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Aghrabia wrote:REGIONAL SONG OF THE DAY

Day 7: Wishbone Ash - "Leaf and Stream" (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB6fCuxGvAw)

Thank you for reading, papa bless

Can you not?

Penguania And Antarctica

Hello all I am Princess Mononoke of the Kingdom of Mononoke San. I am happy and would like to make it known that our Kingdom has decided to join the United Kingdom (Latrovia) as one of their Commonwealths. Our government will soon introduce the new legislation system in our parliament. :)

Latrovia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Mononoke San wrote:Hello all I am Princess Mononoke of the Kingdom of Mononoke San. I am happy and would like to make it known that our Kingdom has decided to join the United Kingdom (Latrovia) as one of their Commonwealths. Our government will soon introduce the new legislation system in our parliament. :)

<3

Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

*randomly scrolling through Wikipedia on legislatures*

This popped up: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/House_of_Representatives_logo.png

Kinda wished Aetosia was here, because if he could confirm this really is Cyprus' legislative logo, then they must really enjoy creeping people out

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:*randomly scrolling through Wikipedia on legislatures*

This popped up: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/House_of_Representatives_logo.png

Kinda wished Aetosia was here, because if he could confirm this really is Cyprus' legislative logo, then they must really enjoy creeping people out

"Welcome to our country, would you like to feast with us...I promise it won't hurt :) "

But yeah, creepy thing.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Kalaron wrote:"Welcome to our country, would you like to feast with us...I promise it won't hurt :) "

But yeah, creepy thing.

I just checked the Parliament's website, and that thing is the actual logo: I thought the Sun of May was creepy enough at staring, but this is just insanity

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=auld_valyria/detail=factbook/id=782022

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=auld_valyria/detail=factbook/id=782022

Mother of God

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=auld_valyria/detail=factbook/id=782022

Well that's both disgusting and cringy. I really hope this doesn't imply that the person behind the nation supports this kinda thing in the real world.

Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton

Magnatronia wrote:Well that's both disgusting and cringy. I really hope this doesn't imply that the person behind the nation supports this kinda thing in the real world.

Of course I don't. I have based the nation off of a civilisation in Game of Thrones. The Valyrians practiced incest in the canon.

Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=auld_valyria/detail=factbook/id=782022

"Hey look Nurem made a factbook, this should be good, Nur tends to write well."

*First word on the page is a massive "INCEST"*

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

Kalaron wrote:"Hey look Nurem made a factbook, this should be good, Nur tends to write well."

*First word on the page is a massive "INCEST"*

I'll edit it slightly. :P

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Nuremgard wrote:Of course I don't. I have based the nation off of a civilisation in Game of Thrones. The Valyrians practiced incest in the canon.

Oh that's your nation? Coulda given us a heads up dude. But regardless, that's still gross considering that real life clans and upper class people actually practiced this way back when (and even nowadays). Not gonna judge you for something you're just borrowing for GoT though!

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Magnatronia wrote:Oh that's your nation? Coulda given us a heads up dude. But regardless, that's still gross considering that real life clans and upper class people actually practiced this way back when (and even nowadays). Not gonna judge you for something you're just borrowing for GoT though!

Of course it's gross. It's just funny how the upper class look their noses down on the "commoners" yet they were the most depraved lot. Look at the Egyptian pharaohs for instance. Or the Habsburgs of Austria whom I affectionately call the Targaryens of Europe.

Seriously, look them up. They were ridiculously inbred and even had blonde hair, a trait which many in the family still possess.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Magnatronia

Kalaron wrote:"Hey look Nurem made a factbook, this should be good, Nur tends to write well."

*First word on the page is a massive "INCEST"*

Holy sh!t, my own flag is disorientating me.

Nuremgard wrote:Of course it's gross. It's just funny how the upper class look their noses down on the "commoners" yet they were the most depraved lot. Look at the Egyptian pharaohs for instance. Or the Habsburgs of Austria whom I affectionately call the Targaryens of Europe.

Seriously, look them up. They were ridiculously inbred and even had blonde hair, a trait which many in the family still possess.

>Affectionately

Lies.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Nuremgard wrote:Of course it's gross. It's just funny how the upper class look their noses down on the "commoners" yet they were the most depraved lot. Look at the Egyptian pharaohs for instance. Or the Habsburgs of Austria whom I affectionately call the Targaryens of Europe.

Seriously, look them up. They were ridiculously inbred and even had blonde hair, a trait which many in the family still possess.

I love how some of you guys base your nations lore on respectable and symbolic pieces of popular culture, like GoT. And I'm just sitting here like "Yep, my nation's a weird mish mash of Megaman, 1984, Robocop, and Soylent Green. Deal with it."

Nuremgard, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona

Magnatronia wrote:I love how some of you guys base your nations lore on respectable and symbolic pieces of popular culture, like GoT. And I'm just sitting here like "Yep, my nation's a weird mish mash of Megaman, 1984, Robocop, and Soylent Green. Deal with it."

Whatever works for you! I have 4 nations. Nuremgard, which is a mixture of European and Russian history and culture. Tangshan which is China if it was a free market, oppressive sh!thole instead of a communist one. Saor Scotland which is an absolute monarchy still ruled by the Stuarts and Auld Valyria which, as I've explained, is based on a civilisation from GoT.

I have made countless other nations based on all sorts of things. Many are still floating around and many others have CTE. I ma extremely fickle so resurrect, change and abandon nations constantly.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Magnatronia

Latrovia wrote:Can you not?

...?

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=auld_valyria/detail=factbook/id=782022

Hot elves there :)

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Pirate Kingdoms

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hot elves there :)

They aren't elves lol

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=auld_valyria/detail=factbook/id=782022

Noice *claps*

Magnatronia wrote:I love how some of you guys base your nations lore on respectable and symbolic pieces of popular culture, like GoT. And I'm just sitting here like "Yep, my nation's a weird mish mash of Megaman, 1984, Robocop, and Soylent Green. Deal with it."

Going off on three countries for this one, plus a combination of European control and the successive European minority rule falling to bloodshed, I can relate.

Nuremgard wrote:Whatever works for you! I have 4 nations. Nuremgard, which is a mixture of European and Russian history and culture. Tangshan which is China if it was a free market, oppressive sh!thole instead of a communist one. Saor Scotland which is an absolute monarchy still ruled by the Stuarts and Auld Valyria which, as I've explained, is based on a civilisation from GoT.

I have made countless other nations based on all sorts of things. Many are still floating around and many others have CTE. I ma extremely fickle so resurrect, change and abandon nations constantly.

This one, of course initially planned to be a collective group of pirate strongholds in Montaris now transformed into a singular nation trapped in civil war based on Somalia's history, San Fernando Valley, a monarchy/republic based in California after a nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviets in the 90s (needs heavy revision), Chernarus State, initially a Russophobic dictatorship born from Russian-Mongol mixed people heading to the Volga now a corporate state ruled by the equivalent of the British East India Company (also in need of heavy revision), and of course U.C.T. being a future Texan-led republic after the U.S. gets destroyed in a Mad Max-esque environmentally-led war rather than nuclear war, having long since transformed from the violent overthrown of a totalitarian theocracy and currently battling in the northeastern region of the U.S. and a far-right wing revivalist militia movement

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia

Nuremgard wrote:They aren't elves lol

Either way hot and steamy :p

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:They aren't elves lol

To me they looked like elves. Sorry. :(

Nuremgard, Pirate Kingdoms

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Noice *claps*

Going off on three countries for this one, plus a combination of European control and the successive European minority rule falling to bloodshed, I can relate.

This one, of course initially planned to be a collective group of pirate strongholds in Montaris now transformed into a singular nation trapped in civil war based on Somalia's history, San Fernando Valley, a monarchy/republic based in California after a nuclear war between the U.S. and Soviets in the 90s (needs heavy revision), Chernarus State, initially a Russophobic dictatorship born from Russian-Mongol mixed people heading to the Volga now a corporate state ruled by the equivalent of the British East India Company (also in need of heavy revision), and of course U.C.T. being a future Texan-led republic after the U.S. gets destroyed in a Mad Max-esque environmentally-led war rather than nuclear war, having long since transformed from the violent overthrown of a totalitarian theocracy and currently battling in the northeastern region of the U.S. and a far-right wing revivalist militia movement

So simple and easy to understand then. :P

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Either way hot and steamy :p

To be fair they are pretty damn sexy. I have those 2 as my desktop background.

Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:To me they looked like elves. Sorry. :(

It's okay. They are hot though. ;)

Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Nuremgard wrote:So simple and easy to understand then. :P

To be fair they are pretty damn sexy. I have those 2 as my desktop background.

Si

In the meantime, I just got through something called the Toyota War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_War

Reading it, the Chadians crushed the Libyans using mostly Toyota technicals and some French support along with Gaddafi being an idiot :p

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Glorious Winter Bear has arrived

*Gib ice and snow*

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I am of sick

;~;

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=auld_valyria/detail=factbook/id=782022

Kalaron wrote:"Hey look Nurem made a factbook, this should be good, Nur tends to write well."

*First word on the page is a massive "INCEST"*

Incest? *Driver whispers to Percy* Oh... OH MY! NO NO NO! I WON'T STAY HERE, I'LL RUN AWAY! *Quickly reverses away and out of sight*

https://youtu.be/Cgq1mHKu6NI?t=3m11s

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms

Kep wrote:Glorious Winter Bear has arrived

*Gib ice and snow*

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I am of sick

;~;

Sorry to hear that, Kep. I hope you feel better soon!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:It's okay. They are hot though. ;)

Yes they are. :)

Nuremgard wrote:To be fair they are pretty damn sexy. I have those 2 as my desktop background.

Kinky ;)

Nuremgard

Magnatronia wrote:Oh, that DEFCON thing WAS the level! I just wanted to add DEFCON to make it look cool

Nope, its just there to announce your current infl-level to the Vipers so all can play properly

Percyton wrote:Incest? *Driver whispers to Percy* Oh... OH MY! NO NO NO! I WON'T STAY HERE, I'LL RUN AWAY! *Quickly reverses away and out of sight*

https://youtu.be/Cgq1mHKu6NI?t=3m11s

Hey Percy !! <3

How are you ? :)

Percyton

Percyton wrote:Incest? *Driver whispers to Percy* Oh... OH MY! NO NO NO! I WON'T STAY HERE, I'LL RUN AWAY! *Quickly reverses away and out of sight*

https://youtu.be/Cgq1mHKu6NI?t=3m11s

Someone really needs to have a talk with Percy's driver. Some things are just better left unexplained, and Percy's driver is only making things worse.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hey Percy !! <3

How are you ? :)

Hey Peng! I'm great (well, for the most part...)! How are you?

Jaslandia wrote:Someone really needs to have a talk with Percy's driver. Some things are just better left unexplained, and Percy's driver is only making things worse.

My Driver is a very nice man, but I kinda agree. I don't want to know some things.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Mononoke San wrote:Hello all I am Princess Mononoke of the Kingdom of Mononoke San. I am happy and would like to make it known that our Kingdom has decided to join the United Kingdom (Latrovia) as one of their Commonwealths. Our government will soon introduce the new legislation system in our parliament. :)

Sorry to hear that.

Aghrabia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Magnatronia

Percyton wrote:Hey Peng! I'm great (well, for the most part...)! How are you?

Me is doing well.

I go to bed now. Goodnight. Have a nice remaining day and sweet dreams tonight. :) (same to everyone else)

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Percyton

Percyton wrote:Sorry to hear that, Kep. I hope you feel better soon!

Danke

*gib more ice and snow*

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

*when u see your arrival got six likes*

CLUTCH

*Dances*

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Me is doing well.

I go to bed now. Goodnight. Have a nice remaining day and sweet dreams tonight. :) (same to everyone else)

Goodnight, Peng!

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Me is doing well.

I go to bed now. Goodnight. Have a nice remaining day and sweet dreams tonight. :) (same to everyone else)

Goodnight, Peng!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

The question is...

should I or should I not invade Nunavut and attack @Yukkona?

I must ask him for a planned war

Oelesa, Magnatronia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Me is doing well.

I go to bed now. Goodnight. Have a nice remaining day and sweet dreams tonight. :) (same to everyone else)

Bye bye! We must be cousins! Am of Polar Bear, you iz of Penguin

>.>

The glorious Penguin Army, amirite?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kep wrote:The question is...

should I or should I not invade Nunavut and attack @Yukkona?

I must ask him for a planned war

For the sake of peace and stability in Canada, as your eastern neighbor, pls no war. Kumania doesn't want refugees fleeing over here.

Jaslandia, Kep, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Kep wrote:The question is...

should I or should I not invade Nunavut and attack @Yukkona?

I must ask him for a planned war

You invade me and I will drop so much napalm on your country your cities will be burning redder than the Devils ass after a chilli burrito at Chipotle

Einsiev, Nuremgard, Aghrabia, Kep, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Magnatronia

Yukona wrote:You invade me and I will drop so much napalm on your country your cities will be burning redder than the Devils ass after a chilli burrito at Chipotle

*Gets popcorn*

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Yukona wrote:You invade me and I will drop so much napalm on your country your cities will be burning redder than the Devils ass after a chilli burrito at Chipotle

Remember, napalm sticks to kids

Einsiev, Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona

The Empire Of Handland wrote:Remember, napalm sticks to kids

Eyyyy I know what you're talking about.

The Empire Of Handland, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Aghrabia wrote:Eyyyy I know what you're talking about.

For once, I'm proud of you.

Aghrabia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:You invade me and I will drop so much napalm on your country your cities will be burning redder than the Devils ass after a chilli burrito at Chipotle

I leave for a few hours then come back to this. Please, do continue.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Yukona

The Empire Of Handland wrote:Remember, napalm sticks to kids

You are my new favorite person.

Jaslandia, The Empire Of Handland, Aghrabia, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris

https://youtu.be/9tUPO_fPyNE

For all you fellow napalm lovers, here's a great song. Personal favorite of mine.

Aghrabia, Oelesa, New Estaris

Yukona wrote:You invade me and I will drop so much napalm on your country your cities will be burning redder than the Devils ass after a chilli burrito at Chipotle

No worries, high ground you have Yukona Master!

The Royal Republic Of Kumania wrote:For the sake of peace and stability in Canada, as your eastern neighbor, pls no war. Kumania doesn't want refugees fleeing over here.

Ha! Peace is for p*ssies!

*Runs in the corner, grabs pop corns and patiently awaits*

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Iloiada, Yukona

Einsiev wrote:I leave for a few hours then come back to this. Please, do continue.

I see through the lies of the Jedi. I do not fear the dark side as you do. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.

Einsiev, Jaslandia, Kep, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Glorious Winter Bear has arrived

*Gib ice and snow*

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I am of still sick

;~;

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

^^

Mom is making me go to school even though I'm sick

:/

I'm running a fever too and coughing a ton.

Typical black parents

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kep wrote:Bye bye! We must be cousins! Am of Polar Bear, you iz of Penguin

>.>

The glorious Penguin Army, amirite?

Yes. Glorious Penguin Army !

Best Army!

Jaslandia, Kep

Kep wrote:Glorious Winter Bear has arrived

*Gib ice and snow*

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I am of still sick

;~;

Sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better soon!

Kep, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Yes. Glorious Penguin Army !

Best Army!

http://media.moddb.com/images/groups/1/6/5488/Penguin_Army_by_mole33.1.jpg

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a8/de/b1/a8deb1edf15d93459a892641796a3d5e.jpg

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better soon!

Danke

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

I get to go in my Mom's brand new Mini Cooper to school today

*Vroom, vroom*

An improvement over the bus

Aghrabia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

The Grand Solar Empire wrote:I own slaves, they are penguins

@Peguania_and_Antarctica

'-'

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kep wrote:@Peguania_and_Antarctica

'-'

That's sad. :(

Jaslandia

Hello people. Wish you all a nice start of the week.

[spoiler=Today is March 6 and today are:]

Today is March 6 and today are:

- Casimir Pulaski Day (Illinois, US)

- Day of Memorial and Respect for Veterans (Kosovo)

- European Day of the Righteous

- Foundation Day (Norfolk Island)

- Fun Facts About Names Day

- Independence Day (Ghana)

- Labour Day (Western Australia, Australia)

- National Dentist’s Day (United States)

- National Dress Day (United States)

- National Frozen Food Day (United States)

- National Oreo Cookie Day (United States)

- National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day (United States)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 12 BC – The Roman Emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the Emperor.

- 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

- 845 – Execution of the 42 Martyrs of Amorium at Samarra

- 961 – Byzantine conquest of Chandax by Nikephoros Phokas, end of the Emirate of Crete

- 1204 – The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.

- 1454 – Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of the Prussian Confederation pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV of Poland who agrees to commit his forces in aiding the Confederation's struggle for independence from the Teutonic Knights.

- 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam.

- 1665 – The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

- 1788 – The First Fleet arrives at Norfolk Island in order to found a convict settlement.

- 1820 – The Missouri Compromise is signed into law by President James Monroe. The compromise allows Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, brings Maine into the Union as a free state, and makes the rest of the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase territory slavery-free.

- 1834 – York, Upper Canada, is incorporated as Toronto.

- 1836 – Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo – After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.

- 1857 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case.

- 1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.

- 1882 – The Serbian kingdom is re-founded.

- 1899 – Bayer registers "Aspirin" as a trademark.

- 1902 – Real Madrid C.F. is founded.

- 1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.

- 1921 – Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.

- 1930 – International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern

- 1943 – Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.

- 1945 – World War II: Cologne is captured by American troops.

- 1945 – World War II: Operation Spring Awakening, the last major German offensive of the war, begins.

- 1946 – Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.

- 1951 – The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.

- 1953 – Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

- 1957 – Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.

- 1964 – Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.

- 1964 – Constantine II becomes King of Greece.

- 1965 – Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.

- 1967 – Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.

- 1968 – Three rebels are executed by Rhodesia, the first executions since UDI, prompting international condemnation.

- 1970 – An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.

- 1975 – For the first time the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.

- 1975 – Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.

- 1981 – After 19 years of presenting the CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time.

- 1983 – The first United States Football League games is played.

- 1984 – In the United Kingdom, a walkout at Cortonwood Colliery in Brampton Bierlow signals the start of a strike that lasted almost a year and involved the majority [but never all] of the country's miners.

- 1987 – The British ferry MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes in about 90 seconds, killing 193.

- 1988 – Three Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers are shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar in Operation Flavius.

- 1992 – The Michelangelo computer virus begins to affect computers.

- 2008 – A suicide bomber kills 68 people (including first responders) in Baghdad on the same day that a gunman kills eight students in Jerusalem.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1459 – Jakob Fugger, German merchant and banker

- 1475 – Michelangelo, Italian painter and sculptor

- 1619 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French author and playwright

- 1787 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer

- 1926 – Alan Greenspan, American economist and politician

- 1926 – Andrzej Wajda, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1927 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1936 – Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia

- 1937 – Valentina Tereshkova, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut, first woman in space

- 1946 – David Gilmour, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

- 1954 – Harald Schumacher, German footballer and manager

- 1972 – Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player, actor, and rapper

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

- Mark Twain -

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

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Minnesota Dakota, Yukona

REGIONAL SONG OF THE DAY

Day 8: Steam Powered Giraffe - "Honeybee" (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojYK6CW8gdw)

Thank you for reading, papa bless

Einsiev, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Magnatronia

Aghrabia wrote:REGIONAL SONG OF THE DAY

Day 8: Steam Powered Giraffe - "Honeybee" (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojYK6CW8gdw)

Thank you for reading, papa bless

Good song, dude. :) I like it.

Aghrabia

"The government snoops on private Internet connections."

Civil and political rights increase.

Only in the world of NS does the government spying on people increase their civil liberties and political freedoms.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:"The government snoops on private Internet connections."

Civil and political rights increase.

Only in the world of NS does the government spying on people increase their civil liberties and political freedoms.

Free people have nothing to hide, right ? :)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Free people have nothing to hide, right ? :)

My libertarian senses are tingling

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Yukona wrote:My libertarian senses are tingling

Gross.

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

I was wondering, since when did we last have a tea time?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Glorious Winter Bear has arrived

*Gib ice and snow*

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I am of continued sickness

;~;

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kep wrote:Glorious Winter Bear has arrived

*Gib ice and snow*

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I am of continued sickness

;~;

Not quite a Haiku

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Kep wrote:I get to go in my Mom's brand new Mini Cooper to school today

*Vroom, vroom*

An improvement over the bus

I say this as an ecowarrior in training

Take the bus

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Aghrabia wrote:REGIONAL SONG OF THE DAY

Day 8: Steam Powered Giraffe - "Honeybee" (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojYK6CW8gdw)

Thank you for reading, papa bless

STOP DUDE, THIS SONG MEANS SO MUCH TO ME

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Magnatronia wrote:STOP DUDE, THIS SONG MEANS SO MUCH TO ME

NEVER! I WILL CONTINUE TO INFURIATE YOU WITH IT!!

Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:I say this as an ecowarrior in training

Take the bus

True.

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:I was wondering, since when did we last have a tea time?

Yes, I'm aware it's been a while. With any luck, perhaps we can have one tonight?

The Cross And Davids Star

Jaslandia wrote:Yes, I'm aware it's been a while. With any luck, perhaps we can have one tonight?

Maybe

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=auld_valyria/detail=factbook/id=782785

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=auld_valyria/detail=factbook/id=782785

Hate to be nitpicky, but it's 'duel', not 'dual'.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Hate to be nitpicky, but it's 'duel', not 'dual'.

Oops. Thanks.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND ENGINES, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: TURKEY SANDWICHES, FRUIT SALAD, AND MAC & CHEESE

OUR DRINKS: DIET COKE, JASMINE TEA, AND PINK LEMONADE

OUR TOPICS: SOMALIA, TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN, AND THE 1980s

BONUS TOPIC: SHOULD MUSEUMS BE GIVEN GOVERNMENT FUNDING?

BONUS PROGRAMS: OPEN LETTERS, RANDOM LINKS, AND NONSENSICAL SENTENCES

Vista Major, Kep, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND ENGINES, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: TURKEY SANDWICHES, FRUIT SALAD, AND MAC & CHEESE

OUR DRINKS: DIET COKE, JASMINE TEA, AND PINK LEMONADE

OUR TOPICS: SOMALIA, TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN, AND THE 1980s

BONUS TOPIC: SHOULD MUSEUMS BE GIVEN GOVERNMENT FUNDING?

BONUS PROGRAMS: OPEN LETTERS, RANDOM LINKS, AND NONSENSICAL SENTENCES

I'll have Mac and Cheese and pink lemonade.

Somalia: I think Somalia has been misunderstood in recent years. While they still have issues with stability, they've been making progress, and they now have a functioning central government (although how well it does its job is arguable).

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

Trump's travel ban: It'll be better once the provisions are changed as I've heard (the ban on Syrian refugees won't be indefinite, green card and visa holders can still travel to and from the U.S., and Iraq will no longer be part of the list) and the execution is better, but I still disagree with the idea: I don't think we should be closing our borders to refugees when we have no solid evidence that they pose a risk, and and countries where terrorists actually do come from historically (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, etc.) aren't on Trump's list. Plus, it seems likely that this is just a watered-down version of Trump's prior Muslim ban, so the intentions behind the ban are also problematic.

1980s: Great when it came to music and culture, not so good when it came to politics and HIV/AIDS.

Bonus: I may be biased, since I've volunteered in a museum and I may work in a museum once I graduate, but I think they should get at least some government funding. While museums should still be encouraged to raise their own revenues, I think societies should have museums and other cultural institutions, and if the free market isn't interested in that, then the government should step in and provide support.

Random links: https://youtu.be/bLY45o6rHm0

https://youtu.be/wadQ-OKkJYo

https://youtu.be/Ey5GItze-BY

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND ENGINES, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: TURKEY SANDWICHES, FRUIT SALAD, AND MAC & CHEESE

OUR DRINKS: DIET COKE, JASMINE TEA, AND PINK LEMONADE

OUR TOPICS: SOMALIA, TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN, AND THE 1980s

BONUS TOPIC: SHOULD MUSEUMS BE GIVEN GOVERNMENT FUNDING?

BONUS PROGRAMS: OPEN LETTERS, RANDOM LINKS, AND NONSENSICAL SENTENCES

SNACK: Fruit Salad

DRINKS: Jasmine Tea, something new

TOPIC: Somalia, the only thing the comes to mind is "Look at me, I am the Captain now". Trump's travel ban was thankfully stuck down, but I wonder what his new ban will have in store. Everyone says the 80's was the greatest time of all, and I agree. The music is great.

BONUS PROGRAMS: random link to more random links>> http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/cut1.shtml

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND ENGINES, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: TURKEY SANDWICHES, FRUIT SALAD, AND MAC & CHEESE

OUR DRINKS: DIET COKE, JASMINE TEA, AND PINK LEMONADE

OUR TOPICS: SOMALIA, TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN, AND THE 1980s

BONUS TOPIC: SHOULD MUSEUMS BE GIVEN GOVERNMENT FUNDING?

BONUS PROGRAMS: OPEN LETTERS, RANDOM LINKS, AND NONSENSICAL SENTENCES

I'll have the Mac and Cheese and Pink Lemonade

I'm not terribly fond of it. Going off what I know of the human rights abuses. Could use a good change

Please don't make me vomit. I don't like sharing a title with that man as is, let alone with his idiotic travel ban

I wanna go there. Good music, good food, a time of social change with the birth of the Millennials! Too bad I'm a '99 kid

Absolutely. In fact, museums should be expanded and better promoted, as well as modernized with the latest technology and entertainment systems, while remaining crucially informative, factual, and engaging

Dear Moracco,

Please join the African Union. Pan-Africanism can't work without you. Besides, you're just being difficult by not going the AU. Just saying.

Love

An African American Online President

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:I'll have Mac and Cheese and pink lemonade.

Somalia: I think Somalia has been misunderstood in recent years. While they still have issues with stability, they've been making progress, and they now have a functioning central government (although how well it does its job is arguable).

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

Trump's travel ban: It'll be better once the provisions are changed as I've heard (the ban on Syrian refugees won't be indefinite, green card and visa holders can still travel to and from the U.S., and Iraq will no longer be part of the list) and the execution is better, but I still disagree with the idea: I don't think we should be closing our borders to refugees when we have no solid evidence that they pose a risk, and and countries where terrorists actually do come from historically (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, etc.) aren't on Trump's list. Plus, it seems likely that this is just a watered-down version of Trump's prior Muslim ban, so the intentions behind the ban are also problematic.

1980s: Great when it came to music and culture, not so good when it came to politics and HIV/AIDS.

Bonus: I may be biased, since I've volunteered in a museum and I may work in a museum once I graduate, but I think they should get at least some government funding. While museums should still be encouraged to raise their own revenues, I think societies should have museums and other cultural institutions, and if the free market isn't interested in that, then the government should step in and provide support.

Random links: https://youtu.be/bLY45o6rHm0

https://youtu.be/wadQ-OKkJYo

https://youtu.be/Ey5GItze-BY

Oh yeah...the AIDS, and it being branded as a 'gay' disease. Even after the CDC disproved that...ignorant people.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:https://www.nationstates.net/nation=auld_valyria/detail=factbook/id=782785

>And elect an Archon

Kalaron's Archon approves of your leader choice ;)

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Only good Somalia is Italian Somalia.

Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND ENGINES, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: TURKEY SANDWICHES, FRUIT SALAD, AND MAC & CHEESE

OUR DRINKS: DIET COKE, JASMINE TEA, AND PINK LEMONADE

OUR TOPICS: SOMALIA, TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN, AND THE 1980s

BONUS TOPIC: SHOULD MUSEUMS BE GIVEN GOVERNMENT FUNDING?

BONUS PROGRAMS: OPEN LETTERS, RANDOM LINKS, AND NONSENSICAL SENTENCES

I'll have a turkey sandwich and pink lemonade (damn that sounds rly good rn).

Somalia needs to get its sh!t together. It's been in a state of pretty much chaos since idek man. But it won't bc European imperialism/colonialism. Gotta love my white ancestors who f**ked up an entire continent right? Meh I'll blame the British. Somalia was indeed disunited in the past between Italy and Britain. I don't rly know the history of colonial Africa after WWII before the colonial/imperial days ended but I'm guessing Britain received Italy's part of Somalia after WWII as punishment thus unifying Somalia and thus screwing it over right. Idek dude the world's kinda whack tbh.

Uh yeah to hell with that travel ban. Can't wait to see the Courts suspend this ban attempt too. I always love seeing republicans crying about losing. They unfortunately don't seem to be doing a lot of that these days which is hella lame. We gotta fix that reality tbh. #FluffyHair4POTUS2032

The 1980's was a decent decade I guess. Punk rock was at its most intense during that decade. Hardcore flourished especially in LA and gave us a ton of great music. Unfortunately the 90's Kids (there's a difference between 90's kids and 90's babies but I can go on a huge af rant about that some other time) were born in this decade. AIDS was a thing (even as recently in the ESU; Merlinton, Magnatronia, Aghrabia, and The Land Of Golden Blobfish know what I'm talking about). There were plenty of good films and stuff. So uh yeah it was a decent decade I guess.

Meh why not find our museums. Those things are pretty cool.

Also endorse me guys omg. It is time for regime change in regards to the WA! #FluffyHair4WADelegate

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Stop making my poor poorer, NS!

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

lorious Winter Bear has arrived

*Gib ice and snow*

---

I am of still sickness

;~;

On the bright side my Dad convinced my Mom to let me stay at home

Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Stop making my poor poorer, NS!

And to quote me while playing against an increasingly difficult boss.

"...stop please"

But yeah, I gave up on NS issues a long time ago.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND ENGINES, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: TURKEY SANDWICHES, FRUIT SALAD, AND MAC & CHEESE

OUR DRINKS: DIET COKE, JASMINE TEA, AND PINK LEMONADE

OUR TOPICS: SOMALIA, TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN, AND THE 1980s

BONUS TOPIC: SHOULD MUSEUMS BE GIVEN GOVERNMENT FUNDING?

BONUS PROGRAMS: OPEN LETTERS, RANDOM LINKS, AND NONSENSICAL SENTENCES

Turkey sandwich and pink lemonade please

Somalia: ...Really? Anyways, just to shorten the huge amount of knowledge I collected: Somali city-states weren't as crazy as others, merchants were able to reach as far as Venice and China.

Early monarchs such as those under the Mogadishu Sultanate were either crazy or the usual in monarchs. The Dervish under Mohammed Abdullah Hassan were surprisingly effective in their resistance to the Western powers and Allies from 1900 to 1920, though Hassan was heavily against Christians. The Italian and British Somalilands were as you expect as African colonies on the east. If I recall, for Kumania, the Italian Somaliland was only under British control for several years before the UN established as Trust Territory for it until independence. The Somali Republic was alright, but the Somali Democratic Republic was the standard socialist dictatorship until allying with the U.S. and became a pro-western socialist dictatorship. The breakup and the rise of pirates and Islamic fundamentalists is pretty gruesome, though the rebuilding process and the recent election for President is positive. As for the famine happening, here's to hoping they can get aid quick enough.

Trump: not even going to bother, even with the attempts at revising the ban.

1980s: Didn't get to experience, but I know it had its ups and downs.

Bonus topic: Go for it to increase our knowledge

Programs: Vista Major, Morocco's been part of the African Union since the end of January.

Jaslandia, Aghrabia

For those who live in America, do you think it would be worth it to construct a Statue of Justice (Lady Justice) on the West Coast in the same style as the Statue of Liberty? Do you think it would be a good investment for tourism?

I can hear the songs now!

"From Sea to Shining Sea, all we see is Justice and Liberty!" :p

Aghrabia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Aldaur wrote:For those who live in America, do you think it would be worth it to construct a Statue of Justice (Lady Justice) on the West Coast in the same style as the Statue of Liberty? Do you think it would be a good investment for tourism?

I can hear the songs now!

"From Sea to Shining Sea, all we see is Justice and Liberty!" :p

Who pays for it? If some state or municipality votes in a sales tax or special assessment to pay for it, then sure.

Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=auld_valyria/detail=factbook/id=783043

Decided to make Westeros a Dominion of the Freehold. :P

Penguania And Antarctica

Aldaur wrote:For those who live in America, do you think it would be worth it to construct a Statue of Justice (Lady Justice) on the West Coast in the same style as the Statue of Liberty? Do you think it would be a good investment for tourism?

I can hear the songs now!

"From Sea to Shining Sea, all we see is Justice and Liberty!" :p

Sure, we'll get the funds preferably by either selling a older and gutted aircraft carrier or scrapping one and selling the scrap (also directing the savings from the programs to repair and resupply that carrier too) and be able to funnel the revenue from Tourism into things like education and infrastructure.

Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Sure, we'll get the funds preferably by either selling a older and gutted aircraft carrier or scrapping one and selling the scrap (also directing the savings from the programs to repair and resupply that carrier too) and be able to funnel the revenue from Tourism into things like education and infrastructure.

That's not how the federal budget works. Despite the current President's representations, Congress can't just take money from program A and give it to program B.

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/federal-budget-process/

Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

So as someone who reenacts the Italian army in WW2 and has done research on Italian colonialism, here is my opinion: Somalia actually did well under Italian rule. They were treated much like Libya, meaning the Somali people actually had somewhat of a say in their land. If you look today, Italian infastructure from the fascist era still stands. After the war, that's when things started to go down hill. Somalia truly just needs a guiding hand is all. Just my opinion is all.

Aghrabia, Tecmonaenov

Tecmonaenov wrote:That's not how the federal budget works. Despite the current President's representations, Congress can't just take money from program A and give it to program B.

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/federal-budget-process/

Well, I was actually referring to the general budget of the military with regards to what the Navy has. (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/5062)

Because the law specifies Eleven Carriers, the navy is forced (though, it's not like they don't want to...in fact they could get passed it with Helicopter-Carriers if they so wished) to keep our eleven supercarriers up and active. If such a law were amended to bring that number down to nine or eight and the budget devoted for the DoD subsequently lowered, the money not funneled into it could be used in a appropriation request for the building of such a statue.

That's how it seems to me, at least...but beyond that, I never mentioned any branch of government in devoting the money to it? I just said that the optimal solution in my mind was to use the money wasted in that program for something beneficial.

Aldaur, Yukona

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