Things that look like alternate history, but aren't

[Plumber]

Originally Posted by Orville_third

Even more ironically, in 1928, the Republican platform said that under President Coolidge, "This country has been lifted from the depths of a great depression."

That's because under Harding there was a terribly deep, but short, depression.

Originally Posted by Fireaxe888

During the 1932 election Hoover attacked Roosevelt for being anti-government and a tax cutter.

In the 1960s, JFK's tax cut was doomed by fiscal conservatives. Back then being fiscally conservative meant caring about a balance budget, not a 13.9% tax rate. Big-government lover LBJ got the doomed proposal through by cutting the size of the government.

[Rognvald]

The Ned Kelly armor.

It looks like a great helm and curaiss, which were both items used in Europe during the Medieval ages. Perhaps European nations retained heavy armor for their militaries after the invention of gunpowder weapons?

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by LostCosmonaut

Capitalism wins again!

Capitalism always wins.

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Enclave

The Ned Kelly armor.

It looks like a great helm and curaiss, which were both items used in Europe during the Medieval ages. Perhaps European nations retained heavy armor for their militaries after the invention of gunpowder weapons?

I wouldn't call it tactical.

[Color-Copycat]

Propaganda for a 16th century European Union?

[Napoleon53]

What the heck is that? And why is Central Africa beside Britain and Asia under them both?

And his face kind of looks like Napoleon Dynamite without glasses and wearing a crown.

[Iori]

Originally Posted by Napoleon53

What the heck is that? And why is Central Africa beside Britain and Asia under them both?

It's a Europa Regina, they were a somewhat common form of map of Europe in the Middle-Ages meant to show Europe as a single person, that of a Queen.

It's done with Iberia North and Russia South as a result of the use of a derivation of the T and O scheme, which was centered on Jerusalem and showed the world that way.

[Kome]

Originally Posted by Iori

It's a Europa Regina, they were a somewhat common form of map of Europe in the Middle-Ages meant to show Europe as a single person, that of a Queen.

It's done with Iberia North and Russia South as a result of the use of a derivation of the T and O scheme, which was centered on Jerusalem and showed the world that way.

Oh, so your suppose to turn you head to the side and... oh wow, nice. ^^

[Color-Copycat]

Like so

[Napoleon53]

So Germany and Austria are boobs and Hungary is a butt? We Huns always get the bottom of the barrel.

[Color-Copycat]

Was gonna make a joke about how Poland kept getting screwed over during the course of the last few centuries looking at it that way, but it just isn't working.

[Napoleon53]

*puts soap in C-C's mouth*

Anywho: Nicolas Cage is a Civil War veteran:

[metastasis_d]

I like that Bohemia is the naval.

[Petike]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

I like that Bohemia is the naval.

Grammar Stalinist mode: "Navel ! Not naval !"

[metastasis_d]

Originally Posted by Petike

Grammar Stalinist mode: "Navel ! Not naval !"

Word Usage Pol Pot Mode: Spelling! Not grammar!

[Petike]

Originally Posted by metastasis_d

Word Usage Pol Pot Mode: Spelling! Not grammar!

Spelling is also part of grammar.

[Napoleon53]

Maybe Met wants to become a rebellious greaser like me. We scorn rules like bosses. Down with umlauts and capitalization!

[Marc Pasquin]

Originally Posted by Napoleon53

So Germany and Austria are boobs and Hungary is a butt? We Huns always get the bottom of the barrel.

and england is the alien Blob about to attack europe from the back to suck out its brain.

[Napoleon53]

Originally Posted by Marc Pasquin

and england is the alien Blob about to attack europe from the back to suck out its brain.

And it looks like Europa Regina crapped out Malta. And she should really get that Peloponnese looked at.

[stateless_englishman]

Originally Posted by Color-Copycat

Like so

There's something odd about seeing Italy labelled as "Welschland" - I had not realised that the Germans called Italy "Welschland" until recently. From an AH perspective Italia Welschland could be the Welsh empire in the Italian peninsula.