Alternate Wikipedia Infoboxes IV (Do not post Current Politics Here)

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kyc0705

Zioneer said:
Here's a random one-off thing I made due to a conversation in the Politiyank thread:

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I really want to know who in that universe decided that J.J. Abrams and Chris Nolan are the best that American cinema has to offer.
 

Kermode

kyc0705 said:
I really want to know who in that universe decided that J.J. Abrams and Chris Nolan are the best that American cinema has to offer.
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On the other hand, if this is some kind of administrative position, this is probably the best outcome; if it was held by a genuine master, they'd have to take a break from directing.
 
Gorrister

Gorrister

kyc0705 said:
I really want to know who in that universe decided that J.J. Abrams and Chris Nolan are the best that American cinema has to offer.
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I hope Gus van Sant made the cut at least.

Christopher Nolan's not even American, in the strictest sense of the word.
 
TwisterAce

TwisterAce

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Here's a surviving USSR. August Coup was thwarted and the USSR stayed together minus the Baltic republics which negotiated secession in a relatively orderly process between '91 and '92. Gorbachev's economic program produced mixed results, with some successes such as the rise in consumer good production and a thorough house cleaning of the planning administration producing greater accountability and greater public freedom of input, complaint, and contribution, given time to actually take effect, resulting in a markedly more responsive socialism over the next few years and a boost in the popularity and relevancy of the CPSU. However, Gorbachev's market reforms also created problems with economic inequality, mass disenfranchisement, a decline in social programs and public services, and the beginnings of the rise of the oligarch-kleptocrat class that would dominate post-Soviet Russia IOTL. Gorbachev's leadership would also be plagued with problems in the later years of his term as president, up to 1993, when he was forced to resign following a corruption scandal, prompting his vice-president, Nikolai Ryzhkov, to succeed to the presidency of an uncertain but recovering nation. The Ryzhkov Era would be defined chiefly by the economic recovery of the USSR under a restrengthening of socialist institutions and a crackdown on corruption and plutocracy, with numerous reforms designed to reinvigorate public services and drive the economy back into a leading role in the world. Electronics and engineering would, as it always had, become the primary strength of the Soviet economy in the 1990s, as the Age of Information took hold with the rise of the home computer and the internet. The internet would spell the end of the era of censorship and information repression in the USSR with laws passed throughout the union to guarantee freedom of expression, while information technology would thrive in the new socialism as an era of mass experimentation and speculation would drive innovation in the information sector and come to be seen as a legitimate advantage and triumph of the new Soviet economic model. Ryzhkov's era would also see the USSR have the last laugh in much of eastern and western Europe, as, after the flag waving and nationalistic slogans became tiresome, the dust settled to reveal that the collapse of Soviet power and the socialist economy had by and large led to nothing but ruin. Several countries entered the socialist camp, and some reentered, beginning in the late 90s with Mongolia, while socialist revolutionaries in Afghanistan would seek and receive soviet aid fighting the Taliban government while the US stood by, unwilling to risk its image having been backed into a PR corner, and the DRA would be reestablished after a long and bloody war in 2000, following US intervention after the 1999 World Trade Center bombing which resulted in the total collapse of the North Tower and over ten thousand casualties. Ryzhkov's administration would also begin to deal with the growing crisis of the Aral Sea, taking drastic measures and assembling a massive team and working group of international scientists which put together a plan to stall the shrinkage by 2000. By 2003, the sea had stopped drying, and further efforts, including a diversionary canal to help feed the lake and a massive retrofit of the canals out of the Amu Darya, would help the lake to begin growing by 2009, projected to reach its 1965 levels by 2030.

The US-Soviet alliance in Afghanistan was the turning point in international relations which would usher in the 2000s as a decade of general east-west reconciliation. However, the rise of a new movement of Marxism-Leninism in the west and around the world after the election in 2001 of ideologue Viktor Tyulkin, who took inspiration from Lenin in economic and political management, would also set up the stage for a new war between left and right and east and west, a more irregular war of ideas which would call its fronts the information networks and mass social connections of the era of the internet, which would grip the hearts and minds of the new youth of the new millennium and result in unrest, reform, repression, and revolution in the nations of the world from the late 2000s through the 2010s.

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Interesting Soviet survival scenario. To me Nikolai Ryzhkov comes across as a more pragmatic reformer than Gorbachev. I also think he is a seriously overlooked figure, especially in stories that depict a surviving USSR or someone other than Gorbachev coming to power. Rumsfeldia has Ryzhkov becoming General Secretary and implementing economic reforms known as "MBA Communism," but aside from that and your scenario I haven't encountered any other stories which have him leading the USSR. I'm writing my own prolonged Cold War/Soviet survival timeline, and Ryzhkov will play a prominent role in it.
 
Gonzo

Gonzo

Eire Nua

Eire Nua, also known as New Ireland, is a sovereign state in north-eastern North America occupying the island of Dál Riada and territory of Maighdean Talún, bordering the Canadian provinces of Quebec and New Brunswick. The capital and largest city is Clontarff, which is located on the eastern part of the island of Dál Riada, whose metropolitan area is home to around a third of the country's 1.3 million inhabitants. The state shares a land border with the nation of Canada, in particular the provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec. It is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Maighdean Sea to the north, the Gulf of St Lawrence to the south, and Butt's Straight separating the two entities of the nation. It is a unitary, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The legislature, the Oireachtas, consists of a lower house, Dail Eireann, and an upper house, Seanad Eireann. The head of state is the monarch, King Henry IX who reigns as the monarch of the United Kingdom, owing to the Commonwealth status of Eire Nua. The head of government is the Chief Executive or the Príomhoifigeach feidhmiúcháin who is elected by the Dail and appointed by the monarch's representative the Governor General, currently Sir Richard Honeyford-Knatchbull; the Chief Executive in turn appoints other government ministers.

The nation was created out of the Newfoundland Colony, in part as a reaction to the large Irish migrant population, who had migrated after the Great Famine of the 1840s to the New World. Newfoundland would become a hub of Irish emigration, effectively making the area into a majority ethnic Irish area. In 1873 the British government, responding to the calls for some control by the local population, would impose limited self government, or Home Rule for the province, while it would nominally remain a colonial holding of the British. In 1911 the area would become the semi-independent dominion of New Ireland, with this change being in effect a de jure change from the previous Home Rule situation in the country. In 1926 the nation would become a fully sovereign dominion making it in effect an independent Commonwealth realm. The Statute of Westminster in 1931 would see that further powers would be transferred to the dominion, making it in effect akin to Australia, Canada, South Africa, among other Commonwealth realms. The 1933 Constitution would see to it that the nation's Eiren Nationalist Chief Executive Vivian de Valero would succeed in his efforts to ensure that the nation was externally associated with the United Kingdom, the nation was also renamed Eire Nua. The Constitution would also make Roman Catholicism the state religion, as well as instituting many Catholic social teachings into the Constitution concerning family and social life. The nation became a member of the United Nations in March 1950. The 1974 Eire Nua act would see to it that the remaining veto held by Westminster was removed, upon the urging of long serving Chief Executive Liam Griffith. The nation would vote against Membership of the North American Economic Community in 1980 and 1996.

Eire Nua ransk among the top twenty-five wealthiest countries in the world in terms of GDP per capita, and within the top fifteen most prosperous countries in the world according to The Legatum Prosperity Index 2015. The nation is still managed by a generally state controlled distributist economic policy, which some have argued has prevented any major form of economic growth; the nation has experienced economic growth for nearly four decades, though this growth is usually small and is liable to fold into a deficit if the conditions deteriorate to such an extent. The National Coalition of the late 1990s and early 2000s began a programme of small scale privatisation of industries, such as the rail, timber and fishing industries, though these would be reversed with the Coalition defeat at the subsequent general election. The nation's economy is the fastest growing in North America, owing to the 'Economic Miracle' since the early 1970s. The nation is also quickly ascending league tables comparing wealth and prosperity internationally. It also performs well in several national performance metrics, including freedom of the press, and economic freedoms, though it had been criticised for some policies concerning civil liberties, namely the moratorium on contraception. The nation is also a member of NATO and the Commonwealth, with relations with the United Kingdom and Canada especially strong.

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[1] Several points from the introduction of the 'Republic of Ireland' Wikipedia page applied here.
 
JwEX

JwEX

Ohio's 2nd Congressional District special Election, 2005

Eight months into George W. Bush's second term, two candidates were vying to fill the vacancy left by Rob Portman in Ohio's 5th District. What should have been a dark red seat soon became a tossup race as George Bush grew more and more unpopular and Republican nominee Jean Schmidt made several blunders on the campaign trail while Iraq veteran and Democratic nominee Paul Hackett ran a strong, populist outsider campaign. By the time August rolled around, the polls showed a near tie, with Schmidt expecting to eke out a narrow victory.

After the recounts were concluded in late August, the nation was shocked. Hackett had won by a margin of 463 votes and 0.4%, thanks to a very narrow win in Hamilton County. Schmidt had gone down in a shocking upset. Many pundits said that this would be a bellwether for the 2006 elections. Of course, the events of the next year would show this to be true. Not only would the Democrats win back Congress, but Hackett was on his way to being the 47th Vice President of the United States.

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krinsbez

Danderns said:
President of the United States and the best picture they could find of him was when he was 15.
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Maybe he's got a medical condition that keeps him from aging, did you ever think of that?:openedeyewink:

And now I wonder what an infobox for Baby Doll from B:TAS would be like.
 
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