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lord caedus

Gryphon

Gryphon

lord caedus said:
Didn't that one eventually spin off into its own thread? I remember being disappointed when it stopped updating.
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It was its own TL (and, to my knowledge, it was the first wikibox TL thread in pre- or post-1900), and cross-posted in the wikibox thread.

We were interrupted by life. Archie was starting school, and Patton and I both got busy, then distracted, and I never pushed for us to finish it (it was my pet, and Archie and Patton were kind enough to lend their talents to making it happen insofar as it did). It's still on the plate of 'things we're going to do eventually' but it's on the part of the plate where you push the last couple bits of veg you don't want to eat but know you have to and you're just kind of hoping the table gets cleared before anyone notices.
 
Tom Colton

Tom Colton

Sakura_F said:
You liked some of my junk but no love here. :(

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Allow me to join you in butthurt! :mad:
 
Tom Colton

Tom Colton

Nofix said:
Sorry. :oops: I can't remember if you made anything from pages 201-300. (I recognize your username from around the site, but I don't have any concrete image of you or what you do.)
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I'm the weird guy who makes infobox series out of fictional universes, trying to syncretise them with actual history. My biggest hit from the previous thread was this series:

Command and Conquer: Red Alert series infoboxes

Allies
Soviets

Yuri

Conflicts
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...and that was on page 327, with the earliest one still not between pages 200-300. Mea culpa. :oops:
 

Nofix

Tom Colton said:
I'm the weird guy who makes infobox series out of fictional universes, trying to syncretise them with actual history. My biggest hit from the previous thread was this series:



...and that was on page 327, with the earliest one still not between pages 200-300. Mea culpa. :oops:
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Oh yeeeeeaaaaahh. I liked those. Never played those games but I could appreciate them for their effort and depth. Those will be liked when I get around to pages 301-400. :biggrin:

No prob. ;)
 
Gorrister

Gorrister

@Nofix u cheeky mfr ill shiv u

jk thx 4 all the likes

Stephen Harper is basically synonymous with the title of 'premier' in both Alberta and even many parts of Canada.

He came of political age during the Conservative landslide of 1979, in which former actor Glenn Ford took over from the unpopular Romeo LeBlanc. Ford and his financial secretary, the hard-right Pierre Trudeau, took an axe to services and cut taxes across the board. Harper, along with a collection of other Young Liberals, took to the streets to protest the Ford government, 'Fordnomics' in particular. However, Ford's folksy charm won the populace over to his proposals, which among other things, included severely weakening the power of trade unions within the country. Trudeau, on a supposed 'anti Socialist' crusade, took steps to curtail the welfare state by instituting a form of 'workfare'. Ford and his party crushed the inept Allen MacEachen in 1983. Despite having an increased mandate, Ford didn't do too much with the rest of his term. He struggled to fight off allegations of corruption within the foreign office, and his economic agenda stalled when Trudeau resigned in 1987, who inspired revulsion in the east and mild appreciation in the west.

In the midst of all this, Harper sought election to the Albertan assembly at the young age of 24. He won in the Liberal stronghold of Calgary, and then served several years on the backbenches. Funnily enough, Harper was appointed to the provincial cabinet on the day of Glenn Ford's resignation (he would be replaced by Elmer Mackay). After two inoffensive years leading an initiative to build homes in Edmonton, Harper was promoted to the office of Transport minister. Of course, Harbour retired before anything was done, and Harper was thrust into the provincial spotlight. He was initially a 'no-hoper' against the titan candidacy of Laurence Decore. Decore, however, passed away before the contest began, and so Harper was left as the last man standing. He was elected unanimously.

Harper immediately called an election, and increased his party's already huge majority. In the twenty odd years since he took power, Harper's majority has never been in question, thanks to his cunning skill at smearing his opponents and stealing their more popular policies to claim them as his own.

Even though the Alberta Liberals aren't officially linked to the national Liberal-Progressives, Harper's been on the stump for them anyway. This was rather controversial in 2004, when he refused deputy prime minister Bill McKnight's request for Calgary to house suspected 'terror' suspects.

Nicknamed the 'grand dragon' of Alberta, Harper's popularity has remained constant. And with the rumours that he may stand for parliament at the next general election, perhaps his political journey is only beginning.

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Fred Phelps, dubbed the 'tiger of the senate' by President Anne Armstrong in 1983, got his start in politics by defending black citizens in court and organizing brigades to stop lynchings. The NAACP regarded him as a hero to their cause, and he turned up to many of their conferences. While he was known in the civil rights movement, he wouldn't gain national prominence until he had to take on the case of Tom Robinson in 1961. He proved that Robinson was not guilty of the rape he was accused of, but Robinson was sent to prison anyway. Phelps tried to use his skills to have him released, but even after the Civil Rights Act of 1952, white juries and white judges turned him down with force.

After Robinson's 'accidental' death in late 1967, Phelps was enraged. He decided to run for the senate to replace the near senile Harry Hines Woodring. He won in a blowout, shocking many political observers, who expected his activism to cost him votes.

During his time in the senate, he fought to build affordable housing in poverty-stricken black areas, such as those in New Orleans. He and California actor Robert Dornan fought to introduce a 'guaranteed basic income', an idea that would be voted down with the help of southern senators, who particularly loathed the Kansas Senator.

After he took up the forestry brief, he pressed for funding for national parks and the planting of thousands of new trees across the nation. Phelps retired with a 60% approval rating, and one presidential run (1976) behind him. His death in 2008 was responded to with countless spirited tributes to the man from many on both sides of the aisle. The President, along with the leadership of the NAACP, attended his memorial.

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Maiden Brewing was founded by Mayowa Oduwole in 2034. Mayowa had come to America as a refugee from the civil conflict in Nigeria in 2025, and was housed in the North Hugo refugee center in Oklahoma. Having been a brewer in his home country, Mayowa was able to commute to Paris, Texas and work at a local brewery. After six years of brewery work, and with his family settled down in North Hugo, Mayowa decided to take advantage of the Federal government's Refugee Opportunity Grants, which served to encourage refugees and refugee centers to become economically independent. Maiden was an overall success as a microbrewery. Like many breweries across the country, Mayowa was able to take advantage of low Sorghum prices and widely available production enzymes to recreate the traditional Burukutu of his home country. Thanks to the efforts of companies like Maiden, as well as major barely crop failures, Burukutu would become a fairly common drink in the U.S. by the mid-'50s.

In the 2047, with Nigeria greatly rebounding, Mayowa decided to retire back home to Nigeria. He left the business to his son, Abraham, who had married an American and become a citizen. While both Mayowa and Abraham were skilled brewers, they differed on political and business philosophy. Mayowa considered himself a conservative man and no friend to rebels, and had openly opposed the May 31st Rebellion. He was even willing to provide hundreds of free barrels to the reconstruction forces. Abraham, on the other hand, saw the Rebellion as a genuine struggle for freedom, a position that would get him in many arguments with his father. While Abraham continued his father's business practices for almost a decade, expanding the brewery and acquiring liquor outlets, Abraham found himself enamored with the rise of the Liberation party and their message. In 2055, Abraham decided to allow his employees to vote on whether to mutualize the company, a position that was affirmed by 72% of the ballots. While Abraham did receive some compensation for transferring ownership, it was ultimately a gift. Since then, Maiden Brewing has been a significant supporter of the Liberation Party. Freeman Official is often called the official beer of the democratic movement, and can be found in almost every union hall, party building or co-op restaurant. Abraham has since moved on directly to politics, becoming the representative for OK-5 and the only Liberation representative from Oklahoma.
 
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