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Election results in a parliamentary America with a 5% vote threshold. Amidst increasing racial strife, a slow economic recovery, terrorism fears, and with dim prospect of winning an absolute majority in parliament, Prime Minister Obama elects to retire after 8 years at helm. Former Foreign...

Sherrod Brown

I ran as Lt General Michael Flynn. Managed to barely stop Cruz from reaching the necessary number of delegates and it went to a brokered convention. After 11 rounds of voting Flynn won the convention, Cruz didn't gain a single delegate. I picked Marsha Blackburn as Flynn's VP. It went to the...

Obama/Biden vs Santorum/Rubio 2012

Kingdom of the Algarve Nickname: Lions of the Algarve Colors: Red/Blue/Yellow Manager:Jose Ribeiro GK: Bruno Veríssimo Defenders: André Micael, Gualter Bilro, Filipe Brigues, Diogo Freitas, Rafael Bracalli Midfielders: João Moutinho (Captain), Nuno Piloto, Vasco Fernandes Strikers:Serrão...

I understand the original rationale as to why there are separate English, Welsh, and Scottish national soccer teams as they were the creators of international soccer. I also see that CONCACAF has no U.N. membership requirement and Puerto Rico, the British and American Virgin Islands are members...

Here's a crosspost from my week #2 entry.

In January of 1989 the President of South Africa P.W. Botha suffers a stroke making him unable to perform his duties as head of state. Soon after the transportation minister F.W. de Klerk is sworn in as President of South Africa. The right wing hardliner declares upon taking office in the...

He actually had a really quite interesting campaign strategy. It was very scientific and they tried to really maximize all spending and actions in his campaign. If it weren't for his mouth he would have done much better. For reference this article/interview is pretty interesting.

I was under the impression that he met her in 87 during a fundraiser, which still likely as not would be butterflied away. However one has to think that he was probably looking to have an affair anyhow and she was just a "crime of opportunity."

Oops, mistaken posting.

But Finch was Lt. Governor, right? That seems like a really risky pick for someone like Nixon to make.

Team: Deseret Free State Team Nickname: Pioneers Geography: The Utah Territory Population: 4.5 million Language: English with the Deseret and Latin alphabets both taught in schools.

OTL Best: 1. Abraham Lincoln (Republican) 1861-1865 2. Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) 1901-1909 3. Dwight Eisenhower (Republican) 1953-1961 4. James Polk (Democrat) 1854-1859 5. Franklin Roosevelt (Democrat) 1933-1945 ATL Best: 1. Henry Clay (Whig) 1833-1841 2. William Rosecrans...

I took this very similiar looking map (I think it was that one, not totally sure) and selected the oceans, copied them into a new blank canvas, painted them all blue, and finally outlined them. It didn't all copy perfectly so I made a few alterations, but it's generally on target.