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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
I would love to join this party.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Absolutely, my friend!
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
>When you realize that loaded leftist terms don't matter much to your average working class individual
>When you realize that 21st-century leftist tactics are equivalent to 20th-century leftist tactics
>When you realize that most leftists are okay with this
>When you realize that Generation Z is drifting rightward
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/desperate-man-sweating-holding-tissue-terrified-expression-39500861.jpg
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
I
Did
It
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=982637
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
I need to join this.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Most certainly
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
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Penguania And Antarctica
Yaa correct
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
What even is sleep?
Penguania And Antarctica
You are physically present in our universe while you are mentally in a universe some people call 'dream world'. It's very odd.
Vista Major, Cesorion
If working class people are stupid enough to believe that the right has their best interests at heart then that's their problem. Quite frankly they deserve to be trampled on by the rich and powerful. They need to face the consequences of voting for a-holes.
Gotta' love how the right prattles on about how the left is obsessed with identity politics. The right is even more so. "Don't vote for the leftist! They are all about identity politics! Vote for me, the one who will look after the interests of white, straight working/middle class males! No identity politics here!"
Axeldonia
You're sounding extremely elitist here. Additionally, you probably are not going to gain the support of the working class by calling them idiots. It's people like you who are the problem on the left. It's this elitist attitude that the left has that is making the working class drift rightward, especially these days.
Yukona
Elitist? Lol okay. I'm the elitist but the working class idiots voting for the rich rightists who only care about the wealthy are not elitists? I don't see why I should be nice about it. The only reason right wing governments win all the time is because of working class support, both in the UK and the US. Neither nation has had a genuine left wing government in a long time. The working class cant be saved or persuaded. So have at it. Vote for rightists who will trample on workers' rights and cut public services to the bone. At least they're not all about that nasty identity politics eh?
Axeldonia
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=lex_caledonia/detail=factbook/id=981935
Hey peeps. First round of map claims have been marked down, keep this in mind when applying for claims.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Confederal States
Rightists are milk-drinkers, leftists are cat people; pass it on.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova
There's still plenty of time to join The Modern People's Party. Be part of a new political movement in the Confederacy today!
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=982090
Minnesota Dakota
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QuN6GfUix7c/maxresdefault.jpg
But what if I drink milk and am a cat person??
Jaslandia, Mercunova
Anarchist.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
I drink the blood of cat people and keep milk?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
What if I do neither?
Penguania And Antarctica
Radical centrist
Jaslandia, Mercunova
Well, I like cats. And I drink a cup of milk every morning. So ...
Jaslandia
Fascist.
Penguania And Antarctica
What if I do a bit of both? Does that make make me a libertarian socialist?
Penguania And Antarctica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National-anarchism
Jaslandia
[spoiler=Today is March 3 and today are:]
Today is March 3 and today are:
- Bonza Bottler Day
- Free Dentistry Day
- Hinamatsuri or Girl's Day (Japan)
- If Pets had Thumbs Day
- International Ear Care Day
- International Irish Whiskey Day
- Liberation Day (Bulgaria)
- Martyrs' Day (Malawi)
- Mother's Day (Georgia)
- National Anthem Day (United States)
- National Cold Cuts Day (United States)
- National Frozen Food Day (United States)
- National I Want You to be Happy Day (United States)
- National Mulled Wine Day (United States)
- National Soup it Forward Day (United States)
- Navy Reserves Birthday (USNR)
- Pasty Day
- Peach Blossom Day
- Peasants' Day (Myanmar)
- Simplify-Your-Life Day
- Sock Monkey Day
- Sportsmen's Day (Egypt)
- Teacher's Day (Lebanon)
- World Birth Defects Day
- World Wildlife Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0473 Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
- 0724 Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
- 1284 The Statute of Rhuddlan incorporates the Principality of Wales into England.
- 1575 Indian Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Bengali army at the Battle of Tukaroi.
- 1585 The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
- 1776 American Revolutionary War: The first amphibious landing of the United States Marine Corps begins the Battle of Nassau.
- 1779 American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army is routed at the Battle of Brier Creek near Savannah, Georgia.
- 1799 The Russo-Ottoman siege of Corfu ends with the surrender of the French garrison.
- 1820 The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.
- 1845 Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.
- 1857 Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.
- 1859 The two-day Great Slave Auction, the largest such auction in United States history, concludes.
- 1861 Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
- 1865 Opening of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group.
- 1873 Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail.
- 1875 Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
- 1875 The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
- 1878 The Russo-Turkish War ends with Bulgaria regaining its independence from the Ottoman Empire according to the Treaty of San Stefano; a few months afterwards the Congress of Berlin stripped its status to a vassal principality of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1885 The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.
- 1904 Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's phonograph cylinder.
- 1910 Rockefeller Foundation: John D. Rockefeller Jr. announces his retirement from managing his businesses so that he can devote all his time to philanthropy.
- 1913 Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.
- 1918 Germany, Austria and Russia sign the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ending Russia's involvement in World War I, and leading to the independence of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
- 1923 TIME magazine is published for the first time.
- 1924 The fourteenth-century Islamic caliphate is abolished when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Empire is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
- 1924 The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
- 1931 The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.
- 1938 Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.
- 1939 In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
- 1940 Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden.
- 1942 World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people.
- 1943 World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
- 1944 The Order of Nakhimov and Order of Ushakov are instituted in USSR as the highest naval awards.
- 1945 World War II: American and Filipino troops recapture Manila.
- 1945 World War II: The RAF accidentally bombs the Bezuidenhout area of The Hague, Netherlands, killing 511 people.
- 1951 Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1953 A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
- 1958 Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
- 1969 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
- 1972 Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures.
- 1973 Washington Convention of International Union for Conservation of Nature is adopted.
- 1974 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
- 1980 The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
- 1985 Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers' national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
- 1985 A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.
- 1986 The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1991 An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
- 1997 The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opens after two-and-a-half years of construction.
- 2005 James Roszko murders four Royal Canadian Mounted Police constables during a drug bust at his property in Rochfort Bridge, Alberta, then commits suicide. This is the deadliest peace-time incident for the RCMP since 1885 and the North-West Rebellion.
- 2005 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
- 2005 Margaret Wilson is elected as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives, beginning a period lasting until August 23, 2006 where all the highest political offices (including Elizabeth II as Head of State), were occupied by women, making New Zealand the first country for this to occur.
- 2013 A bomb blast in Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 45 people and injured 180 others in a predominately Shia Muslim area.
2017 Nintendo releases the hybrid Nintendo Switch video game console worldwide to critical acclaim, later becoming the fastest selling console in the United States.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1831 George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company
- 1845 Georg Cantor, Russian-German mathematician and philosopher
- 1847 Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-American engineer and academic, invented the telephone
- 1869 Henry Wood, English conductor
- 1911 Jean Harlow, American actress
- 1918 Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1920 James Doohan, Canadian-American actor and soldier
- 1953 Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach
- 1977 Ronan Keating, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
- 1981 Julius Malema, South African politician
- 1982 Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer
[/spoiler]
Quote of the day
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
- Horace Walpole (English Author, 1717-1797) -
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, Kalaron, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
Makes you stupid.
Been 25 hours since I had power and my State Government has officially declared a state of emergency. Could be worse, though, we still got heat from our generator.
Vista Major
So you're stupid?
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
After many months of work I have traced my family to when they first arrived (This is along the line of my surname ofc) in North America. ~1640 in Boston and apparently they were brickmakers.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I love this quote by Diderot.
"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Minnesota Dakota, Spanelsko
How do you do that? I can't even trace anything beyond my grandparents.
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS YEARS GWF'S WRESTLEPALOOZA BROTHER? THEN CHECK OUT THE LINEUP OF CHAMPIONS THIS YEAR AND TUNE IN AT NINE THIS SUNDAY
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=grand_hesperia/detail=factbook/id=main
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
SHOCKMASTEEEEER
Axeldonia
There we go. Map claim is in! I also believe that Stalliongrad (Stalingrad/Volgograd) is no longer on our soil, so.... I've decided to shift my capital to Moscow. The "Heart of Russia" will be renamed from Moscow to Mareskovia.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW9Uudkx42g
Jaslandia, Percyton
My switch was drastic. I had to move from Minnesota to the caribbean.
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Maybe you could call a different city 'Stalliongrad'? Perhaps found a 'New Stalliongrad'?
Also, apparently 'Stalliongrad' is a place in Fallout: Equestria. Learn something new every day.
http://falloutequestria.wikia.com/wiki/Stalliongrad
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hmm... I'll have New Stalliongrad on the map alright. Just got to figure out where I want it. I might just pull a Fallout and build it into some mountians or some such xD
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K1q9Ntcr5g
Jaslandia
Yawn
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hory shet, Sul has new fleg
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
My country Great Kemet is in the top 10% for most cheerful citizens and has a booming tourism industry. This despite the facts that the nation has slavery, public floggings and is an autocracy ruled by a queen who is viewed as a living goddess.
Hmm.....
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Spanelsko
Makes sense, where else could you go to see public executions and slaves?
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Hello, This is Midas aka Minnesota Dakota. I have decided to create a new nation.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Ruriq, Coliainada
Hellooo, i'm new
C:
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
Oui! New RP, new flag
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
Nice flag :)
And another nice flag. :)
Jaslandia, Percyton, Midasia
Nice flag Sul!
My flag is already fitting for RP
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
I have an announcement. I would like everyone to shift their communications with me to this nation. Thank you.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Coliainada
Endorsed ye :D
Percyton, Cesorion, Midasia
All right
Me too
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
Good evening, everyone! Snow has gotten worse here, I'm afraid. Trains have been cancelled, and some branch lines (like the Killdane Branch Line and the Misty Valley Branch Line) have been cut off by the snow. I'm the sheds now with Gordon and James, since all three of our trains have been cancelled. Edward is also with us, since the way back to his branch line is cut off by the snow. Gordon and James have decided to pass the time by talking about the current state of our TV show.
Gordon: It's absolutely absurd! Literally! Have you seen the new clips of BWBA?
James: My Driver showed them to me on Twitter. I couldn't believe what I was seeing! Thomas flying in the air? An elephant controller? Bouncing? Even if most of those things are dream sequences, this is not what we are at all!
Gordon: Too right! The Reverend Awdry is rolling in his grave right now.
Edward: Are you two still griping about our TV show? Is this really what you two have come to?
Gordon: I can't believe you're being so blasé about this; the show is writing you off, Edward, and you think we're being silly?
Edward: First off, we don't know yet if they're writing me off; the only thing we know for sure is that I'm leaving the so-called 'Steam Team' and won't be a main character anymore.
Gordon: We'll see about that!
Edward: And second, while the TV show has provided me with many hours of entertainment, and has brought us attention and tourists from all over the world, we're much more than that. What the TV show does is their own business; they have a right to go unrealistic or fictional if they want, and we should be focusing on work instead of complaining about it.
James: You wouldn't be saying that if you'd seen what we've seen about BWBA.
Edward: I have better things to do than to track every bit of news or leaks about the new show. Rather than seeking out content I know will make me angry, I spend my free time conversing and interacting with the people I care about. I suggest you two do the same.
James: Pah! The TV show is going downhill Edward, and just ignoring it won't make it better.
Edward: Downhill you say? You mean like when the the Troublesome Trucks pushed you downhill and crashed you into some tar wagons? If our show does go downhill, I at least hope it doesn't get covered in tar.
https://youtu.be/NKotSGn8AZo?t=2m16s
James: Seriously? Bringing up the tar incident? Grrr!
Edward: Ha ha ha! You rolled right into that one, James.
Percy (to CoFN): But, enough about that. How are you all today?
Really like that flag, Sul!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Duke The Old Engine, Midasia
Nice flag, Sul!
Hello, Percy! Sorry to hear about the snow. I'm doing good. My college's spring break just started, so I'm looking forward to relaxing.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
[spoiler=Today is March 4 and today are:]
Today is March 4 and today are:
- Academy Awards Ceremony
- Courageous Follower Day
- Daughter's and Son's Day
- Finishers Medal Day (United States)
- Holy Experiment Day
- International Scrapbooking Industry Day
- March Forth and Do Something Day
- Marching Music Day
- Namesake Day
- National Grammar Day (United States)
- National Hug a GI Day (United States)
- National Pound Cake Day (United States)
- Old Inauguration Day (United States)
- St Casimir's Day (Lithuania, Poland)
- Toy Soldier Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- AD01 Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
- 0306 Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
- 0852 Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
- 0932 Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.
- 1152 Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany.
- 1238 The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus'.
- 1351 Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.
- 1386 Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland.
- 1461 Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
- 1493 Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
- 1519 Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.
- 1628 The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
- 1665 English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
- 1675 John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
- 1681 Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
- 1776 American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
- 1789 In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
- 1790 France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
- 1791 The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
- 1791 Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
- 1794 The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
- 1797 John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4.
- 1804 Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
- 1813 Cyril VI of Constantinople is elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1814 Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
- 1837 The city of Chicago is incorporated.
- 1848 Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia.
- 1861 The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
- 1865 The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
- 1882 Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
- 1890 The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520 m) long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.
- 1899 Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39 ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inland, killing over 300.
- 1908 The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
- 1909 U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State
- 1913 First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
- 1913 The United States Department of Labor is formed.
- 1917 Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
- 1933 Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
- 1933 The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree.
- 1941 World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid.
- 1943 World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
- 1944 World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
- 1957 The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
- 1960 The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
- 1962 A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 the worst crash of a DC-7.
- 1966 A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
- 1970 French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
- 1974 People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
- 1976 The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
- 1977 The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania.
- 1980 Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
- 1985 The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
- 1986 The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
- 1996 A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA) causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
- 1998 Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
- 2001 BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
- 2002 Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to infiltrate the Shah-i-Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
- 2009 The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
- 2012 A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people.
- 2015 At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1394 Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration
- 1678 Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer
- 1826 Theodore Judah, American engineer, founded the Central Pacific Railroad
- 1879 Bernhard Kellermann, German author and poet
- 1883 Julius Fromm, German entrepreneur of Polish-Jewish descent, invented the first seamless rubber condom
- 1932 Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist, photographer, and poet
- 1932 Miriam Makeba, South African singer-songwriter and actress
- 1936 Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver
- 1944 Bobby Womack, American singer-songwriter
- 1950 Rick Perry, American captain and politician, 47th Governor of Texas
- 1951 Chris Rea, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1957 Mykelti Williamson, American actor and director
- 1965 Khaled Hosseini, Afghan-born American novelist
- 1968 Graham Westley, English footballer and manager
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Quote of the day
Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (German Philospher, 1770-1831) -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Mercunova, Percyton, English Commonwealths, Duke The Old Engine, Midasia
Thank ye all for the compliments!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
Welcome to the CoFN! My name is Aleksander D Coltsov and I am the current Premier of the Equestrian Union.
We are doing quite well. I'm terribly sorry to hear that the snow is causing so much trouble. I've seen some news broadcasts of it, and it's definitely got that "Siberian" touch.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
Hello and welcome!
My name is Peng and I'm the current Minister of Justice of this region.
Make yourself at home and enjoy your stay. :>
Jaslandia, Percyton, Midasia
I remember when it was the region official religion. The worship of our admin goddess and all her powers.
Jaslandia
Hey Everyone, Tex/The United Confederacy Of Texas/Pirate Kingdoms here,
Since I have decided to commit to the RP under this account, I have also decided to retire Pirate Kingdoms for the time being: this does not mean the account will CTE, but I advise everyone to begin communications with this account, though anything involving the Council of Roleplay will still be handled by UCT. I will take steps to ensure this account is seen as the main one with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but other than that, everything should remain pretty much the same.
Regards, Tex
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Percyton, Midasia
He/she already left, so I guess they didn't enjoy their stay unfortunately.
Indeed. Though I don't think we have any official religion now; that trend died out long ago.
Percyton
At first because of the flag I thought you were Handland and I was extremely confused
Jaslandia
I actually had this flag before Hand, but both of them are the same, excluding the United Russia bear on Hand's
Jaslandia, English Commonwealths
Seriously? Ok... I guess being friendly is offensive? Or maybe because this region has a "Communist Furry"? Who knows....
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
It wasn't that; that person left before any of us even got a chance to introduce ourselves. They moved back to the same region they were before, so maybe they just wanted to return to their home.
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
Ahh... Well then. XD
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Are you keeping this nation and Yukona or just this one now?
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Praise her
The Russian Federations, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
Both
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
New folk to the region have a nasty habit of doing that.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Duke The Old Engine
Me too
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Midasia
Yeah, unfortunately. Makes me grateful for the people we do manage to keep.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
Which do you prefer, if either?
Penguania And Antarctica
United countries of asia announces taking over of neighbouring tribal islands to form United Counties Of Asia with the full support of its natives.
Saksham Aggarwal
President
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
This is my RP nation, Yukona will always be my main that I prefer
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
That's cool. My other nations may come and go but I'll always stick with Nuremgard.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, English Commonwealths, Duke The Old Engine
Peter Sam: So what you're saying is nations come and nations go...
Peter Sam and Sir Handel: Nuremgard goes on forever!
Duke: *chuckles* You youngsters...
Peter Sam: We're both around 100 years old, Granpuff; I wouldn't say we're young anymore.
Duke: Well, younger than me at least.
Sir Handel: Everything except dirt is younger than you, Granpuff.
Duke: Oh, you cheeky engines. Be off with you!
Peter Sam and Sir Handel: *laughs*
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
A party of progress and innovation requires people of principle and vision.
[I]People like you.[/I]
Join The Modern People's Party today!
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=982090
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Toby: Electric trams?
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Toby: Was it an electric train?
Thomas: Come on Toby, don't be like that!
Toby: *sigh* Yeah, you're right. Sorry about that comment, lads. It was insensitive to say the least.
Or maybe because we had 'talking trains'? I hope not, though; I like to think we're actually pretty nice.
Hello, Duke! How goes things on the Skarloey Railway? Any problems with the snow?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Duke The Old Engine
I thought we where the Modern Popular Party?
Penguania And Antarctica
Hi, Percy! I wish I could say we're doing better with the snow than your line, but unfortunately, we've had cancelled trains and cut off lines too. The New Route past Strawberry Grove has been cut off due to a large snow bank, and my excursion train to Ulfstead Castle had to be cancelled. I hope His Grace isn't too disappointed.
Skarloey: Don't worry, Duke. Mr. Percival has already spoken with Sir Robert, and Sir Robert completely understands. Nothing you could have done about it; you can't control the weather.
Duke: That's good to hear.
Skarloey: You still look a little bothered, Duke. Everything alright?
Duke: I'm just worried about Luke. With the Mountain Village near Shane Dooiney being snowed under and their roads blocked by snow, Luke was told to bring a late night goods train of coal and other supplies to the village. But he hasn't come back yet, and I'm getting worried. Driver, do you think you could steam me up? I want to go see if Luke's okay.
Duke's driver: Good idea, Duke. I'll get the Fireman, and we'll have you ready to go in no time!
Skarloey: My Driver will go tell Mr. Percival.
Skarloey's driver: I will? But it's so freaking cold out!
Duke's driver: You heard the engine, Colin! Now go!
Skarloey's driver: *grunts and walks away*
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh dear! I hope Luke's okay!
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
Modern People's. Either way, the modernity stands
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
I designed a new flag. How does it look?
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine
Well, I'm almost at the Mountain Village. Still haven't seen Luke. I hope he's...
Unknown voice: *muffled yell*
Duke: Luke? Luke is that you? *chuffs closer, sees Luke face-first in a snow drift* It is Luke! Are you alright Luke?
Luke: *muffled voice*
Duke: Hang on, help is on the way.
*Duke's driver and fireman shovel snow away from Luke's mouth*
Luke: Duke! Am I glad to see you!
Duke: What happened?
Luke: A set of points were frozen and pointed me down a siding, where I crashed into this snow drift. My Driver and Fireman tried calling for help, but the phone lines were down.
Duke: Hold tight, Luke. We'll dig you out of there.
Luke: No! The villagers need these supplies! Take my train to the village first, then you can dig me out!
Duke: Are you sure?
Luke: I'll be fine; I haven't been here too long, so my firebox is still a little warm.
Duke: You're a good engine, Luke. Let me just move this train to the passing loop so I can couple up in front and take it to the village. In the meantime, I'll leave the rescue crew here to dig you out. Hopefully by the time I get back, you'll be dug out enough so that I can pull you clear.
Luke: Oh, thank you Duke! You're my hero!
Duke: Not a hero, Luke; just Really Useful.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I like it.
That's a relief! Glad to hear Luke is alright!
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine, Midasia
Looks great, Minnesota! Or should I call you Mid/Midasia now?
Luke! Thank Lady he's okay! I was really worried about him, but I'm glad old reliable Duke came to the rescue!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Duke The Old Engine, Midasia
I'm pleased to report that all is well here. After delivering the supplies to the village, I went back for Luke. I pulled him clear of the snow, and then took him back home to the Depot. His fire had gone out by the time we got settled into the sheds, so we put a blanket over Luke (yes, we have engine-sized blankets, and speaking from experience, I can tell you're they're quite comfy), and he fell asleep almost immediately.
And with Luke asleep, I should probably do the same. Goodnight, lads!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Goodnight, Duke!
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Thanks. Call me Midas, it is shorter and what I have been going by.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Neat flagy
Yukona, Percyton, Midasia
It looks like the flag of an anarcho-primitivist Olympics.
Penguania And Antarctica
I love you, no romo.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The flag design is for the 5 republics Midasia is made of. The blue represents the water completely surrounding four of the republics with the middle circle being the one continental republic.
Nuremgard, Percyton
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lF-cdujoNak
Yeah!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton, English Commonwealths, Midasia
So, I'm looking for any potential colonies for a brief period of colonial history for my nation. If anyone is willing to be a former colony, or have a piece of their nation serve as a former colony, please message me.
Penguania And Antarctica, Midasia
Pawn Scum.
Midasia
[spoiler=Today is March 5 and today are:]
Today is March 5 and today are:
- Arrival of the first Missionaries (French Polynesia)
- Casimir Pulaski Day (Illinois)
- Cinco de Marcho
- Custom Chief's Day (Vanuatu)
- Day of Physical Culture and Sport (Azerbaijan)
- Fifth of March (Zaragoza, Spain)
- Fun Facts About Names Day
- Labour Day (Western Australia)
- Lavity Stoutt's Birthday (British Virgin Islands)
- Learn from Lei Feng Day (China)
- National Absinthe Day (United States)
- National Cheese Doodle Day (United States)
- National Multiple Personality Day (United States)
- National Tree Planting Day (Iran)
- Navigium Isidis (Ancient Rome)
- St Piran's Day (Cornwall, England)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0363 Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
- 1046 Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
- 1279 The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- 1496 King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
- 1616 Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
- 1766 Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
- 1770 Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
- 1811 Peninsular War: A French force under the command of Marshal Victor is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the Siege of Cádiz in the Battle of Barrosa.
- 1824 First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
- 1836 Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
- 1850 The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
- 1860 Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
- 1868 Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
- 1872 George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
- 1906 Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
- 1912 Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
- 1931 The British Raj: GandhiIrwin Pact is signed.
- 1933 Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
- 1933 Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections, which allows the Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
- 1936 First flight of Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
- 1940 Six high-ranking members of Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
- 1942 World War II: Japanese forces captures Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which left undefended after the withdrawal of KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
- 1944 World War II: The Red Army begins the UmanBotoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
- 1946 Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
- 1946 Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
- 1960 Indonesian President Soekarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
- 1963 American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
- 1965 March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
- 1970 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
- 1974 Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
- 1978 The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
- 1979 Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
- 1981 The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world.
- 1982 Soviet probe Venera 14 landed on Venus.
- 1984 Six thousand miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
- 2003 In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
- 2012 Tropical Storm Irina kills over 75 as it passes through Madagascar.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1133 Henry II of England
- 1512 Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher
- 1871 Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-Russian economist and philosopher
- 1898 Zhou Enlai, Chinese soldier and politician, 1st Premier of the People's Republic of China
- 1908 Rex Harrison, English actor
- 1929 Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver
- 1934 Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American economist and psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1948 Eddy Grant, Guyanese-British singer-songwriter and musician
- 1948 Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
- 1970 John Frusciante, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1974 Barbara Schöneberger, German actress, singer, and TV host
- 1974 Eva Mendes, American model and actress
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Quote of the day
The love we give away is the only love we keep.
- Elbert Hubbard (American Writer, 1859-1915) -
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Jaslandia, Kalaron, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton, Midasia
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