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  1. That Wacky Redhead

    Some of you may recall that the failure of George Schlatter’s Turn-On was an important plot point early in the TL. Well, now you can actually watch it!

  2. Ronald Reagan and RFK are the major party nominees in 1968. Who is favored in the November?

    Obviously the specifics depend on a variety of factors, such whether they have to go through particularly tumultuous conventions to obtain their party’s nominations and who they select as their running mates, but on balance, who would likely be the stronger candidate that year? Cases could be...

  3. How would Christianity be affected if Julian succeded

    Correct me if I’m wrong, but many of the Germanic tribes, particularly the Goths, had already converted to Arian Christianity by that point, right? If the Western Roman Empire collapses in roughly the same manner as OTL, divided between barbarian kingdoms, you’d have the odd situation where the...

  4. What Does a French Victory in the 7YW Look Like?

    Wasn’t it the case that Russia was on the verge of total victory over Prussia before Catherine died and her som, upon succeeding her, immediately switched sides? Of course, that’s merely one front in a much wider conflict, but still.

  5. Alternate presidential library locations

    Let’s consider Vice Presidents and Vice Presidential candidates who have yet to be mentioned, considering they were (or nearly were) just a heartbeat away from the Oval Office… Alben Barkley: He was from Kentucky, so Lexington and Louisville are the likeliest options. There’s also the...

  6. Alternate presidential library locations

    It would basically have to be San Diego, right? Wilson was mayor of that city, after all. And I think there’s plenty of room in Southern California for multiple presidential libraries, given that there are two IOTL: Reagan’s, which is in Simi Valley, Ventura County, and Nixon’s, which is Yorba...

  7. Alternate presidential library locations

    That’s the problem with any post-JFK president from Massachusetts - and there are several plausible candidates, including Michael Dukakis and Jack’s other brother, Ted Kennedy. Once JFK has Boston claimed, you quickly run out of other good spots in Massachusetts? Worcester? Springfield...

  8. Alternate presidential library locations

    Good thoughts! I’d quibble with some of these, though, if only because it doesn’t seem like a president’s hometown is inherently favored for this sort of thing unless it’s already a major city in its own right. Bill Clinton’s presidential library is Little Rock, not Hope. Jimmy Carter’s is in...

  9. Alternate presidential library locations

    For those who don’t know, the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States maintains a system of libraries dedicated to housing documents related to the most of the American presidents from Hoover onwards (there are sites associated with earlier presidents, but they are...

  10. New World Elephants

    FWIW, hippopotamuses accidentally introduced into the wilds of Colombia by Pablo Escobar have been able to thrive there: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamuses_in_Colombia

  11. WI: British Algeria?

    For a later POD, what if the British actually seize territory in North Africa during the War of 1812… from the United States, or rather an American-aligned government? This isn’t exactly what the OP is asking about, as it involves a scheme to install a different ruler in Tripoli rather than...

  12. That Wacky Redhead

    And RIP to a figure integral to the TL from the very first post: https://abc7.com/barbara-walters-walter-dies-celebrity-death-abc-news/12632804/

  13. Map Thread XXI

    Could put the Ibbenese somewhere in Scandinavia.

  14. Map Thread XXI

    To be clear, how bad is the nuclear war? A relatively minor exchange where only a few million are killed as the direct result of blasts, or an apocalyptic nightmare where dozens of major cities are destroyed and hundreds of millions die?

  15. The 1969 Saudi coup attempt succeeds?

    What exactly would they call the country once the monarchy is overthrown? Can’t really use “Saudi” is official parlance once the House of Saud is gone. Simply the Republic of Arabia or something like that?

  16. What would be politics today if the Great Depression never happened?

    It would probably depend on why the Great Depression doesn’t happen.

  17. Have more Celtic languages flourish to the present day

    You could potentially use a POD that dates much earlier than the Gallic Wars, or even the existence of the Romans at all. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo-Celtic Though this theory is controversial, the basic idea is that the Italic languages (of which Latin eventually became the dominant...

  18. AHQ/WI: Carolingian Iberia?

    Perhaps they focus on expanding south rather than waging war on the Saxons. That’d create some interesting butterflies.

  19. That Wacky Redhead

    Always great to see an update! :)

  20. Christianity in a surviving Aztec Empire and Inca Empire

    One possibility is that the elites of one or both states still decide to convert to Christianity in order to curry favor with Europe and establish trade/diplomatic relations, but given that Spain’s failed conquest would likely give them a bad impression of Catholicism, maybe they go with some...
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