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Continental Commonwealths wrote:200 messages later... If this was all about the World Fair and a discussion of direct democracy, I feel Unf had it right when he said:

200 messages that I barely read

Jaslandia, Yukona

May I say that penguins are adorable creatures.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Oelesa, Tserra, Minnesota Dakota, The United Providences Of Perland, Pirate Kingdoms

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:May I say that penguins are adorable creatures.

Yes, you may

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Pirate Kingdoms

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:May I say that penguins are adorable creatures.

You may. Say it louder. Shout it from the rooftops!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Pirate Kingdoms

Yukona wrote:I'd like to vote to reply to this, and in turn vote on saying can we vote - I would like a 100% majority before we all proceed and anyone that would like to sleep or use the bathroom to contact the National Office of Things.

Objection! We did not vote on you saying that! Now we must vote on whether or not we can hold a vote to censure you for contempt!

Continental Commonwealths wrote:You may. Say it louder. Shout it from the rooftops!

I second this motion!

Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:You may. Say it louder. Shout it from the rooftops!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PENGUINS ARE ADORABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jaslandia, Baxten, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Oelesa, Minnesota Dakota, The United Providences Of Perland, Pirate Kingdoms

Watch this.

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

Republicans may not like.

Vista Major

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1907 – Douglas Corrigan, American pilot and engineer

Donald: See, Dougie? Here's anither famous Douglas.

Douglas: He isnae e'en alive, ye wallaper! He's bin dead fur ower two decades!

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

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

We should nuke Oelesa for telling me to hurry up

Btw I have chores to do so that's why I've been busy

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Oelesa, The United Providences Of Perland

Minnesota Dakota wrote:Watch this.

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

Republicans may not like.

Think I heard that. Pretty good

Minnesota Dakota

Jaslandia wrote:Objection! We did not vote on you saying that! Now we must vote on whether or not we can hold a vote to censure you for contempt!

I second this motion!

Order, Order!

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PENGUINS ARE ADORABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Member will come to Order!

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

Bearlong wrote:Order, Order!

The Member will come to Order!

Nope. Penguins overrule the speaker. :P

Jaslandia

Magnatronia wrote:We should nuke Oelesa for telling me to hurry up

Btw I have chores to do so that's why I've been busy

did someone say nuke? :D

Magnatronia wrote:We should nuke Oelesa for telling me to hurry up

Btw I have chores to do so that's why I've been busy

I bet you could destroy me, in more ways than one, if you catch my drift.

The United Providences Of Perland

Oelesa wrote:I bet you could destroy me, in more ways than one, if you catch my drift.

Sorry bro, I'm taken.

On a side note, I really oughtta find work-arounds for the nuke ban.

Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, The United Providences Of Perland

Magnatronia wrote:Sorry bro, I'm taken.

On a side note, I really oughtta find work-arounds for the nuke ban.

I got it! I'll summon, THE PLAGUE[/I] http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/The_Plague

http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10106215/3/#new

Lemme work on the military factbook

Oelesa wrote:I bet you could destroy me, in more ways than one, if you catch my drift.

wat

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Pirate Kingdoms

Continental Commonwealths wrote:wat

The surprise is strong with this one.

The United Providences Of Perland

Oelesa wrote:I bet you could destroy me, in more ways than one, if you catch my drift.

wat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXzEcwYs8Eo

The United Providences Of Perland, Pirate Kingdoms

Oh sh!t boys.

I just ordered a nice desk mic for myself, so...that's a thing.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra

Kalaron wrote:Oh sh!t boys.

I just ordered a nice desk mic for myself, so...that's a thing.

Kewlz

"I hate cheese, to be honest with you" - Kalaron

Eat a fvcking cheeseburger, you skinny fvck.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona

Done with my military factbook. Now can we get on with the RP?

Vista Major

Sulania wrote:"I hate cheese, to be honest with you" - Kalaron

Eat a fvcking cheeseburger, you skinny fvck.

I might, or maybe not.

Probably not since cheese is disgusting :/

Pirate Kingdoms

Kalaron wrote:I might, or maybe not.

Probably not since cheese is disgusting :/

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/06/opinionated.gif

Magnatronia wrote:Done with my military factbook. Now can we get on with the RP?

Don't mean to be a dick, but I can see two very glaring issues in your factbook.

First, the amount of everything you have is astronomical, like, you have 63,000 planes in total while the USA has maybe 13.5K.

You outnumber the US in everything on such a scale as to be ridiculous in any fight, really.

You have 854 navy ships in active service compared to the grand total of all US ships in active service and ready for service, that is to say, 440 -including supply ships, amphibious assualt ships, and every logistical craft out there, so your grand total would probably be at or above 1,000 ships.

Secondly, you're gonna get squashed using the M960 (There is no MS960?) since it's a 9mm parabolic round in open conditions fighting modern body armour.

To put it in perspective, the 5.56mm rifle round inside of an M16A4 is woefully ineffective beyond 500 meters, while your rifle is both shorter and uses a less powerful pistol munition.

Aldaur, Tserra, Yukona

Caro Emerald and Saint Motel has good music.

Kalaron wrote:Don't mean to be a dick, but I can see two very glaring issues in your factbook.

First, the amount of everything you have is astronomical, like, you have 63,000 planes in total while the USA has maybe 13.5K.

You outnumber the US in everything on such a scale as to be ridiculous in any fight, really.

You have 854 navy ships in active service compared to the grand total of all US ships in active service and ready for service, that is to say, 440 -including supply ships, amphibious assualt ships, and every logistical craft out there, so your grand total would probably be at or above 1,000 ships.

Secondly, you're gonna get squashed using the M960 (There is no MS960?) since it's a 9mm parabolic round in open conditions fighting modern body armour.

To put it in perspective, the 5.56mm rifle round inside of an M16A4 is woefully ineffective beyond 500 meters, while your rifle is both shorter and uses a less powerful pistol munition.

XD I'm so sorry it's just I hate doing research and I kinda like playing the character? Not exactly into actually saying "Oh, my specially equipped Omega force executed a delta formation on your navy and now all your T-54's have been disabled." But I'll fix it up now.

Merlinton

Magnatronia wrote:XD I'm so sorry it's just I hate doing research and I kinda like playing the character? Not exactly into actually saying "Oh, my specially equipped Omega force executed a delta formation on your navy and now all your T-54's have been disabled." But I'll fix it up now.

You just mentioned a navy and a tank design all at the same time and it hurts me.

Just ask mate, I love to sperg about sh!t, and I'm great at consulting.

Yukona, Magnatronia

Kalaron wrote:You just mentioned a navy and a tank design all at the same time and it hurts me.

Just ask mate, I love to sperg about sh!t, and I'm great at consulting.

Then I need some consulting!

Magnatronia wrote:Then I need some consulting!

List and you shall receive sperg as never before.

Andromitus, Yukona

Kalaron wrote:List and you shall receive sperg as never before.

List what you need*

Yukona, Magnatronia

Post self-deleted by Baxten.

Magnatronia wrote:Then I need some consulting!

You can reference my factbook, as I tried to have realistic numbers with everything. Kal helped me, of course.

Yukona, Magnatronia, Walterstien

Baxten wrote:You can reference my factbook, as I tried to have realistic numbers with everything. Kal helped me, of course.

Ssshhh

I'm ssssppeerrging at him already.

Andromitus, Yukona

Hi folks. Look forward to RPing with folks here.

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

Greetings and congrats on being featured. :)

Merlinton, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star, Yukona

United Moreland wrote:Hi folks. Look forward to RPing with folks here.

Hey there! hope to fun in that aspect as well! Oh, and be sure to sign up on our forums General OOC so you can be active in most of our future RP's.

Oh, and if you need any help regarding regional life, I'm a regional mentor, so feel free to TG me and I can help you with whatever questions you might have!

Maryon Republic wrote:Greetings and congrats on being featured. :)

Thanks, oh and welcome to you as well

Hello people. Sorry for the lateness of this post but today is just not my day.

[spoiler=Today are:]

Today are:

- Bounty Day (Pitcairn Islands)

- Measure Your Feet Day

- National Handwriting Day (United States)

- National Heroes Day (Cayman Islands)

- National Pie Day (United States)

- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Orissa, Tripura, and West Bengal, India)

- World Freedom Day (South Korea, Taiwan)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 393 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.

- 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.

- 1264 – In the conflict between King Henry III of England and his rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, King Louis IX of France issues the Mise of Amiens, a one-sided decision in favour of Henry that later leads to the Second Barons' War.

- 1546 – Having published nothing for eleven years, François Rabelais publishes the Tiers Livre, his sequel to Gargantua and Pantagruel.

- 1570 – James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, regent for the infant King James VI of Scotland, is assassinated by firearm, the first recorded instance of such.

- 1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London.

- 1579 – The Union of Utrecht forms a Protestant republic in the Netherlands.

- 1656 – Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.

- 1719 – The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.

- 1789 – Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.)

- 1793 – Second Partition of Poland.

- 1846 – Slavery in Tunisia is abolished.

- 1849 – Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States' first female doctor.

- 1870 – In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.

- 1899 – The Malolos Constitution is inaugurated, establishing the First Philippine Republic.

- 1899 – Emilio Aguinaldo is sworn in as President of the First Philippine Republic.

- 1904 – Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.

- 1909 – RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.

- 1912 – The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.

- 1920 – The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.

- 1937 – The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.

- 1941 – Charles Lindbergh testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.

- 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Rabaul commences Japan's invasion of Australia's Territory of New Guinea.

- 1943 – World War II: Troops of Montgomery's Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.

- 1943 – World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse on Guadalcanal ends.

- 1945 – World War II: German admiral Karl Dönitz launches Operation Hannibal.

- 1950 – The Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

- 1957 – American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".

- 1960 – The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean.

- 1961 – The Portuguese luxury cruise ship Santa Maria is hijacked by opponents of the Estado Novo regime with the intention of waging war until dictator António de Oliveira Salazar is overthrown.

- 1964 – The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.

- 1967 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.

- 1973 – United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.

- 1986 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.

- 1997 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.

- 1998 – Netscape announced Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source.

- 2001 – Five people attempt to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.

- 2002 – U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.

- 2003 – A very weak signal from Pioneer 10 is detected for the last time, but no usable data can be extracted.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1737 – John Hancock, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts

- 1783 – Stendhal, French novelist

- 1832 – Édouard Manet, French painter

- 1840 – Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer

- 1855 – John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company

- 1862 – David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician and academic

- 1876 – Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1897 – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect

- 1897 – Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician

- 1907 – Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1915 – W. Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1918 – Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1919 – Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver

- 1919 – Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host

- 1926 – Bal Thackeray, Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician

- 1928 – Jeanne Moreau, French actress

- 1930 – Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1938 – Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor

- 1940 – Armin Maiwald, German author, television director and producer

- 1944 – Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer

- 1950 – Richard Dean Anderson, American actor, producer, and composer

- 1951 – Chesley Sullenberger, American captain and pilot

- 1984 – Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer

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Quote of the day

To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.

- Eva Young -

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

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Tserra, The United Providences Of Perland, Umm Al-Sahra

Oh my god, people. Check the world page and see which region is featured today. It's unbelievable, guys. Love you all. :)

Bearlong, Merlinton, Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland, The Cross And Davids Star, Yukona, Umm Al-Sahra

oh whoa, we're featured. In all my years I've never seen that happen.

Bearlong, Merlinton, Jaslandia, Baxten, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, The Cross And Davids Star, Yukona, Magnatronia

Unfallious wrote:oh whoa, we're featured. In all my years I've never seen that happen.

We've been featured. I thought I'd never see the day.

Bearlong, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star

Baxten wrote:We've been featured. I thought I'd never see the day.

How does a region get featured, or is it just random?

Bearlong, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Andromitus wrote:How does a region get featured, or is it just random?

As far as i know, it´s chosen at random.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Oh my tits we're featured! Welcome new people.

Bearlong, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The Cross And Davids Star

United Moreland wrote:Hi folks. Look forward to RPing with folks here.

Great! Remember to apply for citizenship!

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

The United Providences Of Perland wrote:Oh my tits we're featured! Welcome new people.

Of course you´d say it like that.

Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

The Cross And Davids Star wrote:Of course you´d say it like that.

How else would he announce the sheerness of his joy?

Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

Andromitus wrote:How else would he announce the sheerness of his joy?

By doing what i'm doing and preparing for the biggest firework show the region has seen!

Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

Our being featured is amazing! :D #blessed

Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

Vista Major wrote:Our being featured is amazing! :D #blessed

ikr, i'm getin ready to release a kiloton of fireworks in celebration tonight

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

I have already loaded my KV-2 to celebrate

Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

*Perland airdrops gift baskets to each national leader to celebrate*

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica

*whenever you put CK2 on observe for 3 days straight just so you can reach 1000 AD*

Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

Wow, actually being featured. That's awesome.

Jaslandia, The Eastern Byzantine Empire, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

Yay! *grabs champagne*

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Congratulations on being featured my friends! *hands out cake to everyone*

Merlinton, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, The United Providences Of Perland, The Cross And Davids Star, Yukona, Magnatronia

Congratulations On Being Featured wrote:Congratulations on being featured my friends! *hands out cake to everyone*

This guy right here

Jaslandia, Congratulations On Being Featured, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Congratulations On Being Featured wrote:Congratulations on being featured my friends! *hands out cake to everyone*

I was wondering when you would show up, the feature nomads are always a pleasure.

Merlinton, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Congratulations On Being Featured, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona

Andromitus wrote:A fellow Democratic Collective state? Fascinating...

How does the lateral management fare in your parts ?

The United Providences Of Perland

Jotunheim Collective wrote:How does the lateral management fare in your parts ?

Fairly well, after I met the necessary requirements, like a strong information technology sector, educated populace, fact check A.I. on federal websites and all. How's it on your end?

Hey, considering your a WA member, I'd suggest becoming a citizen and getting a map claim

What are your guy's favorite news sources or ones that you use the most?

Aldaur wrote:What are your guy's favorite news sources or ones that you use the most?

NBC News/NPR

Aldaur, The United Providences Of Perland

Hello everyone. :)

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

Aldaur wrote:What are your guy's favorite news sources or ones that you use the most?

I read CNN, Fox News, and the Huffington Post. What they all 3 agree on is what I take to be fact. Or if they cannot agree, then a logical middle ground is probably what happened.

Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Aldaur wrote:What are your guy's favorite news sources or ones that you use the most?

Whatever articles reddit digs up for me I read, so I guess you could say I crowd source my news sources.

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Intelligentpeople wrote:Hello everyone. :)

Hey, welcome.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Intelligentpeople

Aldaur wrote:What are your guy's favorite news sources or ones that you use the most?

Twitter is where I get my news. It's the easiest place to hear about events when they happen from multiple perspectives. I follow BBC News on Twitter as it's really the only mainstream news source that I lowkey believe in when it comes to American news.

I don't follow or watch the mainstream American media like CNN, Fox, or MSNBC for American news since they're all Wall Street corporate-owned trash. Twitter is live and genuinely the regular people that talk about what's going on aren't owned by corporations but are normal people like myself. It's not like there's a news anchor telling you what happened, but more like "yo dude did you hear that x happened?"

When something happens, Twitter is lit up talking about the event. When something happens that people actually care about, rather than what gets ratings, I'll know because it'll be trending on Twitter. That's what's nice about putting live journalism in the hands of regular people instead of the sell-out corrupt corporate-owned journalists from mainstream media is they'll focus on what's important to normal people instead of what boosts ratings.

Aldaur

Unfallious wrote:Whatever articles reddit digs up for me I read, so I guess you could say I crowd source my news sources.

I do the same, except with NSG instead of Redit. I also use The New York Times, the Washington Post, and my local newspaper the Tampa Bay Times.

Aldaur

Intelligentpeople wrote:Hello everyone. :)

Hello!

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Intelligentpeople

I've opened the conference on the RP.

http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10110176/2/#new

Read the post I just made in the OOC thread for information on how the conference will run so that we don't all immediately fall on our faces and have a big old international incident (that comes later).

Vista Major, Oelesa

Post by Camada Land suppressed by Confederacy Of Free Nations.

Camada Land

Join Prospera a new start up democracy region!

Aldaur wrote:What are your guy's favorite news sources or ones that you use the most?

I personally prefer the Wallstreet Journal, Business Insider, Forbes, Fortune, Vice News, Reuters, BBC, NPR, NY Times. I used to listen to CNN, but it has become trash now imo. NY Times a bit too.

Unfallious wrote:I've opened the conference on the RP.

http://s15.zetaboards.com/COFN/topic/10110176/2/#new

Read the post I just made in the OOC thread for information on how the conference will run so that we don't all immediately fall on our faces and have a big old international incident (that comes later).

Girwig Agreement? I think I might have missed that or have just blanked on its name, what was that again?

Vista Major

In all my years on NS, I don't think I've ever had my region featured! I'm so proud!

The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Jaslandia, The Eastern Byzantine Empire, Vista Major, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, The United Providences Of Perland, Intelligentpeople

Andromitus wrote:Girwig Agreement? I think I might have missed that or have just blanked on its name, what was that again?

thing I made up

literally just means we have a conference once a year

you all signed it because I'm OP and therefore God

Andromitus

Unfallious wrote:thing I made up

literally just means we have a conference once a year

you all signed it because I'm OP and therefore God

Rocks fall; everybody dies.

Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona

Holy sh!t has it been a long night. Alright dudes, this week (hopefully) I'll finish up the Kongo RP and work on the global conference. Sorry I've been so busy. Whatever time I've had to myself I've been wanting to spend with my partner, so RPs haven't been top priority. But I'm hoping that I'll have time in the schoolday to make a decent conclusion to the Kongo.

Merlinton

Aldaur wrote:What are your guy's favorite news sources or ones that you use the most?

I use RT purely because their page loads quick and I find it easy to navigate, maybe it's because I got stuck in a rut used to it who knows. They're incredibly bias but they have more conflict orientated news which I prefer. If I really want a decent overview I'd go BBC or Reuters.

Aldaur

So proud of our work. Congrats everyone, we deserve it! :)

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

Aldaur wrote:What are your guy's favorite news sources or ones that you use the most?

Any mainstream one that's not NBC or Fox. I try to stay neutral or in the center of the political spectrum when I chose my sources.

Jaslandia, Aldaur

Aldaur wrote:What are your guy's favorite news sources or ones that you use the most?

Yahoo to gather events, crowdsource details.

Aldaur

Hello people.

[spoiler=Today are:]

Today are:

- Beer Can Appreciation Day

- Feria de Alasitas (La Paz, Bolivia)

- Global Belly Laugh Day

- Macintosh Computer Day

- Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day

- National Compliment Day (United States)

- National Peanut Butter Day (United States)

- Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church)

- Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day

- Unification Day (Romania)

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- AD 41 – Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor

- 1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.

- 1458 – Matthias Corvinus becomes king of Hungary.

- 1624 – Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa.

- 1679 – King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.

- 1742 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.

- 1758 – During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia

- 1817 – Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the Action of Picheuta.

- 1835 – Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.

- 1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento

- 1857 – The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.

- 1859 – The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.

- 1862 – Bucharest is proclaimed the capital of Romania.

- 1908 – The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.

- 1915 – World War One: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.

- 1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.

- 1918 – The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14(NS)

- 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.

- 1939 – The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.

- 1942 – World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.

- 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.

- 1946 – The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.

- 1947 – Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.

- 1960 – Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.

- 1961 – Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.

- 1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.

- 1977 – Massacre of Atocha in Madrid occurs during the Spanish transition to democracy.

- 1978 – Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.

- 1984 – Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.

- 1990 – Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.

- 2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.

- 2009 – Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.

- 2011 – At least 35 die and 180 are injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 76 – Hadrian, Roman emperor

- 1712 – Frederick the Great, Prussian king

- 1732 – Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier

- 1746 – Gustav III of Sweden

- 1776 – E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer

- 1820 – Henry Jarvis Raymond, American journalist, co-founder of The New York Times

- 1848 – Vasily Surikov, Russian painter

- 1866 – Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

- 1888 – Vicki Baum, Austrian author and screenwriter

- 1888 – Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company

- 1895 – Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter

- 1901 – Edward Turner, English engineer

- 1917 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor

- 1928 – Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist, and painter

- 1940 – Joachim Gauck, German pastor and politician, 11th President of Germany

- 1941 – Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1941 – Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitaris

- 1943 – Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence

- 1943 – Sharon Tate, American model and actress

- 1949 – John Belushi, American actor and screenwriter

- 1961 – Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress and producer

- 1987 – Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer

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

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/23/us/minn-gov-mark-dayton-collapses/index.html

The governor of my state (Minnesota) fainted last night during the state address. Fortunately he's okay but the video is pretty scary, it looks more serious than it was.

Magnatronia, The Confederacy Tribune

Nurem, I just now realize this: why the fûck does Tangshan's flag look like something from an LTTE propaganda campaign?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Intelligentpeople

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Nurem, I just now realize this: why the fûck does Tangshan's flag look like something from an LTTE propaganda campaign?

Well, he IS a corporate police state, after all.

Nuremgard, Aldaur, Intelligentpeople

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Penguania And Antarctica, Intelligentpeople

666 posts.....

Oh no

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Intelligentpeople

Freewire wrote:666 posts.....

Oh no

Now it's 667 posts, we're safe now.

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Intelligentpeople

Magnatronia wrote:Holy sh!t has it been a long night. Alright dudes, this week (hopefully) I'll finish up the Kongo RP and work on the global conference. Sorry I've been so busy. Whatever time I've had to myself I've been wanting to spend with my partner, so RPs haven't been top priority. But I'm hoping that I'll have time in the schoolday to make a decent conclusion to the Kongo.

Pfft. Love. Smdh.

Penguania And Antarctica

Merlinton wrote:http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/23/us/minn-gov-mark-dayton-collapses/index.html

The governor of my state (Minnesota) fainted last night during the state address. Fortunately he's okay but the video is pretty scary, it looks more serious than it was.

Fvck. Glad he's okay. Definitely a little scary to see.

On only a slightly related topic, is it really called a "State of the State" Address?!

Merlinton, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Intelligentpeople

This has got to be my all time favorite clip lol So great!

https://youtu.be/3rsL-o6Sjpc

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Nurem, I just now realize this: why the fûck does Tangshan's flag look like something from an LTTE propaganda campaign?

What is the LTTE? lol

Pirate Kingdoms

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Fvck. Glad he's okay. Definitely a little scary to see.

On only a slightly related topic, is it really called a "State of the State" Address?!

Yes, it is! Because it's the state of our state? I know, it's funny to say, but it's accurate.

Jaslandia, Continental Commonwealths, Magnatronia, Intelligentpeople

Merlinton wrote:Yes, it is! Because it's the state of our state? I know, it's funny to say, but it's accurate.

That's true. And if anyone can be trusted to be redundant in nature, it's the government. :P

Jaslandia, Intelligentpeople

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Nuremgard wrote:What is the LTTE? lol

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Aldaur, Oelesa, Yukona

Pirate Kingdoms wrote:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

I just looked them up. I almost used their actual logo.

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Intelligentpeople

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