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The French defeat in the Seven Years War did not quite hold in Indoustan, where the French heavily beat the British, running them out of every part of India save for eastern Bengal, where a compliant Nawab was installed by the British East India Company. French sovereignty had now been expanded across South India to encompass the majority of it, and had now expanded to western Bengal, where the rebellious Nawab Siradj-oud-Daula had a suspicious accident after he proved too difficult to control, and despite losses just about everywhere else, many Frenchmen saw this as a good victory. However, the French wanted to expand further, but in this regard it was blocked by Mysore, a state which, under its enlightened despot Tipou Soultan, had largely updated its military to European standards, and his rockets achieved fame in Europe itself. It also did a nice job of calming Indou [Hindu] resent against its Islamic ruling family. After a number of difficult battles, though, French advantages in numbers finally led to the deposing of Tipou Soultan and his replacement by a king suzerain to the French. However, by this point, the French now bordered the powerful Maratha Confederacy on both its Bengali and its South Indoustani boders, and would have to come into conflict with it in order to expand, and with France seeing various republican rebellions, it wasn't one to try to begin a massive war with a powerful nation. To its good luck, however, in 1801, Aiderabad [Hyderabad], a nation only moderately controlled by the Marathas, fell into civil war over two competing members of the dynasty who disagreed on the path the nation should take. The one who believed in independence from the Marathas instantly saw French support, and a French intervention led to its now-secure monarch declaring suzerainty to the French. However, this brought the French into competition with the immensely-powerful Marathas, who launched a vast offensive that struck deep into French territory and, to the shock of many European observers, fought their way to the notable French port of Mahe, where a makeshift wall around its core was made by soldiers in an attempt to defend it. Ultimately, a Sikh rebellion against the Marathas, as well as an Aiderabadi force coming in the nick of time, led to the city being saved, but yet it shocked many Frenchmen to their core, and with word of more French republican rebellions, a treaty was hastily signed that confirmed status quo ante bellum.
However, the Marathas too were facing difficulties. The Confederacy was built on raiding more than war, and this showed this. The Sikh rebellion ultimately proved victorious, and one by one, former vassals cut their ties with the Marathas. After the republicans calmed down, the French once more sought to increase their holdings. An invasion of Oudh from Bengal proved largely successful and a pliant ruler was made its ruler, and despite the rump Marathas holding off all offensives from the French, other states were forced to surrender their independence to the French, and they expanded further. The Padicha [Padishah] of Dillie [Delhi], still the nominal ruler of the subcontinent, was forced to give the French East India Company a monopoly on tax collection, and French status in India grew further. By 1832, the French were ready to face off the Marathas again. After several wars, they were restrained to their small homeland above the Deccan, and this too fell after a war in the 1850s, after which these lands fell under military occupation. The French were now the undisputed masters of the subcontinent, and the defeat of the Sikh states and the final accession of the Emir of Cachemere [Kashmir] to the French marked its Indian holdings having completed its expansion, what with Russia right next to it. However, conflict still remained, and it would indeed be reawakened.
With the French East India Company having gone bankrupt many times, the king of France, Louis XIX, now decided the company had gone too far, and in 1863, its domains fell under the direct control of the French government, and the Timurid Padicha that nominally ruled the subcontinent was stripped of all of his land claims save for Dillie. However, the company did do at least one thing right, and that was its stopping of missionary activity in recognition of local sensitivities. The French sent various missionaries to convert the "pagans". However, to Indous and Mousalmen [Muslims] alike, this felt like a violation of their own religion, and a series of rebellions were sparked. Missionaries were murdered everywhere and churches were destroyed. In retaliation, the French did the same to Mousalmen and Indous. These rebellions grew out of control, to the point that Louis XIX, having been forced to assemble the Assembly of Notables, recalled the missionaries. Yet, their preaching seems to have been half-done, as several Bhaktie hymns and cults about Jesus were spurred. "Djè Jesu-Marie" became their cry, seeing Jesus Christ as an incarnation of Vishnu as legitimate as Krishna or Rama, and the Bible as his equivalent of the Ramayana or Mahabharata. Horrified by this heresy, the French influenced several influential Indous into denouncing these cults. These efforts have been largely successful, but there are more than a few devotees to Jesus, incarnation of Vishnu, across the country to this day. Yet, despite this failure, several religious practices such as Satie, or the practice of Indou widows committing suicide. The "Pagan Indian Rebellion", later termed the "Great Indoustani Rebellion" by neutral sources, led to the securing of French power in the subcontinent.
In this colonial period, most Indians grew to see the French Empire, known in Indi [Hindi] as the "Ferengi Raj", as a standard force, and many took to the learning of French. More than a few Indians intermarried with French people, creating the mixed-race "Ferengi" ethnic group. Indi in the empire was standardized as the dialect as spoken in Aiderabad and the Northern Deccan, and the Perso-Arabic script was used for correspondence as it was considered easier to use in print than the more unsuitable Nagari [Devanagari] script, thus relegating Nagari to a religious and liturgical language, and with the Nagari script in steep decline, many Indou hymns had to be translated into the Perso-Arabic script for use. French culture merged with local cultures, creating a larger culture that wrapped the subcontinent. And notably, Ancient Greek and Sanskrit were found to be almost abnormally similar, causing many to think that Sanskrit was the original language and causing an "Indian culture craze" in France proper that not even the Catholic Church could stop. At home, the innovations of kinematography expanded, and in Lahore, an Indi-language film industry grew, especially after the introduction of sound, after which influence from the musical nature of Punjabi culture led to the vast majority of films being musicals, something which remains true to this day. However, French India was poor, as the French refused to industrialize it because they saw as a home for raw goods. Indeed, since the time that the Timurids truly ruled the subcontinent, it was actually going backwards in terms of industrialization. And so, unrest grew, and in the 1910s, a number of anti-French protestors were gunned down, inspiring shock even in the eyes of the Francified elite itself. Then came the Great War. Throughout the 1930s, French Indians were conscripted to fight against the enemy, and with Britain having a colony in eastern Bengal, this meant even in India itself. It was here that the cry of "Indoustan Zindabad" was born; the corresponding cry of "France Mourdabade" would only come later. When the war ultimately ended in a stalemate, despite the disappointment that Frenchmen suffered, many Indians felt pride in their fighting ability.
Yet, when they came home, they found that circumstances were just as bad as before, and despite fighting for France, everything was the same. Independence marches rose further in intensity. However, in the forties and fifties, many protesters were gunned down, resulting in radicalization, and in 1963, the "Azade Inde Faudje", or the "Free India Military" was created. Several guerrilla victories later, it declared the "Republic of Indoustan", now calling itself the native name of "Indoustan" rather than the foreign "India" as part of healing the wounds of colonailsim. War spread across the subcontinent, leading to the death of many. However, ultimately, in 1970, France considered holding on to it to be too difficult and recognized the Republic as independent. Victory had finally been achieved, and France's crown jewel was dead. The formal structuring of the Republic came soon afterwards. Unusually for a republic, the various princes and kings were sorted into the upper house in something similar to the British House of Lords, amongst whom they elected a Maharoi ("Maha" being Sanskrit for "great", and "Roi" being French for "king") to lead them. Though this was quite powerless, it is a matter of national prestige to many Indoustanis. The lower house was organized as an elected body, and its President, the leader of the controlling party in the house, holds all the true power. In addition, the "Tara-e-Indoustan", or the "Star of Hindustan" became a national emblem and has a place on the national flag, as it was a prominent symbol of the revolution. India was independent, and had a government befitting an independent nation.
However, the nation suffered and continues to suffer from crippling corruption that reaches all levels of government and is the source of much anger, and the war resulted in massive destruction of national infrastructure. Religious conflicts continue unabated, with Indous and Mousalmen engaging in conflict over everything from the Islamic king of Oudh to the Indou king in Oumèrkaute. All of this led to several popular revolts in the eighties and nineties, which were ultimately put to an end after several reforms such as the end of the existing semi-feudal farm ownership system were passed. And western investment has led to the creation of more than a few factories. Despite more than a little anger against Indoustani "sweatshops", "Créé en Indoustan" labels are growing in number across the world. Hope exists that the nation can improve, and despite its abject poverty, it is indeed improving slowly but steadily
However, the Marathas too were facing difficulties. The Confederacy was built on raiding more than war, and this showed this. The Sikh rebellion ultimately proved victorious, and one by one, former vassals cut their ties with the Marathas. After the republicans calmed down, the French once more sought to increase their holdings. An invasion of Oudh from Bengal proved largely successful and a pliant ruler was made its ruler, and despite the rump Marathas holding off all offensives from the French, other states were forced to surrender their independence to the French, and they expanded further. The Padicha [Padishah] of Dillie [Delhi], still the nominal ruler of the subcontinent, was forced to give the French East India Company a monopoly on tax collection, and French status in India grew further. By 1832, the French were ready to face off the Marathas again. After several wars, they were restrained to their small homeland above the Deccan, and this too fell after a war in the 1850s, after which these lands fell under military occupation. The French were now the undisputed masters of the subcontinent, and the defeat of the Sikh states and the final accession of the Emir of Cachemere [Kashmir] to the French marked its Indian holdings having completed its expansion, what with Russia right next to it. However, conflict still remained, and it would indeed be reawakened.
With the French East India Company having gone bankrupt many times, the king of France, Louis XIX, now decided the company had gone too far, and in 1863, its domains fell under the direct control of the French government, and the Timurid Padicha that nominally ruled the subcontinent was stripped of all of his land claims save for Dillie. However, the company did do at least one thing right, and that was its stopping of missionary activity in recognition of local sensitivities. The French sent various missionaries to convert the "pagans". However, to Indous and Mousalmen [Muslims] alike, this felt like a violation of their own religion, and a series of rebellions were sparked. Missionaries were murdered everywhere and churches were destroyed. In retaliation, the French did the same to Mousalmen and Indous. These rebellions grew out of control, to the point that Louis XIX, having been forced to assemble the Assembly of Notables, recalled the missionaries. Yet, their preaching seems to have been half-done, as several Bhaktie hymns and cults about Jesus were spurred. "Djè Jesu-Marie" became their cry, seeing Jesus Christ as an incarnation of Vishnu as legitimate as Krishna or Rama, and the Bible as his equivalent of the Ramayana or Mahabharata. Horrified by this heresy, the French influenced several influential Indous into denouncing these cults. These efforts have been largely successful, but there are more than a few devotees to Jesus, incarnation of Vishnu, across the country to this day. Yet, despite this failure, several religious practices such as Satie, or the practice of Indou widows committing suicide. The "Pagan Indian Rebellion", later termed the "Great Indoustani Rebellion" by neutral sources, led to the securing of French power in the subcontinent.
In this colonial period, most Indians grew to see the French Empire, known in Indi [Hindi] as the "Ferengi Raj", as a standard force, and many took to the learning of French. More than a few Indians intermarried with French people, creating the mixed-race "Ferengi" ethnic group. Indi in the empire was standardized as the dialect as spoken in Aiderabad and the Northern Deccan, and the Perso-Arabic script was used for correspondence as it was considered easier to use in print than the more unsuitable Nagari [Devanagari] script, thus relegating Nagari to a religious and liturgical language, and with the Nagari script in steep decline, many Indou hymns had to be translated into the Perso-Arabic script for use. French culture merged with local cultures, creating a larger culture that wrapped the subcontinent. And notably, Ancient Greek and Sanskrit were found to be almost abnormally similar, causing many to think that Sanskrit was the original language and causing an "Indian culture craze" in France proper that not even the Catholic Church could stop. At home, the innovations of kinematography expanded, and in Lahore, an Indi-language film industry grew, especially after the introduction of sound, after which influence from the musical nature of Punjabi culture led to the vast majority of films being musicals, something which remains true to this day. However, French India was poor, as the French refused to industrialize it because they saw as a home for raw goods. Indeed, since the time that the Timurids truly ruled the subcontinent, it was actually going backwards in terms of industrialization. And so, unrest grew, and in the 1910s, a number of anti-French protestors were gunned down, inspiring shock even in the eyes of the Francified elite itself. Then came the Great War. Throughout the 1930s, French Indians were conscripted to fight against the enemy, and with Britain having a colony in eastern Bengal, this meant even in India itself. It was here that the cry of "Indoustan Zindabad" was born; the corresponding cry of "France Mourdabade" would only come later. When the war ultimately ended in a stalemate, despite the disappointment that Frenchmen suffered, many Indians felt pride in their fighting ability.
Yet, when they came home, they found that circumstances were just as bad as before, and despite fighting for France, everything was the same. Independence marches rose further in intensity. However, in the forties and fifties, many protesters were gunned down, resulting in radicalization, and in 1963, the "Azade Inde Faudje", or the "Free India Military" was created. Several guerrilla victories later, it declared the "Republic of Indoustan", now calling itself the native name of "Indoustan" rather than the foreign "India" as part of healing the wounds of colonailsim. War spread across the subcontinent, leading to the death of many. However, ultimately, in 1970, France considered holding on to it to be too difficult and recognized the Republic as independent. Victory had finally been achieved, and France's crown jewel was dead. The formal structuring of the Republic came soon afterwards. Unusually for a republic, the various princes and kings were sorted into the upper house in something similar to the British House of Lords, amongst whom they elected a Maharoi ("Maha" being Sanskrit for "great", and "Roi" being French for "king") to lead them. Though this was quite powerless, it is a matter of national prestige to many Indoustanis. The lower house was organized as an elected body, and its President, the leader of the controlling party in the house, holds all the true power. In addition, the "Tara-e-Indoustan", or the "Star of Hindustan" became a national emblem and has a place on the national flag, as it was a prominent symbol of the revolution. India was independent, and had a government befitting an independent nation.
However, the nation suffered and continues to suffer from crippling corruption that reaches all levels of government and is the source of much anger, and the war resulted in massive destruction of national infrastructure. Religious conflicts continue unabated, with Indous and Mousalmen engaging in conflict over everything from the Islamic king of Oudh to the Indou king in Oumèrkaute. All of this led to several popular revolts in the eighties and nineties, which were ultimately put to an end after several reforms such as the end of the existing semi-feudal farm ownership system were passed. And western investment has led to the creation of more than a few factories. Despite more than a little anger against Indoustani "sweatshops", "Créé en Indoustan" labels are growing in number across the world. Hope exists that the nation can improve, and despite its abject poverty, it is indeed improving slowly but steadily
By the turn of the late 22nd century, Samoa was hardly any better off than at the beginning of the 21st century. A minor Polynesian state known for their navigational prowess and as the birthplace of many professional wrestlers, sportsmen and other comparatively huge people, for much of its history Samoa was divided between two entities: Western Samoa, otherwise known as the Independent State of Samoa, and American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the former United States of America, until a chain of events labelled the Second Samoan Crisis.
The Crisis was directly caused by the collapse of the United States of America. With the destruction of the superpower that dominated the world for the 20th and the 21st centuries, American Samoa was left effectively without a patron government. In January of 2053, the newly independent Free State of American Samoa held a referendum regarding reformation of the Eastern Samoan government. Later, a presidential election handed the presidency of Eastern Samoa over to Lopo Lepati Tamuga, U.S. army officer, former governor of American Samoa and chairman of the newly-founded Democratic Party of Samoa. However, there was a particular issue at hand: reunification with neighboring Independent State of Samoa, something which Eastern Samoa didn't really want.
Western Samoa did have its problems. Forced to take various costly measures in order to prevent Samoa from being consumed by the rising tides (such as building various citadels), Western Samoa was also suffering from corruption and authoritarianism of the ruling Prime Ministers, all of them belonging to the ruling Human Rights Protection Party, and the O le Ao o le Malos. As such, a political reform movement sprang up in Samoa, calling itself Young Samoa, which called for a multi-party democracy with a strong President as the head of state. Soon the Young Samoan Party became part of the Samoan government, becoming one of the primary political parties in Samoa. The "Young Samoa" movement, a nationalist one from the start, evolved into the Samoan Reunion Movement as Samoan reunification became a massive issue in the politics of both Samoas. The Eastern Samoan government did not desire reunification, but Western Samoa did.
After a shipping incident, President Tamuga accused the Western Samoan government of conspiring to destabilize and annex Eastern Samoa. The Western Samoan government, which recently completed its transformation into the Samoan People's Republic, responded with declaring war, resulting in what would be one of the most major events in Samoan history.
The Third Samoan Civil War, as the Samoan government calls it, while certainly glorified and certainly highly important to Samoans, was only a two year-conflict easily won by the Western Samoans, as their army was twice as large as the army of Eastern Samoa. Of course, there was the problem of partisan fighting, sea minewalls and communist insurgency, and the Samoan economy took a toll after the war, but they quickly rebuilt. The Samoan war was notable for producing interesting characters, such as Milo Wakabe, a young Japanese-Samoan technician and Prime Minister of the United States of Samoa, as well as notorious war criminal. While Iosefina Lesa Diminika, leader of the Eastern Samoan Emergency Government and first and only President of the United States of Samoa, and Manuia Fetu, General of the Army of the United States of Samoa, were found, arrested and forced to serve four consecutive life sentences, Milo Wakabe was not found. According to Californian, Hawaiian and Australian intelligence agencies, however, he fled to North America, where he survived by contacting his sister, Kira Wakabe. Kira Wakabe is notable for being one of the founders of the infamous Gentlemen of the Pacific, a Polynesian crime syndicate which has quite a lot of members of Samoan descent, most of them from Eastern Samoa.
The Crisis was directly caused by the collapse of the United States of America. With the destruction of the superpower that dominated the world for the 20th and the 21st centuries, American Samoa was left effectively without a patron government. In January of 2053, the newly independent Free State of American Samoa held a referendum regarding reformation of the Eastern Samoan government. Later, a presidential election handed the presidency of Eastern Samoa over to Lopo Lepati Tamuga, U.S. army officer, former governor of American Samoa and chairman of the newly-founded Democratic Party of Samoa. However, there was a particular issue at hand: reunification with neighboring Independent State of Samoa, something which Eastern Samoa didn't really want.
Western Samoa did have its problems. Forced to take various costly measures in order to prevent Samoa from being consumed by the rising tides (such as building various citadels), Western Samoa was also suffering from corruption and authoritarianism of the ruling Prime Ministers, all of them belonging to the ruling Human Rights Protection Party, and the O le Ao o le Malos. As such, a political reform movement sprang up in Samoa, calling itself Young Samoa, which called for a multi-party democracy with a strong President as the head of state. Soon the Young Samoan Party became part of the Samoan government, becoming one of the primary political parties in Samoa. The "Young Samoa" movement, a nationalist one from the start, evolved into the Samoan Reunion Movement as Samoan reunification became a massive issue in the politics of both Samoas. The Eastern Samoan government did not desire reunification, but Western Samoa did.
After a shipping incident, President Tamuga accused the Western Samoan government of conspiring to destabilize and annex Eastern Samoa. The Western Samoan government, which recently completed its transformation into the Samoan People's Republic, responded with declaring war, resulting in what would be one of the most major events in Samoan history.
The Third Samoan Civil War, as the Samoan government calls it, while certainly glorified and certainly highly important to Samoans, was only a two year-conflict easily won by the Western Samoans, as their army was twice as large as the army of Eastern Samoa. Of course, there was the problem of partisan fighting, sea minewalls and communist insurgency, and the Samoan economy took a toll after the war, but they quickly rebuilt. The Samoan war was notable for producing interesting characters, such as Milo Wakabe, a young Japanese-Samoan technician and Prime Minister of the United States of Samoa, as well as notorious war criminal. While Iosefina Lesa Diminika, leader of the Eastern Samoan Emergency Government and first and only President of the United States of Samoa, and Manuia Fetu, General of the Army of the United States of Samoa, were found, arrested and forced to serve four consecutive life sentences, Milo Wakabe was not found. According to Californian, Hawaiian and Australian intelligence agencies, however, he fled to North America, where he survived by contacting his sister, Kira Wakabe. Kira Wakabe is notable for being one of the founders of the infamous Gentlemen of the Pacific, a Polynesian crime syndicate which has quite a lot of members of Samoan descent, most of them from Eastern Samoa.
The one thing that always weirds me out about modern navies are the expenses of the ships and how long it takes to build them. Like if we lost ships we wouldn't be able to replace them quickly. But I guess that doesn't matter much in modern war because nuclear wars tend to finish quickly.
The more words a party has, the more I get worried. VDUPP is somewhere in the middle of the scale.
shiftygiant
Gone Fishin'
Tony Greenwood had won the February Leadership election following the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell the previous month. In the immediate aftermath of his victory, Greenwood announced his intention to take his Leadership to the country and establish his own mandate. However, Greenwood would be forced to delay his election due to the effects of the bitter winter of 1962/63, which lingered into the March, and the death of King Edward VIII in April. The economy began to slow down under the helmsmanship of the new Chancellor George Brown, a series of race riots occurred during the early summer in London and Birmingham, and Richard Crossman, the Foreign Secretary, came under sharp criticism for his role in an arms deal with the Rakah Government in Israel. Whilst polling dipped, Greenwood was certain he would gain his mandate and keep his promise. So, following the coronation of Henry IX, Greenwood went to President Douglas-Home and sought dissolution on the advice of Harold Wilson, who had noticed a slight lead in the polls.
Consequently it was discovered the poll was an outlier. The campaign was bitter and fierce, with the New Democratic Party smothering Britain with its oiled propaganda machine, reminding the public at every opertunity of the failures of the Labour Governments, mismanagement of the nationalised industries and of fiscal policy, inefficiencies in essential services, and Greenwoods attitudes to the East. Famously, they would repeat the fire-side discussion PPBs of the 1961 election, with Lloyd George, Treasury Spokesman John Boyd-Carpenter, Home Spokesman Charles Hill, and Foreign Affairs Spokesman Anthony Nutting each taking part in a fire-side discussion and attacking their Labour counterparts. It would prove surprisingly effective, with many viewing the New Democrats as more personal and open in contrast to their more reserved Labour counterparts.
The results would see the New Democratic Party return with 342 seats on 47.7% of the vote, an overall majority of 54. Labour sank to 271 seats on 41.6% of the vote, loosing a significant number of front bench members, such as Chancellor Brown, Elizabeth Windsor, and Jennie Lee. The Liberal Party under Donald Wade would double their seat numbers, returning with 7 seats and 4.6% of the vote, their best performance since 1950.
Notable entries into Parliament would include Geoffrey Howe, John Nott, Michael Heseltine, and Jim Prior of the New Democratic Party, and Professor Edward Heath of the CPGB, the first Communist MP elected since 1945 (he would defect to the Fellowship in 1964 over disagreement with the CPGB's stance towards Israel). The election night was covered live on the BBC, and was presented by Robin Day, Ernest Wise, and Anthony King.
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A Very English Presidency
The 1959 General Election
The Labour and New Democratic Nominations
1961 Debates
1961 Presidential Election
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"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die on Mars!"
Elon Musk as a supervillain in James Bond, inspired by an earlier discussion in the Politiyank thread. Jeremy Corbyn is a reference to how Corbyn looks like Blofeld- see how many other references you can find!
EDIT: Now improved by @ Sabot Cat!
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My first Wikibox after having learned what the heck SVG and Inkscape is. Shout out to @Sabot Cat for teaching me!
Anyway, I decided to turn Make America Stand Again into a wikibox. Completely lacking in my own creativity, yes, but learning how to make these completely drained by brain of creativity.
Anyway, I decided to turn Make America Stand Again into a wikibox. Completely lacking in my own creativity, yes, but learning how to make these completely drained by brain of creativity.
BlackentheBorg
Banned
Figured I might as well continue this series because there's only one more instalment left.
Trying Times; a retrospective [4/5]
#48: Adam Kinzinger [2029-2033]
Midway through the ‘20’s, the Republicans admitted they had an issue with presentation. Their reputation wasn’t very good at all, especially after the disastrous Trump/Pence ordeal, and the embarrassment caused when President Brown managed to repair what they proclaimed ultimately broken. Not to mention the shift towards the far-right, as well as Evangelical voter groups, had gradually become outdated. So it was that they changed, slowly at first, too a quasi-libertarian base. The ‘New-and-Improved’ Republican party required a new, young face. Adam Kinzinger fit the bill perfectly.
While Kinzinger, a comparative moderate, easily beat rivals Devin Nunes and Joe Walsh, he was still forecast as the projected looser. Even though was one of the few Republicans who had been staunchly anti-Trump through his term, he wasn’t the most tact when it came to media engagements, especially with a disastrous past appearance on The Daily Show with Pierce Campion, in which he ultimately couldn’t offer a good enough reason to vote Republican when the Democrats had actually succeeded in revitalizing the economy. It wasn’t until the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard, and the collection of “leaks” that came with it, that Kinzinger, coupled with his VP Justin Amash, stuck out as the more stable option. Kinzinger shot ahead in the primaries, capitalising on the ‘last Republican strongholds’ that lay in the Dust Bowl, where the Newer Deal had noticeable lesser effect (largely because of persistent drought and various preventative state legislature), defeating the Democratic Gabbard/Kander ticket.
Kinzinger now found himself at the head of a country that had wound itself around an infrastructure that the GOP didn’t care for – the Brown administration had made way for a revolutionary renewable infrastructure that employed millions, generated billions in annual income and even improved living conditions. So when the Kinzinger administration announced massive cuts and shut-downs within the system, the majority were noticeably displeased. There was no rioting this time around, but instead the President and elected Republican officials found themselves battling a torrent of suits, challenges and Occupy protests.
As this portion of the first 100 days became a nonviable option, Kinzinger directed his energies to America’s conflicts. With the collapsing economy America had withdrawn from the European theatre, and Russia had made itself very, very comfortable is surrounding countries, influencing local politics and the like. The Kinzinger Administration saw this a blatant button-pushing and expanded their holds in Poland and Turkey, where they found conflicts from multiple pro-Russian militias, who frequently denied being on the payroll of the Kremlin. The American public, who still harbored more inverted priorities, protested yet another war they didn’t want. All that changed in July, 2030, when insurgents based in Tbilisi broadcast their possession of components of a nuclear weapon, ransacked from a nearby airbase. While the United States intervened and disposed of the components before they could be used, the Russians viewed American presence that close to their borders as a direct threat, and ordered them to leave or there would be ‘immediate retaliation’. The US, acting on reports of similar ‘dirty component’ operations, refused. What followed was the tensest week of history since the cold war.
Thankfully, the new Russian president decided on a stunning compromise wherein both American and Russian security forces would work together in Georgia to stamp out insurgents. While this was fantastic for the rest of the world, the Russians seem to have snatched the rug from underneath Kinzinger by coming to an agreement first. Already disheartened voters saw him now as a president who almost started WWIII over a hunch. Naturally, he plummeted in the polls and lost reelection, becoming the first President of this millennium to serve just one term (Trump and Pence's half-terms nonwithstanding)
Trying Times; a retrospective [4/5]
#48: Adam Kinzinger [2029-2033]
Midway through the ‘20’s, the Republicans admitted they had an issue with presentation. Their reputation wasn’t very good at all, especially after the disastrous Trump/Pence ordeal, and the embarrassment caused when President Brown managed to repair what they proclaimed ultimately broken. Not to mention the shift towards the far-right, as well as Evangelical voter groups, had gradually become outdated. So it was that they changed, slowly at first, too a quasi-libertarian base. The ‘New-and-Improved’ Republican party required a new, young face. Adam Kinzinger fit the bill perfectly.
While Kinzinger, a comparative moderate, easily beat rivals Devin Nunes and Joe Walsh, he was still forecast as the projected looser. Even though was one of the few Republicans who had been staunchly anti-Trump through his term, he wasn’t the most tact when it came to media engagements, especially with a disastrous past appearance on The Daily Show with Pierce Campion, in which he ultimately couldn’t offer a good enough reason to vote Republican when the Democrats had actually succeeded in revitalizing the economy. It wasn’t until the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard, and the collection of “leaks” that came with it, that Kinzinger, coupled with his VP Justin Amash, stuck out as the more stable option. Kinzinger shot ahead in the primaries, capitalising on the ‘last Republican strongholds’ that lay in the Dust Bowl, where the Newer Deal had noticeable lesser effect (largely because of persistent drought and various preventative state legislature), defeating the Democratic Gabbard/Kander ticket.
Kinzinger now found himself at the head of a country that had wound itself around an infrastructure that the GOP didn’t care for – the Brown administration had made way for a revolutionary renewable infrastructure that employed millions, generated billions in annual income and even improved living conditions. So when the Kinzinger administration announced massive cuts and shut-downs within the system, the majority were noticeably displeased. There was no rioting this time around, but instead the President and elected Republican officials found themselves battling a torrent of suits, challenges and Occupy protests.
As this portion of the first 100 days became a nonviable option, Kinzinger directed his energies to America’s conflicts. With the collapsing economy America had withdrawn from the European theatre, and Russia had made itself very, very comfortable is surrounding countries, influencing local politics and the like. The Kinzinger Administration saw this a blatant button-pushing and expanded their holds in Poland and Turkey, where they found conflicts from multiple pro-Russian militias, who frequently denied being on the payroll of the Kremlin. The American public, who still harbored more inverted priorities, protested yet another war they didn’t want. All that changed in July, 2030, when insurgents based in Tbilisi broadcast their possession of components of a nuclear weapon, ransacked from a nearby airbase. While the United States intervened and disposed of the components before they could be used, the Russians viewed American presence that close to their borders as a direct threat, and ordered them to leave or there would be ‘immediate retaliation’. The US, acting on reports of similar ‘dirty component’ operations, refused. What followed was the tensest week of history since the cold war.
Thankfully, the new Russian president decided on a stunning compromise wherein both American and Russian security forces would work together in Georgia to stamp out insurgents. While this was fantastic for the rest of the world, the Russians seem to have snatched the rug from underneath Kinzinger by coming to an agreement first. Already disheartened voters saw him now as a president who almost started WWIII over a hunch. Naturally, he plummeted in the polls and lost reelection, becoming the first President of this millennium to serve just one term (Trump and Pence's half-terms nonwithstanding)
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Good first attempt.
A few things for future reference: Make sure that you have no purple links in the box (we've had a good long discussion about avoiding this in the last few pages). In the bottom, where it lists the pre- and post-election Presidents, you only need to list the party name, so Willkie should just have "Republican", not "Republican Party" underneath his name. Same goes for above (which you did correctly). Try to have the pictures be of equal size. Hull's is just a wee bit smaller then Willkies. In real boxes that may be difficult to do, but with image editing software available there's no reason not to have them equalized. Finally, because Hull won the popular vote (and thus the percentage), he should have those two lines be bolded, even thou he lost overall.
This is all just stuff to keep in mind, so please don't take it as an insult or as discouragement. Small things like this are easily missed.
Thanks! Yeah, Sabot taught me how to fix the purple links. The "Republican Party" was just carelessness on my part. As far as picture size, should the two pictures be the same width and length? Or is making sure they have the same length the main thing to keep it pretty. I'm bothered that the picture of Hull is naturally thinner than Willkie's
In general I try to have them be both equally long and wide, even if I have to cut pieces off of one person's picture.
Oh right, that makes sense. I remember people were talking earlier about how they always use Harry Reid's picture or whatever so I see what they were talking about.
There is a way to make photos of equal height/length. When linking the picture, write x150px (or any other number) instead of the width of the picture. This will make two pictures have the same height but not the same width.
Example:
[[File:Candidate 1.jpg|x150px]] and [[File:Candidate 2.jpg|x150px]] will both have a height of 150px.
Example:
[[File:Candidate 1.jpg|x150px]] and [[File:Candidate 2.jpg|x150px]] will both have a height of 150px.
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The DPRK has threatened war if the ROK ever declares itself the Republic of Cheju, even though 'Tamnaism', the idea of an independent national identity, is growing in popularity in recent decades now as the dream of the reconquest of the peninsula grows increasingly remote. A major center of business and one of the Asian Tigers, Cheju has a military power far above its weight, but it doesn't have the resources to defeat any invasion from the mainland on its own, and its leaders grow increasingly nervous as it becomes apparent that they can't hide behind the US navy forever.
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