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  1. Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid: A More Radical American Civil War

    I'm not sure where Thaddeus Stevens would fall with this, but I feel like it's whatever community best supports clapbacks, sarcastic quips, and brutal put-downs. I think one of my favourite quotes from him, even above the colourful invective he had for Confederates and sympathisers, is from...

  2. Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid: A More Radical American Civil War

    I agree with previous assessments that OTL Lincoln would be unlikely to pursue a third term, unless the war lasted that long. TTL Lincoln, it would depend on how deeply he felt that crusader's zealotry for true emancipation (as in, not just what's on that piece of paper, but equality before the...

  3. Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid: A More Radical American Civil War

    I'll be very interested to see if anything happens with Philip Kearny. The man was practically lightyears ahead of his time, and would probably have made a far more capable leader of the Union armies than any other generals save Grant and Sherman, though I suspect as in OTL Grant is destined for...

  4. Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid: A More Radical American Civil War

    @TheKnightIrish has done a civil war timeline that split focus between politics and military ventures admirably well - he may be able to offer some insight or help with how to find your balance

  5. A Glorious Union or America: the New Sparta

    As the man himself says, "Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright." (S4E2)

  6. Most interesting scenario to you.

    I'd be fascinated to see a world where transatlantic trade began between Western Africa and Eastern Brazil/South America, and did so in antiquity. Like if a wanked Ancient Egypt crossed the Atlantic and established truly 'global' trade before Rome ever existed, or Carthage looked to expand...

  7. Ruins Revisited: The Robert Taft Story

    Hey, FBI Special Agent Richard Nixon, Enemy #1 of the right wing, would've sounded unbelievable at the start of this TL. Let's not be too hasty about what is or isn't crazy :)

  8. A Glorious Union or America: the New Sparta

  9. The Ruins of an American Party System, Part Two: Collision

    So...I'm supposed to believe that Richard Nixon, pride of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who hated Silver Shirts and radical conservatives...would be behind this "Southern Strategy" nonsense? That he'd misuse the FBI so Long-ishly? That he would consider himself above the law? GTFO with...

  10. The Ruins of an American Party System, Part Two: Collision

    *sees multiple pages of new posts* *said pages are Spiro shitposts*

  11. The Ruins of an American Party System, Part Two: Collision

  12. The Ruins of an American Party System, Part Two: Collision

    Gotta ask, who're the poor bastards freezing their balls off occupying the extreme North of Norway?

  13. The Ruins of an American Party System, Part Two: Collision

    Thoughts as to where the Holy See in exile might relocate? Myself, I'm betting on Ireland.

  14. The Ruins of an American Party System, Part Two: Collision

    It's worth mentioning that, around this time OTL Reagan basically was a progressive. He actively campaigned for FDR and was very much a union man. I think there's even actual audio recordings of him talking smack about Republicans and conservatism (again, at the time) floating around out there...

  15. A Glorious Union or America: the New Sparta

    I wonder if Lincoln's OTL pen-palling with Karl Marx will get more attention and development. I think that could take post-war politics and economics in an interesting direction ITTL...

  16. The Ruins of an American Party System, Part Two: Collision

    Makes me wonder how many other laws, amendments, and political actions will be taken solely to counter/neuter/spite Huey Long. He does have a long, long list of political enemies

  17. WI: Al Gore was president when 9/11 happened?

    Because the federal government would not be crippled by Bush 43 lackeys and incompetents? Also, I imagine, a combination of Clinton-era people being held over in federal jobs and butterflies from the election difference. That's not to say a terror attack of some type would be out of the...

  18. The Ruins of an American Party System: From 1920 Onward

    I mean, that looks like a pretty solid option in and of itself; taking a leaf out of Batman's book and having Part I be "Fall of the Fourth", with Part II being "Rise of the Fifth"? Alternately...Yeats' "Second Coming" is, frankly, an overused source for titles, but it has become so with...

  19. The Ruins of an American Party System: From 1920 Onward

    I understand that the fatality rate for characters in this TL seems a little extreme (reminiscent of Eddie Izzard's bit: "death, death, death, death, lunch, death death, afternoon tea...") and EJ is correct in pointing out that the Presidency is stressful enough without a calamitously worse...

  20. The Ruins of an American Party System: From 1920 Onward

    Bertrand Hollis Snell, 35th President of the United States Yikes. For OTL reference, the 35th POTUS was JFK. In terms of policy, a casual perusing of his Wikipedia page implies that he was a major backer of Coolidge on spending & tax cuts while Chair of the House Rules Committee, and that...
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