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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Okay, honey. Good for you.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Yukona
There's also Jihadism, which, unironically, was created purely out of hatred.
Yukona
We cant ignore the elephant in the room. Islam plays a role in these extremist's actions.
Yukona, United Continental States
It's awful that people have to walk on eggshells when discussing anything for fear of causing offense.
Despite this, the same people that take offense are those that plaster labels and generalizations over every one.
Johnathan Pie says it best:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GLG9g7BcjKs
Yukona, Maurician, United Continental States
It's extremist and largely disliked by actual Muslims- both Sunni and Shia. It comes as no surprise that both Sunni and Shia nations (Iran+Iraq and Saudi Arabia, for example) despise Jihadist groups like ISIS.
Johnny Pie is awesome.
Is that why Saudi Arabia funds IS?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristen-breitweiser/wikileaks-kingdom-of-saud_b_12468758.html
Don't kid yourself. Countries like SA love IS because they're ruled by the same psychotic ideology.
I use him to keep up on U.K. politics. He's a satirist but he's definitely the most candid and honest I've seen in a long time. It's because of him that I evolved into being extremely against PC culture.
I love how I turn away for five minutes and everything explodes, love you all! <3
Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Yukona
I wish more journos were like him. I'd watch the news if they were.
Because I'm being condescending.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Yukona
Post self-deleted by Baxten.
Nurem in a nutshell when he ain't being all kinds of gay :P
But really if I posted a lot on the forums this would be in my signature.
Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Yukona
https://www.nationstates.net/region=the_league_of_conservative_nations
Just sayin, it's an option if you feel victimized and attacked, Maur
Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania
I'm sure he'd find his kith and kin there.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania
Shut it, nerd. Gimme your lunch money, or I'll give you an atomic wedgie.
Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, The Empire Of Handland, United Continental States
Lol. Western Europeans...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029157741
Disgusting
And Jesus Christ dude, you're not really doing yourself any favors by being everyone's favorite punching bag on the RMB
Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania
No it's not. It's just a term of endearment. I was using it sarcastically.
The Royal Republic Of Kumania
Post self-deleted by Maurician.
Kinda like the southern United States, "Aww. Bless your heart!". Right?
Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania
[spoiler=Today is June 4 and today are:]
Today is June 4 and today are:
- Anniversary of Khomeini's Death (Iran)
- Birthday of Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim & Flag Day (Finland)
- Emancipation Day or Independence Day (Tonga)
- Father's Day (Curaçao, Lithuania)
- Flag Day (Estonia)
- German World Heritage Day
- Hug Your Cat Day
- International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
- National Cancer Survivors Day (United States)
- National Cheese Day (United States)
- National Cognac Day (United States)
- National Old Maids Day (United States)
- National SAFE Day (United States)
- National Unity Day (Hungary)
- Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day
- Whit Sunday or Pentecost (Christianity)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1411 King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
- 1561 The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedral of London, is destroyed in a fire caused by lightning and is never rebuilt.
- 1615 Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.
- 1745 Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- 1760 Great Upheaval: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians.
- 1783 The Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrate their montgolfière (hot air balloon).
- 1784 Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
- 1792 Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1802 King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
- 1812 Following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory is renamed the Missouri Territory.
- 1825 General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, speaks at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States.
- 1855 Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
- 1859 Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army.
- 1862 American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuate Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1876 An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.
- 1878 Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire cedes Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retains nominal title.
- 1896 Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
- 1912 Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
- 1913 Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
- 1916 World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
- 1917 The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
- 1919 Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
- 1920 Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
- 1928 The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
- 1932 Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers lead a coup d'état establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile.
- 1939 The Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.
- 1940 World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ends: British forces complete evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivers, only to the House of Commons, his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.
- 1942 World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
- 1943 A military coup in Argentina ousts Ramón Castillo.
- 1944 World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
- 1944 World War II: Rome falls to the Allies, the first Axis capital to fall.
- 1961 In the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparks the Berlin Crisis by threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin.
- 1970 Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1975 The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
- 1979 Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
- 1982 Four Iranian diplomats were kidnapped in Lebanon after they were stopped at a check point in northern Lebanon by Lebanese Phalange forces. None of them has been seen since.
- 1983 Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt.
- 1986 Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
- 1988 Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
- 1989 Ali Khamenei is elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
- 1989 The Tiananmen Square protests are violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with at least 241 dead.
- 1989 Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.
- 1989 Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
- 1996 The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
- 1998 Terry Nichols is sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
- 2010 Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
- 2015 An explosion at a gasoline station in Accra, Ghana, killing more than 200 people.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1738 George III of the United Kingdom
- 1877 Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1910 Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft
- 1915 Modibo Keïta, Malian educator and politician, 1st President of Mali
- 1930 Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach
- 1936 Bruce Dern, American actor
- 1948 Jürgen Sparwasser, German footballer and manager
- 1966 Cecilia Bartoli, Italian soprano and actress
- 1975 Russell Brand, English comedian and actor
- 1975 Angelina Jolie, American actress, filmmaker, humanitarian, and activist
- 1985 Evan Lysacek, American figure skater
- 1985 Lukas Podolski, German footballer
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Quote of the day
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
- Epictetus -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Andromitus, Kalaron
Woman*
And nope, I'm not. Last time I checked.
Yukona
Post by Yukona suppressed by a moderator.
Or as we'd say over here, "bless your wee cotton socks."
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Tserra, Yukona
Post by Magnatronia suppressed by a moderator.
Post by Maurician suppressed by a moderator.
All I can say is thank God I'm not Mau's parent! What a terribly ungrateful child he must be!
Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania
Post by Kalaron suppressed by a moderator.
I still find it funny how you thought I was a girl. What made you think that anyway? Was it how I worded my messages?
Kalaron
I honest to god have no clue.
I actually think that it was either that I sped through some messages from you on the RMB and simply misread what you put with regard to pronouns -because maybe that was a thing?- or otherwise related you talking about gay stuff as being a girl talking about straight stuff -because I'm presumptuous and that's OK- and just attached it to you as a marker.
Alternatively it's related to the fact that I toyed with the idea of pretending to be someone else when I first came to the community (I was seriously unhappy with myself, like, man was I feeling like a failure and sometimes still do) and attached the fake personality to you through the flag similarities we had.
Nuremgard
(And no, you don't have feminine typing even if your friends said you did. I remember :P )
Nuremgard
Interesting explanation above. Thanks lol
I need some political counsel.
In my Islamic monarchy, the issue of gay adoption has come up. Of course, this being a Muslim country, it wont allow it. But should the Shah go one step further and make homosexuality a capital offence?
No problem, thanks for being the second person I really got to know after Bax :P
My first interaction with him was during Halloween, my message? "Sorry for shooting a missile at you!"
Honestly, you helped to make the community more human for me after my quick introduction.
Nuremgard
Posted on the RP region. Big events going on in Baxten.
I'd say nah.
Make it taxable like being of different religions than Islam was in some nations. More state money and more people raising your kids.
Glad I could help somehow, mate!
Kalaron
I also got an issue about women driving but I didn't want to be -that- oppressive. In Farahan, women are reasonably equal to men. They can get jobs etc. but they are still restricted by some gender roles (like Iran.) But Iran does have harsh penalties for being gay. So you think Farahan should be a bit more lenient?
Kalaron
Yes, I think that Farahan should prolly be more about preserving Islam on the grand scale, which is easier with taxes than it is with murdering all gays. If Farahan has already deviated a bit from the right and proper "Let's go boys" of pure Islam out of the book than it isn't that unreasonable to expect them to be able to handle taxable gay people while still having a social stigma.
Nuremgard
I think I may have homosexuality be legal but that's about it. No adoption, no marriage, no discrimination laws etc.
The government allows freedom of religion but it does tax those of other faiths, as well as atheists. Sunni Muslims are not taxed, however (the state religion is Shia)
Kalaron
Sounds good my dude, though -and I know this might not work for ideological reasons- but why not put adoption up there but with a very large cost? Like, unreasonable but there like the requirements for a permit for a Gay Bar in the 70's.
I look at things like my Teacher, Mr.Parker, Capitalism crushes Ideology always, it's just a matter of time.
What's happening in Baxten?
It's an interesting idea but I think that's too much of a stretch for an Islamic country. The Shah is reasserting the power of the Crown so he wants as many supporters as possible, especially from the common people. Allow gay adoption might cause the imperial family to lose support from the clergy and other more conservative elements of the establishment.
The Shah outlawed adoption for homosexuals and the black market rose by 0.79%. Are the gays buying children on the black market? :P
Tl;Dr:
Baxten won't war with Maur because of Maur's invasion of Texas
Kaiser was caught and somehow survived his plane crashing and burning after being hit with AAA fire (Baxten is 1940's germany I guess)
Baxten's gov partied the night away because they 'dem rowdy bois
Bax will trial Mr.Kaiser soon.
Oh my. The former monarch going on trial. Intriguing.
Yukona
I'm sure it's possible,
Gay: "He isn't my son, Sir, I'm just his uncle!"
Officer: "...Why are you and the Father's pants down then?"
Gay: "Uh...we had a party with a harem?"
Officer: "Oh...OK."
Will Sul shoot him, though?
That's the mystery!
Hmm. Dunno if the Shah has a harem as such but polygamy is legal.
Kalaron
Look, idk these things and AA guns. gawd
They Partied the night away and then forgot about major world and domestic affairs :3
Oh, and I'm just assuming you factored a certain party in with your pro-isolationists because thats the correct thing to do buddy boy
Forgot may not have been the righy word lol. It just went to the back of their minds. And no, I didn't. However, imma delete the post and factor it in.
Aww, you don't have to delete it :P
I just edited a few things, not totally reqrore it. But your party is now accounted for and the engines were purposly shot by fighters.
I don't shower my parents with money. They ask me for my permission to give them money every time they need a few extra bucks. I' very cautious with my money. I frequently check my bank account to make sure my money is there, and I check my parents bank account to make sure they're not spending on useless stuff. Both have full-time jobs. Honestly they wouldn't even need my financial aid if 11% of my mom's paycheck wasn't taken out for her pension and roughly half of my dad's paycheck went to paying for health insurance for the three of us (he works at a Banner hospital which is how we have access to fairly decent health insurance but it is hella expensive thanks to Obamacare and Republicans making health insurance still be a market instead of replacing it with single-payer universal healthcare but that's a discussion for another time).
Another important thing to note is that I currently do not make enough money to move out into my own apartment. I make only $11.50 an hour and that's before taxes and deductions and other stuff are taken out. Usually, my weekly paychecks will be at least $355 if I work at least 39 hours a week. So basically in a month I'll make around say $1300 a month. It is impossible to find an apartment in this city with rent at $700 a month or less that is not disgusting af and ridden with roaches and scorpions and other undesirable vermin. My car insurance is currently $222 a month. That's my biggest expense other than lending at least $400 to my parents each month. I mean sure perhaps I could try to move into an apartment with $700 a month rent and then keep that $400 I give to my parents to help them out to be used as expenses for other things. However, at the end of the month, I would barely have any pennies left over for any potential "luxuries". In that $400, I'm supposed to find funds for food, gas, utilities, internet, phone plan, and other stuff. I do not see how I could afford all of those things unless I get the really cheap stuff. On my wage, if I were to live on my own, I would only be able to afford the cheapest stuff. And I might sound privileged for saying this, but honestly I prefer to not be forced to have only the cheapest stuff.
So not only does currently living with my parents them, but it benefits me. I don't think of it as leeching off each other. We all come together to help each other out. I give my parents at least $400 a month to try to stay afloat on bills and they give me food and shelter. Right now you could say we are codependent, and probably would find failure if we separated from each other. I do plan on moving out some day, hopefully sooner than later. However, that day will not come until I get a raise that is not caused by minimum wage being increased. This is the reality for a lot of modern middle class families who got screwed over during the Great Recession.
Nuremgard, Lex Caledonia, Pirate Kingdoms, Yukona, United Continental States
Well if that's the nicest way I don't wanna see the worst AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAkillmepleaseAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
Merlinton, Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Lex Caledonia, United Continental States
I hope things improve for you, mate. Stay strong.
Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Magnatronia, Maurician, United Continental States
Vista I looked your nation up to find out where the CFN region is these days :)
Penguania And Antarctica
Who hurt you?
Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Pirate Kingdoms, United Continental States
Liberal Muslim Arizonan British Catholic Communist Anglo-Saxon Homosexual Socialist Nazi Pedophiles :p
Merlinton, Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Maurician
You called
Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, Pirate Kingdoms
Meesa also LMABCCASHSNP
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Yukona
Well, who wants to support commies? I sure don't. He should just bolster up his military to fight the rebels. Who knows, maybe it could turn into something bigger?
At least you don't demonize moderate liberals, you just tease us a little :P
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, The Empire Of Handland, Magnatronia
Well, he said it was the USCS's job, so clearly him.
Are you kidding me? I get warned for "flaming" because I insulted someone. Mau was the one who said that Europeans deserve all they get for letting refugees in. So I hope he was warned for flaming too.
From the FAQ: https://www.nationstates.net/page=faq#etiquette
It's free speech, so I can post whatever I like here, right?
Ahahahaha! Hahaha! Free speech! No, it's not. I run this web site, see, so you have to play by my rules. It's like my own Father Knows Best state.
No player has the right on this private website to violate the rules each player agreed to adhere to upon creating an account. It is irrelevant if another player broke them; that does not justify anyone else breaking them in turn. If you see someone violating the rules, report it, don't fall for the bait.
Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Oelesa, United Continental States
ite
Yukona
Praise Shirley!
Au Minbo, Vista Major, Oelesa, Pirate Kingdoms
Here's me quivering in my boots because I called someone an ***hole and they drop you a telegram - nobody's safe boys, run for the hills
Merlinton, Vista Major, Oelesa
Uh, what happened?
Vista Major, Yukona
Maur's router got DDoSD by the mods
Vista Major
I swear, I'm not here to keep you youngins in line for a day and everything blows up.
Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Vista Major, Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica, United Continental States
Did someone say younglings? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFOo86PDDuE&t
Vista Major
No great loss.
Vista Major, Yukona
Meh, Jedi Temple March is overrated.
General Grevious' theme > all
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Throne Room Theme > all
Vista Major, Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica
It's kinda repetitive and loses its power without seeing Sidious, tbh.
Vista Major, Yukona
Are you still voting Lib Dem on Thursday?
Vista Major
Postal vote, already done
Vista Major
Ah, okay. I used to do a postal vote until we found out Ruth Davidson was looking at the postal votes at the first referendum. I don't trust them now. Then again, I don't really trust any form of voting as they're all open to tampering. But me and my sister always vote in person together. Will be doing the same on Thursday. My mum uses a postal vote though as she's too unwell to go to the polling station.
Yukona
My best wishes for your mum - I had that concern, but my constituency has recently become a bit of a CON stronghold with Brexit anyway, used to be heavily Lib Dem, so my vote probably wont matter now its a Brexit area
Nuremgard
Thanks, bud. My condolences about your constituency! This is why I don't like FPTP. Creates a two-party state and safe seats. But I'm glad you're still voting anyway. Makes your voice heard. It's ridiculous that so many people are believing May's lie about getting a strong majority to strengthen her hand. The EU has already told her they don't care how big her majority is. She is only doing this to capitalise on a weak opposition. Then again, with JC and Labour surging in the polls, she's eating her words right now. Arrogant old boot.
Yukona
I'm so happy for JC, he's molded into quite the capable opposition leader, I hope he doesn't resign if he gets defeated.
Nuremgard
Seeing him become prime minister would be so funny. Not only because he has good policies but also because seeing the faces of May and her party, and seeing the convulsions the media would descend into, would be -amazing.-
I also hope he stays on if he's defeated. Would piss off the Blairites royally.
Yukona
Hey [nation=short]Magnatronia[/nation] we were just talking about this! We were saying that the RMB is governed by the regional moderators, but I forgot the site moderators are more than willing to crack down on hate speech / trolls too. We should refer all future first amendment screamers to the site FAQ.
Andromitus, Yukona
Post by Mauricit suppressed by a moderator.
Guess who's back. Back again. Mau's back. Tell a friend. Or a mod.
Merlinton, United Continental States
Post by Magnatronia suppressed by a moderator.
He got more than a warning, it seems.
Yukona, Magnatronia
It's funny how right wingers think they're edgy. I see a lot of young people doing it. Weird how things change. Back in the 70s and 80s, the cool and rebellious thing was to be left wing. Now if you want to be a rebel, you become right wing to fight PC culture and the "snowflakes."
Even though right wingers tend to be the biggest, most sensitive snowflakes ever.
Merlinton, The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Magnatronia
Now he's back. Lucky us.
Merlinton, Magnatronia
Holy crap, that's so true now that someone puts it that way?
Merlinton
It is. Call a right winger out on their BS and they are the first to screech like banshees, "it's ma free speeeeeeech!"
The Royal Republic Of Kumania, Magnatronia
This isn't even funny.
Oh my god that's so true? Some people in school (and especially trolls online) talk and act like alt righters and I can't tell if it's serious or if they're doing it to be special and different. Being a neo-nazi isn't unique, it's cringey and rude and probably won't make you too many friends.
Nuremgard, The Royal Republic Of Kumania
The right has been enjoying a bit of an ascendancy in the UK and US right now. Both nations committed an act of "rebelliousness" if you like. One voted for the Orange Emperor and the other voted for Brexit. A collective stamping of the feet if you will.
Merlinton
Are you from the US or UK?
Nuremgard
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