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In North Korea, marijuana is 100% legal. In a world where NK liberalizes, or reunites with the South, (assuming weed is still legal) would Pyongyang or another city gain a similar reputation to that of Amsterdam?

Well, recently at the E3 conference, Sony, Sega, Nintendo and Apple have all unveiled their respective consoles. What does everyone think of each one, and which one will you be getting? I'm definitely getting my hands on the new iPlay.

What if Austria and Hungary hadn't recreated the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the interwar era and WWII? Would the Nazis have taken a longer time to defeat, assuming they're not butterflied away? OOC: Yeah, I know this would probably require a pre-1933 POD, and possibly a pre-1918 one, but this...

What if, on September 11, 2001, the terrorists had attacked the Statue of Liberty instead of the World Trade Centre?

The movie Downfall depicts the last ten days of Hitler's reign over the Third Reich prior to his arrest by Soviet troops, and later execution at Nuremberg. According to his memoirs, he was planning to commit suicide that same day he was arrested. Would this have had that major of an impact on...

What would be the best way to have more peaceful independence movements akin to India than OTL?

With a POD after January 1, 1900, make most people and institutions in western nations hostile towards organized religion, but not necessarily personal belief in God. Here are some things I'd like to see: The European/Commonwealth monarchies remain in place, albeit with a greater emphasis on...

16-year-old German Emperor Wilhelm VI has recently come out as gay. Many members of the DNVP and church leaders are in an outrage and are demanding his abdication! What are your thoughts?

What kind of effects would a southern victory have on Canadian confederation? Would Canada be more or less decentralized than OTL, for example?

Republicans (sometimes justifiably) often accuse Democrats of playing the "race card" when they defend Obama. If Obama, or any other black dude in the WH, were a Republican, would the more PC-oriented Democrats be able to say the same things to the Republicans? EDIT: Does this belong in Chat? I...

What would Canada (and the rest of the world, particularly the US) look like had Harper not been elected in 2004?

Since the collapse of the Newfoundland cod fishery, many of my countrymen have been illegally hoarding into Canada en masse. Is there a way that this could be avoided? A way to prevent the collapse? Maybe the 1949 vote goes the other way? Maybe improve Newfoundland's standard of living so it is...

How could every signatory to the treaty have met the Kyoto Accord, including Canada, who backed out? (makes me ashamed of my country)

During the 90's, the main consoles were rather PS1 or N64. Since the release of original XBox, however, and especially the Wii, Nintendo has kind of taken a back seat to more "conventional" game systems like the PS3 and Xbox 360. How can we prevent this, preferably without butterflying away...

I just saw it on CNN, guys. President Schwarzenegger, in his state of the union address, has apologized to the people and government of Japan for the quasi-genocidal massacres that resulted from the invasion of the Japanese Home Islands. The joint Sino-Korean-American occupation of the country...

During the Cold War, the USSR and China, despite ideological differences, stuck together as close allies. The US and the UK, on the other hand, had trouble seeing past each other's differences, and the US even went hardcore Monroe Doctrine. Bonus points if you can create a similar "Sino-Soviet...

We've all seen that crazy ass interview where Charlie was ranting about "tiger blood" and "seven gram rocks" etc. And we all remember the scandal he had where he was almost fired from Two and a Half Men. Thank God this was not the case. What if he had been fired? The show would've been cancelled...

If Mitt Romney belonged to a more mainstream religion, could he have won?

IC: How can we, with a POD no earlier than July 1, 1867, make Canada look like this? OOC: Rule #1: No America-wank.

How could Mussolini ally with Hitler without becoming his de facto puppet, and how would such a change affect the war? EDIT: Changed the title. I apologize if the profanity was a bit much.