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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
While I support maintaining jobs in the oil industry right now as it's important to Scotland's economy, I full support the Scottish Government's commitment to green energy. I want us to switch to green energy fully in the future. I am against nuclear power. It's too dangerous and harms the environment.
Lavan Tiri, Kalaron, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota
Personally, I disagree on the first point against nuclear reactors, and I think the latter can be mitigated in a large way through modern practices.
Would I be right in thinking that the first is influenced by events like Chernobyl?
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Minnesota Dakota
Yup. Don't want anything nuclear up here. No nuclear weapons, no nuclear energy providers. I want to protect my country's natural beauty.
Lavan Tiri, Kalaron, Lex Caledonia
Goodnight, Span!
Lavan Tiri
Well, if I might at least try to convince you :P
The old Soviet designs are something dangerous, I'd say, and the fact that the engineers working it were...well...pretty dumb didn't help. But I think that reactors have gotten a pretty negative image from it even though they're IMO one of Humanity's best hopes for a long-lasting and resource unintensive solution to the growing energy crisis.
Back in Chernobyl, what basically happened is that a large number of defects (Arguably well known in the design) were ignored while the engineers on both the day and night shift stupidly went around the safety limits. What happened in Chernobyl is a catastrophe to say the least, but I'd argue that the advancements made in the designs (And also to education, Chernobyl served as a good example of what to avoid to avoid being "That guy that set fire to New York") make them a much better choice for a race with a ever-growing energy dependency, the old N-Reactor alone provided over 4,000MWe, after all.
So basically, the differences between the old SU reactors and Western designs is that the West is safer, and that they are only going to get more safe as time passes.
Lavan Tiri, Kracivia
Modern nuclear reactors are much safer than Chernobyl was and once fusion power is made available meltdown will be impossible. Nuclear energy is the clearest choice in my mind for energy generation in the future.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Kalaron
Still risky and they damage the environment. So I still support investing in green energy.
Lavan Tiri, Lex Caledonia
Nuclear energy is completely clean. The only real worry is what to do with nuclear waste and there are solutions that can prevent issues with that.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
I'm in the same boat. I generally believe nuclear power is safe, and a good energy solution until cleaner sources like wind and solar become more efficient and economically viable. However, I am concerned about the waste from nuclear energy, and while I can't speak for other nations, I know the U.S. doesn't have a great system for disposing of this waste.
Lavan Tiri, Kalaron
Literally the only emission from nuclear plants is water vapor.
Mercunova
I'll just be blunt (and hopefully trigger Kalaron).
The F-35 is a piece of steaming garbage with the same sensibility as right wing Japanese revisionists. None.
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Talkative Friedensriech, Mercunova, Spanelsko
Tex here, made a new nation, concept is a criminal enterprise/resistance movement from the UCTVerse's pre-Fall America
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
And respectfully I disagree tbh
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I dont want to have to deal with nuclear waste at all. So no nuclear power.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Talkative Friedensriech
That's fair enough, though in my opinion it's a small enough risk that the massive energy density of the Reactor justifies it.
The largest solar energy field outputs something like 550MWs, but the N-Reactor put out 4,000MWs while taking up less space. (I think)
Still, it's fair to worry about waste :D
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Yukona, Spanelsko
Biopower is the way to go. It can solve two problems at once.
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I think investing into green energy is better than utilising modern/safe nuclear power anyway. In the long run, green energy is becomming more and more efficient and not to mention cheaper. With a focus on it as well, its environmentally safe and produces zero waste. Nuclear energy isnt bad in my opinion but if a country has the resources and potential, they should be gunning for clean renewable energy.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Friedensreich, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Also, get Trident out of Scotland, its Magairlean.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
My primary concern would be the land taken up, and the potential enviromental impact of oceanographic powerstations. I dont doubt the things like solar panels are getting more efficient, but it will always be based on their total area for the most part, and my rational tends to be that if you can centralize power generation to one facility, you're spending less in the long run because of repairs and saving space for the inexonerable continued growth of humanity. I don't know, ultimately I think that Jevon's paradox can only be countered through massive, controlled, energy density the likes of which a reactor brings.
http://www.worldpopulationbalance.org/growth_and_energy
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
The World Assembly forever disappoints me when I open a telegram, as I expect it to be from another nation and it's just them telling me they're enforcing a law I didn't vote on.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra, Talkative Friedensriech, Mercunova, Cesorion, The Wyoming Peoples Front
If it reduces carbon emissions, I'm all for it. We can dispose of it very safely and to the point where it has little detrimental effect on the eco-system surrounding it. I mean, Switzerland with a combination of hydro-electric, wind and nuclear power has become carbon sink which is a lesson for us all to learn from!
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Percyton
That is true. Waste-to-power incineration facilities, like those in Europe, have become impressively effective in recent years. Modern cogeneration incinerators have a greater than 80% electric efficiency rate, which was a scant 10% less than the average for nuclear power generators in the US in 2014. In addition, maintenance and installment costs are lowering year by year.
Lavan Tiri
Following new legislation in The Cross and Davids Star, from the highest mountain to the deepest cave - one can always count on finding a good cell signal in The Cross and Davids Star.
A religious and technological Theocracy. Never thought it could happen, but it did.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Spanelsko
#ScienceVult
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, The Cross And Davids Star
Spanelsko (UFIR)
12 largest arms manufacture sector.
21 greatest army.
so close to 20.
Lavan Tiri, Percyton
I feel your pain.
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Yukona
I wrote my international relations essay! I finally did it! And it's due in tomorrow! :P
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton
I'm sorry for mixing up the holidays. I use multiple sources and often they state different dates for the same holidays (because some holidays aren't fixed to an exact date but a relative date e.g. "2nd Thurday in October"). Sometimes my sources forget to adjust the dates and display the days from 2016. If most of my sources show the same date I'll use this. But if most of the sources were wrong then I am wrong too. So I hope you are still amused even if I mix up some holidays. :(
[spoiler=Today is November 16 and today are:]
Today is November 16 and today are:
- Day of Declaration of Sovereignty (Estonia)
- Great American Smokeout (United States)
- Have a Party with Your Bear Day
- Icelandic Language Day or Dagur íslenskrar tungu (Iceland)
- International Day for Tolerance (United Nations)
- National Button Day (United States)
- National Fast Food Day (United States)
- National Indiana Day (United States)
- Statia Day, Sint Eustatius (Caribbean Netherlands)
- Use Less Stuff Day
- World Philosophy Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 0534 Justinian I, who was an Eastern Roman (Byzantine) emperor in Constantinople, approves and publishes the second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus
- 0951 Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom.
- 1272 While travelling during the Ninth Crusade, Prince Edward becomes King of England upon Henry III of England's death, but he will not return to England for nearly two years to assume the throne.
- 1491 An auto-da-fé, held in the Brasero de la Dehesa outside of Ávila, concludes the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia with the public execution of several Jewish and converso suspects.
- 1532 Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca.
- 1776 American Revolutionary War: British and Hessian units capture Fort Washington from the Patriots.
- 1776 American Revolution: The United Provinces (Low Countries) recognize the independence of the United States.
- 1793 French Revolution: Ninety dissident Roman Catholic priests are executed by drowning at Nantes.
- 1797 The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III.
- 1805 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Schöngrabern: Russian forces under Pyotr Bagration delay the pursuit by French troops under Joachim Murat.
- 1822 American Old West: Missouri trader William Becknell arrives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, over a route that became known as the Santa Fe Trail.
- 1828 Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades.
- 1849 A Russian court sentences writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky to death for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group; his sentence is later commuted to hard labor.
- 1852 The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
- 1855 David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now Zambia-Zimbabwe.
- 1857 Second relief of Lucknow: Twenty-four Victoria Crosses are awarded, the most in a single day.
- 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
- 1885 Canadian rebel leader of the Métis and "Father of Manitoba" Louis Riel is executed for treason.
- 1904 English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
- 1907 Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
- 1907 Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
- 1914 The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
- 1920 Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.
- 1938 LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.[1]
- 1940 World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
- 1940 Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
- 1940 New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
- 1943 World War II: American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway.
- 1944 World War II: Operation Queen, the costly Allied thrust to the Rur, is launched.
- 1944 World War II: Düren, Germany, is destroyed by Allied bombers.
- 1945 UNESCO is founded.
- 1965 Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
- 1969 Richard Nixon becomes the first sitting US President to attend a regular season NFL game.
- 1973 Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.
- 1973 U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.
- 1974 The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
- 1979 The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
- 1988 The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
- 1988 In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- 1989 El Salvadoran army troops kills six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.
- 1990 Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
- 1992 The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
- 1997 After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 42BC - Tiberius, Roman emperor
- 1717 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher
- 1873 - W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer
- 1891 - Julius Leber, German politician
- 1894 - Richard Nikolaus von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian philosopher and politician
- 1895 - Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor
- 1922 - José Saramago, Portuguese novelist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1930 - Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic
- 1948 - Norbert Lammert, German politician, current President of the Bundestag (German Parliament)
- 1952 - Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer
- 1964 - Diana Krall, Canadian jazz pianist and singer
- 1971 - Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer and coach
- 1977 - Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress and singer
- 1983 - Britta Steffen, German swimmer
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Quote of the day
I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.
- Thomas Hood -
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, Kalaron, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton, Hapocrid
I am not even going to read all 459 post in this forum
Jaslandia, Mercunova, Percyton, The Wyoming Peoples Front
Why am i still not in the map
For the return of the PLRK...what sort of impact should I make?
Penguania And Antarctica
Launch a nuke at every single country
Lavan Tiri
Because you never told me what you wanted, despite my being very clear in the matter. Secondly, because I am still editing the map, as this is not a job, and I do have RL concerns, this Map will never be my sole priority. Thus while I endeavor to update the map in a timely manner, it will, in all cases, always, take a back seat to goings on in RL.
Lavan Tiri
A g a i n s t
R u l e s
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
i launch a nuke
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
from the moon
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
where I live
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
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Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
i aim it at kalaron
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
Oh that's fine I'm pretty sure a few people probably would tbh
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lavan Tiri
yeah like me you're dead
Unf abducts all of kalaron's military technology to the moon
we don't need it but we like souvenirs
Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
I've been dead since I calculated out the amount of nuclear fuel in the ocean from when T and Solla I think launched nukes. Then I double died when Lat tried to go full autarky.
The one thing that keeps me alive is my need to see the old M1 Thumper brought back to life for my desire to see a 140mm APFSDS slam into a tank.
Well that and my sweetheart/Fiance.
Tbh Unf you don't want to take it all
It'd cover the moon, and you'd need to take Aldwood since it's pretty much agreed that his currency is now Kalaronian Weapons :(
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri
M1 Thumper? I'm intrigued now
Lavan Tiri, Percyton
It was an old M1 Abrams concept, used a 140mm cannon rather than the usual 120mm. Downside is that it won't be adopted for simple reason relating to weight.
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri
Jeez. I kinda wanted to see the 140 up... -_-
Lavan Tiri
I'm not sure if he's an M1, but I know a Thumper. He helps out at the island's quarries sometimes.
http://ttte.wikia.com/wiki/Thumper
Russkov Soviet, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Penguania And Antarctica
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/193540344325996554/380912013745848320/0ESYoNT.jpg
Too heavy, the weight capacity was used for other things like Armour and electronics that were ultimately better for the tank.
Russkov Soviet, Lavan Tiri
I just heard that Nigeria is on the brink of a civil war, Southern Cameroon might secede from Cameroon because of lingual discrimination, and the PM of Lebanon was kidnapped by the Saudis for making concessions to Hezbollah and criticizing Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen and was then forced to resign. The world is a mind-boggling mess.
Nuremgard, Lavan Tiri, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Yukona
Aye, Africa is just settling its issues the best it can. Cameroon, Nigeria, and the vast majority of African nations are unstable because of the arbitrary borders they were given from the likes of Britain, France, and the Netherlands. There is no sense of unity in these nations- no unifying ideal or homogenous ethnicity. Thats why its good to look at a good number of these events as conductive to future success.
And secondly, we unfortunately will never see the Saudis put to justice for their funding of terrorist groups and inciting violence in other parts of the Middle East. The Western world is too addicted to Saudi oil and having a big ally against Iran.
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Nuova Constidor
And the military "coup" in Zimbabwe
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Nuova Constidor
Did you know NK got some of its uranium and raw materials for their nuclear programs and military modernization from Robert Mugabe? In fact, Mugabe visited North Korea I think in like 1983 and was astonished by the juche ideology and cult of personality around the NK government and when he returned, he had his government read North Korean speeches, juche, and try to implement the same sort of policies and propaganda in Zimbabwe
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Yukona
Much as I agree that western imperialism screwed over both Africa and the Middle East, both of these places had long established ethnic and religious tensions well before the West arrived.
I'm not even that outraged at NK getting its materials to build nukes from people like Mugabe. If you're ostricised by the world, you're gonna' get desperate. I really don't see the difference in western countries being friendly with dictators like the Saudis but hating the Kim regime because it's "bad."
The West picks and chooses what dictators it likes and doesn't like. It's time more people woke up to the fact that our countries are hypocritical pieces of sh!t when it comes to foreign policy.
Lavan Tiri, Peoples Liberation Republic, Axeldonia
Personally, I don't agree that governments can be hypocritical, but I see plenty of reasons for the US to treat Saudi Arabia better than the Norks.
Lavan Tiri
Because the Saudis sell them oil? Is that why?
Lavan Tiri, Axeldonia
Because the Norks put people in camps because they dared to smile during a day of sadness was more my thinking tbh :p
Also, meant to type "Don't disagree" on the last one, dumb phone ;p
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri
The Saudis don't deify their dead Kings, they execute rather than imprison everybody, and the Saudis aren't literally starving their populace to expand a bloated, inefficient military
Jaslandia, Lavan Tiri, Yukona
PSA: It is Christmas time, despite what anybody says.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Pirate Kingdoms, Percyton
Haven't you heard? The military assured us the military hasn't taken over. What possible reason could they have to lie?
Mercunova
I will die before I submit.
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova
So tempted to suppress this
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Yukona
F*cking do it.
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova
Repression :p
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova
Countries are fundamentally hypocritical because being consistent doesn't necessarily ensure a successful foreign policy. All nations are interested in is power and self-interest. Ideology is a neat thing and sometimes a country will attempt to follow one (Wilson's Idealist era, Lenin's international revolution) but eventually each nation will settle into a base area of self-interest-orientated foreign policy. No nation cares about the human rights abuses in North Korea, nor do they care about the human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, or Russia, or hell even in the prison system of the United States (leaving someone in solitary confinement 23 hours a day doesn't stop being a human rights abuse just because you've done it long enough).
When a nation looks at another they ask the question 'Can I abuse it for my own self-interest' and then follow it up with the question 'Can I exploit it for power?'. That's the reason the West will happily ally with the Saudis (oil) while railing against the North Koreans (inherent threat to Western self-interests)
Yukona
Mugabe even had a North Korean-trained brigade in his army for a little while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwean_Fifth_Brigade
Peoples Liberation Republic
Those Tasmanians must be taught a lesson! screeches Heston Parke, your hawkish Minister of Defense, who has never found a war he didnt like. If Tasmanias utter contempt for environmental stewardship, and our nations well-known love of bats He pauses as an aide taps him on the shoulder and whispers in his ear. He continues: ...and our nations well-known love of songbirds doesnt convince you, what will? Perhaps military jets escorting the precious butterflies through Tasmania might work. If someone tries to so much lay a hand on one those flying fish, then well bomb em back to the stone age!
#EnvironmentalBombardment
Jaslandia, Minnesota Dakota
And the Saudis chop people's heads off and crucify them. I'd say both SA and NK treat their people abominably.
Ah, I see. The Saudis only brutally suppress their own people for speaking against the royal family. That's okay then. Least they don't put them in camps.
Indeed. The world is ran by self-interested psychopaths.
Axeldonia, Mercunova, Spanelsko
Tbh, we could just recognize both countries commit massive atrocities on their people, as opposed to trying to find out which one is the worst one.
Btw, Saudi Arabia is a terrible place. The fact that it's a US ally should be a blow to the America's "Spreading Democracy" idea.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
As I said, America and the West pick and choose which dictators they like and which ones they don't. The ones who sell them oil or who buy weapons off them are the ones they like. Human rights and democracy are optional in those instances.
If North Korea had oil but no nukes the US would invade it in an hour.
Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
I'm not saying that the Saudis are nice, but I personally rate "Unneeded death camps" higher than a cultural evil. One is a barbarism resulting from religious fundementalism while the other is a death camp set up by a leader who knows full well that he won't be invaded.
Wholly untrue for a host of reasons, Nur.
I SO agree with you
Mercunova
I sneezed and almost fell out of my desk.....
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Percyton
[spoiler=Today is November 17 and today are:]
Today is November 17 and today are:
- Demise of Prophet Muhammad and Martyrdom of Imam Hassan (Iran)
- International Students' Day
- Martyrs' Day (Orissa, India)
- National Baklava Day (United States)
- National Homemade Bread Day (United States)
- National Revival Day (Azerbaijan)
- National Take A Hike Day (United States)
- Polytechneio (Greece)
- Presidents Day (Marshall Islands)
- Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
- Unfriend Day
- World Prematurity Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 474 Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
- 794 Japanese Emperor Kanmu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto.
- 887 Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt. His nephew Arnulf of Carinthia is elected as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
- 1183 The Battle of Mizushima takes place.
- 1292 John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
- 1405 Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu.
- 1511 Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon.
- 1558 Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England.
- 1603 English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh goes on trial for treason.
- 1777 Articles of Confederation (United States) are submitted to the states for ratification.
- 1796 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy.
- 1800 The United States Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.
- 1810 Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place.
- 1811 José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, is sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile.
- 1820 Captain Nathaniel Palmer becomes the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.)
- 1831 Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
- 1839 Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opens at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy.
- 1856 American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army establishes Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase.
- 1858 Modified Julian Day zero.
- 1863 American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.
- 1869 In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated.
- 1871 The National Rifle Association is granted a charter by the state of New York.
- 1876 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" is given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia.
- 1878 First assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg.
- 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
- 1894 H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1896 The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
- 1903 The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
- 1911 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, which is the first black Greek-lettered organization founded at an American historically black college or university, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
- 1933 United States recognizes Soviet Union.
- 1939 Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
- 1947 The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
- 1947 American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
- 1953 The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
- 1957 Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft.
- 1962 President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
- 1967 Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
- 1968 British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
- 1968 Viewers of the RaidersJets football game in the eastern United States are denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBC broadcasts Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S.
- 1969 Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
- 1970 Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
- 1970 Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
- 1973 Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
- 1973 The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital.
- 1978 The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.
- 1979 Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
- 1983 The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
- 1989 Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
- 1990 Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, becomes active again and erupts.
- 1993 United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement.
- 1993 In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
- 1997 In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.
- 2000 A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
- 2000 Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru.
- 2012 At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.
- 2013 Fifty people are killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashes at Kazan Airport, Russia.
- 2013 A rare late-season tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touch down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- AD 9 - Vespasian, Roman emperor
- 1749 - Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning
- 1888 - Curt Goetz, Swiss German writer, actor and film director
- 1901 - Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission
- 1902 - Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1906 - Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company
- 1920 - Ellis Kaut, German author of children's literature, best known for her creation of Pumuckl
- 1920 - Gemini Ganesan, Indian actor and director
- 1925 - Rock Hudson, American actor and singer
- 1935 - Toni Sailer, Austrian skier and actor
- 1942 - Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
- 1944 - Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer
- 1964 - Susan Rice, American academic and politician, 24th United States National Security Advisor
- 1966 - Sophie Marceau, French actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1966 - Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1973 - Bernd Schneider, German footballer
- 1978 - Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
- 1983 - Christopher Paolini, American author
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Quote of the day
The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
- William Blake -
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, Kalaron, Percyton
Thanks you for introducing that word to me. Imma start using it forever.
Vista Major, Percyton
Calponia makes a similar post in New Western Atlantic every day, and you upload the same quotes. Is it coincidence?
Jaslandia, Heisenbee, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
https://youtu.be/lPLA_VPMsUg
Fun fact: That press conference took place at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Walt Disney World.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_Contemporary_Resort#Richard_Nixon.27s_press_conference
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
How much of a threat is the PLRK to your country IC? I am rather curious
Russkov Soviet, Nuremgard, Spanelsko
Not much, to be honest. Jaslandia and PLRK are pretty far apart geographically, so unless PLRK becomes an international terrorist organization or a powerful empire, this distance means PLRK isn't much of a threat to Jaslandia.
Nuremgard, Peoples Liberation Republic, Penguania And Antarctica
And because of your equipment :P
Depends, honestly. In the past PLR has been viewed as a threat less because of their ability to harm us, but moreover due to their ability to do harm to the greater world, specifically to Non-concord members who we are friendly to. Depending on if you take it back down that road or not, PLR will either regain that status or be considered a potential ally, possibly. Kalaronian's are slow to warm though, tbh.
Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic
Nuremgard and Tangshan, you wouldn't be a threat. But New Salvatore has colonies in Africa and that may cause disputes between us.
Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
Idk but I'm sure you're on the Libertatem Terrorist list
Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica
Goodbye friends at the CoFN! I enjoyed my stay here, it sad to see that Libertatem's administration felt it had to do this, and I also find it sad to see that you voted in favor of disaffirming the sister treaty with Libertatem
Russkov Soviet, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Cesorion, Czeko Russika
Eh PLRK has no ambitions for causing massive instability in the world. We are more worried about Africa and events happening in Africa only. Every now and then, we may become involved in the international community; however, our priority is Africa.
If you have colonies in Africa, then there will definitely be military and economic conflicts between us. That will be inevitable.
I am on their enemy list, which is fine with me. I will be starting up my RPs again this weekend once I return home
Nuremgard, Mercunova
Aye, hopefully in the future, there will be an opportunity for our Regions to rebuild the longstanding friendship that's lasted through the years.
Well, so long as you avoid harassing Concord members, we'll be plenty fine then :D
It's always nice when there's peace in the world tbh.
Jaslandia, Percyton
ive gotten too old for all that rebel without a cause f*ck the world mentality. Im just like an old man: dont mess with me and I will leave you alone
We spooped
Peoples Liberation Republic, Penguania And Antarctica
Hmmm.... considering we've never been enemies...
Jaslandia, Percyton, Spanelsko
Defensively against the PLRK, with the PLRK as the aggressor, then Tserra is quite unconcerned. We have spent a long time, through a lot of RP iterations coming up with how fortified we are. Combine the defensive level of Tserra, with our territorial position, and it is doubly so.
Now away from the Tserran homeland, it is a tossup with or without Concord Support. I am not so arrogant as to even guess as to how things would go down. There are very few nations in our RP world that Tserra dismisses out of hand, and the PLRK is not one of them.
Jaslandia, Peoples Liberation Republic
"Following new legislation in Percyton, Percyton's soft-touch approach to diplomacy has made it known as the 'push-over' of the region."
Gordon: NS is just now realizing this? It's not like Percyton has been pursuing an aggressive policy of imperialism before this.
Diesel 10: Yeeahh, we'd never even THINK about something like that. *picks up map showing Percyton controlling all of Great Britain, and then throws map aside*
Farewell, Neo-Icelandic!
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Spanelsko
You going soft on us now?
UFIR considers PLRK as a former friend, and not really as a threat due to being far away from Europe and also being a ring wing nation.
As for the potential of Salv being attacked we will certainly help Salvatore.
Percyton
The Issue
Judging from the telegram on your desk this morning, the government of Tasmania is not pleased with your decision to authorize warplanes to patrol the migration of songbirds over its airspace.
Those Tasmanians think they can boss us around? crows your Minister of Defense, who is practically drooling over himself with pleasure. As it so happens, while protecting those precious pigeons... or hummingbirds... oh whatever we said they were... we also incidentally mapped out the location of all the Tasmania military bases. As it also so happens, the patrol aircraft are fully armed with bunker-busting bombs. Just say the word, and well begin a strategic air strike and neuter the Tasmanian threat in minutes.
The Talking Point
The military will start wars with other nations on a lark.
# EnvironmentalBombardmentIntensifies
Jaslandia
Not necessarily soft. More so strategic
Good day my lovely people :D
Jaslandia, Mercunova, Percyton, Cesorion
3 of my 4 nations are in the top 10 for Retail here.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton
Message from the Speaker
With two discounted votes (on grounds that they were non-citizens and therefore non-members of Parliament) the result of the Libertatem poll was 14 votes in favor of disaffirming the treaty. 3 MPs voted to reform. No one voted for the status quo.
This result shall be linked to a forum post in order to allow for recordkeeping.
Kind regards,
☿ Merc
Speaker of Parliament
Jaslandia, Hyderbourg, Penguania And Antarctica, Cesorion
[spoiler=Today is November 18 and today are:]
Today is November 18 and today are:
- Day of Army and Victory (Haiti)
- Independence Day (Morocco)
- Married To A Scorpio Support Day (Chase's Calendar of Events)
- Mickey Mouse Birthday
- National Adoption Day (United States)
- National Apple Cider Day (United States)
- National Day (Oman)
- National Princess Day (United States)
- National Survivors of Suicide Day (United States)
- National Vichyssoise Day (United States)
- Occult Day
- Proclamation Day of the Republic of Latvia (Latvia)
- Push Button Phone Day
- Remembrance Day of the Sacrifice of Vukovar in 1991 (Croatia)
- Vertières Day (Haiti)
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 326 The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
- 401 The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.
- 1095 The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
- 1105 Maginulfo is elected the Antipope as Sylvester IV.
- 1180 Phillip II becomes king of France.
- 1210 Pope Innocent III excommunicates Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV.
- 1282 Pope Martin IV excommunicates King Peter III of Aragon.
- 1302 Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Unam sanctam, claiming spiritual supremacy for the papacy.
- 1421 A seawall at the Zuiderzee dike in the Netherlands breaks, flooding 72 villages and killing about 10,000 people. This event will be known as St Elizabeth's flood.
- 1493 Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.
- 1494 French King Charles VIII occupies Florence, Italy.
- 1601 Tiryaki Hasan Pasha, an Ottoman provincial governor, routs the Habsburg forces commanded by Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria during the Siege of Nagykanizsa.
- 1626 The new St Peter's Basilica is consecrated.
- 1730 The future Frederick II (known as Frederick the Great), King of Prussia, is granted a royal pardon and released from confinement.
- 1760 The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.
- 1803 The Battle of Vertières, the last major battle of the Haitian Revolution, is fought, leading to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti, the first black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
- 1809 In a naval action during the Napoleonic Wars, French frigates defeat British East Indiamen in the Bay of Bengal.
- 1812 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Krasnoi ends in French defeat, but Marshal of France Michel Ney's leadership leads to him becoming known as "the bravest of the brave".
- 1863 King Christian IX of Denmark signs the November constitution that declares Schleswig to be part of Denmark. This is seen by the German Confederation as a violation of the London Protocol and leads to the GermanDanish war of 1864.
- 1865 Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
- 1872 Susan B. Anthony and 14 other women are arrested for illegal voting in the United States presidential election of 1872.
- 1883 American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
- 1901 Britain and the United States sign the HayPauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the ClaytonBulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
- 1903 The HayBunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
- 1905 Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
- 1909 Two United States warships are sent to Nicaragua after 500 revolutionaries (including two Americans) are executed by order of José Santos Zelaya.
- 1916 World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
- 1918 Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
- 1928 Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
- 1929 Grand Banks earthquake: Off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean, a Richter magnitude 7.2 submarine earthquake, centered on the Grand Banks, breaks 12 submarine transatlantic telegraph cables and triggers a tsunami that destroys many south coast communities in the Burin Peninsula.
- 1940 World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
- 1943 World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
- 1944 The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.
- 1947 The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
- 1949 The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.
- 1961 United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.[citation needed]
- 1963 The first push-button telephone goes into service.
- 1970 U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
- 1971 Oman declares its independence from United Kingdom.
- 1978 In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murdersuicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
- 1987 King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station, King's Cross St Pancras.
- 1988 War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.
- 1991 Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon release Anglican Church envoys Terry Waite and Thomas Sutherland.
- 1991 After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
- 1993 In the United States, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is approved by the House of Representatives.
- 1993 In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
- 1996 A fire occurs on a train traveling through the Channel Tunnel from France to England causing several injuries and damaging approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) of tunnel.
- 1999 Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others.
- 2002 Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq.
- 2003 In the United Kingdom, the Local Government Act 2003, repealing Section 28, becomes effective.
- 2003 The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules 43 in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and gives the state legislature 180 days to change the law making Massachusetts the first state in the United States to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples.
- 2012 Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria becomes the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
- 2013 NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1736 - Anton Graff, Swiss portrait artist
- 1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic
- 1787 - Louis Daguerre, French physicist and photographer, developed the daguerreotype
- 1897 - Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1901 - George Gallup, American statistician and academic
- 1906 - Klaus Mann, German-American author, playwright, and critic
- 1909 - Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter and producer, co-founded Capitol Records
- 1923 - Alan Shepard, American admiral, pilot, and astronaut
- 1923 - Ted Stevens, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
- 1933 - Bruce Conner, American painter, photographer, and director
- 1939 - Margaret Atwood, Canadian author, poet, and critic
- 1940 - Qaboos bin Said al Said, Sultan of Oman
- 1942 - Linda Evans, American actress
- 1944 - Wolfgang Joop, German fashion designer, founded JOOP!
- 1953 - Alan Moore, English author and illustrator
- 1955 - Carter Burwell, American composer and conductor
- 1960 - Kim Wilde, English singer-songwriter
- 1968 - Owen Wilson, American actor, producer, comedian and screenwriter
- 1971 - Ilka Bessin, German comedian and actress
- 1974 - Chloë Sevigny, American actress and fashion designer
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Quote of the day
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
- Emily Dickinson -
Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.
Jaslandia, Kalaron, Mercunova, Percyton
Discord is down yet a g a i n
Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica
Considering NS was down a few hours ago, it seems like our little corner of the Internet is having technically problems.
Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton
Quite quiet :/
Jaslandia, Mercunova, Percyton
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