Recent content by Viscount of Ohio

I could certainly see pretzels being a popular alternative. Or maybe potato chips? I've been to a few places that advertise house made chips.

Alternatively, someone might decide a war for prestige against an ailing European power is just the ticket to reinvigorate the country a bit. Of course, how the CSA might feel about the USA getting involved in fighting so close to them might be a damper... Spain/CSA vs USA? Or maybe the CSA...

Fair was where it's due, my impression of the OP question was more or less "Dictator WANTS to do this, regardless of if the technology for it is there." Cloning I could see being made to work with, like you said, a substantial budget and lack of ethical concerns. Consciousness transfer, the...

Not sure if someone has asked this already, but as someone with a Laymen's or lower understanding of both, could you elaborate?

You had me right up until that last part. If it's negotiable, I might be convinced.

Very much suddenly reminded of an online Steampunk\Fantasy RPG I played in, the admin, when describing "Primitive Artisan" as a potential focus basically said, that the title referred only to the TOOLS you employed and the actual work could be wonderfully sophisticated and complex.

I'm reminded of a line from that "China, Illinois" show with a character talking to an ancient alien/conspiracy theorist type. "Don't judge others based on your limitations."

I would definitely read this story, or watch it as a mini-series or docudrama.

Weren't they already doing that even in the 1880s and 1890s, though? When E.W. Barton-Wright was trying to promote his 'Bartitsu' (which was, essentially, a system of cross-training between Wrestling, Boxing, La Savate, La Canne, and Judo/Jiu-Jitsu) he actively promoted several Japanese Judo...

I'm not especially well-versed in Ripper-ology and I might be quoting an Urban Legend, but, isn't the story that just before the end of the Ripper's murders Arthur Conan Doyle's medical professor (Joseph Bell) actually provided assistance to the police? Some stories even say he'd given a letter...

Kind of like Japan did with the Ryukyu kingdom? Of course, Japan kept them nominally independent because they needed to use them as a middle-man to trade with China after they cut ties with Japan.

I wonder... would the potential child of Eva and Adolf end up being taken in by that nephew who immigrated to the United States (his family currently lives under another name, connection to Hitler generally unknown to the public. (Wonder if the family is aware!)

This could work. Take the Thomas Gage example. If he takes a blow to the head, one could argue it wonks his mind just enough to strengthen his desire for self-preservation. Maybe he gets the idea to fight from exile.

This thread has me kind of interested, actually. I've kind of been wondering if there was any way that the Ryukyu kingdom might have remained independent (beyond some Hideyoshi butterflies). Perhaps even managing to become a minor regional power?

I'm gonna have to catch up with this thread, but in case it hasn't been said yet, (and it should) I'm wondering a bit what impact this is gonna have on various comic book characters? Maybe in one of the updated versions of Superman's origin (Birthright, perhaps? It was a reboot of his origin...