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Nuremgard wrote:A shame May's minority government has't collapsed yet.

The new cabinet of Merkel, is ... well .... special so to speak.

Lavan Tiri

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:The new cabinet of Merkel, is ... well .... special so to speak.

Bunch of assholes?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:-snip-

We are looking forward to visit of Premier Aleksi Coltsov and his family, and we will be honored to present him with the Royal Medal of Freedom! We hope the Coltsovs enjoy their stay, and we will strive to make their visit as welcoming and comfortable as possible!

Driselbian Ambassador No 1 wrote:Hey all,

I'm an unofficial ambassador region from The Pan Pacific, from the region of Driselbia. Your region caught my eye due to the whole Ruclax shenanigans, and you guys actually look a lot like our region (medium-size active non-themed region with good RP). I thought I'd send a puppet over to say hi.

Welcome to the region! We look forward to having you here and establishing formal relations between our two regions!

Nuremgard wrote:Bloody foreigners. Coming over here, taking our crown.

Dey terk our crown!

https://youtu.be/BP-l40WEGNo

Nuremgard wrote:Following new legislation in Shazria, Leader signs the laws but abides by none of them. Quite right too!

The Shah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNJDV1XoEpw

*insert Donald Trump joke here*

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Sulania wrote:If you want to be technical, going all the way back, the English (Anglo-Saxons) were foreigners.

Oh and just to be clear the English are not just Anglo Saxons, they're also Normans and Vikings and a very small part Celt.

Nuremgard wrote:What do you say to those Brexit voters who voted Leave because of immigration but must accept more immigration from the Commonwealth for favourable trade deals?

A shame May's minority government has't collapsed yet.

That's the Brexiteers problem, I didn't vote for it - not my problem.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:We are looking forward to visit of Premier Aleksi Coltsov and his family, and we will be honored to present him with the Royal Medal of Freedom! We hope the Coltsovs enjoy their stay, and we will strive to make their visit as welcoming and comfortable as possible!

Welcome to the region! We look forward to having you here and establishing formal relations between our two regions!

Dey terk our crown!

https://youtu.be/BP-l40WEGNo

*insert Donald Trump joke here*

I mentioned him in one of my exam essays today.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:Oh and just to be clear the English are not just Anglo Saxons, they're also Normans and Vikings and a very small part Celt. That's the Brexiteers problem, I didn't vote for it - not my problem.

Touché.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Yukona wrote:Oh and just to be clear the English are not just Anglo Saxons, they're also Normans and Vikings and a very small part Celt.

Yeah, Yuk, I took a World History class. I'm fully aware.

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:I mentioned him in one of my exam essays today.

Trump? And what did you say about him?

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Sulania wrote:Yeah, Yuk, I took a World History class. I'm fully aware.

Just trying to be helpful, no need to be like that

Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Trump? And what did you say about him?

The question was on how the change from a parliamentary system to a presidential system will affect Turkish democracy. I used Trump as an example of a bad presidential system.

Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:The question was on how the change from a parliamentary system to a presidential system will affect Turkish democracy. I used Trump as an example of a bad presidential system.

Fair enough. We probably deserve that.

Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica

Driselbian Ambassador No 1 wrote:Interesting - I think I remember hearing about the trek to Montaris/AEGIS Alliance a year or two ago. Sounds like a long story.

nice

I'll sum it up.

In the Commonwealth of Free Nations, we had a good life. People were friendly, stood up for each other and fights were generally handled quickly and effectively by a constabulary force. There were occasional bursts of childish fighting -or really just childishness in general- but it was all handled and resolved generally.

Our founder, Silver, promptly started to go inactive. We had a vote and decided that the best course of action was to replace him as Founder with a member named Unf. Suffice to say Silver really didn't like Unf so after a long hold out period Silver accepted the people's choice and promptly double crossed us by Banjection.

We then went to the NGA and were little worse for the wear, there was a touch of strain but it would heal quickly and we were generally happy.

Unfortunately, there was a bit of a stir-up here. A member we had named Valt became abusive -and dare I say, malignant- towards members like Sulania (Who was premier at the time) by attempting to convince him to leave and then publicly calling him out to "speak" in front of a crowd. Manipulating messages or outright fabricating them in an attempt to break friendships, and plenty of terrible things that gradually broke a divide in our region.

Unfortunately, this divide happened on Discord, so it propagated out for months due to members being both disbelieving of such a change, uninformed of his actions, more baleful of Discord itself and ultimately untouched by it's effects. Ruclax came back near the end and was able to become an official in government. He promptly got flak from Valt and Unf (Unf had become our founder and was, in his own words, mislead by Valt) on his choice of supreme court members (And I'm not afraid to say that I was that contentious pick) after Valt basically asked the cabinet to vote "no" on the choice due to me nad him having animosity between us due to his treatment of others.

Ru was able to ride that back into the good graces of most of the region and submitted a document basically declaring that we were leaving. We formed Montaris (Which was supposed to have a puppet founder) and moved with most of the region coming with us.

Montaris was a screw up, of course, because Ru promptly decided that he didn't need to "just" be a figurehead of a founder. So, months after we'd moved he tried to exert it when Merc annoyed him. Montaris tires me so I'll write more on it later.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Nuremgard wrote:Bunch of assholes?

Well, not exactly. Let's take our Minister of Health, Jens Spahn. He is giving statements and tries to deal with stuff which isn't part of his portfolio and area of responsibility. He's part of the right-wing of the CDU. Against refugees. Completely. He said that Islam isn't part of German culture. But many million muslim people already live in Germany for decades (mostly the descendants of Turkish guest workers). He then relativise his statement that he only meant "radical Islam that tries to deprive us from our liberties". He criticised that churches are "too political and discuss too often matters of society". According to him they should only focus on "pastoral care, imparting the faith and charity". Despite being Roman-Catholic he is gay and married. According to him there is also a cultural gleichschaltung because young people use English more often and therefore the German culture gets somewhat lost in a cultural mix-up. According to him the food banks aren't necessary to feed everyone. They merely reduce the amount of wasted food. Which is utterly wrong. Some people would starve without the food banks. According to him the unemployment benefit level 2 (which you get after more than 12 month without employment) standard rate of 416€ a month (!) is enough to live a life with all necessary comfort. To him this unemployment benefit level 2 doesn't mean poverty but is "the answer of our solidarity community to poverty". Later he again relativised saying that "it isn't easy to live with that few money".

Oh and he wants to get more doctors for the rural areas and a better healthcare there, more dementia research and the abolishing of §219a of the Criminal Code which prohibits adverts for abortion (including abortion councelling advert).

I repeat he is Minister of Health. He has opinions to everything but not that much for health.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Well, not exactly. Let's take our Minister of Health, Jens Spahn. He is giving statements and tries to deal with stuff which isn't part of his portfolio and area of responsibility. He's part of the right-wing of the CDU. Against refugees. Completely. He said that Islam isn't part of German culture. But many million muslim people already live in Germany for decades (mostly the descendants of Turkish guest workers). He then relativise his statement that he only meant "radical Islam that tries to deprive us from our liberties". He criticised that churches are "too political and discuss too often matters of society". According to him they should only focus on "pastoral care, imparting the faith and charity". Despite being Roman-Catholic he is gay and married. According to him there is also a cultural gleichschaltung because young people use English more often and therefore the German culture gets somewhat lost in a cultural mix-up. According to him the food banks aren't necessary to feed everyone. They merely reduce the amount of wasted food. Which is utterly wrong. Some people would starve without the food banks. According to him the unemployment benefit level 2 (which you get after more than 12 month without employment) standard rate of 416€ a month (!) is enough to live a life with all necessary comfort. To him this unemployment benefit level 2 doesn't mean poverty but is "the answer of our solidarity community to poverty". Later he again relativised saying that "it isn't easy to live with that few money".

Oh and he wants to get more doctors for the rural areas and a better healthcare there, more dementia research and the abolishing of §219a of the Criminal Code which prohibits adverts for abortion (including abortion councelling advert).

I repeat he is Minister of Health. He has opinions to everything but not that much for health.

He sounds very out of touch. I've never understood gay people who are religious. The Catholic Church hate him as much as Islam does. Both faiths condemn homosexuality. But yeah, he sounds like many Tories over here. Doesn't know what it's like to be unemployed or rely on the state for survival. It's the usual "benefits claimants live amazing lives at taxpayer expense" mantra.

It seems Conservatives are the same everywhere. C*nts.

Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton

Percy my friend. I'd like to ask you a question: Are there any crane tank engines on Sodor? :)

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:He sounds very out of touch. I've never understood gay people who are religious. The Catholic Church hate him as much as Islam does. Both faiths condemn homosexuality. But yeah, he sounds like many Tories over here. Doesn't know what it's like to be unemployed or rely on the state for survival. It's the usual "benefits claimants live amazing lives at taxpayer expense" mantra.

It seems Conservatives are the same everywhere. C*nts.

I’d argue that certain people who share those religions condemn homosexuality, not the religions themselves. If you choose to adopt that religion but not every peripheral tenet or the literal word of texts that are centuries to millennia old, I feel religion and being LGBT aren’t entirely uncondusive.

Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Nuremgard wrote:He sounds very out of touch. I've never understood gay people who are religious. The Catholic Church hate him as much as Islam does. Both faiths condemn homosexuality. But yeah, he sounds like many Tories over here. Doesn't know what it's like to be unemployed or rely on the state for survival. It's the usual "benefits claimants live amazing lives at taxpayer expense" mantra.

It seems Conservatives are the same everywhere. C*nts.

Also, always reminds me of you:

https://mobile.twitter.com/scotthoad/status/589486607566295040

Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I’d argue that certain people who share those religions condemn homosexuality, not the religions themselves. If you choose to adopt that religion but not every peripheral tenet or the literal word of texts that are centuries to millennia old, I feel religion and being LGBT aren’t entirely uncondusive.

The Catholic Church is still very anti-gay.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Also, always reminds me of you:

https://mobile.twitter.com/scotthoad/status/589486607566295040

It wont appear. The wheel just keeps spinning.

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Nuremgard wrote:The Catholic Church is still very anti-gay.

It wont appear. The wheel just keeps spinning.

Well sure, but the Catholic Church is a religious institution and not the religion itself. Independent Catholics are not beholden to the hierarchy and teachings of the Church, while many other nominal Catholics pick and choose what to believe in from their texts, clergy, and the Pope himself.

Leaves a lot of room to be both religious and LGBT. I went to Catholic school while I was out and, realizing that I was lucky enough to be attending a small-l liberal Catholic school, I never felt that my sexuality clashed with their religion. Maybe with something the Pope or some distant minister somewhere said, but never with the religion as we chose to practice it there.

Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Well sure, but the Catholic Church is a religious institution and not the religion itself. Independent Catholics are not beholden to the hierarchy and teachings of the Church, while many other nominal Catholics pick and choose what to believe in from their texts, clergy, and the Pope himself.

Leaves a lot of room to be both religious and LGBT. I went to Catholic school while I was out and, realizing that I was lucky enough to be attending a small-l liberal Catholic school, I never felt that my sexuality clashed with their religion. Maybe with something the Pope or some distant minister somewhere said, but never with the religion as we chose to practice it there.

Fair enough I suppose.

Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Well sure, but the Catholic Church is a religious institution and not the religion itself. Independent Catholics are not beholden to the hierarchy and teachings of the Church, while many other nominal Catholics pick and choose what to believe in from their texts, clergy, and the Pope himself.

Leaves a lot of room to be both religious and LGBT. I went to Catholic school while I was out and, realizing that I was lucky enough to be attending a small-l liberal Catholic school, I never felt that my sexuality clashed with their religion. Maybe with something the Pope or some distant minister somewhere said, but never with the religion as we chose to practice it there.

I'm gay, engaged, and open. I go to a Catholic University that is pretty accepting as is. Not to mention I myself am Christian and have yet to have that lead to conflict in my religious community.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Fair enough I suppose.

Oh, and the link was a pic of Simon Burns’ campaign sign. It reads “Simon Burns Conservatives”, and the person’s comment is “I’m not a huge fan of them either, Simon, but isn’t that a bit extreme”.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Sulania wrote:I'm gay, engaged, and open. I go to a Catholic University that is pretty accepting as is. Not to mention I myself am Christian and have yet to have that lead to conflict in my religious community.

Same. But, then again, Jews love a good gay.

Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Oh, and the link was a pic of Simon Burns’ campaign sign. It reads “Simon Burns Conservatives”, and the person’s comment is “I’m not a huge fan of them either, Simon, but isn’t that a bit extreme”.

I remember seeing that before. It's a good one. And I'm not for burning Conservatives. I'm for guillotining them. Far more humane.

Sulania wrote:I'm gay, engaged, and open. I go to a Catholic University that is pretty accepting as is. Not to mention I myself am Christian and have yet to have that lead to conflict in my religious community.

You can reconcile your religion and sexuality. I couldn't. It made me hate myself and caused me intense mental anguish. Vive la difference

Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Same. But, then again, Jews love a good gay.

Lol

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:We are looking forward to visit of Premier Aleksi Coltsov and his family, and we will be honored to present him with the Royal Medal of Freedom! We hope the Coltsovs enjoy their stay, and we will strive to make their visit as welcoming and comfortable as possible!

While we're on the subject, the State of Percyton would also like to honor Aleksander Coltsov of Russkov Soviet. After talking with my advisers, we would like to award him the Percytonian Medal of Distinction, in honor of his friendship with our nation and his protection of our island from pirates.

And don't worry, we haven't forgotten about the new premier either! To give Aleksei Coltsov a little introduction to our proud nation, we would like to send him a few gifts: a map of the Island of Sodor, a copy of Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection (a compilation of the 26 Railway Series books about us by the Reverend W. Awdry), and a Collector's Edition Thomas & Friends DVD called The Early Years (which contains all 26 stories from the first season of our TV series).

We thank Premier Aleksander for his service, and we look forward to working with Premier Aleksei!

Yukona wrote:Oh and just to be clear the English are not just Anglo Saxons, they're also Normans and Vikings and a very small part Celt.

That's a lot of different places! Another reason I'm glad to be an engine. I was built at Avonside Engine Company Works, and though I had been modified several times between then and when I came to Sodor, that's really all there is to my origin. I don't need to worry about what percent English I am, or what percent Irish, or anything like that.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Percyton

Percy my friend. I'd like to ask you a question: Are there any crane tank engines on Sodor? :)

Yes, actually, we do have one! His name is Harvey. He's a big red tank engine with a giant crane mounted on his boiler.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ttte/images/e/e4/MainHarveyModel.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/555?cb=20171025150227

His main jobs are rescue operations and accident clean-up, but when there aren't any accidents, he does other jobs too: loading cargo, track maintenance, clearing debris from the line, etc.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote: Yes, actually, we do have one! His name is Harvey. He's a big red tank engine with a giant crane mounted on his boiler.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ttte/images/e/e4/MainHarveyModel.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/555?cb=20171025150227

His main jobs are rescue operations and accident clean-up, but when there aren't any accidents, he does other jobs too: loading cargo, track maintenance, clearing debris from the line, etc.

Harvey: Don't forget, I even pulled a train once too! It actually went surprisingly me well; I did have an accident at one point, but thanks to my crane, I was able to clean it up in no time at all and be on my way again.

https://youtu.be/-1mlFUVqR7c

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

[spoiler=Today is April 17 and today are:]

Today is April 17 and today are:

- Blah Blah Blah Day

- Evacuation Day (Syria)

- FAO Day (Iraq)

- Flag Day (American Samoa)

- Ford Mustang Day

- Income Tax Pay Day

- Malbec World Day

- National Bat Appreciation Day (United States)

- National Cheeseball Day (United States)

- National Ellis Island Family History Day (United States)

- National Haiku Poetry Day (United States)

- Nothing Like a Dame Day

- Radonitsa (Belarus)

- Women's Day (Gabon)

- World Hemophilia Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.

- 1349 – Fall of the Bavand dynasty, and rise of the Afrasiyab dynasty.

- 1362 – Kaunas Castle falls to the Teutonic Order after a month-long siege.

- 1397 – Geoffrey Chaucer tells The Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as the start of the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury.

- 1492 – Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.

- 1521 – Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.

- 1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.

- 1797 – Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas.

- 1797 – Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.

- 1861 – The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, becoming the 8th state to join the Confederate States of America.

- 1863 – American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.

- 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.

- 1895 – The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.

- 1905 – The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

- 1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.

- 1912 – Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.

- 1941 – World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.

- 1942 – French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.

- 1944 – Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.

- 1945 – World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.

- 1946 – Syria obtains its independence from the French occupation.

- 1949 – At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.

- 1951 – The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.

- 1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.

- 1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.

- 1969 – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.

- 1970 – Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.

- 1971 – The People's Republic of Bangladesh is formed.

- 1975 – The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.

- 1978 – Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.

- 1982 – Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.

- 2006 – A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.

- 2013 – An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.

- 2014 – NASA's Kepler confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1734 – Taksin, Thai king

- 1820 – Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented Baseball

- 1837 – J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co.

- 1885 – Karen Blixen, Danish memoirist and short story writer

- 1897 – Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright

- 1915 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

- 1918 – William Holden, American actor

- 1927 – Margot Honecker, East German politician and First Lady

- 1929 – James Last, German-American bassist, composer, and bandleader

- 1937 – Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian-German engineer and businessman

- 1957 – Nick Hornby, English novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter

- 1959 – Sean Bean, English actor

- 1964 – Maynard James Keenan, American singer-songwriter and producer

- 1972 – Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer

- 1974 – Victoria Beckham, English singer and fashion designer

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.

- Helmut Schmidt (German Chancellor, 1918-2015) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Percyton wrote:Harvey: Don't forget, I even pulled a train once too! It actually went surprisingly me well; I did have an accident at one point, but thanks to my crane, I was able to clean it up in no time at all and be on my way again.

https://youtu.be/-1mlFUVqR7c

So you are the only engine with an "arm". You can do things the other engines can't do, can't you?

Jaslandia, Percyton

Percyton wrote:While we're on the subject, the State of Percyton would also like to honor Aleksander Coltsov of Russkov Soviet. After talking with my advisers, we would like to award him the Percytonian Medal of Distinction, in honor of his friendship with our nation and his protection of our island from pirates.

And don't worry, we haven't forgotten about the new premier either! To give Aleksei Coltsov a little introduction to our proud nation, we would like to send him a few gifts: a map of the Island of Sodor, a copy of Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection (a compilation of the 26 Railway Series books about us by the Reverend W. Awdry), and a Collector's Edition Thomas & Friends DVD called The Early Years (which contains all 26 stories from the first season of our TV series).

We thank Premier Aleksander for his service, and we look forward to working with Premier Aleksei!

Aleksander: That's quite the surprise Percy! I'll be sure to stop by as soon as I can. Aleksi is speechless, but that's probably due to him being busy practicing. Gosh... Suddenly I don't want to retire anymore.

Aleksi: You need to Dad. You helped the Union through two collapses and more. Let me take over, we have a war to win and a legacy to secure.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Percyton wrote:That's a lot of different places! Another reason I'm glad to be an engine. I was built at Avonside Engine Company Works, and though I had been modified several times between then and when I came to Sodor, that's really all there is to my origin. I don't need to worry about what percent English I am, or what percent Irish, or anything like that.

Oh we don't worry, it's the Americans who worry about that percentage stuff ;^) . Avonside is near where I live.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Percyton wrote:That's a lot of different places! Another reason I'm glad to be an engine. I was built at Avonside Engine Company Works, and though I had been modified several times between then and when I came to Sodor, that's really all there is to my origin. I don't need to worry about what percent English I am, or what percent Irish, or anything like that.

That reminds me, where did you work before you came to Sodor? And how did you end up in that engine workshop where Sir Topham Hatt bought you?

https://youtu.be/TbXiJ4pclDc?t=2m13s

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:[spoiler=Today is April 17 and today are:]

Today is April 17 and today are:

- Blah Blah Blah Day

- Evacuation Day (Syria)

- FAO Day (Iraq)

- Flag Day (American Samoa)

- Ford Mustang Day

- Income Tax Pay Day

- Malbec World Day

- National Bat Appreciation Day (United States)

- National Cheeseball Day (United States)

- National Ellis Island Family History Day (United States)

- National Haiku Poetry Day (United States)

- Nothing Like a Dame Day

- Radonitsa (Belarus)

- Women's Day (Gabon)

- World Hemophilia Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.

- 1349 – Fall of the Bavand dynasty, and rise of the Afrasiyab dynasty.

- 1362 – Kaunas Castle falls to the Teutonic Order after a month-long siege.

- 1397 – Geoffrey Chaucer tells The Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as the start of the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury.

- 1492 – Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.

- 1521 – Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.

- 1524 – Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.

- 1797 – Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas.

- 1797 – Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.

- 1861 – The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, becoming the 8th state to join the Confederate States of America.

- 1863 – American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.

- 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.

- 1895 – The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.

- 1905 – The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

- 1907 – The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.

- 1912 – Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.

- 1941 – World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.

- 1942 – French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.

- 1944 – Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.

- 1945 – World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.

- 1946 – Syria obtains its independence from the French occupation.

- 1949 – At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.

- 1951 – The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.

- 1961 – Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.

- 1969 – Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.

- 1969 – Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.

- 1970 – Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.

- 1971 – The People's Republic of Bangladesh is formed.

- 1975 – The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.

- 1978 – Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.

- 1982 – Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.

- 2006 – A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.

- 2013 – An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.

- 2014 – NASA's Kepler confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1734 – Taksin, Thai king

- 1820 – Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented Baseball

- 1837 – J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co.

- 1885 – Karen Blixen, Danish memoirist and short story writer

- 1897 – Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright

- 1915 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

- 1918 – William Holden, American actor

- 1927 – Margot Honecker, East German politician and First Lady

- 1929 – James Last, German-American bassist, composer, and bandleader

- 1937 – Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian-German engineer and businessman

- 1957 – Nick Hornby, English novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter

- 1959 – Sean Bean, English actor

- 1964 – Maynard James Keenan, American singer-songwriter and producer

- 1972 – Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer

- 1974 – Victoria Beckham, English singer and fashion designer

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Quote of the day

The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.

- Helmut Schmidt (German Chancellor, 1918-2015) -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Helmut Schmidt was mentioned in our Modern Europe lectures. I'm doing a module on the Cold War in my third year. Maybe we'll learn more about him then.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Driselbian Ambassador No 1 wrote:Hey all,

I'm an unofficial ambassador region from The Pan Pacific, from the region of Driselbia. Your region caught my eye due to the whole Ruclax shenanigans, and you guys actually look a lot like our region (medium-size active non-themed region with good RP). I thought I'd send a puppet over to say hi.

I almost forget to welcome you! Welcome to the CoFN, Mr. Ambassador! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!

Yukona wrote:Oh we don't worry, it's the Americans who worry about that percentage stuff ;^) . Avonside is near where I live.

Really? So you live near Bristol, where the company's works was? That's cool!

Jaslandia wrote:That reminds me, where did you work before you came to Sodor? And how did you end up in that engine workshop where Sir Topham Hatt bought you?

https://youtu.be/TbXiJ4pclDc?t=2m13s

I worked in various factories and industrial settings, though I don't remember all of them. One of my old owners gave me a rebuild into the shape I am today, though I don't remember which one. One of my owners must have also given me Hunslet parts, since the workmen at Crovan's Gate found some in me when I was first inspected. Maybe my heritage isn't as simple as I thought!

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:So you are the only engine with an "arm". You can do things the other engines can't do, can't you?

Harvey: I suppose you could say that! Porter did say I'm "doubly useful", being both an engine and a crane. But I don't like to think about that stuff to much. Besides my crane, I'm not too different from the other engines: I have my jobs to do, and I do my best to do those jobs and be Really Useful.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1918 – William Holden, American actor

Molly: Holden? My designer was a man named James Holden. I wonder if there's any relation. If there is, happy birthday to a relative of my designer, and thank you to your relative James for creating me! If there isn't any relation, well, I'd still like to wish you a happy birthday!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holden_(locomotive_engineer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GER_Classes_S46,_D56_and_H88

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Percyton wrote:Molly: Holden? My designer was a man named James Holden. I wonder if there's any relation. If there is, happy birthday to a relative of my designer, and thank you to your relative James for creating me! If there isn't any relation, well, I'd still like to wish you a happy birthday!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holden_(locomotive_engineer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GER_Classes_S46,_D56_and_H88

I hate to break it to you Molly, but James Holden may not have been your actual designer. According to Wikipedia, your actual designer was a guy named F. V. Russell, Holden's Chief Designer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GER_Classes_S46,_D56_and_H88#History

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Driselbian Ambassador No 1 wrote:Interesting - I think I remember hearing about the trek to Montaris/AEGIS Alliance a year or two ago. Sounds like a long story.

nice

Hi, I wasn't present for the Montaris stage in this community's lifetime, but I am like the second oldest member of the community by involvement. Ruclax has had a history in the region. Back in around 2015 when we were the Commonwealth of Free Nations, Ruclax served as the shortest Chancellor we ever had after he immediately broke the law and the constitution by trying to implement regional conscription and issue decrees in his plan to turn the Commonwealth into his little Empire. He was dismissed in 3 days. However, many people in the region either don't remember this or weren't around when it went down, so overtime Ruclax's actions were forgotten. Then, when the NGA began to splinter and collapse, Ruclax stepped up as the founder of Montaris which became the community's next location. As I said, I wasn't around for that whole period, but from what I understand Ruclax exceeded his role as a constitutional monarch, culminating in him expelling Mercunova from the region and dismantling the democratic institutions there. That's when people moved over from there to the Confederacy and Ruclax earned his reputation for being a power-hungry individual.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:I'll sum it up.

In the Commonwealth of Free Nations, we had a good life. People were friendly, stood up for each other and fights were generally handled quickly and effectively by a constabulary force. There were occasional bursts of childish fighting -or really just childishness in general- but it was all handled and resolved generally.

Our founder, Silver, promptly started to go inactive. We had a vote and decided that the best course of action was to replace him as Founder with a member named Unf. Suffice to say Silver really didn't like Unf so after a long hold out period Silver accepted the people's choice and promptly double crossed us by Banjection.

We then went to the NGA and were little worse for the wear, there was a touch of strain but it would heal quickly and we were generally happy.

Unfortunately, there was a bit of a stir-up here. A member we had named Valt became abusive -and dare I say, malignant- towards members like Sulania (Who was premier at the time) by attempting to convince him to leave and then publicly calling him out to "speak" in front of a crowd. Manipulating messages or outright fabricating them in an attempt to break friendships, and plenty of terrible things that gradually broke a divide in our region.

Unfortunately, this divide happened on Discord, so it propagated out for months due to members being both disbelieving of such a change, uninformed of his actions, more baleful of Discord itself and ultimately untouched by it's effects. Ruclax came back near the end and was able to become an official in government. He promptly got flak from Valt and Unf (Unf had become our founder and was, in his own words, mislead by Valt) on his choice of supreme court members (And I'm not afraid to say that I was that contentious pick) after Valt basically asked the cabinet to vote "no" on the choice due to me nad him having animosity between us due to his treatment of others.

Ru was able to ride that back into the good graces of most of the region and submitted a document basically declaring that we were leaving. We formed Montaris (Which was supposed to have a puppet founder) and moved with most of the region coming with us.

Montaris was a screw up, of course, because Ru promptly decided that he didn't need to "just" be a figurehead of a founder. So, months after we'd moved he tried to exert it when Merc annoyed him. Montaris tires me so I'll write more on it later.

i didn't know kal had already summed it up

but yunno there's some extra context in my post about Ru being the 3 day Chancellor

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

"With great power, comes great responsibility" -Uncle Ben

No disrespect to Peter Parker intended.

Ruclax has only further solidified my drive to be friendly as possible, and also avoid running for government. I had power issues in the past, mostly involving Minister of Defense, so I've seen what it does to oneself.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

The Shah was granted immunity from the law today. One step closer to establishing that cult of personality.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:I hate to break it to you Molly, but James Holden may not have been your actual designer. According to Wikipedia, your actual designer was a guy named F. V. Russell, Holden's Chief Designer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GER_Classes_S46,_D56_and_H88#History

Molly: Yes, so I've heard. I still like to believe Holden designed me, or at least had a role in creating me (creating the first blueprints, devising the general concept, coming up with the wheel configuration, etc.). No offense to F. V. Russell, who I'm sure was a very smart and nice man, but I've heard so many good things about James Holden, and I would really like to believe I was the brainchild of a great man like him. When it comes to looking up to and admiring your designer, Gordon and Spencer have Sir Nigel Gresley, Neville has Oliver Bulleid, and I have James Holden.

Russkov Soviet wrote:"With great power, comes great responsibility" -Uncle Ben

No disrespect to Peter Parker intended.

Ruclax has only further solidified my drive to be friendly as possible, and also avoid running for government. I had power issues in the past, mostly involving Minister of Defense, so I've seen what it does to oneself.

Percy: No kidding. Percyton learned that lesson the hard way, since we had two kings with "power issues", as you put it (James and Diesel). And ever since I became king, I worried that I would develop "power issues" too, which is part of the reason I try to stay humble, to fend off those kinds of feelings.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Molly: Yes, so I've heard. I still like to believe Holden designed me, or at least had a role in creating me (creating the first blueprints, devising the general concept, coming up with the wheel configuration, etc.). No offense to F. V. Russell, who I'm sure was a very smart and nice man, but I've heard so many good things about James Holden, and I would really like to believe I was the brainchild of a great man like him. When it comes to looking up to and admiring your designer, Gordon and Spencer have Sir Nigel Gresley, Neville has Oliver Bulleid, and I have James Holden.

Percy: No kidding. Percyton learned that lesson the hard way, since we had two kings with "power issues", as you put it (James and Diesel). And ever since I became king, I worried that I would develop "power issues" too, which is part of the reason I try to stay humble, to fend off those kinds of feelings.

You've done great. A good King, or Premier in our case, must either be strong and unmoving like the mountain or flow freely like the river.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Unfallious wrote:-snip-

I still remembered the whole thing with Ru's failed conscription drive, plus his excuse that some frat bros "took control" of his account: that was the primary reason I was suspicious when Ru popped back up in the NGA and started to act as the main opposition to Valt in the final days. When Montaris was formed, I only sent a puppet, PK, to the MSR only due to the fact that I wanted to keep close to the community, not out of loyalty to Ru and his monarchy jackoff region-state that he formed.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Percyton wrote:Molly: Yes, so I've heard. I still like to believe Holden designed me, or at least had a role in creating me (creating the first blueprints, devising the general concept, coming up with the wheel configuration, etc.). No offense to F. V. Russell, who I'm sure was a very smart and nice man, but I've heard so many good things about James Holden, and I would really like to believe I was the brainchild of a great man like him. When it comes to looking up to and admiring your designer, Gordon and Spencer have Sir Nigel Gresley, Neville has Oliver Bulleid, and I have James Holden.

Percy: Makes me wish I had a designer like that. Since I was created by an industrial company, I never had a single designer, just the company.

Thomas: Don't worry about it, Percy. Not all designers are these geniuses who are beloved by their creations. Take me, for example, and my designer L. B. Billinton. I'm gonna be honest with you, Billinton wasn't the smartest Locomotive Engineer out there. He may have had a few good designs, but I certainly wasn't one of them! Me and my E2s class siblings were built with too little coal and water capacity, and we rode roughly when pulling passenger trains. We were only good for shunting and short-distance freight trains, and even then, our use was limited and we were eventually replaced (coincidentally, Salty's class the BR Class 07 replaced my class for shunting at Southampton Docks, though despite this, I don't have any hard feelings toward Salty). I'm the only E2 left, and Sir Topham Hatt had to make a lot of changes to me to make me into the Really Useful and versatile engine I am today. What I'm saying is that designers aren't all they're cracked up to be.

Percy: I suppose. Still, it would be nice to have one person I could call my creator, instead of a faceless company.

Russkov Soviet wrote:You've done great. A good King, or Premier in our case, must either be strong and unmoving like the mountain or flow freely like the river.

Thanks, Russ! I do try to be strong, and while I don't always succeed, at least I have my friends and advisers to help me! I don't know where I'd be without them!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Well sure, but the Catholic Church is a religious institution and not the religion itself. Independent Catholics are not beholden to the hierarchy and teachings of the Church, while many other nominal Catholics pick and choose what to believe in from their texts, clergy, and the Pope himself.

Leaves a lot of room to be both religious and LGBT. I went to Catholic school while I was out and, realizing that I was lucky enough to be attending a small-l liberal Catholic school, I never felt that my sexuality clashed with their religion. Maybe with something the Pope or some distant minister somewhere said, but never with the religion as we chose to practice it there.

Catholicism is gay

Nuremgard, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Axeldonia wrote:Catholicism is gay

w o k e

Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Unfallious wrote:i didn't know kal had already summed it up

but yunno there's some extra context in my post about Ru being the 3 day Chancellor

Was it really three days? I felt like he resigned within 24 hours of his decree, following him doubling down on his threat to circumvent the Constitution and then switching the narrative to those wicked frat mates of his.

But maybe it took up to three days for it all to become official. I know I immediately supported (initiated?) an emergency transfer of power to the Vice Chancellor after he informed me (as Chief Justice) that the opinions and ruling of the Court were no lonnger applicable under his leadership. I think he said something along the lines of “you can declare my actions unconstitutional, but I’ll still eject anyone who doesn’t comply with them”.

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Axeldonia wrote:Catholicism is gay

If any religion is gay, we all know that it is unequivocally Zoroastrianism.

Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:If any religion is gay, we all know that it is unequivocally Zoroastrianism.

Even though it explicitly forbids sodomy?

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Even though it explicitly forbids sodomy?

Who are we to judge chastity fetishists?

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Even though it explicitly forbids sodomy?

What religion doesn't?

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Who are we to judge chastity fetishists?

Isn't 'chastity fetish' kinda a contradiction?

Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Was it really three days? I felt like he resigned within 24 hours of his decree, following him doubling down on his threat to circumvent the Constitution and then switching the narrative to those wicked frat mates of his.

But maybe it took up to three days for it all to become official. I know I immediately supported (initiated?) an emergency transfer of power to the Vice Chancellor after he informed me (as Chief Justice) that the opinions and ruling of the Court were no lonnger applicable under his leadership. I think he said something along the lines of “you can declare my actions unconstitutional, but I’ll still eject anyone who doesn’t comply with them”.

I remember the term '3 day Chancellor' being thrown around, but since the CFN RMB has been wiped, I'm unable to be fully sure.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Isn't 'chastity fetish' kinda a contradiction?

Sounds preeeetty judgy there, Jas

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:

Really? So you live near Bristol, where the company's works was? That's cool!

Yeah! A lot of my mates go to university in Bristol and it's about an hour away - I consider it Somerset, but it's its own little county. It's a very cool city, very youthful and lots to do. It is very west country as well

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Yukona wrote:Yeah! A lot of my mates go to university in Bristol and it's about an hour away - I consider it Somerset, but it's its own little county. It's a very cool city, very youthful and lots to do. It is very west country as well

>it's very youthful

Yeah ok Yuk gimme your youth card, you were warned about using these terms

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:i didn't know kal had already summed it up

but yunno there's some extra context in my post about Ru being the 3 day Chancellor

3 Day Chancellor

That I still lost to

What does history say for the man that ran against a tyrant and lost

Chirps are carried off into the wind

"Nothing"

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Sounds preeeetty judgy there, Jas

I apologize if I'm kink-shaming, but unless it's a specific roleplay thing, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Sulania wrote:3 Day Chancellor

That I still lost to

What does history say for the man that ran against a tyrant and lost

Chirps are carried off into the wind

"Nothing"

Nothing to be ashamed of, Sul. We had no idea Ru would be a tyrant back then.

Russkov Soviet, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Unfallious wrote:>it's very youthful

Yeah ok Yuk gimme your youth card, you were warned about using these terms

u know ur in a youthful city when ur in lakota and a bloke offers u ket

Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Jaslandia wrote:I apologize if I'm kink-shaming, but unless it's a specific roleplay thing, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Nothing to be ashamed of, Sul. We had no idea Ru would be a tyrant back then.

And to think I was internet married to him...

*shudders*

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

Au Minbo wrote:And to think I was internet married to him...

*shudders*

*gasps*

I REMEMBER THAT!

*shivers*

Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Au Minbo wrote:And to think I was internet married to him...

*shudders*

Oh yeah. I remember that. I think it's safe to say you two are divorced now.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Au Minbo wrote:And to think I was internet married to him...

*shudders*

And I performed the ceremony...

Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Oh yeah. I remember that. I think it's safe to say you two are divorced now.

We already were when I stepped down as Consort to be, as far as my records say, the last Chancellor of Montaris.

-edit: Ironically it was the only time I held the office of Chancellor. The only other time I was the "highest" ranked person was as Premier of the NGA

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Au Minbo wrote:We already were when I stepped down as Consort to be, as far as my records say, the last Chancellor of Montaris.

-edit: Ironically it was the only time I held the office of Chancellor. The only other time I was the "highest" ranked person was as Premier of the NGA

Do you mean Premier under the Presidium? Because I thought Valt was our only Premier?

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Do you mean Premier under the Presidium? Because I thought Valt was our only Premier?

So, I know I was Premier during the NGA time period. I was Premier from June 17 to July 8 then became leader of the NGA Progressive Party, then Sec. of State for two days before we left the NGA for Montaris.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=au_minbo/detail=factbook/id=437811

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Au Minbo wrote:So, I know I was Premier during the NGA time period. I was Premier from June 17 to July 8 then became leader of the NGA Progressive Party, then Sec. of State for two days before we left the NGA for Montaris.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=au_minbo/detail=factbook/id=437811

Look at Minnie keeping track of all her sh!t. Yaaas Kween!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Unfallious wrote:I remember the term '3 day Chancellor' being thrown around, but since the CFN RMB has been wiped, I'm unable to be fully sure.

Dammit, it’s a shame that region was wiped. The trove that would have been that RMB.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Dammit, it’s a shame that region was wiped. The trove that would have been that RMB.

All those lost posts by Evers 😚😢

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Yukona wrote:Yeah! A lot of my mates go to university in Bristol and it's about an hour away - I consider it Somerset, but it's its own little county. It's a very cool city, very youthful and lots to do. It is very west country as well

That's great! I haven't been to Bristol since I was built, but I'm glad to hear the city is doing well! I would like visit someday, maybe see the site of the old Avonside works, but I'm not sure if they'd let a steam engine into a busy city. I'd probably just go to the nearby heritage railway, the West Somerset Railway, instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Somerset_Railway

Also, you said Bristol is West Country? Does that mean I'm part-West Country?

Duck: *laughs* I don't think you have the accent or the attitude to be West Country, Percy! And from what I understand, I don't think you spent much time in the West Country after you were built. But, you're still an honorary West Country-er to me.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:All those lost posts by Evers 😚😢

I never formally met Everest, but I've heard a lot of good things about him. It would have been nice to see some of his old posts from when he was Chancellor of the region.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Au Minbo wrote:So, I know I was Premier during the NGA time period. I was Premier from June 17 to July 8 then became leader of the NGA Progressive Party, then Sec. of State for two days before we left the NGA for Montaris.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=au_minbo/detail=factbook/id=437811

Ah. Ok. You have must served before the Presidium. For some reason, I thought the Presidium was the only time we used the term 'Premier' for our head of government.

Penguania And Antarctica

Bearlong wrote:Look at Minnie keeping track of all her sh!t. Yaaas Kween!

I love looking at politicans wikipedia pages and seeing their career through politics, which inspired this factbook. I started it sometime during the CFN and it should be accurate.

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Percyton wrote:I never formally met Everest, but I've heard a lot of good things about him. It would have been nice to see some of his old posts from when he was Chancellor of the region.

It's a blessing you never had to meet him.

Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Percyton wrote:That's great! I haven't been to Bristol since I was built, but I'm glad to hear the city is doing well! I would like visit someday, maybe see the site of the old Avonside works, but I'm not sure if they'd let a steam engine into a busy city. I'd probably just go to the nearby heritage railway, the West Somerset Railway, instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Somerset_Railway

Also, you said Bristol is West Country? Does that mean I'm part-West Country?

Duck: *laughs* I don't think you have the accent or the attitude to be West Country, Percy! And from what I understand, I don't think you spent much time in the West Country after you were built. But, you're still an honorary West Country-er to me.

If you're from Bristol you are from the West Country. Good example of the accent is Bill Bailey. I've been on the West Somerset Railway when I went to Dunster (and the lovely castle there, have a look), great views of the countryside and north Somerset coast, but the villages don't have much in them. There's also the famous Great Western Railway (which runs/ran from Bristol)

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Au Minbo wrote:So, I know I was Premier during the NGA time period. I was Premier from June 17 to July 8 then became leader of the NGA Progressive Party, then Sec. of State for two days before we left the NGA for Montaris.

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=au_minbo/detail=factbook/id=437811

oh oh I have one of those!

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=unfallious/detail=factbook/id=530456

Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica

When is the next election?

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Midasia wrote:When is the next election?

*checks dispatch*

Soon.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Midasia wrote:When is the next election?

May 1

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country

Continental Commonwealths wrote:May 1

IS CONT RUNNING AGAIN IN NEXT LECTION YES?

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:It's a blessing you never had to meet him.

Why is that?

Yukona wrote:If you're from Bristol you are from the West Country. Good example of the accent is Bill Bailey. I've been on the West Somerset Railway when I went to Dunster (and the lovely castle there, have a look), great views of the countryside and north Somerset coast, but the villages don't have much in them. There's also the famous Great Western Railway (which runs/ran from Bristol)

So I am West Country? Learn something new every day! And I'm familiar with the West Country accent, since quite a few engines on Sodor have one, and I definitely don't have a West Country accent. Like Duck said, I didn't stay in Bristol long once I was built. But, it's nice to know I'm still West Country despite all that.

Duck: Well, far be it for me to judge your regional identification. Just as long as you're Percytonian first.

Percy: Of course, Duck! I may have been created in the West Country, and I may even be from the West Country, but Percyton is my home!

Percy: And yes, I know all about the Great Western Railway in Bristol. I think Duck talked about it once before actually.

Percyton wrote:

Duck: Bristol! You're going to school in Bristol, Kal? Wonderful! I hope you enjoy yourself, and please tell me what it's like! I remember back on the Great Western, Bristol was one of our most important stations, and our original main line ran between London Paddington and Bristol. I used to shunt coaches for the big engines at Paddington, and those big engines would go to Bristol all the time, and tell me how great it was! All those fancy Castles and Kings going on journeys to faraway places. I wish--

Hank: Uh, Duck?

Duck: Yes, Hank?

Hank: You're thinking of Bristol in England. Kal is American, so he's probably talking about a place in America. I'm guessing Kal is talking about Bristol Community College in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Duck: Oh. That's a shame.

Hank: It's a nice area, from what I've heard. My Driver's cousin from my Pennsylvania Railroad days lived in Fall River, though he never went to Bristol, since I had already been retired by the PRR by the time Bristol was established.

Duck: Yes, I'm sure that Bristol is nice and all, but nothing could compare to the real Bristol. Or, so I've heard at least; I've never actually been there. You should go there too, Kal.

Duck: Ah yes, Bristol. Never been, but I hear it's a lovely place, and back when I worked at Paddington, I would always hear the bigger engines saying how wonderful Bristol was. From my point of view, any Great Western city, especially a city that was important to the GWR as Bristol, is a good city. And as for the West Somerset Railway, I would love to visit there someday. I think I would really enjoy it, since their steam engines are mostly from the GWR like myself. Plus, it's the longest standard-gauge heritage railway in Britain, and I do like a nice long run.

Percy: So, West Somerset is mostly a Great Western heritage railway? I wonder if any of them know Trojan. He's my cousin who worked on the GWR. I only met him briefly once, and since we never worked together (he was working at docks and on the Great Western, while I worked in various factories and other industrial places), I never really got a chance to know him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_No._1340_Trojan

Duck: They might know him, Percy, though I'm not sure how many would know him, since he never went very far along the line. Plus, Trojan is at the Didcot Railway Centre now, so you would probably have better luck there if you want to find out about Trojan.

Percy: Didcot. I've heard of that place. Another place I'll have to visit sometime. I wonder if Sir Topham Hatt would let me tag-along with a Day Out with Thomas event there?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country

Percyton wrote:Why is that?

Personally? I don't get the hype surrounding him. He wasn't a very nice individual really, and he was a fairly mediocre government official.

Objectively? He was complicit in the corruption of the CFN Supreme Court and, while not orchestrating or carrying out the dirty work of this corruption, he used it to silence a political opponent.

Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Jaslandia wrote:

Welcome to the region! We look forward to having you here and establishing formal relations between our two regions!

Percyton wrote:I almost forget to welcome you! Welcome to the CoFN, Mr. Ambassador! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!

Thanks!

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Kalaron wrote:I'll sum it up.

In the Commonwealth of Free Nations, we had a good life. People were friendly, stood up for each other and fights were generally handled quickly and effectively by a constabulary force. There were occasional bursts of childish fighting -or really just childishness in general- but it was all handled and resolved generally.

Our founder, Silver, promptly started to go inactive. We had a vote and decided that the best course of action was to replace him as Founder with a member named Unf. Suffice to say Silver really didn't like Unf so after a long hold out period Silver accepted the people's choice and promptly double crossed us by Banjection.

We then went to the NGA and were little worse for the wear, there was a touch of strain but it would heal quickly and we were generally happy.

Unfortunately, there was a bit of a stir-up here. A member we had named Valt became abusive -and dare I say, malignant- towards members like Sulania (Who was premier at the time) by attempting to convince him to leave and then publicly calling him out to "speak" in front of a crowd. Manipulating messages or outright fabricating them in an attempt to break friendships, and plenty of terrible things that gradually broke a divide in our region.

Unfortunately, this divide happened on Discord, so it propagated out for months due to members being both disbelieving of such a change, uninformed of his actions, more baleful of Discord itself and ultimately untouched by it's effects. Ruclax came back near the end and was able to become an official in government. He promptly got flak from Valt and Unf (Unf had become our founder and was, in his own words, mislead by Valt) on his choice of supreme court members (And I'm not afraid to say that I was that contentious pick) after Valt basically asked the cabinet to vote "no" on the choice due to me nad him having animosity between us due to his treatment of others.

Ru was able to ride that back into the good graces of most of the region and submitted a document basically declaring that we were leaving. We formed Montaris (Which was supposed to have a puppet founder) and moved with most of the region coming with us.

Montaris was a screw up, of course, because Ru promptly decided that he didn't need to "just" be a figurehead of a founder. So, months after we'd moved he tried to exert it when Merc annoyed him. Montaris tires me so I'll write more on it later.

Unfallious wrote:Hi, I wasn't present for the Montaris stage in this community's lifetime, but I am like the second oldest member of the community by involvement. Ruclax has had a history in the region. Back in around 2015 when we were the Commonwealth of Free Nations, Ruclax served as the shortest Chancellor we ever had after he immediately broke the law and the constitution by trying to implement regional conscription and issue decrees in his plan to turn the Commonwealth into his little Empire. He was dismissed in 3 days. However, many people in the region either don't remember this or weren't around when it went down, so overtime Ruclax's actions were forgotten. Then, when the NGA began to splinter and collapse, Ruclax stepped up as the founder of Montaris which became the community's next location. As I said, I wasn't around for that whole period, but from what I understand Ruclax exceeded his role as a constitutional monarch, culminating in him expelling Mercunova from the region and dismantling the democratic institutions there. That's when people moved over from there to the Confederacy and Ruclax earned his reputation for being a power-hungry individual.

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Wow, I didn't realize y'all had that much history together. Thanks for summing it up.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Driselbian Ambassador No 1 wrote:Thanks!

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Wow, I didn't realize y'all had that much history together. Thanks for summing it up.

Welcome!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

RIP Barbara Bush

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Driselbian Ambassador No 1

Percyton wrote:

Percy: So, West Somerset is mostly a Great Western heritage railway? I wonder if any of them know Trojan. He's my cousin who worked on the GWR. I only met him briefly once, and since we never worked together (he was working at docks and on the Great Western, while I worked in various factories and other industrial places), I never really got a chance to know him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_No._1340_Trojan

Duck: They might know him, Percy, though I'm not sure how many would know him, since he never went very far along the line. Plus, Trojan is at the Didcot Railway Centre now, so you would probably have better luck there if you want to find out about Trojan.

Percy: Didcot. I've heard of that place. Another place I'll have to visit sometime. I wonder if Sir Topham Hatt would let me tag-along with a Day Out with Thomas event there?

Though, if you want to actually meet Trojan, you're gonna have to wait Percy. It looks like Trojan is undergoing an overhaul right now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didcot_Railway_Centre#Steam_Locomotives

http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/locos/1340/1340.html

Unfallious wrote:Personally? I don't get the hype surrounding him. He wasn't a very nice individual really, and he was a fairly mediocre government official.

Objectively? He was complicit in the corruption of the CFN Supreme Court and, while not orchestrating or carrying out the dirty work of this corruption, he used it to silence a political opponent.

I see. I know Everest went inactive in the middle of his term, and we had to initiate a sort of emergency line of succession, so I'll fault him for that. As for the Supreme Court thing, I vaguely remember that, but it's been so long that I don't really remember the details.

Au Minbo wrote:RIP Barbara Bush

Rest in peace, Mrs. Bush.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Unfallious wrote:Personally? I don't get the hype surrounding him. He wasn't a very nice individual really, and he was a fairly mediocre government official.

Objectively? He was complicit in the corruption of the CFN Supreme Court and, while not orchestrating or carrying out the dirty work of this corruption, he used it to silence a political opponent.

Oh. I didn't know that.

Au Minbo wrote:RIP Barbara Bush

Oh dear! My condolences to her family! Thomas wanted me to post this:

"On behalf of the State of Percyton, we'd like to express our heartfelt condolences on the death of former United States First Lady Barbara Bush. Mrs. Bush was a smart and thoughtful woman, who devoted her life to worthy causes. The White House was much improved by her presence, and we are glad she was able to live a full and fulfilling life. In honor of Barbara Bush, flags on all national government buildings will be lowered to half-staff for 24 hours starting tomorrow. May she rest in peace."

Jaslandia wrote:Though, if you want to actually meet Trojan, you're gonna have to wait Percy. It looks like Trojan is undergoing an overhaul right now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didcot_Railway_Centre#Steam_Locomotives

http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/locos/1340/1340.html

Oh, I forgot about that. Well, an engine like him certainly deserves a good overhaul, so I can't blame him for that. Hopefully Didcot will finish his overhaul soon, so he can go back into service and show the world what saddle tank engines can do! In the meantime, I wish Trojan all the best, and I look forward to when his overhaul is finished.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:Personally? I don't get the hype surrounding him. He wasn't a very nice individual really, and he was a fairly mediocre government official.

Objectively? He was complicit in the corruption of the CFN Supreme Court and, while not orchestrating or carrying out the dirty work of this corruption, he used it to silence a political opponent.

But a fox to boot!

Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Oh. I didn't know that.
Don’t listen to him, Perc. The truth is that back in the day our region only allowed one Englishman in at a time.

Naturally, a bitter rivalry sparked between our two Anglo residents, and soooomeone just can’t give up the grudge.

We’ve since relaxed our one-in-one-out Englishman policy, but- *eyes Unf*- we haven’t closed the book on whether to bring it back just yet.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Don’t listen to him, Perc. The truth is that back in the day our region only allowed one Englishman in at a time.

Naturally, a bitter rivalry sparked between our two Anglo residents, and soooomeone just can’t give up the grudge.

We’ve since relaxed our one-in-one-out Englishman policy, but- *eyes Unf*- we haven’t closed the book on whether to bring it back just yet.

Oh. I'm kinda English. Would I be affected by this rule too?

Thomas: If you are, I'm gonna fight it for you! ContComm said 'Englishman', and you're not a man. You're a steam engine!

Percy: Hmm, that's true.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:I remember the term '3 day Chancellor' being thrown around, but since the CFN RMB has been wiped, I'm unable to be fully sure.

The CFN RMB being wiped is very good for me.

Penguania And Antarctica

Decided to democratise in New Salvatore.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The West Country

Gualimole wrote:The CFN RMB being wiped is very good for me.

Lol, we still have our memories

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JJszWo8Aow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwJg6cKSpUo

For all you Brits out there on this early summer afternoon

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

I hope the Scottish and Welsh governments win this court battle against the UK government over the power-grab. I fear for the devolution settlement. But since it's going to the British Supreme Court, I think the result is a foregone conclusion.

Sulania wrote:Lol, we still have our memories

Memories of what? Are these memories false memories and mere delusions implanted into your head as a means of forgetting about the fact that Gina Haspel tortured you in one of her black sites in Poland? Do you come from an alternate dimension where that version of me said and did some pretty sh!tty things?

Nuremgard wrote:I hope the Scottish and Welsh governments win this court battle against the UK government over the power-grab. I fear for the devolution settlement. But since it's going to the British Supreme Court, I think the result is a foregone conclusion.

Are you some kind of accelerationist? You would probably prefer a devolved UK over what we have now, but you would rather upend the system and you know that evolving it might mean that your ultimate political goals may never be achieved.

Gualimole wrote:Memories of what? Are these memories false memories and mere delusions implanted into your head as a means of forgetting about the fact that Gina Haspel tortured you in one of her black sites in Poland? Do you come from an alternate dimension where that version of me said and did some pretty sh!tty things?

wat

Nuremgard

Gualimole wrote:Are you some kind of accelerationist? You would probably prefer a devolved UK over what we have now, but you would rather upend the system and you know that evolving it might mean that your ultimate political goals may never be achieved.

The UK are trying to take AWAY devolved powers. If anything it’s bolstering independence.

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Mercunova

Gualimole wrote:Are you some kind of accelerationist? You would probably prefer a devolved UK over what we have now, but you would rather upend the system and you know that evolving it might mean that your ultimate political goals may never be achieved.

Polls consistently show that the majority of Scots support devo-max, i.e. controlling all policy areas except a select few such as defence and foreign relations. This is why David Cameron refused to put the option on the ballot paper in 2014. He knew it would win over independence. So he made it a choice between independence and the status quo.

A fully devolved UK would definitely be better. And while I would still support full independence, I could live with a fully devolved UK.

Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia

Nuremgard wrote:Polls consistently show that the majority of Scots support devo-max, i.e. controlling all policy areas except a select few such as defence and foreign relations. This is why David Cameron refused to put the option on the ballot paper in 2014. He knew it would win over independence. So he made it a choice between independence and the status quo.

A fully devolved UK would definitely be better. And while I would still support full independence, I could live with a fully devolved UK.

Same tbh. A federal UK would be the dream, with devo-max a close second.

Nuremgard, Mercunova, The West Country

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