Recent content by Parterre

I think you are making a mistake in assume there is a value or theological judgement embedded in his word choice; perceiving the word "only" where it wasn't intended. Referring to one group as the "[X] Orthodox Church" does not prejudice the orthodoxy or un-orthodoxy of any particular position...

Someone should really tell King Salman (or Mubarak, or Abdullah's ghost, or...)

Federated States of Arabia?

Fascinating-- I think it's worth considering a multi-level Commonwealth with general members (republics) and participants in military and economic cooperation (the erstwhile Dominions). The South African referendum in 1960 was a close-run thing, so it could easily go the other way.

A Spanish-Moroccan War over Perejil Island? I've seen that before, interested in your take!

It continues! Will be following this installment just as closely as the last, still holding out hope that the monarchy makes a comeback, as increasingly improbable as that may seem...

Suscribed!

It's hard to imagine. Wages can try and catch up but for the time being you're having to try and manage to support yourself when prices have risen 50-fold over a matter of days without your pay having done so. That, and I can't imagine it'd be easy to withdraw 70 billion pesetas' worth (at the...

Very good! Also, what I'd give to be a currency trader in the autumn of 1983... as the peseta rises from 20000:1 to 700:1 and then again from 25000:1 to 260:1! If you got the timing right, there would be ludicrous sums of money to be made-- starting with $100,000, you'd end up with nearly $275...

All I want is for someone to be King (or Queen) when this is all said and done. Don't care who, just... someone. You've really taken Spain on an extraordinary roller coaster ride, and I hope it ends neatly.

So, I was bored waiting for an update. I read van de Mieroop's book. Very interesting, but still waiting. So then I took his class. Yet here I am, still waiting. :D Hoping you'll resume this, some day!

A Britain keeping control of the Trucial States (UAE), Qatar, and Bahrain would appear to be a petrostate, yes, but I suspect given Britain's political history the money would first be squandered on lavish wages for TUC workers and then frittered away on Thatcherite tax cuts. $175 billion a...

Indeed, hopefully there shan't be such a long wait! :D

What if the Dukedom of Portland had not gone extinct in 1990... and the current Duke was a Conservative politician? William Victor Cavendish-Bentinck, 10th Duke of Portland CB, CBE, KStJ, PC, MP (born 12 October 1957), known politically as Bill Bentinck, is a British Conservative...

This is a great timeline, but at the same time, it's a terribly depressing one. Queen Elizabeth losing the throne is a very upsetting one. :eek: