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Hope everyone is enjoying the New Year, but I just want to let everyone know I decided to switch from Internal to foreign affairs. I don't need to say much as you all know my experience in that position. I've learned a lot over my time in the Foreign Affairs Ministry, from the beginning in the CFN to our dramatic changes and keeping in touch with our allies. I've have seen a lot over the last 2 years with you all. Maybe not as much as papa Jaslandia but enough to say we've endured alot, and we have stuck together, even If it isn't quite as strong as the good old days. I know that I want to help, I joke about" retirement", but I miss doing good for you all. #Oel4MoFA

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton, Cesorion

Oelesa wrote:Hope everyone is enjoying the New Year, but I just want to let everyone know I decided to switch from Internal to foreign affairs. I don't need to say much as you all know my experience in that position. I've learned a lot over my time in the Foreign Affairs Ministry, from the beginning in the CFN to our dramatic changes and keeping in touch with our allies. I've have seen a lot over the last 2 years with you all. Maybe not as much as papa Jaslandia but enough to say we've endured alot, and we have stuck together, even If it isn't quite as strong as the good old days. I know that I want to help, I joke about" retirement", but I miss doing good for you all. #Oel4MoFA

I SECOND THIS

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica

Cesorion wrote:SCJs are not up for election. They serve four months, remember?

I'll check the constitution on that, but you might be right

Vista Major wrote:I'll check the constitution on that, but you might be right

ContComm said that the other day. ContComm can't be wrong

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Oelesa, Mercunova

Cesorion wrote:ContComm said that the other day. ContComm can't be wrong

Excellent point

Jaslandia, Cesorion

For a Safe and Securer Society, with Unity and Equality. I will make sure that our alliances will stand strong and that all parties will be treated equally. We must stay strong if there are to be turbulent times ahead. Minnesota Dakota for Minister of Foreign Affairs.

#MD4MoFA #Unité #Egalité

Penguania And Antarctica

Oelesa wrote:Hope everyone is enjoying the New Year, but I just want to let everyone know I decided to switch from Internal to foreign affairs. I don't need to say much as you all know my experience in that position. I've learned a lot over my time in the Foreign Affairs Ministry, from the beginning in the CFN to our dramatic changes and keeping in touch with our allies. I've have seen a lot over the last 2 years with you all. Maybe not as much as papa Jaslandia but enough to say we've endured alot, and we have stuck together, even If it isn't quite as strong as the good old days. I know that I want to help, I joke about" retirement", but I miss doing good for you all. #Oel4MoFA

Minnesota Dakota wrote:For a Safe and Securer Society, with Unity and Equality. I will make sure that our alliances will stand strong and that all parties will be treated equally. We must stay strong if there are to be turbulent times ahead. Minnesota Dakota for Minister of Foreign Affairs.

#MD4MoFA #Unité #Egalité

Hyderbourg and Kalaron,shouldn't ballots have been sent out already?

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Cesorion wrote:Hyderbourg and Kalaron,shouldn't ballots have been sent out already?

I'll give Hyd an hour, if he doesn't have it posted by that point, I'll post my own.

Also, wow being sick sucks :/

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton, Cesorion

Kalaron wrote:I'll give Hyd an hour, if he doesn't have it posted by that point, I'll post my own.

Also, wow being sick sucks :/

Hope you get well soon. (You don't post ballots, you TG them via region-wide TG)

Percyton

Cesorion wrote:Hope you get well soon. (You don't post ballots, you TG them via region-wide TG)

I know, that's what I meant.

Cesorion

Kalaron wrote:I know, that's what I meant.

Perfect

Alright, forgo'd the whole hour thing since Hyde isn't on and I need some sleep, hope y'all forgive me :P

Did make a type tho, meant that the only "Challenged" election was the MOFA, sorry!

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota, Percyton, Cesorion

[spoiler=Today is January 1 and today are:]

Today are:

- Commitment Day

- Constitution Day (Italy)

- Copyright Law Day

- Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic (Slovakia)

- Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)

- Emancipation Day (United States)

- Euro Day (European Union)

- Feast of the Holy Family (Spain)

- Flag Day (Lithuania)

- Founding Day (Taiwan)

- Global Family Day

- Handsel Monday (Scotland, UK)

- Independence Day (Brunei, Cameroon, Haiti, Sudan)

- International Nepali Dhoti and Nepali Topi Day

- Japanese New Year

- Jump-up Day (Montserrat)

- Kalpataru Day (Ramakrishna Movement)

- Kamakura Ebisu (Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan)

- National Bloody Mary Day (United States)

- National Hangover Day (United States)

- National Thank God It’s Monday Day (United States)

- National Tree Planting Day (Tanzania)

- New Year's Day (Gregorian calendar)

- Novy God Day (Russia)

- Polar Bear Swim Day or Polar Bear Plunge Day (Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States)

- Public Domain Day

- Restoration Day of the Independent Czech State (Czech Republic)

- Sjoogwachi (Okinawa Islands)

- Triumph of the Revolution (Cuba)

- World Day of Peace

- Weigh-In Day

- Z Day

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The UN has not declared 2018 as International Year for any specific topic.

[spoiler=January is observed as:]

January is observed as:

- Adopt a Rescued Bird Month

- Apple and Apricots Month

- Artichoke and Asparagus Month

- Bath Safety Month

- Be Kind to Food Servers Month

- Book Blitz Month

- Bread Machine Baking Month

- California Dried Plum Digestive Health Month

- California Restaurant Month

- Celebration of Life Month

- Cervical Cancer Screening Month

- Cervical Health Awareness Month

- Eye Care Month

- Family Fit Lifestyle Month

- Financial Wellness Month

- Get a Life Balanced Month

- Get Organized Month

- Human Resource Month

- International Brain Teaser Month

- International Change Your Stars Month

- International Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month

- International Creativity Month

- International New Year's Resolution Month for Businesses

- International Quality of Life Month

- International Wayfinding Month

- International Wealth Mentality Month

- March of Dimes Birth Defects Prevention Month

- National Be On-Purpose Month

- National Birth Defects Prevention Awareness Month

- National Blood Donor Month

- National Book Blitz Month

- National Braille Literacy Month

- National Candy Month

- National Child Centered Divorce Awareness Month

- National Clean Up Your Computer Month

- National Egg Month

- National Fiber Focus Month

- National Glaucoma Awareness Month

- National Hobby Month

- National Hot Tea Month

- National Mail Order Gardening Month

- National Meat Month

- National Mentoring Month

- National Oatmeal Month

- National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month

- National Physiotherapy Month

- National Polka Music Month

- National Poverty in America Awareness Month

- National Radon Action Month

- National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month

- National Skating Month

- National Stalking Awareness Month

- National Soup Month

- National Staying Healthy Month

- National Thank You Month

- National Train Your Dog Month

- National Volunteer Blood Donor Month

- National Wheat Bread Month

- Oatmeal Month

- Prune Breakfast Month

- Retail Bakers Month

- Rising Star Month

- Self-Help Group Awareness Month

- Self-Love Month

- Shape Up US Month

- Teen Driving Awareness Month

- Thyroid Disease Awareness Month

- Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month

- Tubers and Dried Fruit Month

- Walk Your Pet Month

- Worldwide Rising Star Month

Note: All month observances with "National" are observances of the United States of America.

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[spoiler=This day in history:]

This day in history:

- 153BC – Roman consuls begin their year in office.

- 45BC – The Julian calendar takes effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year.

- 42BC – The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar.

- AD69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.

- 0193 – The Senate chooses Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor.

- 0404 – Telemachus, a Christian monk, is killed for attempting to stop a gladiators' fight in the public arena held in Rome.

- 0417 – Emperor Honorius forces Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militum).

- 1001 – Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary is named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II.

- 1068 – Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine Emperor.

- 1259 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris.

- 1438 – Albert II of Habsburg is crowned King of Hungary.

- 1502 – The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is first explored by the Portuguese.

- 1515 – King Francis I of France succeeds to the French throne.

- 1527 – Croatian nobles elect Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin.

- 1600 – Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.

- 1651 – Charles II is crowned King of Scotland.

- 1700 – Russia begins using the Anno Domini era instead of the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire.

- 1707 – John V is crowned King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon.

- 1739 – Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.

- 1772 – The first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, is issued by the London Credit Exchange Company.

- 1773 – The hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" is first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire, England.

- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Norfolk, Virginia is burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action.

- 1781 – American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment under General Anthony Wayne's command rebel against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781.

- 1788 – First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published.

- 1801 – The legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland is completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

- 1801 – Ceres, the largest and first known object in the Asteroid belt, is discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi.

- 1803 – Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam.

- 1804 – French rule ends in Haiti. Haiti becomes the first black republic and second independent country in North America after the United States

- 1806 – The French Republican Calendar is abolished.

- 1808 – The United States bans the importation of slaves.

- 1810 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales

- 1812 – The Bishop of Durham, Shute Barrington, orders troops from Durham Castle to break up a miners' strike in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham

- 1822 – The Greek Constitution of 1822 is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.

- 1833 – The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

- 1847 – The world's first "Mercy" Hospital is founded in Pittsburgh by the Sisters of Mercy; the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.

- 1860 – First Polish stamp is issued.

- 1861 – Porfirio Díaz conquers Mexico City, Mexico.

- 1863 – American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect in Confederate territory.

- 1877 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom is proclaimed Empress of India.

- 1881 – Ferdinand de Lesseps begins French construction of the Panama Canal.

- 1885 – Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones)

- 1890 – Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.

- 1892 – Ellis Island opens to begin processing immigrants into the United States.

- 1898 – New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.

- 1899 – Spanish rule ends in Cuba.

- 1901 – Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.

- 1901 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.

- 1902 – The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.

- 1908 – For the first time, a ball is dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight.

- 1910 – Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members), since Horatio Nelson.

- 1912 – The Republic of China is established.

- 1914 – The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.

- 1920 – The Belorussian Communist Organisation is founded as a separate party.

- 1923 – Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.

- 1927 – The Cristero War begins in Mexico.

- 1928 – Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.

- 1929 – The former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia are amalgamated into Vancouver.

- 1932 – The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.

- 1934 – Alcatraz Island becomes a United States federal prison.

- 1934 – Nazi Germany passes the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring".

- 1937 – Safety glass in vehicle windscreens becomes mandatory in the United Kingdom.

- 1942 – The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.

- 1945 – World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops kill 60 German POWs at Chenogne.

- 1945 – World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.

- 1947 – The American and British occupation zones in Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.

- 1947 – The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.

- 1948 – The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.

- 1949 – United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.

- 1950 – Standard practice uses this day as the origin of the age scale Before Present

- 1956 – Sudan achieves independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom.

- 1957 – George Town, Penang becomes a city by a royal charter granted by Elizabeth II.

- 1958 – European Economic Community established on this day.

- 1959 – Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution.

- 1960 – Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.

- 1962 – Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.

- 1964 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.

- 1965 – The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.

- 1971 – Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.

- 1973 – Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.

- 1978 – Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing 213.

- 1979 – Formal diplomatic relations are established between China and the United States.

- 1981 – Greece is admitted into the European Community.

- 1982 – Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.

- 1983 – The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.

- 1984 – The original American Telephone & Telegraph Company is divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T.

- 1984 – Brunei becomes independent of the United Kingdom.

- 1985 – The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.

- 1986 – Aruba becomes independent of Curaçao, though it remains in free association with the Netherlands.

- 1988 – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America comes into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States.

- 1989 – The Montreal Protocol comes into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion.

- 1990 – David Dinkins is sworn in as New York City's first black mayor.

- 1993 – Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: Czechoslovakia is divided into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.

- 1994 – The Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiates twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

- 1994 – The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) comes into effect.

- 1995 – The World Trade Organization goes into effect.

- 1995 – The Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway is detected, confirming the existence of freak waves.

- 1995 – Austria, Finland and Sweden join the EU.

- 1996 – Curaçao gains limited self-government, though it remains within free association with the Netherlands.

- 1998 – Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence.

- 1999 – Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exceptions of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).

- 2002 – Euro currency becomes legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states.

- 2004 – In a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf wins 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, is "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007.

- 2007 – Bulgaria and Romania join the EU.

- 2007 – Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Sulawesi Strait, Indonesia with 102 people on board.

- 2009 – Sixty-six people die in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand.

- 2010 – A suicide car bomber detonates at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more.

- 2011 – A bomb explodes as Coptic Christians in Alexandria, Egypt, leave a new year service, killing 23 people.

- 2013 – At least 60 people are killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

- 2016 – The Address Downtown Dubai burns over midnight as the New Year is rung in. The blaze started on the night of New Year's Eve 2015, by currently unknown causes. There was one fatality.

- 2017 – An attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, during New Year's celebrations, kills at least 39 people and injures more than 60 others.

- 2017 – Portuguese politician and diplomat António Guterres was officially elected Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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[spoiler=Famous Birthdays:]

Famous Birthdays:

- 377 – Arcadius, Byzantine emperor

- 1431 – Pope Alexander VI

- 1449 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian politician

- 1484 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian

- 1735 – Paul Revere, American silversmith and engraver

- 1752 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States

- 1863 – Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee

- 1864 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator

- 1879 – William Fox, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres

- 1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

- 1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat

- 1919 – J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author

- 1945 – Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver

- 1951 – Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver

- 1956 – Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

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Quote of the day

New Year's Day. A fresh start. A new chapter in life waiting to be written. New questions to be asked, embraced, and loved. Answers to be discovered and then lived in this transformative year of delight and self-discovery. Today carve out a quiet interlude for yourself in which to dream, pen in hand. Only dreams give birth to change.

- Sarah Ban Breathnach -

Note: Penguania_And_Antarctica assumes no responsibility or guarantee for correctness of any given information. Any recourse to courts of law is excluded.

Jaslandia, Vista Major, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Lex Caledonia, Minnesota Dakota, Mercunova, Percyton, James The Red Engine, Duke The Old Engine

Continental Commonwealths just got your Issue: Carbon Emissions Are Why We Can’t Have Nice Things!!!

Jaslandia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Today is January 1 and today are:

This day in history:

- 153BC – Roman consuls begin their year in office.

- AD1815 – Mercunovan consuls begin their year in office.

:D

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, Duke The Old Engine

Hey Nuremgard.

I got your "Vexing VAT" issue. I took the option which reduces taxes for the poor and increases them for the rich. :D

Nuremgard, Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hey Nuremgard.

I got your "Vexing VAT" issue. I took the option which reduces taxes for the poor and increases them for the rich. :D

Good man. :)

But I have noticed that if you abolish VAT altogether, income tax goes up.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Good man. :)

But I have noticed that if you abolish VAT altogether, income tax goes up.

I didn't. So, I think I'm doing good, no?

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I didn't. So, I think I'm doing good, no?

It's the choice I took with Nuremgard too.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:It's the choice I took with Nuremgard too.

#ChoiceBuddies :)

Anyway. How are you, pal?

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:#ChoiceBuddies :)

Anyway. How are you, pal?

I'm alright, how are you?

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I'm alright, how are you?

Doing alright. Survived the New Year's celebration. And I must say that 2018 doesn't feel different then 2017. :P

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Doing alright. Survived the New Year's celebration. And I must say that 2018 doesn't feel different then 2017. :P

New Years never feel different to the old one. Just another day.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:New Years never feel different to the old one. Just another day.

That's why I don't believe in New Years resolutions. You can change your life any day. Doesn't need to be a specific date.

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Axeldonia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:That's why I don't believe in New Years resolutions. You can change your life any day. Doesn't need to be a specific date.

A good way to think.

Penguania And Antarctica

Remember that recreational marijuana is now de facto legal in California.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Oelesa, Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

So many options in this new ballot can someone help me choose plz telegram if you can ty

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:A good way to think.

Do you do resolutions?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Do you do resolutions?

No because I'd never stick to them.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:No because I'd never stick to them.

I think most people do not stick to their resolutions. Humans are lazy. :P

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I think most people do not stick to their resolutions. Humans are lazy. :P

And fickle. You wouldn't believe how many times I've sworn off newspapers. Want to know how well that's going? I'm reading one right now.

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:And fickle. You wouldn't believe how many times I've sworn off newspapers. Want to know how well that's going? I'm reading one right now.

Hehe :)

I like newspapers. Mostly.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Hehe :)

I like newspapers. Mostly.

I hate most of them. And the comments are worse. Because when you read some of the inane stupidity, vacuousness and bile in many of them, it scares me to think these people can vote.

But then it perfectly explains why Britain is such a nasty little sh!thole when it comes to politics and why Tory governments keep winning.

Governments are reflections of the people that elect them.

Penguania And Antarctica

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Remember that recreational marijuana is now de facto legal in California.

Good

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I hate most of them. And the comments are worse. Because when you read some of the inane stupidity, vacuousness and bile in many of them, it scares me to think these people can vote.

But then it perfectly explains why Britain is such a nasty little sh!thole when it comes to politics and why Tory governments keep winning.

Governments are reflections of the people that elect them.

Well, I usualy just read the regional newspaper because we have a subscription to it. It's called "Volksstimme" (People's Voice). A pretty unique name among the newspaper names in Germany if I may add.

Nuremgard

Oelesa wrote:Good

I hope Jeff Sessions is crying right now.

Oelesa

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Well, I usualy just read the regional newspaper because we have a subscription to it. It's called "Volksstimme" (People's Voice). A pretty unique name among the newspaper names in Germany if I may add.

I typically read the Herald and Guardian (both of which are sycophantic establishment rags) and The National, Bella Caledoia and Wings Over Scotland for my pro-indy stuff.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I typically read the Herald and Guardian (both of which are sycophantic establishment rags) and The National, Bella Caledoia and Wings Over Scotland for my pro-indy stuff.

For me, I sometimes watch Secular Talk, but mostly just read BBC News, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vox.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:For me, I sometimes watch Secular Talk, but mostly just read BBC News, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vox.

Don't bother with BBC News. It's the British government's propaganda outlet.

Nuremgard wrote:Don't bother with BBC News. It's the British government's propaganda outlet.

I mostly read it for international and US coverage, so I don't think that's a problem for me.

Andromitus wrote:Continental Commonwealths just got your Issue: Carbon Emissions Are Why We Can’t Have Nice Things!!!

Nice! Which option did you go with?

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I typically read the Herald and Guardian (both of which are sycophantic establishment rags) and The National, Bella Caledoia and Wings Over Scotland for my pro-indy stuff.

Well, we just hear or read what we want to hear or read. To show understanding of the opposite side is what we rarely do because what we think and believe is the utmost right. Isn't it?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Well, we just hear or read what we want to hear or read. To show understanding of the opposite side is what we rarely do because what we think and believe is the utmost right. Isn't it?

Yup. You can read whatever you want to confirm your own biases and prejudices. That's just what humans do. We all think we're right and everyone else is wrong/stupid. Humans are arseholes. But people who are right-wing are definitely bigger arseholes.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:I mostly read it for international and US coverage, so I don't think that's a problem for me.

Lucky you.

Nuremgard wrote:Yup. You can read whatever you want to confirm your own biases and prejudices. That's just what humans do. We all think we're right and everyone else is wrong/stupid. Humans are arseholes. But people who are right-wing are definitely bigger arseholes.

And when we lack of arguments we insult each other or get into bar fights.

Nuremgard

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:And when we lack of arguments we insult each other or get into bar fights.

Aye, that's how it is.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:But people who are right-wing are definitely bigger arseholes.

Like that guy who called us all cucks and left the region after staying here for a few days.

Nuremgard wrote:Lucky you.

What other news networks should I also not read?

Nuremgard, Jaslandia, Lex Caledonia

Nuremgard wrote:Aye, that's how it is.

I heard that Scottish people get really quickly into fights. Is that true?

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Like that guy who called us all cucks and left the region after staying here for a few days.

What other news networks should I also not read?

Yup. Cuck is such a funny word for a right winger to use. They're in thrall to corporate interests yet us lefties are the cucks.

Better to be a cuck than a corporate c*cksucker.

I'm not going to tell you which news outlets to avoid. I know I told you to avoid BBC but whatevvs. Read whatever you want.

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I heard that Scottish people get really quickly into fights. Is that true?

A stereotype. I'm sure there's bars in every country where people get into fights quickly.

If you want to get into a fight quickly up here, go into an Orange Lodge and shout "f*ck the Queen!" In fact, you might not make it out alive if you did that.

Penguania And Antarctica, Minnesota Dakota

Nuremgard wrote:Yup. Cuck is such a funny word for a right winger to use. They're in thrall to corporate interests yet us lefties are the cucks.

Better to be a cuck than a corporate c*cksucker.

I'm not going to tell you which news outlets to avoid. I know I told you to avoid BBC but whatevvs. Read whatever you want.

http://www.gotoquiz.com/how_much_of_a_cuck_are_you_1

I got 78 percent.

Nuremgard, Minnesota Dakota

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Like that guy who called us all cucks and left the region after staying here for a few days.

What other news networks should I also not read?

Business Insider, Sputnik and PopSci are all to be avoided IMO.

Kalaron wrote:Business Insider, Sputnik and PopSci are all to be avoided IMO.

What makes Business Insider that bad? I know Sputnik and PopSci are pretty bull, but what about BI?

Nuremgard wrote:A stereotype. I'm sure there's bars in every country where people get into fights quickly.

If you want to get into a fight quickly up here, go into an Orange Lodge and shout "f*ck the Queen!" In fact, you might not make it out alive if you did that.

Seems those people never heard about the monopoly on violence.

Vetriutan 2

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Seems those people never heard about the monopoly on violence.

At least we all know that Peng is an anarchist in the making. Isn't that right?

Vetriutan 2 wrote:At least we all know that Peng is an anarchist in the making. Isn't that right?

What do you mean?

Vetriutan 2 wrote:http://www.gotoquiz.com/how_much_of_a_cuck_are_you_1

I got 78 percent.

Same.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:What makes Business Insider that bad? I know Sputnik and PopSci are pretty bull, but what about BI?

BI tends to be pretty uneducated as to the nature of military programs, and they unfortunately miseducate people as a result. In short; whereas Sputnik purposely does it, BI unintentionally does it.

Sput: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/233369021632872448/397196421520031754/SmartSelectImage_2017-12-31-20-06-52.png

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:What do you mean?

Acknowledging the state's monopoly on violence is the first step.

Penguania And Antarctica

Minnesota Dakota wrote:Same.

"Anyone who isn't a racist wants to see their people dead."

Vetriutan 2 wrote:http://www.gotoquiz.com/how_much_of_a_cuck_are_you_1

I got 78 percent.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Acknowledging the state's monopoly on violence is the first step.

I am a 56% cuck.

Mercunova

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Seems those people never heard about the monopoly on violence.

These people are not the brightest crayons in the box.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:The question is: did you partake?

The dude abides

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Yukona wrote:The dude abides

Eh? I don't speak Frat.

Nuremgard wrote:I am a 56% cuck.

How did you answer the thing?

Vetriutan 2 wrote:How did you answer the thing?

You want me to tell you how I answered every question? lol

Nuremgard wrote:You want me to tell you how I answered every question? lol

No, just give me a general feel for how you answered in regards to some of the most important parts of the test to you.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:No, just give me a general feel for how you answered in regards to some of the most important parts of the test to you.

My responses were generally liberal. I believe the state should provide for the basic needs of its citizens, that it should responsibly regulate private industry, that only trained individuals should carry guns. I believe LGBT rights should be taught in schools, I believe people should conduct their private lives however they see fit so long as nobody is harmed. And I said that immigrants are free to f*ck off elsewhere if they didn't like our culture.

Vetriutan 2

Nuremgard wrote:My responses were generally liberal. I believe the state should provide for the basic needs of its citizens, that it should responsibly regulate private industry, that only trained individuals should carry guns. I believe LGBT rights should be taught in schools, I believe people should conduct their private lives however they see fit so long as nobody is harmed. And I said that immigrants are free to f*ck off elsewhere if they didn't like our culture.

And that apparently means that you hate your people and have no spine.

http://www.tombstonebuilder.com/generate.php?top1=Nuremgard&top2=1993-2017&top3=NO+SPINE&top4=HIS+BODY+COLLAPSED&sp=

Nuremgard, Oelesa, Minnesota Dakota

Yukona wrote:The dude abides

Stfu Donny

Oelesa, Yukona

Vetriutan 2 wrote:And that apparently means that you hate your people and have no spine.

http://www.tombstonebuilder.com/generate.php?top1=Nuremgard&top2=1993-2017&top3=NO+SPINE&top4=HIS+BODY+COLLAPSED&sp=

Yup. I'm not a gun-totin', liberal-hating, gay-hating, immigrant-hating, neoliberal, authoritarian c*nt so I am a cuck.

I am quite happy being a cuck.

Yukona

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Acknowledging the state's monopoly on violence is the first step.

I acknowledge it. It's the right way.

Nuremgard wrote:Yup. I'm not a gun-totin', liberal-hating, gay-hating, immigrant-hating, neoliberal, authoritarian c*nt so I am a cuck.

I am quite happy being a cuck.

How can you hate liberals and be a neoliberal at the same time?

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I acknowledge it. It's the right way.

T R I G G E R E D

Penguania And Antarctica

Vetriutan 2 wrote:How can you hate liberals and be a neoliberal at the same time?

Liberal in the American sense is anyone remotely on the left or anyone who espouses socially liberal values. Neoliberal is an economic term which means unbridled, unregulated capitalism. Most of the time, modern Cons in both the UK and US are not liberal in the social sense but they are neoliberal in the economic sense.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Liberal in the American sense is anyone remotely on the left or anyone who espouses socially liberal values. Neoliberal is an economic term which means unbridled, unregulated capitalism. Most of the time, modern Cons in both the UK and US are not liberal in the social sense but they are neoliberal in the economic sense.

But you're not American, so why would you use the American definition of liberalism? That's like me using the Chinese definition of socialism (which isn't socialism).

Vetriutan 2 wrote:But you're not American, so why would you use the American definition of liberalism? That's like me using the Chinese definition of socialism (which isn't socialism).

Because most Conservatives in the UK are socially authoritarian like their American counterparts. You'll probably find many Tories in Britain who are socially liberal but the majority of the party are socially backward dinosaurs.

Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:Because most Conservatives in the UK are socially authoritarian like their American counterparts. You'll probably find many Tories in Britain who are socially liberal but the majority of the party are socially backward dinosaurs.

Socially conservatives, yet still wanting 10 out of 10 titties on page three.

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Socially conservatives, yet still wanting 10 out of 10 titties on page three.

Trust me, the Cons in Westminster prefer their females without titties.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Trust me, the Cons in Westminster prefer their females without titties.

It only makes sense.

https://i.imgur.com/8ANb3If.jpg

Penguania And Antarctica

Vetriutan 2 wrote:It only makes sense.

https://i.imgur.com/8ANb3If.jpg

Lucky for me I don't need to deal with women that way.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Lucky for me I don't need to deal with women that way.

Which is because you don't deal with anyone that way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zXDo4dL7SU

Vetriutan 2 wrote:Which is because you don't deal with anyone that way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zXDo4dL7SU

How do you know? I could be the biggest slut walking.

Penguania And Antarctica, Mercunova

Nuremgard wrote:How do you know? I could be the biggest slut walking.

You have stated that repeatedly.

Penguania And Antarctica, Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- International Wealth Mentality Month

Wealth Mentality? What the h*ll does that even mean? It takes a lot more than a mentality to become wealthy. Or is this referring to metaphorical wealth? Jesus, it sounds like something out of a Tai Lopez video.

https://youtu.be/Cv1RJTHf5fk

https://youtu.be/0GIwTG8V-Ko

Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:

- 1948 – The British railway network is nationalized to form British Railways.

And everything went down hill from there. It's a good thing that Percyton's railways managed to escape nationalization and managed to remain independent, otherwise who knows what would have happened? The Beeching Axe? Dieselisation? I shudder to think of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cuts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Great_Britain_1948%E2%80%931994#The_Modernisation_Plan

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, Percyton, The Scottish Twins

Jaslandia wrote:Wealth Mentality? What the h*ll does that even mean? It takes a lot more than a mentality to become wealthy. Or is this referring to metaphorical wealth? Jesus, it sounds like something out of a Tai Lopez video.

https://youtu.be/Cv1RJTHf5fk

https://youtu.be/0GIwTG8V-Ko

I wish I could explain it to you. But I'm just the messenger. :(

Jaslandia

lol I'm watching that series The Crown. A lord criticised the Queen for being boring when she spoke and some random guy punched him and called him a traitor for daring to criticise her.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, The Scottish Twins

Nuremgard wrote:lol I'm watching that series The Crown. A lord criticised the Queen for being boring when she spoke and some random guy punched him and called him a traitor for daring to criticise her.

Monarchy in a nutshell.

Nuremgard, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica, The Scottish Twins

Jaslandia wrote:Monarchy in a nutshell.

Britain hasn't lost its deference.

Jaslandia, Axeldonia, Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Britain hasn't lost its deference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjB692ZZV-M

Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjB692ZZV-M

I remember seeing that.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:I remember seeing that.

I like this parody:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Xz-GFhraY

Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:I like this parody:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Xz-GFhraY

Meh.

Penguania And Antarctica

Nuremgard wrote:Meh.

Better?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNUwc01dypU

Lex Caledonia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Better?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNUwc01dypU

Good song but I'm not much of a fan of the Bruce.

Nuremgard wrote:Good song but I'm not much of a fan of the Bruce.

It's impossible to please you, isn't it? You always find something to nag at, don't you? Reminds me of my older brother. :/

Yukona

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:It's impossible to please you, isn't it? You always find something to nag at, don't you? Reminds me of my older brother. :/

I'm a dour Scot. You cant ever please me. ;)

Jaslandia, Yukona

Nuremgard wrote:I'm a dour Scot. You cant ever please me. ;)

Sad for your potential partner. And I'm sorry for you. :P

Jaslandia

Penguania And Antarctica wrote:Sad for your potential partner. And I'm sorry for you. :P

Your sympathy is noted. :P

Jaslandia, Penguania And Antarctica

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