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Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:Baxten

You should get the Island of Sodor (Google Image search) and put it in its position (between Great Britain and the Isle of Man) on the CFN map, for Percy.

I was thinking about asking for a map spot. The Island of Sodor is right by the Isle of Man. Thank you, Merc! Thank you, Bax!

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:Baxten

You should get the Island of Sodor (Google Image search) and put it in its position (between Great Britain and the Isle of Man) on the CFN map, for Percy.

I think either Sul or Unf would own Man/Sodor. I hope they don't mind giving up a small island to the CoFN's favorite green saddle-tank engine.

Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

New Estaris wrote:Yep. You married them, you can divorce them but dont cheat on them

A good genital flogging should do lol

New Estaris

Aldaur wrote:Response to Unf's RP

[spoiler=IC]03 Brumaire 2016, 13:05 - Fort Tol Barad in Tyriad, Keslana

*It is a cool day in Keslana as the sunshines on Tol Barad. Cargo planes land on the airstrip, convoys are getting ready to leave for downtown Tyriad, and legionaires stationed in the area do exercises to prepare for the next battle. A call comes into the office requesting the Ambassador to report to his superiors.*

Legionaire: Your Excellency, someone from the Bureau of Global Harmony wishes to speak to you.

Ambassadeur Michel LaFlamme: The BGH? Give it here.

Secretary Cassius Vernum: Ambassadeur LaFlamme, how are things in Fort Tol Barad?

Ambassadeur LaFlame: Preparations are under way, though we could use a little more intelligence gathering operatives, as there are many different salafi factions in the opposition. I've spoken with the Keslanan government, and they are more than happy to allow our military advisors to train their troops. They also-

Secretary Vernum: Good! Have you found a Keslanan General that we can get behind?

Ambassadeur LaFlamme: Yes, we have. General Ibrahim Osman al-Qa'ud is in the ethnic majority, a socialist, a nationalist, a moderate islamist, a decorated war hero during the revolution, has familial ties to an old noble family, and most importantly, is favorable towards an Aldauri friendship. He is without a doubt, the best candidate to unite the country. He has the support of the country's Republican Guard and a large portion of the country's army is loyal to him. He says he needs better weapons and more support to fight these rebels though.

Secretary Vernum: Excellent! Tell the General al-Qa'ud that he will get the support that he needs. What of Commander Jeanette de Ghislain? Do you think she is able enough to oversee this operation?

Ambassadeur LaFlamme: Absolutely! She is more than capable. A fierce commander indeed!

Secretary Vernum: Very well. Her kin has some doubts. I expect a full report to the Bureau each day. If Commander Ghislain is unfit for her role, then her brother, Praetura Gaspard de Ghislain will take over. Under the orders of the Imperateur, additional Chevaliers are being sent, as well as a few teams of Venatori (special forces). That is all Ambassadeur.

*The transmission ends and the Ambassadeur goes back to his office. Commander Ghislain comes out from a brief and walks to stage to give orders to the legionaires getting ready to leave.*

Commander Ghislain: Listen up Legion! We've received new intel on a rebel hideout. Those of you who are bringing supplies to Tyriad are going o be delayed. We need to clear this rat's nest before we can help the civilians in the area. So gear up legionaires, and let's exterminate some vermin!

Legionaires: Yes Ma'am! Ooh Rah!

*Legion convoys get ready to leave to raid a rebel compound*[/spoiler]

Was there another place I should have posted this? I saw no rp link or thread and I assumed we were just rping on the rmb due to Unf's post.

Aldaur wrote:Was there another place I should have posted this? I saw no rp link or thread and I assumed we were just rping on the rmb due to Unf's post.

Yeah. Where do I post?

Aldaur

New Estaris wrote:Yeah. Where do I post?

In the rear right of the flight.

#AirForceJokeThatKnowOneWillGet :p

New Estaris, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Another "Liberate Singapore" resolution? Seriously? They don't even have a password!

Greater Banitia, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Jaslandia wrote:I think either Sul or Unf would own Man/Sodor. I hope they don't mind giving up a small island to the CoFN's favorite green saddle-tank engine.

They wouldn't own Sodor by default since it isn't currently a real island occupied by either one--Bax would have to find the shape of the fictional island on Google Images or something and then cut and paste it into the map. New territory.

Jaslandia

Aldaur wrote:In the rear right of the flight.

#AirForceJokeThatKnowOneWillGet :p

#CivilianAirmenKnowItToo

Aldaur

Aldaur wrote:In the rear right of the flight.

#AirForceJokeThatKnowOneWillGet :p

... I knew it...

Aldaur

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:They wouldn't own Sodor by default since it isn't currently a real island occupied by either one--Bax would have to find the shape of the fictional island on Google Images or something and then cut and paste it into the map. New territory.

I don't think Bax would even have to do that. Since Sodor isn't particularly large, Bax can just put a little dot off the coast of England and circle it. If we really need an accurate shape, Bax could put some sort of insert that shows Percyton/Sodor up-close.

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

We have 2 new Citizens :)

Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Latrovia wrote:We have 2 new Citizens :)

Who?

Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris

There will be a meeting of Delegates at 2:00 PM EDT today--no agenda. Please ne present as confirmation of the Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs will take place.

Latrovia, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:Who?

[nation=short]Minnesota Dakota[/nation]

[nation=short]The Eastern Byzantine Empire[/nation]

Greater Banitia, The Eastern Byzantine Empire, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Hello friends. I'm sorry for this late DIP but finally here it is.

[spoiler=Today are:]

Today are:

- All Saints' Day (Finland, Sweden)

- Bank Transfer Day (United States)

- Colón Day (Panama)

- Guy Fawkes Night or Gunpowder Day (United Kingdom, New Zealand, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)

- Health Day (Turkmenistan)

- Kanakadasa Jayanthi (Karnataka, India)

- National Doughnut Day (United States)

- National Love Your Red Hair Day (Ireland, United States)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 1138 - Ly Anh Tong is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign.

- 1605 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.

- 1688 - William III of England lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham.

- 1757 - Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.

- 1768 - Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.

- 1780 - French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.

- 1829 - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) opens.

- 1862 - American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac.

- 1872 - Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.

- 1895 - George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

- 1911 - After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

- 1912 - Woodrow Wilson is elected to the presidency of the United States.

- 1916 - The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

- 1917 - October Revolution: In Tallinn, Estonia, Communist leader Jaan Anvelt leads revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Estonia and Russia are still using the Julian calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date).

- 1925 - Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.

- 1940 - World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMS Jervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.

- 1943 - World War II: Bombing of the Vatican.

- 1955 - After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.

- 1970 - The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).

- 1986 - USS Rentz, USS Reeves and USS Oldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China - the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.

- 1990 - Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.

- 1996 - Pakistani President Farooq Leghari dismisses the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolves the National Assembly of Pakistan.

- 2006 - Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti and Awad Hamed al-Bandar, are sentenced to death in the al-Dujail trial for their roles in the 1982 massacre of 148 Shi'a Muslims.

- 2007 - China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon.

- 2007 - Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google.

- 2009 - U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan murders 13 and wounds 32 at Fort Hood, Texas in the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. military installation.

- 2013 - India launches the Mars Orbiter Mission, its first interplanetary probe.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1494 - Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright

- 1854 - Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1892 - John Alcock (RAF officer), captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force

- 1893 - Raymond Loewy, French-American engineer and designer

- 1913 - Vivien Leigh, British actress

- 1923 - Rudolf Augstein, German soldier and journalist, co-founded Der Spiegel

- 1931 - Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer

- 1936 - Uwe Seeler, German footballer and actor

- 1941 - Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

- 1948 - Bob Barr, American lawyer and politician

- 1948 - William Daniel Phillips, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1959 - Bryan Adams, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

- 1960 - Tilda Swinton, English actress

- 1980 - Christoph Metzelder, German footballer

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Quote of the day

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

- Mark Twain -

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

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Tserra, New Estaris

Here'a a dilemma for you.

Let's say the decision whether or not to leave the EU falls upon the MPs in Westminster. Should an MP:

1) Vote against their own judgment/opinion if it clashes with their constituents, and vote the way their constituents voted in the referendum.

OR

2) Ignore the way their constituents voted and vote with their conscience, for what they believe to be right for the nation.

1 or 2 and why?

Aldaur, New Estaris

Kalaron wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois-class_destroyer#TRUMP_refit

Canada, you can take your Trump back now.

Canada, it isn't funny anymore.

Canada, pls.

Blame the Government.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1605 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested.

https://youtu.be/LF1951pENdk

Nuremgard wrote:Here'a a dilemma for you.

Let's say the decision whether or not to leave the EU falls upon the MPs in Westminster. Should an MP:

1) Vote against their own judgment/opinion if it clashes with their constituents, and vote the way their constituents voted in the referendum.

OR

2) Ignore the way their constituents voted and vote with their conscience, for what they believe to be right for the nation.

1 or 2 and why?

While I'm opposed to Brexit, I would have to go with Option 1. Citizens were led to believe the referendum meant something (even if it had all the legal power of an opinion poll), and at this point, it would seem undemocratic to vote against the outcome of the referendum.

Nuremgard, Greater Banitia, Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Aldwood wrote:Blame the Government.

The answer to every problem in human history.

Nuremgard, Greater Banitia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:https://youtu.be/LF1951pENdk

While I'm opposed to Brexit, I would have to go with Option 1. Citizens were led to believe the referendum meant something (even if it had all the legal power of an opinion poll), and at this point, it would seem undemocratic to vote against the outcome of the referendum.

I'm in two minds. I generally agree that governments should obey the will of the electorate. But I regret voting Leave and want to see us stay in the EU. But if this does go to Parliament, it may set a precedent for future referendums, including a Scottish one. Could Westminster prevent independence for Scotland even if a majority voted for it? I don't think they could as Scots have the Claim of Right (which states the Scottish people are sovereign.) But it's still something to consider.

Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Aldaur

Daarkliu mlika ennvazioj khe

Aldwood has been approved as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Vista Major, Percyton

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:Aldwood has been approved as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Thomas wanted me to congratulate Aldwood on his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs! Me and Thomas look forward to working with Aldwood in the future.

Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Penguania And Antarctica, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:Aldwood has been approved as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

In news of a similar vein, back in The Versutian Federation, the UCT's serving under interim powers as Minister of Foreign Affairs after the resignation of the newly-elected MoFA

New Estaris

I love bonfire night!

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Aetosia wrote:I love bonfire night!

I hate it. Cant hear the videos I'm watching because of the damn fireworks.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I hate it. Cant hear the videos I'm watching because of the damn fireworks.

That

Nuremgard wrote:I hate it. Cant hear the videos I'm watching because of the damn fireworks.

That's because you are supposed to be outside looking at the amazing displays and the giant bonfires.

Penguania And Antarctica

Aetosia wrote:ThatThat's because you are supposed to be outside looking at the amazing displays and the giant bonfires.

No thanks. I have a paranoid fear of losing my face or limbs to a stray firework. Or have some psycho throw one at me.

Penguania And Antarctica

New WikiLeaks Emails from Clinton Campaign

#SpiritCooking (look it up)

Greater Banitia

Aldaur wrote:New WikiLeaks Emails from Clinton Campaign

#SpiritCooking (look it up)

http://www.snopes.com/john-podesta-spirit-cooking/

Aldaur

I'd love to do spirit cooking!

*Pours rum and vodka into dinner*

In the words of Emeril Lagasse, "Bam! Let's kick it up a notch!"

Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:http://www.snopes.com/john-podesta-spirit-cooking/

The fact that Spirit cooking is a thing is what I am surprised about. It's disgusting.

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:I'd love to do spirit cooking!

*Pours rum and vodka into dinner*

In the words of Emeril Lagasse, "Bam! Let's kick it up a notch!"

You're missing the breast milk and semen....

Jaslandia

Aldaur wrote:The fact that Spirit cooking is a thing is what I am surprised about. It's disgusting.

Yeah, I can understand that. I'm just frustrated because so many people are saying that:

a: Hillary Clinton was involved in this (she wasn't: the e-mail was only addressed to John Podesta)

b: Spirit cooking is something Satanic (which it isn't)

Aldaur

Jaslandia wrote:Yeah, I can understand that. I'm just frustrated because so many people are saying that:

a: Hillary Clinton was involved in this (she wasn't: the e-mail was only addressed to John Podesta)

b: Spirit cooking is something Satanic (which it isn't)

It was just invented by a satanist and is just disgusting in general.

Hillary Clinton is not Satanist, she is a Christian, albeit, probably a sh!tty one.

Aldaur wrote:It was just invented by a satanist and is just disgusting in general.

Hillary Clinton is not Satanist, she is a Christian, albeit, probably a sh!tty one.

When America elects an open atheist as a president, then it will be progress.

Jaslandia, Aldaur

Nuremgard wrote:When America elects an open atheist as a president, then it will be progress.

Never going to happen.

Aldaur wrote:It was just invented by a satanist and is just disgusting in general.

While Marina Abramović (the creator of spirit cooking) seems rather eccentric, I don't see any evidence that she's a Satanist.

ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Abramović

Aldaur

Aldaur wrote:Never going to happen.

Of course not. Like the Middle East, many Americans are still stuck in the Dark Ages.

Aldaur

Jaslandia wrote:While Marina Abramović (the creator of spirit cooking) seems rather eccentric, I don't see any evidence that she's a Satanist.

ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Abramović

Spirit cooking is an occultist ritual founded by Satanist Aleister Crowley.

Even if it isn't some weird ritual practice, theybuse menstrual pig blood, semen and breast milk to cook the food in and then paint the recipe on the wall with their own blood. That's disgusting and fvcked up.

Aldaur wrote:Spirit cooking is an occultist ritual founded by Satanist Aleister Crowley.

Even if it isn't some weird ritual practice, theybuse menstrual pig blood, semen and breast milk to cook the food in and then paint the recipe on the wall with their own blood. That's disgusting and fvcked up.

Yummy yummy

Aldaur

Aldaur wrote:Spirit cooking is an occultist ritual founded by Satanist Aleister Crowley.

Even if it isn't some weird ritual practice, theybuse menstrual pig blood, semen and breast milk to cook the food in and then paint the recipe on the wall with their own blood. That's disgusting and fvcked up.

I suppose.

They ain't making you do it though, so whatever.

Aldaur

Aldaur wrote:Spirit cooking is an occultist ritual founded by Satanist Aleister Crowley.

Even if it isn't some weird ritual practice, theybuse menstrual pig blood, semen and breast milk to cook the food in and then paint the recipe on the wall with their own blood. That's disgusting and fvcked up.

Abramović's ritual has nothing to do with Satanism. Even if it did, only some of her recipes in her cookbook contain semen and other bodily fluids, while the event referenced in the e-mail to Podesta did not include bodily fluids; it was just a normal dinner with an unusual name.

Aldaur

Jaslandia wrote:Abramović's ritual has nothing to do with Satanism. Even if it did, only some of her recipes in her cookbook contain semen and other bodily fluids, while the event referenced in the e-mail to Podesta did not include bodily fluids; it was just a normal dinner with an unusual name.

The attempts to smear Clinton are just getting desperate now.

Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Aldaur

Nuremgard wrote:The attempts to smear Clinton are just getting desperate now.

I hear that her soul is so unclean pure water will melt her.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Greater Banitia, Aldaur

Jaslandia wrote:Abramović's ritual has nothing to do with Satanism. Even if it did, only some of her recipes in her cookbook contain semen and other bodily fluids, while the event referenced in the e-mail to Podesta did not include bodily fluids; it was just a normal dinner with an unusual name.

I never said it had anything to do with Satanism, just that a famous satanist founded it.

Aldaur wrote:I never said it had anything to do with Satanism, just that a famous satanist founded it.

Well, you called it occultist though.

Guess it ain't [B]quite[/B] calling it satanist, a bit.

Aldaur

Kalaron wrote:Well, you called it occultist though.

Guess it ain't [B]quite[/B] calling it satanist, a bit.

Well she claims to be a clairvoyant that predicted the earthquake in Italy....so it's not that far off and it's safe to say she is a weirdo either way.

Jaslandia

Aldaur wrote:Well she claims to be a clairvoyant that predicted the earthquake in Italy....so it's not that far off and it's safe to say she is a weirdo either way.

I mean, I guess.

Once again, it's whatever, so long as she doesn't force others to do it.

Nuremgard wrote:The attempts to smear Clinton are just getting desperate now.

Indeed. I'm not the biggest fan of Clinton, but the kind of unsubstantiated and silly BS she has been accused of is ridiculous.

http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-accidentally-gave-isis-400-million/

http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-topless-1960s/

http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-threw-a-tantrum-with-matt-lauer/

http://www.snopes.com/nra-hillary-clinton-quote/

To be fair, a lot of this stuff is fake news made by people who probably don't care a lot about politics; there just seems to be more fake allegations against Clinton because any fake allegations about Trump would seem boring and unsurprising considering the kinds of things Trump has ACTUALLY said and done.

Aldaur wrote:I never said it had anything to do with Satanism, just that a famous satanist founded it.

I haven't seen proof of that; looking up 'spirit cooking' on Wikipedia automatically redirects to Abramović, and I haven't seen any mentions of spirit cooking linking it to anyone other than Abramović. Perhaps there is a Satanic ritual called 'spirit cooking', but I see no evidence that it's the same as the stuff Abramović is doing.

Continental Commonwealths wrote:I hear that her soul is so unclean pure water will melt her.

https://youtu.be/aopdD9Cu-So?t=27s

Aldaur wrote:Well she claims to be a clairvoyant that predicted the earthquake in Italy....so it's not that far off and it's safe to say she is a weirdo either way.

I can concede to that.

Nuremgard, Aldaur

help.

The Issue

The international community has appealed to New Estaris to increase humanitarian aid to the world’s poorer nations.

The Debate

“We must increase foreign aid,” says beaded local peace activist Mohammed Smithers. “Compared to some of these nations, New Estaris is swimming in Connorels. Let’s face it, not every nation in the world is lucky enough to have a government like ours. Let’s show some compassion to our less economically gifted neighbors.”

Accept

“Talk about a way to flush Connorels straight down the toilet,” argues Think Tank member Elena Nxumalo. “What I’ve noticed is that whenever we do give something, it’s never enough: a few years later they’re back asking for more. The best way to help these poor nations is to stop shielding them from the logical consequences of their idiotic, long-debunked socialist economic policies.”

Accept

“Relief wouldn’t hurt us... if we ‘relieved’ the right countries,” suggests government advisor Chuck Trax. “We give them a little humanitarian aid, they give us access to their Tourism markets... it’s win-win. Nothing wrong with a little quid pro quo, especially for a good cause.”

New Estaris wrote:help.

The Issue

The international community has appealed to New Estaris to increase humanitarian aid to the world’s poorer nations.

The Debate

“We must increase foreign aid,” says beaded local peace activist Mohammed Smithers. “Compared to some of these nations, New Estaris is swimming in Connorels. Let’s face it, not every nation in the world is lucky enough to have a government like ours. Let’s show some compassion to our less economically gifted neighbors.”

Accept

“Talk about a way to flush Connorels straight down the toilet,” argues Think Tank member Elena Nxumalo. “What I’ve noticed is that whenever we do give something, it’s never enough: a few years later they’re back asking for more. The best way to help these poor nations is to stop shielding them from the logical consequences of their idiotic, long-debunked socialist economic policies.”

Accept

“Relief wouldn’t hurt us... if we ‘relieved’ the right countries,” suggests government advisor Chuck Trax. “We give them a little humanitarian aid, they give us access to their Tourism markets... it’s win-win. Nothing wrong with a little quid pro quo, especially for a good cause.”

Choose 1 if you want to be socialist and good-hearted.

Choose 2 if you want to be stingy.

Choose 3 if you want to be pragmatic and Machiavellian.

Jaslandia

Nuremgard wrote:Choose 1 if you want to be socialist and good-hearted.

Choose 2 if you want to be stingy.

Choose 3 if you want to be pragmatic and Machiavellian.

http://www.ronpaul.com/2013-03-14/ron-paul-foreign-aid-is-immoral-and-impractical/

dont mention it

friend

Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths

Yukona wrote:http://www.ronpaul.com/2013-03-14/ron-paul-foreign-aid-is-immoral-and-impractical/

dont mention it

friend

Foreign aid should be going directly to the people that need it, not their corrupt governments.

Aldaur, Nova Balreska

Nuremgard wrote:Foreign aid should be going directly to the people that need it, not their corrupt governments.

If only things were that simple

Aldaur

Yukona wrote:If only things were that simple

Indeed.

Aldaur, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Foreign aid should be going directly to the people that need it, not their corrupt governments.

We should just give everyone a chicken.

Jaslandia

Aldaur wrote:We should just give everyone a chicken.

Throw in a pot, and you have a deal.

http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/promising-chicken-every-pot.html

Aldaur

Some more new WikiLeaks about Clinton Campaign:

Apparently during the debates, they gave Clinton the debate questions before the debate but not Bernie Sanders.

New Estaris

Aldaur wrote:Some more new WikiLeaks about Clinton Campaign:

Apparently during the debates, they gave Clinton the debate questions before the debate but not Bernie Sanders.

Is this the one about Donna Brazile and her receiving debate questions while she worked at CNN?

Aldaur

Aldaur wrote:Some more new WikiLeaks about Clinton Campaign:

Apparently during the debates, they gave Clinton the debate questions before the debate but not Bernie Sanders.

... We know.

We in the Bernie Campaign have known about that for literally ages.

Aldaur

Jaslandia wrote:Is this the one about Donna Brazile and her receiving debate questions while she worked at CNN?

There was that one and another one. They did it multiple times.

Sulania wrote:... We know.

We in the Bernie Campaign have known about that for literally ages.

Poor Bernie. He had no chance.

Penguania And Antarctica

Aldaur wrote:Some more new WikiLeaks about Clinton Campaign:

Apparently during the debates, they gave Clinton the debate questions before the debate but not Bernie Sanders.

Maybe that's because Bernie is actually principled and actually knows his positions on things, and doesn't require a teleprompter and sh!t to give a response

Nuremgard, Aldaur, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:Maybe that's because Bernie is actually principled and actually knows his positions on things, and doesn't require a teleprompter and sh!t to give a response

Bernie don't need no bank

Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:Maybe that's because Bernie is actually principled and actually knows his positions on things, and doesn't require a teleprompter and sh!t to give a response

I find Nicola Sturgeon is like that too. When she speaks, she hardly ever uses notes. She speaks from the heart and I like and respect that.

Aldaur

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus wrote:Maybe that's because Bernie is actually principled and actually knows his positions on things, and doesn't require a teleprompter and sh!t to give a response

Ikr. A Sanders presidency would have been great and I don't even agree with him. Same thing with Rand Paul.

Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Aldaur wrote:Ikr. A Sanders presidency would have been great and I don't even agree with him. Same thing with Rand Paul.

#BringBernieBack

#StillSanders

#DumpTheTrump

#WhichHillary

#PodestaEmails

Aldaur, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris

Sulania wrote:#BringBernieBack

#StillSanders

#DumpTheTrump

#WhichHillary

#PodestaEmails

#ReinstateTheHighDictatorHimmler

Aldaur, Pirate Kingdoms

Sulania wrote:#BringBernieBack

#StillSanders

#DumpTheTrump

#WhichHillary

#PodestaEmails

Aw come on Sul, don'tcha know those emails were leaked by [B]Russia![/B]

Honestly, we need to focus on those Red commies before they come for us!

This totally isn't fear-mongering to get you to stop thinking about what's inside of these emails!

Sulania, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris

New Estaris wrote:#ReinstateTheHighDictatorHimmler

Better than Clinton or Trump.

New Estaris

New Estaris wrote:#ReinstateTheHighDictatorHimmler

Sit. Down.

Aldaur wrote:Better than Clinton or Trump.

SIT!

Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Sit. Down.

SIT!

JOSEPH HIMMLER FOR DICTATOR!

Aldaur

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Sit. Down.

SIT!

It's the leader of his country mate. Not Heinrich Himmler.

New Estaris

Aldaur wrote:It's the leader of his country mate. Not Heinrich Himmler.

That's, uh, quite the unfortunate name choice.

That said, anyone with the title of "High Dictator" isn't likely to get an endorsement from me.

Jaslandia, Aldaur, New Estaris, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Continental Commonwealths wrote:That's, uh, quite the unfortunate name choice.

That said, anyone with the title of "High Dictator" isn't likely to get an endorsement from me.

The word dictator just has bad connotations now. It used to be an official and respected public office in Rome.

Jaslandia, Aldaur

Nuremgard wrote:The word dictator just has bad connotations now. It used to be an official and respected public office in Rome.

Oh, well, if it was okay for the Romans.

Aldaur

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Oh, well, if it was okay for the Romans.

Just sayin'

Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths

Nuremgard wrote:The word dictator just has bad connotations now. It used to be an official and respected public office in Rome.

True. Although back then, the office of dictator was meant to be temporary, about 6 months or so. Nowadays, the idea of a temporary dictator is practically an oxymoron.

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

Nuremgard, Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:True. Although back then, the office of dictator was meant to be temporary, about 6 months or so. Nowadays, the idea of a temporary dictator is practically an oxymoron.

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

Not to mention that it rarely had positive consequences. Even in the cases of Sula, who did abide by the temporary stipulations of the office, his dictatorship was marked by exorbitant bloodshed.

So, yeah, still preeeetty negative.

Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:That's, uh, quite the unfortunate name choice.

That said, anyone with the title of "High Dictator" isn't likely to get an endorsement from me.

Yeah, not Hinrich Himmler

Aldaur

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Not to mention that it rarely had positive consequences. Even in the cases of Sula, who did abide by the temporary stipulations of the office, his dictatorship was marked by exorbitant bloodshed.

So, yeah, still preeeetty negative.

Well, prior to Sulla, there were some upsides. Fabius managed to wear down Hannibal and the Carthaginians as dictator, while Cincinnatus became a practical legend after he gave up absolute power to return to private life.

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

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

If you think about it, it was really because of Sulla that dictatorship nowadays is always negative, and how dictatorships now always seem to be permanent.

Aldaur, New Estaris

In my country of Westeros, the gold dragon is the currency. The daily newspaper costs one dragon. But one dragon is equal to 210 silver stags or 11,760 copper pennies. That is an expensive newspaper!

Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, New Estaris

Jaslandia wrote:True. Although back then, the office of dictator was meant to be temporary, about 6 months or so. Nowadays, the idea of a temporary dictator is practically an oxymoron.

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

What if you elect a President with extraordinary powers for a term of 4 years. If that not the same thing as a temporary dictator?

New Estaris

Aldaur wrote:What if you elect a President with extraordinary powers for a term of 4 years. If that not the same thing as a temporary dictator?

Possibly, but it's kinda a moot point because such a system does not currently exist. If if did exist, it would devolve into a permanent dictatorship quickly, as what can stop the dictator from refusing to step down if the dictator wields absolute power?

Aldaur

Jaslandia wrote:Possibly, but it's kinda a moot point because such a system does not currently exist. If if did exist, it would devolve into a permanent dictatorship quickly, as what can stop the dictator from refusing to step down if the dictator wields absolute power?

What's to stop a President from merely doing the same? Don't say the Constitution, Judiciary or the Legislature because as long as the leader is popular (and sometimes if he just has the favor of the military), he can realistically do whatever he wants. The Presidency allows limitations on themselves, but as we have seen with President Andrew Jackson, he can just ignore the balance of power and be a majoritarian dictator for a few years.

New Estaris

Post self-deleted by New Estaris.

I just finished a plane WIP.

Kill me, I'm dying.

Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:I just finished a plane WIP.

Kill me, I'm dying.

But...but...your motto.

Crato wrote:But...but...your motto.

I didn't know people still looked at motto's.

Besides, at least I'll die without a headache.

Honestly, both projects have caused me such headaches.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Hello friends. I wish everyone a peaceful and relaxing Sunday.

[spoiler=Today are:]

Today are:

- Arbor Day (Republic of Congo)

- Chhat Puja/Chhat Parwa (India, Nepal)

- Constitution Day (Dominican Republic)

- Constitution Day (Tajikistan)

- Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (Finland)

- Green March (Morocco)

- Gustavus Adolphus Day (Sweden)

- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

- Malaria Day in the Americas

- Marooned without a Compass Day

- National Nachos Day (United States)

- Saxophone Day (United States)

- Zero Tasking Day

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 355 - Roman emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.

- 1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in the area that would become Texas.

- 1789 - Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.

- 1844 - The first Constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.

- 1856 - Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication.

- 1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.

- 1865 - American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels.

- 1869 - In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6-4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

- 1913 - Mohandas'Mahatma' Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.

- 1917 - World War I: Battle of Passchendaele ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.

- 1918 - The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed.

- 1939 - World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place.

- 1941 - World War II: During the Battle of Moscow, Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet people for only the second time.

- 1942 - World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219.

- 1943 - World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings.

- 1947 - Meet the Press makes its television debut.

- 1962 - The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.

- 1965 - Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans had made use of this program.

- 1971 - The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.

- 1986 - Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.

- 1999 - Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.

- 2004 - An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.

- 2012 - Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan

- 1814 - Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone

- 1851 - Charles Dow, American journalist, founded The Wall Street Journal and co-founded Dow Jones & Company

- 1854 - John Philip Sousa, American commander, composer, and conductor

- 1861 - James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball

- 1880 - Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright

- 1931 - Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1932 - Francois Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1946 - Sally Field, American actress

- 1948 - Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

- 1949 - Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Gabon

- 1952 - Michael Cunningham, American author and screenwriter

- 1968 - Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!

- 1970 - Ethan Hawke, American actor, director, and screenwriter

- 1987 - Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player

- 1988 - Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer

- 1988 - Emma Stone, American actress

- 1990 - André Schürrle, German footballer

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Quote of the day

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

- Herbert Hoover -

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Tserra, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

A worthy cause, I just wish they gave it a shorter name. It's a bit of a mouthful to say "Happy International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict!"

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- Marooned without a Compass Day

Does this really need a holiday? I think Tom Hanks in Cast Away already did a great job of raising awareness of this? In fact, why not just call the holiday 'Castaway/Cast Away Day'?

Greater Banitia, Penguania And Antarctica

Three customers for the plane (NS of course) and my headphones have just arrived.

Pretty good day, truth be told.

Jaslandia wrote:A worthy cause, I just wish they gave it a shorter name. It's a bit of a mouthful to say "Happy International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict!"

Does this really need a holiday? I think Tom Hanks in Cast Away already did a great job of raising awareness of this? In fact, why not just call the holiday 'Castaway/Cast Away Day'?

How about "Day Against War on the Ecosystem"

True

Whenever I feel envious of the rich, I should remind myself of people like Michael Buble whose three year old son has cancer.

Money isn't everything.

Aldaur

Chaps, want to help me

The Issue

A minor domestic emergency recently left you searching for a call-out plumber, an electrician and a handyman able to rehang a chandelier. Though the sorry incident is now sorted, you’ve been left aware of how hard it is is to find a good tradesmen these days. Your Education Minister tells you that this is because the majority of high school graduates are enrolling in university programs, which is leaving a major skilled labor shortage in the trades industries. There’s ample artists, architects and astrophysicists, but a poor proportion of plumbers, painters and plasterers.

The Debate

“This is the reason why we should allow immigrant labor,” says Borders Control Minister, Newt van de Berg. “Why don’t we remove the ban on immigration, and use incentive schemes to increase the number of migrants coming in with the skills we need, to fill the labor shortages? That way our citizens can focus on holding higher paying jobs while immigrants do the jobs nobody else wants.”

Accept

“Seems to me like you’ve got a captive audience that could be taught new skills,” says social reformist Bob Schultz. “By which I mean your prison population. Why not offer prison inmates training in the trades that you are lacking, and give them commuted sentences in exchange for attaining qualification? I mean, sure, some of them might misuse training in being able to cut the power to banks and businesses, and a small minority might take these courses just to get out of jail faster, but otherwise, good solution, yes?”

Accept

“Wouldn’t it be easier just to get more young people studying trades?” posits Community College tutor Erica Kennedy. “You could subsidize technical colleges and apprenticeships, and even offer stipends to students as an extra incentive to make these choices. You may have to raise taxes a little, and divert funding from further education courses in arts and science, but practical skills are ultimately more important to our economy.”

Accept

“Sometimes, perhaps it is best to let the ocean currents move you, rather than trying to turn back a rising tide,” suggests Taiqiquan practitioner Montgomery Sisko, working through a series of graceful circular movements. “Your nation’s economy is changing, and shifting away from manual work. This is natural, and you should move with, never against. Imagine: as graduates become unemployed, the market self-adjusts, and the economy flows back towards its former shape. As pipes become blocked, supply and demand mismatch results in the free market rising to fill a gap. Energy flows through the system like water, and problems resolve themselves.”

New Estaris wrote:Chaps

I chose the second one in order to help prisoners re-enter society as useful and productive members.

Nuremgard wrote:I chose the second one in order to help prisoners re-enter society as useful and productive members.

But crime

Aldaur

New Estaris wrote:But crime

Well it's up to you. You could let immigrants do trade jobs but that will probably decrease employment in the native population.

Aldaur

Nuremgard wrote:Well it's up to you. You could let immigrants do trade jobs but that will probably decrease employment in the native population.

Or do the best thing, encourage students to get it.

Being a Plumber is actually a super well paying job.

Like, my teacher actually made about 1500USD a day normally.

Kalaron wrote:Or do the best thing, encourage students to get it.

Being a Plumber is actually a super well paying job.

Like, my teacher actually made about 1500USD a day normally.

But it comes at the expense of not funding arts and sciences.

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