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Excellent!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

"The Kulaks deserved it!"

-6th Grade Stalinist Fried

/s

Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica

I just realized, my scientific advancement is terrible

Nuremgard, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:I just realized, my scientific advancement is terrible

> Is Ancap

> Literally has a slaving issue

WeLl I wOnDeR wHy?!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica, The Wyoming Peoples Front, Spanelsko

Andromitus wrote:> Is Ancap

> Literally has a slaving issue

WeLl I wOnDeR wHy?!

Do not question the invisible hand of the free market or you will suffer in a debtors' prison while your child is being sold on the market!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuova Constidor wrote:Do not question the invisible hand of the free market or you will suffer in a debtors' prison while your child is being sold on the market!

In quoting my work without my permission, you breach the NAP and I have full right to blast you into the fµcking sky on a cruise missile

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Andromitus wrote:In quoting my work without my permission, you breach the NAP and I have full right to blast you into the fµcking sky on a cruise missile

You have also breached the NAP by quoting my work without my permission, so the invisible hand of the free market will have to violently fist you. It's self-defense!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:I can ship by rail to the coast if we can get one of the coastal nation's to handle the overseas shipping.

The Port of Baltimore is more than able to handle it.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, The Wyoming Peoples Front

Andromitus wrote:In quoting my work without my permission, you breach the NAP and I have full right to blast you into the fµcking sky on a cruise missile

Nuova Constidor wrote:You have also breached the NAP by quoting my work without my permission, so the invisible hand of the free market will have to violently fist you. It's self-defense!

Your arguments have breached the NAP by disturbing my browsing, so prepare to be haunted by the ghost of Adam Smith rhythmically chanting 'laissez-faire' for the rest of your days!

Nuremgard, Axeldonia

Jaslandia wrote:Your arguments have breached the NAP by disturbing my browsing, so prepare to be haunted by the ghost of Adam Smith rhythmically chanting 'laissez-faire' for the rest of your days!

GOD NO, ANYTHING BUT THAT; PLEASE JAS I'LL REGAIN MY FAITH, ANYTHINGGGG

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia

Jaslandia wrote:Your arguments have breached the NAP by disturbing my browsing, so prepare to be haunted by the ghost of Adam Smith rhythmically chanting 'laissez-faire' for the rest of your days!

To go on a serious tangent, the current employer-employee relationship we have now is something that Adam Smith and his fellow early capitalists were against. They sought capitalism as a way to make craftsmen independent from the shackles of feudalism and promoted the growth of small enterprise and even commended the work of workers' cooperatives. But industrialization came along and wiped out most independent professions as the working man worked in factories under an employer, creating a capitalism that was much closer to feudalism than Adam Smith envisioned.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Friedensreich

Andromitus wrote:GOD NO, ANYTHING BUT THAT; PLEASE JAS I'LL REGAIN MY FAITH, ANYTHINGGGG

Repent, sinner! Say 10 prayers to Adam Smith and his archangel Milton Friedman, while facing your nearest Walmart.

Nuova Constidor wrote:To go on a serious tangent, the current employer-employee relationship we have now is something that Adam Smith and his fellow early capitalists were against. They sought capitalism as a way to make craftsmen independent from the shackles of feudalism and promoted the growth of small enterprise and even commended the work of workers' cooperatives. But industrialization came along and wiped out most independent professions as the working man worked in factories under an employer, creating a capitalism that was much closer to feudalism than Adam Smith envisioned.

Smith was an economist, not a psychic. He had no way to know about multinational corporations, labor laws, unionizing, etc. There were some exceptions (like the British East India Company, perhaps the first modern corporation), but for the most part, this was what capitalism looked like in his day:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putting-out_system

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Nuova Constidor

Jaslandia wrote:Smith was an economist, not a psychic. He had no way to know about multinational corporations, labor laws, unionizing, etc. There were some exceptions (like the British East India Company, perhaps the first modern corporation), but for the most part, this was what capitalism looked like in his day:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putting-out_system

I am not holding Smith to an unreasonable standard here. I am just pointing out that capitalism today is not the capitalism that he advocated for. He had no way to predict how capitalism would evolve. He's only human.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Mercunova wrote:The Port of Baltimore is more than able to handle it.

Thanks, Merc!

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:I just realized, my scientific advancement is terrible

Sorry to hear that, Wyoming. Percyton has a fairly strong IT industry, and we have a significant scientific community (a lot of them here to study our sentient vehicles), so we could help you out with some technologies and advisers.

Rosie: So long as your country is stable enough to house those advisers and their laboratories and research centers, of course.

Percy: Oh, and that's Rosie, my Science and Technology Minister!

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuova Constidor wrote:I am not holding Smith to an unreasonable standard here. I am just pointing out that capitalism today is not the capitalism that he advocated for. He had no way to predict how capitalism would evolve. He's only human.

Fair enough. You're not wrong. To be honest, I think everyone whose ever had and ever will have their idea enacted into practice will have that idea expanded and changed far beyond what they imagined. I mean, just look at the people who wrote of the U.S. Constitution: They never could have imagined the power the federal government has today, or how much power and influence the President has.

Nuremgard, The Wyoming Peoples Front, Nuova Constidor

Jaslandia wrote:Fair enough. You're not wrong. To be honest, I think everyone whose ever had and ever will have their idea enacted into practice will have that idea expanded and changed far beyond what they imagined. I mean, just look at the people who wrote of the U.S. Constitution: They never could have imagined the power the federal government has today, or how much power and influence the President has.

And that is a double edged sword as while some changes are for appropriate adaptive purposes, other changes simply work for the disservice of the ideals that the original visionaries built upon. But even with that risk in mind, not having room for the modification of something someone built upon will eventually turn out to be the death of that idea or physical object.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Posted my WIP Medieval app on the forums.

Ludania, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Nuova Constidor wrote:"The Kulaks deserved it!"

-6th Grade Stalinist Fried

/s

Yep yep! Well, switch out Kulaks with Polacks and you got me in 6th grade.

What a shamefur dispray.... now I like to say I graduated from having an unexplainable bone for Russland (god, this was 2009 or so, so that whole war with georgia thing was happening/just wrapped up too) and the Soviets and on to China and the Maoist Chinese.

Jaslandia wrote:Fair enough. You're not wrong. To be honest, I think everyone whose ever had and ever will have their idea enacted into practice will have that idea expanded and changed far beyond what they imagined. I mean, just look at the people who wrote of the U.S. Constitution: They never could have imagined the power the federal government has today, or how much power and influence the President has.

Eh, they knew the Constitution was giving an unpopular and worrying amount of power to the federal government even before its adoption.

The likes of Madison and Hamilton wrote papers (Federalist 10, for example) in favor of the new Constitution and published them in newspapers under pseudonyms so that the populace wouldn’t question the credibility and honesty of the arguments in them.(<— Actual fake news Donny, take a lesson from these guys, not Papa Putin)

In addition, they lowered the ratification requirements from unanimous adoption from each state under the Articles to only requiring 9, knowing that the Constitution would strongly centralize the power of the federal government and take away power from the states.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Friedensreich wrote:Eh, they knew the Constitution was giving an unpopular and worrying amount of power to the federal government even before its adoption.

The likes of Madison and Hamilton wrote papers (Federalist 10, for example) in favor of the new Constitution and published them in newspapers under pseudonyms so that the populace wouldn’t question the credibility and honesty of the arguments in them.(<— Actual fake news Donny, take a lesson from these guys, not Papa Putin)

In addition, they lowered the ratification requirements from unanimous adoption from each state under the Articles to only requiring 9, knowing that the Constitution would strongly centralize the power of the federal government and take away power from the states.

Oh sure, the Founders were expanding the powers of the federal government and they knew it, but only in comparison to the Articles of Confederation and the colonial governments. The last thing the Founders wanted was an extremely strong federal government like Britain, and they certainly didn't want or expect the massive federal government and its associated bureaucracy we have today. Heck, I don't think our current federal government would even be possible back then, since the organizational and communication technologies that make the current federal government run didn't exist back then.

Nuremgard

Nuova Constidor wrote:To go on a serious tangent, the current employer-employee relationship we have now is something that Adam Smith and his fellow early capitalists were against. They sought capitalism as a way to make craftsmen independent from the shackles of feudalism and promoted the growth of small enterprise and even commended the work of workers' cooperatives. But industrialization came along and wiped out most independent professions as the working man worked in factories under an employer, creating a capitalism that was much closer to feudalism than Adam Smith envisioned.

“The Bourgeoisie, wherever it has got the upper hand, has put an end to all feudal, patriarchal, idyllic relations. It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his ‘natural superiors’, and had left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous ‘cash payment’.”

”The Bourgeoisie has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto honoured and looked up to with reverent awe. It has converted the physician, the lawyer, the priest, the poet, the man of Science, into its paid wage-labourers. The Bourgeoisie has torn away from the family it’s sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation.”

Bringing in those Commie Manifesto quotes mang

Nuremgard, Nuova Constidor

Friedensreich wrote:Yep yep! Well, switch out Kulaks with Polacks and you got me in 6th grade.

What a shamefur dispray.... now I like to say I graduated from having an unexplainable bone for Russland (god, this was 2009 or so, so that whole war with georgia thing was happening/just wrapped up too) and the Soviets and on to China and the Maoist Chinese.

Why did you hate the Polish people?

Percyton

General best colour combination for a flag, go

Russkov Soviet

[spoiler=Yesterday was October 9 and yesterday were:]

Yesterday was October 9 and yesterday were:

- Beer and Pizza Day

- Columbus Day (United States)

- Curious Events Day

- Fire Prevention Day (Canada, United States)

- Hangul Day (South Korea)

- Independence Day (Uganda)

- Independence of Guayaquil (Equador)

- Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway)

- National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust (Romania)

- National Kick Butt Day (United States)

- National Moldy Cheese Day (United States)

- National Nanotechnology Day (United States)

- National Online Bank Day (United States)

- National Pro-Life Cupcake Day (United States)

- Native American Day (United States)

- Takayama Autumn Festival (Takayama, Japan)

- World Post Day

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[spoiler=Yesterday in history:]

Yesterday in history:

- 768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.

- 1238 – James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.

- 1264 – The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez, which had been under Muslim occupation since 711.

- 1410 – The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.

- 1446 – The hangul alphabet is published in Korea.

- 1514 – Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor.

- 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

- 1594 – The army of the Portuguese Empire is annihilated by the Kingdom of Kandy on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.

- 1604 – Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.

- 1635 – Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he speaks out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.

- 1701 – The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

- 1708 – Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

- 1740 – Dutch colonists and various slave groups begin massacring ethnic Chinese in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000 and leading to a two-year-long war throughout Java.

- 1760 – Seven Years' War: Russian forces occupy Berlin.

- 1790 – An earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme) causing severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea. Three-thousand people were killed.

- 1799 – Sinking of HMS Lutine with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.

- 1804 – Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.

- 1806 – Prussia begins the War of the Fourth Coalition against France.

- 1812 – War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.

- 1820 – Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.

- 1824 – Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.

- 1831 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece is assassinated.

- 1834 – Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.

- 1847 – Slavery is abolished in Saint Barthélemy and all remaining slaves are freed.

- 1854 – Crimean War: The siege of Sebastopol begins.

- 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa Island: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.

- 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Tom's Brook: Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.

- 1873 – A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.

- 1874 – General Postal Union is created as a result of the Treaty of Bern.

- 1900 – The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.

- 1907 – Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.

- 1911 – An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire

- 1913 – The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.

- 1914 – World War I: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops.

- 1919 – Black Sox Scandal: The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series.

- 1934 – Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France.

- 1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles.

- 1940 – World War II: Battle of Britain: During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb.

- 1941 – A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.

- 1942 – Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy.

- 1942 – The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment.

- 1950 – Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre started.

- 1962 – Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.

- 1963 – In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.

- 1966 – Vietnam War: Binh Tai Massacre

- 1967 – A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.

- 1969 – In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the "Chicago Eight" that began on September 24.

- 1970 – The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.

- 1980 – Pope John Paul II shakes hands with the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.

- 1981 – Abolition of capital punishment in France.

- 1983 – Rangoon bombing: Attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and injures 17 others. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast.

- 1995 – An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.

- 2003 – Mission: Space opens to the public in the Epcot park at Walt Disney World. The opening ceremony included several astronauts from all eras of space exploration.

- 2006 – North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.

- 2009 – First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.

- 2012 – Members of the Pakistani Taliban make a failed attempt to assassinate an outspoken schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1757 – Charles X of France

- 1835 – Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer and conductor

- 1846 – Julius Maggi, Swiss entrepreneur

- 1852 – Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1859 – Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel

- 1879 – Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1888 – Nikolai Bukharin, Russian journalist and politician

- 1892 – Ivo Andrić, Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1906 – Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician, 1st President of Senegal

- 1938 – Heinz Fischer, Austrian academic and politician, 11th President of Austria

- 1940 – John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Beatles, The Quarrymen, Plastic Ono Band, and The Dirty Mac)

- 1947 – France Gall, French singer

- 1950 – Jody Williams, American academic and activist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1953 – Tony Shalhoub, American actor and producer

- 1964 – Guillermo del Toro, Mexican-American director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1966 – David Cameron, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

- 1969 – PJ Harvey, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

- 1970 – Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer and architect

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Quote of yesterday

In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

- Lee Iacocca -

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

Jaslandia, Kalaron, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton

Moldegaard wrote:General best colour combination for a flag, go

Orange, and anything. https://i.imgur.com/J4HZ36K.png

Percyton

Tserra wrote:Orange, and anything. https://i.imgur.com/J4HZ36K.png

Yet you still ditched that motherf*cking flag :p

Percyton

[spoiler=Today is October 10 and today are:]

Today is October 10 and today are:

- Arbor Day (Poland)

- Army Day (Sri Lanka)

- Capital Liberation Day (Vietnam)

- Curaçao Day (Curaçao)

- Day of the Maroons (Suriname)

- Double Ten Day or National Day (Taiwan)

- Face Your Fears Day

- Fiji Day (Fiji)

- Finnish Literature Day (Finland)

- Hug A Drummer Day

- Independence Day (Cuba)

- National Angel Food Cake Day (United States)

- National Cake Decorating Day (United States)

- National Handbag Day (United States)

- Party Foundation Day (North Korea)

- SHIFT10 Day

- World Homeless Day

- World Mental Health Day

- World Porridge Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 680 – Battle of Karbala: Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, is decapitated by forces under Caliph Yazid I. This is commemorated by Muslims as Aashurah.

- 732 – Battle of Tours: A force commanded by Charles Martel defeats an army of the Umayyad Caliphate between Poitiers and Tours in western France.

- 1471 – Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.

- 1575 – Roman Catholic forces under Henry I, Duke of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others.

- 1580 – Over 600 Papal troops land at Dún an Óir, Ireland to support the Second Desmond Rebellion.

- 1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

- 1631 – An Electorate of Saxony army takes over Prague.

- 1760 – In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy.

- 1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.

- 1845 – In Annapolis, Maryland, the Naval School (later renamed the United States Naval Academy) opens with 50 midshipman students and seven professors.

- 1846 – Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, is discovered by English astronomer William Lassell.

- 1868 – Carlos Céspedes issues the Grito de Yara from his plantation, La Demajagua, proclaiming Cuba's independence

- 1871 – Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8 to October 10.

- 1897 – German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).

- 1903 – The Women's Social and Political Union was founded by Emmeline Pankhurst

- 1911 – The Wuchang Uprising leads to the demise of the Qing dynasty, the last Imperial court in China, and the founding of the Republic of China.

- 1913 – United States President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, ending construction on the Panama Canal.

- 1920 – The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.

- 1928 – Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

- 1933 – United Airlines Boeing 247 mid-air explosion: A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

- 1935 – A coup d'état by the royalist leadership of the Greek Armed Forces takes place in Athens. It overthrows the government of Panagis Tsaldaris and establishes a regency under Georgios Kondylis, effectively ending the Second Hellenic Republic.

- 1938 – The Munich Agreement cedes the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany.

- 1945 – The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang signed a principle agreement in Chongqing about the future of post-war China. Later, the pact is commonly referred to as the Double Tenth Agreement.

- 1953 – A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.

- 1957 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant.

- 1957 – The Windscale fire in Cumbria, U.K. is the world's first major nuclear accident.

- 1963 – France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.

- 1963 – The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty comes into effect.

- 1964 – The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary satellite.

- 1967 – The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force.

- 1970 – Fiji becomes independent.

- 1970 – In Montreal, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.

- 1971 – Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

- 1973 – Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

- 1975 – Papua New Guinea joins the United Nations.

- 1980 – The 7.1 Mw El Asnam earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme); at least 2,633 people were killed and 8,369 were injured.

- 1980 – FMLN is founded in El Salvador.

- 1985 – United States Navy F-14 fighter jets intercept an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise ship, and force it to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where they are arrested.

- 1986 – The 5.7 Mw San Salvador earthquake shook San Salvador, El Salvador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Up to 1,500 people were killed.

- 1997 – An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 crashes and explodes near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, killing 74.

- 1998 – A Lignes Aériennes Congolaises Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 41 people.

- 2009 – Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich, Switzerland to open their borders.

- 2010 – The Netherlands Antilles are dissolved as a country.

- 2015 – Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara near the main train station leave at least 102 people dead and over 400 wounded.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 867 - Li Siyuan, Chinese emperor

- 1731 - Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher

- 1813 - Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer and philanthropist

- 1825 - Paul Kruger, South African soldier and politician, 5th President of the South African Republic

- 1861 - Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1900 - Helen Hayes, American actress

- 1901 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter

- 1913 - Claude Simon, Malagasy-French author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1920 - Gail Halvorsen, US Air Force pilot, aka 'Berlin Candy Bomber'

- 1930 - Harold Pinter, English actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1930 - Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1936 - Gerhard Ertl, German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1969 - Brett Favre, American football player

- 1979 - Mýa, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress

- 1991 - Xherdan Shaqiri, Swiss footballer

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Quote of the day

The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.

- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -

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

Jaslandia, Tserra, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Yet you still ditched that motherf*cking flag :p

You know, I have been debating for a while now about bringing it back. I never changed it because I grew tired of it. I simply wanted a new flag to show a stark contrast between before and after the coup. Now that its solidly established that Netz is indeed the Empress, and the old system is defunct, I may bring it back.

Jaslandia, Kalaron, Percyton

Moldegaard wrote:General best colour combination for a flag, go

The obvious answer is red, white, and black.

Moldegaard wrote:General best colour combination for a flag, go

Eh...

I like mine. Doesn't matter if it's the best color combo or not xD

Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuova Constidor wrote:To go on a serious tangent, the current employer-employee relationship we have now is something that Adam Smith and his fellow early capitalists were against. They sought capitalism as a way to make craftsmen independent from the shackles of feudalism and promoted the growth of small enterprise and even commended the work of workers' cooperatives. But industrialization came along and wiped out most independent professions as the working man worked in factories under an employer, creating a capitalism that was much closer to feudalism than Adam Smith envisioned.

It wasn't until I really looked at Smith that I found out he's not as rabidly free market as conservatives make him out to be.

Moldegaard wrote:General best colour combination for a flag, go

I'd say it depends, I personally like the combination of Sky Blue, Gold/Dark gold, and Black

Moldegaard

Post self-deleted by Andromitus.

Tserra wrote:You know, I have been debating for a while now about bringing it back. I never changed it because I grew tired of it. I simply wanted a new flag to show a stark contrast between before and after the coup. Now that its solidly established that Netz is indeed the Empress, and the old system is defunct, I may bring it back.

You could relegate one of the flags as an imperial flag, used only by the national leader.

Jaslandia, Percyton

I am going to make a new flag later tonight.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:I am going to make a new flag later tonight.

Got any ideas for the new flag?

Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica

Merc told me about your accident. I'm glad to hear you're okay.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Penguania And Antarctica

Merc told me about your accident. I'm glad to hear you're okay.

Yeah, I'm doing alright. I was at the doctor today because of neck pain and headache but it's just overstreched tendons and muscles. They will recover without treatment. Tho I got a doctor's certificate and have to stay home till Thursday.

The car is a total loss tho. Yesterday (when the accident happened) I had it registered for just 2 month and 2 days. I was glad that I was able to find a cheap (price, not state) that's in good shape back then. Now I can look for a new one. :/

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Got any ideas for the new flag?

Probably similar to the one I have but featuring a family of survivalists instead of the minute man

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Yeah, I'm doing alright. I was at the doctor today because of neck pain and headache but it's just overstreched tendons and muscles. They will recover without treatment. Tho I got a doctor's certificate and have to stay home till Thursday.

The car is a total loss tho. Yesterday (when the accident happened) I had it registered for just 2 month and 2 days. I was glad that I was able to find a cheap (price, not state) that's in good shape back then. Now I can look for a new one. :/

Sorry to hear about your car. :(

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:Probably similar to the one I have but featuring a family of survivalists instead of the minute man

That's cool.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Wyoming Peoples Front

Nuremgard wrote:Sorry to hear about your car. :(

My family seems to be accursed:

- My older brothers first car just lasted a couple months and then he had an accident. Was a total-loss.

- My older sister had her first car just half a year or so and then had an accident. It was repairable.

- Now I have an accident with my first car after 2 months. Total loss.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:My family seems to be accursed:

- My older brothers first car just lasted a couple months and then he had an accident. Was a total-loss.

- My older sister had her first car just half a year or so and then had an accident. It was repairable.

- Now I have an accident with my first car after 2 months. Total loss.

Bloody hell that's weird.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:My family seems to be accursed:

- My older brothers first car just lasted a couple months and then he had an accident. Was a total-loss.

- My older sister had her first car just half a year or so and then had an accident. It was repairable.

- Now I have an accident with my first car after 2 months. Total loss.

*enters trance and starts speaking with a creepy voice*

The car gods have cursed your family. No one shall keep their first car for more than a year.

*returns to normal*

Did you guys hear anything?

Penguania And Antarctica

I allow people to watch executions in Valyria and it's tourism goes up...

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Has anyone gotten the Coup d'Etat issue?

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Minnesota Dakota wrote:Has anyone gotten the Coup d'Etat issue?

Is that the one in which your leader goes abroad on official business and terrorists take government workers hostage?

Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- Leif Erikson Day (United States, Iceland and Norway)

https://youtu.be/JXHIbT2fud8

Nuremgard wrote:I allow people to watch executions in Valyria and it's tourism goes up...

Makes sense to me. Those tourists are likely coming from countries where they don't have public executions, so now they're coming to Valyria to watch a public execution for the first time.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Is that the one in which your leader goes abroad on official business and terrorists take government workers hostage?

Yep.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Minnesota Dakota wrote:Yep.

What did you do? I got that issue in Scotland it obliterated my government spending.

Jaslandia wrote:https://youtu.be/JXHIbT2fud8

Makes sense to me. Those tourists are likely coming from countries where they don't have public executions, so now they're coming to Valyria to watch a public execution for the first time.

Valyria is not a nice place lol

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:What did you do? I got that issue in Scotland it obliterated my government spending.

Valyria is not a nice place lol

I haven't gotten the issue, I was just wondering.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Minnesota Dakota wrote:I haven't gotten the issue, I was just wondering.

Whatever you do, don't choose the "let's start over" option as it will destroy your government spending.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Whatever you do, don't choose the "let's start over" option as it will destroy your government spending.

What option is that?

Penguania And Antarctica

Minnesota Dakota wrote:What option is that?

I don't remember exactly but it has words to the effect of starting over.

Penguania And Antarctica

Hm... So this region has laws regarding nuclear weapons correct?

Are there any other conventions of war I should known about?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Minnesota Dakota wrote:*enters trance and starts speaking with a creepy voice*

The car gods have cursed your family. No one shall keep their first car for more than a year.

*returns to normal*

Did you guys hear anything?

How are you doing?

Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:Hm... So this region has laws regarding nuclear weapons correct?

Are there any other conventions of war I should known about?

Not an RP mod, but as far as I'm aware, the only conventions of war here are: No nukes, and no godmodding/unrealistic RPing.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How are you doing?

I am fine, how are you?

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:Hm... So this region has laws regarding nuclear weapons correct?

Are there any other conventions of war I should known about?

I will let our actual RP mods chime in on anything extra, but regarding the map there are 3 rules.

1. Because not everyone will always have the time to commit to RP, and the like, at any given moment it would be unfair for them to lose territory or otherwise simply by not being as active as someone else, all wars must be given consent to.

2. It is against the rules to attack through or from within neutral nations, or unclaimed territory. It is technically possible for you to attack over neutral, and unclaimed territory via the air, but unless it can be shown that your aircraft could indeed have made the journey to and fro, its still a bit of a no-no. There is a good reason for Rule #2, that I can explain in further detail if needed.

3. It is against the rules to attack, or annex unclaimed territory without the consent of the Cartographer(me).

Jaslandia, Kalaron

Apparently Putin once said of the USSR, "whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. But he who wishes to bring it back has no brain."

Axeldonia, Confederal States

Nuremgard wrote:Apparently Putin once said of the USSR, "whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. But he who wishes to bring it back has no brain."

Yep, tis' a pretty true quote if you value patriotism.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuova Constidor wrote:Why did you hate the Polish people?

Who didn’t in 2009-2010?

Right wingers like Donald Tusk took over the country’s government.

Tserra wrote:I will let our actual RP mods chime in on anything extra, but regarding the map there are 3 rules.

1. Because not everyone will always have the time to commit to RP, and the like, at any given moment it would be unfair for them to lose territory or otherwise simply by not being as active as someone else, all wars must be given consent to.

2. It is against the rules to attack through or from within neutral nations, or unclaimed territory. It is technically possible for you to attack over neutral, and unclaimed territory via the air, but unless it can be shown that your aircraft could indeed have made the journey to and fro, its still a bit of a no-no. There is a good reason for Rule #2, that I can explain in further detail if needed.

3. It is against the rules to attack, or annex unclaimed territory without the consent of the Cartographer(me).

Got the majority of them, the rest are numbers.

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:Hm... So this region has laws regarding nuclear weapons correct?

Are there any other conventions of war I should known about?

1.5M man max on the number of troops. We've had people make Lol-Armies in the past and it's bad.

220 combatant ship max, no more than eleven aircraft (Super)-carriers.

Jaslandia

Wow. I improved the transportation system of New Salvatore's capital city and tourism massively increased. Who knew that the easiest way to draw tourists to a fascist country was to have excellent buses and trains?

Jaslandia, Percyton

Minnesota Dakota wrote:I am fine, how are you?

Oh, I'm doing alright under the circumstances. Up to much?

Jaslandia, Percyton

If church and religion would be like the following I think I would be very religious. :D

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

Nuremgard, Kalaron

Moldegaard wrote:General best colour combination for a flag, go

Red, white and blue.

http://funnypictures3.fjcdn.com/pictures/Zabivaka+breaking+news+12+terrabytes+of+furry+porn+commissioned+by_f61e62_6068187mobile.jpg

This, in-and-of-itself, clears my whole day up of any melancholy.

Kalaron wrote:http://funnypictures3.fjcdn.com/pictures/Zabivaka+breaking+news+12+terrabytes+of+furry+porn+commissioned+by_f61e62_6068187mobile.jpg

This, in-and-of-itself, clears my whole day up of any melancholy.

Uncensored version plz

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:If church and religion would be like the following I think I would be very religious. :D

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

If it's not the Jedi order I'm gonna be sad

Penguania And Antarctica

Axeldonia wrote:Uncensored version plz

Furru

nu

https://img.ifcdn.com/images/edac136fa4b77f549cab4a6db7bde5de5cc7b971d79837a04b82e0f14f8a0934_1.jpg

So no international rulings against say flamethrowers or weapons designed to injure?

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:So no international rulings against say flamethrowers or weapons designed to injure?

Nope. I mean, in character, people may frown upon it coughKalcough, but as far as I am aware there is not an RP rule against such.

Kalaron wrote:Furru

nu

https://img.ifcdn.com/images/edac136fa4b77f549cab4a6db7bde5de5cc7b971d79837a04b82e0f14f8a0934_1.jpg

I want to speak to your manager

Jaslandia, Percyton

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:So no international rulings against say flamethrowers or weapons designed to injure?

Depends. There aren't bans on them, but you'll probably be condemned if you're needlessly cruel.

Like, at one point a country bombed a neutral village in a war and then used the civilians who died from it as the justification to enter a war for real (They claimed the other side had attacked the village) but eventually the evidence collated such that it became clear that the country had done it. This pushed an ally of the country straight into opposition (Andy being the Ally-turned-enemy) when they found out about the actions through a report of mine.

Tserra wrote:Nope. I mean, in character, people may frown upon it coughKalcough, but as far as I am aware there is not an RP rule against such.

Ayy

Jaslandia

Axeldonia wrote:I want to speak to your manager

I ain't your porn peddler Furru. Besides, it takes like five seconds at most to find some (I'm making a new Discord Profile photo and yes it's SFW you degenerates) :P

Axeldonia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1995 – An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.

Gordon: Saboteurs!?! How outrageous! To disrupt such an important passenger train! Don't those fools know that such important trains can't be delayed?

Bear: I think your priorities are in the wrong place, Gordon. One person died and 78 people were injured, 12 seriously, and your biggest concern is that the train be punctual?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Palo_Verde,_Arizona_derailment

Gordon: Yes that's sad too and all, but to attack a Limited train! It's... it's... disgraceful!

James: Disgusting!

*silence*

Gordon: Bear, since Henry is still at the Works, this is the part where you say his line "despicable".

Bear: Nope, not doing it Gordon.

Gordon: But it's tradition!

https://youtu.be/-vVX3yvqT_I

Bear: I'm not playing along with your wrongfully-placed indignation at a railway accident.

Gordon: But Bear!

Bear: No!

Nuremgard wrote:Wow. I improved the transportation system of New Salvatore's capital city and tourism massively increased. Who knew that the easiest way to draw tourists to a fascist country was to have excellent buses and trains?

Percyton can also attest to the tourist value of excellent transport.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Map is updated. Pretty sure I did not miss anyone. However, stuff happens. So if you do not see your request on there, let me know.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton

Percyton wrote:Gordon: Saboteurs!?! How outrageous! To disrupt such an important passenger train! Don't those fools know that such important trains can't be delayed?

Bear: I think your priorities are in the wrong place, Gordon. One person died and 78 people were injured, 12 seriously, and your biggest concern is that the train be punctual?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995_Palo_Verde,_Arizona_derailment

Gordon: Yes that's sad too and all, but to attack a Limited train! It's... it's... disgraceful!

James: Disgusting!

*silence*

Gordon: Bear, since Henry is still at the Works, this is the part where you say his line "despicable".

Bear: Nope, not doing it Gordon.

Gordon: But it's tradition!

https://youtu.be/-vVX3yvqT_I

Bear: I'm not playing along with your wrongfully-placed indignation at a railway accident.

Gordon: But Bear!

Bear: No!

Percyton can also attest to the tourist value of excellent transport.

We're like Mussolini. We make the trains run on time.

Jaslandia, Percyton

To make this easier, if anyone else wants to ask me if they can invade me, yes i am perfectly fine with being invaded by anyone, you dont need to ask me.

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:We're like Mussolini. We make the trains run on time.

And as you can tell by Gordon's little outburst, having the trains run on time is also very important in Percyton. Though, we don't always succeed in that regard.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

if any nation wanting to attack us doesnt know how our nation looks this should be good enough

https://pre00.deviantart.net/23c6/th/pre/f/2011/069/a/2/wasteland_by_atomhawk-d3bbhje.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/tRtViF7.jpg

Pls no insult was born like this

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/193540344325996554/367421534299750410/Putain_Tear.png

Penguania And Antarctica

Goodnight friends. Have sweet dreams tonight. <3

Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Spanelsko

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Goodnight friends. Have sweet dreams tonight. <3

Goodnight, Peng!

Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Goodnight friends. Have sweet dreams tonight. <3

good night peng

Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Tserra wrote:Map is updated. Pretty sure I did not miss anyone. However, stuff happens. So if you do not see your request on there, let me know.

Excellent work. Uh....If it's not an issue, can you re-color mine? I would prefer a scarlet plot. (I will, of course, be fine with a navy blue as well. No hurry, as I know you JUST updated it today)

Jaslandia, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Goodnight friends. Have sweet dreams tonight. <3

Goodnight, Peng!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Russkov Soviet wrote:Excellent work. Uh....If it's not an issue, can you re-color mine? I would prefer a scarlet plot. (I will, of course, be fine with a navy blue as well. No hurry, as I know you JUST updated it today)

I do not like telling people no, so I am not. However, it may not be possible for me to do this. I mean if it happens, its gonna be a long time from now.

Russkov Soviet, Percyton

Tserra wrote:Map is updated. Pretty sure I did not miss anyone. However, stuff happens. So if you do not see your request on there, let me know.

Yaaas cheers man.

Percyton

I was just wondering if you folks had a "Geneva convention" type agreement in place.

I don't plan on being a maniac or anything, just seeing if there were international laws I had to abide by.

Nuremgard, Percyton

Tserra wrote:I do not like telling people no, so I am not. However, it may not be possible for me to do this. I mean if it happens, its gonna be a long time from now.

Oh my gosh I have a new (kinda) neighbor! Hiya Mechadarra :D

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Ok. So the map is now relatively stable. The only thing I really have left to do is tweak the populations, and I will probably get around to doing that someday.

With that being said, I would like to announce I am now willing to entertain the ideas of colonies, and land expansions. On a limited, case by case basis - approval, or denial will be completely arbitrary

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Solla Ultima, The Wyoming Peoples Front, Confederal States

Tserra wrote:I do not like telling people no, so I am not. However, it may not be possible for me to do this. I mean if it happens, its gonna be a long time from now.

Send me the pic, and I'll do it xD

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=the_wyoming_peoples_front/detail=factbook/id=729416

Did some pretty major work to my military equipment Factbook

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Percyton, Confederal States

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=the_wyoming_peoples_front/detail=factbook/id=729416

Did some pretty major work to my military equipment Factbook

I like it, as well I like the aesthetic you are going for.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Wyoming Peoples Front

Tserra wrote:I like it, as well I like the aesthetic you are going for.

Thanks

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

The Wyoming Peoples Front wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=the_wyoming_peoples_front/detail=factbook/id=729416

Did some pretty major work to my military equipment Factbook

Looks nice, Wyoming! Like Tse said, I really like the atmosphere and general feel you're setting up.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, The Wyoming Peoples Front

Good morning friends. Wish you all a wonderful day. :)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Kalaron, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton, The Wyoming Peoples Front

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Good morning friends. Wish you all a wonderful day. :)

Back at ya bro!

I am off to take the kiddos to school, then work, then the gym!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

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