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Region: The Confederacy of Free Nations
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Hello people. Wish you all a nice day. :)
[spoiler=Today is February 10 and today are:]
Today is February 10 and today are:
- All the News That's Fit to Print Day
- Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Malta)
- Fenkil Day (Eritrea)
- Guru Ravidas Jayanti (India)
- National Cream Cheese Brownie Day (United States)
- National Home Warranty Day (United States)
- National Memorial Day of the Exiles and Foibe (Italy)
- National Umbrella Day (United States)
- Navam Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)
- Plimsoll Day
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[spoiler=This day in history:]
This day in history:
- 1258 Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.
- 1306 In front of the high altar of Greyfriar's Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn sparking revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence
- 1355 The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
- 1567 Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.
- 1763 French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
- 1814 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.
- 1840 Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
- 1846 First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war
- 1861 Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
- 1862 American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
- 1870 The YWCA is founded in New York City.
- 1906 HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
- 1920 Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
- 1923 Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
- 1930 Yên Bái mutiny in French Indochina
- 1933 In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later.
- 1936 Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
- 1939 Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
- 1940 The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
- 1942 The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
- 1942 World War II: Imperial Japanese Army capture Banjarmasin, capital of Borneo in Dutch East Indies.
- 1943 World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
- 1947 Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.
- 1947 Crowds gathered at shop windows in Paris to see Christian Dior's New Look fashion - longer skirts, nipped-in waists and padded shoulders.
- 1948 United Nations Security Council Resolution 17 relating to Greece is adopted.
- 1949 United Nations Security Council Resolution 68 is adopted.
- 1954 United States President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
- 1962 Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
- 1962 Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
- 1964 MelbourneVoyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.
- 1967 The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- 1972 Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.
- 1981 A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotelcasino kills eight and injures 198.
- 1989 Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
- 1996 IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
- 2003 France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
- 2009 The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
- 2013 Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.
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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]
Famous Birthdays:
- 1744 William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician
- 1785 Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer
- 1890 Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator Nobel Prize laureate
- 1894 Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1898 Bertolt Brecht, German director, playwright, and poet
- 1902 Walter Houser Brattain, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1903 Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager
- 1910 Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1929 Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor
- 1950 Mark Spitz, American swimmer
- 1961 Alexander Payne, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 Laura Dern, American actress, director, and producer
- 1974 Elizabeth Banks, American actress
- 1982 Tom Schilling, German actor
- 1997 Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress
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Quote of the day
Find a place inside where theres joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.
- Joseph Campbell -
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, Minnesota Dakota
-_-* They don't use cannons in the 1812 Overture...
Yes they do.
Minnesota Dakota
Let us turn the region of the CFN into a region of Creativity, Fidelity, and Nobility!
#TCaDS4Prez
Vista Major, Minnesota Dakota
Damn, forget what i said, but that's a classic concert i'd like to go to.
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Peace, Justice, Democracy
For a Better Tomorrow, Minnesota Dakota for Minister of Foreign Affairs.
#MD4MoFA
Vista Major
Tchaikovsky actually wrote for cannons to be used at certain parts: some record while others use 100mm guns
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
Already said to forget what i said.
Penguania And Antarctica
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=768755
My official presidential description has been created and posted, so check it out if you wish.
Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
How could that be bad! I was meaning towards the adorability-compassion that just went up by 1000, and compared it to you and your shenanigans :P
Penguania And Antarctica
I like how you thank us for getting your title correct, yet it still eludes you as to the nature of our D@MN DEMONYMS XD You had gotten it right for like five posts on the Khutongian civil war RP, then you just dropped it like a rotten egg :P
*Angrily points to the box on the left*
Look! Look you silly child!
https://www.nationstates.net/nation=andromitus/detail=factbook/id=644081
(not actually mad but its hilarious af)
Vista Major, Magnatronia
Shenanigans ? 0.o
>100mm
>Not using 240mm
What a b!tch :P
Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/226916018415599626/279621325683818496/Screenshot_2017-02-10-09-35-05.png
your general adorability...adorableness? Adorabilis? Ugh...
Penguania And Antarctica
K, bro. I'll get it right next time dude ;D
Looks like the largest is 105mm
Hi yes I would like for you to listen to this
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/T92_Howitzer_Motor_Carriage
But really, it's chill.
Why was the United Kingdoms ejected?
Flynnvakia
Yeah, why was he?
Yukona
Still trying to figure it out myself. I contacted him offering apologies, chastised Mdogao, not that it seemed to take. Like it came out of nowhere, he just ejected the guy. No reason. No warning. No trial. Absolutely nothing was said to me. He just did it.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
So much for due process.
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
No bloody kidding.
Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Because he was a non-citizen who came here and immediately began to troll. I sent him a telegram telling him to be polite. He declined. I ejected him.
My opinion is that United Kingdoms received all of the due process he was entitled to. If a member of the public disagrees, they are welcome to petition the legislature to recall me.
Nuremgard, looks like some folks found a tree William Wallace was supposedly chained to... behind a supermarket
Jaslandia
So why'd you refuse to warn people before ejecting people?
Jaslandia
Indeed. Plus, I'd hardly call what he was doing 'trolling'; he was a newbie who was eager to learn.
Do we need an impeachment?
Don't quite agree with that, but I see where you're coming from.
Not really.
Elections are legit tomorrow, so it's pretty moot to boot him over this only twelve hours earlier than normal.
I recommend just waiting a few hours and letting a normal election go on, provided he doesn't do anything illegal, that is.
Jaslandia
I heard aye. Saw the headline in the Herald. Had a picture of the supermarket but not the tree. Fantastic journalism.
Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica
I advise a public announcement beforehand. Then it could be officially approved rather than acting on impulse.
Marketing. Now you know where to go shopping. :P
Nuremgard
Need time to cut it down.
Can't let the Scottish Republican Army have monument ;P
Nuremgard
Funnily enough the supermarket is a Lidl.
Us Yes voters will be lining up in droves to throw stones at the traitorous tree.
Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
German supermarket next to a historic Scottish tree. Sounds legit. :)
Nuremgard, Aldaur
Sounds to me like Germany is looking for a Scottish Colony ;P
Nuremgard, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
Oh I wouldn't mind that ;P
Nuremgard, Aldaur
Hear that Nur?
Close your eyes and remember you ain't a part of Britain's kingdom anymore ;P
Nuremgard, Aldaur, Penguania And Antarctica
Anything's better than being ruled by Westminster.
Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica
Why did...why did ContCom just move to Rejected Realms?
Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Although I don't agree with his methods, nothing Mdogao did here was illegal. Non-citizens do not have rights.
Because I take feedback from the public, not instructions.
No.
It is 100% within your rights to start the process. I would actually welcome an official investigation and reprimand over criticism and armchair lawyering.
Oh no. :(
[nation=short]Continental Commonwealths[/nation] please come back. I'll miss you. ;_;
Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland
Wait, what? Why would he do that without warning? Odd. I really hope he comes back soon.
Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona
Everyone calm down. He probably just wanted a break and went to find a quiet spot for a while. We shouldn't panic just because someone decided to leave, let's give him to weeks to respond or come back, then we can panic.
So you take feedback from the people...but you took it before people said anything?
To get this one hundred percent clear: You warned him, you kicked him, people asked you to warn people before kicking them and you refused because you want feedback, not instructions?
Now, I agree with Unf in that you didn't do anything illegal, but you might need to explain further.
Jaslandia
I meant during this time. What I said on Discord was debated, and we all came to a reasonable conclusion. I was saying that over the span of the election, I never said that.
https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=741273
Scroll down to Responsibilities.
The "We ask you to" may be what people are taking as "You must"
Ah yes. I added that awhile back, let me change it.
Corrected (I think). Does it look better?
Yes
Yes
No
I think he was being a twit. I think you should have consulted people a bit more, but eh.
Much, thank you.
So, I don't want to seem like a jerk, but those aren't answers and ain't really conductive towards getting another job in Government. >.>
Like, please explain why you refuse to do what you were already doing.
Jaslandia, The United Providences Of Perland
No. If you have a problem with my policies as MoJ, feel free to move to impeach me and/or vote against me in any future elections.
Well, I'll certainly make a note about it, but I'm confused as to why you refuse to defend it.
The role of a defender of the public interest isn't to be closed off to the people, and I'd think it's rather strange that you're literally refusing to actually answer any questions.
A single message is all that's needed, mate, and I'm damned certain you could explain the "whys" here...if nothing else I hope that our future MoJ observes this and files it properly under "What not to do"
The United Providences Of Perland
Ok
omg you are just the worst lol
Magnatronia
Good point. Do go on?
Kalaron
Ayyyy, welcome back!
Please don't feed the trolls.
In my opinion, he wasn't a troll, I would know because I do it a lot. At first he was nice, instead of trying to make everyone offended/angry/etc., but he asked a question and expected a good/decent answer, as most likely everyone else would expect the same, sh!t hit the fan, and it all went downhill from there.
The United Providences Of Perland, Yukona, The Mercantile League
Thank you for your feedback.
Or we can take a break for the Internet instead of staring at screens constantly. His depature is quiet odd, but perhaps we can find out what happened
The United Providences Of Perland
I respectfully disagree.
How is everyone ?
The United Providences Of Perland
Decent enough, you?
Penguania And Antarctica
I'm okay. Tired tho.
Einsiev
I'm well, yourself?
Penguania And Antarctica
Just look above. :)
Einsiev, The United Providences Of Perland
I'd like to wish everyone an early and happy Tisha B'av! I should've bought a tree seed earlier in the week but oh well, school gets in the way of a lot.
Penguania And Antarctica
Starting soon, this region will have the option to choose a new slate of leaders. The past two months have seen needless government bloating and bureacracy, a slate of inaccessible and unforgiving government departments, and most recently immoral and, in my opinion, unconstitutional unilateral banjections of newcomers to the region by this administration.
Our leaders have made it abundantly clear that they have no interest in answering to the people they serve by threatening to investigate dissidents, refusing to answer for their actions, and insulting any citizens that disagree with the policies of this administration. They don't want to answer to the people willingly, so they will answer to the ballot box. Empowered by the people who were promised a caring and compassionate new government, we will elect new leaders to replace those that have only been able to give us stagnation and fear of lawlessness.
Happy voting!
Vista Major, Kalaron, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona, United Kingdoms
lol you are terribly longwinded
No but really I'm still waiting for this investigation...I want it.
I have eaten so many tacos tonight. I absolutely regret buying the big taco box. It was glorious though.
Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica
Lucky lol.
Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra
Lucky lol.
Penguania And Antarctica, Tserra
Hello, I'm Humph. Since you felt the need to point that out I feel like we have never met because everyone that does know me already knows that.
United Kingdoms
Lol egotist
Humph's not an egotist...he's...longwinded :D
Einsiev
Oh, you again. Hello.
Post self-deleted by Magnatronia.
"Magnatronia...slave state"
I know what you are, but what am I
United Kingdoms
[pre]https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=768502 - Kep 4 MoFA - A Hurrah for the People[/pre]
Hello,
My name is Kep, I go by many names, at current, my nicknames include Rawr [ [nation=short]Rardium[/nation] as used in the COL ] and Rard [ also for Rardium ], previously in my history, I have gone by at least eight names during my NS tenure. My time on NS dates back to 2013 when I discovered this game as I was searching for a simulation game and a game by the name of Cyber Nations just wasn't fitting the bill, since then, NS has became my online home and one of my favorite things to due in my freetime. As you can see, in my factbooks on [nation=short]Rardium[/nation] and [nation=short]Aegyptus_Republic[/nation], I have spent hours, maybe even days [ who knows at this point '~' ] duing NS-ish stuff for fun and sometimes for requirements. Today, I come to you as Kep and I am asking you to endorse me for your Minister of Foreign Affairs of the CoFN, a region that is growing each day and is certainly a region not to be left in the wind, as the CoFN goes, so shall many other regions. Many look up to the CoFN and I will hope to continue it if I am elected as your Minister of Foreign Affairs, I promise you I will devote my energies to simply making CoFN a better place for many to live in, the CoFN will continue to grow for ages and um.. weeks to come.
On the issue of embassies, keeping with my factbook, I say this: "I [ Kep ] will continue the fabulous works of previous MoFA's concerning moving forward on embassies, as I wish CoFN to continue on a path of somewhat-isolationism, I will be proposing a law concerning opening embassies moving forwards. Some embassies I will be interested in shutting down and/or downgrading to consulate status as some I believe would be useless for CoFN, I will push for opening embassies with The Western Isles." TWI is a growing region that competes for the spotlight with other regions, especially the well-established regions including the various Pacific's, if CoFN is to boost its prestige, working out embassies and agreements with regions like these will only reflect well on the CoFN and its people. I will be interested in adding five-to-six new embassies during my tenure in hopes of boosting CoFN in the regional opinions of NS, CoFN stands at a crossroads at this time.
Next up, my foreign policies shape up as the following according to my factbook and personal opinion: "I will be an ardent supporter of recruitment as that is what drives members and continually has proven to be a way to bring in quality roleplayers to any region, not just the CoFN. The CoFN functions as a tight unit, while I understand the CoFN is perhaps weary of newcomers, it is important to embrace new members to this region, I will work on finding new members for this region to grow and would set monthly quotas for the Ministry to fill concerning new members." Included, I will push to establish an Under-Ministry of Recruitment, that will only further my goal for plans to grow the CoFN, the region has untapped wealth mired in its depths that have yet to be discovered, CoFN will continue to embrace its current members however, as that is what brought the CoFN to fruition.
All in all, I hope that you choose "A Hurrah for the People" and vote the Kep 4 MoFA ticket.
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Vista Major, Mdogao
You grumped, I grumped, we all grumped, now lets exchange some huggles and move on :D
Vista Major
Cheers
I love how you botched that up :D
it's "I know you are but what am I" it's like your in a court and claiming your innoguilty or guiltocent :P
Magnatronia
Ugh, I hate when people go all in on fanboying over Israeli Mil-Tech.
In a modern world war, breaking the mobility of your tank will probably be the worst thing that could happen, so the fact that it's an integral design choice to have the Engine be second in the line of fire in the Merkava is down right silly, and it won't stand up to modern tanks >:L
Lol we get it. You are a high-school aged male with Internet and no friends
Forgive me for asking, but how exactly did you find our Region, and why does it seem like you know quite a bit?
Congrats, you've downgraded from "New guy with a temper" to "Man with a persistent case of aggrevating gastrointestinal distress".
Magnatronia
Lol okay bro enjoy your fake expertise
👌
Don't regret it then, sounds great :P
Magnatronia
Post by United Kingdoms suppressed by a moderator.
Yo, Kal. You really seem to love military stuff. I think you might have that obsession with military, I forget its official name. Frederick the Great and Peter III of Russia had it too. :P
Kalaron
>Inb4 "Overcompensation"
And you regard yourself as a troll, though you aren't particularly good at it.
Like, at least make a right proper account with WA before trying to be mean.
It's not that he loves military stuff. It's that he holds himself out as an expert when he clearly is just skimming articles and regurgitating them.
Do not talk to my lover in such manner! It is ok Kal, we can snuggle.
lol you are such a whiny little gelding. i came here with constructive comments. when i realized the residences of this region are only interested in pandering and self-congratulations, i decided "when in rome" and joined the fun
I hope you don't play with toy soldiers in your bed like Peter did. :P
Kalaron
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