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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
Political freedoms are outlawed in your nation lol. Like zero. Wow.
Jaslandia
Technically two rather than zero, but close enough.
Nuremgard
technically its 2/100 on my main nation i had 0/100 (Spanelsko is now main and i will kill the last 2 points when i can)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
Tyrant
Jaslandia
On my main nation i had average civil rights and i was a capitalist dictatorship so not as bad as here. (Spanelsko: slavery, child soldiers, religious sacrifices, executions etc.) even 10% of our death rates are by work :p
Nuremgard
I have a nation with all of those traits too although the biggest cause of death is disappearance.
Cancer in my case 42%, 17% sacrifices and only 9% old age, good for those which survived that long to die of age :p
But Andu and Kalu are both socialist tho, or is it just against Communists?
Also, is good not to target Andu, Tssu would march to war and Kalu would boost production by a lot :p
0.4% die of old age in my dictatorship. So that'll be the elite. :P
Spanelsko
Who is Kalu? you? Tssu probably thserra
Also with Andy being my natural rival and enemy its not a question if he is a socialist or not, but we are religious fanatics and his nation is heavily Atheist, anti Theocracy anti Authority anti Oppression anti N.C.R.P.
Bah! It certainly doesn't seem easy to me; we work as hard as any other railway, and maybe even harder. In light of that, pulling passengers is a small consolation, and I can't even get that!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Also tomorrow will be my national report, just a small thing but better then nothing.
Russ is right, James; some railways have just the bare minimum of engines they need to operate, or maybe even less. At least we have enough engines to do all our jobs and have a few spares. And for proof, just talk to Glynn or Harriet; they remember what it was like on Sodor when this railway didn't have enough engines.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, James The Red Engine
It is me.
Das gon' change once I get back into the MT RP my dude, I don't think even the Second Wave could justify not literally obliterating whatever evil shīt is goin' on on the Iberian peninsula...
And u nuu, Andu want be fren wit Axel
#AnduNewWorldBuilder
#TseruTheSixHundredBomber
#KaluThreatToThePlanet
#ConcordAnti-EdgelordPolice
Jaslandia, Axeldonia
I played laser tag for the very first time and unexpectedly became the best player of our team.
I feel a bit proud. :)
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Kalaron, Percyton
>.>
Gets into my T-34
Spanelsko
Right, but that's because you are changing your government to female, the leader is irrelevant in that sense.
You see, the problem though, with thinking that everything boils down to a 50/50 percentage is that it does not take into account the weight of information and reason. Science is not chance. It is methodical, and it weighs chance as one of it's factors, but not the whole factor. If we speak of just chance, then yes, you are correct. However, that ignores a lot of knowledge that we do know that validates or invalidates claims over the nature of God. However, disregarding religion, I think that there is more reason in favor of there being a creator than there not being one.
But changing the government title to a feminine implies the government is dominated by women.
Penguania And Antarctica
Even if there is a creator, who cares? Nothing warrants worship. That's an unhealthy relationship.
Andromitus, Penguania And Antarctica
[spoiler=Today September 25 and today are:]
Today is September 25 and today are:
- Armed Forces Day or Revolution Day (Mozambique)
- Day of National Recognition for the Harkis (France)
- Family & Community Day (Australian Capital Territory, Australia)
- Math Storytelling Day
- National Comic Book Day (United States)
- National Lobster Day (United States)
- National One-Hit Wonder Day (United States)
- National Research Administrator Day (United States)
- National Tune-Up Day (United States)
- National Youth Day (Nauru)
- Psychotherapy Day
- Queen's Birthday (Western Australia, Australia)
- World Dream Day
- World Pharmacists Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 275 In Rome (after the assassination of Aurelian), the Senate proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus Emperor.
- 762 Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate.
- 1066 The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking invasions of England.
- 1237 England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.
- 1396 Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.
- 1513 Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
- 1555 The Peace of Augsburg is signed in Augsburg by Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
- 1690 Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
- 1775 American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe. Benedict Arnold and his expeditionary company set off from Fort Western, bound for Quebec City.
- 1789 The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
- 1790 Peking opera is born when the Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
- 1804 The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.
- 1868 The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei of Russia.
- 1890 The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
- 1906 Leonardo Torres y Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control.
- 1911 An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
- 1912 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
- 1915 World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
- 1926 The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
- 1929 Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
- 1937 Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
- 1942 World War II: Swiss Police instruction dictates that "Under current practice ... refugees on the grounds of race alone are not political refugees", effectively denying entry to Jews trying to flee occupied Europe during the Holocaust.
- 1944 World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.
- 1955 The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
- 1956 TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
- 1957 Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
- 1959 Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
- 1962 The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
- 1962 The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
- 1963 Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo Affair.
- 1964 The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
- 1969 The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
- 1970 Ceasefire between Jordan and the Fedayeen ends fighting triggered by four hijackings on September 6 and 9.
- 1974 The first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (Tommy John surgery) performed, on baseball player Tommy John.
- 1977 About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
- 1978 PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.
- 1981 Belize joins the United Nations.
- 1983 Maze Prison escape: Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze prison.
- 1992 NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail.
- 2003 The 8.3 Mw Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1403 Louis III of Naples
- 1599 Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect, designed the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone
- 1644 Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker
- 1744 Frederick William II of Prussia
- 1764 Fletcher Christian, English sailor
- 1866 Thomas Hunt Morgan, American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1897 William Faulkner, American author, poet, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1903 Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator
- 1906 Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer
- 1932 Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain
- 1932 Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer
- 1944 Michael Douglas, American actor and producer
- 1951 Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer
- 1952 Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist
- 1955 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer and manager
- 1968 Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper
- 1969 Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress
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Quote of the day
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
- Mae West -
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, Percyton
I really am sorry Ald but you couldn't have said less information with so many words. What chance are you accounting for? What variables have I disregarded? What information am I ignoring that by using your exact words I am still somehow wrong?
So teaches the mighty Thoth!
Nuremgard, Penguania And Antarctica
I prefer the Greek pantheon. Or the Egyptian.
Cesorion
Thoth is the Egyptian God of Knowledge, during the ending of their civilization the mythos claims that he taught the average Egyptian not to worship the gods but to respect them; Granted he ordered respect in the form of worship but it was different...kinda...
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
I just realised I misread your original message as Thor, the Norse god lol.
Jaslandia, Andromitus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8BfB0QEUMg
Nuremgard, Jaslandia
I took a quiz and it said I was Thoth.
Andromitus, Cesorion
Phew.. that could have gone better. I tried sailing to Percyton with a small contingent of ships, but we were ambushed by Scandanavian privateers and I was forced to hop onto a heli. It looks like we will be landing in 2 hours. I do hope we choose the proper airport. (Heli: Mi-31 Transport "Hind". ID: Echo-Sierra 8-5-0 Callsign: Raider 1)
Also, speaking of engines.. I just got the issue "A Switch In Time Saves Nine"... oh Lord.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Scandinavian privateers?
What kinda damn kit can they be carrying to do that much of a threat?
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
It's not so much that they were a threat. Its just Navy Procedure to get me out of the area. 2 Cruisers and a armed yacht vs. 6 moderately equipped... PT style boats? I didn't see, due to being ushered to my heli.
Jaslandia, Percyton
I love you all :D
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Andromitus, Pirate Kingdoms, Cesorion, Spanelsko
ghey :p
Penguania And Antarctica
Guess who else got Thoth as well
;-);-)
Nuremgard
He's cool. The god of knowledge, moon and writing. He mapped out the heavens. :)
What quiz?
Just a random "which Egyptian god are you" quiz. There's loads of them online.
Russkov Soviet
I'll do one since y'all are.
Nuremgard
Also, he keeps balance between good and evil
I thought Ra did that by fighting monsters in the underworld at night?
Well....I got Amun.
Nuremgard
Finally, the horrible war is at an end:
https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=421225&p=32570194#p32570194
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
[quote=andromitus;27359882]Das gon' change once I get back into the MT RP my dude, I don't think even the Second Wave could justify not literally obliterating whatever evil shīt is goin' on on the Iberian peninsula...
Well i justified genocide with racial laws subhuman adenist..... (order of races Iberian master race with equestrians. Good humans which we can tolerate Italians. subhumans Adenist Union. Worse then subhumans all others. Worst are Communists.) OOC was that too far?
Russkov Soviet
Good job!
Axeldonia
Also Axel, i know i just called you the worst huma... well if communists can even be called humans.... well my point is that i hope you will put my vehicles to a good use even after this war. And again good job at crushing the rebels!
Russkov Soviet, Axeldonia
"If Communists can even be called humans"... this is why we are Equine! xD.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Percyton, Spanelsko
King of the gods. Nice.
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Congrats, Peng!
Pirates! Oh dear! I'm glad you made it out okay. If you're in a helicopter, Vicarstown Airport would be better suited to receive you, but Sodor Airport at Maron can also receive you with little problems. Either way, James will be waiting with a passenger train to pick you up; we're giving you a low-profile at first so we can surprise Jerry, but we can certainly provide you with a grander escort and ceremony later.
Anyway, James will drop you off at Crovan's Gate, where you'll meet up with Jerry. If you have the time, we'd love for you to take a ride on Jerry's passenger train and get a tour of the Skarloey Railway (where Jerry is working right now). The Skarloey Railway goes all the way to Ulfstead Castle, so if you'd like, we can end the tour at Ulfstead Castle and you can have a tea break with Sir Topham Hatt and Lady Hatt, the Duke and Duchess of Boxford, and Sir Robert Norramby (the Earl of Sodor). Regardless, we're excited for your visit, and if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask!
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
hmm, i wonder, when Adenist union and their puppets (CONCORD and SOLLA) come to destroy us, what will happen then? will we be dissolved? occupied and annexed? government replacement? become puppet? sold to Aux or Axel? those are my questions Adenists.
I think I'm going to make my Sultanate a matriarchy.
So Iberian/Equines, Mediterranean, Ædenists, Communists...Well apart from your hitler hate scale not making a wink of sense (where is literally everyone else on the planet, and how are Ædenists not considered Communist let alone considered better than Communists?) I think thats plenty justification to embargo the entire peninsula and capitalize on those Ædenist revolutionaries you mentioned when we first met :D
With the potential Debt I'm going to be in with Kal I'm surprised you don't think i'm a puppet of Concord ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ and also considering IDK Solla OOC and he's a Socialist and I'm Ædenist (Our ideological relationship is like a Marxist meeting an actual Revisionist); I haven't thought that far...maybe you'll be placed under an Interim-Government hosting local democratic elections while we basically do what the West did to Germany post-WWII? And you wouldn't go to Axel 'cuz they're Socialist (See ^^^)....Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8BfB0QEUMg
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ya dang bourgie
Jaslandia, Andromitus
Idiotic Marxist, Ædenism's the clear way to Communism!
Axeldonia
That all sounds exquisite. I've instructed my pilot to bring us into Vicarstown. We should be landing within 30 minutes.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Excellent! We've already informed the air traffic control people, and they'll be expecting you.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Up up up up up up update boyo's!
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=andromitus/detail=factbook/id=866251
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
I love you all :D
Seriously why does everyone think Concord is a puppet of someone. Or a crony crew for someone. Like dude. Concord is Concord.
You know, I always got tickled whenever someone would create an alliance, simply to counter Concord, because Concord has never stood for anything. It is, and always has been nothing more or less than a pure defensive alliance. If, and I stress the IF, Concord stood for something, it would be summed up by, "Verily I say unto thee. Thou should'st not be of Edgelord kin."
Penguania And Antarctica
"Those who are not ken to edge cannot make an alliance, those who are consumed by edge must not make an alliance".
"I see edge, Edge, flickering, once again.
Not enough blood yet shed.
My Canvas...Bring me my Blueprints.
Ahh, Aldwood. What stops thine ears?
Please, my blueprints, right away..."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMBumK-YLg8
Tserra
rawr
I would love to know how the position of atheism is born out of sour pessimism.
As an atheist, I have probably been the most optimistic and positive thinking person regarding myself and people around me, as well as the world at large. All of which has a direct relation to my secular beliefs.
Well, our actions towards the creator are a different subject, though, I don't think it would be unreasonable for a being, that created everything and gave you life and the ability to reason, to expect some measure of gratitude. Different topic entirely though :p We're still discussing their existence :p
I merely meant that the deciding factor of whether there is a God or not is not a 50/50 chance because there is reason that plays into it. Whichever side has more substantial reason to support its claim will obviously have a greater chance of being true. I apologize if I was unclear.
I've already stated previously in later discussions that I meant the majority of atheists. There are some exceptions, but most, such as myself when I was an atheist, and many others that I know personally and impersonally, are the same way. Look at Nurem's comment above. It perfectly illustrates the typical atheist's attitude toward there being a God. The majority of Atheists would not care if there was undeniable proof of God's existence. That is not their primary motive for being Atheist. Some are different, but there are enough to form a stereotype.
First off, what Nurem is saying more illustrates apatheism, which is when a person doesn't hold a care towards the belief in god at all.
Secondly, get some polling data or something that is how atheists are. Nobody cares about anecdotal or environmental fallacious examples such as how you were (Which is projection) and you claiming to know how everyone else you know believes. Atheists, by and large, are very diverse in beliefs because atheism literally pertains to one question, that being of god, and even that has variation in regards to one's beliefs in agnosticism, materialism, and spiritualism.
Thirdly, say that it is actually true that a majority of atheists are in fact this way, so what? Atheism is simply the lack of belief in a god or gods, it literally has nothing to say on how people arrived at that point or why they believe what they believe. Now, could you say that atheism as a movement is this way, sure if given data. However, atheism is simply one point of belief, and how other people of that same belief act should not bring down the worth of that belief. I don't dislike Islam because of ISIS or Saudi Arabia, I dislike Islam because it has beliefs and stances directly in the religion that I disagree with or oppose. Same goes for Christianity, and Judaism, and any other religion. If you're trying to find flaws in a religious ideology, point out the flaws in the ideology, not the followers. If you're trying to find the flaws of a religious group, then by all means pick apart the followers. Differentiate between the religious ideology itself, the religious group, and the individuals of that group. They're three different things, believe it or not.
Fourth and finally, you never answered my question on how atheism is pessimistic. You literally dodged the question.
I've already pointed out flaws in the reasoning of Atheism and what I don't agree about it. You only asked me about my one accusation that most Atheists are just pessimistic. Also, I have already answered it before you asked and don't really feel like writing it all out again :p Anyway, I am weary of this topic now haha I've been discussing it in other regions for a few days before I posted it here :p
Well the reasons are simple, Equestrians are equal to us since they are not humans but better stage of humanity (at least to us) as for italians, Aux and his people have been our friends for some time so we see them as one of the not bad humans. Adenists are better then communist on our scale because= 1 friendly rival, 2 not fully communist 3 Are worthy opponent both racially and economically. Puppet masters of CONCORD (prepare for triggered CONCORD reactions)
Jaslandia
CONCORD is lame. Just a group of people with too small dicks. :p
Axeldonia, Andromitus, The Cross And Davids Star, Pirate Kingdoms, Spanelsko
Probably true tbh :p
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Hey Kalaroni. How are you?
I'm good my dood. I was kinda lonely and cold last night since Sul was no longer in my bed but I got through it.
Right now, I'm just trying to get through the day so I can talk with Tim.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Well Ald, its hard to present Atheistic reasoning when you first tell me to ignore religion and only focus on the question of God which you yourself answered, and when I put that into perspective you then call on what appears to be Religious reasoning, nullifying my original argument and further proving to me that you have no intention to listen to any form of logic or reasoning.
1. I don't think you get how this Hitler Hate list goes...
2. Axel isn't fully communist either, no socialist state is, we're all (in most cases) all trying to find the best way to Communism, wether that be Marxist Socialism (Axel) or Ædenism (me)
https://nextshark.com/howler-monkey-testicles-study/
CONCORD!!
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Ahem, well i didnt even try to do Hitler list, otherwise it would be aryan race, northern europe (and china with japan) southern europe etc. with untermensch would be us slavs. Also jews homosexuals etc. At least from what i remember.
Penguania And Antarctica
Oh no i was referencing just your genocide list that your building and its general lack of...well any racial population apart from two European ethnicities, a separate species, and a lack of ideological understanding :P
Spanelsko
I'm hung like a blue whale, but I only threaten to sodomize, not actually do it :p
Penguania And Antarctica
'Scuse me
I bet you lameos don't even plan on abolishing money
Thanks for proving my argument. :)
No evidence for that. ;)
Andromitus, Pirate Kingdoms
Oh ok.
Well the racial population are all that arent us, equestrians or italians.... as for the ideological understanding... a commie is an enemy... traitor to his race and our ideals..... not to mention we are a dictatorship so if it doesnt make sense doesnt matter! my people get executed for pointing out anything that makes no sense! and we are good at making no sense!
https://sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/i-w600/grab-yer-guns-the-commies-are-coming.jpg
https://pics.me.me/kill-a-commie-for-jesus-in-jesus-name-we-slay-26335226.png
http://i.imgur.com/7vJ1lZ6.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/616467024072474624/xxmRloU8.jpg
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b6fhZmcRBYY/hqdefault.jpg
https://sep.yimg.com/ay/priorservice/commie-buster-pin-1.gif
Some of our anti communist propaganda.
As the last thing i will say before leaving for few hours (and so i dont spam too much)
National power isnt based on your army..... its based on how cruel you can be. Leader of HIE.
[spoiler=Today is September 26 and today are:]
Today is September 26 and today are:
- Day of the National Flag (Ecuador)
- Dominion Day (New Zealand)
- European Day of Languages (European Union)
- International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- Love Note Day
- Lumberjack Day
- National Compliance Officer Day (United States)
- National Dumpling Day (United States)
- National Good Neighbor Day (United States)
- National Johnny Appleseed Day (United States)
- National Pancake Day (United States)
- National Shamu the Whale Day (United States)
- National Situational Awareness Day (United States)
- National Pancake Day (United States)
- North Yemen Revolution Day (Yemen)
- Thimphu Drubchoe (Bhutan)
- Vijaya Dasami (Bangladesh)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 46 BC Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in accordance with a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.
- 715 Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
- 1087 William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.
- 1212 Golden Bull of Sicily is issued to confirm the hereditary royal title in Bohemia for the Přemyslid dynasty.
- 1345 Friso-Hollandic Wars: Frisians defeat Holland in the Battle of Warns.
- 1371 SerbianTurkish wars: The forces of the Ottoman sultan Murad I's lieutenant Lala Şahin Pasha and the Serbian army under the command of Vukain Mrnjavčević and Jovan Ugljea clash at the Battle of Maritsa.
- 1493 Pope Alexander VI issues the papal bull Dudum siquidem to the Catholic Monarchs, extending the grant of new lands he made them in Inter caetera.
- 1580 Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
- 1687 The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
- 1687 The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
- 1777 American Revolution: British troops occupy Philadelphia.
- 1789 Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.
- 1792 Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.
- 1799 War of the 2nd Coalition: Second Battle of Zurich Austro-Russian forces under Korsakov are defeated by Franco-Swiss under André Masséna, leading to the collapse of Alexander Suvorov's campaign.
- 1810 A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
- 1905 Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity.
- 1907 New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
- 1910 Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
- 1914 The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
- 1917 World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
- 1918 World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.
- 1923 Gustav Stresemann resumes the Weimar Republic's payment of reparations.
- 1933 As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
- 1934 Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
- 1942 The Holocaust: August Frank, a higher official of the SS concentration camp administration department, issues a memorandum containing a great deal of operational detail in how Jews should be "evacuated".
- 1944 World War II: On the central front of the Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio Valley region after 10 days of fighting.
- 1950 United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
- 1950 Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
- 1953 Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ended
- 1954 Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
- 1959 Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
- 1960 In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
- 1969 Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.
- 1973 Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
- 1980 At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people die and 211 are injured.
- 1981 Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
- 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident: Military officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
- 1983 Australia II wins the America's Cup, ending the New York Yacht Club's 132-year domination of the race.
- 1984 The United Kingdom and China agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, to take place in 1997.
- 1997 A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.
- 1997 An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
- 2000 Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
- 2000 The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
- 2002 An overcrowded Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola, capsizes off the coast of the Gambia killing more than 1,000.
- 2005 The PBS Kids Channel is shut down and replaced by a joint network with Comcast called Sprout.
- 2008 Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
- 2009 Typhoon Ketsana hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
- 2014 A mass kidnapping occurs in Iguala, Mexico.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1849 Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1870 Christian X of Denmark
- 1886 Archibald Hill, English physiologist, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1887 Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb
- 1888 T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1889 Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic
- 1897 Pope Paul VI
- 1898 George Gershwin, American pianist and composer
- 1930 Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor
- 1943 Ian Chappell, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1947 Lynn Anderson, American singer and actress
- 1948 Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
- 1958 Rudi Cerne, German figure skater and journalist
- 1960 Vincent Connare, British-American typeface designer and former Microsoft employee, created the Comic Sans font
- 1976 Michael Ballack, German footballer
- 1981 Serena Williams, American tennis player
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Quote of the day
The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.
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Jaslandia, Vista Major, Andromitus, Percyton
The Abolishion of money has to be a natural thing in the eyes of an Ædenist. We recognize that, while it is an effective tool, the power it can give so many is simply unacceptable. We would essentially steadily and surely make it obsolete and to swing public opinion of it away from it until only small changes have to be made to make it go away. It'd be a big celebration, probably in space, as the last digital coinage is deleted and the last printed money is burned and dumped out the ejection pod. If it is done to quickly, the effects could be disastrous however.
Imma embargoe u an i make a UN organization, an i embargoe u a secon teim
Axeldonia
Hm. Very well.
A lot of nations have CTE recently.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
Have I ever told you that we are carbon copies of each other?
Spanelsko
https://youtu.be/sZa26_esLBE
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://youtu.be/mL7n5mEmXJo
Percyton
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[/spoiler]Now that was an enjoyable visit to Sodor and the Mainland. After landing in Vicarstown Airfield, we decided to give James some rest. I arranged a convoy to drive us along the scenic route on the way to Crovan's Gate. Upon arrival, I immediately sought out Jerry. He seemed surprised to see "Nelwy-minted Man. Gen. Alex Coltsov"... Oh.. I'll never forget the look on his face when I told him he had been hauling the Premier of All of Russia around the last few years. We spent a few hours trading stories before I was whisked away. Jerry took us up to Ulfstead Castle for a very wonderful dinner with Sir Topham Hatt and Lady Hatt, the Duke and Duchess of Boxford, and Sir Robert Norramby (the Earl of Sodor) which surprised me. Now, after waking up in the backseat of my heli, I think I shall head to an Inn for some vittles before the An-225 arrives to carry me home. My heli is due to rendezvous back with the ships.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Monty Python? Good choice. A lot of engines on Sodor are Monty Python fans, especially me and Gordon. Coincidentally, being big Monty Python fans is about the only thing me and Gordon have in common, and it's probably half the reason that we're even able to work together.
I'm very glad you had a great time! Jerry said he was thrilled to see you again, and Sir Topham Hatt also said he enjoyed meeting with you. If you'd like, I could take you to Vicarstown Airfield once you're ready; I've been so busy with work I haven't had a chance to see you in person yet, and Mavis can cover my usual goods train while I'm transporting you.
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia
You never told me this... but i am actually not even surprised.
Be careful, I might start screaming puppet till one of you leaves ;D
As for Andy... you cant fight with embargoes a nation that banned all trade to show its superiority on the home front.
For all embargoes we get there are thousands of new slaves that can repair any damage if there would even be any.
Andromitus
You abolished money Axel? well we did also not completely but one of the currencies are slaves since who would not want to own a slave?
I will. I'm planning on reintroducing the Uncomfortably Homoerotic hug as the single form of payment.
Andromitus, Spanelsko
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=axeldonia/detail=factbook/id=867432
Also, here's the Squidpawn's religious creation story!*
*Axeldonia is not responsible for any mental images that appear during reading, lewd or otherwise.
Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia, Spanelsko
Oh so you don't have a Military then apart from men with swords, well that'll help lower my fear a little bit...welp I'll just pull a South Korea and USSR by funding Ædenist Insurgencies within your borders and pump information from the outside in through the black market and giant loudspeakers along your French Border :D
Axeldonia
Well, for those of you who live in London, I'm in town for the weekend, if anyone wants to, like, go to a pub or something.
Was supposed to be here with a friend, but they bailed, as to why I ask.
TBH, you can do more than that considering all of your vehicles from Kalaron come with NBC protection :P
Only real worry is infantry, but NBC suits exist, they just really really suck to wear :////
Jaslandia
Oh.my.god.you might as well walk into the room with a "BUY MY COOL STUFF IT'S SUPER COOL MY DOODS!" sign plastered on your face with all the self promotion you've been putting out recently -_-
Jaslandia
It's the Kalaronian Spirit ;P
Besides, NBC systems are actually pretty common past the 1950s in terms of Tanks.
I didn't know the National Broadcasting Company offered security services. If I pay extra, can I get Alec Baldwin to be my bodyguard? I'd also be willing to settle for Bob Costas. And what about Al Roker? Does he offer a Weather Package that protects against lightning strikes?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC
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