Search results

1928 The economy’s collapse in late 1929 would have hurt any President of any party. But Ritchie’s steadfast refusal to do something, anything, about the Depression doomed him and the Democratic Party to defeat. The Ritchievilles set up across the nation promised that. He managed to fight off a...

Yes I have in my test thread.

1924 In 1928, Americans were somewhat tired of President Pershing. His authoritarian leanings wore thin, and Americans were tired of not being able to drink to the great economy. Pershing also was tired and abided to the two term tradition. Both parties saw long, drawn out Convention fights...

1920 Pershing’s first term sees his promised Peacetime Sedition and Espionage Acts pass, giving the Federal Government wide latitude to pressure groups seeking to destabilize the Government. These are mainly pointed at left wing groups, although the Red Scare eventually collapses of its own...

A worse Red Scare leads to calls for a firm hand at the tiller, and who better than the man who helmed the American Expeditionary Force? It takes a few ballots at the convention, but John J. Pershing finds himself heading the ticket. Inexperienced in matters of politics, he is unable to prevent...

Do think you could make a solid Cold War thriller a la “7 Days in May” about something like this.

North by Northwoods After weeks of attacks on refugee ships in the Florida Strait, the other shoe finally dropped, on Tuesday July 17, several mass shootings erupted simultaneously across Miami, targeting prominent Cuban exiles living in the city. Several bombs went off, targeting the homes of...

Olssv Aolyl Gravity Falls is a city in Deschutes County in Central Oregon. It is the largest city in the Gravity Falls Valley area and sits near lake Mysterioso. Gravity Falls was founded in 1842, although it was not incorporated until 1967, largely due to local residents believing that...

;@;$/×\\× Should be 1995, as the 51st State.

Alternate flag for Newfoundland. In the case I originally used it for, it became a US state after years of Independence. But this could be used for a lot of stuff.

“Look we only joined because the Fisheries collapsed and our economy went kerplutz. So forgive us if we have some political peculiarities” “If you wanted to keep the Queen you should have joined Canada.” “Nah fuck ‘em.” “Look the Constitution requires that every state have a Republican form...

For nearly half a century, America labored under the Iron Boot of the Marx Brothers. Although they had no relation to the founder of Communism, they still defined the ideology like no one else. The brothers who had changed their first names to avoid detection by the pre-Revolution police, ended...

The Kennedy kids loooooooved Sailor Bill, even if that led to a lot of new rules. Kennedy also gets to have the extremely awkward conversation with the Ecuadorian Ambassador about setting Bill up with some Ladies to save the species. Lyndon Johnson, of course, finds it hilarious.

A sailor friend gifts Roosevelt a Tortoise. In a somewhat cruel joke, it is named after then-Secretary of War William Howard Taft. But Taft takes a liking to it, and Teddy gives it as an inauguration gift to him. This sets a precedent, and a somewhat bemused Wilson takes it in 1913. Now it is...

Previously "[SYMBOL FOR IF (previously established)] [SYMBOL FOR LIFE (previously established)] [PICTOGRAM INDICATING THIRD PLANET FROM STAR] [SYMBOL FOR THAN (previously established)] [PICTOGRAM INDICATING MANUFACTURER] [PICTOGRAM INDICATING ROUTE FROM ROSS 128 TO SOLAR SYSTEM]...

In the wake of the fall of Porfirio Diaz and the failure of successors to secure the nation, Mexico entered a warlord era. Eager to secure the border, and secure valuable resources, Woodrow Wilson oversaw the occupation of the 6 Mexican states near the border, as well as southern Baja...

Wikibending: Seige of Ba Sing Se The Five Wisdoms Bumi Metalbending Hundred Year War The Floral Crisis The Clash of the Comet Southern Water Tribe Constitutional Convention Azula The Equalist Party was a revolutionary anti-bending party active in the United Republic of Nations from 161 to 170...

Cowabunga my dude.

Weird Ass New York Urban Legends Weird Ass New York Urban Legends Weird Ass New York Urban Legends Weird Ass New York Urban Legends