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  1. curlyhairedhippie

    Mary Tudor bears a son and lives till age 60

    Mary traded in a lot on her relation to her father though...she wanted people to remember that she was ‘great Harry’s’ daughter and what better way to do that then name her baby boy after him? Do agree with you about Edward though, between her half brother and the Duke of Somerset. i think...
  2. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Uh....North Vietnam, when it agreed to the peace deal it(pretty promptly) violated? Admittedly the division was only supposed to be “temporary“ but never the less they agree to it. Nah, it’s a testament to the fact that Vietnam has a much larger, much scarier neighbor. Oh, and the fact that the...
  3. Mary Tudor bears a son and lives till age 60

    Well, we would have the first Philip in England then. Henry would probably be out of question given the association to her father - and Edward too, she certainly wouldn't want to remember her brother. Is Richard already a taboo by then? Otherwise, the only option left from past monarchs is William.
  4. AHC: Save a notorious flop

    Why was DS9 nonsense?
  5. Driftless

    WI: Root vs Wilson in 1912

    Root had the resume' to be a superb president but probably did not want to contend with the tomfoolery of the election process and the necessary compromising and schmoozing that goes with the chief executive's job in American politics. He'd need a buffer for that part, I'd think. A much more...
  6. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    I think the issue here isn't saying the Nazis and Japanese are evil, we all agree on that. I think we disagree on what counts as 'good'.
  7. AHC: Save a notorious flop

    I personally think that Waterworld get's way too much shit. Yeah it's kind of a dumb action movie but it's entertaining and enjoyable with some really cool ass fight scenes. And Jack Black get's shot with a Harpoon. How many movies can you name where you can watch Jack Black get shot with a...
  8. Grains of Sand and Salt

    This is really useful, thank you so much! I'm assuming nipa has roughly the same nutritional qualities as millet, which is fairly closely related to. A yield for nipa of 2-3 metric tons per hectare seems reasonable, and because it's a perennial crop less labor is required, so each person should...
  9. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    This was a time when enviromental standards were way way way way lesser. A town in California ended up literally paving it's streets with Agent Orange (They paid some random skeevy guy to spray motor oil on their dirt streets to minimize dust. Instead of motor oil he used a bunch of barrels of...
  10. 2018 Presidential Election

    It's funny how the 4 declared candidates for the Republican nomination are all from the same region. The Midwest.
  11. Changundramon

    Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    Who gave France the right to rip a nation into two? Bloody colonialist thinking. Americans lost a potential ally in HCM by doing what France started. It is a testament to Vietnamese spirit that they forgave America all the atrocities, but American involvement in Vietnam, or even demanding to...
  12. Papacy Doesn't Feud with Holy Roman Emperors

    Leo III crowned Charlemagne "Imperator Romanorum" for various reasons, one of which was probably he figured Charlemagne could protect him. A friend of mine once said that the Popes and the Holy Roman Emperors spent so much time in feuds that they damaged their credibility and it was mutually...
  13. Alternate Vienna Congress: Independent Poznan and Prussian Saxony

    If Prussia was given Saxony, then Wettins could be given rump Poland (they rather would have to be given something)
  14. In Another Arena: American Politics Without Richard Nixon

    The Pumpkin paper did not provide anything close to ironclad proof, nor where the photo negatives either
  15. What if the U.S. outsourced manufacturing to post-Soviet Russia instead of China?

    Are there any parts of the former Soviet Union where this isn't the case? Like could this kind of manufacturing move have been viable in Ukraine or specific regions of Russia? I don't think Russia or Ukraine has the population base to support a total replacement of China as the industrial...
  16. WI: Philip II dies in 1199 and Richard I lives until 1215?

    Actually I can't help but wonder if Richard having a son might be the worst way to resolve the situation. He'd almost certainly still be a junior at Richard's death which would easily queue up another fun round of Angevin civil war. If John and Arthur are the only candidates they will be known...
  17. Sir John Valentine Carden survives.

    Don't speak to me of Naval tradition, it's nothing but Rum, Sodomy and The Lash. Attributed to former First Lord of The Admiralty Winston Spencer Churchill. Who sent those 15 year olds to Gallipoli.
  18. TheSwedishHistorian

    WI: Blockbuster Bought Netflix

    If they bought it I posit that it would become a failed project. They had a culture, tradition, history, and leadership, and workers that were used to their way. I doubt their ability to be able to change their fundamental business model.
  19. Collectivist western society?

    Prevent the Protestant Reformation, which ultimately led to a focus on the individual's ability to interpret the world rather than have it interpreted for them by authorities. Sola scriptura meant that the truth of scripture was determined by a person's witness of the Holy Spirit rather than...
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