Recent content by manav95

I wouldn't say the Japanese were lemmings and there was considerable opposition to both the war and the nationalist junta that took over in the 1930s. Japan had been an aristocratic republic on the lines of pre-Representation of the People Act Britain and Germany, and there had been a...

The WHO isn't run by Gro Brundtland who called out China for suppressing news of the outbreak and who took the lead on the response to the outbreak. The result is a worse outbreak in Hong Kong, Toronto, and other hotspots. The appearance of severe, mysterious pneumonia correlated with some type...

As I was reading some history recently, I found out the William Jennings Bryan met with Abdul Baha in 1906 in Akka. This was part of his extensive travels in the Middle East and he felt very supportive of Abdul Baha and his supposed efforts to reform Islam. Of course by that point the Bahais had...

I think vermin supreme would have a better time winning the Democratic nomination along with the Libertarian nomination too.

It was scandalous but Grover Cleveland admitted to the truth that he did have sex with that woman and paid support for the child.

I wonder why we need to still have retrials of retrials. Let the record show that JFK saved lives during that incident, that he served the despite having multiple health problems, and that he served despite the anti-British sympathies of his father.

He looks really bored and inattentive here. Maybe that's why he became an asshole dictator in this TL.

Yeah I wonder if they would be confused for being Russian given where they come from. I also wonder what their accents are like, if that may lead to feelings of separateness from the other Germans.

At a time when the First Nations would be emboldened by the civil rights movement and the AIM movement.

Now what about triculturalism, I think the First Nations would have quite a lot to say about just prioritizing the Anglos and the French Canadians.

I think McCain would have the edge against Gore because of charisma and the infamous beer test. Al Gore would also have to deal with appealing to liberals drawn to Nader vs appealing to suburban moderates. McCain would not have that trade-off though; he would have an edge against moderates due...

There would be a wave of Jewish riots in the country and a huge attempt to cover up the mistake by LBJ. Ofc Israel finds out and several weeks later certain Cabinet members wind dying from heart attacks, shocking LBJ and forcing him to admit the error. The Six Day war easily turns against...

Unless they had some sort of benevolent dictator on top, 08 Gorbachev. And I think he would still be in charge during the crisis.

The best pod is to avoid the August putsch and allow Gorbachev to reorganize the Soviet Union via the new Union treaty. It would still be weakened considerably with only 9 republics at most signing it, but it allows for an orderly transition to a democratic Soviet Union.

I think this would be viable if Woodrow Wilson didn't face strong pressure to remain neutral and aloof in the conflict. He arranges the Olympics as part of a subtle ploy to encourage the Allies and Central Powers to make peace with each other, or at least shift their war energies to the less...