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  1. A French New Zealand

    True, a french speaking New ....... ore what the french will call it will have a lot of butterflies.
  2. What if during the 1980's troubles Ireland was united but "committed" a terrifying bombing and Britain declared war on Ireland

    No. Not even close. Terrorism isn't going to start an actual War between the Republic and UK, especially in this sort of scenario. Even the "Irish voice" could just as easily be a die hard Orangeman (and it would likely not be the first such attack).
  3. marathag

    Austria-Hungary consulted italy.

    .. and they didn't even get a full year of it.
  4. AHC: Make Morocco part of "Europe" to an extent, like Turkey or Russia, with a POD past 1500 AD

    Perhaps an emergence of liberal, secular Berber nationalism in Morocco concurrent to the rise of nationalisms elsewhere. They would almost necessarily have to argue against an Arab identity, and part of this could be emphasizing links to Europe.
  5. Boldly Going: A History of an American Space Station

    yes, the Gemini EVA suit is what i had in mind as starting point. here a pic, full flex suit, while the current EVA suit has the massive backpack, and rigid upper torso and as a nice bonus, a view of the evolution of spacesuits
  6. Why are the western allies bombing civilians?

    It doesn't devalue anyone's life; it's precisely because human life is so precious that taking one unjustly is to be condemned. In the Bible, when Caiaphas plotted against Jesus he said "it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish."...
  7. Austria-Hungary consulted italy.

    Ok so now the theory is that Austria declares war, stands on the defensive and will stop when they get back to their own borders. Bunk. Austria crafted the note to be rejected so they could invade Serbia. They intended to dismantle Serbia and do so without consulting Italy. The circles being...
  8. AHC: Save a notorious flop

    Yeah, I remember reading that somewhere, about the name. At the time it seemed odd to me that Kubrick thought naming the character "Harford" would cause the audience to react to him as if he actually was being played by Harrison Ford, but then, I've always found Kubrick rather Freudian in his...
  9. H.Flashman(VC)

    AHC: Save a notorious flop

    Agreeing a lot with these critiques. Do you mean by the pounding piano notes the Ligetti piece? Because if you do, i strongly dissagree with that part. The pounding is like stabs of a knive into the heart and that is exactly right for the scene and why i still remember it so well after so long...
  10. A Mini by any other name?

    I wonder what might have happened if the idea of MINI as a standalone marque or sub brand had come about decades before BMW stumbled upon it. Perhaps it could have been an umbrella brand for a more successful Minor which (with many tweaks) I can imagine being a British equivalent to the Beetle.
  11. Resurgam

    Little Rock Nine Massacre

    And far, far worse.
  12. Ottomans expand to Indian Ocean?

    What's interesting is that around Bangladesh rice appears to be a huge huge crop and might be interesting as a alternative grain aside from wheat if imported to other areas of the ottoman empire, I would assume Mesopotamia and the Neil river could sustain rice in large quantity and might also...
  13. Balkanized U.S.A

    Map Thread XX

    GET THE HOLY WATER!
  14. Have the Short's Belfast be more successful

    The trouble with the Short Belfast was that it was designed to meet a need that faded away by the time it entered service. That need was for transporting large cargo such as the Thor, Black Arrow and Black Knight missiles to remote sites. It had to be larger than the C-130 to accommodate them...
  15. Little Rock Nine Massacre

    It's just before 1958s school shutdown timeline-wise
  16. Little Rock Nine Massacre

    Should have I instead put "DEATH TO N******, DEATH TO N******!"?
  17. Have the Short's Belfast be more successful

    It's a possibility, although the Australians and Canadians don't really have armed forces big enough to add more than a handful of orders to what the RAF get. A bigger RAF order might bring the price down enough for attract other nations such as the Indians too.
  18. Pop Culture Timelines Go-To Thread

    Doomed as the musical itself already is a bad joke. Or anything like rent, just the musical recorded
  19. The Eden-Dirksen Pact: A Deal With the Devil?

    Well you can count me in that second catergory. The amount of apologetics for the evil empire that I have witnessed on the internet makes me firmly convinced that it's a far more problematic and prevalent plague than say, Wehrabooism. As for the topic at hand... The question is, would the...
  20. The son of Anne of Brittany and Charles 8th lives?

    Of course it makes sense as that's what we were talking about for the entire thread!
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