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  1. What are some likely convergences?

    True, and one of the Anglo-Saxon kings managed to get the Scots and Welsh to pay him homage, but I think that a country which will inevitably be politically united should be able to manage more than a couple of loose, brief hegemonies. On the other hand, I could buy the idea that it's likely...
  2. wcv215

    How long would it take for the Confederates to abolish slavery if they won the civil war?

    Erm, no. This isn’t a matter of opinion. Slaves were used in southern industry pre-war. Not in large numbers certainly, but that was because cotton was so profitable, and there wasn’t much industry anywy. If industry does develop in the south slaves will be used in larger numbers, particularly...
  3. A swift Republican victory in the Spanish Civil War?

    It all depends. If you have 80-90% of the population then many things are possible. For example lets say that Spain has a successful land reform. The peasants in Portugal will want the same, the few thousand land owners will not, Spain can then take over all of Portugal or maybe area after...
  4. Byzantines reconquer southern Italy and Rome by 1100, how does Christendom develop from there?

    1) yarmourk was after a long series of events 2) the fourth crusade under after a bad defeat and the worse dynasty 3) sure I mean the Romans already had the string of terrible emperors from 1025 to 1071 the situation was rather good that 5/10 heirs would have done ok but rome got a series of...
  5. AHC: Peerless Air Ministry

    I was really thinking of one of those wacky animes where the author loves the imagery of the west but doesn't really understand how it all works. Couldn't you imagine a young Lizzy as one of those kawaii dictators that are floating around at the moment. George and his stutter of dooooom.
  6. Nuclear energy=nuclear weapons?

    The Iranians may not be the best example to use here. They have had a lot of sanctions placed on them that have blocked their access to acquiring the equipment needed to manufacture HEU. Edit: The Israelis, Indians, Pakistanis and South Africans would be good examples of my point. All 4 were...
  7. RedKing

    Alternate Stewart succession of England?

    Definitely especially if Mary's husband isn't Henry Darnley (who murdered one of her male friends IIRC).
  8. For Want of a Word – Stolypin endures

    It seems that perhaps the only "entity" of the RCW operating in the Southern Russia/Ukraine that was not implicated in anti-Semitic action was Nestor Makhno: not only did he refuse to cooperate with Grigoriev (who was fighting on pretty much all sides except for the Whites) over the pogroms...
  9. Film WI: If "Blazing Saddles" had the "original" casting

    Have Wayne do a cameo as the old timer.
  10. Nuclear energy=nuclear weapons?

    Obviously, the technical details are far more complex than the short reply I posted, but the point remains the same. Once you have the theoretical knowledge of how to enrich uranium, there really is nothing stopping you from enriching to weapons grade beyond good intentions
  11. AHC: World War fought in North American soil?

    Time to bring up one of my favorite threads about World War One: Fritz von Papen (yes the man who would go on to convince Hindenburg to appoint Hitler chancellor) was, during the war, one of the German Embassy in Washington's staff members and the go to guy for shady ops like the sabotage...
  12. As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux

    1985. We are getting close to a certain movie. In addition to Eric Stoltz, other actors considered for Marty were Charlie Sheen, George Newbern, Johnny Depp, C. Thomas Howell, Ben Stiller, and Jon Cryer. The actors considered for Doc included John Lithgow, Jeff Goldblum, Chevy Chase, Danny...
  13. marathag

    Nuclear energy=nuclear weapons?

    and lots of effort, as above. 20% is 'easy' 95% takes a lot more effort. If it was so easy, the Iranians would have had a bomb long ago, after they were able to do low level enriched Uranium
  14. marathag

    Nuclear energy=nuclear weapons?

    Reactors work fine on low enriched Uranium. Bombs do not. While not easy, the difficulty for reaching 20% is far easier than 95% U-235 Temperature Diffusion gets you to 1%, like at S-50 at Oak Ridge the Alpha Track stages of Y-12 electromagnetic separation gets you a few more That's enough for a...
  15. KingOnTheEdge

    What are some likely convergences?

    this is a case of taking the globe in a vacuum; the currents pull ships from Eurasia south, meaning they're being pulled toward Mesoamerica until they're in like the middle of the ocean
  16. WI: The Enterprise completes its five year mission (Star Trek survives for 5 seasons)
    Threadmarks: Chapter 61: Big news update, April 1971, including Emmy Nominations

    RODDENBERRY, STAR TREK ACTORS REFLECT ON THEIR FIVE-YEAR MISSION Time Magazine, April 5, 1971 Gene Roddenberry, creator of the hit television show Star Trek, and the seven principal actors on the series, along with Roddenberry's wife Majel, joined Time Magazine for an interview discussing...
  17. Nuclear energy=nuclear weapons?

    Yes, is easier make a nuke than a reactor, so having the energy principles give you already the nuke
  18. Alternate Stewart succession of England?

    No worries. It’s certainly a better marriage than the Lennox Stuarts born from Margaret Douglas
  19. And All Nations Shall Gather To It - A Crusades TL

    Assuming Rhomania and Jerusalem both decide they don't want to kowtow to the Mongols, how likely is that they'll form an uneasy coalition with the Muslim nations?
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