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Damn, I remember some of those buildings in Detroit back in the day. Masterpieces of architecture. It is such a damned shame that they've come to this.

Biggest change I can think of is that women become a force in sf sooner. Especially true if Rand does more hard sci fi or space opera type stuff. Having one of the grand old men be a woman would lay the groundwork for a generation to be more receptive to later feminist movements, while making...

I think two interviews mention elections. The first is Grover Carlson, who states they got the Warmbrunn-Knight report but didn't want to start a panic in an election year, especially since they were the 'cleanup crew' for the past administration's eight years. Second is the Wacko's first...

He wouldn't be. He would be choosing a well-respected former Secretary of State from the previous administration who is knowledgeable in both military and diplomatic solutions.

Since the elections occur while the safe zone is still being established, I could also see a "Revenge for Yonkers!" candidate who wants to abandon the Redeker plan and go full conventional warfare on Zack. Also, a "This is God's Punishment for Our Sins!" candidate (probably a rightist...

During the interview with Breck Scott, Scott refers to her in the first person, "she's the one who should be shot", IIRC. So that indicates the reporter survived. As for her identity, consider that Grover Carlson states outright that the major news outlets were censoring their own reporters...

Here's a nice piece to start with, examining the social underpinnings of taxation and voting rights in medieval France and England: http://web.stanford.edu/~avner/Greif_228_2006/Barzel%20and%20Kiser%202002%20Taxation%20and%20Voting%20Rights%20RS.pdf Skimming, it presents the notion of taxes...

Actually, neither. During the interview set in Lhasa, it's mentioned that people are still celebrating one party's surprise victory in the recent elections. So, it's a democracy that the population is very invested in, similar to how Cuba is portrayed. Considering that China is implied to...

Trump '08? :eek:

Been a while, but I think 'Grover Carlson' just said it was an election year, no necessarily a presidential election. If so, then we're looking at the 2010 midterm elections. Also, the Wacko states that Powell insisted that the Presidential election go on after the evacuation to Hawaii despite...

Actually, it started with Iran bombing one bridge with conventional ordinance to stem the major flow of refugees from Pakistan (admittedly, the bridge was gridlocked with refugee traffic). What followed was repeated retaliation and escalation over three days due to the Great Panic and the lack...

For actors, Daniel Day Lewis had a good bit of wilderness survival training (man takes his roles very seriously), so I could picture him surviving. And Samuel L. Jackson is just too much of a badass to get put down by some pissant bunch of Eaters.

Okay, what I'm going to say smacks of fanon, so take it with a grain of salt. Given how thorough Odo is in his dealings with Quark (he's shown regularly reviewing recordings of all his calls and conversations), and access to the stations scanners and whatnot, I'd give good odds that Odo at...

At the same time, Quark is a Ferengi with extremely important connections (how many Ferengi get screwed over personally by the Grand Nagus on a regular basis?) and a hand in nearly all legitimate and illegitimate dealings on the station. They command staff may not like him, but the station...

Initially conceived of as a domestic terror weapon, the "Klan-mobiles" were not only grossly ineffective, but unfortunately debuted after the Batman tv show. This marked the first instance of armored transport being literally laughed off the field and contributed to the collapse of the KKK in 1968.

Tasmania was the Australian safe zone. Terry Knox mentions that the government relocated there. Also, the Iranian major only mentions 8 cities being nuked on both sides. devastating, but not enough to make the whole region uninhabitable I think.

You are, of course, referring to the Blessed William of the Holy DOS, martyred nigh fifteen years ago during the Crusade against the Open Source heresy in Scandinavia?

Tropico is one of my all-time favorites. The keys to housing are: 1 - build enough of it. I've found it a constant struggle to build enough. tenements are not worth the downside. start with bunkhouses, move to apartments with Russian aid, and make houses your mainstay. 2 - price it...

You need an excuse? :D I'm thinking Restoration airships, actually. I want to see Anne Bonny swinging across to board a merchant zeppelin, and Henry Morgan leading an airship raid against the Holy Alliance stronghold at Panama City, damnit!