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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Ooooooh the PLRK is gonna start some sh*t
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Why is it that the PLRK cannot rise peacefully?
Russkov Soviet
"If there's anything to say, if there's anything to do
If there's any other way, I'll do anything for you"
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
He gets that a lot. Though I didn't realize this at the time, apparently the picture I used for Lawrence is of actor Penn Badgley.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Badgley
Nuremgard, Percyton
Do you think English residents in Scotland should be excluded from a second independence referendum like EU residents were excluded from the EU referendum? Why or why not?
Lex Caledonia, Mercunova
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=33135786#p33135786
Percyton
Nations forged in the fires of war are stronger than those sculpted in the ice of peace.
Nuremgard, Peoples Liberation Republic
H.R. 1 has been passed just a few hours ago, and wealthy individuals and corporations are investing in stock buybacks instead of actually raising wages for workers. The AT&T story is fake. The $1000 bonus to workers happened before the tax bill passed and happened because of pressure from unions. Additionally, that bonus only represents 7 percent of the gain that AT&T will obtain from H.R. 1. It's almost like this is proof that trickle-down economics doesn't even more, and should more accurately be called trickle-up economics.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
[spoiler=Today is December 22 and today are:]
Today is December 22 and today are:
- Armed Forces Day (Vietnam)
- Forefathers Day (Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA)
- Mother's Day (Indonesia)
- National Date Nut Bread Day (United States)
- National Mathematics Day (India)
- Teachers' Day (Cuba)
- Unity Day (Zimbabwe)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0069 Emperor Vitellius is captured and murdered at the Gemonian stairs in Rome.
- 0401 Pope Innocent I is elected.
- 0609 Muhammad claims to receive his first revelation.
- 0856 Damghan earthquake: An earthquake near the Persian city of Damghan kills an estimated 200,000 people, the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history.
- 0880 Luoyang, eastern capital of the Tang dynasty, is captured by rebel leader Huang Chao during the reign of Emperor Xizong.
- 1135 Stephen of Blois becomes King of England
- 1216 Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam.
- 1622 Bucaramanga, Colombia is founded.
- 1769 Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.
- 1788 Nguyễn Huệ proclaims himself Emperor Quang Trung, in effect abolishing on his own the Lê dynasty.
- 1790 The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
- 1807 The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.
- 1808 Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).
- 1851 India's first freight train is operated in Roorkee, India.
- 1864 Savannah, Georgia falls to the forces of General Sherman.
- 1885 Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.
- 1888 The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
- 1890 Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
- 1891 Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.
- 1894 The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.
- 1920 The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
- 1921 Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
- 1937 The Lincoln Tunnel opens to traffic in New York City.
- 1939 Indian Muslims observe a "Day of Deliverance" to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter World War II with the United Kingdom.
- 1940 World War II: Himara is captured by the Greek army.
- 1942 World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.
- 1944 World War II: Battle of the Bulge: German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"
- 1944 World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.
- 1948 Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.
- 1951 The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Malaya.
- 1963 The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290 km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
- 1964 The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
- 1965 In the United Kingdom, a 70 mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.
- 1968 Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."
- 1974 Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
- 1974 The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
- 1978 The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.
- 1984 Bernhard Goetz shoots four would-be muggers on an express train in Manhattan section of New York, New York.
- 1987 In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
- 1989 Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife flee Bucharest in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.
- 1989 Berlin's Brandenburg Gate re-opens after nearly 30 years, effectively ending the division of East and West Germany.
- 1990 Lech Wałęsa is elected President of Poland.
- 1990 Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
- 1997 Acteal massacre: Attendees at a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic activists for indigenous causes in the small village of Acteal in the Mexican state of Chiapas are massacred by paramilitary forces.
- 1997 Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes the disputed title of President of Somalia by signing the Cairo Declaration, in Cairo, Egypt. It is the first major step towards reconciliation in Somalia since 1991.
- 2001 Burhanuddin Rabbani, political leader of the Northern Alliance, hands over power in Afghanistan to the interim government headed by President Hamid Karzai.
- 2001 Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes aboard American Airlines Flight 63.
- 2008 An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m3) of coal fly ash slurry.
- 2010 The repeal of the Don't ask, don't tell policy, the 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the United States military, is signed into law by President Barack Obama.
- 2016 Syrian government forces retake control of the besieged areas of Aleppo.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 0244 Diocletian, Roman emperor
- 1666 Guru Gobind Singh, Indian guru and poet
- 1856 Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1858 Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator
- 1861 Eugen Märklin, German entrepreneur, founded the Märklin toy train company
- 1887 Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist
- 1892 Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer
- 1899 Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director
- 1912 Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States
- 1943 Paul Wolfowitz, American banker and politician, 25th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense
- 1949 Maurice Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1949 Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1955 Thomas C. Südhof, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1962 Ralph Fiennes, English actor
- 1989 Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress
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Quote of the day
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
- Jean de La Fontaine -
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, Vista Major, Mercunova, Percyton
That's true, as H.R. 1 certainly isn't a friend of the vast majority of the American population, with over 80 percent of the cuts coming from the bill going to the richest Americans.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Indeed. When corporations get a tax cut this huge, they shouldn't be praised for just giving their common workers the scraps. Especially if those scraps are a result of union negotiations that happened beforehand.
Also, if you need a few more reasons to hate this tax bill (as if there aren't enough already), this article has some: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/gop-tax-bill/549017/
Nuremgard
This is another good, in-depth article about the H.R. 1.
https://www.vox.com/2017/12/22/16812144/gop-tax-bill-loopholes-cost-debt-irs
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Something is trickling down alright but it aint money. It's yellow and stinks.
That's the second to final step of the piss cycle!
These tax cuts is the only legislation he's passed since taking office lol
we must reaffirm our ironclad alliance
Russkov Soviet
Most other legislation has been passed by executive order, such as a provision that allows coal companies to dump their waste into waterways and another one that allows websites to sell data from U.S. citizens without consent.
Yukona
Hmmmm, its a tough question but personally I believe they should, along with EU residents in Scotland. I think it sends a better message and would show how much more good natured and civic our nationalism is. It sets a good example, besides there is a group called EnglishScots for Yes and they are prominent enough. I think we should be as inclusive as possible, when the second IndyRef rolls round, political party partisanship will need to take a back seat and there will just be Yes vs No.
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
Despite English Scots for Yes, the majority of the English up here are against indy. This will always be an obstacle because imo, most English up here want to maintain the Union for emotional and cultural reasons. I believe this to be insurmountable. Quite frankly, the fact they move here and then vote No makes me resentful. It's practically colonial. We must not allow the natives to sever ties with the Motherland right?
Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova
You got to mind though, English Scots arent that numerous. Not allowing them to vote just sends the wrong message tbh, it goes against the mantra of youre Scottish when Scotland becomes your home.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Yukona
I suppose so. The attitude of some of them still pisses me off lol
Lex Caledonia
Some folk are always going to act like c*nts, best thing to do is ignore them and reach out to the others :)
Nuremgard
I don't personally agree with that message, and think it is destructive. It is one thing for countries like the United States, the people of Scotland have been around for centuries, and the nation of Scotland and its culture and history was built by this people. This type of thinking is why Muhammadites are flooding Europe and turning once safe and peaceful cities and neighborhoods into war zones, because not everyone can assimilate with a nation and its culture.
Ignoring your claim about Muslims turning peaceful neighborhoods into war zones, you do realize that you are comparing two massively different groups of people to make one point about the whole situation? You are comparing Muslim migrants who have arrived to where they now live just a few years ago to English Scots, many of whom have grandparents, great-grandparents, and even great-great-grandparents who have lived where they themselves now live. It's simply a false analogy.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia
Firstly, what a load of absolute nonsense, Scotland has always been a mongrel nation with people from all walks of life. Polish, Irish, English, Highlanders, Romani, Pakistani etc. You seem to prescribe to the notion that places in Europe are "war zones" as well, which has been proven as false numerous times, despite what the alt-right would tell you. You want a warzone check out Glasgow nightclubs on a Friday night.
Secondly, "Muhammadites"? Seriously mate? Our transport minister in Scotland is a Muslim and quite frankly he's 10 times the person you could ever hope to be.
Thirdly, hail! Welcome to the Confederacy of Free Nations! My name is Lex and I'll be your Minister of the Interior, so please make yourself at home ;)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Vetriutan 2
You took the bait. The conversation between you and Nurem was about the status of English Scots in a possible future vote on the independence of Scotland, not about migrants in Europe. He is trying to change the conversation to control the conversation and set it on his own terms. Focus on the original topic, please.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaPgDQkmqqM
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Yukona
Ah I was under the impression he was just being ignorant. Point still stands though, Scotland is filled with folks from all walks of life and they should get a vote if they consider it their home.
Axeldonia
But if that happens, then the beta mangina cultural Marxists will take over!
/s
Axeldonia
Its too late Vet, theyre breaking down my door right now. Speaking of Marxists. The Scottish Socialist Partys rise and fall is a good laugh.
Axeldonia
But the SSP isn't Marxist. It is ideologically democratic socialist.
Axeldonia
I know my duder, just trying to bring them up because their whole situation was a bin fire.
Axeldonia
What happened to them?
Axeldonia
Basically a guy named Tommy Sheridan came along. Helped bring a bunch of Socialist groups together to form the SSP. Became an MSP (Minister of Scottish Parliament) and not only that, the first Socialist/Left Wing MSP, paving the way for the party in the Scottish Parliament of Holyrood. Got themselves 6 MSPs before Tommy messed it all up and had an extra marital affair, lied under oath and got put in jail for perjury. Turned on his party and now they have 0 elected MSPs and/or Councillors in Scotland. All in the span of less than 8 years.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Vetriutan 2
Voting has ended in a 4-4 on the Citizenship Waiting Period Amendment.
In keeping with Speaker Denison's Rule, I must DENOUNCE the bill.
Amendment fails.
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
Voting on the Secretary Act remains in effect until Tuesday next, 26 December 2017.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Thank you Mr. Speaker.
Penguania And Antarctica
A big day for railways, I'd say. Congrats to India and Nova Scotia for their railway achievements on this day!
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Technically, this is not required
Ammendments require 80% support to pass. So either way, it has failed
But I like the fact that you use Speaker Denison's rule
What are your guys opinions on high levels of immigration in places like Sweden, where 1/3 of the population is foreign-born and on current trends is set for a culture bomb (where due to rising net migration and higher immigrant birth rates, the primary culture of the country will change from what it has historically been)?
In regards to Sweden, I think there are a lot of important factors that are not being considered when talking about its high levels of immigration.
1. How many immigrants are simply temporary, and how many are permenant?
2. For those who are permanent, how quickly will their average birth rates fall?
3. Are these immigrants, if they do become the majority, going to respect Swedish customs and institutions?
When it comes to the white displacement argument, Sweden is one of the very few countries where it has some legs to stand on. What is happening to Sweden probably won't happen in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Poland, and other countries with such high native populations.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
I'm not worried and I think it's been pretty overplayed by the right.
The ten largest groups of foreign-born persons in the Swedish civil registry in 2016 were from:
Finland (153,620)
Syria (149,418)
Iraq (135,129)
Poland (88,704)
Iran (70,637)
Former Yugoslavia (66,539)
Somalia (63,853)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (58,181)
Germany (50,189)
Turkey (47,060)
So as you can see, the largest source of immigrants is finland, which is a nation where swedish is an official language and swedish culture has deep roots.
I doubt there'll be any sort of "white displacement". And even if there will be more middle eastern than white people in the future, I don't care. All that means is people will have more melatonin in their skin.
Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia
You're likely right. The sun on the Syrian Civil War is setting, so once Syria finally is back to a state of peace, many Syrians will likely return in the first few years to a recovering Syria, especially if incentives are set up by the Syrian government for Syrians to return to Syria in order to repopulate the country after the civil war. Those who plan on staying in Sweden permanently will likely adopt Swedish customs and accept Swedish institutions to the point where they are indistinguishable, except in regards to physical features, from your average Swede.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=33140304#p33140304
For the record, Lex, I think anyone who has made Scotland their home should have the right to vote here. I just thought that having such a large minority of the population (English) being mostly against independence was an obstacle that warranted a legitimate discussion.
So long as the culture does not change beyond recognition. However, if values such as free speech, personal freedom in one's private life, freedom of religion, the rule of law etc. starts to become eroded then something has to be done. Because I'll tell you one thing right now: I support a Muslim's right to practice Islam but I sure as hell don't want to live in a country governed by Islam. So if immigrant Muslims want to "change" the culture to suit them, they can quite frankly piss off. Just being blunt.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Yukona, Cesorion
Second
Nuremgard
As a Californian, this makes me proud.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/climate/california-climate-change.html
Jaslandia
Post by Truacia Ii suppressed by Mercunova.
I am talking about the new "migrants" and "refugees", not ones that have already been in the country for generations. And if they aren't ethnic Scottish, they aren't completely Scottish no matter how longer their family has been there, that's just obvious.
Your "mongrel nation" does in fact has a unique heritage and culture, that includes a mixture of Europeans, not these vastly different Asian groups, unlike what BBC propaganda would tell you with their propaganda showing black Celts (lol) the "alt right" is just a left wing meme. Even Ireland has a much stronger immigration system compared to other nations in Western Europe, and they're still getting swamped by this problem, "civic nationalism" is part of the cancer that is killing the West.
Nope, this region is a bit too cucked for me, have a great day everyone!
What a charmer. He just pissed off. Whatever happened to being up for a good debate?
Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia
If you look at his national happenings, then you'll see that he moves regions a lot, most likely because people said things that disagree with him. I don't know why you tolerated him just for having economically populist views. He was an authoritarian who spread conspiracy theories about Jewish bankers funding communist revolutions and who also believes that whites are being actively and intentionally displaced by Muslim refugees.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xGawJIseNY
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova
To be fair, I checked out the bankers funding commies thing and there was something to it.
http://www.wildboar.net/multilingual/easterneuropean/russian/literature/articles/whofinanced/whofinancedleninandtrotsky.html
Axeldonia
In regards to Schiff, while he opposed the Tsarist regime in Russia, he would actually support the provisional government, and not the Bolsheviks, afterward.
Axeldonia
Fair enough.
Axeldonia
As a Scot, I think you may be a bit ignorant of the alt-right, which is a loose group of those on the right who oppose liberal democracy, being largely made up of paleocons, monarchists, neo-fascists, and neo-Nazis. While they are extremely socially conservative, most of them oppose laissez-faire capitalism, opting to support a multitude of alternatives to capitalism, such as producerism, distributionism, and fascist corporatism.
Axeldonia
I know what and who the alt-right are. I have read about them and watched stuff on them. I don't live under a rock.
Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia
As a European, what do you think is the position of the American alt-right when compared to other authoritarian movements across Europe and around the world?
Axeldonia
Probably off the spectrum altogether.
Axeldonia
Please elaborate.
Axeldonia
Like I said, think of a left-right spectrum. They veer off the right side.
Axeldonia, Cesorion
Political spectrums are horrible, in my opinion. They don't differentiate between social and economic positions, making them extremely archaic. Here's a better way to visualize the alt-right.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/crowdchart2?spots=3.5%7C6.75%7CPaleocons,0%7C7.75%7CMonarchists,-1.5%7C8.5%7CFascists,1.5%7C9.5%7CNazis
Axeldonia, Cesorion
Finally. Fascism does NOT appear on the economic right
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Vetriutan 2
Yeah, technically, when it comes to government size and intervention in the economy, fascists are on the left because they want a large, powerful state.
Axeldonia
In fact, I would say that fascists is more economically left-wing than European social democrats! While both are corporatists, fascist corporatism is much more interventionist than social corporatism.
Axeldonia
Fascist Italy had the most state ownership of the economy after the USSR.
Axeldonia
[Citation Needed]
I say nothing of value was lost, can't help everyone ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Vetriutan 2
By 1939, Italy had the highest percentage of state-owned enterprises after the Soviet Union.
Wikipedia so not entirely reliable.
I thought he would have been fun to debate more with. But I disliked his ethnic nationalism.
In my real life country, every centrist, centre-right, right-wing and so on is called fascist by the left
Then they are idiots and undermining their own cause.
Cesorion
I did a light Google search, and the original source from Wikipedia's claim comes from a book called Mussolini and Fascism, where almost that exact thing that you have written is written in the book on page 65.
https://books.google.com/books?id=RRZFAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=By%201939%2C%20Italy%20had%20the%20highest%20percentage%20of%20state-owned%20enterprises%20after%20the%20Soviet%20Union.&f=false
There you go then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM-DNBEVDN4
But the author, Patrica Knight, seems to be some kind of actress.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Knight
I find fascism fascinating.
Yukona
An actress cant know anything about politics?
Good for you.
Why you being snippy?
Yukona
I am not saying that, but it is weird that she would write a book about fascism, especially since she seems to not have any history of being political. Is this the wrong Patricia Knight?
I just feel foggy right now.
No idea.
Alright then.
Yukona, Vetriutan 2
As always, I can only criticize the military elements to Fascism. Having a single unquestionable leader sucks for all of that >.>
Jaslandia
The same could be said for any dictatorship. Just look at Saddam's Iraq as an example of this.
Agreed. Generally, the more interventionist a nation's leader is to it's military over the objections of the military's leaders, the worse it will perform.
In terms of design, it can often be even worse.
Vetriutan 2
What are your thoughts on Trump's decision to not interfere with military matters?
Went away for dinner and came back to 13 notifications lol
Jaslandia, Cesorion
yo this is getting boring that nobody is like participating in RP or even in the news feed. Like there needs to be more activity. Like I only really came back to have a good time RPing but how can I have good fun and what not and meet new people and make things interesting if nobody else wishes to RP? If that is the case, then what is the point of having the news feed if people seldom post news? What is the point of having a modern time RP if nobody is going to RP? Like come one people! We have a map for a reason. Not to just claim a spot to say that you have a spot. Like actually use it. I am starting to get tired of it. I say this because I feel this region has so much potential for a lot of interesting RP but nobody wants to do it and that is sad and unfortunate. I do not want to leave for good but we need to do something about this.
Russkov Soviet, Yukona
It's remarkably good. As I have said before, the congressional oversite that resulted from the 2003 FCS program is a Panacea that has become the problem, quite honestly.
Frankly speaking, the military needs newer systems to maintain a technological gap over the rest of the world, and that's vital if we ever expect to get into another war -which we will- without losing ridiculous amounts of troops.
The F-35 is a great example, though many people hate it on the basis of their cost, it's drastically needed if we wish to avoid becoming outdated and weakened. It allows a 21st century capability that the other planes in our military cannot, and it's not hampered by the understanding that the general public has over things like aircraft (Notably, that they *must* have a gun for aerial dogfights and must be as maneuverable as possible for it.) or by the dumb want of people to have things that remind them of the past (See the number of people who constantly complain about it not being the F-14).
Similarly, there are other programs that are benefiting from a lack of interference and hopefully wont be nuked by Congress because Congress has an understanding on the level of a chimp. The Marine's Amphibious Combat Vehicle, the ADVAP round, and development of the M1A3 TUSK system. While it is likely that at least one will be killed by an ambitious congressman, I hope that all of them survive.
As for the actual running of the military, it's also good. The President should delegate functions to it's rightful leaders since the military will understand how it fights better than the President with few exceptions.
Vetriutan 2
[spoiler=Today is December 23 and today are:]
Today is December 23 and today are:
- Birthday of the Queen Silvia (Sweden)
- Children's Day (South Sudan, Sudan)
- Day of all level operational control structures servicemen (Ukraine)
- Emperor's Birthday (Japan)
- Festivus
- HumanLight (Secular humanism in United States)
- Kisan Diwas (Uttar Pradesh, India)
- National Pfeffernusse Day (United States)
- National Roots Day (United States)
- Night of the Radishes (Oaxaca City, Mexico)
- Tibb's Eve (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
- Tom Bawcock's Eve (Mousehole, Cornwall, England, UK)
- Victory Day (Egypt)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0484 Huneric dies and is succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who becomes king of the Vandals. During his reign Christians are protected from persecution.
- 0558 Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
- 0562 Hagia Sophia in Constantinople reopened with a rebuilt dome after a series of earthquakes caused the original to collapse.
- 0583 Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
- 0679 King Dagobert II is murdered while hunting.
- 0962 ArabByzantine wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops storm the city of Aleppo.
- 1572 Theologian Johann Sylvan is executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs.
- 1688 As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
- 1783 George Washington resigns as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
- 1793 The Battle of Savenay: A decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
- 1815 The novel Emma by Jane Austen is first published.
- 1876 First day of the Constantinople Conference which resulted in agreement for political reforms in the Balkans.
- 1893 The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
- 1913 The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.
- 1914 World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
- 1916 World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
- 1919 Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.
- 1936 Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1941 World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island.
- 1947 The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
- 1948 Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1954 First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
- 1968 The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
- 1970 The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world.
- 1970 The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.
- 1972 A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
- 1972 The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having reportedly survived by cannibalism.
- 1979 Soviet war in Afghanistan: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
- 1986 Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.
- 1990 History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
- 2002 A U.S. MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25 in the first combat engagement between a drone and conventional aircraft.
- 2003 PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
- 2007 An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.
- 2015 A bomb explodes at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport, killing one airport cleaner. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks claim responsibility for the attack four days later.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1173 Louis I, Duke of Bavaria
- 1597 Martin Opitz, German poet and composer
- 1777 Alexander I of Russia
- 1790 Jean-François Champollion, French philologist, orientalist, and scholar
- 1805 Joseph Smith, American religious leader, 1st President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 1856 James Buchanan Duke, American tobacco and electric power industrialist
- 1896 Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian writer and the last Prince of Lampedusa
- 1908 Yousuf Karsh, ArmenianCanadian portrait photographer
- 1911 Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1918 Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany
- 1933 Akihito, Japanese emperor
- 1943 Queen Silvia of Sweden
- 1943 Harry Shearer, American actor, voice artist, and comedian
- 1944 Wesley Clark, American general
- 1962 Stefan Hell, Romanian-German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1963 Jim Harbaugh, American football player and coach
- 1964 Eddie Vedder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1967 Carla Bruni, Italian-French singer-songwriter and model
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Quote of the day
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
- Wayne Dyer -
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Kalaron
Merry Christmas!
FOR THE TSAR!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBWbLs5wuuc
Nuremgard
Brexit voters: Yay, let's separate from the EU! No United States of Europe! Independence and sovereignty!
Scotland: Can we have a referendum?
Brexit voters: Get back in your box, separatist Jocks. Independence and sovereignty are only okay for Westminster.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Spanelsko
Meanwhile in Catalonia*
Catalonia: Inde--
SPAIN: DIE!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia
The Spanish gov is pissing me off, as is their supporters who go on about the "constitution" and how "nationalism is bad." Not if it's Spanish nationalism it seems.
Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia, Mercunova, Spanelsko
Remember your nationalism is bad, our is good!
Edit: In the mind of Catalonian people: Freedom, real nation!
In mind of Spanish people: poverty, no freedom for Catalonia, oppression.
Nuremgard
Ah but it's not nationalism. They are far too enlightened and superior for that. It's "patriotism" or "unionism."
Axeldonia, Spanelsko
Of course, being a patriot is totally different!? (well kinda is but not really)
And unions are great, for example USSR.
Nuremgard
The ones who grind my gears are the smug ones who are like "oh I don't understand this strange concept of being proud of your country. Who cares? I'm far too intelligent for that nonsense."
Axeldonia, Spanelsko
yep i hate those people, while personally being a nationalist myself i also hate the far right nationalists that hate other nations or think way too much about their nation and its ´´superiority´´. Why cant people love their nation and be intelligent? is it that hard?
Nuremgard
I've noticed the media using emotive language to describe the Catalan nationalists too. "Separatists" and "secessionists." Oh it all sounds so terrible and divisive. But the ones who support remaining part of Spain are "constitutionalists"
Pass the sick bag.
Axeldonia, Spanelsko
Media= lies, corrupt, lies, every nationalist is a nazi etc. That is also the reason why i dont really follow the media at all, and just read something thats happening in the world when i have the time. Independent media seems to be most trustworthy but the mainstream certainly not.
Nuremgard
I don't know why I bother with media. All it does is boil my piss.
Gotta' love the EU's hypocrisy. Poland politicising its judiciary is bad but Spain's SC acting on the orders of the Spanish gov is kosher, especially if the gov violently represses voters.
This sh!t is making me more anti-EU again.
Axeldonia, Spanelsko
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