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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
The new cabinet of Merkel, is ... well .... special so to speak.
Lavan Tiri
Bunch of assholes?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
We are looking forward to visit of Premier Aleksi Coltsov and his family, and we will be honored to present him with the Royal Medal of Freedom! We hope the Coltsovs enjoy their stay, and we will strive to make their visit as welcoming and comfortable as possible!
Welcome to the region! We look forward to having you here and establishing formal relations between our two regions!
Dey terk our crown!
https://youtu.be/BP-l40WEGNo
*insert Donald Trump joke here*
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
Oh and just to be clear the English are not just Anglo Saxons, they're also Normans and Vikings and a very small part Celt.
That's the Brexiteers problem, I didn't vote for it - not my problem.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I mentioned him in one of my exam essays today.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Touché.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Yeah, Yuk, I took a World History class. I'm fully aware.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Trump? And what did you say about him?
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Just trying to be helpful, no need to be like that
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
The question was on how the change from a parliamentary system to a presidential system will affect Turkish democracy. I used Trump as an example of a bad presidential system.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Fair enough. We probably deserve that.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I'll sum it up.
In the Commonwealth of Free Nations, we had a good life. People were friendly, stood up for each other and fights were generally handled quickly and effectively by a constabulary force. There were occasional bursts of childish fighting -or really just childishness in general- but it was all handled and resolved generally.
Our founder, Silver, promptly started to go inactive. We had a vote and decided that the best course of action was to replace him as Founder with a member named Unf. Suffice to say Silver really didn't like Unf so after a long hold out period Silver accepted the people's choice and promptly double crossed us by Banjection.
We then went to the NGA and were little worse for the wear, there was a touch of strain but it would heal quickly and we were generally happy.
Unfortunately, there was a bit of a stir-up here. A member we had named Valt became abusive -and dare I say, malignant- towards members like Sulania (Who was premier at the time) by attempting to convince him to leave and then publicly calling him out to "speak" in front of a crowd. Manipulating messages or outright fabricating them in an attempt to break friendships, and plenty of terrible things that gradually broke a divide in our region.
Unfortunately, this divide happened on Discord, so it propagated out for months due to members being both disbelieving of such a change, uninformed of his actions, more baleful of Discord itself and ultimately untouched by it's effects. Ruclax came back near the end and was able to become an official in government. He promptly got flak from Valt and Unf (Unf had become our founder and was, in his own words, mislead by Valt) on his choice of supreme court members (And I'm not afraid to say that I was that contentious pick) after Valt basically asked the cabinet to vote "no" on the choice due to me nad him having animosity between us due to his treatment of others.
Ru was able to ride that back into the good graces of most of the region and submitted a document basically declaring that we were leaving. We formed Montaris (Which was supposed to have a puppet founder) and moved with most of the region coming with us.
Montaris was a screw up, of course, because Ru promptly decided that he didn't need to "just" be a figurehead of a founder. So, months after we'd moved he tried to exert it when Merc annoyed him. Montaris tires me so I'll write more on it later.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
Well, not exactly. Let's take our Minister of Health, Jens Spahn. He is giving statements and tries to deal with stuff which isn't part of his portfolio and area of responsibility. He's part of the right-wing of the CDU. Against refugees. Completely. He said that Islam isn't part of German culture. But many million muslim people already live in Germany for decades (mostly the descendants of Turkish guest workers). He then relativise his statement that he only meant "radical Islam that tries to deprive us from our liberties". He criticised that churches are "too political and discuss too often matters of society". According to him they should only focus on "pastoral care, imparting the faith and charity". Despite being Roman-Catholic he is gay and married. According to him there is also a cultural gleichschaltung because young people use English more often and therefore the German culture gets somewhat lost in a cultural mix-up. According to him the food banks aren't necessary to feed everyone. They merely reduce the amount of wasted food. Which is utterly wrong. Some people would starve without the food banks. According to him the unemployment benefit level 2 (which you get after more than 12 month without employment) standard rate of 416 a month (!) is enough to live a life with all necessary comfort. To him this unemployment benefit level 2 doesn't mean poverty but is "the answer of our solidarity community to poverty". Later he again relativised saying that "it isn't easy to live with that few money".
Oh and he wants to get more doctors for the rural areas and a better healthcare there, more dementia research and the abolishing of §219a of the Criminal Code which prohibits adverts for abortion (including abortion councelling advert).
I repeat he is Minister of Health. He has opinions to everything but not that much for health.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
He sounds very out of touch. I've never understood gay people who are religious. The Catholic Church hate him as much as Islam does. Both faiths condemn homosexuality. But yeah, he sounds like many Tories over here. Doesn't know what it's like to be unemployed or rely on the state for survival. It's the usual "benefits claimants live amazing lives at taxpayer expense" mantra.
It seems Conservatives are the same everywhere. C*nts.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Percy my friend. I'd like to ask you a question: Are there any crane tank engines on Sodor? :)
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Percyton
Id argue that certain people who share those religions condemn homosexuality, not the religions themselves. If you choose to adopt that religion but not every peripheral tenet or the literal word of texts that are centuries to millennia old, I feel religion and being LGBT arent entirely uncondusive.
Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
Also, always reminds me of you:
https://mobile.twitter.com/scotthoad/status/589486607566295040
Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
The Catholic Church is still very anti-gay.
It wont appear. The wheel just keeps spinning.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
Well sure, but the Catholic Church is a religious institution and not the religion itself. Independent Catholics are not beholden to the hierarchy and teachings of the Church, while many other nominal Catholics pick and choose what to believe in from their texts, clergy, and the Pope himself.
Leaves a lot of room to be both religious and LGBT. I went to Catholic school while I was out and, realizing that I was lucky enough to be attending a small-l liberal Catholic school, I never felt that my sexuality clashed with their religion. Maybe with something the Pope or some distant minister somewhere said, but never with the religion as we chose to practice it there.
Penguania And Antarctica
Fair enough I suppose.
Penguania And Antarctica
I'm gay, engaged, and open. I go to a Catholic University that is pretty accepting as is. Not to mention I myself am Christian and have yet to have that lead to conflict in my religious community.
Penguania And Antarctica
Oh, and the link was a pic of Simon Burns campaign sign. It reads Simon Burns Conservatives, and the persons comment is Im not a huge fan of them either, Simon, but isnt that a bit extreme.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
Same. But, then again, Jews love a good gay.
Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
I remember seeing that before. It's a good one. And I'm not for burning Conservatives. I'm for guillotining them. Far more humane.
You can reconcile your religion and sexuality. I couldn't. It made me hate myself and caused me intense mental anguish. Vive la difference
Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
Lol
Penguania And Antarctica
While we're on the subject, the State of Percyton would also like to honor Aleksander Coltsov of Russkov Soviet. After talking with my advisers, we would like to award him the Percytonian Medal of Distinction, in honor of his friendship with our nation and his protection of our island from pirates.
And don't worry, we haven't forgotten about the new premier either! To give Aleksei Coltsov a little introduction to our proud nation, we would like to send him a few gifts: a map of the Island of Sodor, a copy of Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection (a compilation of the 26 Railway Series books about us by the Reverend W. Awdry), and a Collector's Edition Thomas & Friends DVD called The Early Years (which contains all 26 stories from the first season of our TV series).
We thank Premier Aleksander for his service, and we look forward to working with Premier Aleksei!
That's a lot of different places! Another reason I'm glad to be an engine. I was built at Avonside Engine Company Works, and though I had been modified several times between then and when I came to Sodor, that's really all there is to my origin. I don't need to worry about what percent English I am, or what percent Irish, or anything like that.
Yes, actually, we do have one! His name is Harvey. He's a big red tank engine with a giant crane mounted on his boiler.
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ttte/images/e/e4/MainHarveyModel.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/555?cb=20171025150227
His main jobs are rescue operations and accident clean-up, but when there aren't any accidents, he does other jobs too: loading cargo, track maintenance, clearing debris from the line, etc.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Harvey: Don't forget, I even pulled a train once too! It actually went surprisingly me well; I did have an accident at one point, but thanks to my crane, I was able to clean it up in no time at all and be on my way again.
https://youtu.be/-1mlFUVqR7c
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
[spoiler=Today is April 17 and today are:]
Today is April 17 and today are:
- Blah Blah Blah Day
- Evacuation Day (Syria)
- FAO Day (Iraq)
- Flag Day (American Samoa)
- Ford Mustang Day
- Income Tax Pay Day
- Malbec World Day
- National Bat Appreciation Day (United States)
- National Cheeseball Day (United States)
- National Ellis Island Family History Day (United States)
- National Haiku Poetry Day (United States)
- Nothing Like a Dame Day
- Radonitsa (Belarus)
- Women's Day (Gabon)
- World Hemophilia Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1080 Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
- 1349 Fall of the Bavand dynasty, and rise of the Afrasiyab dynasty.
- 1362 Kaunas Castle falls to the Teutonic Order after a month-long siege.
- 1397 Geoffrey Chaucer tells The Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as the start of the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury.
- 1492 Spain and Christopher Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices.
- 1521 Trial of Martin Luther over his teachings begins during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering and is given a stay of one day.
- 1524 Giovanni da Verrazzano reaches New York harbor.
- 1797 Sir Ralph Abercromby attacks San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in the Americas.
- 1797 Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.
- 1861 The state of Virginia's secession convention votes to secede from the United States, becoming the 8th state to join the Confederate States of America.
- 1863 American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
- 1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth begins: Confederate forces attack Plymouth, North Carolina.
- 1895 The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
- 1905 The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- 1907 The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
- 1912 Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
- 1941 World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany.
- 1942 French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
- 1944 Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
- 1945 World War II: Montese, Italy, is liberated from Nazi forces.
- 1946 Syria obtains its independence from the French occupation.
- 1949 At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.
- 1951 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
- 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro.
- 1969 Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy.
- 1969 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
- 1970 Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
- 1971 The People's Republic of Bangladesh is formed.
- 1975 The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrender.
- 1978 Mir Akbar Khyber is assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
- 1982 Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
- 2006 A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
- 2013 An explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, kills 15 people and injures 160 others.
- 2014 NASA's Kepler confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1734 Taksin, Thai king
- 1820 Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented Baseball
- 1837 J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier, founded J.P. Morgan & Co.
- 1885 Karen Blixen, Danish memoirist and short story writer
- 1897 Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright
- 1915 Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
- 1918 William Holden, American actor
- 1927 Margot Honecker, East German politician and First Lady
- 1929 James Last, German-American bassist, composer, and bandleader
- 1937 Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian-German engineer and businessman
- 1957 Nick Hornby, English novelist, essayist, lyricist, and screenwriter
- 1959 Sean Bean, English actor
- 1964 Maynard James Keenan, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1972 Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1974 Victoria Beckham, English singer and fashion designer
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Quote of the day
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.
- Helmut Schmidt (German Chancellor, 1918-2015) -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Percyton
So you are the only engine with an "arm". You can do things the other engines can't do, can't you?
Jaslandia, Percyton
Aleksander: That's quite the surprise Percy! I'll be sure to stop by as soon as I can. Aleksi is speechless, but that's probably due to him being busy practicing. Gosh... Suddenly I don't want to retire anymore.
Aleksi: You need to Dad. You helped the Union through two collapses and more. Let me take over, we have a war to win and a legacy to secure.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh we don't worry, it's the Americans who worry about that percentage stuff ;^) . Avonside is near where I live.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That reminds me, where did you work before you came to Sodor? And how did you end up in that engine workshop where Sir Topham Hatt bought you?
https://youtu.be/TbXiJ4pclDc?t=2m13s
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Helmut Schmidt was mentioned in our Modern Europe lectures. I'm doing a module on the Cold War in my third year. Maybe we'll learn more about him then.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I almost forget to welcome you! Welcome to the CoFN, Mr. Ambassador! I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor. I hope you like it here!
Really? So you live near Bristol, where the company's works was? That's cool!
I worked in various factories and industrial settings, though I don't remember all of them. One of my old owners gave me a rebuild into the shape I am today, though I don't remember which one. One of my owners must have also given me Hunslet parts, since the workmen at Crovan's Gate found some in me when I was first inspected. Maybe my heritage isn't as simple as I thought!
Harvey: I suppose you could say that! Porter did say I'm "doubly useful", being both an engine and a crane. But I don't like to think about that stuff to much. Besides my crane, I'm not too different from the other engines: I have my jobs to do, and I do my best to do those jobs and be Really Useful.
Molly: Holden? My designer was a man named James Holden. I wonder if there's any relation. If there is, happy birthday to a relative of my designer, and thank you to your relative James for creating me! If there isn't any relation, well, I'd still like to wish you a happy birthday!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Holden_(locomotive_engineer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GER_Classes_S46,_D56_and_H88
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
I hate to break it to you Molly, but James Holden may not have been your actual designer. According to Wikipedia, your actual designer was a guy named F. V. Russell, Holden's Chief Designer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GER_Classes_S46,_D56_and_H88#History
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Hi, I wasn't present for the Montaris stage in this community's lifetime, but I am like the second oldest member of the community by involvement. Ruclax has had a history in the region. Back in around 2015 when we were the Commonwealth of Free Nations, Ruclax served as the shortest Chancellor we ever had after he immediately broke the law and the constitution by trying to implement regional conscription and issue decrees in his plan to turn the Commonwealth into his little Empire. He was dismissed in 3 days. However, many people in the region either don't remember this or weren't around when it went down, so overtime Ruclax's actions were forgotten. Then, when the NGA began to splinter and collapse, Ruclax stepped up as the founder of Montaris which became the community's next location. As I said, I wasn't around for that whole period, but from what I understand Ruclax exceeded his role as a constitutional monarch, culminating in him expelling Mercunova from the region and dismantling the democratic institutions there. That's when people moved over from there to the Confederacy and Ruclax earned his reputation for being a power-hungry individual.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
i didn't know kal had already summed it up
but yunno there's some extra context in my post about Ru being the 3 day Chancellor
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
"With great power, comes great responsibility" -Uncle Ben
No disrespect to Peter Parker intended.
Ruclax has only further solidified my drive to be friendly as possible, and also avoid running for government. I had power issues in the past, mostly involving Minister of Defense, so I've seen what it does to oneself.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
The Shah was granted immunity from the law today. One step closer to establishing that cult of personality.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Molly: Yes, so I've heard. I still like to believe Holden designed me, or at least had a role in creating me (creating the first blueprints, devising the general concept, coming up with the wheel configuration, etc.). No offense to F. V. Russell, who I'm sure was a very smart and nice man, but I've heard so many good things about James Holden, and I would really like to believe I was the brainchild of a great man like him. When it comes to looking up to and admiring your designer, Gordon and Spencer have Sir Nigel Gresley, Neville has Oliver Bulleid, and I have James Holden.
Percy: No kidding. Percyton learned that lesson the hard way, since we had two kings with "power issues", as you put it (James and Diesel). And ever since I became king, I worried that I would develop "power issues" too, which is part of the reason I try to stay humble, to fend off those kinds of feelings.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
You've done great. A good King, or Premier in our case, must either be strong and unmoving like the mountain or flow freely like the river.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I still remembered the whole thing with Ru's failed conscription drive, plus his excuse that some frat bros "took control" of his account: that was the primary reason I was suspicious when Ru popped back up in the NGA and started to act as the main opposition to Valt in the final days. When Montaris was formed, I only sent a puppet, PK, to the MSR only due to the fact that I wanted to keep close to the community, not out of loyalty to Ru and his monarchy jackoff region-state that he formed.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Percy: Makes me wish I had a designer like that. Since I was created by an industrial company, I never had a single designer, just the company.
Thomas: Don't worry about it, Percy. Not all designers are these geniuses who are beloved by their creations. Take me, for example, and my designer L. B. Billinton. I'm gonna be honest with you, Billinton wasn't the smartest Locomotive Engineer out there. He may have had a few good designs, but I certainly wasn't one of them! Me and my E2s class siblings were built with too little coal and water capacity, and we rode roughly when pulling passenger trains. We were only good for shunting and short-distance freight trains, and even then, our use was limited and we were eventually replaced (coincidentally, Salty's class the BR Class 07 replaced my class for shunting at Southampton Docks, though despite this, I don't have any hard feelings toward Salty). I'm the only E2 left, and Sir Topham Hatt had to make a lot of changes to me to make me into the Really Useful and versatile engine I am today. What I'm saying is that designers aren't all they're cracked up to be.
Percy: I suppose. Still, it would be nice to have one person I could call my creator, instead of a faceless company.
Thanks, Russ! I do try to be strong, and while I don't always succeed, at least I have my friends and advisers to help me! I don't know where I'd be without them!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Catholicism is gay
Nuremgard, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
w o k e
Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
Was it really three days? I felt like he resigned within 24 hours of his decree, following him doubling down on his threat to circumvent the Constitution and then switching the narrative to those wicked frat mates of his.
But maybe it took up to three days for it all to become official. I know I immediately supported (initiated?) an emergency transfer of power to the Vice Chancellor after he informed me (as Chief Justice) that the opinions and ruling of the Court were no lonnger applicable under his leadership. I think he said something along the lines of you can declare my actions unconstitutional, but Ill still eject anyone who doesnt comply with them.
Bearlong, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
If any religion is gay, we all know that it is unequivocally Zoroastrianism.
Penguania And Antarctica
Even though it explicitly forbids sodomy?
Penguania And Antarctica
Who are we to judge chastity fetishists?
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
What religion doesn't?
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
Isn't 'chastity fetish' kinda a contradiction?
Penguania And Antarctica
I remember the term '3 day Chancellor' being thrown around, but since the CFN RMB has been wiped, I'm unable to be fully sure.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Sounds preeeetty judgy there, Jas
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Yeah! A lot of my mates go to university in Bristol and it's about an hour away - I consider it Somerset, but it's its own little county. It's a very cool city, very youthful and lots to do. It is very west country as well
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
>it's very youthful
Yeah ok Yuk gimme your youth card, you were warned about using these terms
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
3 Day Chancellor
That I still lost to
What does history say for the man that ran against a tyrant and lost
Chirps are carried off into the wind
"Nothing"
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
I apologize if I'm kink-shaming, but unless it's a specific roleplay thing, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Nothing to be ashamed of, Sul. We had no idea Ru would be a tyrant back then.
Russkov Soviet, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
u know ur in a youthful city when ur in lakota and a bloke offers u ket
Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
And to think I was internet married to him...
*shudders*
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
*gasps*
I REMEMBER THAT!
*shivers*
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Oh yeah. I remember that. I think it's safe to say you two are divorced now.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
And I performed the ceremony...
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
We already were when I stepped down as Consort to be, as far as my records say, the last Chancellor of Montaris.
-edit: Ironically it was the only time I held the office of Chancellor. The only other time I was the "highest" ranked person was as Premier of the NGA
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Do you mean Premier under the Presidium? Because I thought Valt was our only Premier?
Penguania And Antarctica
So, I know I was Premier during the NGA time period. I was Premier from June 17 to July 8 then became leader of the NGA Progressive Party, then Sec. of State for two days before we left the NGA for Montaris.
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=au_minbo/detail=factbook/id=437811
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Look at Minnie keeping track of all her sh!t. Yaaas Kween!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Dammit, its a shame that region was wiped. The trove that would have been that RMB.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
All those lost posts by Evers 😚😢
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
That's great! I haven't been to Bristol since I was built, but I'm glad to hear the city is doing well! I would like visit someday, maybe see the site of the old Avonside works, but I'm not sure if they'd let a steam engine into a busy city. I'd probably just go to the nearby heritage railway, the West Somerset Railway, instead.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Somerset_Railway
Also, you said Bristol is West Country? Does that mean I'm part-West Country?
Duck: *laughs* I don't think you have the accent or the attitude to be West Country, Percy! And from what I understand, I don't think you spent much time in the West Country after you were built. But, you're still an honorary West Country-er to me.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
I never formally met Everest, but I've heard a lot of good things about him. It would have been nice to see some of his old posts from when he was Chancellor of the region.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Ah. Ok. You have must served before the Presidium. For some reason, I thought the Presidium was the only time we used the term 'Premier' for our head of government.
Penguania And Antarctica
I love looking at politicans wikipedia pages and seeing their career through politics, which inspired this factbook. I started it sometime during the CFN and it should be accurate.
Bearlong, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
It's a blessing you never had to meet him.
Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
If you're from Bristol you are from the West Country. Good example of the accent is Bill Bailey. I've been on the West Somerset Railway when I went to Dunster (and the lovely castle there, have a look), great views of the countryside and north Somerset coast, but the villages don't have much in them. There's also the famous Great Western Railway (which runs/ran from Bristol)
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
oh oh I have one of those!
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=unfallious/detail=factbook/id=530456
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica
When is the next election?
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
*checks dispatch*
Soon.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
May 1
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country
IS CONT RUNNING AGAIN IN NEXT LECTION YES?
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Why is that?
So I am West Country? Learn something new every day! And I'm familiar with the West Country accent, since quite a few engines on Sodor have one, and I definitely don't have a West Country accent. Like Duck said, I didn't stay in Bristol long once I was built. But, it's nice to know I'm still West Country despite all that.
Duck: Well, far be it for me to judge your regional identification. Just as long as you're Percytonian first.
Percy: Of course, Duck! I may have been created in the West Country, and I may even be from the West Country, but Percyton is my home!
Percy: And yes, I know all about the Great Western Railway in Bristol. I think Duck talked about it once before actually.
Duck: Ah yes, Bristol. Never been, but I hear it's a lovely place, and back when I worked at Paddington, I would always hear the bigger engines saying how wonderful Bristol was. From my point of view, any Great Western city, especially a city that was important to the GWR as Bristol, is a good city. And as for the West Somerset Railway, I would love to visit there someday. I think I would really enjoy it, since their steam engines are mostly from the GWR like myself. Plus, it's the longest standard-gauge heritage railway in Britain, and I do like a nice long run.
Percy: So, West Somerset is mostly a Great Western heritage railway? I wonder if any of them know Trojan. He's my cousin who worked on the GWR. I only met him briefly once, and since we never worked together (he was working at docks and on the Great Western, while I worked in various factories and other industrial places), I never really got a chance to know him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR_No._1340_Trojan
Duck: They might know him, Percy, though I'm not sure how many would know him, since he never went very far along the line. Plus, Trojan is at the Didcot Railway Centre now, so you would probably have better luck there if you want to find out about Trojan.
Percy: Didcot. I've heard of that place. Another place I'll have to visit sometime. I wonder if Sir Topham Hatt would let me tag-along with a Day Out with Thomas event there?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, The West Country
Personally? I don't get the hype surrounding him. He wasn't a very nice individual really, and he was a fairly mediocre government official.
Objectively? He was complicit in the corruption of the CFN Supreme Court and, while not orchestrating or carrying out the dirty work of this corruption, he used it to silence a political opponent.
Penguania And Antarctica, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
Thanks!
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Wow, I didn't realize y'all had that much history together. Thanks for summing it up.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Welcome!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
RIP Barbara Bush
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Driselbian Ambassador No 1
Though, if you want to actually meet Trojan, you're gonna have to wait Percy. It looks like Trojan is undergoing an overhaul right now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didcot_Railway_Centre#Steam_Locomotives
http://www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/locos/1340/1340.html
I see. I know Everest went inactive in the middle of his term, and we had to initiate a sort of emergency line of succession, so I'll fault him for that. As for the Supreme Court thing, I vaguely remember that, but it's been so long that I don't really remember the details.
Rest in peace, Mrs. Bush.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh. I didn't know that.
Oh dear! My condolences to her family! Thomas wanted me to post this:
"On behalf of the State of Percyton, we'd like to express our heartfelt condolences on the death of former United States First Lady Barbara Bush. Mrs. Bush was a smart and thoughtful woman, who devoted her life to worthy causes. The White House was much improved by her presence, and we are glad she was able to live a full and fulfilling life. In honor of Barbara Bush, flags on all national government buildings will be lowered to half-staff for 24 hours starting tomorrow. May she rest in peace."
Oh, I forgot about that. Well, an engine like him certainly deserves a good overhaul, so I can't blame him for that. Hopefully Didcot will finish his overhaul soon, so he can go back into service and show the world what saddle tank engines can do! In the meantime, I wish Trojan all the best, and I look forward to when his overhaul is finished.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
But a fox to boot!
Penguania And Antarctica
Naturally, a bitter rivalry sparked between our two Anglo residents, and soooomeone just cant give up the grudge.
Weve since relaxed our one-in-one-out Englishman policy, but- *eyes Unf*- we havent closed the book on whether to bring it back just yet.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Oh. I'm kinda English. Would I be affected by this rule too?
Thomas: If you are, I'm gonna fight it for you! ContComm said 'Englishman', and you're not a man. You're a steam engine!
Percy: Hmm, that's true.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
The CFN RMB being wiped is very good for me.
Penguania And Antarctica
Decided to democratise in New Salvatore.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The West Country
Lol, we still have our memories
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JJszWo8Aow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwJg6cKSpUo
For all you Brits out there on this early summer afternoon
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
I hope the Scottish and Welsh governments win this court battle against the UK government over the power-grab. I fear for the devolution settlement. But since it's going to the British Supreme Court, I think the result is a foregone conclusion.
Memories of what? Are these memories false memories and mere delusions implanted into your head as a means of forgetting about the fact that Gina Haspel tortured you in one of her black sites in Poland? Do you come from an alternate dimension where that version of me said and did some pretty sh!tty things?
Are you some kind of accelerationist? You would probably prefer a devolved UK over what we have now, but you would rather upend the system and you know that evolving it might mean that your ultimate political goals may never be achieved.
wat
Nuremgard
The UK are trying to take AWAY devolved powers. If anything its bolstering independence.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Mercunova
Polls consistently show that the majority of Scots support devo-max, i.e. controlling all policy areas except a select few such as defence and foreign relations. This is why David Cameron refused to put the option on the ballot paper in 2014. He knew it would win over independence. So he made it a choice between independence and the status quo.
A fully devolved UK would definitely be better. And while I would still support full independence, I could live with a fully devolved UK.
Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia
Same tbh. A federal UK would be the dream, with devo-max a close second.
Nuremgard, Mercunova, The West Country
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