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Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Yes, and ?

Well normally they don't talk, that's what's funny. I mean, it's a sea cucumber and a mollusk. Anyway, so the sea cucumber says to the mollusk - with fronds like these, who needs anemones! Do you get it?

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Well normally they don't talk, that's what's funny. I mean, it's a sea cucumber and a mollusk. Anyway, so the sea cucumber says to the mollusk - with fronds like these, who needs anemones! Do you get it?

Good one. :)

Jaslandia, Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Is that a Star Wars quote ? Has [nation=short]Yukona[/nation] infected you with this Star Wars virus ?

It seems that way now perhaps, but you must look deeper, Pengu-Wan.

Aghrabia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:It seems that way now perhaps, but you must look deeper, Pengu-Wan.

Oh, how deep ?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Oh, how deep ?

Quick, Pengu-Wan, get into the escape pod, the separatists are attacking!

Jaslandia, Aghrabia

Yukona wrote:Quick, Pengu-Wan, get into the escape pod, the separatists are attacking!

Okay, Master Yuk.

*waddles into the escape po*

Jaslandia, Yukona

Play nice now.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Watching documentaries on the Romanovs makes me want to give the Tsar of Nuremgard absolute power.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Okay, Master Yuk.

*waddles into the escape po*

Not so fast, foolish Pengu-Wan. It is I, Darth Leopard Sully.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Sulania wrote:Not so fast, foolish Pengu-Wan. It is I, Darth Leopard Sully.

Oh, hello Dath Leopard Sully. Nice to meet you. Are you a Jedi master like Master Yuk ?

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:Watching documentaries on the Romanovs makes me want to give the Tsar of Nuremgard absolute power.

Do it, and punish the nobles for that insurrection that forced the Tsar to become a constitutional monarch

Ludania, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

The Risen Prophet wrote:Play nice now.

'The Risen Prophet'?

*Flashbacks to 'The Prophecy' incident*

Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Do it, and punish the nobles for that insurrection that forced the Tsar to become a constitutional monarch

You know my country's history! *faints happily*

Pirate Kingdoms

Jaslandia wrote:incident

An understatement

Okay people. Two very important things.

1. Those who applied for the Deputy MoI position shall send me their application again. I somehow lost the list of people. Of course the other are also free to apply.

2. The MoI really needs mentors. We just have three people but we lately got so many mentor requests we can barely handle all of them. So feel free to contact me or [nation=short]Vista_Major[/nation] to become a mentor.

Thanks for your help. :)

-Peng-

Minister of Interior

Vista Major

Nuremgard wrote:You know my country's history! *faints happily*

For extra irony, chop the heads off the nobles, just like they did with Rurik

Nuremgard, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:For extra irony, chop the heads off the nobles, just like they did with Rurik

But those nobles have been dead for centuries lol

Pirate Kingdoms

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Okay people. Two very important things.

1. Those who applied for the Deputy MoI position shall send me their application again. I somehow lost the list of people. Of course the other are also free to apply.

2. The MoI really needs mentors. We just have three people but we lately got so many mentor requests we can barely handle all of them. So feel free to contact me or [nation=short]Vista_Major[/nation] to become a mentor.

Thanks for your help. :)

-Peng-

Minister of Interior

Regardedless of my position as Minister of Justice, I still see myself as a regional mentor; feel free to send them my ways

Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:Regardedless of my position as Minister of Justice, I still see myself as a regional mentor; feel free to send them my ways

Okay. Thank you. :)

Yukona

Andromitus wrote:Regardedless of my position as Minister of Justice, I still see myself as a regional mentor; feel free to send them my ways

Feel free to contact [nation=short]Hot Candyland[/nation]. He wants a mentor. :)

Yukona

Can I just note we're taking this Yorktown guy's word on this conflict. We don't know the history, the people or the context - getting involved just puts a target on our back and makes us vulnerable to attack/more trolls. I certainly wouldn't like it if the same happened to us - interventionism is not the way forward, liberating is time consuming and often not as black and white as people may have you think. I urge you not to vote yes to helping them out but instead offer citizenship to refugees.

Oelesa, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Read up on it: I particularly liked how the Galatic Padishah Empire took from both the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, along with the Padishah Emperor setting the houses against one another to maintain control. The Fremen culture and biological evolution to survive on Arrakis are also interesting, especially their ability to match the Sardaukar in combat.

It's good to see another fan of Dune around.

Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Nuremgard wrote:But those nobles have been dead for centuries lol

Get the descendants, if possible

Ludania, Nuremgard, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:'The Risen Prophet'?

*Flashbacks to 'The Prophecy' incident*

Yes. I've returned. Repent.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

The Risen Prophet wrote:Yes. I've returned. Repent.

Wait, who's this guy?

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Wait, who's this guy?

Look in your heart. You already know me. I am your conscience.

I am a spirit of regions past present and future. I am the herald of doom.

I am the Prophet.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Wait, who's this guy?

A supposed destroyer of political peace

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

The Risen Prophet wrote:Look in your heart. You already know me. I am your conscience.

I am a spirit of regions past present and future. I am the herald of doom.

I am the Prophet.

Ok, mysterious guy also talks in riddles. Great I:\

Vista Major, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Ok, mysterious guy also talks in riddles. Great I:\

I am not here to confuse you. I am here to warn you.

You remind me of a nation from long ago. It was called Time Alliance. It's gone now.

One day, you'll be gone too.

Penguania And Antarctica

The Risen Prophet wrote:I am not here to confuse you. I am here to warn you.

Haven't done a very good job at that

The Risen Prophet wrote:You remind me of a nation from long ago. It was called Time Alliance. It's gone now.

Sadly so

The Risen Prophet wrote:One day, you'll be gone too.

True, but not soon

Penguania And Antarctica

The Risen Prophet wrote:I am not here to confuse you. I am here to warn you.

You remind me of a nation from long ago. It was called Time Alliance. It's gone now.

One day, you'll be gone too.

Well, let me be the first to say...

I don't care.

Hope you enjoy your time here.

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Wait, who's this guy?

Some guy who gave cryptic (and often annoying) predictions regarding the future of regional politics and other affairs in the original CFN.

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

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Get the descendants, if possible

Dig up the bones.

You'll find it very easy to decapitate them :P

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Pirate Kingdoms

Kalaron wrote:Well, let me be the first to say...

I don't care.

Hope you enjoy your time here.

Dear, sweet Kalaron. The modern Jultie. How you make me smile.

Penguania And Antarctica

Following recent legislation in Ludania, archaeologists and royalists alike volunteer in droves to exhume and then decapitate Nuremgard's deceased nobles.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Magnatronia

The Risen Prophet wrote:Look in your heart. You already know me. I am your conscience.

I am a spirit of regions past present and future. I am the herald of doom.

I am the Prophet.

To bad I'm atheist, I reject puny prophets and heralds and move beyond to see the future for myself

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Magnatronia

The Risen Prophet wrote:Dear, sweet Kalaron. The modern Jultie. How you make me smile.

Oh, do tell more.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

The Risen Prophet wrote:Dear, sweet Kalaron. The modern Jultie. How you make me smile.

Don't you have anything better to do than to name-drop former prominent nations in CFN politics? We get it: you've been around for a while. I've been around a while too and I remember all the people you've named, but you don't see me bragging about it. Can we just move on from it?

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica

The Risen Prophet wrote:Dear, sweet Kalaron. The modern Jultie. How you make me smile.

Oh boy, a person who used to be around but isn't anymore.

I'm real scared at how you're entire persona is literally just namedropping people :P

Frankly, that feeling ain't mutual.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:Don't you have anything better to do than to name-drop former prominent nations in CFN politics? We get it: you've been around for a while. I've been around a while too and I remember all the people you've named, but you don't see me bragging about it. Can we just move on from it?

Kalaron wrote:Oh boy, a person who used to be around but isn't anymore.

I'm real scared at how you're entire persona is literally just namedropping people :P

Frankly, that feeling ain't mutual.

I can just taste the salt

mmmmmm so salty

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

The Risen Prophet wrote:

Dear, sweet Kalaron. The modern Jultie. How you make me smile.

Delete your account.

Jaslandia, Kalaron, Magnatronia

Andromitus wrote:I can just taste the salt

mmmmmm so salty

Sorry, my salt mine is blowing into my blood considering that this guy only really served to try to make people antsy before.

Frankly, the fact that Jas and Vis are annoyed with him should show exactly what this dude is worth time-wise.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:I can just taste the salt

mmmmmm so salty

If 'salty' means 'being annoyed that a nuisance who has caused nothing but trouble in the past has now returned', than consider me as salty as a salty salt mine in the Great Salt Lake.

Aghrabia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:I can just taste the salt

mmmmmm so salty

Kalaron wrote:Sorry, my salt mine is blowing into my blood considering that this guy only really served to try to make people antsy before.

Frankly, the fact that Jas and Vis are annoyed with him should show exactly what this dude is worth time-wise.

Jaslandia wrote:If 'salty' means 'being annoyed that a nuisance who has caused nothing but trouble in the past has now returned', than consider me as salty as a salty salt mine in the Great Salt Lake.

Salty: Ahoy there, mateys! Somebody mention my name?

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

Percyton wrote:Salty: Ahoy there, mateys! Somebody mention my name?

Wrong salty, Salty.

Penguania And Antarctica

Ludania wrote:Following recent legislation in Ludania, archaeologists and royalists alike volunteer in droves to exhume and then decapitate Nuremgard's deceased nobles.

You're such a sweetheart, Ludania x.

Ludania, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona

The Risen Prophet wrote:Dear, sweet Kalaron. The modern Jultie. How you make me smile.

You know, I won't really not rag on you, but describe Jult if you would?

From the basics, they sound pretty cool.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:You're such a sweetheart, Ludania x.

Happy to oblige! Make the Tsar great again.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Ludania wrote:Happy to oblige! Make the Tsar great again.

Too bad he wouldn't accept becoming an autocrat. Respects the country's democracy too much.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Too bad he wouldn't accept becoming an autocrat. Respects the country's democracy too much.

Put it to the people! A referendum on autocracy, how exciting.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Ludania wrote:Put it to the people! A referendum on autocracy, how exciting.

People: vote to make the Tsar the autocrat.

Soon-to-be-unemployed-politicians: .......Sh!t.

Ludania, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:People: vote to make the Tsar the autocrat.

Soon-to-be-unemployed-politicians: .......Sh!t.

You'd have so much fun writing a factbook about the shocking turn of events which rocked Nuremgard in 2017.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Ludania wrote:You'd have so much fun writing a factbook about the shocking turn of events which rocked Nuremgard in 2017.

As much fun it would be, I cannot. Nuremgard is a liberal, namby-pamby democracy and it's gonna' stay that way.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:As much fun it would be, I cannot. Nuremgard is a liberal, namby-pamby democracy and it's gonna' stay that way.

How dreary!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Ludania wrote:How dreary!

Ludania is a dreary democracy too!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Ludania is a dreary democracy too!

Ludania has a complicated relationship with democracy, we like to spice things up.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Ludania wrote:Ludania has a complicated relationship with democracy, we like to spice things up.

We Norsk are simpler creatures. We're totally democratic with the imperials playing an important ceremonial function. The Tsar has reserve powers he can use in an emergency but that's it.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:We Norsk are simpler creatures. We're totally democratic with the imperials playing an important ceremonial function. The Tsar has reserve powers he can use in an emergency but that's it.

Maybe you need a few emergencies!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Ludania wrote:Maybe you need a few emergencies!

Then the great House of Vasiliev can be supreme once again!

Ludania, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Then the great House of Vasiliev can be supreme once again!

For glory!!!!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Ludania wrote:For glory!!!!

Dieu et mon droit!

Ludania, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

I mean, I'm the kinda dude who doesn't really mind if someone wants to change the way they look. But I'm conflicted about this. Unless you need them because your teeth are actually gone, then there's no point, at least in my opinion. https://www.instasmile.com/us/

Magnatronia wrote:I mean, I'm the kinda dude who doesn't really mind if someone wants to change the way they look. But I'm conflicted about this. Unless you need them because your teeth are actually gone, then there's no point, at least in my opinion. https://www.instasmile.com/us/
...

Ludania, Nuremgard

I will be sending aid to that region, anyway. We have helped other smaller regions, why not them.

Been listening to the radio show: Indivisible. It is really quite good! I love the competing view points speaking in a civil manner.

Latrovia wrote:I will be sending aid to that region, anyway. We have helped other smaller regions, why not them.

That's up to the individual nation - which is why you should vote no. You should be able to do it, I should be able to abstain. If you do do it, please don't under the CoFN banner - not that you would

Yukona wrote:That's up to the individual nation - which is why you should vote no. You should be able to do it, I should be able to abstain. If you do do it, please don't under the CoFN banner - not that you would

I wasnt going to hold the banners of the COFN.

Latrovia wrote:I wasnt going to hold the banners of the COFN.

"not that you would"

Aghrabia, Oelesa

Latrovia wrote:I will be sending aid to that region, anyway. We have helped other smaller regions, why not them.

We sent aid to GR....our ally and oldest friend? I believe I described why we should help them a long time ago, back when you were President and I sent you the video describing why they were important to the people of the region...though I kinda doubt you watched it it now.

Ignoring that, it wasn't a government action to help GR, it was Citizen based and I only took action after having expedited the leaving of Raiders through debate and conversation with the two leaders to prevent any sort of military feud at all.

This is contrast with the Region we don't know on the other end of NS who has asked us to intervene in an active conflict that they may have started or not such that the Region would come into conflict with another region. We don't know them, we don't know any of the details for sure, and it'll probably continue even if we intervene because "Oh you got outsiders? K, I'll call up the big groups too!"

Jaslandia, Aghrabia

Despite all if that we don't even have a military. I doubt there are many people willing to compromise their WA endorsements, that could be hard to gain back, for a small band of strangers.

I understand what Kal did for GR even though I ordered the closer, and even then they was an ally that I knew and everyone else knew.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Oelesa wrote:Despite all if that we don't even have a military. I doubt there are many people willing to compromise their WA endorsements, that could be hard to gain back, for a small band of strangers.

I understand what Kal did for GR even though I ordered the closer, and even then they was an ally that I knew and everyone else knew.

I've been through a lot with my friends, ain't about to let go now ;P

Besides, I need a purpose or I'll suffer from long-term-NATO disorder and become old and useless :P

Oelesa

Magnatronia wrote:Post.

Viper.

RP.

Don't yell at me, yells at CaDS for not posting and posting in 1 sentence things warning who's going to be attacked instead of just acting it out...

Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah

[Magna Inf- goes up to 11! ermagerrd]

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star, Magnatronia

Kalaron wrote:I've been through a lot with my friends, ain't about to let go now ;P

Besides, I need a purpose or I'll suffer from long-term-NATO disorder and become old and useless :P

Just going to take a moment and stand up for NATO. With Putin's increasing aggression, NATO is def. not useless.

Jaslandia, Oelesa

Andromitus wrote:[Magna Inf- goes up to 11! ermagerrd]

[I]Choke

Aghrabia

Outer Oz wrote:Just going to take a moment and stand up for NATO. With Putin's increasing aggression, NATO is def. not useless.

Eh, unless all member states raise their defense spending to 2% GDP, it rather is to the US.

The principle function of any such mutual defense agreement is to reduce each signatories casualties in any possible war, but considering that one of the basic details are being ignored by many of the signatories in favor of the "Our ally is big and mean" defense, it's all too easy for the US to simply ignore the treaty as our allies have.

Regardless, Russia has less than a fourth of the military capacity of the USSR, and any country -Who did the thing with GDP- not already in the middle of multiple illegitimate coups should be able to defend themselves long enough for their allies to come regardless.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania

Kalaron wrote:Eh, unless all member states raise their defense spending to 2% GDP, it rather is to the US.

The principle function of any such mutual defense agreement is to reduce each signatories casualties in any possible war, but considering that one of the basic details are being ignored by many of the signatories in favor of the "Our ally is big and mean" defense, it's all too easy for the US to simply ignore the treaty as our allies have.

Regardless, Russia has less than a fourth of the military capacity of the USSR, and any country -Who did the thing with GDP- not already in the middle of multiple illegitimate coups should be able to defend themselves long enough for their allies to come regardless.

The budgets are only half the story. The real value of NATO is presenting a unified front against illegal acts. That has more value than anything else, even if United States is supplying the bulk of the muscle.

Jaslandia

Outer Oz wrote:The budgets are only half the story. The real value of NATO is presenting a unified front against illegal acts. That has more value than anything else, even if United States is supplying the bulk of the muscle.

But the US has no real reason to send it's men of to die if it's only to preserve a Eastern-European nation who snubbed the idea of following a simple treaty that would reduce the wear and tear on each allied side.

By no means am I saying to leave it, but if only five nations out of twenty eight pay their share, then those nations also can't really present a force in war either.

It's not just the US putting the people in, but the money too. It isn't exactly 1990 anymore and the world ain't so safe, it's time for nations to get their head in the game or to be reminded that the US has its own problems that the constituents would much rather see answered if they aren't going to respect a treaty.

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Aghrabia

Greetings

Aghrabia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia, Percyton

Sulania wrote:Greetings

Greetings :D

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:

We must have two very different understandings of NATO. In my understanding, NATO is a bet that its own existence can deter conflict. It is a mix of soft power and hard power. It's not about whose lives are on the line, or whose money, its about the West encircling and wearing down threats without having to fire a shot (or an ICBM).

Is this our second or third discussion regarding military and global affairs? Because you seem enamored with WWII-era strategies and pre-Kissinger geopolitics. I can't possibly be the first person to tell you that US foreign policy for the last sixty years has hinged upon intervening overseas to promote global stability and thus protect US interests everywhere. I'm not going to debate with you whether that's a justified policy or not, but its what the US has been doing, and your analysis ignores that.

Jaslandia

Hello people. Wish you all a nice day. Happy Birthday [nation=short]Yukona[/nation], welcome in the club of adults. Hope you enjoy your day with family and friends. You become 18 just once in a life. :)

[spoiler=Today is March 16 and today are:]

Today are:

- 18th Birthday of [nation=short]Yukona[/nation]

- Absolutely Incredible Kid Day

- Companies that Care Day

- Curlew Day

- Day of the Book Smugglers (Lithuania)

- Goddard Day

- Latvian Legion Day (Latvia)

- Lips Appreciation Day

- National Artichoke Hearts Day (United States)

- National Everything You Do Is Right Day (United States)

- National Farm Rescuer Day (United States)

- National Freedom of Information Day (United States)

- No Selfies Day

- Panda Day

- Saint Urho's Day (Finnish Americans and Finnish Canadians)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 597 BC – Babylonians capture Jerusalem, and replace Jeconiah with Zedekiah as king.

- 455 – Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated by two Hunnic retainers while training with the bow on the Campus Martius (Rome).

- 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.

- 1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.

- 1244 – Over 200 Cathars are burned after the Fall of Montségur.

- 1322 – The Battle of Boroughbridge take place in the Despenser Wars.

- 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the island of Homonhon in the Philippines.

- 1621 – Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."

- 1660 – The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.

- 1689 – The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.

- 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.

- 1782 – Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782

- 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.

- 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: An Austrian column is defeated by the French in the Battle of Valvasone.

- 1802 – The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.

- 1812 – Siege of Badajoz begins: British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during the Peninsular War.

- 1815 – Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.

- 1818 – In the Second Battle of Cancha Rayada, Spanish forces defeated Chileans under José de San Martín.

- 1864 – American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.

- 1865 – American Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough began as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties in the final months of the war.

- 1870 – The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.

- 1872 – The Wanderers F.C. won the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1–0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.

- 1894 – Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.

- 1900 – Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.

- 1916 – The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.

- 1917 – World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.

- 1924 – In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.

- 1925 – An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.

- 1926 – History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.

- 1935 – Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.

- 1936 – Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.

- 1939 – From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.

- 1940 – First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.

- 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.

- 1945 – Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in around 5,000 deaths.

- 1958 – The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.

- 1962 – A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.

- 1966 – Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena target vehicle.

- 1968 – Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.

- 1968 – General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.

- 1969 – A Viasa McDonnell Douglas DC-9 crashes in Maracaibo, Venezuela, killing 155.

- 1976 – British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.

- 1977 – Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.

- 1978 – Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.)

- 1978 – Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.

- 1979 – Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.

- 1983 – Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.

- 1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists. (He later dies in captivity.)

- 1985 – Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.

- 1988 – Iran–Contra affair: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and Vice Admiral John Poindexter are indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

- 1988 – Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5000 people and injuring about 10000 people.

- 1988 – The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. A PIRA volunteer and two civilians are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.

- 1989 – In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found near the Pyramid of Cheops.

- 1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.

- 2005 – Israel officially hands over Jericho to Palestinian control.

- 2014 – Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.

- 2016 – A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 54.

- 2016 – Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 22 and injuring 18.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1750 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer

- 1751 – James Madison, American academic and politician, 4th President of the United States

- 1774 – Matthew Flinders, English navigator and cartographer

- 1789 – Georg Simon Ohm, German physicist and mathematician

- 1839 – Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1878 – Clemens August Graf von Galen, German cardinal

- 1912 – Pat Nixon, American educator, 39th First Lady of the United States

- 1926 – Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian

- 1927 – Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut, first man who died on a space mission

- 1940 – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter

- 1953 – Isabelle Huppert, French actress

- 1953 – Richard Stallman, American computer scientist and programmer

- 1954 – Nancy Wilson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress

- 1964 – H.P. Baxxter, German musician

- 1967 – Lauren Graham, American actress and producer

- 1969 – Markus Lanz, German-Italian television presenter and producer

- 1986 – Daisuke Takahashi, Japanese figure skater

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Quote of the day (presented to you by [nation=short]Yukona[/nation])

If you will it dude, it is no dream.

- Walter Shoback -

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Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Yukona, Percyton

Outer Oz wrote:We must have two very different understandings of NATO. In my understanding, NATO is a bet that its own existence can deter conflict. It is a mix of soft power and hard power. It's not about whose lives are on the line, or whose money, its about the West encircling and wearing down threats without having to fire a shot (or an ICBM).

Is this our second or third discussion regarding military and global affairs? Because you seem enamored with WWII-era strategies and pre-Kissinger geopolitics. I can't possibly be the first person to tell you that US foreign policy for the last sixty years has hinged upon intervening overseas to promote global stability and thus protect US interests everywhere. I'm not going to debate with you whether that's a justified policy or not, but its what the US has been doing, and your analysis ignores that.

No, I fully understand the concept of deterrence, but I also understand that one cannot base it off of nothing and that you must prepare for deterrence to fail.

The United States should not bear the burdern alone, however, because it's so much easier to cause division within an uneven alliance, especially one wherein twenty three nations knowingly don't pay what they need to. It may be within the US interest to support NATO, but it's hardly difficult to guess what happens when the people of a democratic nation get frustrated with the status quo -Trump, Brexit, Isolationism- and choose to vote based on that frustration even if it harms them. Clearly then, we can see that it does matter who's money and lives are on the line, because the line can be destroyed by nothing more than perceived disrespect.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- National Everything You Do Is Right Day (United States)

[spoiler=All the bad stuff]

This day in history:

- 455 – Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated by two Hunnic retainers while training with the bow on the Campus Martius (Rome).

- 1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.

- 1244 – Over 200 Cathars are burned after the Fall of Montségur.

- 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden is shot; he dies on March 29.

- 1935 – Adolf Hitler orders Germany to rearm herself in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Conscription is reintroduced to form the Wehrmacht.

- 1939 – From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate.

- 1940 – First person killed (James Isbister) in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.

- 1945 – Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in around 5,000 deaths.

- 1968 – Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre occurs; between 347 and 500 Vietnamese villagers (men, women, and children) are killed by American troops.

- 1977 – Assassination of Kamal Jumblatt, the main leader of the anti-government forces in the Lebanese Civil War.

- 1978 – Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped. (He is later murdered by his captors.)

- 1984 – William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, Lebanon, is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists. (He later dies in captivity.)

- 1985 – Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut. He is released on December 4, 1991.

- 1988 – Halabja chemical attack: The Kurdish town of Halabja in Iraq is attacked with a mix of poison gas and nerve agents on the orders of Saddam Hussein, killing 5000 people and injuring about 10000 people.

- 1988 – The Troubles: Ulster loyalist militant Michael Stone attacks a Provisional IRA funeral in Belfast with pistols and grenades. A PIRA volunteer and two civilians are killed, and more than 60 others are wounded.

- 2014 – Crimea votes in a controversial referendum to secede from Ukraine to join Russia.

- 2016 – A bomb detonates in a bus carrying government employees in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 15 and injuring at least 54.

- 2016 – Two suicide bombers detonate their explosives at a mosque during morning prayer on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Nigeria, killing 22 and injuring 18.[/spoiler]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure none of that stuff is 'right', so maybe not everything you do today is right. And that's just counting the stuffs humans did; I'm not counting natural occurrences because I'm pretty nature doesn't care if she's doing the 'right' thing or not.

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Yeah, I'm pretty sure none of that stuff is 'right', so maybe not everything you do today is right. And that's just counting the stuffs humans did; I'm not counting natural occurrences because I'm pretty nature doesn't care if she's doing the 'right' thing or not.

Hmm, maybe the day just counts for Americans or things done in the US because it's a holiday in the US.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia

Kalaron wrote:We sent aid to GR....our ally and oldest friend? I believe I described why we should help them a long time ago, back when you were President and I sent you the video describing why they were important to the people of the region...though I kinda doubt you watched it it now.

Ignoring that, it wasn't a government action to help GR, it was Citizen based and I only took action after having expedited the leaving of Raiders through debate and conversation with the two leaders to prevent any sort of military feud at all.

This is contrast with the Region we don't know on the other end of NS who has asked us to intervene in an active conflict that they may have started or not such that the Region would come into conflict with another region. We don't know them, we don't know any of the details for sure, and it'll probably continue even if we intervene because "Oh you got outsiders? K, I'll call up the big groups too!"

So knowing a guy on another region and going there to help out, doesn't make us outsiders? Yeah because that happens.

I heard your explanation as a President and it wasn't enough for me to say that hey "let's keep embassies, with a region that has only one dude inside". Please be a bit more realistic.

The fact that you opened without consensus an unofficial Embassy in our Discord channel was enough for me to understand our future relations between me and you.

And the raiders were already contacted by the government despite the fact that you go around saying that you saved the day. They were going to leave anyway, because they used the GR as an example of how raids are made. Despite that, have a nice day :)

Also opening embassies with a bunch of regions with less than 20 members, somehow makes us bad *ss? What's the point opening embassies if you don't even have the staff to compensate our already opened ones?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hmm, maybe the day just counts for Americans or things done in the US because it's a holiday in the US.

True, but even if you count just things done by Americans, there's still at least one example left (the My Lai Massacre). And I doubt that anyone thinks 347-504 dead civilians is a good thing.

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

[nation=short]Garnica[/nation] [nation=short]Hot Candyland[/nation]

Greetings to both of you. I am Latrovia and I am assigned to be your Mentor. Please contact me at any time if you do have questions! :)

Jaslandia, Yukona, Percyton

Latrovia wrote:So knowing a guy on another region and going there to help out, doesn't make us outsiders? Yeah because that happens.

I heard your explanation as a President and it wasn't enough for me to say that hey "let's keep embassies, with a region that has only one dude inside". Please be a bit more realistic.

The fact that you opened without consensus an unofficial Embassy in our Discord channel was enough for me to understand our future relations between me and you.

And the raiders were already contacted by the government despite the fact that you go around saying that you saved the day. They were going to leave anyway, because they used the GR as an example of how raids are made. Despite that, have a nice day :)

I mean, if by the "Raiders" you mean the Lieutenant, then yes, you did contact him to join the Discord.

I then spoke to him and the actual leader to expedite their leaving to that evening, like I just said.

This is beyond the point though, because I don't actually care all that much on who "liberated" as much as the fact that it was, and was liberated by civilians, not the government.

Furthermore, I fail to see how our regions long history and friendship is somehow worth less than helping a region full of people we don't know who could easily have started the whole thing and just be saying they didn't?

Aghrabia

Kalaron wrote:I mean, if by the "Raiders" you mean the Lieutenant, then yes, you did contact him to join the Discord.

Wrong. We did contact with almost all of them.

Kalaron wrote:was liberated by civilians, not the government.

Then be happy because we don't have a running army to be lead by any government around here. It would be civilians helping out again

Kalaron wrote:Furthermore, I fail to see how our regions long history and friendship is somehow worth less than helping a region full of people we don't know who could easily have started the whole thing and just be saying they didn't?

The fact that you can't see reasons regarding this, it's not really my fault. And we help out because perhaps some of us are cooked in that way. If you don't wanna help out, then don't. :)

Jaslandia wrote:Yeah, I'm pretty sure none of that stuff is 'right', so maybe not everything you do today is right. And that's just counting the stuffs humans did; I'm not counting natural occurrences because I'm pretty nature doesn't care if she's doing the 'right' thing or not.

It's not all bad, Jas. Here are the good things that happened today!

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

[spoiler=Good things]

Today are:

- 18th Birthday of [nation=short]Yukona[/nation]

- 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the island of Homonhon in the Philippines.

- 1621 – Samoset, a Mohegan, visited the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."

- 1802 – The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.

- 1815 – Prince Willem proclaims himself King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the first constitutional monarch in the Netherlands.

- 1870 – The first version of the overture fantasy Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky receives its première performance.

- 1894 – Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.

- 1900 – Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.

- 1926 – History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.

- 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended, but small pockets of Japanese resistance persisted.

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- 1958 – The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.

- 1966 – Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena target vehicle.

- 1968 – General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.

- 1979 – Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.

- 1989 – In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found near the Pyramid of Cheops.

- 1995 – Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery. The Thirteenth Amendment was officially ratified in 1865.

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Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Happy Birthday [nation=short]Yukona[/nation]! :)

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Percyton wrote:It's not all bad, Jas. Here are the good things that happened today!

Thank you, Percy. I appreciate your optimism. Although, to play devil's advocate, some of those things might not be wholly 'good': if you hate cars and want them to be banned, then the events of 1958 and 1968 could be seen as bad.

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Latrovia wrote:Wrong. We did contact with almost all of them.

Then be happy because we don't have a running army to be lead by any government around here. It would be civilians helping out again

The fact that you can't see reasons regarding this, it's not really my fault. And we help out because perhaps some of us are cooked in that way. If you don't wanna help out, then don't. :)

K.

Glad you give the Trump-style explanation.

Anyhow, I'm sure the RMB is done with all this.

Percyton wrote:It's not all bad, Jas. Here are the good things that happened today!

Well, I'm glad at least some days got good stuff too :P

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:K.

Glad you give the Trump-style explanation.

Anyhow, I'm sure the RMB is done with all this.

Well, I'm glad at least some days got good stuff too :P

Lol haha, okay glad you acknowledged that! :)

Latrovia wrote:[nation=short]Garnica[/nation] [nation=short]Hot Candyland[/nation]

Greetings to both of you. I am Latrovia and I am assigned to be your Mentor. Please contact me at any time if you do have questions! :)

I got told I was Garnicas mentor

Yukona wrote:I got told I was Garnicas mentor

Yes it's part of my mistake. Peng didn't inform me in time about you being appointed to Garnica, so I contacted him before hand as well. Feel free to help him out though.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hello people. Wish you all a nice day. Happy Birthday [nation=short]Yukona[/nation], welcome in the club of adults. Hope you enjoy your day with family and friends. You become 18 just once in a life. :)

Quote of the day (presented to you by [nation=short]Yukona[/nation])

If you will it dude, it is no dream.

- Walter Shoback -

Thanks Peng!

Latrovia wrote:Happy Birthday [nation=short]Yukona[/nation]! :)

Thank you!

Jaslandia, Latrovia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Thank you, Percy. I appreciate your optimism. Although, to play devil's advocate, some of those things might not be wholly 'good': if you hate cars and want them to be banned, then the events of 1958 and 1968 could be seen as bad.

Don't worry too much about stuff like that. Think positive, Jas!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

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