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  1. Voodoo (Economics) Won't Work Here

    Does it have to be Bush Snr. though? Anderson could be interesting as well.

  2. Robertson '88

    Just crib something from aircrash investigation, that's semi plausible. Maybe a hydraulic systems failure? Or a fire on board? Compound that with good old fashioned human error, and you have nice little disaster. Also this Mark guy sounds like a jerk jock, who's not really willing to pull his...

  3. Rumsfeldia: Fear and Loathing in the Decade of Tears

    I like "Californication" and Decade of Denial, chronicling the Balkanization of the former US and hopefully things slowly settling down and returning to a state of relative normalcy under the new world order by the end of the decade.

  4. Rumsfeldia: Fear and Loathing in the Decade of Tears

    I don't think Putin will rise quite as high or be as corrupt as in OTL if he somehow does. In general Rhyzhkov seems a far better judge of character then Jeltsin was. The highest I foresee a less corrupt Putin rising in TTL is deputy director of the KGB.

  5. 1994 Murder on Jerry Springer Show

    Or maybe she just changes the format a little, dump the studio audience and move to more Larry King esque format.

  6. What if Charles Bronson had been in Star Wars?

    I agree, if you want him in there go for a different take on Obi-Wan. If you wait until Empire strikes back he could also be a different Lando (an old criminal who taught Han the ropes).

  7. If The Nationalists Win the Chinese Civil War Can China Become a Democratic Country?

    Before WWII, send someone other than Stillwell and hope that more effective US Backing will allow for some early reforms to roll back Communist sympathies. After WWII, it might still be possible if the KMT doesn't throw away their forces on excursions that have no hope of success during and...

  8. Rumsfeldia: Fear and Loathing in the Decade of Tears

    Nah... Europe too, probably since Japan has all sorts of cool, cultural, and entertainment things to export that the USSR simply lacks. As for being doomed to speaking Russian, I see it being spoken on a "need to know basis", in other words those who need to master it will do so, but unless the...

  9. Rumsfeldia: Fear and Loathing in the Decade of Tears

    Since English will still be the most common "second language" I guess that positions the UK to take over take over the role of Hollywood/LA Silicon Valley as the primary movie and later video game manufacturer with Japan presumably in a strong second place. Both are already islands with a lot of...

  10. What Would A Huey Long presidency look like?

    Under the right circumstances maybe Landon. Of course in "The Falcon Cannot Hear" he is, of course, murdered before he could carry out any substantive parts of his reform agenda so even that TL leaves open the question if his program could have worked as well as OTL's New Deal. Maybe Norman...

  11. AHC: Richest Possible World

    Let's not forget my favourite country from his TL; Yakutia, which means most of Siberia is also much wealthier and more populous then today. The superpower Empire TL seems to avert the worst of that by having a somewhat higher, and certainly better practically applied level of technology (OTEC...

  12. AHC: Successful Overthrow of a Dictatorship by The UN

    Doesn't that failure have more to do with the US not understanding how other countries really work and instead of trying to form a real unity government with, at least, a quasi-federal structure simply handing over all political power to the Shia and excluding Sunni's, Kurds and especially...

  13. Land reform in pre-1949 Kuomintang China

    Post WWII is too little too late, what needs to be done to make US aid to China more effective is for them to send almost anyone other then fricking Stillwell. That way the KMT could have more early success and maybe win the Chinese civil war, or at least ensure they have firm control of the...

  14. Rumsfeldia: Fear and Loathing in the Decade of Tears

    I think Rumsfeld defeated in 1984 is probably the best solution, as it would allow you to keep many of the best parts of Rumsfeldia in. However, if a (partially) different sequel is contemplated is there any possibility that John B. Anderson could win in either 80 or 84? Though I guess, like...

  15. The Falcon Cannot Hear: The Second American Civil War 1937-1944

    I still wonder if we might up with some States simply going their own way and not rejoining whatever state succeeds the US at the end of this war, the Catherverse for example is centered around a US that has disintegrated and this TL might still end up in that direction (though probably with...

  16. Which campaign had a better chance of winning: McCain/Palin 2008 or Romney/Ryan 2012?

    Funny, John Huntsman seemed the only decent one of them to me, of course I'm no American.

  17. The Falcon Cannot Hear: The Second American Civil War 1937-1944

    I just reread some of the earlier parts of the TL and I have to ask, are you planning on doing any more polandball comics of this TL?

  18. The Falcon Cannot Hear: The Second American Civil War 1937-1944

    Yay.....it's back.

  19. WI: A modern USA State declares it has seceded from the USA

    It's always interesting to speculate about the most powerful countries breaking up though. The Catherverse and the Falcon Cannot Hear both did it around the premise of no Roosevelt and in Rumsfeldia my sympathy definitely lies with seceding California. The way to it in real life would probably...

  20. AHC: Expel the United States from Latin America

    More successful, surviving constitutional monarchy Brazilian Empire maybe? While it is unlikely to manage to rival to superpower the USA is with more luck it could be a great power and might prevent total US dominance of South America.
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