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He was not a good man. He oversaw the construction of a racist, fascist government in his country which interfered in the lives of millions of its citizens. He capriciously attacked several countries (mostly ineptly, thank god) in the grandiose desire to create an empire. He allied with Hitler...

Just caught up on this. An exceptionally well researched timeline, and the writing is solid. Hope to see more soon! :)

I like! Thanks. Any more takers?

I like it! Let's see if anyone else has something.

I'm looking for a flag for a state in an independent California, circa 1849. The state is called Sierra, after the mountain chain, and it's making its fortune off gold right now. It's experiencing an influx of immigration from diverse sources, and has growing black and Chinese minorities. The...

Yeah, so as with many things a recent article on Cracked got me thinking about this concept, but I'm very much a neophyte on this period of history, so I put the question to you guys: was Aaron Burr's conspiracy to create an independent nation in the west (possible capital in New Orleans...

If memory serves, they were planning on using atomic bombs during Downfall if the Japanese failed to surrender after Hiroshima/Nagasaki, so just imagine thousands of American troops wandering into the irradiated husks of Japanese cities... Also consider that we knew next to nothing about...

Yeah, I'd really like to get to that, actually, haha. Write another update, why don'tcha? :P

As far as I'm concerned it's not unlike Star Trek techno-babble - it sounds sciency enough to not pull me out of the story even while still being technically nonsense. Which is fine. Maybe the "plausible" part of the title was ill-advised, but it takes enough pains to be realistic that it's...

Well, I suppose some of us are a bit more forgiving, then, eh? :D It's speculative fiction, I'm more than willing to allow one "gimme" within the realm of reasonable (using that loosely) plausibility here in order to spur on an interesting timeline. It's not as if they're running around in...

This has entertained me and it's well-researched enough for me to suspend my disbelief when it comes to the central premise. You can't ask for more, really (I'm sure many would beg to differ, but you gotta expect some slight allowances to make these things work without throwing them fully into...

Patton never reads Rommel's book.

That last bit seems like a very good point; even if Newfoundland went independent I doubt they'd have strayed far from their roots and fall in with the Soviet camp, unless something drastic happened (such as a conflict with an independent Quebec, something I'd strongly doubt.) Ignoring the...

I've been reading a New York Times op-ed series called "Borderlines" by Frank Jacobs, and in his latest article (http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/oh-no-canada/) he speculates about an alternate history where a contentious border between Newfoundland (rejecting confederation with...