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America was already getting pretty annoyed with Japan in the years leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor due to Japan's actions in China - the tightening of the Export Control Act, terminating the 1911 commercial treaty, and so on. But suppose that, for whatever reason, America elects to not...

Yes yes yes, very interesting, but there's been a call of shenaniganry, so the thread's topic is put on hold until the shenanigans have been dealt with.

I CALL SHENANIGANRY! I'm Irish by descent (both my parents were natural-born citizens of the Republic, and all my grandparents likewise), that totally gives me the authority to call shenaniganry! EDIT Apparently the origins of the word shenanigans is unclear and probably not Gaelic. Don't...

Just sayin'. Side note, how the Hell did you post just a smilee? Isn't there a minimum post character count of, like, 10? EDIT There totally is! How did you do that?

*Reads post* *Looks at name of website* ...uh-huh...

It's illegal for the people within a state to form a new state from that state without the permission of both that state's government, and the Federal government. However, if enough people in a state wanted to form a new state from within that state, and could get enough political support from...

They would disagree that I am annoyed that Puerto Rico isn't a state? ...and why would Filippinos care whether or not I'm annoyed that Puerto Rico isn't a state? Mmn, true. Still, for the sake of argument, assume that the majority of the people in the area are in favor of creating a new...

Likely, everyone grumbles and goes home, then. Still, that many people, the eyes of the nation would be on Jefferson, and I'd like to think that there'd be pressure from the rest of the country to allow the peaceable succession. After all, it's not like Jefferson is trying to form its own...

Well then they should become an independent nation. Seriously. It's embarassing at this point.

If Puerto Rico joined the Union right now, it'd be a blue state and bring a couple million voters over to the Democrats. The Republicans would want a new red state to balance things out, and the easiest way to do that would be to split California in two. It's not about the number of states...

This is probably easier to achieve if, instead of the USA, it's Los Estados Unidos. One way or another your best bet at a (stable) united North America is probably through a stronger Spanish national control of the region. I don't know how, mind... You should probably roll up North Africa...

Accident, at a guess. --- Hmm...I don't mind the idea. Actually, now that I think about it, I really like the idea of Jefferson. Then, when we get Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto Rico finally has no God-damned excuse to not be a state since 51 is an awkward number, and Jefferson would probably end...

...does no one think a seperate war would break out between Britain and Germany later? A victorious CP scenario still leaves the Second Reich as a rising power challenging Britain's colonies and her fleet; certainly that would have later cultural impact as well...

I think what he meant to say was, how do you know that reconciliation is what caused Jim Crow laws? In other words, can you prove that had we not had reconciliation, there wouldn't of been Jim Crow laws? They are not necessarily related, you know. All I know is that hanging Lee and Davis and...

I'm not certain how well it'd go over in the southern states, apart from "poorly." Take Lee for example; I'm pretty sure that if some hapless Union soldier had shot him on the battlefield, he probably wouldn't brag about it or feel good about it. A summary hanging following the War would go...

Redemption, in that I tend to pick someone in history who went down a dark path and create a circumstance wherein they can avoid it. They don't necessarily become "good guys," but they still turn out better than in OTL. In Falling Towards Earth, this is what happens with Mussolini, who never...

I think that firstly, in addition to getting the UK/Canada against the US, you need Mexico as well. Then again, a Mexico that thinks that pissing off the US is a good idea would probably need a pre-1900 POD.

What? No! I can't go on without my buddy Superfly!

Our reaction is probably much stronger; not only was there just an attack on US soil against her citizens, but also an actual attack on our government itself. DC hasn't been successfully attacked since the War of 1812. In the aftermath, the Executive branch gains a lot of governmental power...