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Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Chaos in Germany:

Windstorm 'Friederike' rages over Germany. All trains stopped. Most flights cancelled. Parts of the Autobahns and roads closed due to accidents or blockages. Wind with speeds of 130kph/ 80mph/ 70kn. Authorities recommend that those who don't need to leave their home should stay at home. Lorries, busses and vehicles with trailers are recommended to pull over and wait for the storm petering out.

I hope you and your family stay safe.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Chaos in Germany:

Windstorm 'Friederike' rages over Germany. All trains stopped. Most flights cancelled. Parts of the Autobahns and roads closed due to accidents or blockages. Wind with speeds of 130kph/ 80mph/ 70kn. Authorities recommend that those who don't need to leave their home should stay at home. Lorries, busses and vehicles with trailers are recommended to pull over and wait for the storm petering out.

Stay safe, bud.

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

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Chaos in Germany:

Windstorm 'Friederike' rages over Germany. All trains stopped. Most flights cancelled. Parts of the Autobahns and roads closed due to accidents or blockages. Wind with speeds of 130kph/ 80mph/ 70kn. Authorities recommend that those who don't need to leave their home should stay at home. Lorries, busses and vehicles with trailers are recommended to pull over and wait for the storm petering out.

Be safe, bud.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Update (1/18/2017)

Construction is well underway on M.O.B Pegasus east of Kirk Ronan on Sodor. Should be finished and occupied by Mid-Feburary.

The Scandinavian Privateer threat has finally been dealt with. Red Army soldiers raised the crimson banner over the main headquarters earlier this morning.

Unfortunately, I will be unable to attend the wedding. Politics have hit a precarious point, and I am needed in-country to oversee some tense deals.

..... Not much else at this point. Been busy, so lack of activity on my part.

Thank you for your help with the pirates, and we look forward to cooperating with you for M.O.B Pegasus.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Chaos in Germany:

Windstorm 'Friederike' rages over Germany. All trains stopped. Most flights cancelled. Parts of the Autobahns and roads closed due to accidents or blockages. Wind with speeds of 130kph/ 80mph/ 70kn. Authorities recommend that those who don't need to leave their home should stay at home. Lorries, busses and vehicles with trailers are recommended to pull over and wait for the storm petering out.

Wow! You know things are bad when trains are cancelled. Stay safe, Peng! And I hope all engines, humans, and penguins managed to get home for the storm!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Chaos in Germany:

Windstorm 'Friederike' rages over Germany. All trains stopped. Most flights cancelled. Parts of the Autobahns and roads closed due to accidents or blockages. Wind with speeds of 130kph/ 80mph/ 70kn. Authorities recommend that those who don't need to leave their home should stay at home. Lorries, busses and vehicles with trailers are recommended to pull over and wait for the storm petering out.

Yikes! Stay safe, Peng!

Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

[spoiler=Today is January 18 and today are:]

Today is January 18 and today are:

- Beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Christianity)

- Get to Know Your Customers Day

- National Michigan Day (United States)

- National Peking Duck Day (United States)

- National Thesaurus Day (United States)

- National Winnie The Pooh Day (United States)

- Royal Thai Armed Forces Day (Thailand)

- Sonam Losar or Tamang New Year (Nepal)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0350 – General Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor.

- 0474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.

- 0532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.

- 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chinese throne in favour of his son Emperor Qinzong.

- 1486 – King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.

- 1535 – Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founds Lima, the capital of Peru.

- 1562 – Pope Pius IV reopens the Council of Trent for its third and final session.

- 1591 – King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Mingyi Swa of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.

- 1670 – Henry Morgan captures Panama.

- 1701 – Frederick I crowns himself King of Prussia in Königsberg.

- 1778 – James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands".

- 1788 – The first elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from Great Britain to Australia arrive at Botany Bay.

- 1806 – Jan Willem Janssens surrenders the Dutch Cape Colony to the British.

- 1866 – Wesley College, Melbourne, is established.

- 1871 – Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.

- 1884 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom.

- 1886 – Modern hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England.

- 1896 – An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.

- 1911 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.

- 1913 – First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.

- 1915 – Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.

- 1919 – World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.

- 1919 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.

- 1941 – World War II: British troops launch a general counter-offensive against Italian East Africa.

- 1943 – Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The first uprising of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto.

- 1945 – World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.

- 1958 – Willie O'Ree, the first African Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.

- 1960 – Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.

- 1967 – Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.

- 1969 – United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.

- 1974 – A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.

- 1976 – Lebanese Christian militias kill at least 1,000 in Karantina, Beirut.

- 1977 – Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.

- 1977 – Australia's worst rail disaster occurs at Granville, Sydney killing 83.

- 1977 – SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

- 1978 – The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.

- 1981 – Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).

- 1983 – The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.

- 1990 – Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.

- 1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.

- 2002 – Sierra Leone Civil War is declared over.

- 2003 – A bushfire kills four people and destroys more than 500 homes in Canberra, Australia.

- 2005 – The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial jet, is unveiled at a ceremony in Toulouse, France

- 2007 – The strongest storm in the United Kingdom in 17 years kills 14 people and Germany sees the worst storm since 1999 with 13 deaths. Cyclone Kyrill causes at least 44 deaths across 20 countries in Western Europe.

- 2008 – The Euphronios Krater is unveiled in Rome after being returned to Italy by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

- 2009 – Gaza War: Hamas announces they will accept Israel Defense Forces offer of a ceasefire, ending the assault.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1689 – Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher

- 1849 – Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia

- 1882 – A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright

- 1892 – Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian

- 1904 – Cary Grant, English-American actor

- 1911 – Danny Kaye, American actor, singer, and dancer

- 1914 – Arno Schmidt, German author and translator

- 1919 – Toni Turek, German footballer

- 1921 – Yoichiro Nambu, Japanese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1933 – Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories

- 1937 – John Hume, Northern Irish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1947 – Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director

- 1955 – Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer

- 1960 – Mark Rylance, English actor, director, and playwright

- 1971 – Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer and coach

- 1980 – Jason Segel, American actor and screenwriter

- 1988 – Angelique Kerber, German tennis player

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Quote of the day

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

- Charlotte Bronte (British Novelist, 1816-1855) -

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Nuremgard

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233369021632872448/403522287229468683/17265160_1285727734808590_3729260085521663736_n.png

:P

Jaslandia

Kalaron wrote:Nuremgard

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233369021632872448/403522287229468683/17265160_1285727734808590_3729260085521663736_n.png

:P

We'll see about that.

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1591 – King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Mingyi Swa of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.

And this, Siam's unique unit in Civ 5 was born!

http://civilization.wikia.com/wiki/Naresuan%27s_Elephant_(Civ5)

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 0532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.

https://youtu.be/eGL_M1SQV5E?t=8m15s

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1884 – Dr. William Price attempts to cremate the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the United Kingdom.

Naming your child 'Jesus Christ'? A little presumptuous, no? Perhaps that's why he died as an infant; God struck him down for his blasphemy.

Yeah, I know making fun of a child's death, even over 100 years ago, is a little dark. Sorry about that.

Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Naming your child 'Jesus Christ'? A little presumptuous, no? Perhaps that's why he died as an infant; God struck him down for his blasphemy.

You act like its uncommon.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Alruniea wrote:You act like its uncommon.

I know naming your child just 'Jesus' is fairly common globally, but I have very rarely heard of someone named 'Jesus Christ' (not counting the original, of course). Adding 'Christ' to the name just seems to be taking it a step too far.

Also, great to see you Runiea! How are you?

Alruniea, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton

Many Brexit voters are also ardent supporters of the UK.

Question: Why is "ever closer union" in the EU horrifying but a close union in the UK is the best thing since sliced bread?

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

Famous Birthdays:

I'd like to add one:

1952 - Michael Angelis, English actor.

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

Mr. Angelis is the longest-running narrator of our TV series, narrating the series in the U.K. (and one U.S. DVD) from 1991 (Season 3) until 2012 (Season 16). And that's not counting the extra stuff he did, like Railway Series narrations, DVD menu narration, narration for Thomas & Friends PC games, etc. So happy birthday, sir! Thanks for everything you've done for our franchise, and I continue to wish you the best in your post-Thomas career!

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Question: Why is "ever closer union" in the EU horrifying but a close union in the UK is the best thing since sliced bread?
Cognitive dissonance is really in right now.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Cognitive dissonance is really in right now.

As it always has been. I've done and I bet that you and everyone else reading this has done it too.

Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Cognitive dissonance is really in right now.

Somehow "sovereignty" and "independence" stops at Westminster. Cant have the natives getting too uppity with their devolved legislatures.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Somehow "sovereignty" and "independence" stops at Westminster. Cant have the natives getting too uppity with their devolved legislatures.

What are your thoughts on a federal UK?

Vetriutan 2 wrote:What are your thoughts on a federal UK?

It would be a vast improvement on the current structure but I'd still support independence. Why control most policy and leave things like defence and foreign policy to London? These are extremely important areas and I would not trust a bunch of inbred, privately-educated c*nts to handle these areas competently.

Yukona, Vetriutan 2

Vetriutan 2 wrote:As it always has been. I've done and I bet that you and everyone else reading this has done it too.

That. Right there. Was deep.

Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:That. Right there. Was deep.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dwu4iVA1yo

Hey, Confederacy of Free Nations. Vetriutan 2 here. And how seriously should anarcho-primitivism be taken?

Nuremgard wrote:It would be a vast improvement on the current structure but I'd still support independence. Why control most policy and leave things like defence and foreign policy to London? These are extremely important areas and I would not trust a bunch of inbred, privately-educated c*nts to handle these areas competently.

How feasible is Scottish independence if current trends continue?

Vetriutan 2 wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dwu4iVA1yo

Hey, Confederacy of Free Nations. Vetriutan 2 here. And how seriously should anarcho-primitivism be taken?

How feasible is Scottish independence if current trends continue?

I am unsure. Never underestimate the selfishness or spinelessness of Scots. It won out in 2014 and could very well win out again even with the disaster of Brexit.

To paraphrase an old rhyme from the Jacobite days, "Scots will cling to their Westminster nurse for fear of something worse."

Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:I am unsure. Never underestimate the selfishness or spinelessness of Scots. It won out in 2014 and could very well win out again even with the disaster of Brexit.

To paraphrase an old rhyme from the Jacobite days, "Scots will cling to their Westminster nurse for fear of something worse."

It all really depends on how Brexit negotiations go. If Britain leaves without a deal or with a horrible deal that will jeopardize its economic and sociopolitical strength, then I will give a near 100 percent chance that Scotland will secede. However, Northern Ireland, Wales, and London will likely stay as they are. If the UK comes out of Brexit in the European Economic Zone or in the European Free Trade Association, then I will give Scotland a 10-25 percent chance of leaving. So if you want an independent Scotland, then you better hope for the worst when it comes to Brexit and keeping the Tories in government, who have said that no deal is better than a bad deal, is the best way to do that in a Machiavellian way.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:It all really depends on how Brexit negotiations go. If Britain leaves without a deal or with a horrible deal that will jeopardize its economic and sociopolitical strength, then I will give a near 100 percent chance that Scotland will secede. However, Northern Ireland, Wales, and London will likely stay as they are. If the UK comes out of Brexit in the European Economic Zone or in the European Free Trade Association, then I will give Scotland a 10-25 percent chance of leaving. So if you want an independent Scotland, then you better hope for the worst when it comes to Brexit and keeping the Tories in government, who have said that no deal is better than a bad deal, is the best way to do that in a Machiavellian way.

Again, you are underestimating how feeble some Scots can be. Many will prefer a Brexit bad deal and a Tory government, so long as they have their precious Union.

Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Again, you are underestimating how feeble some Scots can be. Many will prefer a Brexit bad deal and a Tory government, so long as they have their precious Union.

And you are underestimating how disastrous no deal or a bad deal would be for the UK economically and sociopolitically. If the UK leaves out of the single market, then it will be destroyed economically because of how important trade with the EU is for the country's economically. And in times of desperation, many people, even those formerly loyal to the Union, will seek a way out of the Union and into the EU.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:And you are underestimating how disastrous no deal or a bad deal would be for the UK economically and sociopolitically. If the UK leaves out of the single market, then it will be destroyed economically because of how important trade with the EU is for the country's economically. And in times of desperation, many people, even those formerly loyal to the Union, will seek a way out of the Union and into the EU.

We'll see about that. Brexit and Trump have shown people can be pretty f*cking stupid and don't always vote in their best interests.

Nuremgard wrote:We'll see about that. Brexit and Trump have shown people can be pretty f*cking stupid and don't always vote in their best interests.

But in the case of Trump, what brought him to the White House was people's economic interests and how the Rust Belt carried him to victory, something that they did due to his economically populist rhetoric. Not only that, but in the case of Brexit, many were convinced by lies about how money used for paying for the UK's membership in the EU would be used for NHS funding. So I think it is pretty obvious that economic and sociopolitical interests are an important factor here.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:But in the case of Trump, what brought him to the White House was people's economic interests and how the Rust Belt carried him to victory, something that they did due to his economically populist rhetoric. Not only that, but in the case of Brexit, many were convinced by lies about how money used for paying for the UK's membership in the EU would be used for NHS funding. So I think it is pretty obvious that economic and sociopolitical interests are an important factor here.

Apologies for not being very detailed with my answers. I'm feeling very bitter about politics tonight.

Also, if people were convinced by Trump's rhetoric and by lies on a bus, that's their problem. Am I meant to feel sorry for them for being idiots?

Nuremgard wrote:Apologies for not being very detailed with my answers. I'm feeling very bitter about politics tonight.

Also, if people were convinced by Trump's rhetoric and by lies on a bus, that's their problem. Am I meant to feel sorry for them for being idiots?

That's not the point. The point is that economic and sociopolitical variables matter and that you are underestimating their importance.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:That's not the point. The point is that economic and sociopolitical variables matter and that you are underestimating their importance.

What can I say? I'm a pessimist.

Nuremgard wrote:What can I say? I'm a pessimist.

Pessimism and cynicism are just the cool, new hip things that the kids do these days on the internet and in casual conversation to seem contrarian, which has become all the rage in a society where anyone can express their thoughts and be seen by millions.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Pessimism and cynicism are just the cool, new hip things that the kids do these days on the internet and in casual conversation to seem contrarian, which has become all the rage in a society where anyone can express their thoughts and be seen by millions.

It isn't a new hip trend for me. I've always been a pessimistic, cynical arsehole. It's my sister who is the eternal optimist.

Nuremgard wrote:It isn't a new hip trend for me. I've always been a pessimistic, cynical arsehole. It's my sister who is the eternal optimist.

My brother is also the eternal optimist in the family, which is why my parents will always love him more, even though I am arguably more useful than he is.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:My brother is also the eternal optimist in the family, which is why my parents will always love him more, even though I am arguably more useful than he is.

We all have our crosses to bear. My uncle is a c*nt but my Gran (his mum) thinks the sun shines out his arse.

Percyton wrote:I'd like to add one:

1952 - Michael Angelis, English actor.

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

Mr. Angelis is the longest-running narrator of our TV series, narrating the series in the U.K. (and one U.S. DVD) from 1991 (Season 3) until 2012 (Season 16). And that's not counting the extra stuff he did, like Railway Series narrations, DVD menu narration, narration for Thomas & Friends PC games, etc. So happy birthday, sir! Thanks for everything you've done for our franchise, and I continue to wish you the best in your post-Thomas career!

Considering his filmography on Wikipedia doesn't list any roles after 2012, I'd Michael Angelis isn't having much luck in his post-Thomas career. Then again, maybe he voluntarily retired from acting. After all, after over two decades of narrating a children's show about talking locomotives, what else is there to do? What is left to accomplish?

Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:We all have our crosses to bear. My uncle is a c*nt but my Gran (his mum) thinks the sun shines out his arse.

Every mom thinks that about their children.

Jaslandia

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Every mom thinks that about their children.

Pretty much.

Nuremgard wrote:Pretty much.

Except for me.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Except for me.

Sorry to hear that, I guess?

Nuremgard wrote:Sorry to hear that, I guess?

Not really.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Not really.

Up to much?

Nuremgard wrote:Up to much?

No. You?

Vetriutan 2 wrote:No. You?

Just reading a Brexiteer article in the Guardian. I really should go to bed soon. I have uni tomorrow.

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:Just reading a Brexiteer article in the Guardian. I really should go to bed soon. I have uni tomorrow.

Every now and then I do the time conversion and I’m amazed at your disdain for a good night’s sleep

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Every now and then I do the time conversion and I’m amazed at your disdain for a good night’s sleep

I'm a vampire. Love staying up all night but it plays havoc with my sleeping patterns. It usually means I can sleep in very late. And on days when I need to get up in the mornings, I'm like a zombie.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Just reading a Brexiteer article in the Guardian. I really should go to bed soon. I have uni tomorrow.

Didn't the Guardian recently become a tabloid?

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Didn't the Guardian recently become a tabloid?

It's essentially the left-wing Daily Mail. I use left-wing very loosely though.

Nuremgard wrote:It's essentially the left-wing Daily Mail. I use left-wing very loosely though.

And I thought that media in the US was bad.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:And I thought that media in the US was bad.

Nah, trust me. The media in the UK is every bit as vile as the media in the US.

Nuremgard wrote:Nah, trust me. The media in the UK is every bit as vile as the media in the US.

At least original journalism still exists in the US, for now.

Jaslandia wrote:I know naming your child just 'Jesus' is fairly common globally, but I have very rarely heard of someone named 'Jesus Christ' (not counting the original, of course). Adding 'Christ' to the name just seems to be taking it a step too far.

Also, great to see you Runiea! How are you?

In any case I don't think anyone really considers that blasphemous.

Anyway, I'm alright, Jas, how have things been with you?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Final day of finals tomorrow. I am so happy. I did really well on finals today.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Alruniea wrote:In any case I don't think anyone really considers that blasphemous.

Anyway, I'm alright, Jas, how have things been with you?

I'm doing good. Started my second semester of college last week, and that's been going good so far.

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Morning people. I hope you all will have a wonderful day. :)

Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Morning people. I hope you all will have a wonderful day. :)

Same to you Peng. :p

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Just reading a Brexiteer article in the Guardian. I really should go to bed soon. I have uni tomorrow.

Justine Greening made a good point that Brexit has to work for young people or they will simply undo “the work we do for them”, which I think is extremely poignant. Then again, with a party like the Tories the chances of them listening to young people are slim when the majority of their supporters are mid to old aged. Regardless, young people need to be an important factor to consider in the coming negotiations.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Yukona wrote:Justine Greening made a good point that Brexit has to work for young people or they will simply undo “the work we do for them”, which I think is extremely poignant. Then again, with a party like the Tories the chances of them listening to young people are slim when the majority of their supporters are mid to old aged. Regardless, young people need to be an important factor to consider in the coming negotiations.

It's rare to agree with a Tory buy yrah, if Brrxit doee not work for the young, they will rrverse it. Brexut will affext their chanced to live and work in Europe. I dont see the Tories attracting the young though. Their policies are too geared to the old and well off

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:It's rare to agree with a Tory buy yrah, if Brrxit doee not work for the young, they will rrverse it. Brexut will affext their chanced to live and work in Europe. I dont see the Tories attracting the young though. Their policies are too geared to the old and well off
I entirely support your decision to day drink, boyo.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I entirely support your decision to day drink, boyo.

I dont drink but the Tory gov makes me reconsider.

I made a quiz on the British monarchy. See how well you do!

http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1801191221062018&lnk&

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:I dont drink but the Tory gov makes me reconsider.

The spelling errors make you look drunk

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:The spelling errors make you look drunk

I was in my lecture and typing on my phone under the desk.

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:I made a quiz on the British monarchy. See how well you do!

http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1801191221062018&lnk&

70%

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:I made a quiz on the British monarchy. See how well you do!

http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1801191221062018&lnk&

40% I am terrible at British history.

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:I made a quiz on the British monarchy. See how well you do!

http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1801191221062018&lnk&

80%. Damn you, Union of the Crowns and the other question I can’t remember now.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:80%. Damn you, Union of the Crowns and the other question I can’t remember now.

Not to worry. You're still a true and loyal subject. :P

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I made a quiz on the British monarchy. See how well you do!

http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1801191221062018&lnk&

20%, up the queen, up the pope etc etc

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Nuremgard wrote:Not to worry. You're still a true and loyal subject. :P

Excellent. One step closer to my ultimate goal of being Her Majesty’s viceregal representative in Canada.

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

Lex Caledonia wrote:20%, up the queen, up the pope etc etc

An Orangeman would hate your former statement but love the latter.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Excellent. One step closer to my ultimate goal of being Her Majesty’s viceregal representative in Canada.

Just abolish the entire government and we'll put you in charge, Con. You shall represent Her Maj.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Just abolish the entire government and we'll put you in charge, Con. You shall represent Her Maj.

Official petition to change the title of Governor General to The Queen of Canada’s Queen in Canada upon my appointment.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Official petition to change the title of Governor General to The Queen of Canada’s Queen in Canada upon my appointment.

I once read a story about some royal staff who were accompanying their employers on a plane. There was a queue for the toilet and a gay footman whizzed passed a duchess to get into the bathroom first. She complained that she was to go in first but the footman wittily replied, "a queen outranks a duchess."

Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:I made a quiz on the British monarchy. See how well you do!

http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1801191221062018&lnk&

50%. I think it's mostly my knowledge of the isles in general.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I made a quiz on the British monarchy. See how well you do!

http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1801191221062018&lnk&

Whoop! 100% boyos!

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Jaslandia wrote:Whoop! 100% boyos!

Holy sh!t lol check out Jas the British monarchy expert!

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Holy sh!t lol check out Jas the British monarchy expert!

I'm just a big history buff.

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I made a quiz on the British monarchy. See how well you do!

http://www.quizyourfriends.com/take-quiz.php?id=1801191221062018&lnk&

90, it was the Queen Anne part that got me :p

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/01/why-do-those-college-students-hate-free-speech-so-much

Oh hey, finally someone who defends and deconstructs the classic "Snowflake college students" argument.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Axeldonia wrote:https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/01/why-do-those-college-students-hate-free-speech-so-much

Oh hey, finally someone who defends and deconstructs the classic "Snowflake college students" argument.

I've always believed this "problem" was blown out of proportion.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:I've always believed this "problem" was blown out of proportion.

I'd agree that the problem has been extended to the quiet majority, but I'd argue that it's a sensible extension to make, tbh. People have quite honestly been raised -politically speaking- to sooner attack each other for dissenting opinions than to amicably discuss, this can be seen in the political landscape of the US, but it's also visible in the numerous examples of mob-behaviour. We really can't have a spiteful and public political scene without it acting as an influence on the people under it.

I would absolutely argue that it's a pressing problem with this generation. An inability to compromise, radicalized beliefs (on either side of the spectrum) and an instinctive urge to demean and debase opponents rather than treat them as people has never turned out well historically.

Kalaron wrote:I'd agree that the problem has been extended to the quiet majority, but I'd argue that it's a sensible extension to make, tbh. People have quite honestly been raised -politically speaking- to sooner attack each other for dissenting opinions than to amicably discuss, this can be seen in the political landscape of the US, but it's also visible in the numerous examples of mob-behaviour. We really can't have a spiteful and public political scene without it acting as an influence on the people under it.

I would absolutely argue that it's a pressing problem with this generation. An inability to compromise, radicalized beliefs (on either side of the spectrum) and an instinctive urge to demean and debase opponents rather than treat them as people has never turned out well historically.

To be fair though, if you could see the kind of heinous policies Tories were implementing over here, you'd understand why people like me attack and demean them.

Axeldonia

Nuremgard wrote:To be fair though, if you could see the kind of heinous policies Tories were implementing over here, you'd understand why people like me attack and demean them.

I already do, that doesn't change it being a problem to me tho.

Did anyone else say to themselves while doing Nurem’s quiz “I bet Jas will totally get 100”?

I did. Lo and behold!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Did anyone else say to themselves while doing Nurem’s quiz “I bet Jas will totally get 100”?

I did. Lo and behold!

He clearly used Google.

Jokes, Jas. :P

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

[spoiler=Today is January 19 and today are:]

Today is January 19 and today are:

- Confederate Heroes Day (Texas)

- Husband's Day or Bóndadagur (Iceland)

- International Fetish Day

- Kokborok Day (Tripura, India)

- National Popcorn Day (United States)

- Robert E. Lee Day (Florida)

- Theophany / Epiphany (Eastern and Oriental Orthodoxy)

- Tin Can Day

- Vodici or Baptism of Jesus (Republic of Macedonia)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 0379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.

- 0639 – Clovis II, king of Neustria and Burgundy, is crowned.

- 0649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.

- 1419 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.

- 1511 – Mirandola surrenders to the French.

- 1520 – Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.

- 1607 – San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.

- 1661 – Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London.

- 1764 – John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.

- 1788 – The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.

- 1795 – The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.

- 1806 – Britain occupies the Dutch Cape Colony after the Battle of Blaauwberg.

- 1812 – Peninsular War: After a ten-day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo.

- 1817 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.

- 1818 – French physicist Augustin Fresnel submits a "supplement" which establishes the current understanding of polarized light.

- 1829 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.

- 1839 – The British East India Company captures Aden.

- 1853 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.

- 1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.

- 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.

- 1871 – Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.

- 1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.

- 1899 – Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.

- 1915 – Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.

- 1915 – German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.

- 1917 – Seventy-three people are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London.

- 1920 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.

- 1920 – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.

- 1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.

- 1940 – You Nazty Spy!, the very first Hollywood film of any kind to satirize Adolf Hitler and the Nazis premieres, starring The Three Stooges, with Moe Howard as the character "Moe Hailstone" satirizing Hitler.

- 1941 – World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.

- 1942 – World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.

- 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.

- 1946 – General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.

- 1953 – Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.

- 1960 – Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty

- 1969 – Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.

- 1974 – China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam

- 1977 – President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").

- 1978 – The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.

- 1981 – Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.

- 1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.

- 1983 – The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.

- 1986 – The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written.

- 1991 – Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.

- 1993 – Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.

- 1995 – After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.

- 1996 – The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

- 1997 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.

- 1999 – British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.

- 2007 – Turkish-Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast.

- 2012 – The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.

- 2014 – A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 0840 – Michael III, Byzantine emperor

- 1544 – Francis II of France

- 1736 – James Watt, Scottish-English chemist and engineer

- 1807 – Robert E. Lee, American general and academic

- 1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, American author, poet, and critic

- 1839 – Paul Cézanne, French painter

- 1848 – Matthew Webb, English swimmer and diver

- 1889 – Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor

- 1920 – Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th Prime Minister of Peru

- 1921 – Patricia Highsmith, American author and screenwriter

- 1943 – Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter

- 1946 – Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter and actress

- 1955 – Simon Rattle, English conductor

- 1966 – Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player and coach

- 1980 – Jenson Button, English race car driver

- 1994 – Matthias Ginter, German footballer

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Quote of the day

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.

- Vince Lombardi (American Coach, 1913-1970) -

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Nuremgard, Mercunova, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:He clearly used Google.

Jokes, Jas. :P

Or maybe he is just Anglophile. :P

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:He clearly used Google.

Jokes, Jas. :P

Lol. I was tempted, but I bravely resisted the urge to Google the answers!

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Or maybe he is just Anglophile. :P

He did say he was a history buff. :P

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Lol. I was tempted, but I bravely resisted the urge to Google the answers!

I've sent the quiz to my royalist UK-loving buddy Yuk to see how he does too. So if he gets less than 100, it will be a source of eternal shame that an American knows more about his country's monarchy than he does. :P

Nuremgard wrote:He clearly used Google.

Jokes, Jas. :P

There are worse accusations. You could have said he used Bing.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Or maybe he is just Anglophile. :P

I know a pretty decent amount of British/English history (and before Nurem jumps on me, I know those two aren't the same, I'm just using it as a shorthand for England both before and after the Acts of Union), but I wouldn't call myself an Anglophile, or a '-phile' of any country besides my own really. If anything, I might be a 'Romaphile', since I'm big into ancient Roman history.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:There are worse accusations. You could have said he used Bing.

Nobody uses Bing. Not even the people who made Bing use Bing. Did anyone actually even use Bing?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Jaslandia wrote:I know a pretty decent amount of British/English history (and before Nurem jumps on me, I know those two aren't the same, I'm just using it as a shorthand for England both before and after the Acts of Union), but I wouldn't call myself an Anglophile, or a '-phile' of any country besides my own really. If anything, I might be a 'Romaphile', since I'm big into ancient Roman history.

Fear not, Jas. I know you know the distinction. You will not feel my Caledonian wrath today.

Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:There are worse accusations. You could have said he used Bing.

https://youtu.be/B759dzymyoc?t=1m45s

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Nobody uses Bing. Not even the people who made Bing use Bing. Did anyone actually even use Bing?

Is Bing still around?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Nobody uses Bing. Not even the people who made Bing use Bing. Did anyone actually even use Bing?

Bing itself doesn't even use Bing. If you try to search something on Bing, the search engine just says "Who the f*ck uses Bing?". It's true; Google it.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Mercunova wrote:Is Bing still around?

Ah, the age old question: if a tree falls in the forest, but no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If a search engine exists on the Internet, but no one uses it, does it even exist?

Mercunova

Jaslandia wrote:I know a pretty decent amount of British/English history (and before Nurem jumps on me, I know those two aren't the same, I'm just using it as a shorthand for England both before and after the Acts of Union), but I wouldn't call myself an Anglophile, or a '-phile' of any country besides my own really. If anything, I might be a 'Romaphile', since I'm big into ancient Roman history.

More lies. We all know you have a spiral notebook where you’ve written “Azerbaijan” hundreds of times surrounded by little hearts.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:Bing itself doesn't even use Bing. If you try to search something on Bing, the search engine just says "Who the f*ck uses Bing?". It's true; Google it.

If you try to type anything into Bing, it sends you a message saying, "what the hell you asking me for? Go ask Google."

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:He did say he was a history buff. :P

Jaslandia wrote:I know a pretty decent amount of British/English history (and before Nurem jumps on me, I know those two aren't the same, I'm just using it as a shorthand for England both before and after the Acts of Union), but I wouldn't call myself an Anglophile, or a '-phile' of any country besides my own really. If anything, I might be a 'Romaphile', since I'm big into ancient Roman history.

Okay, okay. I will not make any assumptions in the future then.

Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:More lies. We all know you have a spiral notebook where you’ve written “Azerbaijan” hundreds of times surrounded by little hearts.

*tosses a spiral notebook into the RMB fireplace* I have no idea what you're talking about.

Nuremgard wrote:If you try to type anything into Bing, it sends you a message saying, "what the hell you asking me for? Go ask Google."

If that wasn't weird enough, try searching 'Bing' into Google. After confirming that you aren't looking for Bing Crosby, the search results just say "You're kidding me, right?"

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

https://youtu.be/a9PhaiB_wLY?t=25

My national anthem for when I become dictator.

Jaslandia

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