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  1. The Iron Eagle II - Days of Strife

    Shot from a cannon, and have it shot with a Canon. Either way, it is a Can(n)on Ending.

  2. The Iron Eagle II - Days of Strife

    So here, there is also another Führer killed by a Hitler. Even if it is a different History, the rhymes are almost the same.

  3. WI: A ruling Queen has a bastard child?

    Alfonso XII of Spain, likely fathered by Enrique Puigmoltó i Mayans. It was a public secret at the time- and the resemblance between the two is quite striking. When in exile and needing money from the then King, on his reluctance to increase her stipend, she told him «Lo que tienes de Borbón lo...

  4. Best monarch or head of state to kill off early for a more prosperous future

    Francisco de Asis, who was quite cruelly mocked by everyone, from his wife on down to the common people: "Paco Natillas es de pasta flora y mea en cuclillas como una señora" ("Custard Francis is made out of filo pastry, and pisses squatting like a lady"). Which he would have had to do in any...

  5. Best monarch or head of state to kill off early for a more prosperous future

    Surprised it took this long. Bad son, bad king, worse ruler. His father was not great either, his daughter was disgraceful, and his grandson... well, he seemed OK, but died young - perhaps if he had lived longer, he could have ruined things even more. Spain has had only one decent king in the...

  6. The Anglo/American - Nazi War - The on-going mystery

    Most likely never formed at all. A major influence on Monty Python was The Goon Show (Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine). Milligan met Harry Secombe during the war in the North Africa campaign. No North African campaign, no Goon Show, no Monty Python, or Firesign...

  7. Look to the West Volume IX: The Electric Circus

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Tasty_and_Healthy_Food It is an interesting approach - it has everyday fare as well as for special occasions. Common meals could be made from ingredients that were, from what it seems, intended to be available to anyone anywhere in the USSR. That...

  8. The Footprint of Mussolini - TL

    Many details of Salvo Montalbano were inspired by Pepe Carvalho, a detective created by the Spanish writer Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, who was quite left wing, even going to prison for one year and a half for joining a strike in 1963. Depending on the Spanish situation in TTL in the '60s and...

  9. The Struggle of Democracy: A Spanish Quest (1978-1981)

    *Prepares popcorn*

  10. Vignette: The Stars in the Sky

    ...I suppose BBC stands for British Broadcasting Cooperative now?

  11. AHC/WI: A trans female in a position of power.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tang is the closest I've been able to find in OTL: minister without portfolio. Not much actual power though.

  12. Españoles en Vietnam: Franco's last war.

    A mountain goat?

  13. [AH Fiction] Murder in Hitlerstadt

    There are other sources of talent available. With no Red Scare Hsue-Shen Tsien could have stayed in the US. Korolev might have been able to leave the rump USSR. If he survived, that is.

  14. To Grasp the Heavens

    Looks like Project Daedalus indeed. (electron beam triggered fusion of Deuterium-Lithium pellets)

  15. A Shift in Priorities - Sequel

    Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.

  16. Yo me bajo en Atocha: a Spanish political TLIAD

    Which is odd. The rise of Oriol Junqueras within ERC was somewhat unlikely. Until he was picked up to be the list header for the European Parliament he was virtually unknown... except to history buffs who listen to Catalunya Ràdio. He was a collaborator in their long running weekly history...

  17. WI: Nazis kidnap the Pope

    I can't believe no one has mentioned this yet: "And shepherds we shall be, for Thee, my Lord, for Thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand. That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be. In nomine...

  18. Guide to Logistics

    On a somewhat related note, during the Spanish Civil War, fragile cargo was tied to turkeys and tossed out of the plane. Turkeys don't fly, but glide slowly as they flap their wings. So they double as rations.

  19. Mathematical PODs With Significant Political Effects?

    Have Henri Poincaré die from his childhood bout of diphtheria. The principle of relativity might get delayed. Also E=mc^2 (which I understand builds upon Poincaré's formulations) Also, as a knock on, with no Henri Poincaré perhaps his cousin Raymond doesn't go into politics, does not...

  20. TLIAD: La Isla Blanca

    And Spanish animal rights activists protesting bear and bull baiting, which are still somewhat popular. As we know, Paco, bull fighting died in Spain at the close of the 19th century... ... save for traditional bull tournaments done on horse by the rich. Which are also heavily...
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