Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes VI (Do Not Post Current Politics or Political Figures Here)

Status
Not open for further replies.
Reader mode
King of the Uzbeks

King of the Uzbeks

B2CBA7C8-C023-4655-8825-472C0E257D71.jpeg



Pershing was elected on a wave of anti-Communist hysteria, as well as a general exhaustion with the Democrats, even as some Republicans viewed him as overly internationalist. His premier policy was probably the Peacetime Sedition Act of 1921. Pershing also oversaw a general deregulation of the economy, headlined by large tax cuts, advocated by Republican political bosses.

Social tensions and economic growth were the hallmarks of the Pershing administration. Pershing was skeptical of the Klan, and was mildly in favor of Black Americans gain more rights, having led a unit of Buffalo Soldiers in his early days. However Pershing lacked the political skills needed to make any substantial progress. Anti-Immigration laws were also passed, and a general crack down on moral issues accompanied his Presidency, although Pershing himself only favored censorship on “subversive” media.

His enforcement of Prohibition and Anti-Labor Laws were firm, at times harsh, but generally fair. He oversaw the expansion of the national Road System.

Had Pershing wanted to run for a third term he probably would have won, having comfortably defeated William McAdoo in 1924. But he refused, citing the two term precedent set by Washington. He did, however, weigh in on the Republican ticket. His influence helped lead to the dark horse nomination of Senator Albert Fall. Which obviously had disastrous consequences later that year. He again refused a draft in 1932, even in the face of a crumbling economy, which was in part of his own making. He would die in 1948, confined to the hospital. In part this was due to his declining mental capacity, on part due to fears he might yet prove a rallying cry to dissidents.
 

Osk

Onondaga Foresters
ONOwiki.png
The Onondaga Foresters are a professional barrelball team based in Onondaga, Haudenosaunee. The team is one of 36 franchise's that make up the Confederal Barrelball Association (CBA) and competes as part of the Central Division of the Northern Conference. The Foresters were the first CBA franchise from a native confederacy, being the sole franchise from a native confederacy until the 1992 CBA Expansion that brought the New River Gators into the league. The franchise was established following the death of High Chief Deganawidah and the end of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy's social doctrine known as the Plan for Haudenosaunee Growth. It was accepted into the CBA in 1972, after years of lobbying by the Haudenosaunee government. It is the first CBA franchise where a realm government owns a majority stake of the franchise, the only other being the New River Gators who are majority-owned by the Mayami Confederacy.

Though the Foresters have seen bouts of relative success since their establishment, the franchise failed to win a championship for the vast majority of its history. Since 1972, the franchise has managed to win 10 division titles throughout its history, five coming in the 2010s. For the early part of its history, the franchise struggled to secure free agents and in keeping talent it gained as a result of the yearly drafts. In recent years, however, the franchise has managed to keep a core of players in the form of 2008 Draft selections Kevin Love and DeAndre Jordan, and 2010 Draft selection Paul George. Despite indications from both Jordan and George in the mid-2010s that they'd depart the franchise after failing to advance to the Finals, ownership succeeded in keeping them. The Love-Jordan-George trio has led the franchise to its five division titles in recent years making the Foresters consistent contenders in the modern era.

This success amounted to the Foresters upset victory over the defending champion York Towers in the Northern Conference Finals during the 2020 CBA Playoffs (played in a "bubble" as a result of the CVD-19 pandemic). With the team's three-point shooting gaining efficiency in the last few seasons, their heightened defense allowed them to outlast the Towers in a thrilling seven game series. The Foresters went on to face the Charleston Clippers in the CBA Finals in a highly anticipated match up. The Clippers were led to the best record in the Southern Conference by their towering duo of DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis, each on final years of their contracts. Kevin Love's performance in these Finals were especially lauded as he banged inside (and outside) with Davis, and DeAndre Jordan's defensive pressure on Cousins, along with George's contributions on the wing, allowed the Foresters to secure their first title in franchise history after six games.

Championships [1 Title]
2020​
 
Steve Brinson

Steve Brinson

KuzW4mY.png

The 2017 Virginia general election was held on May 23, 2017, to elect members of the Virginia House of Delegates. The Laconic Party, led by Speaker and Governor Blair Lee III, won an unprecedented 19-seat swing towards his incumbent government, cutting the size of the traditional opposition, the Arcadian Party, in half, while the Neoliberal Party trebled its seat count.

Since the Southern Spring of the 1960s, Virginian politics has been dominated by the Laconic Party, considered moderate on social issues and in favor of social spending and the "security-industrial state". It has historically been primarily opposed by the Arcadian Party, a party of rural gentry in favor of lower taxes and smaller government. While informal polls suggest that the Democratic Movement, supported by a coalition of petits blancs and free Black people, would be decisive in and perhaps win a fair election, Virginia's systematic regime of malapportionment, property qualifications, and in some cases outright fraud keeps its political presence controlled. Since the late 2000s, a third viable party, the Neoliberal Party, has emerged among middle-class Virginians opposed to the regime's systematic oppression of Black people, immigrants, and Anglo wage laborers and to the cordon sanitaire policy of boycotts and sanctions by nations opposed to such policies.

The election campaign was marked both by renewed border tensions with Kanawha and by campaigns of strikes and civil disobedience led by the Virginia Popular Front...
 
King of the Uzbeks

King of the Uzbeks

FAC653CE-9D5F-49A8-98DC-4613791B0B92.jpeg



What is there to say about Albert Ritchie? The Dark Horse turned one of the most hated Presidents in history.

In the wake or McAdoo’s hard fought, but failed campaign in 1924, the Democratic Party was at a crossroads in 1928, with conservative and progressive wings at each other’s throats. Thus a Dark Horse emerged. Ritchie had been Governor of Maryland for nearly a decade, and was still popular at home. He was staunchly conservative, opposing federal meddling in all areas, and a conservative (but not Klanish) view on race. However he had expanded state level programs as Governor and was a committed wet. This led to his nomination. His election was considered unlikely at first, with the economy still strong and Pershing popular. But Albert Fall proved to be an absolute disaster of a candidate, with major corruption scandals. Ritchie’s small government attitude appealed to civil libertarians, and the beginnings of the farm crisis hurt the GOP in the west. Ritchie was elected by a comfortable margin.

Unfortunately, the economy went to hell just weeks after Inauguration Day. Ritchie was not only unprepared to deal with the financial crisis, he was unwilling. The individual was responsible for their welfare. The states were the proper mode for relief. Progressives begged for a massive effort to help the economy. More pragmatic conservatives begged him for anything. Ritchie didn’t listen. And with his frosty relations with a still Republican Congress, Ritchie would not have been able to do much anyway.

His defeat in 1932 was inevitable. The only question was whether it would come at the Convention or in November. In the end Ritchie was narrowly renominated, and stuck to a progressive platform he despised. He promptly was slaughtered by the Vandenberg/Roosevelt Ticket. He would die in 1935, to much celebration from those who still lived in Ritchievilles. Perhaps it was a small mercy, as it meant the arch-conservative would not see what the Democratic Party became...
 
KolyenuKS

KolyenuKS

King of the Uzbeks said:
View attachment 590396


What is there to say about Albert Ritchie? The Dark Horse turned one of the most hated Presidents in history.

In the wake or McAdoo’s hard fought, but failed campaign in 1924, the Democratic Party was at a crossroads in 1928, with conservative and progressive wings at each other’s throats. Thus a Dark Horse emerged. Ritchie had been Governor of Maryland for nearly a decade, and was still popular at home. He was staunchly conservative, opposing federal meddling in all areas, and a conservative (but not Klanish) view on race. However he had expanded state level programs as Governor and was a committed wet. This led to his nomination. His election was considered unlikely at first, with the economy still strong and Pershing popular. But Albert Fall proved to be an absolute disaster of a candidate, with major corruption scandals. Ritchie’s small government attitude appealed to civil libertarians, and the beginnings of the farm crisis hurt the GOP in the west. Ritchie was elected by a comfortable margin.

Unfortunately, the economy went to hell just weeks after Inauguration Day. Ritchie was not only unprepared to deal with the financial crisis, he was unwilling. The individual was responsible for their welfare. The states were the proper mode for relief. Progressives begged for a massive effort to help the economy. More pragmatic conservatives begged him for anything. Ritchie didn’t listen. And with his frosty relations with a still Republican Congress, Ritchie would not have been able to do much anyway.

His defeat in 1932 was inevitable. The only question was whether it would come at the Convention or in November. In the end Ritchie was narrowly renominated, and stuck to a progressive platform he despised. He promptly was slaughtered by the Vandenberg/Roosevelt Ticket. He would die in 1935, to much celebration from those who still lived in Ritchievilles. Perhaps it was a small mercy, as it meant the arch-conservative would not see what the Democratic Party became...
Click to expand...
so basically a worse hoover? From what I've heard about him (which is basically just the hoovervilles, and the fact that he's the president in Kaiserreich), that seems a bit hard
 
Persephone

Persephone

KolyenuKS said:
so basically a worse hoover? From what I've heard about him (which is basically just the hoovervilles, and the fact that he's the president in Kaiserreich), that seems a bit hard
Click to expand...
To be fair to the guy, Hoover gets a bad rep in popular culture. He more or less singlehandedly helped to organize relief efforts not only to Belgium during WWI, but also to Central and Eastern Europe immediately after WWI, and even went so far as to send a massive amount of relief to famine-affected parts of Soviet Russia during the 1921-1922 famine there. The man did a lot for humanitarian causes during his lifetime, but people love to fellate FDR and vilify Hoover when he was dealt an incredibly bad hand as a result of the Great Depression. In addition to that, KR should not be held as the benchmark for Hoover being awful, since the entire concept of the 2ACW is ASB and only included in the lore in order to make playing as the US actually interesting.
 

Osk

Vistula Pistons
​
VISwiki.png

The Vistula Pistons are one of the oldest franchise's in the Confederal Barrelball Association (CBA) to still be based in the city of its founding, that being Vistula, Ohio, on the shores of Lake Erie. The franchise was founded in 1954 (its first season being the 1954-55 CBA season) and the upcoming 2020-21 CBA season will be its 65th. The franchise celebrated its fiftieth anniversary throughout the 2004-05 CBA season, with the city of Vistula partnering with the organization to promote the team. The team hoped to win a back-to-back championship that season to coincide with the anniversary after winning the title the year before, but they would come up short in the 2005 CBA Finals. The 2005 Finals rank as one of the most watched sporting events of the 2000s. The team currently plays at the Polar Fizz Arena, previously known as the AllRealm Arena prior to Polar Fizz Co.'s purchase of the sports complex in 2015. The team has played at this downtown location since the 1990s, but spent the first decades of its existence playing at the Motor Dome, today still used by an era of varsity sports teams from Vistula University. The franchise has been owned by a group headed by media mogul Usher Raymond IV since 2009.

A combination of their long history and their periodic success has made the Pistons one of the most prominent franchise's in the league. Within four years of joining the league, the Pistons became heavyweights, winning their first division title in the franchise's third season (1957-58), their first conference championship in their fourth (1958-59), and their first national championship a year later when the franchise won the 1960 CBA Finals. The Pistons have had 39 playoff berths throughout their 65 season history, making the playoffs roughly 60% of the time. In that time, the Pistons have won fourteen division titles, five times as part of the Central Division, and nine times as part of the Frontier Division (following the league re-alignment of 1972). The team has competed in ten CBA Finals throughout its history, winning four championships in the process. The teams longest playoff drought occurred during the second half of the 90s and early 2000s, when the Pistons failed to make the playoffs in eight straight seasons (1995-2002) before leading the Frontier Division in 2003 and returning to the postseason. The franchise is currently experiencing its longest streak of consecutive playoff berths, having made the playoffs each year since 2010, a streak of 11 years.

Throughout its various boom periods, the team has been home to a number of star players, including the likes of Bingo Smith, Isiah Thomas, and Zeke Mattis. In the mid-2000s, when the franchise won two of its four championships, the team was led by David Ginobli and Brad Mooney, who the team had acquired through the draft, along with Jason Kidd, who joined the team following the 2002 off-season free agency. During the 2007 season, Brad Mooney suffered a season ending injury after breaking his right leg on January 7th, in a game against the San Agustin Sol. The injury would end up inducing an early retirement from the All-Star forward. The Pistons suffered other injuries and setbacks during the season, and the defending champions failed to make the playoffs. During the 2007 off-season free agency, Jason Kidd left the franchise, effectively bringing this era of the franchise's history to an end.

The modern Pistons came about after scoring draft gold, winning the lottery for the first overall pick in 2008 CBA Draft. The Pistons would use the pick to select Derrick Rose, who would go on to win Rookie of the Year for the 2008-09 season and lead the team back to the playoffs in his sophomore campaign. During the 2012 off-season free agency period, Kevin Durant announced he would be leaving the Philadelphia Warriors and teaming up with Rose in Vistula, ushering in the explosive offense that has been characteristic of the team in the 2010s. The duo would make it to the CBA Finals in just their first season together, and have competed in four since 2013. That being said, some believe Durant and Rose have underperformed, only winning one national title in that time despite being two of the leagues best players. Durant, Rose and the Pistons last made the Finals in 2017, though they have made it to the Conference Finals as recently as this last season (2019-20), and remain championship contenders.

Championships (4 Titles)
1960
2004
2006
2014​
 

Guy712

Nintendogamemaster said:
Wait, why Nixon resigned vicepresidency?
(Also is this an universe where Eisenhower is inmortal?)
Click to expand...
All the VPs serve only two terms for some reason
This is based on older posts I made in this thread, ranging from JFK, Teddy Roosevelt and Nixon although this
was all based on an old Thread IV or V post called Eternal Teddy
 
King of the Uzbeks

King of the Uzbeks

E6E19F97-DE17-410C-96B0-1CACB309A861.jpeg


With the Ritchie Administration’s poor response to the Great Depression, Republicans were scrambling to be the ones to unseat him. The Conservatives were generally for Former Treasury Secretary Charles Dawes, while Progressives backed Senator William Borah. Fearing a deadlock, a compromise candidate was found. Arthur Vandenberg was not even a full term into his Senate career. But he had a reputation as being sensible, representing the center of the Republican Party, and was willing to take the nomination. Vandenberg would be the last Republican President.

Drawing from his running mate’s father, Vandenberg promised a “Fair Deal” for the American people. The sorts of chicanery that allowed the Depression would not be allowed to repeat, although he promised little in the way of direct relief. He won in a landslide over the flailing Ritchie Campaign.

Upon his inauguration in March 1933, Vandenberg and his Republican Majorities did pass the expansive Securities Regulation Act. However the bigger news was a string of bank failures that sent the economy into yet another tailspin. Vandenberg would eventually support legislation that would prevent a repeat of the situation, but that was not helpful for the millions left destitute already. Richievilles became Vandenbergs. And having been failed by both parties, Americans began to turn towards more radical options. After a bad midterm, the Vandenberg Administration reached across the aisle and created the Reconstruction Work and Finance Program. But it was too little, too late, and the program was seen as a bailout for big businesses.

Still, with the nomination of such a controversial man by the Democrats and the surprising strength of Norman Thomas’s Socialist Ticket splitting “the left,” many anticipated a Vandenberg re-election in 1936. Certainly, the Literary Digest polls showed him up. But the Gallup polls showed a different story. And so did the results.

Vandenberg was gracious in defeat to Huey Long, for all that he thought the Louisianan’s plan dangerous to America. Vandenberg returned to Michigan an remained a semi-vocal critic of the regime. He did denounce the Bullard Putsch, which led to him escaping the scrutiny of the Trawling Time. However Long’s growing paranoia, and Vandenberg’s growing criticism of the Government would ultimately doom the former President. In 1949, at the height of the Bloody Spring, “Vandenberg” suddenly “announced” that he was “voluntarily moving” to a “fishing cottage” in the Upper Peninsula. His confinement, which blurred the line between House Arrest and imprisonment, took a toll on his already declining health. He died after just over a year in Marquette.
 

Kermode

HorizonFalling said:
(If there are questions about the meanings of or rationale behind specific amendments, I can provide-just ask.)
Click to expand...
An amendment abolishing "corporate personhood" would have to be worded extremely specifically and extremely narrowly, because outlawing the concept entirely would cause all sorts of issues. Traditionally, corporate personhood is the idea that corporations are bound by contracts or liable for damages and not, say, the CEO or shareholders. You can imagine how getting rid of that would upend business.
 
Reader mode
Top
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top