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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
There is also McMullin if you live in a faithless elector state.
Tserra
wtf are you talking about i am only spoutin random things and for the record i am romanian so stfu
Hello friends. Have a nice day.
[spoiler=Today are:]
Today are:
- Citizenship Day (Northern Mariana Islands)
- Community Service Day (Dominica)
- Day of St Charles Borromeu (Andorra)
- Feast of Qudrat (Power)(Baha'i Faith)
- Flag Day (Panama)
- Fountain Pen Day
- King Tut Day
- Love Your Lawyer Day
- National Candy Day (United States)
- National Chicken Lady Day (United States)
- National Jersey Friday (United States)
- National Stress Awareness Day (United States)
- National Tonga Day (Tonga)
- National Unity and Armed Forces Day (Italy)
- Unity Day (Russia)
- Use Your Common Sense Day
- Yitzhak Rabin Memorial
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1429 - Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moutier.
- 1501 - Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's first wife) meets Arthur Tudor, Henry VIII's older brother - they would later marry.
- 1677 - The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange; they later jointly reign as William and Mary.
- 1783 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 is performed for the first time in Linz, Austria.
- 1791 - The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
- 1852 - Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour becomes the prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia, which soon expands to become Italy.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Johnsonville: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material.
- 1890 - City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
- 1918 - World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
- 1921 - The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
- 1922 - In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
- 1924 - Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States.
- 1939 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
- 1942 - World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: Disobeying a direct order by Adolf Hitler, General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel leads his forces on a five-month retreat.
- 1952 - The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
- 1960 - At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
- 1962 - The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
- 1970 - Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
- 1973 - The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.
- 1995 - Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.
- 2002 - Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing a pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress.
- 2008 - Barack Obama becomes the first person of biracial or African descent to be elected President of the United States.
- 2010 - Qantas Flight 32, an Airbus A380, suffers an uncontained engine failure over Indonesia shortly after taking off from Singapore, crippling the jet. The crew manage to safely return to Singapore, saving all 469 passengers and crew.
- 2015 - A cargo plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in Juba, South Sudan, killing 37 people.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1890 - Klabund, German author and poet
- 1897 - Kurt Held, German author
- 1908 - Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1916 - Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, and producer
- 1916 - Ruth Handler, American businesswoman, created Barbie
- 1918 - Art Carney, American actor
- 1919 - Martin Balsam, American actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1925 - Doris Roberts, American actress
- 1932 - Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician and diplomat, 10th President of Austria
- 1933 - Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1946 - Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States
- 1951 - Traian Basescu, Romanian captain and politician, 4th President of Romania
- 1957 - Tony Abbott, English-Australian scholar and politician, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1960 - Kathy Griffin, American comedian and actress
- 1969 - Matthew McConaughey, American actor and producer
- 1969 - Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor
- 1972 - Luis Figo, Portuguese footballer and sportscaster
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Quote of the day
Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage.
- Anias Nin -
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
I'm WA delegate now.
I ended the triumvirate.
[nation=short]Aldaur[/nation]
It seems I'm indeed Augustus. :p
Jaslandia, Killdash, Aldaur, Vista Major, Kalaron, Yukona
Well isn't thus guy nice?
One would've thought the US would have given support only to any government that was better than the Soviets.
One would be wrong :P
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Yukona
Jeez, don't have to be nasty about it.
Jaslandia, Au Minbo, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra
Damn it phone.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Just let the snowman be.
Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra
How is this fine morning?
I'm doing alright. How about you?
I am good.
Penguania And Antarctica
I don't know; why don't you ask the morning?
jk
Penguania And Antarctica
Eh, trying to design an improvement for our poor F-35, and glad to have won an argument.
You?
Penguania And Antarctica, Freewire
What argument?
Penguania And Antarctica
Oh my.
Me, sitting here in Canada, I am so, so scared.
For you, and your countrymen.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Post self-deleted by Crato.
>north korea actually has elections
i am sorry, wot?
Whether or not the Plasma shell would work (Well, I won in that the science is valid, and the US has reached a hell of a lot farther in.
Freewire
Fvck.
eh, i insult a lot of people, i was born to piss everyone off.
I mean, you don't piss me off.
It's more of a "Oh, Crato sent a nessage" and a "Let's find someone else to respond to, like Sul or Tse"
Yukona
i mean, not on this site.
because then the moderators will get pissed off.
on youtube and other "global" sites though, everyone goes berserk.
Why are people buying jeans in used look with rips for 80 ? I mean you could buy a normal jeans for 40 and take a utility knife and a piece of sandpaper. The result is basically the same.
It's funny that we buy tattered clothes at all.
Freewire
Indeed. You get to choose between Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-un, and Kim Jong-un! Kim Jong-un wins most of the time, but sometimes Kim Jong-un wins.
Oh come on, i was rooting for Kim Jong-un!
Jaslandia
So was I, but I suppose Kim Jong-un is okay too. At least he's not Kim Jong-un.
Oh please, not that Kim Jong-un.
Jaslandia, Freewire
I am really confused right now.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Freewire
Thats because you're a train.
Freewire
Tell me about it. I'm not the biggest fan of Kim Jong-un, but Kim Jong-un makes Kim Jong-un seem like a saint in comparison.
Freewire
So Kim Jong-un is the pope?
Jaslandia
Maybe in North Korea.
Indeed I am! I'm a really useful engine!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
So, um... Will Kimmy the kim ever declare war on worst korea?
Jaslandia, Killdash
Worst Korea no tsuki.
Crato
Wut r u talking about mate?!!? Kim-jong Un will make the country great again! Don't you compare him to Kim-Jong Un or that devil... Kim-Jong Un
Jaslandia, Crato
So... Who's gonna be the next president? Hillary or Trump?
Either way, I probably won't sleep that night. Watching it down to the last minute.
Vista Major
"I officially place into nomination"? Just say "I nominate." If you're feeling fancy, say "I hereby nominate." But "place into nomination"? Wow.
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Vista Major, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Freewire
As the nominee, I gotta say I agree with this
Aldaur, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
Employment, economic freedom, economic output, average incomes, and most industries and sectors all rise. And economy somehow falls.
NationStates, why you do the things you do?!
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica
I let my people name an animal and I became an Authoritarian Democracy even though my authoritarianism went down and my political freedoms went up lol
We have not appeased the NS gods enough. More sacrifices!
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
Eh, clearly, you still understood him.
Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
Okay, Captain Clarity.
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
It will 100% be Clinton. There is no way Trump get enough electoral votes, especially sense McMullin may take some republican faithless elector states like Utah or Idaho. Clinton has all of the Dem States in the bag, which is enough to get her over 270. The race was won a long time ago.
Penguania And Antarctica
Well, I hate to say it, but...
I didn't make a point for clarity?
Really, I was moreover arguing that differences in how one says a phrase is rather mute, provided the phrase's intent is still understood (which it clearly was)
Sorry to break it to you, Simon Semantics.
Aldaur, Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
Why is someone such as yourself so steadfastly butt-hurt and annoyed by what, in writing and in expression, another wishes to convey with utmost pomp and formality by use of lengthy and exhaustive prose?
New Romnesia, Aldaur, Kalaron, Tserra
"There is no way Trump get enough electoral votes." Don't worry, The US Will find a way. Haha. In all seriousness, though, I'm rooting for trump more than Clinton just because of Clinton's Background history. She talks a lot about changes, but she had the power to make all of the changes she talks about now back when she was Senator. All she did was name a few buildings. Her history is just as shaky as her Campaign. That's probably why the populace thinks she's untrustworthy. So in a case of Trump vs Clinton, I say, Bring forth the bricks and mortar.
Aldaur
Does the US people like trains as president? How about [nation=short]Percyton[/nation] as president ?
#Percy4President
Jaslandia, Senatus Popolusque Mercunovus, Percyton
I think you mean "moot", not "mute." Anyways, what's the point of using six words when one will do?
I'm all for pomp and formality. Those needs can be served without redundant language.
So nuclear war with russia, got it.
The Silver Bloods
#Newspeak! #DoublePlusGood!
Indeed, Comrade.
So, outlawed adultery and am now a psychotic dictatorship
That... kind of follows, Est my boy.
New Estaris
Don't get me wrong, I hate Clinton. I just know she is going to win.
Don't be stupid. We're not going to have nuclear war with Russia.
I was not serious.
Aldaur
We wouldn't have a nuclear war anyways. We'd just have another Thirty year Staring contest between the US and Russia until someone blinks and backs down..
Jaslandia, Aldaur
Ya'll need to make a welcome telegram for new arrivals.
Aldaur, Vista Major
Agreed
And hello
How dare you?
New Estaris
Hi. Hello. G'day. Ni Hao. Konichiwa. Guten Tag. How are you? xD
Penguania And Antarctica
I can't tell with you sometimes.
It's not the same circumstance anymore though. We are vastly more powerful than Russia in comparison to our relatively equal status, and when we did become more powerful, we didn't know it at first. As soon as we knew though, we beat them. It would be the same now. We can make them go backrupt with sanctions and out spending them, which would cause another collapse. Honestly, I think in the next few decades, Russia is going to collapse and split into a few different countries. Probably after Putin is gone if there isn't a strong leader to replace him.
Welcome to the CoFN!
Penguania And Antarctica
Just a quick welcome telegram with links to citizenship app, etc, would be great
Penguania And Antarctica
What's the point of using larger words rather than smaller ones?
Difference is the spice of life, why should everyone speak as you do?
What is the point of pomp and formality, when simplicity will serve just as well?
Eh, just check the WFE :P
Continental Commonwealths, Penguania And Antarctica
You know, I have to wonder what type of a person one must be to derive pleasure in killing thirteen year old Regions on NS.
Like Singapore for example, they did nothing wrong, but got invaded anyway.
Honestly, it's just a bit stupid, and I'm seriously glad we made WAD non-exec because of Raiders.
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
Thank you, but I don't think I'm cut out to be a president. I'm not even 100% what a 'president'. I think Thomas told me 'presidents' are the leaders of America.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Well, you are already a king and people love you so, I think you would do great. :)
Jaslandia, Percyton
Being a king is hard! And I don't think I could do it without Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt. I don't think I would be allowed to have Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt help me if I became president.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
I don't doubt it. Well, it was worth a try. Won't bother you any longer.
Jaslandia, Percyton
A lot of people say George W. Bush never ran the country, and that people like Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld actually ran things during Bush's term, so I think there would be a problem with Gordon and Hatt helping you.
Percyton
No, you're not bothering me! I love talking to you and everyone else here! Gordon says I'm wasting my time here, but I don't agree with him.
You really think so? Well, maybe I could be a president. How would I become a president?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Sjust weird that the first regional TG I get is a bunch of links to calendars and agendas and things w/o any really introduction to the system.
Off with their heads.
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
Can we chop off my head first ??
Nah, you're cool. The rest of them. Off with their heads. The French had the right idea about what to do with monarchs.
French Industrial Revolution: Chop off monarchs heads and burn their dead bodies to power steam engines. :P
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aldaur
1. Thanks, Percy. It means a lot.
2. http://americanhistory.about.com/od/uspresidents/f/presidential_requirements.htm
The requirements to be President are:
a. be a natural-born citizen (i.e. be born a United States citizen). You would likely have Percytonian and/or British citizenship (since Sodor is a British island), so I don't think you would qualify.
b. be at least 35 years of age. You were built around 1900, which would put you at over 100 years old, which is plenty old enough (unless the election commission people decide to count human years and engine years differently).
c. Live in the U.S. for at least 14 years. I don't think you've ever been to the United States, so I don't think you would qualify.
So, sorry to tell you this Percy, but I don't think you would be allowed to become president. But, you'll always be a president to us!
Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, or Gordon and Sir Topham Hatt? Because I wouldn't want the latter pair to be executed, but for the former pair, I wouldn't support separating their heads from their bodies, but I also wouldn't shed any tears over it.
https://youtu.be/T_jYWMUMSxE
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Just royals in general. Cut their heads off.
Aldaur
I see. Sorry, Percy, but I'm afraid Nurem wants you your head cut off.
Nuremgard, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Get you hands off Percy ! And Penguania's king !
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aldaur, Percyton
Thanks, Jas!
That's not very nice! That would hurt a lot!
Jaslandia, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
So i didn't make adultry illegal, it's just a punishable offense
Gelding?
Aldaur, New Estaris
Ouch.
Too good for 'em!
Aldaur
Goodnight everyone. Sleep tight tonight. Love you all. <3 :)
Jaslandia, Percyton
Goodnight, Peng!
Nope. Imprisonment.
That'll teach 'em to think before whipping it out/opening their legs.
Aldaur, New Estaris
Goodnight, Peng!
Jaslandia
*runs away to Bunker*
The Keizer does not appreciate your comments.
Aldaur
Pansy. :P
Aldaur
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois-class_destroyer#TRUMP_refit
Canada, you can take your Trump back now.
Canada, it isn't funny anymore.
Canada, pls.
Jaslandia
You should get the Island of Sodor (Google Image search) and put it in its position (between Great Britain and the Isle of Man) on the CFN map, for Percy.
Jaslandia, Percyton
Hello!
Don't chop off Rummy's head :p
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Aldaur
Don't worry. I have my own royals so...
Aldaur, Pirate Kingdoms
Hear hear! Let's do it old testament style! Tear off their clothing, beat them, pour pigs blood on them and stone them to death :p
Nuremgard
Yep. You married them, you can divorce them but dont cheat on them
Nuremgard, Aldaur
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