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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
It's a messed-up mindset, but unfortunately, not particularly uncommon.
Hello, Awesomeness! It's been a while. How are you?
Penguania And Antarctica, Awesomeness1221
Happy 18th Birtday, Vista Major!!! Welcome in the world of adulthood. May all your birthday wishes come true. :D
[spoiler=Today is December 13 and today are:]
Today is December 13 and today are:
- 18th Birthday of Vista Major
- Acadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)
- Christmas Jumper Day
- Martial Law Victims Remembrance Day (Poland)
- Nanking Massacre Memorial Day (China)
- National Cocoa Day (United States)
- National Day (Sait Lucia)
- National Day Of The Horse (United States)
- National Guard Birthday (United States)
- National Violin Day (United States)
- Nusantara Day (Indonesia)
- Pick A Pathologist Pal Day
- Republic Day (Malta)
- Sailor's Day (Brazil)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0902 Battle of the Holme: Anglo-Saxon forces are defeated by Danish Vikings under Æthelwold (a son of Æthelred of Wessex) who is killed in battle.
- 1294 Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.
- 1545 Council of Trent begins.
- 1577 Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage.
- 1636 The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the National Guard of the United States.
- 1642 Abel Tasman reaches New Zealand.
- 1643 English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.
- 1758 The English transport ship Duke William sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people.
- 1769 Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
- 1818 Cyril VI of Constantinople resigns from his position as Ecumenical Patriarch.
- 1862 American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.
- 1867 A Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.
- 1928 George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
- 1937 Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: The city of Nanjing, defended by the National Revolutionary Army under the command of General Tang Shengzhi, falls to the Japanese. This is followed by the Nanking Massacre, in which Japanese troops rape and slaughter hundreds of thousands of civilians.
- 1938 The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.
- 1939 World War II: Battle of the River Plate: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland-class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles.
- 1943 World War II: The Massacre of Kalavryta by German occupying forces in Greece.
- 1949 The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.
- 1959 Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
- 1960 While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.
- 1962 NASA launches Relay 1, the first active repeater communications satellite in orbit.
- 1967 Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels.
- 1968 Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
- 1972 Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
- 1974 Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1977 Air Indiana Flight 216 crashes near Evansville Regional Airport, killing 29, including the University of Evansville basketball team, support staff, and boosters of the team.
- 1981 General Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, largely due to the actions by Solidarity.
- 1982 The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.
- 1988 PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.
- 1989 The Troubles: Attack on Derryard checkpoint: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launches an attack on a British Army temporary vehicle checkpoint near Rosslea, Northern Ireland. Two British soldiers are killed and two others are wounded.
- 2001 Sansad Bhavan, the building housing the Indian Parliament, is attacked by terrorists. Twelve people are killed, including the terrorists.
- 2002 European Union enlargement: The EU announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.
- 2003 Iraq War: Operation Red Dawn: Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit.
- 2006 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is adopted by United Nations General Assembly.
- 2007 Treaty of Lisbon is signed by members states of European Union.
- 2011 A murdersuicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.
- 2013 Arapahoe High School shooting: Murder-suicide: A female student seeking the librarian is shot dead in a hallway by another student after the librarian had demoted him on the debate team. The shooter takes his own life shortly afterwards.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1272 - King Frederick III of Sicily
- 1780 - Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German chemist, invented the Döbereiner's lamp
- 1784 - Archduke Louis of Austria
- 1797 - Heinrich Heine, German journalist, poet, and critic
- 1816 - Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens
- 1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, 16th First Lady of the United States
- 1836 - Franz von Lenbach, German painter and academic
- 1877 - Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and choral conductor
- 1902 - Talcott Parsons, American sociologist and academic
- 1923 - Antoni Tàpies, Spanish painter, sculptor and art theorist
- 1929 - Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor and producer
- 1936 - Aga Khan IV, Swiss-English businessman
- 1937 - Paul Maar, German children's book author
- 1937 - Robert Gernhardt, German writer, painter, graphic artist and poet
- 1948 - Ted Nugent, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1953 - Ben Bernanke, American economist and academic
- 1961 - Harry Gregson-Williams, English composer, conductor, and producer
- 1967 - Jamie Foxx, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
- 1970 - Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Austrian mountaineer
- 1979 - Luke Steele, Australian singer-songwriter and musician (The Sleepy Jackson and Empire of the Sun)
- 1989 - Taylor Swift, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
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Quote of the day
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.
- Desmond Tutu -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Percyton
Du bist sehr suß <3
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Holy fvcking stromboli, Vista is an adult. Doesnt seem too long ago that he was the renegade kid of the CFN, threatening to rain down reform upon us all.
Happy birthday, Vista!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Au Minbo, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton, Awesomeness1221
He's finally legal...
Nuremgard, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Awesomeness1221
Oh, come out of your little bird's nest to wish me a happy birthday?
My, aren't you a sweetheart? Thank you much, darling.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton
That I am.
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Just for you, beb
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Happy birthday, Vista Major! I hope it's a great one, and that all your birthday wishes come true!
Hello, Awesomeness! I'm not sure if we've met. I'm Percy, King of Percyton and the #6 green engine on the Island of Sodor.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Awesomeness1221
Happy Birthday! I hope we will be allies till the end.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Orcala
Happy birthday, Vista Major
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Orcala
Thank you!
Always and forever
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aquatur, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Orcala
Happy birthday, Vista Major!
Aquatur, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Hey guys, I made my own region! Thank you Flynnvakia for agreeing to construct embassies with The Ocean States! I will be making a flag for it soon when I get the time.
Aquatur, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
Vista Major Happy Birthday! I won't be sending nukes this time. (heh)
Jaslandia, Aquatur, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
On the topic of making flags, I was considering developing a software for creating Flags; would you guys be interested in it? I'm a game developer, and have been for over a year now, and I'm confident that I could build one with ease.
Nuremgard, Vista Major, Katzenstoka, Mercunova
Thank you, children
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Orcala
Perhaps
It would have basic features, such as setting how many bands are on the flag [vertical/horizontal,diagonal, or even a custom angle if you're creative], along with preset symbols, shapes, and the ability to import images to put on your flag. Other ideas could be up for consideration. (Yes, you'd be able to save your flags.)
Nuremgard, Minnesota Dakota, Katzenstoka
Yasss
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Its 4 am and I just got back from The Last Jedi midnight release. Its fantastic.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
My flag(s) was made in PowerPoint. I managed to get something good out of it but a flag software would be awesome
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Hi
Jaslandia
Hello how are you today?
Penguania And Antarctica
That sounds very cool and it's great you want to do that for folks here.
Not too bad! And yeah, its been a year, I think now! Good to see you're still here!
I do believe you came along at the end of my old NS lifetime, because I remember some weird train guy ;P
EDIT: I CAN EDIT?!?!?!!? WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS??!?!?!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
If the FCC votes to repeal Net Neutrality I will lose every single inkling of hope I have in the American political system.
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Awesomeness1221
Welcome to the CoFN, Nim!
Implying you had hope to begin with?
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
I CAN EDIT??? AND TAG REGIONS/NATIONS WITHOUT USING NS++'S?????? NS GOT HYPE!!!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Yukona, Percyton
The Secretary Act has been approved for a four-day debate which is now underway in the forums.
http://thecoffincofn.boards.net/thread/52/secretary-act-pending-debate
Jaslandia, Vista Major
I saw a an advert poster in the city today for a band.
It's name is "Käptn Peng und Die Tentakeln von Delphi", so in English "Captain Peng and the Tentacles of Delphi"
That made my day. :D
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Kalaron, Mercunova, Percyton, Awesomeness1221
hey
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
what are you stupid
Awesomeness1221
He hasn't been on NS for a while
Penguania And Antarctica, Awesomeness1221
Welcome to the region, Molyneuxburg!
We can do without the rudeness. Awesomeness hasn't seen these features before because he just came back from an NS hiatus.
Nice!
Axeldonia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Percyton, Awesomeness1221
AH SHUT IT BOY TALK TO MY FACE YOU WANNA TALK CRAP?
;P
Lex Caledonia
Eh, I like to remain optimistic - even with Trump in office, I believe that the American voter base could have united and done something right. And, although I still do, I believe the government's doing enough damage now to the point where it doesn't even matter.
Jaslandia, Awesomeness1221
He's a guy sitting next to me, no offense over here! Jaslandia
Jaslandia
Net Neutrality is regulation. Regulation costs money. The government gets their money from taxation. Taxation is theft. Net Neutrality has to go.
Mercunova
Sorry, quoted the wrong post.
https://youtu.be/Eeg4J8yNk4g?t=16
Jaslandia
Very well then.
Awesomeness1221
Lol
Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia
Well you got what you wanted lol. Enjoy your sh*tty internet, my fellow web surfer. You are reading a preview message. Update your data packet now for just $24.99 a month to receive priority data packet speed and be able to use the internet and read the rest of this message!
Oh, and by the way - it's ironic a free market capitalist (which I assume you are) doesn't support the regulation of a utility that literally has been the most influential thing for competition since the invention of economics itself.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Lex Caledonia
Let them enjoy it. Wont affect us over here. We already have May looking through our browser histories.
Big Sister is watching you surf.
Under net neutrality, the internet is treated as a public utility. The difference between the internet and other public utilities, like roads, is that the internet is provides by private companies, but must maintain the same equitable treatment that public utilities must. The reason being is because the internet has created a whole new marketplace, filled with various new businesses and companies, and with the equal treatment these businesses have the ability to rise and fall on their own merits, for true competition to reign.
With Net Neutrality repealed, it limits the consumer base as it allows companies to give preferential treatment to customers who pay more, as well as limit data to companies who can't afford to pay off the big telecommunication companies. Which is precisely what Net Neutrality aimed to prevent, and the only reason one would want to repeal it is to do some of these things.
Net Neutrality does more to help the economy, by keeping the internet open like it was before net neutrality regulations.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
The UK government has actually been quite good at keeping Net Neutrality, even the Tories have recognised it's a utility not to be infringed upon, that everyone should have equal access to.
Couldn't have put it better myself.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Where do fragrance adverts get their models? Seriously, that guy in the new Paco Rabanne XS advert looks like he just walked off Olympus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPWwiXAg40M
Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
So many new people joining our glorious region! It warms this old war horses heart to see such fresh faces. *nickers happily*
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Photoshoped
Minnesota Dakota
Google him. He actually looks like that. Like wow.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
I am the girls.
All. The. Girls.
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova
Isn't it odd and fascinating that we strive for the same ideal of beauty the ancient Greeks strived for? And just a very small group of people look like that. And what do we do? Admire them like gods tho 99.9% of the world population doesn't look like them.
On the same note I find lifestyle magazines very funny. On pages 11 to 16 you are told how to accept yourself, your appearence and your identity. But on pages 24 to 30 you are told how to get into shape, change your appearence or follow trends which do not harmonise with your identiy.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Mercunova, Fuhrmania
Me though.
Jaslandia, Vista Major
They say the West was born in ancient Greece so we're not just influenced by them with politics. We treat them like gods because people like them are indeed rare.
Ha, yeah you are right. That's why I don't read magazines.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
I fear Americans may no longer use this website.
Net Neutrality was just repealed. );
I'm not on that much due to work, so...
RSRA NEWS:
- Elections for Premier Coltsov's successor to begin Jan 8th.
- Test flights of our 5th-Gen concept fighter, codenamed "Cheko", have proven successful.
- The privateer threat to Percyton has unfortunately become bloodier as the Equestrian Navy suffers another attack, losing 2 light cruisers and a interceptor.
- The potential new energy source, based off of the crystal from Atlantis (the cartoon movie), is working successfully.
- Not much else at the moment, but more to come!
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Said Bruce Wayne, feigning ignorance of the Batman.
We all know youre Captain Peng! Now tell us who these Tentacles of Delphi are!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
The bestest thing
#NewAmericanAnthem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgGzAKP_HuM
Minnesota Dakota
I do not know what you are talking aboot. :)
Jaslandia
[spoiler=Today is December 14 and today are:]
Today is December 14 and today are:
- Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day (Sengaku-ji, Tokyo)
- Martyred Intellectuals Day (Bangladesh)
- Monkey Day (International)
- National Alabama Day (Alabama, United States)
- National Bouillabaisse Day (United States)
- Roast Chestnuts Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0557 Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.
- 0835 Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.
- 1287 St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
- 1542 Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
- 1751 The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
- 1782 The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2 km (1.2 mi).
- 1812 The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.
- 1814 War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.
- 1819 Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
- 1836 The Toledo War unofficially ends.
- 1896 The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
- 1900 Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
- 1902 The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
- 1903 The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- 1907 The Thomas W. Lawson, the largest ever ship without a heat engine, runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
- 1909 New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
- 1911 Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
- 1913 Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
- 1914 Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1918 Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.
- 1918 Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.
- 1939 Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
- 1940 Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
- 1941 World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand.
- 1955 Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.
- 1958 The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.
- 1960 Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.
- 1962 NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
- 1963 The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California.
- 1964 American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.
- 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.)
- 1972 Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.
- 1981 ArabIsraeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights.
- 1992 War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli: A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.
- 1994 Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.
- 1995 Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1998 Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
- 1999 Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
- 2003 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
- 2004 The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
- 2008 Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
- 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
- 2013 A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.
- 2017 The Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality throughout the United States.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1332 - Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia
- 1503 - Nostradamus, French astrologer
- 1546 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and chemist
- 1730 - James Bruce, Scottish traveller and travel writer
- 1870 - Karl Renner, Austrian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Austria
- 1895 - George VI of the United Kingdom
- 1914 - Karl Carstens, German lieutenant and politician, 5th President of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1946 - Jane Birkin, English-French actress and singer
- 1947 - Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian economist and politician, 36th President of Brazil
- 1951 - Mike Krüger, German comedian and singer
- 1962 - Bela B., German musician, singer and songwriter ("Die Ärzte")
- 1966 - Fabrizio Giovanardi, Italian race car driver
- 1988 - Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer
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Quote of the day
The key to success for everything in business, science, and technology is never to follow the others.
- Masaru Ibuka, Sony founder -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Minnesota Dakota
We probably won't be blocked from NationStates; it's not big enough for these mega-corporations to take notice of, and unless Comcast or Verizon start their own nation-simulator service (which doesn't sound THAT far-fetched now that I think about it), NS isn't really a threat to them. Still, make no mistake, the repeal of net neutrality is bad, and hopefully the courts rule against these big ISPs and restore net neutrality soon. In the meantime, the ISPs might hold off on actually implementing anti-net neutrality measures until the court case is resolved (which means we may never feel the effects of net neutrality), but I have my doubts about that. We'll probably still be able to access NS, but the Internet still got a lot worse with the FCC's decision.
Net neutrality being repealed on the anniversary of Sandy Hook. Not saying those two events are remotely similar or related, but the inauspicious timing definitely should have given some people pause if you ask me.
Take note, FCC members who voted to repeal net neutrality! Don't follow Ajit Pai and ISP special interests!
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
not a great day
Jaslandia
>TMW Kalaron can into a Laser system that gives off 1.14 Tera-watts of energy at one kilometer.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233369021632872448/390982943562268705/unknown.png
Jaslandia
Net neutrality?
The days before 2015, before "net neutrality", were horrifying.
YouTube cost $25 a day, and even looking at google required a credit card. It was terrible.
We couldn't joke about celebrities or politicians without the threat of an extra fee.
We can't go back to the Stone Age :(
(Calm down, people. The fvcking world hasn't ended.)
My day at work
9:00am get a goddam call from a woman (claiming to be a pastor) lecturing me on why I am going to go to hell for allowing "men to transition to woman"
4pm gets another call from a man threatening me saying that if i dont close down my office he will have my congressman close it.
People i am just a gender therapist not a doctor if you are a pastor what happened to judge not ye be judged. And if you are a pastor what are you doing cursing me out? Third i am in Florida in miami the Congressman who represents is a Democrat call debbie wasserman Shultz and i highly doubt she will close down a therapy office for trans people
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota
You are doing great work.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Fuhrmania
Net neutrality has been around a lot longer than 2015. It was just in 2015 that net neutrality was properly codified under Title II regulations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality_in_the_United_States#Regulatory_history
True, it's not the end of the world, but it's still pretty bad.
Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
As Jas said. Also, if it continues down this path, then yes - they very well may do that (maybe not $25 a day) but still. I strongly recommend you actually read into what this allows companies to do, what future it holds for the internet and how it will effect you - if you haven't already - and have a deep think about where you stand on the issue. This isn't an over-reaction, it's real and it's ridiculous. It has been shown that many of those on the FCC supporting the repeal, including Ashit Pie, will personally benefit from it, and more so many of your senators' campaigns were endorsed and funded by telecom companies. May I remind you that polls have shown that over 80% of republicans are against this, especially when it is explained to them in full.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Fuhrmania
Lets just hope the dems are able to take back the senate (which i think they will)
Jaslandia, Oelesa, Yukona
ROFL :)
Jaslandia, Oelesa
Congress can still take action as well. Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress could issue a resolution of disapproval and overrule the FCCs decision.
That's not saying it would be easy though.
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
That's why people need to call their representatives in Congress and specifically tell them to support a CRA on the FCC's actions. If Congress sees how many people care about this, and how just about the entire public wants net neutrality, then hopefully they'll take action. And if all else fails, the FCC is almost definitely going to court on this, and the courts have a good record of ruling in favor of net neutrality.
Oelesa, Kalaron, Yukona
All pot heads must be burned alive in Fuhrmania, pot is illegal and not only potheads but users of all drugs should be burned alive in the name of the great Lucifer - Karlina the Terrible Queen of Fuhrmania
Mercunova
*Rodrigo Duterte
Jaslandia, Fuhrmania, Yukona
I've already emailed my Representative about this and my English teacher has contacted both of my state's Senators about the matter. I just hope this won't all be for nothing.
Jaslandia
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uhKq9JvssB8
Mercunova
It's the best you can do at this point, and thank you and your English teacher for doing your civic duty!
Percyton, Vetriutan 2
Just to note, here's my Rep's reply to my original email about the issue. It was sent to me on the 8th, and I replied to it on the 13th.
https://i.imgur.com/qksoZYU.png
Jaslandia
Doesn't sound too encouraging, but it's better than nothing. Maybe other people writing to him like you did will change his mind.
Vetriutan 2
True. Additionally, here's my reply to his email. I really hope it has gotten him thinking seriously about the issue.
[spoiler=Reply]Dear Hunter:
What specific rules, in your opinion, should Congress enact that will protect consumers and encourage innovation? How will they achieve those goals? Second, how did FCC regulations that forced companies to maintain net neutrality and treat the internet as a public utility stifle innovation and growth? Net neutrality existed long before these regulations, and all the FCC's regulations did was maintain the status-quo, which currently is encouraging innovation and growth. Net neutrality allows small websites to compete with larger ones on an even playing field without ISPs intervening in the internet's free market. It lowers costs and increases speeds for consumers and producers. What we have right now encourages growth and protects consumers at the same time. Why is what we have now not completely ideal, in your opinion?[/spoiler]
Jaslandia
I doubt you'll get a reply to that one (Congresspeople aren't the type to argue with constituents, for understandable reasons), but like you said, it might get him thinking and convince him to look into the other side. This is your representative, correct?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hunter
He's 69, so he probably doesn't know a lot about the Internet, so the most information he has is probably the whole "free markets = good; regulations = bad" line that he's heard from the FCC and his own party. If he starts looking into the particulars of net neutrality, and why the net is different from other instances of regulation, then he might see things a different way.
Then again, maybe I'm just being wildly optimistic.
That's my Rep's father. My actual Rep's only 41, so I do think that he has some experience in regards to the net.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_D._Hunter
Jaslandia
Nuremgard is in the top 5% for drug use. I suppose that's what happens when all drugs are legal.
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Yuk must be very happy at that fact.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton
If net neutrality cannot be saved by Congressional review, then we might as well give the free and open internet a proper funeral.
Funeral Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVON0vP8k4s
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Not sure about US politics, but federally in Canada most correspondence between constituents and Members of Parliament are responded to by volunteer staffers and are pulled from templated responses. The MP him/herself rarely if ever sees the correspondence- they do not even check their publicly available email account themselves. A paid staffer is only slightly more likely to see it; usually only long enough to pass it off to a volunteer in their Hill office.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Vetriutan 2
I'm sure he would be. This is why my youth crime is high. The young ones have it so good, they get bored.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, Percyton, Vetriutan 2
Ah. My mistake. In that case, I'm not sure what Junior's excuse is (and I will insist on calling him that until he straightens out his act on net neutrality).
It's not over yet!
I'm not sure of the details, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same way in the U.S. Although, that might vary depending on how high-profile the representative is and what kind of district they're representing (ex: a rural district where everybody knows everybody else will likely have more direct contact with their representative than a representative in the heart of New York City).
I don't think a call could work. I simply don't have the charisma to straighten him out on the issue by calling him.
https://www.elyricsworld.com/stapletapewurmsonmypenis_lyrics_passenger_of_shit.html
You don't have to 'straighten him out'; you probably won't even speak to the guy. A staffer from his office will likely pick up the phone, you can say your piece about net neutrality, the staffer will probably say something like "Ok, I'll pass the message on to him" or "I'll convey your thoughts to him," and that'll be it and you can hang up. As long as you can talk on the phone for a minute (give or take), you should be fine.
Why is calling him preferential to emailing him?
Jaslandia
I'm told that the e-mails are easier to ignore, and the representatives are more likely to hear about calls than e-mails. Plus, e-mails are pretty easy to write and send, so making a phone call shows that you're really dedicated to this cause.
Jaslandia, Mercunova
Okay. I'll consider calling him, but it's too late at night where I live to do that.
Jaslandia
Fair enough. And yeah, in America you're probably also more likely to get your voice heard if you're a lobbyist or associated with some sort of interest group. I don't work in lobbying, though, so I'm just assuming.
Alright. You can either call him now and leave a message in his answering machine (although I'm not sure how much Congresspeople/their staff check the voicemail), or call during business hours tomorrow and likely have a better shot at getting your voice heard.
Vetriutan 2
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https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?ns=1&f=31&t=431377&p=33092557#p33092557
Nah I'm a libertarian, don't care much about that :P
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