Ah, that makes sense.
You realize you will now be expected to do all 45 Presidents, right?
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The triumphant and successful Democratic convention was merely a preview to the campaign. Barack Obama ran an energetic campaign, running in Swing States and even many perceived "Red States". He gave well-received speech after speech to huge rallies, and enjoyed unprecedented online support. Confident in his victory, donor after donor contributed to his campaign, giving him an enormous financial advantage. The media loved Obama, and he cultivated this relationship to present his path forward for America. Obama's running mate Kathleen Sebelius was versatile, able to capitalize on the historic nature of her candidacy to appeal to liberals and moderates, and able to return to her roots as the governor of rural Kansas to appeal to rural voters skeptical of her running mate.
In contrast, McCain seemed tired and already defeated. The increasingly messy situation in the Middle East had yet to resolve itself, even though McCain was confident that Syria and Libya would stabilize soon. The economic stagnation over the past year destroyed confidence in the idea that the recovery was coming, even though indicators showed that growth would begin to pick up in 2013 regardless of who the president was. Leaks hurt people's confidence and trust in the President's administration. With the media, left, right, and center, lined up against him, an exhausted McCain was unable to project a vision forward for the country. His campaign focused around his successes over the last four years in foreign policy, and seemed more like an attempt to defend his legacy than actually winning over voters for another four years. Fatigue with the Republican Party, their scandals and failures abroad and at home, was heavy. Even staunch conservatives were ready for change, and many were disillusioned by the moderate McCain administration. The President gave a terrible performance at the debates, with Obama running circles around him. Those close to McCain said that the seemingly tireless fighter had finally been broken, that Ron Paul had taken the last of his energy and that he was unable to rally himself for the last doomed fight.
The final straw was a large hurricane, called Superstorm Sandy, which struck the northeast. Many thought that this event could serve as a rally-around-the-flag event for McCain, a last rally. Indeed, it did greatly help New Jersey governor Chris Christie. However, McCain was still unsure of how to respond to this sort of crisis, having seen his dramatic reaction to the financial crisis in 2009 destroy his approval rating. Instead, he opted for a more low-key response. Better for the emergency efforts, perhaps, than cloaking the recovery in politics and showmanship. But it lead to the final images voters had before the elections being devastation in American cities, without the President strongly associating himself with the recovery effort.
Obama's campaign had been remarkably successful in recruiting young voters and minorities, with registration among these traditionally low-turnout groups at record highs. Many expected a huge surge in turnout in 2012. Republican leaders were hoping that these notoriously flighty electoral groups would not actually turnout, and that Obama's victory would be much closer than expected with lower turnout. They were half-right; in contrast to the numerous predictions, turnout barely increased at all. However, as the results on election night came in, analysts quickly noticed that urban areas and heavily minority areas did have turnout at the expected high levels, and the areas where turnout had dramatically collapsed were rural white areas.
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The triumphant and successful Democratic convention was merely a preview to the campaign. Barack Obama ran an energetic campaign, running in Swing States and even many perceived "Red States". He gave well-received speech after speech to huge rallies, and enjoyed unprecedented online support. Confident in his victory, donor after donor contributed to his campaign, giving him an enormous financial advantage. The media loved Obama, and he cultivated this relationship to present his path forward for America. Obama's running mate Kathleen Sebelius was versatile, able to capitalize on the historic nature of her candidacy to appeal to liberals and moderates, and able to return to her roots as the governor of rural Kansas to appeal to rural voters skeptical of her running mate.
In contrast, McCain seemed tired and already defeated. The increasingly messy situation in the Middle East had yet to resolve itself, even though McCain was confident that Syria and Libya would stabilize soon. The economic stagnation over the past year destroyed confidence in the idea that the recovery was coming, even though indicators showed that growth would begin to pick up in 2013 regardless of who the president was. Leaks hurt people's confidence and trust in the President's administration. With the media, left, right, and center, lined up against him, an exhausted McCain was unable to project a vision forward for the country. His campaign focused around his successes over the last four years in foreign policy, and seemed more like an attempt to defend his legacy than actually winning over voters for another four years. Fatigue with the Republican Party, their scandals and failures abroad and at home, was heavy. Even staunch conservatives were ready for change, and many were disillusioned by the moderate McCain administration. The President gave a terrible performance at the debates, with Obama running circles around him. Those close to McCain said that the seemingly tireless fighter had finally been broken, that Ron Paul had taken the last of his energy and that he was unable to rally himself for the last doomed fight.
The final straw was a large hurricane, called Superstorm Sandy, which struck the northeast. Many thought that this event could serve as a rally-around-the-flag event for McCain, a last rally. Indeed, it did greatly help New Jersey governor Chris Christie. However, McCain was still unsure of how to respond to this sort of crisis, having seen his dramatic reaction to the financial crisis in 2009 destroy his approval rating. Instead, he opted for a more low-key response. Better for the emergency efforts, perhaps, than cloaking the recovery in politics and showmanship. But it lead to the final images voters had before the elections being devastation in American cities, without the President strongly associating himself with the recovery effort.
Obama's campaign had been remarkably successful in recruiting young voters and minorities, with registration among these traditionally low-turnout groups at record highs. Many expected a huge surge in turnout in 2012. Republican leaders were hoping that these notoriously flighty electoral groups would not actually turnout, and that Obama's victory would be much closer than expected with lower turnout. They were half-right; in contrast to the numerous predictions, turnout barely increased at all. However, as the results on election night came in, analysts quickly noticed that urban areas and heavily minority areas did have turnout at the expected high levels, and the areas where turnout had dramatically collapsed were rural white areas.
I think Truman, being the President who dropped the Bomb, would most suit God of Death.
I had the idea, posted in similar threads, that future historians would confuse Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, and assume they were the same god in different forms.
I sort of had the idea he would be some sort of seasonal god, where Theodore is Roosevelt in the Spring and Summer when he is young and active, while Franklin is Roosevelt in the Fall and Winter as the year dies. Then he is born anew in the Spring. Like the American Osiris basically.
...And some fools say that Roosevelt the mighty weakens and loses his strength in the winter, but it is not true child. Instead, the strength becomes of the mind, an unbelievable intelligence, as winter is he season of reflection and writing. Roosevelt the clever, in his winter form, once saved mighty Murricka from greed and depression....
Proxyephrine, also known as Proxy, Silver tongue, FCM, Debbie, Wingman and Thai, is an artificial engineered, chimeric human peptide hormone that is marketed (in states where it is legal) as a “pheromone booster” or “scent enhancer”. Proxyephrine can associate with multiple receptors in the dosolaterial prefrontal cortex, the anterior cingulate cortex and the orbitofrontal cortex; as a chimeric peptide, it can “mimic” or have similar effects as multiple natural peptide hormones, allowing it to both excite and suppress these regions at the same time. The effect of Proxyephrine leads to a heightened sense of arousal, a suppression of inhibition instincts and alterations to motivation and reasoning ability.
In laymans terms, its makes people horny and down to....procreate. If you ask them nice enough.
Proxyephrine first appeared in Japan in the late 2020's, where it is sold legally under the commercial name “Proxy”; Rumour has it that Proxy was actually created at the behest of the Nippon Kaigi as part of their ongoning “Nippon Child” birthrate program. The original Proxy solution presented as a metallic silver liquid that was injected, either by syringe or jet injector. The exact nature of the fluid varies, but in practice it acts as a stabilising agent, preventing Proxy from being metabolised by the “carrier's” body. Recent advances have produced Proxy in a more convenient pill form; this form of the drug is widely regarded as less “potent.”
Once in the Carriers body, the Proxy concentrates in the Carriers sweat glands and is secreted from the skin; a reaction with oxygen strips away the stabilising agent, “activating” the peptide and pulling it into the atmosphere. From there, it is absorbed, either through inhalation or skin absorption, by any person in the vicinity; Proxy can not be “targeted” per say, and “care” must be taken by the carrier to ensure no “mistakes” happen. To avoid being affected themselves, the carrier may take Counterphun, an “anti-proxy” that negates the effects of Proxy.
The legality of Proxy varies globally: In Japan, where it originated, Proxy is available over the counter . Using Proxy has become ingrained in the Japanese social scene, with “proxy battles” (a “conflict” between Proxy and Counterphun fought at the membrane level: basically, seeing if your use of Proxy is enough to override your “targets” Counterphun) dominating clubs and bars from Okinawa to Sapporo. It is also legal in various Asian states, some who don't even recognize it as a narcotic (its classed as a “supplement”). In the Federation of American states, legality varies from cityplex to cityplex; an American variation of the “proxy battles” has grown popular in the coastal cities.
In most Network Nations, such as the ANZ federation and the EU, Proxy is a controlled substance that is illegal to sell, buy, posses or use. Proxy's effect (removing a person inhibitions without their permission) has seen it titled “the ultimate date rape drug,” and the “mind control drug” by the mass media; this perception has been enhanced by an increasing number of cases where Proxy was used by rapists to weaken or control their victims. Under ANZ law, having sex with a person under the effect of Proxy is classed as Sexual Assault (the ANZ legal term for Rape) and a person can be charged with the full force of the law for doing so. The growing use of illegally imported Proxy (it is extremely difficult to produce outside of an advanced industrial laboratory) has seen the government subsidise and produce a Counterphun-like anti-Proxy known as Protektra, which is made freely available from GP's, chemists and social venues. Most commentators, and the government itself, regard this as a stop gap measure at best.
The most infamous incident involving Proxy in Australia was the “Fluid Love” Pheromone attack on the University of Melbourne in April, 2034. The attack was perpetrated by controversial Canadian “artist” Johann Cassidy, who as part of his “Fragile Shells” series of interactive art installations, wished to explore (in his words) “ the chaos, confusion and ultimate triumph of the act of making love.” To this end he utilised an improvised chemical dispersal device to spray 24 unwitting students and passers by with an enhanced Proxy aerosol then utilised a compilation of sound and pornographic images to induce them into engaging in sexual relations with one another, resulting in an orgy, which he proceeded to live stream around the world. Cassidy and his assistant were arrested the next day at Melbourne airport and were charged with Terrorism, Bioterrorism, perversion of the course of justice, indecent assault and disruption of the peace; the terrorism charges were latter dropped. In their place, Cassidy was hit with twenty four charges of sexual assault (one charge for each victim); although Cassidy did not participate in the orgy, the fact he utilised chemical and suggestive means to have other people engage in sexual acts against their will was declaimed “sexual assault in proxy”; he was found guilty on all counts, and was sentenced to life, with a minimum twenty five years. His legal team is continuing to appeal the sentence.
Ditto for Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert, I Guess.
"...Now Ehud has been weakened, his form Preverted, and LORD Benjamin, the Giver, has defeated him and usurped his lost dominion over the sons of Israel..."
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It was the 500th anniversary of the so-called "Closing of America". In the year of 2568, on 9 May, the highly popular Russian musical group Red Sun began their long-awaited "The Closing of America" tour, starting from Moscow. The tour was a catastrophic success, with many popular songs such as "Seleznyova", "Copper Andromeda" and "Aelita" being played around the world. Particularly notable moments were the concerts in Caracas, Venezuela (17 August), Havana, Cuba (25 August) and the gala concert in Tehran, Iran (2 September).
What about one for Xi Jinping or Rodrigo Duterte or even Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?
Trump is one of the "Presidents" of the Murrikan pantheon. Characterized by his massive unpopularity and eccentric nature, Trump is however not a fool. His very name causes thousands of Dyemakratic Murrikans to shudder. Alongside his family, Trump resides in the humongous Tower of Eternity, which he erected from the ruins of a department store. Legends tell that Putin himself chose Trump as his vicar in Murika, all while Trump's primary opponent, Hilaria the Crooked, was fighting against Sanderaz the Beloved for the Mantle of Dyemakrats, and used his hordes of Polite Men to allow Trump to ascend to the Fortress of Ivory... or so the most radical opponents of Trump say.
The Lunarians, both human and non-human, and the Earthlings had a rivalry as ancient as the colonization of the Moon. As Earth fell into several crises, Moon rose as the center of the Human Sphere[1], and Earth itself has become divided between two major powers: the corrupt, authoritarian Latin American Union and the heavily Lunarian-influenced African Federation. Latin American Union was famous for the Andes, the longest mountain chain on Earth. Lunarian corporations, namely those of Changeguan and Magnipolian descent, wanted to mine them for fuel and recreational drugs. The Latin Americans, who never forgot what happened to Amazon in the 21st century, refused to let them - and thus began the Crystal Wars.
The Second Crystal War began when Minister of Propaganda, Leandro Lemos, issued a decree of war against the "Lunarian tyrants". While the guerrilla wars and the mountain traps were vicious, the Lunarian technological advantage, aided by Venusian backup later in the war, allowed Changeguo and Magnipol to win.
When the Latin American Army attacked a Venusian trade ship, the Venusians intervened on the Lunarians' side. Most notably, Lieutenant General Alice Flynn brought her "friend", Colonel Rattosk Gaz, a female reptilian[2]. While there were lots of cases of the "Lizard Regiment" being highly barbaric and unscrupulous, this was marked as one of the first times reptilian Venusians fought side by side with human Venusians.
Notably, this was the war in which Gems fought. The Gem Empire, an ancient state and a long-time enemy of humans, knew they could not let the Lunarians - the strongest humans at the time - expand their influence. Under the pretext of "protecting Gems on Earth", the Gems intervened on the behalf of the Latin Americans, with popular commander Jasper Facet-4D2L Cut-3WX, more commonly known as Iaspis Magna, leading the Gem Intervention Forces. Nonetheless, despite this massive advantage on the Latin American side, Changeguo and Magnipol still won, even if their troops got very negative memories from the war...
[1]: Includes humans and human-derived species (mainly uplifted animals).
[2]: Reptiles form some of the biggest non-human ethnic groups on Venus.
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