Not sure rn, but let's just say that the Baltimore Stars have had a particularly rough time since their brief relocation to Philly between 95 and 97.
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Woah and why that move? Fierce competition with stallions till ravens come?
The Impenetrable Wall, once built in the years of the infamous Donald of America, stands over the border between Mexico and what used to be the United States of America. Originally designed as a way to keep out Mexicans from entering America, it has been since then a way for Mexico to keep out Americans from entering their country, ever since the descent of the United States into chaos. An entire branch of the Mexican Army was founded in the 22nd century to protect the Mexican border, now known as the Watch of the Impenetrable Wall.
One of the greatest commanders of the Watch was Juan David Cabal, an eerie young man who just happened to be a military prodigy.
Born in a small Egyptian-style house in Paso del Norte at a very stormy night, Juan David Cabal was raised from an early age by his uncle, Ignacio Cabal. He was described by his classmates as an "lonely, geeky and even creepy, as well as incredibly vengeful, but ferociously dedicated to the well-being of his class". It was said that nobody dared to punch him after an incident with a bully. After receiving exceptionally good grades at the end of school, at the age of 16, he enrolled at the Tijuana Defense Academy. At the age of 20, he began to serve as a watchman on the Paso del Norte part of the Impenetrable Wall. With good sight and swift reflexes, he rose through the ranks and soon became the leader of the Juarez 7 unit in 2253. In 2256, during yet another raid from the Texan Empire, he replaced the gravelly injured Bernabe Gbegbe (an Ivorian-born emigre) as the Commander of the Watch.
As the Commander of the Watch, he defended the Mexican border against raiders from the north; and very, very often led wars very deep into the north. Declared a war criminal by Theodore V, Emperor of Texas, he was, however, a national hero for the Mexicans, highly respected as the veteran of several dozen wars with various invaders, all of them won by Mexico. He was also a family man and a maecenate. His career did not come without a price: he lost his first wife and childhood sweetheart, Paulina Andrade, to an electric bomb set up by the Texans, lost countless of people close to him in various American raids, and by the 2270s had more than half of his body replaced with cybernetic augments. His second wife, Abigail Wolf (born Abigail Volkova) noted that he survived twenty-five poisonings, thirteen explosions, eleven immolations and a bullet shot into his right eye.
A legend says that his death was brought by was a group of Texan soldiers using a catapult to destroy a Watchtower. The iron pike which was used as a projectile landed directly onto Juan David, killing him instantly. However, according to most historians and the children of Juan David himself, Juan David Cabal was killed by... rain. At the time, his cybernetic augments were damaged by numerous blasts from Cherokee heat guns. Despite the advice of his subordinates, Juan David chose to continue fighting. Suddenly, rain began, and the unprotected cybernetic prostheses instantly exploded, bursting Juan David Cabal's body apart.
His children, Maximo and Irene Cabal, would go on to follow their father's footsteps, and Irene would even become the President of Mexico in 2328.
One of the greatest commanders of the Watch was Juan David Cabal, an eerie young man who just happened to be a military prodigy.
Born in a small Egyptian-style house in Paso del Norte at a very stormy night, Juan David Cabal was raised from an early age by his uncle, Ignacio Cabal. He was described by his classmates as an "lonely, geeky and even creepy, as well as incredibly vengeful, but ferociously dedicated to the well-being of his class". It was said that nobody dared to punch him after an incident with a bully. After receiving exceptionally good grades at the end of school, at the age of 16, he enrolled at the Tijuana Defense Academy. At the age of 20, he began to serve as a watchman on the Paso del Norte part of the Impenetrable Wall. With good sight and swift reflexes, he rose through the ranks and soon became the leader of the Juarez 7 unit in 2253. In 2256, during yet another raid from the Texan Empire, he replaced the gravelly injured Bernabe Gbegbe (an Ivorian-born emigre) as the Commander of the Watch.
As the Commander of the Watch, he defended the Mexican border against raiders from the north; and very, very often led wars very deep into the north. Declared a war criminal by Theodore V, Emperor of Texas, he was, however, a national hero for the Mexicans, highly respected as the veteran of several dozen wars with various invaders, all of them won by Mexico. He was also a family man and a maecenate. His career did not come without a price: he lost his first wife and childhood sweetheart, Paulina Andrade, to an electric bomb set up by the Texans, lost countless of people close to him in various American raids, and by the 2270s had more than half of his body replaced with cybernetic augments. His second wife, Abigail Wolf (born Abigail Volkova) noted that he survived twenty-five poisonings, thirteen explosions, eleven immolations and a bullet shot into his right eye.
A legend says that his death was brought by was a group of Texan soldiers using a catapult to destroy a Watchtower. The iron pike which was used as a projectile landed directly onto Juan David, killing him instantly. However, according to most historians and the children of Juan David himself, Juan David Cabal was killed by... rain. At the time, his cybernetic augments were damaged by numerous blasts from Cherokee heat guns. Despite the advice of his subordinates, Juan David chose to continue fighting. Suddenly, rain began, and the unprotected cybernetic prostheses instantly exploded, bursting Juan David Cabal's body apart.
His children, Maximo and Irene Cabal, would go on to follow their father's footsteps, and Irene would even become the President of Mexico in 2328.
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Is it too ASB to say that the Stallions merge with the Jacksonville Bulls in the early 90's?
And as for the Philly move - chalk it up to some rich guy from the area (Stallone?) buying them and moving them. It's a very poor decision, and the guy sells the team two years later. Think the Cleveland Browns moving to Baltimore.
Michael Fernandez is a bureaucrat, born and bred. Son of Florida state employees, Michael Fernandez had a fairly dull youth. While his education plans were delayed by the rebellion, he was still able to attend the University of Florida and receive his degree in Urban Market Development. Since then, Fernandez has spent his time working his way up the Department of Development, assisting marketization efforts across the east coast and overseeing the consolidation of the mega plantations in the plains. Fernandez would get his first real taste of politics as the Assistant Secretary of Legislation, making him a key leader for the Department's budget proposals. Fernandez had little use for Congress, and often felt that they shorted his department. While Fernandez's ultimate goal was Secretary of Development, his career was derailed by the necessity of the party. The AMP needed an inoffensive technocrat to shore up Bak's reputation with the departments, and Fernandez was the first to not immediately decline. Pressured by his superiors, Fernandez reluctantly took the role, and became the VP nominee without much fanfare. The last three years have been miserable for Fernandez. The number-crunching introvert has had to deal both with an increasingly unruly senate and exhausting PR events. While Fernandez had intended to retire from politics and return to Development, the Departments had need of him once again. The Departments had grown increasingly concerned about the growing influence of both the opposition and factions within the AMP. There were fears of the restoration of "rule by politics" as opposed to rule by expertise, a direct threat to administrative primacy. Michael Fernandez was pressured to continue his political career, and become the departments' candidate for the AMP nominee. While Fernandez disliked the idea, he too had grown to despise the factionalism of Raya, Stamm and the rest. While he remains fairly unpopular, especially in the plains states, Fernandez is in the running for Bak's endorsement, and departmental influence may give him the edge to seize the nomination.
Leona Hoag never thought that she would ever have a political career. While she did start he career as an Associate Energy Engineer with the Department of Energy, her main plans were to go into the corporate world. Her project management and organizational skills made her an asset to the DoE, which convinced her to stay on as an administrator for the department. Hoag's public career would take her to all the way to become Administrator of WAPA. Once in this position, Hoag would begin to see a bigger picture. As a staunch Neo-Reformist, Hoag was strictly opposed to human modification and synthetic proliferation. While the party was officially committed to these principles, the departments themselves cared little if they interfered with administration. Hoag's attempts to enforce the party line drew the ire of her superiors, leading to her eventual resignation. However, her administrative position and rank in the party gave her another path. She successfully ran in the Iowa governor's primary in 2058, campaigning on a platform of strict bioconservatism. While she was not the party favorite, the appeal was effective to many of the state's party supporters, whose agrarian lifestyles had been eliminated by increased automation. Leona would face another fierce primary challenge in 2062 and again in 2066. Still, she had the captured the loyalty of much of the state branch of the party, and was able to keep her position. As Governor of Iowa, she would sign some of the strictest anti-synth legislation in the country. Now, she sets her sights on the presidency. Hoag has been a critic of both Raya's and Stamm's factions, especially their approach to the opposition. To her, Raya's idealism of cultivating a "principled opposition" is laughable, and Stamm's plans to crush the party's enemies are dangerous. Rather, Hoag seeks conciliation and a working framework with the current opposition. While Hoag has few friends in Columbia, she has been able to tap into a bioconservative coalition, a group that feels they have been not been listened to for at least a decade. With high support in the plains states, Hoag may be able to expand her coalition and cinch the nomination.
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Teach me. I want to know how to make such hilarious, over-the-top posts.
how the hell the attack killed 57 people?
Yeah, that count seemed excessive, unless the fountain exploded and dispersed shrapnel into a crowd.
I've been in the Dizengoff square many times, and it is so ugly, I don't think there will ever be a point in time when there would be so many people there.
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Do you also mean for Fiorina to take Minnesota? That way she'd have 323 EV when you add in MT.
Worth debating whether Fiorina could have flipped the Rust Belt. I saw her campaign in the NH primary, and when you combine it with her debate performances, it's crazy to think that she did a better job of campaigning than half the field and yet never caught on - even when Trump (and for a time, Carson) did. Either way, America was electing its first female president on November 8th.
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IMPERIVM TEXANVMThe Impenetrable Wall, once built in the years of the infamous Donald of America, stands over the border between Mexico and what used to be the United States of America. Originally designed as a way to keep out Mexicans from entering America, it has been since then a way for Mexico to keep out Americans from entering their country, ever since the descent of the United States into chaos. An entire branch of the Mexican Army was founded in the 22nd century to protect the Mexican border, now known as the Watch of the Impenetrable Wall.
One of the greatest commanders of the Watch was Juan David Cabal, an eerie young man who just happened to be a military prodigy.
Born in a small Egyptian-style house in Paso del Norte at a very stormy night, Juan David Cabal was raised from an early age by his uncle, Ignacio Cabal. He was described by his classmates as an "lonely, geeky and even creepy, as well as incredibly vengeful, but ferociously dedicated to the well-being of his class". It was said that nobody dared to punch him after an incident with a bully. After receiving exceptionally good grades at the end of school, at the age of 16, he enrolled at the Tijuana Defense Academy. At the age of 20, he began to serve as a watchman on the Paso del Norte part of the Impenetrable Wall. With good sight and swift reflexes, he rose through the ranks and soon became the leader of the Juarez 7 unit in 2253. In 2256, during yet another raid from the Texan Empire, he replaced the gravelly injured Bernabe Gbegbe (an Ivorian-born emigre) as the Commander of the Watch.
As the Commander of the Watch, he defended the Mexican border against raiders from the north; and very, very often led wars very deep into the north. Declared a war criminal by Theodore V, Emperor of Texas, he was, however, a national hero for the Mexicans, highly respected as the veteran of several dozen wars with various invaders, all of them won by Mexico. He was also a family man and a maecenate. His career did not come without a price: he lost his first wife and childhood sweetheart, Paulina Andrade, to an electric bomb set up by the Texans, lost countless of people close to him in various American raids, and by the 2270s had more than half of his body replaced with cybernetic augments. His second wife, Abigail Wolf (born Abigail Volkova) noted that he survived twenty-five poisonings, thirteen explosions, eleven immolations and a bullet shot into his right eye.
A legend says that his death was brought by was a group of Texan soldiers using a catapult to destroy a Watchtower. The iron pike which was used as a projectile landed directly onto Juan David, killing him instantly. However, according to most historians and the children of Juan David himself, Juan David Cabal was killed by... rain. At the time, his cybernetic augments were damaged by numerous blasts from Cherokee heat guns. Despite the advice of his subordinates, Juan David chose to continue fighting. Suddenly, rain began, and the unprotected cybernetic prostheses instantly exploded, bursting Juan David Cabal's body apart.
His children, Maximo and Irene Cabal, would go on to follow their father's footsteps, and Irene would even become the President of Mexico in 2328.
MR. BRYAN CONSENTS TO RUN AGAIN; NAMES SENATOR BIDEN AS RUNNING MATE!
Yes, I know how implausible this is; who would ever believe WJB could actually win an election!
Yes, I know how implausible this is; who would ever believe WJB could actually win an election!
Michael Fernandez is a bureaucrat, born and bred. Son of Florida state employees, Michael Fernandez had a fairly dull youth. While his education plans were delayed by the rebellion, he was still able to attend the University of Florida and receive his degree in Urban Market Development. Since then, Fernandez has spent his time working his way up the Department of Development, assisting marketization efforts across the east coast and overseeing the consolidation of the mega plantations in the plains. Fernandez would get his first real taste of politics as the Assistant Secretary of Legislation, making him a key leader for the Department's budget proposals. Fernandez had little use for Congress, and often felt that they shorted his department. While Fernandez's ultimate goal was Secretary of Development, his career was derailed by the necessity of the party. The AMP needed an inoffensive technocrat to shore up Bak's reputation with the departments, and Fernandez was the first to not immediately decline. Pressured by his superiors, Fernandez reluctantly took the role, and became the VP nominee without much fanfare. The last three years have been miserable for Fernandez. The number-crunching introvert has had to deal both with an increasingly unruly senate and exhausting PR events. While Fernandez had intended to retire from politics and return to Development, the Departments had need of him once again. The Departments had grown increasingly concerned about the growing influence of both the opposition and factions within the AMP. There were fears of the restoration of "rule by politics" as opposed to rule by expertise, a direct threat to administrative primacy. Michael Fernandez was pressured to continue his political career, and become the departments' candidate for the AMP nominee. While Fernandez disliked the idea, he too had grown to despise the factionalism of Raya, Stamm and the rest. While he remains fairly unpopular, especially in the plains states, Fernandez is in the running for Bak's endorsement, and departmental influence may give him the edge to seize the nomination.
Leona Hoag never thought that she would ever have a political career. While she did start he career as an Associate Energy Engineer with the Department of Energy, her main plans were to go into the corporate world. Her project management and organizational skills made her an asset to the DoE, which convinced her to stay on as an administrator for the department. Hoag's public career would take her to all the way to become Administrator of WAPA. Once in this position, Hoag would begin to see a bigger picture. As a staunch Neo-Reformist, Hoag was strictly opposed to human modification and synthetic proliferation. While the party was officially committed to these principles, the departments themselves cared little if they interfered with administration. Hoag's attempts to enforce the party line drew the ire of her superiors, leading to her eventual resignation. However, her administrative position and rank in the party gave her another path. She successfully ran in the Iowa governor's primary in 2058, campaigning on a platform of strict bioconservatism. While she was not the party favorite, the appeal was effective to many of the state's party supporters, whose agrarian lifestyles had been eliminated by increased automation. Leona would face another fierce primary challenge in 2062 and again in 2066. Still, she had the captured the loyalty of much of the state branch of the party, and was able to keep her position. As Governor of Iowa, she would sign some of the strictest anti-synth legislation in the country. Now, she sets her sights on the presidency. Hoag has been a critic of both Raya's and Stamm's factions, especially their approach to the opposition. To her, Raya's idealism of cultivating a "principled opposition" is laughable, and Stamm's plans to crush the party's enemies are dangerous. Rather, Hoag seeks conciliation and a working framework with the current opposition. While Hoag has few friends in Columbia, she has been able to tap into a bioconservative coalition, a group that feels they have been not been listened to for at least a decade. With high support in the plains states, Hoag may be able to expand her coalition and cinch the nomination.
I can dig some cold technocratic bureaucrats as President
The administrative state now, the administrative state tomorrow, the administrative state forever
The presidency of Donald J. Trump was nothing less than controversial, racked with scandals due to the various conflicts of interest of both himself and several of his cabinet members. Add onto that numerous conflicts between Trump and Republicans in Congress, largely opposed to his conciliatory stance toward Russia and protectionist trade policy, as well as an economic recession that began in 2019 and only ended in the spring of 2020, and it was a recipe for disaster for any re-election bid. But run for re-election he did, even though he faced a strong primary challenge from Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, one of Trump's most vocal critics in Congress. He handily beat Sasse but faced decreased enthusiasm from Republicans who were tired of his bombastic style as well as disappointment due to several broken campaign promises, such as his failure to get Mexico to reimburse America for the Wall as well as his failure to deliver higher economic growth than had been seen during Obama's eight years in office.
On the Democratic side, the shocking loss of Hillary Clinton sent the party into a period of soul-searching as it grappled with how to appeal to those working class voters in the Rust Belt that it had lost while maintaining its support among minorities and young voters that had propelled Obama to both of his election victories. Ultimately, Democrats managed to find solace in opposition to Trump as well as an increased focus on a populist economic message that propelled it to victory in the 2018 midterms, as Democrats regained 8 governships, won back control of the House, and managed to have no net loss in the Senate. After a competitive primary, Elizabeth Warren managed to defeat her strongest challengers, Senators Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California, to win the Democratic nomination. She chose Senator Gary Peters of Michigan as her running mate in an effort to reach out to the Rust Belt as well as having a like-minded partner in the White House.
After a long, nasty campaign, Warren defeated Trump by a large margin, bolstered by decreased Republican enthusiasm as well as record-breaking turnout by minorities and young people who had been repulsed by Trump's presidency and formed the backbone of opposition to him. This allowed her to turn Arizona and Georgia blue, as well as win Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Florida which had all gone to Trump four years prior. However, she was unable to win Iowa and Ohio, underscoring their trend toward Republicans that had begun in 2016. Warren becomes the first woman to be elected President of the United States and has a mandate to implement a more progressive agenda after Democrats have managed to win back the Senate and expand their majority in the House.
(If this steers too close to current politics let me know and I will take it down and find somewhere more suitable to post it.)
On the Democratic side, the shocking loss of Hillary Clinton sent the party into a period of soul-searching as it grappled with how to appeal to those working class voters in the Rust Belt that it had lost while maintaining its support among minorities and young voters that had propelled Obama to both of his election victories. Ultimately, Democrats managed to find solace in opposition to Trump as well as an increased focus on a populist economic message that propelled it to victory in the 2018 midterms, as Democrats regained 8 governships, won back control of the House, and managed to have no net loss in the Senate. After a competitive primary, Elizabeth Warren managed to defeat her strongest challengers, Senators Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California, to win the Democratic nomination. She chose Senator Gary Peters of Michigan as her running mate in an effort to reach out to the Rust Belt as well as having a like-minded partner in the White House.
After a long, nasty campaign, Warren defeated Trump by a large margin, bolstered by decreased Republican enthusiasm as well as record-breaking turnout by minorities and young people who had been repulsed by Trump's presidency and formed the backbone of opposition to him. This allowed her to turn Arizona and Georgia blue, as well as win Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Florida which had all gone to Trump four years prior. However, she was unable to win Iowa and Ohio, underscoring their trend toward Republicans that had begun in 2016. Warren becomes the first woman to be elected President of the United States and has a mandate to implement a more progressive agenda after Democrats have managed to win back the Senate and expand their majority in the House.
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America is doomed.The presidency of Donald J. Trump was nothing less but controversial, racked with scandals due to the various conflicts of interest of both himself and several of his cabinet members. Add onto that numerous conflicts between Trump and Republicans in Congress, largely opposed to his conciliatory stance toward Russia and protectionist trade policy, as well as an economic recession that began in 2019 and only ended in the spring of 2020, and it was a recipe for disaster for any re-election bid. But run for re-election he did, even though he faced a strong primary challenge from Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, one of Trump's most vocal critics in Congress. He handily beat Sasse but faced decreased enthusiasm from Republicans who were tired of his bombastic style as well as disappointment due to several broken campaign promises, such as his failure to get Mexico to reimburse America for the Wall as well as his failure to deliver higher economic growth than had been seen during Obama's eight years in office.
On the Democratic side, the shocking loss of Hillary Clinton sent the party into a period of soul-searching as it grappled with how to appeal to those working class voters in the Rust Belt that it had lost while maintaining its support among minorities and young voters that had propelled Obama to both of his election victories. Ultimately, Democrats managed to find solace in opposition to Trump as well as an increased focus on a populist economic message that propelled it to victory in the 2018 midterms, as Democrats regained 8 governships, won back control of the House, and managed to have no net loss in the Senate. After a competitive primary, Elizabeth Warren managed to defeat her strongest challengers, Senators Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California, to win the Democratic nomination. She chose Senator Gary Peters of Michigan as her running mate in an effort to reach out to the Rust Belt as well as having a like-minded partner in the White House.
After a long, nasty campaign, Warren defeated Trump by a large margin, bolstered by decreased Republican enthusiasm as well as record-breaking turnout by minorities and young people who had been repulsed by Trump's presidency and formed the backbone of opposition to him. This allowed her to turn Arizona and Georgia blue, as well as win Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Florida which had all gone to Trump four years prior. However, she was unable to win Iowa and Ohio, underscoring their trend toward Republicans that had begun in 2016. Warren becomes the first woman to be elected President of the United States and has a mandate to implement a more progressive agenda after Democrats have managed to win back the Senate and keep control of the House.
Interestingly enough, out of all the major AMP candidates, most consider Hoag as the greatest concern when it comes the primacy of the departments. While she has a bureacratic background, her willingness to place ideology over pragmatism and her plans to deal with the opposition as equals is seen by many in the party as a threat to technocratic rule. The congressmen may be ideologues as well, but neither has bad blood with the departments, and neither plan to undermine their authority.
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