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Estrinia wrote:I am representing the Democratic Liberty Party in the upcoming Chief Justice election.

For everyone's benefit, I just want to clarify that:

- Under Unf's proposed constitution, there will be three Supreme Court Justices who will be elected at the same time as the Chancellor, Cabinet, and Speaker.

- Under Vista's proposed constitution, there will be a single Supreme Justice who will be elected by the House.

- Under the current constitution, there will be a single Chief Justice elected by the citizenry writ large.

Vista Major, Oelesa

Estrinia wrote:Thankyou Tserra!

Any time mate.

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:For everyone's benefit, I just want to clarify that:

- Under Unf's proposed constitution, there will be three Supreme Court Justices who will be elected at the same time as the Chancellor, Cabinet, and Speaker.

- Under Vista's proposed constitution, there will be a single Supreme Justice who will be elected by the House.

- Under the current constitution, there will be a single Chief Justice elected by the citizenry writ large.

Yes, but for now we have the Chief Justice.

Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Estrinia wrote:You may boo, Maurcil, but you boo because you have not witnessed the great DLP government that this nation is soon to have. If you want this region to become a grand, fair, democratic region, I strongly recommend you vote for the DLP candidate in every election, however, if you wish to see this region become a rejected undemocratic dictatorship, like I presume you currently do by rejecting the Democratic Liberty Party, you go ahead and vote against us. I am not to stop you. We are a democracy after all.

Boo, liberals.

Mauricil

Estrinia wrote:Yes, but for now we have the Chief Justice.

True, true. It's just that, depending on the current vote tally, it looks like this practice won't continue. But Chief Justice is basically comparable to Vista's Supreme Justice, save for the fact that the election would take place in the House.

Which is completely fine for you to be announcing you candidacy for. Just wanted to make sure people were aware of what the potential outcomes were for the upcoming election where the Judiciary were concerned.

Oelesa

Continental Commonwealths wrote:For everyone's benefit, I just want to clarify that:

- Under Unf's proposed constitution, there will be three Supreme Court Justices who will be elected at the same time as the Chancellor, Cabinet, and Speaker.

- Under Vista's proposed constitution, there will be a single Supreme Justice who will be elected by the House.

- Under the current constitution, there will be a single Chief Justice elected by the citizenry writ large.

Thats me.

For the record though, Unf supreme Court council idea is something I love about his.

I can go for Vista's constitution as well, both are great pieces of work.

Btw [nation=short]vista major[/nation], and [nation=short]Unfallious[/nation]. The winner gets to be printed and stored right in my desk at home :p

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Oelesa wrote:Thats me.

For the record though, Unf supreme Court council idea is something I love about his.

I can go for Vista's constitution as well, both are great pieces of work.

Btw [nation=short]vista major[/nation], and [nation=short]Unfallious[/nation]. The winner gets to be printed and stored right in my desk at home :p

I like that idea, too. There's no real reason to have a hierarchy within the Courts for a region of our size and low legal demand. Having three equal judges that take turns adjudicating cases and who all convene to hear cases of Constitutional importance seems reasonable to me.

Vista Major, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

How are you all doing, bitches?

Penguania And Antarctica

Friedensreich wrote:Boo, liberals.

Boo, Cons/libertarians.

Friedensreich wrote:Boo, liberals.

Boo... Are you a Communist? Oh nasty. A bit too fair I think.

Nuremgard wrote:Boo, Cons/libertarians.

Yeah. But cons are libs (liberal being used literally as an ideology that condones free market capitalistic practices).

Yukona

Estrinia wrote:Boo... Are you a Communist? Oh nasty. A bit too fair I think.

Yep, actually. Not too fond of liberals to be honest.

Nuremgard wrote:How are you all doing, bitches?

I'm digging a forty foot eighteen inch deep trench in eighty degree weather.

I want to die.

Penguania And Antarctica

Friedensreich wrote:Yeah. But cons are libs (liberal being used literally as an ideology that condones free market capitalistic practices).

Neolibs.

Kalaron wrote:I'm digging a forty foot eighteen inch deep trench in eighty degree weather.

I want to die.

Sounds like fun.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Neolibs.

Sounds like fun.

It wouldn't be as bad if my choice of pants are always loose fitting.

Large amounts of physical work (enough to lose weight) + Loose fits = not fun

Nuremgard wrote:How are you all doing, bitches?

Am currently, eating as much cereal as possible as to not leave any food waste before moving out.

Nuremgard

Nuremgard wrote:How are you all doing, bitches?

I'm doing okay. Nothing to report on my end. Hbu ?

Kalaron wrote:I'm digging a forty foot eighteen inch deep trench in eighty degree weather.

I want to die.

What are you doing that for?

Penguania And Antarctica

Lex Caledonia wrote:Am currently, eating as much cereal as possible as to not leave any food waste before moving out.

Get out of Toryville, mate and come back to civilisation.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm doing okay. Nothing to report on my end. Hbu ?

Not bad. Just sort of gazing at British politics in amazement. In the same way you might gaze at a car crash. It's horrendous to look at but you cant tear your eyes away.

Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia

Good day, muh peoples

How are you guys doing?

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Sulania wrote:Good day, muh peoples

How are you guys doing?

I'm alright. You?

Oelesa wrote:What are you doing that for?

Pool pump power cord.

Oelesa

Sulania wrote:Good day, muh peoples

How are you guys doing?

I'm doing good. Tired. Prolly go to bed soon. You ?

Nuremgard wrote:I'm alright. You?

Good Nurem, I am doing swell right now.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I'm doing good. Tired. Prolly go to bed soon. You ?

Tired as well, but making it through. Have a good rest my dude

Penguania And Antarctica

Oelesa wrote:The winner gets to be printed and stored right in my desk at home :p

[I]#VoteVistasConstitution[/I]

Vista Major wrote:[I]#VoteVistasConstitution[/I]

I'll make a crappy video so you can see it page by page the glorious new constitution of the greatest region to ever exist.

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Oelesa wrote:I'll make a crappy video so you can see it page by page the glorious new constitution of the greatest region to ever exist.

My Constitution shall be ours!

Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND SENTIENT CREATURES OF THE NON-HUMAN VARIETY, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: POPCORN, FRIED CHICKEN, AND GREEK YOGURT

OUR DRINKS: BLUE TEA, ORANGE JUICE, AND WHITE WINE

OUR TOPICS: POLICE BRUTALITY, HORSES, AND TRAVELING

BONUS TOPIC: SEQUELS, PREQUELS, REMAKES, AND REBOOTS: YEA OR NAY?

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

Vista Major, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

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Vista Major, Axeldonia, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Post by Mauricil suppressed by a moderator.

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND SENTIENT CREATURES OF THE NON-HUMAN VARIETY, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: POPCORN, FRIED CHICKEN, AND GREEK YOGURT

OUR DRINKS: BLUE TEA, ORANGE JUICE, AND WHITE WINE

OUR TOPICS: POLICE BRUTALITY, HORSES, AND TRAVELING

BONUS TOPIC: SEQUELS, PREQUELS, REMAKES, AND REBOOTS: YEA OR NAY?

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

SNACK- FRIED CHICKEN

DRINK- damn it, i'm not over 21

TOPIC- POLICE BRUTALITY, GOOD THING WE GOT THOSE BODY CAMERA'S NOW. I 'VE ONLY BEEN ON A HORSE A FEW TIMES AS A KID. I WANT TO VISIT EUROPE ONE DAY

BONUS TOPIC- SEQUELS YES, PREQUELS TOTALLY, REMAKES SURE, REBOOTS YES.

BONUS PROGRAMS- A BIRD CAN FLY, BUT A FLY CAN'T BIRD.

Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND SENTIENT CREATURES OF THE NON-HUMAN VARIETY, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: POPCORN, FRIED CHICKEN, AND GREEK YOGURT

OUR DRINKS: BLUE TEA, ORANGE JUICE, AND WHITE WINE

OUR TOPICS: POLICE BRUTALITY, HORSES, AND TRAVELING

BONUS TOPIC: SEQUELS, PREQUELS, REMAKES, AND REBOOTS: YEA OR NAY?

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

I'll have popcorn and blue tea (extra sweet, please)

I should probably avoid a rant, as to avoid another #BLM argument, but I'll say that it's a rather lethal issue that could be better handled with [I]much[/I] better trained cops and much community input, for better relations. By and large, City-Cop relations are none too great right now, especially among POCs.

I've seen a few, rode a pony when I was in preschool. They're truly majestic creatures.

I wanna travel to Germany, Italy, France, and Japan. I could one or two of those things in college for study abroad.

I was Yay, but then Percy Jackson movies happened.... Then the Last Airbender movie... I'm so sorry *cries*

#VoteVistasConstitution to save the pandas!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND SENTIENT CREATURES OF THE NON-HUMAN VARIETY, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: POPCORN, FRIED CHICKEN, AND GREEK YOGURT

OUR DRINKS: BLUE TEA, ORANGE JUICE, AND WHITE WINE

OUR TOPICS: POLICE BRUTALITY, HORSES, AND TRAVELING

BONUS TOPIC: SEQUELS, PREQUELS, REMAKES, AND REBOOTS: YEA OR NAY?

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

I'll have popcorn and white wine.

Police brutality: While there are some cases that are disputed (ex: Michael Brown), there are some pretty clear-cut cases of police brutality that are pretty frustrating to say the least (ex: Eric Garner, Philando Castile, Charles Kinsey). And while the primary targets of these incidents are black, they aren't the only ones affected. Still, I have no problem with police in general, but some areas seem to have worse police cultures than others.

Horses: I only rode a horse once, and I was probably only about 6 or 7. It was nice, but it wasn't real horseback riding (the horse was going very slowly around a small circular track), and I don't know if I'd enjoy the real thing.

Traveling: As someone who took a tour of Europe quite recently, I definitely recommend it! It gives you a chance to see sights you would otherwise never get to see, in an atmosphere you have never experienced before. I know I had wonderful time; my favorite country that I visited was Switzerland.

Bonus: It depends. Some can be good and necessary (ex: Toy Story 2 and 3), some can be good but unnecessary (ex: Beauty and the Beast and Jungle Book live-action remakes), some can be bad and unnecessary (ex: Cars 2), and some can even be bad but necessary (though I can't think of any examples at the moment). Overall, I'd say I'm not opposed to them in general, but I wish we had more original ideas in Hollywood.

Random links: https://youtu.be/246YpNGCi3g

https://youtu.be/7VG_s2PCH_c

https://youtu.be/jtk69zu_fp4

Oelesa wrote:

DRINK- damn it, i'm not over 21

Neither am I. Thankfully there aren't any drinking age laws in the Tea Time Palace!

Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Jaslandia wrote:Palace

Huh, thought it was "Place"

I'll have to change that in the fanfiction

Jaslandia

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND SENTIENT CREATURES OF THE NON-HUMAN VARIETY, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: POPCORN, FRIED CHICKEN, AND GREEK YOGURT

OUR DRINKS: BLUE TEA, ORANGE JUICE, AND WHITE WINE

OUR TOPICS: POLICE BRUTALITY, HORSES, AND TRAVELING

BONUS TOPIC: SEQUELS, PREQUELS, REMAKES, AND REBOOTS: YEA OR NAY?

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

I'll take some Fried Chicked and Blue Tea

Police Brutality- We've made progress from Rodney King and the LA Riots, but there's still a long way to go. Adopting body cams would definitely help.

Horses- I've never ridden one, but I would like to one day. Y'know, just in case the apocalypse happens and I need to become a Wild West bandit and get on horseback to get around.

Traveling- About to go to DC in a week. I'm pretty excited for it. I'd really like to go to Europe, specifically Northern Europe like Iceland, the Nordic Countries, Scotland, etc.

Sequels: Depends on the quality of the original and how much substance can be used to create a sequel

Prequel: Yes. Unless it's Star Wars. In that case, mesa say God no

Remakes: No. Go make an original movie, you lazy directors. I don't wanna see your trashy remake.

Reboots: Refer to the "Remake" comment.

Bonus Program: Dear GOP Healthcare Bill

You suck

-Baxten

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

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND SENTIENT CREATURES OF THE NON-HUMAN VARIETY, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: POPCORN, FRIED CHICKEN, AND GREEK YOGURT

OUR DRINKS: BLUE TEA, ORANGE JUICE, AND WHITE WINE

OUR TOPICS: POLICE BRUTALITY, HORSES, AND TRAVELING

BONUS TOPIC: SEQUELS, PREQUELS, REMAKES, AND REBOOTS: YEA OR NAY?

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

I'll just have coal and water.

Police brutality: How awful! I'm sorry to say Sodor has had a few police brutality incidents over the past 10 years, but it's still much better than in other places in the world.

Horses: I actually saw a flying horse once!

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

Traveling: I've done a bit of traveling. I went to Lancashire in England recently, and I also went to London once with some of the other engines.

https://youtu.be/Gn71N4mhjlM

Bonus: I generally like them. Finding Dory was great, and so were the Toy Story sequels!

Open Letter

Dear CoFN community,

Stay positive! Negativity never did anyone any good! And don't forget to smile more!

Love, Percy

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND SENTIENT CREATURES OF THE NON-HUMAN VARIETY, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: POPCORN, FRIED CHICKEN, AND GREEK YOGURT

OUR DRINKS: BLUE TEA, ORANGE JUICE, AND WHITE WINE

OUR TOPICS: POLICE BRUTALITY, HORSES, AND TRAVELING

BONUS TOPIC: SEQUELS, PREQUELS, REMAKES, AND REBOOTS: YEA OR NAY?

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

SNACKS- Popcorn. Its movie night at the house

DRINKS- White Wine. I'm smooth, yet sophisticated...

TOPICS- Horses. I mean....My NS Nation is bloody Equestrian ffs xD

BONUS TOPIC- Eh.... Depends on what's being "remade"

BONUS PROGRAMS- Hmmm...... I got nothing...(*Looks at plans for a superweapon*)...Nothing at all.

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND SENTIENT CREATURES OF THE NON-HUMAN VARIETY, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: POPCORN, FRIED CHICKEN, AND GREEK YOGURT

OUR DRINKS: BLUE TEA, ORANGE JUICE, AND WHITE WINE

OUR TOPICS: POLICE BRUTALITY, HORSES, AND TRAVELING

BONUS TOPIC: SEQUELS, PREQUELS, REMAKES, AND REBOOTS: YEA OR NAY?

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

Fried chicken and white wine, please. :)

Police Brutality:

Sad that such a thing exists. The ones which are there to protect us harm us. I think tighter checks and constant evaluations might help to identify policemen with agressive or violent tendencies faster.

Horses:

I've 'rode' a horse once (or was it a pony ?) when I was younger. But that was on a festival for kids. I knew a classmate which was a horse freak. And my girl cousin is a horse freak. For me horses are nice and but my life doesn't depend on them.

Traveling:

I would travel if I had the money to do so. Well, living in the middle of Europe surrounded my 9 other countries doesn't make it hard to get into another nation but the expenses are still there. I've been to Poland, Denmark, UK (England), Czech Republic and Netherlands when I was very young (don't have any memory about those), and I've been to Vienna last summer. I would like to travel to Canada, USA, France, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Italy, Greece, Australia, Cuba, and many other countries.

Bonus Topic:

Well, some of the prequels and sequels are well made and other aren't. Remakes are for me mostly worse than the original movie and don't create the feeling and atmosphere of the original movie. Furthermore are remakes for me a sign that the movie makers don't have any new ideas but instead try to use a story that worked one time, so they think it will work a second time. For me that's a sign that those people lack creativity

Dear regionmates,

You are great people.

-Peng <3

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Yukona

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND SENTIENT CREATURES OF THE NON-HUMAN VARIETY, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: POPCORN, FRIED CHICKEN, AND GREEK YOGURT

OUR DRINKS: BLUE TEA, ORANGE JUICE, AND WHITE WINE

OUR TOPICS: POLICE BRUTALITY, HORSES, AND TRAVELING

BONUS TOPIC: SEQUELS, PREQUELS, REMAKES, AND REBOOTS: YEA OR NAY?

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

Fried Chicken and white wine, alcohol is a must

Police Brutality:

Whilst not as prominent as it is in America, Scotland does also suffer from the occasional stint of this. Interestingly its the bigger police forces in cities such as Edinburgh and Glasgow that have a higher percentage of this than smaller Scottish towns. Make of that what you will.

Horses:

I am slightly intimidated by them. They're HUGE and are ripped af, I would not want to be on ones bad side.

Travelling:

I've saved up since the beginning of this year to go to Budapest with my gf, I'm looking forward to it as I've never been to Hungary before.

Bonus Topic:

I am a massive supporter for sequels and prequels, I believe a sequel/prequel can do great things for a piece of media and the world it is trying to build. I'm the sort of person who gets an extremely melancholic feeling when finishing a great book, game, film, comic knowing that it is finished. That's why I appreciate sequels. Remakes on the other hand miss the point for me, the idea for a remake surely should be to correct the flaws in the media it is remaking? I'm of the opinion they should remake bad films or extremely flawed films and remake them into their intended purpose! Reboots are fine, depends on the medium, if a story and world has nowhere else to go/has hit a wall a good reboot can be great for it. I'm a bigger fan for soft-reboots though.

Bonus Programs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN80_7rNmcE

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Yukona

Post self-deleted by Axeldonia.

[spoiler=Today is June 27 and today are:]

Today is June 27 and today are:

- Canadian Multiculturalism Day (Canada)

- Commemoration Day for the Victims of the Communist Regime (Czech Republic)

- Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art (Turkmenistan)

- Helen Keller Day (United States)

- Independence Day (Djibouti)

- Industrial Workers of the World Day

- Mixed Race Day (Brazil)

- National HIV Testing Day (United States)

- National Orange Blossom Day (United States)

- National PTSD Awareness Day (United States)

- National Sunglasses Day (United States)

- Seven Sleepers' Day or Siebenschläfertag (Germany)

- Unity Day (Tajikistan)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 1358 – The Republic of Ragusa (Republic of Dubrovnik) is founded.

- 1497 – Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.

- 1556 – The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.

- 1743 – In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.

- 1759 – General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.

- 1760 – Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina during the Anglo-Cherokee War.

- 1806 – British forces take Buenos Aires during the first British invasions of the River Plate.

- 1844 – Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.

- 1864 – Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.

- 1895 – The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.

- 1898 – The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.

- 1905 – During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors start a mutiny aboard the Russian battleship Potemkin.

- 1927 – Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi leads a conference to discuss Japan's plans for China; later, a document detailing these plans, the "Tanaka Memorial" is leaked, although it is now considered a forgery.

- 1941 – Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.

- 1941 – German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa.

- 1946 – In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.

- 1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.

- 1952 – Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land.

- 1954 – The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.

- 1954 – The 1954 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.

- 1957 – Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana.

- 1971 – After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes Fillmore East in New York, the "Church of Rock and Roll".

- 1973 – The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship.

- 1974 – U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.

- 1976 – Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.

- 1977 – France grants independence to Djibouti.

- 1980 – Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870, also known in Italy as the Ustica disaster, mysteriously explodes in mid-air while en route from Bologna, to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.

- 1981 – The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.

- 1982 – Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.

- 1988 – The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people.

- 1991 – Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.

- 1994 – Members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult release sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan; Seven people are killed, 660 injured.

- 2007 – Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997.

- 2007 – The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.

- 2008 – In a highly scrutizined election President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe is re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.

- 2013 – NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.

- 2014 – At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

- 2015 – A midair explosion from flammable powder at a recreational water park in Taiwan injures at least 510 people with about 183 in serious condition in intensive care.

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1806 – Augustus De Morgan, English mathematician and logician

- 1838 – Paul Mauser, German weapon designer, designed the Gewehr 98

- 1846 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician

- 1869 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist

- 1869 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1880 – Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist

- 1886 – Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier

- 1931 – Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1938 – Konrad Kujau, German illustrator and art faker, faked Hitler's diaries

- 1966 – J.J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1969 – Viktor Petrenko, Ukrainian figure skater

- 1975 – Tobey Maguire, American actor

- 1985 – Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player

- 1985 – Nico Rosberg, German race car driver

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

- Edmund Burke -

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, Andromitus, Oelesa, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton, Cesorion, Mauricil

Jaslandia wrote:LADIES, GENTLEMEN, AND SENTIENT CREATURES OF THE NON-HUMAN VARIETY, IT IS NOW TEA TIME!

OUR SNACKS: POPCORN, FRIED CHICKEN, AND GREEK YOGURT

OUR DRINKS: BLUE TEA, ORANGE JUICE, AND WHITE WINE

OUR TOPICS: POLICE BRUTALITY, HORSES, AND TRAVELING

BONUS TOPIC: SEQUELS, PREQUELS, REMAKES, AND REBOOTS: YEA OR NAY?

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

Keepin' it going!

Greek yogurt and orange juice, please. It's still morning where I am.

Police brutality - Well, I don't think it's a good thing. What's ridiculous is that some jurisdictions outlaw things such as recording police officers. I also agree that body cams would help, privacy concerns for the public notwithstanding. Courts should be quick to recognize that the cams are for the purpose of ensuring proper conduct and not being used to better monitor private citizens. If they, say, record the presence of a joint when doing a protective sweep of a private residence, for instance, they shouldn't be able to be used as evidence.

Horses - I have this conversation so often, and I honestly prefer cows. Horses can be unpredictable, vindictive, and harmful. Cows are like your stoner friend who just wants to chill and wat doritos.

Travelling - I want to head south to Mexico for a chillcation soon.

Sequels - Cool.

Prequels - Sure.

Remakes - Can be good.

Reboots - WARNING. INCOMING GAME

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

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Reboots - WARNING. INCOMING GAME

#Nationstates3

Jaslandia, Oelesa, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton

Visiting a Violetist temple on the west side of Tidmouth you’re surprised to see your teenage nephew, Montague, at the temple and wearing the traditional purple skullcap of Violetism.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1895 – The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.

Electric locomotive? I imagine Stafford is pretty happy today, then; Stafford is one of the few electric engines on the Island of Sodor.

"Visiting a Violetist temple on the west side of Tidmouth you’re surprised to see your teenage nephew, Montague, at the temple and wearing the traditional purple skullcap of Violetism."

Oh, hello there Duck (Montague is Duck's real name)! Didn't expect to see you here. And I had no idea you were my teenage nephew! Learn something new everyday.

Duck: I'm not, Percy. I'm 88 years old, and engines don't have nieces and nephews. Let's just say I was doing some... undercover work for the Supreme Council, which required me to... embellish a few things. Nothing you need worry about.

Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Just a heads up... The Equestrian Republic is now selling a few of its most prized "superweapons" from the captured then revived Third Reich Wunderwaffe program. These are VERY powerful weapons that I have brought over from my former region. Please telegram me if your interested. (Disclaimer: These weapons are modernized versions of the Nazi "vengeance" weapons. Results may vary)

Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland

[B]I would like to announce that, should Unf's Constitution pass, I will be running for one of the three Supreme Court Justice positions.[/B]

Russkov Soviet, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona, Percyton

Russkov Soviet wrote:Just a heads up... The Equestrian Republic is now selling a few of its most prized "superweapons" from the captured then revived Third Reich Wunderwaffe program. These are VERY powerful weapons that I have brought over from my former region. Please telegram me if your interested. (Disclaimer: These weapons are modernized versions of the Nazi "vengeance" weapons. Results may vary)

Just so you know, that military factbook is painfully out of sync with the limits for regional RP.

The upper limits for people for people in the military services is 1.5million people -this may change to depend more on map population- while the limits for a navy's compliment of ships is 200 ships with a maximum of the US's Super-Carriers. (Please don't go to the maximum)

Also, follow a relatively straight line with the aircraft, keep within US bounds if possible.

Lastly, those weapons should maintain both feet in MT. Oh, and because I'm a jerk I'll critique things in it if they're really weird :p

If you don't plan to RP, then this doesn't matter as much because you're allowed to have national lore, it just won't be recognized in Regional Lore. I'll still pick apart those superweapons though.

Russkov Soviet, Yukona

Kalaron wrote:Just so you know, that military factbook is painfully out of sync with the limits for regional RP.

The upper limits for people for people in the military services is 1.5million people -this may change to depend more on map population- while the limits for a navy's compliment of ships is 200 ships with a maximum of the US's Super-Carriers. (Please don't go to the maximum)

Also, follow a relatively straight line with the aircraft, keep within US bounds if possible.

Lastly, those weapons should maintain both feet in MT. Oh, and because I'm a jerk I'll critique things in it if they're really weird :p

If you don't plan to RP, then this doesn't matter as much because you're allowed to have national lore, it just won't be recognized in Regional Lore. I'll still pick apart those superweapons though.

Schwerer Gustav OP mods please ban

Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland

Yukona wrote:Schwerer Gustav OP mods please ban

Ew, SHG was a stupid thing and remains so.

Kalaron wrote:Just so you know, that military factbook is painfully out of sync with the limits for regional RP.

The upper limits for people for people in the military services is 1.5million people -this may change to depend more on map population- while the limits for a navy's compliment of ships is 200 ships with a maximum of the US's Super-Carriers. (Please don't go to the maximum)

Also, follow a relatively straight line with the aircraft, keep within US bounds if possible.

Lastly, those weapons should maintain both feet in MT. Oh, and because I'm a jerk I'll critique things in it if they're really weird :p

If you don't plan to RP, then this doesn't matter as much because you're allowed to have national lore, it just won't be recognized in Regional Lore. I'll still pick apart those superweapons though.

I'll actually be working on a separate Red Army Factbook to suit the RP version of my nation. The numbers will be worked. Also....concerning the "superweapons"? Their still drawing board items. (Trying to work out the plans). And I'll do my best to keep my numbers "fair" as you put it. xP

Jaslandia wrote:[B]I would like to announce that, should Unf's Constitution pass, I will be running for one of the three Supreme Court Justice positions.[/B]

^ Endorsed so hard

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:Ew, SHG was a stupid thing and remains so.

ZG 1229 Vampir infrared sight OP future tech mod plz ban

Dissolving the government in Scotland was a mixed blessing. Although I need to start from scratch, it's fun to go on public spending sprees on welfare, healthcare etc. with taxes being so low.

Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland

Nuremgard wrote:Dissolving the government in Scotland was a mixed blessing.
Yeah, boyo!
Nuremgard wrote:Although I need to start from scratch, it's fun to go on public spending sprees on welfare, healthcare etc. with taxes being so low.
Ugh, not for that reason, though.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Yeah, boyo!Ugh, not for that reason, though.

I need advice. I currently have 6 nations. 3 democracies and 3 dictatorships. Nuremgard, Valyria and Scotland all have high civil and political rights. Tangshan and Ruhmia are both dictatorships, the former being low on both civil and political rights and the latter being high in civil rights but low in political rights.

My question is: should Farahan be low in civil rights but have high political rights (a constitutional Islamic monarchy basically) or should it be low in civil and political rights (an absolute Islamic monarchy?)

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I need advice. I currently have 6 nations. 3 democracies and 3 dictatorships. Nuremgard, Valyria and Scotland all have high civil and political rights. Tangshan and Ruhmia are both dictatorships, the former being low on both civil and political rights and the latter being high in civil rights but low in political rights.

My question is: should Farahan be low in civil rights but have high political rights (a constitutional Islamic monarchy basically) or should it be low in civil and political rights (an absolute Islamic monarchy?)

I'd go with low civil right and high political rights, just to mix it up a bit. Plus, it could be a fun challenge to try to achieve that exact combination.

Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:I'd go with low civil right and high political rights, just to mix it up a bit. Plus, it could be a fun challenge to try to achieve that exact combination.

Yeah, I don't have a mix like that yet. I have 2 issues for Farahan which will allow me to increase political freedoms.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:I'd go with low civil right and high political rights, just to mix it up a bit. Plus, it could be a fun challenge to try to achieve that exact combination.

Was gonna say the same thing. Interested in how that would pan out. Low civil rights and political freedoms has been done so many times.

Also, how do you manage six nations, Nurem?! I always let the issues pile up on my single nation.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Jaslandia wrote:I'd go with low civil right and high political rights, just to mix it up a bit. Plus, it could be a fun challenge to try to achieve that exact combination.

I have 3 countries which have welfare states and universal healthcare (Nuremgard, Ruhmia and Scotland.) Tangshan and Valyria have no such things. Should Farahan have a "go at it alone, look after yourself" type government or should it be more socially inclined by providing welfare, healthcare etc?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Was gonna say the same thing. Interested in how that would pan out. Low civil rights and political freedoms has been done so many times.

Also, how do you manage six nations, Nurem?! I always let the issues pile up on my single nation.

Well I have the summer off now so I have time on my hands. And I love this game because I love politics and I love making different countries with different ideologies.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I have 3 countries which have welfare states and universal healthcare (Nuremgard, Ruhmia and Scotland.) Tangshan and Valyria have no such things. Should Farahan have a "go at it alone, look after yourself" type government or should it be more socially inclined by providing welfare, healthcare etc?

Go it alone. But if there are options for health-related issues that focus on relying on religion and religious institutions, choose those.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Go it alone. But if there are options for health-related issues that focus on relying on religion and religious institutions, choose those.

So no safety net or national pension? No public healthcare system? Basically leave it to charities and religious organisations?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:So no safety net or national pension? No public healthcare system? Basically leave it to charities and religious organisations?

Unless it'll conflict with your ability to raise political freedoms, I'd say yeah

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Unless it'll conflict with your ability to raise political freedoms, I'd say yeah

Fair enough. Makes sense. There are currently welfare and healthcare provisions in place but I'll remove them when I can. What about education and transport? How would a socially and economically conservative Islamic government approach those?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Fair enough. Makes sense. There are currently welfare and healthcare provisions in place but I'll remove them when I can. What about education and transport? How would a socially and economically conservative Islamic government approach those?

Religious education. Transportation could go either public or private- even conservative governments usually don't have a problem investing in infrastructure. Maybe privatized transportation, but subsidized roads, ports, etc.?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Hey look the RMB's not dead anymore!

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Religious education. Transportation could go either public or private- even conservative governments usually don't have a problem investing in infrastructure. Maybe privatized transportation, but subsidized roads, ports, etc.?

Sounds like a good mix. Thanks for your counsel. :)

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:Hey look the RMB's not dead anymore!

*Takes a bow*

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Who do I talk to about declaring my puppets?

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Who do I talk to about declaring my puppets?

Phoebe Buffet: The Puppet Master.

Nuremgard wrote:Sounds like a good mix. Thanks for your counsel. :)

S'all good- I like discussing this stuff :P

Oh, I wanted to mention that I should be getting an issue authored in the future. Was working with an editor.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Phoebe Buffet: The Puppet Master. S'all good- I like discussing this stuff :P

Oh, I wanted to mention that I should be getting an issue authored in the future. Was working with an editor.

Nice! What is the issue about? I submitted one recently about dowries.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Yukona wrote:ZG 1229 Vampir infrared sight OP future tech mod plz ban

Calm down Wehraboo.

Russkov Soviet wrote:I'll actually be working on a separate Red Army Factbook to suit the RP version of my nation. The numbers will be worked. Also....concerning the "superweapons"? Their still drawing board items. (Trying to work out the plans). And I'll do my best to keep my numbers "fair" as you put it. xP

Ah, alrighty.

I just wanted to ensure you knew the rules before jumping in, an ounce of prevention and all that :D

As for your superweapons, if you ever want to get it checked, I'm more than happy to examine the ideas

Nuremgard wrote:Who do I talk to about declaring my puppets?

Peng.

Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Kalaron wrote:Calm down Wehraboo.

Ah, alrighty.

I just wanted to ensure you knew the rules before jumping in, an ounce of prevention and all that :D

As for your superweapons, if you ever want to get it checked, I'm more than happy to examine the ideas Peng.

Thanks, Kal.

Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica

Hi guys

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Carjuanga wrote:Hi guys

Hello. Nice flag.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Carjuanga

Nuremgard wrote:Nice! What is the issue about? I submitted one recently about dowries.

Different options for addressing carbon reduction. Dowries is a really interesting choice! Mine is so typical :P

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Carjuanga wrote:Hi guys

Hi! I'm Andromitus, but you can call me Andy, feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Carjuanga

Continental Commonwealths wrote:Different options for addressing carbon reduction. Dowries is a really interesting choice! Mine is so typical :P

I think it sounds cool. :)

I gave 3 choices I think. Ban dowries, make dowries legal for both men and women...I don't remember the third choice lol

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Hello. Nice flag.

Thanks

Andromitus wrote:Hi! I'm Andromitus, but you can call me Andy, feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Im new here, any tips?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Kalaron wrote:Calm down Wehraboo.

Ah, alrighty.

I just wanted to ensure you knew the rules before jumping in, an ounce of prevention and all that :D

As for your superweapons, if you ever want to get it checked, I'm more than happy to examine the ideas Peng.

Hey, Kal. How do you manage to keep a beautiful environment but such a low level of deaths in the wilderness?

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Carjuanga wrote:Thanks

Im new here, any tips?

Well what tips are we talking about? We have a wide variety of things to do here, from the RMB-Discord community, Regional Affairs, Interregional Affairs, Roleplay, and unique events such as Tea Time!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Andromitus wrote:Well what tips are we talking about? We have a wide variety of things to do here, from the RMB-Discord community, Regional Affairs, Interregional Affairs, Roleplay, and unique events such as Tea Time!

Whats tea time and do you guys always rp?

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Carjuanga wrote:Whats tea time and do you guys always rp?

Tea Time is an RMB activity that involves us all sitting around and having a little chat over some snacks, drinks, and topics; for example

https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=26082759

https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=26083022

https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=26083136

Well, to be quite honest RP has been a bit slow, we have a bunch of people who are great at RP'ing, yet none of us can get one going, and after a slight scandal regarding non-consensus OOC rule changes the RP sector of our Region has been quiet. However, if you want to get one going, I know for a definite fact that you'll have a bunch of people lined up to start something new!

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Carjuanga

Andromitus wrote:Tea Time is an RMB activity that involves us all sitting around and having a little chat over some snacks, drinks, and topics; for example

https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=26082759

https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=26083022

https://www.nationstates.net/page=rmb/postid=26083136

Well, to be quite honest RP has been a bit slow, we have a bunch of people who are great at RP'ing, yet none of us can get one going, and after a slight scandal regarding non-consensus OOC rule changes the RP sector of our Region has been quiet. However, if you want to get one going, I know for a definite fact that you'll have a bunch of people lined up to start something new!

Tea times nice

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:Hey, Kal. How do you manage to keep a beautiful environment but such a low level of deaths in the wilderness?

Simple

I never, ever, answer issues.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Mauricil

A new 'Spotlight On' Factbook has been posted! This one is about the Misty Valley Branch Line, which is worked by my very good friend Sidney!

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook/id=846139

Carjuanga wrote:Hi guys

Welcome to the region, Carjuanga! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you enjoy your time in the CFN!

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Carjuanga

Vista Major wrote:Appointment

i was hoping for elections...

Penguania And Antarctica

Kalaron wrote:Simple

I never, ever, answer issues.

But really though, I'm pretty sure I just chipped all my people

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Percyton wrote:A new 'Spotlight On' Factbook has been posted! This one is about the Misty Valley Branch Line, which is worked by my very good friend Sidney!

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook/id=846139

Welcome to the region, Carjuanga! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you enjoy your time in the CFN!

Looks nice, Percy! I gotta admit, I wouldn't expect Sidney of all engines to have his own branch line, but after reading the Factbook, he seems to be doing quite a good job of it.

Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Percyton wrote:A new 'Spotlight On' Factbook has been posted! This one is about the Misty Valley Branch Line, which is worked by my very good friend Sidney!

https://www.nationstates.net/nation=percyton/detail=factbook/id=846139

Welcome to the region, Carjuanga! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you enjoy your time in the CFN!

Thanks percy

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Carjuanga wrote:Tea times nice

If you need extra help you can request a mentor off of the Ministry of Interior, Penguania And Antarctica, enjoy your stay and may it be a long one my kiwi friend!

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, The United Providences Of Perland, Percyton, Carjuanga

Sorry wasn't on yesterday, I was very busy.

Jaslandia, Andromitus, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

Estrinia wrote:Sorry wasn't on yesterday, I was very busy.

No biggie. It was a pretty chill day tbh. No arguments at all!

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, Estrinia

Friedensreich wrote:No biggie. It was a pretty chill day tbh. No arguments at all!

Thankyou Friedensreich!

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

I made voting compulsory in Farahan since I've never made it compulsory before.

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

Good day, my lovely people. <3

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Yukona, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Good day, my lovely people. &lt;3
Hellur

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton

[spoiler=Today is June 28 and today are:]

]Today is June 28 and today are:

- Ceviche Day

- Christopher Street Day

- Constitution Day (Ukraine)

- Family Day (Vietnam)

- Happy Heart Hugs Day

- International Body Piercing Day

- National Insurance Awareness Day (United States)

- National Paul Bunyan Day (United States)

- National Tapioca Day (United States)

- Poznań Remembrance Day (Poland)

- St Vitus Day (Serbia)

- Tau Day

- Vidovdan (Eastern Orthodox Church)

[/spoiler]

[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 572 – Assassination of Alboin, King of the Lombards.

- 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.

- 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.

- 1461 – Edward IV is crowned King of England.

- 1519 – Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

- 1635 – Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.

- 1651 – The Battle of Berestechko between Poland and Ukraine starts.

- 1709 – Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.

- 1745 – A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).

- 1776 – The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory in the American Revolutionary War leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.

- 1776 – Thomas Hickey, Continental Army private and bodyguard to General George Washington, is hanged for mutiny and sedition.

- 1778 – The American Continentals engage the British in the Battle of Monmouth Courthouse resulting in standstill and British withdrawal under cover of darkness.

- 1807 – Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata; John Whitelocke lands at Ensenada on an attempt to recapture Buenos Aires and is defeated by the locals.

- 1838 – Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

- 1841 – The Paris Opera Ballet premieres Giselle in the Salle Le Peletier.

- 1846 – Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone.

- 1855 – Sigma Chi fraternity is founded in North America.

- 1859 – The first conformation dog show is held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

- 1865 – The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.

- 1880 – Australian bushranger Ned Kelly is captured at Glenrowan.

- 1881 – The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.

- 1882 – The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.

- 1894 – Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.

- 1895 – El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form the Greater Republic of Central America.

- 1895 – The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis' claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."

- 1896 – An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.

- 1902 – The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.

- 1904 – The SS Norge runs aground and sinks.

- 1914 – Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.

- 1919 – The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.

- 1921 – Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.

- 1922 – The Irish Civil War begins with the shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin by Free State forces.

- 1926 – Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

- 1936 – The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.

- 1940 – Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum.

- 1942 – World War II: Nazi Germany starts its strategic summer offensive against the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.

- 1945 – Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day.

- 1948 – The Tito–Stalin Split results in the expulsion of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia from the Cominform.

- 1948 – Boxer Dick Turpin beats Vince Hawkins at Villa Park in Birmingham to become the first black British boxing champion in the modern era.

- 1950 – Korean War: Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.

- 1950 – Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between as many as 100,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.

- 1950 – Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge to in attempt to slow North Korea's offensive.

- 1950 – Korean War: North Korean Army conducts Seoul National University Hospital massacre.

- 1956 – in Poznań, workers from HCP factory go to the streets, sparking one of the first major protests against communist government both in Poland and Europe.

- 1964 – Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

- 1969 – Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.

- 1973 – Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time.

- 1976 – The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial.

- 1978 – The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke bars quota systems in college admissions.

- 1981 – A powerful bomb explodes in Tehran, killing 73 officials of the Islamic Republican Party.

- 1987 – For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.

- 1989 – On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.

- 1997 – Holyfield–Tyson II: Mike Tyson is disqualified in the third round for biting a piece off Evander Holyfield's ear.

- 2001 – Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.

- 2004 – Sovereign power is handed to the interim government of Iraq by the Coalition Provisional Authority, ending the U.S.-led rule of that nation.

- 2009 – Honduran president Manuel Zelaya is ousted by a local military coup following a failed request to hold a referendum to rewrite the Honduran Constitution. This was the start of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis.

- 2016 – A terrorist attack in Turkey's Istanbul Atatürk Airport kills 42 people and injures more than 230 others.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 1491 – Henry VIII of England

- 1577 – Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter and diplomat

- 1712 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher and polymath

- 1824 – Paul Broca, French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist

- 1867 – Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1873 – Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1902 – Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer

- 1906 – Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1912 – Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, German physicist and philosopher

- 1926 – Mel Brooks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

- 1930 – William C. Campbell, Irish-American biologist and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1940 – Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1943 – Klaus von Klitzing, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

- 1948 – Kathy Bates, American actress

- 1967 – Lars Riedel, German discus thrower

- 1971 – Elon Musk, South African-born American businessman

[/spoiler]

Quote of the day

When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.

- Joseph Roux -

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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona, Percyton

Nuremgard wrote:I made voting compulsory in Farahan since I've never made it compulsory before.

How did that go?

Penguania And Antarctica

The United Providences Of Perland wrote:How did that go?

There were no statistical effects.

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

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