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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
also as for the extreme right wing, i did argue that both extremes should be under control since both lead to stupidity and pointless war/ideological insanity.
As for national socialism i do agree that it should be banned, as for the idea of fascism its not really that bad if you leave out the racial superiority (not that it isnt really better in any way)
thats the first time i hear that.
How does the regional newsfeed work?
Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
Not too many guidelines on that. It could be a news article, but it could also be a regular RP post. I guess the two main things are: Don't violate any of the normal rules of RP, and try not to go too long (or if you do go long, spoiler some parts, like Pirate did with the various sample ballots).
Minnesota Dakota, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton, Cesorion
since i see no other continuation of our ´´debate´´ if it even can be called that, as finished with me losing the debate.
It was good to speak with someone who knows his stuff.
Andromitus, Percyton
...
Okay then! sorry if I got a little heated by the end!
I've been better, Jas. I have a bad case of boiler ache, so I couldn't pull the mail train tonight. Thomas would usually take the mail train instead, but he and Murdoch are busy sorting an important goods train at Knapford Harbour. Thankfully, Edward kindly volunteered to take the mail tonight.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
but you cant be sorry for the same thing i am sorry for :p
not to mention most of the time when i am forced to talk about things like these my ´´opponent´´ loses due to lack of information or they are just simply stupid, so as mentioned before it was good to argue with someone who knows things and actually beats me like nothing, for me it was a fun experience.
So if anyone has to say sorry its me :)
Andromitus
Sorry to hear you're not feeling well. I hope you feel better soon!
Percyton
i am actually serious.
Because the vast majority are unemployed?
Spanelsko
It isn't particularly difficult or expensive to create makeshift explosives.
Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Cesorion
Runiea! Haven't seen you in a while! How are you?
Penguania And Antarctica, The Scottish Twins
Molotovs: just get some vodka, a storm match or rag with a flammable liquid and lighter
IEDs: fertilizers like ammonium nitrate, fuel oils, nitromethane, and an electronic device used as the detonator
(before anyone reports me to the FBI, I had to research this for the Ardayga and Southern Army units using these in combat: not an anarchist :p)
Minnesota Dakota
I'm fine, how have things been around here?
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
https://media.giphy.com/media/DiXNpGz3y5hCM/giphy.gif
Alruniea, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Breathing difficulties have been the bane of my existence for the past few days. Every night, I seem to have difficulties breathing. I don't know why this is happening, but I would say that it is caused by either asthma, anxiety, a seasonal allergy, or something else entirely. I have just decided to go on an allergy medication to see if that could help, but it might just be useless. And if you were wondering why I am venting all of this onto this region on the internet, then I would like to tell you that I have talked about this to real people and real life and solutions are hard to find.
Vista Major, Percyton
But its ok to loot and attack the police? Makes perfect sense. Dont just attack random people, but burn their stuff and if someone tries to intervene because its their job, well its ok to attack them too. That right there, that is terrorism.
Spanelsko
Things are going good here. The usual stuff, for the most part. How is GR?
Alruniea, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
Thanks, Jas!
Sorry to hear that, Con. I can't really say much to help you, especially since I'm an engine and engines don't really really experience chronic breathing problems like that. The best I can do is suggest you see a doctor as soon as you can; a doctor can help you better than a random person on the Internet can.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The Scottish Twins
Attacks against the police are not examples of terrorism. Terrorist attacks are conducted on civilians for a political purpose. The police are not a part of the civilian population. Additionally, you are presenting your argument on an individual scale, which is flawed. You are saying that it's not okay to attack someone for doing their job of preventing violence. The problem with that argument is that attacks against the police don't happen because of hatred of an individual, but are happening because of a hatred of an institution that enforces state authority. On an individual level, the vast majority of people on the job are good, average folk, but it is what they are doing that is being pushed back against.
Axeldonia
I know. I am having a doctor's appointment next week or so. I just wanted to vent the stress that comes with what is being dealt with here.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Welcome to the FBI Watchlist, leave your privacy by the door and enjoy your stay
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Pirate Kingdoms, Nuova Constidor
Attacking anyone with the purpose of advocating your beliefs through violence is terrorism. Suicide bombing a police station or military installation is terrorism.
Spanelsko
Gotta concur with Constidor.
Riots are not done on individual basis, where a single man attacks a police officer because he has a hatred of that police officer. Rather, the man is attacking the officer because he represents an organization or construct that the man disagrees with and has a hatred towards.
But youre right too. Using violence to advance a political agenda is morally and ethically wrong in a civil society that allows for peaceful alternatives. One thing, though, while calling it terrorism is technically correct if you get down to semantics, it carries a whole different connotation than how you would describe a rioter.
Nuova Constidor
I just realized that was constidor. Well, I'm done with this debate
Nuova Constidor
Moar newz
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32724694&sid=e4f3d2b3c5228cf560b645132d56d992#p32724694
Percyton
I would think that this is related to something in the past, if anything at all. I am sorry that you've been having difficulty with this. Not the same thing per say, but I have had occasions where I couldn't breath during or just after sleep, but likely not apnea. It does take time.
Percyton, Nuova Constidor
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32725017#p32725017
Welp, finally got a President-elect and Somaliland's making gains in Las Anod
Percyton, Confederal States
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_confederacy_general/page=display_region_rmb?postid=27708103#p27708103
Woah, why does not granting AIs rights increase tax rate by 10.9%?
Percyton
Maybe I'll fund them too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFQCYpIHLNQ
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton, Moldegaard
I made my Senate too
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Senate_of_Cesorion.svg
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
[spoiler=Today is October 21 and today are:]
Today is October 21 and today are:
- Apple Day (United Kingdom)
- Armed Forces Day (Honduras)
- Bhai Duj (India)
- Bhai Tika (Nepal)
- Birth of the Báb (Baháí Faith)
- Bridge Day (Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia, United States)
- Chong Yeung Festival (Macau)
- Count Your Buttons Day
- Egyptian Naval Day (Egypt)
- Indian Police Commemoration Day (India)
- International Day of the Nacho
- National Nurses' Day (Thailand)
- National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day (United States)
- National Reptile Awareness Day (United States)
- National Sweetest Day (United States)
- Ndadaye Day (Burundi)
- Overseas Chinese Day (Republic of China)
- Saint Ursula's Day (British Virgin Islands)
- Trafalgar Day
- World War II Victims Remembrance Day (Serbia)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1096 People's Crusade: A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fight off the People's Army of the West.
- 1097 First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege of Antioch.
- 1209 Otto IV is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
- 1392 Nanboku-chō, Japan: Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicates in favor of rival claimant Go-Komatsu.
- 1512 Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
- 1520 Ferdinand Magellan discovers a strait now known as Strait of Magellan.
- 1520 João Álvares Fagundes discovers the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, bestowing them their original name of "Islands of the 11,000 Virgins".
- 1600 Tokugawa Ieyasu defeats the leaders of rival Japanese clans in the Battle of Sekigahara, which marks the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate.
- 1774 First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.
- 1797 In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.
- 1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar: A British fleet led by Vice Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve.
- 1824 Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement.
- 1854 Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
- 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Ball's Bluff: Union forces under Colonel Edward Baker are defeated by Confederate troops in the second major battle of the war.
- 1867 The Medicine Lodge Treaty is signed by southern Great Plains Indian leaders. The treaty requires Native American Plains tribes to relocate to a reservation in western Oklahoma.
- 1879 Thomas Edison applies for a patent for his design for an incandescent light bulb.
- 1888 Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
- 1892 Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
- 1895 The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
- 1910 HMS Niobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
- 1912 First Balkan War: Kardzhali is liberated by Bulgarian forces.
- 1921 President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting U.S. President against lynching in the deep South.
- 1931 The Sakurakai, a secret society in the Imperial Japanese Army, launches an abortive coup d'état attempt.
- 1940 The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
- 1943 The Provisional Government of Free India is formally declared by Subhas Chandra Bose.
- 1944 World War II: The first kamikaze attack. A Japanese fighter plane carrying a 200-kilogram (440 lb) bomb attacks HMAS Australia off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.
- 1944 World War II: Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
- 1944 World War II: Battle of Aachen: The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies.
- 1945 Women's suffrage: Women are allowed to vote in France for the first time.
- 1950 Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade and the North Korean 239th Regiment during the Battle of Yongju.
- 1956 Mau Mau Uprising: Kenyan rebel leader Dedan Kimathi is captured by the British Army, signalling the ultimate defeat of the rebellion, and essentially ending the British military campaign.
- 1959 In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public.
- 1959 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other German scientists from the United States Army to NASA.
- 1965 Comet IkeyaSeki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
- 1966 Aberfan disaster: A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
- 1967 Vietnam War: More than 100,000 war protesters gather in Washington, D.C.. Similar demonstrations occur simultaneously in Japan and Western Europe.
- 1969 A coup d'état in Somalia brings Siad Barre to power and establishes a socialist republic in Somalia.
- 1971 A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping center in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1973 Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
- 1978 Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
- 1979 Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
- 1981 Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.
- 1983 The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
- 1986 In Lebanon, pro-Iran kidnappers claim to have abducted American writer Edward Tracy (he is released in August 1991).
- 1987 Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses.
- 1994 North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea and the United States sign an Agreed Framework that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
- 1994 In Seoul, 32 people are killed when the Seongsu Bridge collapses.
- 2005 Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in documenting its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1328 - Hongwu Emperor of China
- 1772 - Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, philosopher, and critic
- 1833 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize
- 1877 - Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist
- 1917 - Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader
- 1922 - Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman and philanthropist
- 1940 - Manfred Mann, South African-English keyboard player and producer
- 1942 - Christopher A. Sims, American economist and statistician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1949 - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel
- 1956 - Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter
- 1957 - Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1958 - Andre Geim, Russian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1959 - Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor and producer
- 1980 - Kim Kardashian, American model, actress, and fashion designer
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Quote of the day
The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.
- Jonas Salk -
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, Andromitus, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
Pittsburgher.
Invented the polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Well, not a native one. :P
Jaslandia, Percyton
Im watching the China vs Japan episode of South Park right now. Fried is clearly on City Woks side!
Penguania And Antarctica
Basically dead at this point, unfortunately.
Nice to see you too, Vista.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
It's the greatest of blessings to have you visit
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
Important Message from the Kongolese Federal Spokesman: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32727962#p32727962
Percyton
Sorry to hear that, Runiea. GR had a pretty good run, and it's a shame to see it go.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
All my previous scheming aside, I have to completely agree
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Scottish Twins
May I suggest that people consider using spoilers on their news posts
Yukona
Donald: Aye, aam afraid sae. Nae a lot seems tae be happenin' in Genuan Rebirth, nowadays.
Douglas: But, dinnae despair Runiea! We're still in GR, an' we're stickin' around!
Donald: Aye, at least ye got us.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=axeldonia/detail=factbook/id=867432
Moar squib lore
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
medieval lore = best lore
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Thx bby
Penguania And Antarctica
Also you have yet to rename the channel in our factbook REEEEE
Penguania And Antarctica
OH FUG, am on it
Penguania And Antarctica
Yey
Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
Out of curiosity I gotta ask: Do people who like my updates also read them?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Spanelsko
Yes I do read them. <3
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton
Have I missed much, guys?
Russkov Soviet, Kalaron, Percyton
Yes. You missed all the things.
Jk
Nuremgard, Percyton
READ MY LORE REEEEEE
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Naaaaaaah, nothing interesting.
Penguania And Antarctica
How are you?
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I do.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Doing great. Watching Madea movies back to back. Ive recorded so many scenes that my friends on sc are getting a little annoyed.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
BTW, serious question here: arent there supposed to be three Supreme Court justices in regional government? Why are there only two right now? Shouldnt the vacancy be filled?
Penguania And Antarctica
I can understand why; people who work at the Standard Chartered multinational banking firm don't seem like the type of people who would watch a lot of Madea movies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SC
I see your point. Perhaps they're waiting till next election to fill the vacancy? This is the vacancy that was left when ContComm resigned, right?
Penguania And Antarctica
To be fair, I did suggest that my vacancy be filled via a by-election when I initially resigned. My suggestion would be to riot.
In other news, just passing through to make sure I didnt CTE. Will return for real real in a bit, with any luck. Hoping all you loveable curmudgeons are well.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton, Cesorion
OH SH*T MY BOI BIG WILLY UP IN THIS BITCH
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That would mean that the judiciary is not functioning in a way that follows the constitution, having only 2 judges instead of 3, and would make any interpretations, legislation reviews, and criminal/civil cases heard since ContComms resignation entirely null because of this fact.
So wait, you said an election should have taken place shortly after your resignation? And this hasnt been done yet?
ContComm! You're (sorta) back! Great to see you again!
Well then it's a good thing there haven't been any official court cases, interpretations, and whatnot since ContComm left.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
We are very efficient. Also, whateva, whateva, we do what we want. :P
Penguania And Antarctica, Talkative Friedensriech
SKREEEEEEEEEEE
NORMIES!
Penguania And Antarctica
CONTCOMM! *loudly blows whistle* It's so good to hear from you! I hope you'll be REALLY back soon; things just aren't the same without you around.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
As said before, as far as I knew, we were holding off until the next election so as to fold both events into one.
Tbh, Percyton is a contender for cutest in the region, in competition with only Peng and maybe Tim.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That, and maybe best lore Factbooks. No offense to everyone else with great lore Factbooks.
And as for the elections thing, Talkative Friedensriech, I appreciate your concerns, but I don't think anything will be solved over the RMB. If you're still worried about this, I suggest you formally bring it to the courts and let me and Kal formally deliberate over this (I know that's a bit ironic, since by your logic our deliberation and decision wouldn't have any value without a third justice, but this is what we have right now).
Percyton
It looks like I got Top 5% in the world for most advanced public transport! I can't say it's much of a surprise, though I think Percyton should be a bit higher.
Also, the description for the public transport category says: "World Census experts captured, tagged, and released trains in order to identify which nations have the most extensive, well-funded public transportation systems." Considering our trains our alive, that might be a bit awkward.
Thomas: Oi! What's going on? I have a passenger train to pull!
World Census expert: Give us a sec, we won't be long.
Thomas: Why are you putting that chip on my boiler?
WA: Tracking.
Thomas: Tracking for what?
WA: Stuff.
Thomas: What kind of stuff?
WA: *sighs* The trains in Tserra weren't nearly as talkative as the ones here...
Thomas: I heard that!
Thanks so much, Kal! I'm just trying to have fun and brighten everyone's day, and if I become 'cute' in the process, well, I don't mind that at all.
You can thank the Bureau of Historical Information for that! The people and engines there always put together such great work!
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica
https://i.imgur.com/Bu5fREx.jpg
Here's an updated map of my opinions of countries
Needs a scale
Anyway the next election is coming close, and if I remeber correctly, SCJs are up for election. I don't think that moving for a by election for just two weeks or something will be the best solution
Darkest Red: Least Favorite
Dark Red: Very Low Opinion
Light Red: Low Opinion
Orange: Below Average Opinion
Yellow: Above Average Opinion
Light Green: High Opinion
Dark Green: Very High Opinion
Darkest Green: Best Country On Earth
Cmon, who doesnt love French Guiana?
Very strange how you loathe France and love Russia and China
My ranking takes many more things into account than just governments. And in my mind, there is nothing for me in France.
Well I got a problem with these cross-dressers, spits cargo-hauler Stan Rolfe. One time I thought I was hitting on this waitress at the pie shop, only turns out she was a he. Man, it sickens me. Lock dem all in an asylum till they get their heads straight!
Me: Still waiting for execution button.
What mankind does has no bearing on whether the weather is warm, rants Castiel O'Brien, a columnist at the think-tank Convenient Truths. Ratifying this treaty would be economic suicide, and its well-known that the threats of so-called climate change have been exaggerated by countries like Dàguó in order to cripple our economy. You must refuse to ratify this treaty!
Of course, global warming= fake news
You know what you should do? says your nephew, Gabriel Wall, cramming a slice of peacock-stuffed-ostrich into his mouth. You should have a big annual games, just like the Ancient Maxtopians did, where gladiators fight to the death with spears. Except this time, the fatties get thrown into the arena. The winners would receive hundreds of thousands of kronor, he jumps in his seat excitedly, A- And t-the losers, a little peacock flies out of his mouth, would perish like the wimps they are. I bet you anything people will flock to Praha to see jumbo mortal combat!
why are all interesting events in my former main nation? this is truly a thing i would expect here but not there :p
https://i.imgur.com/6DqNxPm.jpg
I did the same as Onocarcass
America is the best country on earth...
We'll just need to agree to disagree.
Penguania And Antarctica
Why do you despise Lithuania?
Penguania And Antarctica
I don't? It's in light green. If you're mistaking it for that tiny black spot underneath it, that's Russian territory
Penguania And Antarctica
Ah, okay. Yeah I misread that.
Penguania And Antarctica, Moldegaard
lol
Kaliningrad/Königsberg
Jaslandia
Yap!
Penguania And Antarctica
"School bans chess as "too passive""
Penguania And Antarctica
Kaliningrad is true German clay. Peng you should be able to retake it with a shovel. The Russians probably forgot it exists.
Cesorion
I personally agree Moldegaard. America in my opinion does not do enough for its citizens.
Moldegaard
Königsberger Klopse are very delicous. My grandma makes excellent ones.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberger_Klopse
America is a sh!thole.
Why do you dislike india and pakistan so much?
They're corrupt, homophobic, very sexist, there's a large gap between rich and poor, and their infrastructure just sucks ass
Axeldonia, Spanelsko
Medieval map is finally complete!
Regular map: https://i.imgur.com/DnC9fNP.png
Biome map: https://i.imgur.com/Zj57shK.png
Everyone who has applied for the RP pls send me your claims via telegram
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
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