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    PC: Christian sect venerating carpentry

    It's commonly accepted that Jesus was a carpenter by trade. So I've always wondered why there was never a Christian sect that viewed carpentry as a pietistic practice, seeking to become more like Christ by doing what he did to earn a living. This probably wouldn't be a denomination in its own...
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    The Fire Never Dies Pop Culture Collaborative Thread

    This is a spinoff of my timeline The Fire Never Dies (check my sig) focused on the pop culture of the TFND-verse, particularly American comic books (although I'd love to see film and eventually TV get a look in). Since I'm not quite ready to share control with others, I'll be making the final...
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    The Fire Never Dies, Part II: The Red Colossus
    Threadmarks: 1. The First Workers' Congress

    (Continuing from here.) …Unlike the old system, where a President would nominate his cabinet to be approved by the Senate, the commissars would be elected in a competitive race in the House after nomination by the Chamber or the existing Central Committee (which consisted solely of Premier Debs...
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    The Fire Never Dies: Labor's Star Ascendant
    Threadmarks: 1. Explosion at the Saratoga Hotel

    EXPLOSION AT SARATOGA HOTEL Caldwell, Idaho, December 30, 1905 At 10:05 this morning, an explosion rocked the Saratoga Hotel. The source was soon identified as coming from room #19. Upon entering the room, sheriff’s deputies identified the sole casualty: the room’s resident, one Tom Hogan[1]...
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    WI: Admiral King in command of US Pacific Fleet before Pearl Harbor

    In February 1941, the US Navy abolished the position of Commander-In-Chief, US Navy, and instead established three separate CINC positions. Admiral Thomas Hart got the Asiatic Fleet, Admiral Husband Kimmel got the Pacific Fleet, and Admiral Ernest King got the Atlantic Fleet. Then Pearl Harbor...
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    Possibilities for a Long-Term Surviving Burgundy

    For some time now, I've been fascinated by the notion of Burgundy surviving well past the Middle Ages. Leaving aside the question of exactly how this happens, could the Bourgognes have consolidated their holdings into a single, unified nation? And what might that have looked like? The first...
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    AHC/WI: Darlan Fights On

    Apparently, Admiral Francois Darlan originally opposed talks of an armistice, and threatened to fight on. However, he chose not to. So what would it have taken for him to keep fighting? There are a few possibilities I can think of: 1. The Germans demand that the French Navy join the war against...
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    The Northwest Country: A Cascadian Timeline
    Threadmarks: 1: Point of Divergence

    “…having already concluded that the solution to the plight of the poor Irish and Highland crofters was to settle them in the New World, Thomas Douglas, now and unexpectedly the Earl of Selkirk, traveled to North America in order to personally scout for an ideal site. Eventually, upon the advice...
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    What would a Red Israel look like?

    The idea of a Red Israel has come up a few times (such as in A World of Laughter, a World of Tears), as a result of the US shifting to a pro-Arab position and the Soviets backing Israel. However, I've never seen it explored in much detail. So assuming that the Soviet Union did become Israel's...
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    WI: Reds-style socialist revolution in a British Dominion?

    This is related to a project I'm working on, so I'm not that interested in how we get here. What would happen if a Dominion (say Australia) underwent a socialist revolution similar to that in Reds: A Revolutionary Timeline - i.e., a socialist party wins a legitimate victory in the elections...
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    WI Stalin guarantees Polish and Baltic independence?

    This was inspired by a discussion on Twitter over whether the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was justified. So I'm considering if there was a viable alternative. Following the occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, Stalin announces that the Soviet Union will guarantee the territorial integrity of...
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    AHC/PC: An independent state in the Pacific Northwest

    First of all, we'll set aside the modern-day Cascadia movement. Short of a collapse of central authority in the US and Canada, that isn't going to happen. But what would it take to have an independent state in the PNW? The best idea I can come up with is for it to be a former British colony. So...
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    AHC/WI: US joins the Napoleonic Wars on Britain's side

    While at first glance it seems implausible, it seems to me that the US actually came remarkably close to fighting alongside Britain against France. Thomas Jefferson said that if France retained New Orleans, "we must marry ourselves to the British fleet & nation". I also recall that France seized...
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    Rome Partitioned Following Antony's Civil War?

    My starting point here is that Antony's Civil War (aka the last war of the Roman Republic) ends in either a stalemate or a partial victory for Antony and Cleopatra. Unless I'm missing something, I'm doubtful that they could have gone all the way to Rome. But perhaps they could have forced a...
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    AHC: Have the US sponsor a coup in Canada

    I recently saw this map denoting all the countries in the Western Hemisphere that the US has sponsored coups in. However, there is one country that remains resolutely free of US political influence: Canada. So, with a POD no earlier than 1932, can we have the US sponsor a coup in Canada?
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    Blacks retain political control of one southern US state after Reconstruction?

    The end of Reconstruction, unfortunately, saw the antebellum white political class restored to power throughout the South, ending the brief flowering of black political influence. Obviously, it would take some big changes to avert this entirely. However, there's a scenario that I think has...
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    WI Israelites settle in North Africa?

    Assuming that the Exodus narrative has any sort of historical basis, what if, rather than heading east towards Canaan, the Israelites had traveled west, wandering Libya for forty years, and ultimately settling around Tunisia, basically founding Carthage before the Phoenicians showed up? We can...
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    WI Saddam Hussein uses chemical weapons against coalition forces during the Gulf War?

    Let's imagine that Saddam suddenly becomes terrified that the Americans intend to remove him from power, and orders the use of chemical weapons against coalition forces as they invade Iraq. Obviously, this will not go well for him. Key questions: 1. If he uses chemical weapons, would he limit...
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    WI: Socialist Germany & Fascist Russia

    This is something I'm toying with as part of a timeline. Basically, without any massive changes to the world prior to 1914, could we get a successful socialist revolution in Germany, while Russia ultimately goes fascist? And if we did, what might that look like. For Russia, I think it's not...
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    AHC: Native-Colonist Alliance In Americas?

    One of the unpleasant truths of American history I learned fairly early on is that when American colonists, Native Americans, and the British clashed, the British usually sided with the Natives. indeed, one of the motivations for the American Revolution was the British trying to stop settlers...
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