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  1. Ogrebear

    WI: The Enterprise completes its five year mission (Star Trek survives for 5 seasons)

    Go whichever political candidate will give the most money to NASA for space exploration. We need Moon and Mars bases dammit! Win Takei win!
  2. Impact on Japan if the Emperor and Imperial monarchy was dismantled following WW2

    Realistically the Emperor had more in common with the Pope than a King. Removing Hirohito would risk adding a religious aspect. Which is probably not a good idea.
  3. theg*ddam*hoi2fan

    A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)

    Yaaaaaaas boi. This is excellent.
  4. The Third Rome - A Byzantine Timeline

    You'll find out in a few more parts. ;) Constantinople's end is nigh. After that, we'll be getting back to Antigonos and his story.
  5. Dan

    Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Could be worse...
  6. AHC: Replace the main cash crop of the CSA / Southern USA

    Opium/papaver? Flax is another plant source for multi-functional fibres but it requires a lot more processing than cotton. It's more expensive because of that, but its better quality than cotton. Dunno if the southern states have the right climate. IIRC quinine used to be harvested from a bark...
  7. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    But it was interesting how long the ergonomics continued after the 2-pounder. I can't remember the tank (maybe even Sentinel) but after bagging the gunner's chair, one of the commenters pointed out the gunner was meant to be crouched next to the gun, like sighting a huge rifle, rather than...
  8. GrahamB

    A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)

    That bit about 'Plush Trucks?! Blasphemy!' got a chuckle. The struggle for collectors finding a 1st-run Catbus that hasn't been driven everywhere outdoors will be very real. Very pleased about the success of these two movies, I agree with the general sentiment that they would have probably done...
  9. Ogrebear

    A Hippie in the House of Mouse (Jim Henson at Disney, 1980)

    I am still hoping the success of anime see the remaining Gatachaman made as an extension/remake of Battle of the Planets instead of the awful Eagle Riders...
  10. Whiteshore

    The Third Rome - A Byzantine Timeline

    The reference to this makes me interested what their interactions would be with their nephew (the hero of this whole story).
  11. Guatemalan Nat-Synd

    Flag Thread V

    After the Germano-Soviet war (1941-1947) in which the Nazi army destroyed the weak and unstable Soviet Syndicalist Republic under the direction of Alexander Shliapnikov, leader of the worker opposition during the Lenin government, became premier of the Soviet Union after the July emergency in...
  12. AHC: Defend the Falklands

    Arming the jets with rockets has it's appeal, we can expect far lower dud rate than on the bombs; rockets can be fired from greater distances and in fast sequence so the AA defense is saturated. What was the heaviest unguided rocket Argentinians have in inventory?
  13. The Third Rome - A Byzantine Timeline
    Threadmarks: The Siege of Constantinople: Part Three

    Constantine, Emperor of the Romans, wept. All in the grand hall had fallen silent and watched the soldierly Palaiologos, now; stricken by the man's passion. All those gathered -- commanders, churchmen, dignitaries -- were now moved to tears themselves. An attempt had been made, by those...
  14. Impact on Japan if the Emperor and Imperial monarchy was dismantled following WW2

    These thread overestimate power of Emperor. Japan is in near starvation, its army defeated with millions die, its propaganda collapsed, its city burned by bombing. Japan without Emperor would be no different than SK or Taiwan. It eould eventually become one of many Asian Republic with...
  15. Sārthākā

    Impact on Japan if the Emperor and Imperial monarchy was dismantled following WW2

    Who says he needs to re-establish the monarchy. Several monarchs or royals in the last have been presidents/prime ministers of republics as well. Bulgaria, Vietnam, Laos, Nepal, Serbia, China, South Korea have all had royalty work in the republican system holding extremely high posts at one...
  16. Gary Seven-based Star Trek spinoff replaces TNG

    Just stumbled across the following tidbit looking up Gary Seven for a completely separate reason on Star Trek Memory Alpha. Gary Seven was played by actor Robert Lansing. He was intended to be the lead role of an unproduced spin-off of Star Trek, with "Assignment: Earth" acting as a pilot...
  17. McPherson

    Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Yes. An American footprint as large as the one which bowled over the UK will have an even greater shock on the Russians.
  18. A more realistic (IMO) AHC: US Metro/Regional Transit as good as in Europe.

    However, the same thing was true of electric trains as well, which probably factors into why a lot of countries electrified instead of dieselized. The initial capital costs are a problem, but higher operating costs driven by higher fuel costs will certainly make that more viable. I can easily...
  19. WI: The Enterprise completes its five year mission (Star Trek survives for 5 seasons)
    Threadmarks: Chapter 72: May 1972

    Not a lot of Trek in this update, but we move towards the 1972 election. We get Nixon vs. Muskie, another Vietnam update, and George Takei entering politics. MUSKIE EDGES WALLACE IN CRITICAL OHIO PRIMARY Washington Post, May 3, 1972 Edmund Muskie all but sealed the Democratic nomination last...
  20. Britannia Rules the Stars-REDUX

    well it makes a change...
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