morning,
I, New Porto Rico, President and World Assembly Delegate of the Confederation of Nations, announced today my desire to step down as President in January 2018. At the same time, I presented a Executive Order announcing a snap election in which permit any nation from all the embassies that it currently have the ability move and run for President of the Confederation of Nations if desire so. I do not want to indicate that this is recruiting message but diplomatic message between our region.
As President I wanted to say I am honor to have this region as ally and wish the very best for both our region in the new year.
Thank You,
New Porto Rico
President/World Assembly Delegate
Confederation of Nations
Jaslandia, Percyton
I'm going to the dentist on Monday. Hopefully can save my tooth with a filling. Dreading it. And I just know he will reprimand me for not brushing better.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Me debating an opponent:
"Your ideology will destroy christian values!"
"Lol ok"
Me at the dentist:
"How often do you brush your teeth?"
"FORGIVE ME FATHER I HAVE SINNED"
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I accidentally banned alcohol and video games. I thought I was on my other nationstate
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
People hate California so much that even Mother Nature wants us dead.
http://www.tombstonebuilder.com/generate.php?top1=California&top2=1767-2017&top3=WAKE+UP+LIBTARDS&top4=&sp=
https://www.scribd.com/document/227115101/California-is-America-s-Most-Hated-State-According-to-Public-Policy-Polling
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur
Good Morning and thank you for all the warm welcomes!
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Cesorion
It's cause you're all dirty liberals.
Welcome to the region. Nice flag.
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica
My home state :'(
I have a country which has a policy of Panhispanism. Fancy joining? :P
Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh? Do go on.
Penguania And Antarctica
New Salvatore is based on Spain. The country used to be fascist but is currently reforming. One of the main policies of the Salvatorian Nationalist Party is to bring all Spanish-speaking peoples under one state. So it seeks political and economic union with those Spanish-speaking states willing to join it.
Aquatur, Percyton
Is this an RP thing or a NS thing?
Penguania And Antarctica
Just read about the national lottery in Germany.
Kinda ironic that the first lottery number drawn for the national lottery was 13.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton
Just an NS thing. I don't RP.
Aquatur
Your name is familiar, were you in the old CFN at all?
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Percyton
If you'd like to get into RP, me, UCT or Andy can walk you through joining it.
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Percyton
I was actually, I was in the first one, the monarchy type region, and this one in the beginning
Jaslandia, Percyton, Cesorion
I think so. I remember that name too.
Aquatur do you have also the nation The Eastern Byzantine Empire?
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Yukona, Percyton
That's me.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Yay. My mind is still intact. :D
How have you been?
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Percyton, Cesorion
Sure, I'll join. My NS nation and my RP nation won't match though.
Will do. I just have to get my claim approved.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton
HMm I think I'm gonna make my own region after taking a break from nation states
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton, Cesorion
Ah yes I remember that. Nice to see you dude
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I thought the name seemed familiar. Nice to see you again, Aquatur/Eastern Byzantine! And welcome back!
Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion
[spoiler=Today is December 8 and today are:]
Today is December 8 and today are:
- Battle Day (Falkland Islands)
- Bodhi Day (Japan)
- CARICOMCuba Day (Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba)
- Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Anglican Communion)
- Constitution Day (Northen Mariana Islands)
- Constitution Day (Romania)
- Constitution Day (Uzbekistan)
- Day of Finnish Music (Finland)
- Festival of Lights (Lyon, France)
- Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christianity)
- Festa da Conceição da Praia (Salvador de Bahia, Brazil)
- Hari-Kuyō (Kansai region, Japan)
- Lady of Camarin Day (Guam)
- Lost & Found Day
- Mother's Day (Panama)
- National Brownie Day (United States)
- National Salesperson Day (United States)
- National Youth Day (Albania)
- Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day
- Saint Kliment Ohridski's Day (Macedonia)
- Take it in the Ear Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0395 Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope.
- 757 Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion.
- 877 Louis the Stammerer (son of Charles the Bald) is crowned king of the West Frankish Kingdom at Compiègne.
- 1432 The first battle between the forces of vitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the Lithuanian Civil War.
- 1660 A woman (either Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall) appears on an English public stage for the first time, in the role of Desdemona in a production of Shakespeare's play Othello.
- 1813 Premiere of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
- 1854 In his Apostolic constitution Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX proclaims the dogmatic definition of Immaculate Conception, which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary was conceived free of Original Sin.
- 1864 Pope Pius IX promulgates the encylical Quanta cura and its appendix, the Syllabus of Errors, outlining the authority of the Catholic Church and condemning various liberal ideas.
- 1907 King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
- 1912 Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
- 1914 World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
- 1922 Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.
- 1927 The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
- 1941 World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.
- 1941 World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.)
- 1953 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
- 1955 The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.
- 1962 Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.
- 1963 Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.
- 1966 The Greek ship SS Heraklion sinks in a storm in the Aegean Sea, killing over 200.
- 1969 Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.
- 1971 Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi.
- 1972 United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737.
- 1974 A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
- 1980 Former Beatle John Lennon is murdered in front of The Dakota in New York City.
- 1985 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia is established.
- 1987 The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed.
- 1987 An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the IsraelGaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada.
- 1988 A United States Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II crashes into an apartment complex in Remscheid, Germany, killing 5 people and injuring 50 others.
- 1991 The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
- 1998 Eighty-one people are killed by armed groups in Algeria.
- 2004 The Cusco Declaration is signed in Cusco, Peru, establishing the South American Community of Nations.
- 2009 Bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill 127 people and injure 448 others.
- 2010 With the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and the first launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first private company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.
- 2010 The Japanese solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS passes the planet Venus at a distance of about 80,800 km.
- 2013 Riots break out in Singapore after a fatal accident in Little India.
- 2016 Syrian army starts final phase of the attack and progress has been made in the district of, "Sheikh Said" and preparing to storm the neighborhood "Sukkari" in East of Aleppo.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 65BC - Horace, Roman soldier and poet
- 1542 - Mary, Queen of Scots aka Mary Stuart
- 1708 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1815 - Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator
- 1832 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1861 - William C. Durant, American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet
- 1861 - Aristide Maillol, French sculptor and painter
- 1861 - Georges Méliès, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1865 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer
- 1886 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and educator
- 1894 - E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye
- 1925 - Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer
- 1930 - Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1943 - Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter and poet
- 1953 - Kim Basinger, American actress
- 1953 - Norman Finkelstein, American author, academic, and activist
- 1961 - Ann Coulter, American lawyer, journalist, and author
- 1964 - Richard David Precht, German philosopher and author
- 1966 - Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter
- 1978 - Ian Somerhalder, American actor
- 1982 - Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper and actress
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Quote of the day
Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.
- Euripides -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Percyton, Cesorion
John Lennon was murdered today folks. A legend in life and death.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Imagine what he would have done and wrote had he lived longer.
https://youtu.be/RwUGSYDKUxU
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
Oh jeez. Forgive my rudeness, for I've been busy as of late.
Welcome BACK to the CoFN. My name is Aleksander Dimitri Coltsov and I am the current Premier of the Equestrian Empire and Supreme Ruler of Russia. What can this ol' war horse do for ya?
(Yes. I'm a stallion, not a human. Our Communist anthro-equine nation is very friendly, but also very defensive.)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Extra Credits have a new series on the Cold War. Their first video is on the Berlin blockade. Pretty cool what the Allies done.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Ha. Imagine.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Take It In The Ear Day. Wow. Now that's kinky.
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Confederal States
I saw that episode too. I didn't realize the airlift was so difficult. I also thought it was kinda funny that they turned this one pilot dropping candy for the children into a big PR campaign for the airlift.
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Ok. Good luck with it!
Thomas: Agreed. Such a shame what happened to him.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
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