Given all the controversy over the Vietnam War, I have to think that the public would be more than a little peeved if a President had decided to start *another* war, and over something as minuscule as rhetorical and humanitarian support (Sweden did not send the VC any weapons), especially if it...
Wasn't Mitterand the first left-of-centre French President since 1954? Maybe if the Gaullists found a way to co-opt some of the moderate swing voters, or if the Socialists and Communists were avowed bitter enemies instead of occasionally working together, they could have stayed in power to the...
Since this Britain is an EU member, which of the EU parliamentary groups are affiliated with the British parties? I'm assuming GUE-NGL for the People's Alliance and S&D for the Social Democrats, but I'm wondering where National and the Centrists line up. Would EPP accept a party that, if nothing...
My understanding is that the regular German army was vastly outnumbered by the SA. However, I don't know what kind of training and equipment the SA had, so I'm not sure what to think re: which of them would win in a stand-up fight.
Looking at the results of the March 1933 Reichstag election, the Enabling Act would have needed 432 votes to pass if all MPs were in attendance. If you add up the seats for the Nazis, the DNVP's coalition, the Centre Party, and the Bavarian People's Party, you get...432 votes. It actually passed...
If some weird medical fluke drastically changed his personality, he'd probably have been forced out on the grounds of being unhealthy. There were plenty of other high-ranking Nazis who genuinely believed in their ideology beyond just "get Hitler into power," so it's hard to believe they all just...
Are older North Koreans who remember life during the Cold War likely to be more skeptical of the government's propaganda? For that matter, are there many North Koreans who *do* believe most of it, or are they mostly just playing along to stay out of the regime's sights?
Did the younger generation build on Robert Kardashian's notoriety to make a name for themselves? I never knew how and why they came into the public eye, other than that they were an example of "being famous for being famous."
I remember a partly-finished TL about a Cold War with the Nazis where the U.S. starts forming alliances of convenience with communists. I suppose that would depend partly on the extent to which (a) the Nazis try to expand their influence by supporting right-wing authoritarian client regimes, and...
Maybe somebody pulls a General Ripper and is quickly disavowed by their own side, and (unlike in the movie) there's no "Doomsday Weapon" that automatically gets launched if a few of the nukes slip through.
This guy was leader of the DNVP for a while and moved towards working within the Weimar structures while remaining a monarchist, and left the party in 1930 after Hugenberg took over. Maybe he'd take a comparatively moderate tack if the DNVP actually wins a Reichstag election while he's in charge.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Directed by Ed Wood. Written by Richard O'Brien.
I could, with a lot of effort, perhaps imagine a version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show that would have succeeded as a sort of self-parody with better direction and acting. But why the studio elected to...
Mulholland Drive (2002)
Directed by Alan Smithee and Chris Carter
Written by David Lynch and Joss Whedon
I understand that the studio had David Lynch's rejected television pilot sitting around and wanted to do something with it, and you can see how the first hour and 45 minutes might have, in...