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Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How about

"Fvck! Fvck! Fvck!" ??

Like I said, taken by Tim :P

Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Hehe, I mean, there's a lot more to you than just politics ;P
Sulania wrote:I love you too, you pro government surveillance nut job. :p
*throws up in my peyote bucket*

Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:*throws up in my peyote bucket*

We all know you love it ;P

Literally I cannot see how some people do not understand the concept, that some people are given a bunch of bad choices on a ballot, so they choose what they consider the lesser evil. I did not agree with Hillary in the least. Not even a little. I would have voted Bernie in a heart beat, but never will you see me willingly vote for Hillary. So on my ballot, in my state it was Trump, or Johnson. I looked at both people, and voted for the one that I thought would be the best at the job. Nothing more. Nothing less. I mean...what the hell was I supposed to do? I get it, I am evil for voting.

Here is a rundown on me, since I seem to be being used as an example anyway. Lets get all my views and policies out in the open.

Canadian style healthcare. I want that. Welfare programs for the needy. Always. The Lord said to heal the sick, and feed the poor. Two skills that are not something in my everyday skill set, so please if welfare can do that, then by all means. Death Penalty? I support mercy first, always mercy. I am Goku. Frieza literally killed his friends, committed genocide against a planet...etc. But says he is sorry, and Goku forgives him, and goes to leave. Is that dumb of me? Probably. But Mercy though. Do I support immigration? Yes. Legal immigration..

See things can get seemingly contradictory, but not actually so when it comes to my policy on government, overall I am in favor of small government and states rights. Basically, I am all for if my state wants to increase welfare spending, but I do not accept the Federal Government forcing something on us, when realistically, its something that is not needed or wanted in my state. Literally just because California needs it, does not mean that we Oklahomans do. I see the Federal Government as the representative of the states to the broader world, not master of the states.

Basically I am an Absolute Rightest. The unalienable kind, not the political spectrum, politically I lean right on many issues, but truly I am a centrist. No one has to be one extreme or the other, too often I see these arguments assume things about people that are not true simply because a person voted a certain way.

This would be more helpful if I had an actual thought out list of issues, but I sorta wrote this while boiling water so I can do dishes, we do not have a hot water heater, so it takes a minute, and I had some downtime.

Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Has anyone here ever read any novels within the "Nights Dawn" Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton

Fµcking amazing; Kiint Biology, Laymil and Edenist society, thats my dream civilization XD

Andromitus wrote:Has anyone here ever read any novels within the "Nights Dawn" Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton

Fµcking amazing; Kiint Biology, Laymil and Edenist society, thats my dream civilization XD

'Fraid I never did.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:How are you all today ? :)

A little hurt at all the Republican/Conservative hate.

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra

Humpheria Major wrote:A little hurt at all the Republican/Conservative hate.

I feel ya homie.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Humpheria Major, Yukona

Humpheria Major wrote:A little hurt at all the Republican/Conservative hate.

Tserra wrote:I feel ya homie.

Don't be sad. I love ya all. <3

*hugs Humph and Tse*

Jaslandia, Tserra

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Don't be sad. I love ya all. <3

*hugs Humph and Tse*

I love you too Peng :D

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

Awh, Nurem! Look what you did! You made two-thirds of our hastily patched together Supreme Court cry!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Awh, Nurem! Look what you did! You made two-thirds of our hastily patched together Supreme Court cry!

Its true. I cried like ten whole tears!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Tserra wrote:Its true. I cried like ten whole tears!
I'm almost certain that the tears of a Former former Chief Justice are a central ingredient in not a few witches brews.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I'm almost certain that the tears of a Former former Chief Justice are a central ingredient in not a few witches brews.

Let me get out one of my old black books.

:: Checks ::

Yep, potion of increased virility. Former former Chief Justice tears. You are correct. If you would have had the foresight to bottle it, you could have pounded on for days.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Tserra wrote:Let me get out one of my old black books.

:: Checks ::

Yep, potion of increased virility. Former former Chief Justice tears. You are correct. If you would have had the foresight to bottle it, you could have pounded on for days.

Ah yes, the rare aphrodisiac.

I do believe the last time it was captured was only enough for a week of debauchery, and that the supply was only enough for a week in the 1640s

Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day

'All' your fingers? Does that mean there's a 'Wave Half Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day', or 'Wave One Of Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day'?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:[nation=short]Kalaron[/nation] [nation=short]Nuremgard[/nation]

Fight ! Fight ! Fight ! Fight ! Fight ! Fight ! Fight !

Peng egging on a fight? I'd never thought I'd see the day. *looks out the window to see if there are any flying pigs*

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I'm almost certain that the tears of a Former former Chief Justice are a central ingredient in not a few witches brews.

"Sugar, spice, and everything nice. These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect Supreme Court. But ContComm accidentally added an extra ingredient to the concoction: a former Chief Justice's tears. Thus, the CFN Supreme Court was born!"

https://youtu.be/4mmCMUPCNgE

Nuremgard, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:'All' your fingers? Does that mean there's a 'Wave Half Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day', or 'Wave One Of Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day'?

Peng egging on a fight? I'd never thought I'd see the day. *looks out the window to see if there are any flying pigs*

"Sugar, spice, and everything nice. These were the ingredients chosen to create the perfect Supreme Court. But ContComm accidentally added an extra ingredient to the concoction: a former Chief Justice's tears. Thus, the CFN Supreme Court was born!"

https://youtu.be/4mmCMUPCNgE

*current

Jaslandia

Kalaron wrote:Found one

Tse.

Sorry, no TTP in Baxten :P

TTP? *Driver whispers to Percy* Ooooh. So that's what Toby was so unhappy about. Percyton isn't in the TTP either, mainly because we aren't anywhere near the Pacific Ocean. Is there a Trans-Atlantic Partnership, too?

Jaslandia wrote:

Peng egging on a fight? I'd never thought I'd see the day. *looks out the window to see if there are any flying pigs*

I've never seen a flying pig before, but I have seen a flying horse.

https://youtu.be/W3KYMwU1BTo?t=4m21s

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1819 – Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles leaves Singapore after just taking it over, leaving it in the hands of William Farquhar.

Farquhar? You mean like Thomas's favorite station? Is that who it's named after?

http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Ffarquhar

Jaslandia

Percyton wrote:TTP? *Driver whispers to Percy* Ooooh. So that's what Toby was so unhappy about. Percyton isn't in the TTP either, mainly because we aren't anywhere near the Pacific Ocean. Is there a Trans-Atlantic Partnership, too?

I've never seen a flying pig before, but I have seen a flying horse.

https://youtu.be/W3KYMwU1BTo?t=4m21s

Farquhar? You mean like Thomas's favorite station? Is that who it's named after?

http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Ffarquhar

There could be, but Bax hasn't signed anything like that, and so probably doesn't have any laws against copying your show.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Percyton wrote:TTP? *Driver whispers to Percy* Ooooh. So that's what Toby was so unhappy about. Percyton isn't in the TTP either, mainly because we aren't anywhere near the Pacific Ocean. Is there a Trans-Atlantic Partnership, too?

There is, but it seems it's been just as controversial as the TTP, and it won't be completed until 2019 or 2020 anyway.

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

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:*current

You're both wrong; only Rev got it right: Former former Chief Justice

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:There could be, but Bax hasn't signed anything like that, and so probably doesn't have any laws against copying your show.

I see. I may send the Percytonian ambassador to talk to the Baxtonian government, then. I would personally like to look the other way, but Thomas just got off the phone with HIT, and Thomas said that HIT said a whole bunch of naughty words that I would never say; however, Thomas and I got the impression that HIT wanted me to do something.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:I see. I may send the Percytonian ambassador to talk to the Baxtonian government, then. I would personally like to look the other way, but Thomas just got off the phone with HIT, and Thomas said that HIT said a whole bunch of naughty words that I would never say; however, Thomas and I got the impression that HIT wanted me to do something.

I mean, so long as HIT understands that they are heavily out armed, things should go well.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:I mean, so long as HIT understands that they are heavily out armed, things should go well.

Armed? I would never consider violence; if we can't work out a deal, then we'll just have to go home and tell HIT that we couldn't work it out. HIT won't be happy, of course, but I can work something out with them: the worst they could do is cancel our show, and Edward said our show is too much of a moneymaker to be cancelled over a little thing like this.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Percyton wrote:Armed? I would never consider violence; if we can't work out a deal, then we'll just have to go home and tell HIT that we couldn't work it out. HIT won't be happy, of course, but I can work something out with them: the worst they could do is cancel our show, and Edward said our show is too much of a moneymaker to be cancelled over a little thing like this.

HIT...

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Vista Major wrote:HIT...

These guys. They're the same people that also make Barney and Bob the Builder, among other shows.

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

Off-topic, but I just thought of something: a Bob the Builder/Thomas the Tank Engine crossover wouldn't be such a bad idea. I could see that working. Percy, tell that to HIT next time you talk to them.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:These guys. They're the same people that also make Barney and Bob the Builder, among other shows.

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

Off-topic, but I just thought of something: a Bob the Builder/Thomas the Tank Engine crossover wouldn't be such a bad idea. I could see that working. Percy, tell that to HIT next time you talk to them.

I can do that, but I should probably wait until they're less angry at me.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:These guys. They're the same people that also make Barney and Bob the Builder, among other shows.

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

Off-topic, but I just thought of something: a Bob the Builder/Thomas the Tank Engine crossover wouldn't be such a bad idea. I could see that working. Percy, tell that to HIT next time you talk to them.

I know exactly what HIT is. Their logo in the Thomas DVDs are fond memories

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Okay, are all members of this region able to send region-wide telegrams?

If not, then I'm worried that people with communication authority due to their having an incumbent government position have an unfair advantage in the upcoming election as they can send TGs to the inbox of each person in this region while their competitors cannot.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Vista Major wrote:I know exactly what HIT is. Their logo in the Thomas DVDs are fond memories

I'm glad to hear that. I'm sure the people at HIT will be pleased to hear that.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Post self-deleted by Kalaron.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Okay, are all members of this region able to send region-wide telegrams?

If not, then I'm worried that people with communication authority due to their having an incumbent government position have an unfair advantage in the upcoming election as they can send TGs to the inbox of each person in this region while their competitors cannot.

That thought crossed my mind as well. I personally don't like the idea of using government mass TGs for campaigning.

Vista Major wrote:I know exactly what HIT is. Their logo in the Thomas DVDs are fond memories

Cool. I'm more of an older fan, so these logos are more nostalgic for me:

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/ttte/images/0/0b/TheBrittAllcroftCompany2000endboard.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130525212943

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbf5tV6ZOLo

Vista Major

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Okay, are all members of this region able to send region-wide telegrams?

If not, then I'm worried that people with communication authority due to their having an incumbent government position have an unfair advantage in the upcoming election as they can send TGs to the inbox of each person in this region while their competitors cannot.

He could alternatively do what I did back when regional officers didn't even have such powers, which was telegram people in groups of 8. Which is tedious and time consuming, but the only other alternative would be to pay for stamps to send out a region wide telegram, which is also inefficient because a majority of the nations you're sending it to are not going to read it or not going to vote, thus really not worth it.

But I can see the issue, perhaps we could give temporary officer powers of communications to people running so they can send telegrams on the same way. Or we could alternatively just make Lat and Vista do it the hard way on the honor rule.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Okay, are all members of this region able to send region-wide telegrams?

If not, then I'm worried that people with communication authority due to their having an incumbent government position have an unfair advantage in the upcoming election as they can send TGs to the inbox of each person in this region while their competitors cannot.

I don't even know.

That said, how about we ask both running Gov members to refrain from using the free Region Wide telegrams and instead do it the old fashioned way?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Okay, are all members of this region able to send region-wide telegrams?

If not, then I'm worried that people with communication authority due to their having an incumbent government position have an unfair advantage in the upcoming election as they can send TGs to the inbox of each person in this region while their competitors cannot.

Unless you use stamps, only regional officers with communication powers can

Granted

Sulania wrote:But I can see the issue, perhaps we could give temporary officer powers of communications to people running so they can send telegrams on the same way.

That's actually a great idea

Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:That thought crossed my mind as well. I personally don't like the idea of using government mass TGs for campaigning.

Cool. I'm more of an older fan, so these logos are more nostalgic for me:

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/ttte/images/0/0b/TheBrittAllcroftCompany2000endboard.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130525212943

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbf5tV6ZOLo

Over here Thomas the Tank Engine is published by Europa

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_(Label)

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Cool. I'm more of an older fan, so these logos are more nostalgic for me:

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/ttte/images/0/0b/TheBrittAllcroftCompany2000endboard.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130525212943

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbf5tV6ZOLo

Sweet Edward

Jaslandia, Percyton

I personally wish campaigning wasn't done by TG at all. First of all, if you think I'm reading 3+ paragraphs for a campaign TG, you're nuts. Second of all, there's no way to opt out of them beyond messaging every candidate individually and asking not to be spammed further.

Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I personally wish campaigning wasn't done by TG at all. First of all, if you think I'm reading 3+ paragraphs for a campaign TG, you're nuts. Second of all, there's no way to opt out of them beyond messaging every candidate individually and asking not to be spammed further.

And I wish there weren't campaign ads on television. Unfortunately, part of campaigning is having to get the word out there to voters, which both candidates have done. Short of being a 10 second inconvenience to you to delete a telegram, TGing voters directly is probably one of the best ways to get messages to people who are actually trying to consider who to vote for.

Humpheria Major

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I personally wish campaigning wasn't done by TG at all. First of all, if you think I'm reading 3+ paragraphs for a campaign TG, you're nuts. Second of all, there's no way to opt out of them beyond messaging every candidate individually and asking not to be spammed further.

I mean, what other way you got?

Far as I've seen, people skip reading messages on the RMB if they consider them general, but any message I get in telegrams I read.

I'll vote for the candidate who can tell me their platform in anything less than 18 paragraphs

Jaslandia, Sulania, Continental Commonwealths, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Humpheria Major

Unfallious wrote:I'll vote for the candidate who can tell me their platform in anything less than 18 paragraphs

But TV ads, Unf.

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:I'll vote for the candidate who can tell me their platform in anything less than 18 paragraphs

This is true, I would very much want that too. Also with nice succinct points, instead of a wall of talking.

Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:But TV ads, Unf.

where's Oel when you need him

Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:I'll vote for the candidate who can tell me their platform in anything less than 18 paragraphs

Continental Commonwealths wrote:But TV ads, Unf.

Make the region cute again. :P

(I think this is less than 18 paragraphs but I think we should wait for the official result)

Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Tserra

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Make the region cute again. :P

(I think this is less than 18 paragraphs but I think we should wait for the official result)

Are we pretending for even a moment thag you don't already have my vote? I'm toying with the idea of abandoning my respect for liberal democracy and stuffing the ballot box.

Probably with penguin plushes. Just as writing in "God" on a ballot in the US counts as Republican, a penguin plush in the ballot box is a vote for Peng.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

I apologize for my use of the mass telegram power. I hope I didn't do anyone any harm.

I'll be using the RMB from now on.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, The United Providences Of Perland

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Are we pretending for even a moment thag you don't already have my vote? I'm toying with the idea of abandoning my respect for liberal democracy and stuffing the ballot box.

Probably with penguin plushes. Just as writing in "God" on a ballot in the US counts as Republican, a penguin plush in the ballot box is a vote for Peng.

That's so sweet of you. It would be amazing and funny to see that. I just have this picture in my head with a man trying to push a penguin plush through the small slot in the ballot box. XD

Jaslandia

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qStIY36Dm2y8UQBUqqBMikKuJ3-cIaQj-3lKa_VUsus/edit?usp=sharing

Let me know if I am missing anyone.

Vista Major

Tserra wrote:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qStIY36Dm2y8UQBUqqBMikKuJ3-cIaQj-3lKa_VUsus/edit?usp=sharing

Let me know if I am missing anyone.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Tychus "That's How You Spell RC" Fyero, Commander Coriander Salamander, Jenny from the Block.

Tserra wrote:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qStIY36Dm2y8UQBUqqBMikKuJ3-cIaQj-3lKa_VUsus/edit?usp=sharing

Let me know if I am missing anyone.

Can you strike me from that list and put me on the list for MoI candidates ?

Tserra

Seriously you folks know you can run for individual offices right? I mean if you wanted you could run for MoJ for example, or MoI like Peng. I mean we need people for those spots, even if its only a single candidate for each position.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Tserra wrote:Seriously you folks know you can run for individual offices right? I mean if you wanted you could run for MoJ for example, or MoI like Peng. I mean we need people for those spots, even if its only a single candidate for each position.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cgbZqR2AGI

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra

Post self-deleted by The United Providences Of Perland.

Vista Major wrote:I apologize for my use of the mass telegram power. I hope I didn't do anyone any harm.

I'll be using the RMB from now on.

Thanks.

Vista Major

Tserra wrote:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qStIY36Dm2y8UQBUqqBMikKuJ3-cIaQj-3lKa_VUsus/edit?usp=sharing

Let me know if I am missing anyone.

Will Presidential elections run first then Ministry elections next?

Vista Major

The United Providences Of Perland wrote:Will Presidential elections run first then Ministry elections next?

They will run concurrently.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

Tserra wrote:Seriously you folks know you can run for individual offices right? I mean if you wanted you could run for MoJ for example, or MoI like Peng. I mean we need people for those spots, even if its only a single candidate for each position.

Well, we've had this Presidential system for months untill just last. I forgive them for having the Prez Fever

Tserra wrote:Seriously you folks know you can run for individual offices right? I mean if you wanted you could run for MoJ for example, or MoI like Peng. I mean we need people for those spots, even if its only a single candidate for each position.

I was thinking of going either MoJ, MoI, or taking a new turn and running for MoD (Minister of Defense) although we haven't had many incidents so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Vista Major

Andromitus wrote:

I was thinking of going either MoJ, MoI, or taking a new turn and running for MoD (Minister of Defense) although we haven't had many incidents so ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯

I don't think we have MoD anymore. At least, no one's ever filled the position

Yukona

But by all means, MoI is a GREAT job. Take it from the guy that was one for 3 terms

Vista Major wrote:At least, no one's ever filled the position

*raises hand*

Vista Major wrote:I don't think we have MoD anymore. At least, no one's ever filled the position
Repealed in by way of the First Amendment.

Vista Major

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Repealed in by way of the First Amendment.

Beautiful

Magnatronia wrote:

*raises hand*

*pulls down hand*

I know it's a little late, but I would like to announce that [B]I am running for President in the upcoming elections.[/B] More details will be forthcoming, and I will soon have a dispatch up laying out my platform.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

I will also be running for President. My platform is make the CoFN great again.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona

ANNOUNCING THE PRESIDENTIAL PLATFORM

[I]Vista Major for President

Penguania And Antarctica

Unfallious wrote:I'll vote for the candidate who can tell me their platform in anything less than 18 paragraphs

Socialism. Pyromania. Blowjobs. #Bearlong2k17

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

Bearlong wrote:Socialism. Pyromania. Blowjobs. #Bearlong2k17

Isdiscordiumagoodname. #Kalaronism

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Kalaron wrote:Isdiscordiumagoodname. #Kalaronism

Are we still politically shaming Vista for that? or are we supporting him now that he's the only competent candidate in what's shaping up to be a very boring election.

Penguania And Antarctica

Bearlong wrote:Are we still politically shaming Vista for that? or are we supporting him now that he's the only competent candidate in what's shaping up to be a very boring election.

I'm asking a legitimate question, thank you very much.

Bearlong wrote:Are we still politically shaming Vista for that? or are we supporting him now that he's the only competent candidate in what's shaping up to be a very boring election.

I can run on a ban all (insert minority here) platform to shake it up, if you want

Hallo Freunde. Have a nice day. )

[spoiler=Today is February 8 and today are:]

Today is February 8 and today are:

- Laugh and Get Rich Day

- Molasses Bar Day

- National Boy Scouts Day (United States)

- National Kite Flying Day (United States)

- Opera Day

- Prešeren Day (Slovenia)

- Propose Day

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

- 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.

- 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah.

- 1347 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–47 ends with a power-sharing agreement between John VI Kantakouzenos and John V Palaiologos.

- 1575 – Leiden University is founded, and given the motto Praesidium Libertatis.

- 1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.

- 1590 – Luis de Carabajal the younger is tortured by the Inquisition in Mexico City.

- 1601 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Queen Elizabeth I and the revolt is quickly crushed.

- 1693 – The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a charter by King William III and Queen Mary II.

- 1807 – After two days of bitter fighting, the Russians under Bennigsen and the Prussians under L'Estocq concede the Battle of Eylau to Napoleon.

- 1817 – Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.

- 1837 – Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.

- 1865 – Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

- 1879 – Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.

- 1879 – The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked during a riot during a match in Sydney.

- 1885 – The first government-approved Japanese immigrants arrived in Hawaii.

- 1887 – The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.

- 1904 – Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.

- 1904 – Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.

- 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.

- 1915 – D. W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation premieres in Los Angeles.

- 1922 – United States President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio set in the White House.

- 1925 – National day of Air Force of Iran

- 1924 – Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.

- 1942 – World War II: Japan invades Singapore.

- 1942 – World War II: Dutch Colonial Army General Destruction Unit (AVC, Algemene Vernielings Corps) burns Banjarmasin, South Borneo to avoid Japanese capture.

- 1945 – World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada commence Operation Veritable to occupy the west bank of the Rhine.

- 1945 -- Mikhail Devyataev escapes with nine other Soviet inmates from a Nazi concentration camp in Peenemünde on the island of Usedom by hijacking the camp commandant's Heinkel He 111.

- 1946 – The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.

- 1948 – The formal creation of the Korean People's Army of North Korea is announced.

- 1949 – Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary is sentenced for treason.

- 1950 – The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.

- 1952 – Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.

- 1955 – The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000 km2) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.

- 1960 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.

- 1962 – Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.

- 1963 – Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.

- 1963 – The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba'ath Party.

- 1965 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean and explodes, killing everyone aboard.

- 1968 – American civil rights movement: The Orangeburg massacre: An attack on black students from South Carolina State University who are protesting racial segregation at the town's only bowling alley, leaves three or four dead in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

- 1971 – The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.

- 1971 – South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.

- 1974 – After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.

- 1978 – Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.

- 1981 – Twenty-one association football spectators are trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Neo Faliro, Greece, after a football match between Olympiacos F.C. and AEK Athens F.C.

- 1983 – The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 metres (1,050 ft) deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.

- 1986 – Hinton train collision: Twenty-three people are killed when a VIA Rail passenger train collides with a 118-car Canadian National freight train near the town of Hinton, Alberta, west of Edmonton. It is the worst rail accident in Canada until the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec derailment in 2013 which killed forty-seven people.

- 1989 – Independent Air Flight 1851 strikes Pico Alto mountain while on approach to Santa Maria Airport (Azores) killing all 144 passengers on board.

- 1993 – General Motors sues NBC after Dateline NBC allegedly rigs two crashes intended to demonstrate that some GM pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places. NBC settles the lawsuit the next day.

- 1996 – The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.

- 2005 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP A. Chandranehru dies of injuries sustained in an ambush the previous day.

- 2010 – A freak storm in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan triggers a series of at least 36 avalanches, burying over two miles of road, killing at least 172 people and trapping over 2,000 travelers.

- 2013 – A blizzard disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada.

- 2014 – A hotel fire in Medina, Saudi Arabia kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims with 130 others injured.

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Famous Birthdays:

- 1700 – Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist

- 1828 – Jules Verne, French author, poet, and playwright

- 1834 – Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist and academic, invented the periodic table

- 1843 – Eduard Sacher, Austrian restaurateur and hotelier

- 1878 – Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and academic

- 1880 – Franz Marc, German soldier and painter

- 1906 – Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer, invented Xerography

- 1925 – Jack Lemmon, American actor

- 1931 – James Dean, American actor

- 1932 – John Williams, American pianist, composer, and conductor

- 1937 – Manfred Krug, German actor, singer and author

- 1941 – Nick Nolte, American actor and producer

- 1955 – John Grisham, American lawyer and author

- 1966 – Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer and manager

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota, The United Providences Of Perland

Tserra wrote:They will run concurrently.

I'll go for MoI

Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra

Fight with me and for the greatness of the region and you'll never fight alone.

#TCaDS4Prez

Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, The United Providences Of Perland

The United Providences Of Perland wrote:I'll go for MoI

Seems we are opponents then. Good luck. :)

Jaslandia, The Cross And Davids Star

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Seems we are opponents then. Good luck. :)

Who will win, the happygolucky newcomer, or the hardened veteran? Stay tuned to find out!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

For Liberty, Equality, and the Pursuit of Happiness, Minnesota Dakota for President!

#MD4Prez

Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star

I too am running for president.

Penguania And Antarctica

Question, how many campaign posts are we allowed per day? I wanna make sure so I dont end up getting disqualified.

Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Seems we are opponents then. Good luck. :)

I'm dead

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Question, how many campaign posts are we allowed per day? I wanna make sure so I dont end up getting disqualified.

There is nothing saying you cannot spam the RMB with campaign posts in our laws. With that being said, do not spam the RMB with campaign posts. While it will not get you disqualified, it is frowned upon.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Tserra wrote:There is nothing saying you cannot spam the RMB with campaign posts in our laws. With that being said, do not spam the RMB with campaign posts. While it will not get you disqualified, it is frowned upon.

Oh ok.

We now have 6 candidates for President, and two for MoI. Once again, I would like to point out, that no one is yet running for Vice President, or Minister of Justice. So...just saying...we need those.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Yukona

Minnesota Dakota wrote:What does the VP do?

The Vice President shall primarily be responsible for advising the President, representing them in the House of Delegates, and acting in their place in the event of an absence or vacancy. Should the Office of the President be vacated by resignation, death, or impeachment the Vice President shall assume the Office until the expiration of the term. The Vice President shall be responsible for recruitment and growth in the region. This shall be the primary non-administrative task of the Vice President.

Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota

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Dear CFN Peoples,

Just dropping in to say hello from the COL.

Sincerely,

Rardium

[I]Clerk of the COL Congress[/I]

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Yukona

Tserra wrote:We now have 6 candidates for President, and two for MoI. Once again, I would like to point out, that no one is yet running for Vice President, or Minister of Justice. So...just saying...we need those.

maybe we should hold a presidential preliminary to better narrow the vote.

Post self-deleted by Magnatronia.

Coincidentally, I have suspended my presidential campaign, and have started my vice presidential campaign.

#Mag4VP

Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota

Magnatronia wrote:Coincidentally, I have suspended my presidential campaign, and have started my vice presidential campaign.

#Mag4VP

Coincidence? I think not!

If anyone got that reference then gj

Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Coincidence? I think not!

If anyone got that reference then gj

Long live Bernie Kropp

Jaslandia, The Cross And Davids Star

For a Safer and Securer Society and Democratic Ideals and Freedom, Minnesota Dakota for President!

#MD4Prez

Penguania And Antarctica, Freewire

Tserra wrote:We now have 6 candidates for President, and two for MoI. Once again, I would like to point out, that no one is yet running for Vice President, or Minister of Justice. So...just saying...we need those.

I'll be going for Minister of Justice

#Andy4MoJ

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Freewire, Jotunheim Collective

#Peng4MoI

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Freewire, Yukona

Hmmm.... maybe go for MoFA....

Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra

http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10110176/3/#new

Hoping the Confederacy General doesn't die.

Penguania And Antarctica, Freewire

#Per4MoI2K17 "Transparency, Stability, Intelligence."

Penguania And Antarctica

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