Even Reagan himself liked the joke. Lucas, though, he was less amused by Reagan's Star Wars pun. Fun fact: Nute Gunray was derived from Newt Gingrich and Ronald ReaganYou don't know how tempting it was for me to work in a "Ronald Reagan, the actor?" joke into the writeup.
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What exactly is going on in France there, for turnout to be so low compared to OTL 2017 (which itself had fairly low turnout compared to other past elections)? Since that map also shows France with Algeria and Djibouti, which adds about 43 million people to the French population and increases total population by around 65% compared to OTL, the total of votes being nearly the same as OTL makes turnout rather lower
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Gone Fishin'
Can someone help me shrink this down to size so that it is visible here?
Five hours of my life have been spent on this. Basically, alien space bats cause James Cox to win the presidency, then visit the Weimar Republic months into his term and get shot by Fritz Kuhn who is still living in Germany, causing FDR to ascend to the presidency in 1921, and he lives longer. Ensue a really long FDR presidency and after that becoming attorney general into his mid 80s.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vvyUesCEHS_2tLiF5feylim7VCGiyI8D/view?usp=sharing
Five hours of my life have been spent on this. Basically, alien space bats cause James Cox to win the presidency, then visit the Weimar Republic months into his term and get shot by Fritz Kuhn who is still living in Germany, causing FDR to ascend to the presidency in 1921, and he lives longer. Ensue a really long FDR presidency and after that becoming attorney general into his mid 80s.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vvyUesCEHS_2tLiF5feylim7VCGiyI8D/view?usp=sharing
To the Edge Part 9 is here! This part is a bit more culturally focused
To the Edge and Maybe Over: Part 9
"In addition to President Gore and several members of his cabinet, the September 11th attacks also claimed the life of Seth MacFarlane, an animator and voice actor responsible for developing the Fox animated series Family Guy. In the years since, Family Guy has enjoyed a cult following and many believe that had MacFarlane not died, the show could have reached similar status as The Simpsons, South Park or Gravity Falls and MacFarlane consequently would have joined Matt Groening, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Alex Hirsch and Justin Roilland as a leading voice in adult animation."
-Excerpt from the Entertainment Weekly article 'A Brief History of Adult Animation', published on October 18, 2017
24, STARRING KIEFER SUTHERLAND, WINS NIELSEN RATINGS DESPITE DELAY
JELLO BIAFRA RELEASES 'CONNECTICUT UBER ALLES' TARGETTING LIEBERMAN ADMINISTRATION
SOUTH PARK TAKES AIM AT 9/11 CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN 'WHEN IN DOUBT, BLAME THE JEW'
JK ROWLING DENOUNCES EARLY READERS' LEAKING OF HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
PRODUCTION BEGINS ON JURASSIC PARK IV, JOE JOHNSTON TO DIRECT
-Headlines of Entertainment Weekly, 2001-2004
"Did you always know you wanted to play the Doctor?"
"Honestly? No. I can't say that I did. Not that I was particularly opposed to it or anything-and I had quite a lovely time on the show, really. But it was very spur-of-the-moment for me and for the BBC too. They thought they could make inroads with American audience by including an actor they were more familiar with. And, I gotta say, it worked."
"There are rumors you'll be appearing in the 50th anniversary episode-"
"Well, let's keep them rumors then. Why spoil the surprise?"
-Interview between Graham Norton and Anthony Stuart Head, November 2, 2013
"Noooo, not the Facts Desk!"
"That's right, Carrell! I have triumphed! This show shall be Even Stevphens no more, now it is...The Colbert Report!"
*thunder and lightning noises echoe*
"That's not a great name."
"Yeah, I know, it's a working title."
-Excerpt from the Even Stevphens December 2004 finale, aired December 16, 2004. Even Stevphens, a spinoff of The Daily Show, featured Stephen Colbert (playing a conservative pastiche) and Steve Carrell (playing a stereotypical liberal) discussing and arguing about current affairs. The show mixed Daily Show style news coverage with sketches similar to Saturday Night Live depicting the caricatures Carrell and Colbert played engaging in various antics.
"The recent bestseller status of the young adult novel Panem has already begun making an impact beyond the world of fiction. The symbol depicting a bird surrounded by a circle and holding an arrow that has cropped up at antiwar protests in recent months-it is especially popular among progressive antiwar activists owing to the conclusion of the book where Katharine Everdeen warns the new president of the country she won't let her continue tyranny just because she is on 'her side.' The book's author Suzanne Collins, when asked for comment on the use of the symbol in this context, simply said 'I'm not against it.'"
-Excerpt from The Washington Post article 'What the deal is with the bird symbols at the March for Peace', published February 2, 2005
"Casino Royale proved to be a surprising success following its release in the 2004 summer blockbuster season. Despite skepticism about casting Henry Cavill as a younger than usual Bond, the film received widespread critical acclaim and set the stage for Cavill to keep the role of Bond for as many films as Connery did. It's commonly cited as an example of studio risk-taking that paid off.
But really, did anyone expect any less? Nobody really had solid grounds to object to such a young actor starring in a reboot of the Bond franchise-which keep in mind is such a beloved franchise it has been ongoing for over 50 years. Couple that with the War on Terror bolstering spy thrillers as a whole, any Bond film would've been hard-pressed not to earn millions."
-Excerpt from the Cracked article '5 Cinematic Gambles That Weren't Really Gambles', published 2011
To the Edge and Maybe Over: Part 9
"In addition to President Gore and several members of his cabinet, the September 11th attacks also claimed the life of Seth MacFarlane, an animator and voice actor responsible for developing the Fox animated series Family Guy. In the years since, Family Guy has enjoyed a cult following and many believe that had MacFarlane not died, the show could have reached similar status as The Simpsons, South Park or Gravity Falls and MacFarlane consequently would have joined Matt Groening, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Alex Hirsch and Justin Roilland as a leading voice in adult animation."
-Excerpt from the Entertainment Weekly article 'A Brief History of Adult Animation', published on October 18, 2017
24, STARRING KIEFER SUTHERLAND, WINS NIELSEN RATINGS DESPITE DELAY
JELLO BIAFRA RELEASES 'CONNECTICUT UBER ALLES' TARGETTING LIEBERMAN ADMINISTRATION
SOUTH PARK TAKES AIM AT 9/11 CONSPIRACY THEORIES IN 'WHEN IN DOUBT, BLAME THE JEW'
JK ROWLING DENOUNCES EARLY READERS' LEAKING OF HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
PRODUCTION BEGINS ON JURASSIC PARK IV, JOE JOHNSTON TO DIRECT
-Headlines of Entertainment Weekly, 2001-2004
"Did you always know you wanted to play the Doctor?"
"Honestly? No. I can't say that I did. Not that I was particularly opposed to it or anything-and I had quite a lovely time on the show, really. But it was very spur-of-the-moment for me and for the BBC too. They thought they could make inroads with American audience by including an actor they were more familiar with. And, I gotta say, it worked."
"There are rumors you'll be appearing in the 50th anniversary episode-"
"Well, let's keep them rumors then. Why spoil the surprise?"
-Interview between Graham Norton and Anthony Stuart Head, November 2, 2013
"Noooo, not the Facts Desk!"
"That's right, Carrell! I have triumphed! This show shall be Even Stevphens no more, now it is...The Colbert Report!"
*thunder and lightning noises echoe*
"That's not a great name."
"Yeah, I know, it's a working title."
-Excerpt from the Even Stevphens December 2004 finale, aired December 16, 2004. Even Stevphens, a spinoff of The Daily Show, featured Stephen Colbert (playing a conservative pastiche) and Steve Carrell (playing a stereotypical liberal) discussing and arguing about current affairs. The show mixed Daily Show style news coverage with sketches similar to Saturday Night Live depicting the caricatures Carrell and Colbert played engaging in various antics.
"The recent bestseller status of the young adult novel Panem has already begun making an impact beyond the world of fiction. The symbol depicting a bird surrounded by a circle and holding an arrow that has cropped up at antiwar protests in recent months-it is especially popular among progressive antiwar activists owing to the conclusion of the book where Katharine Everdeen warns the new president of the country she won't let her continue tyranny just because she is on 'her side.' The book's author Suzanne Collins, when asked for comment on the use of the symbol in this context, simply said 'I'm not against it.'"
-Excerpt from The Washington Post article 'What the deal is with the bird symbols at the March for Peace', published February 2, 2005
"Casino Royale proved to be a surprising success following its release in the 2004 summer blockbuster season. Despite skepticism about casting Henry Cavill as a younger than usual Bond, the film received widespread critical acclaim and set the stage for Cavill to keep the role of Bond for as many films as Connery did. It's commonly cited as an example of studio risk-taking that paid off.
But really, did anyone expect any less? Nobody really had solid grounds to object to such a young actor starring in a reboot of the Bond franchise-which keep in mind is such a beloved franchise it has been ongoing for over 50 years. Couple that with the War on Terror bolstering spy thrillers as a whole, any Bond film would've been hard-pressed not to earn millions."
-Excerpt from the Cracked article '5 Cinematic Gambles That Weren't Really Gambles', published 2011
I'm assuming the no is at MacFarlane dying and the yes is at Anthony Head as the Doctor.
All 52 US state governors from my Führerreich TL. Thanks to @Nullstellensatz for helping me out with this!
Democratic Party: center-left social democrats
Republican-Progressive Party: center-right liberal conservatives
Liberal Party: center-right classical liberals
American Party: weird far-left nationalist populists, kinda like Huey Long but severely exaggerated (they even started out as a Huey Long fan club)
National Progressive Party: more left than the dems, they try to be a successor to TR's Progressives after the Republican-Progressives moved to the right
Baja California Party: Baja California regionalists
That's all I have so far but there are definitely a few more parties
Lost the game
Banned
Popular Front for the Liberation of Jupiter. We're the Jupiter Popular Liberation Front!
Image from the cover of Donald Moffitt’s The Jupiter Theft (1977), though the scenario has no other links to that novel.
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The World That Huey Made
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The World That Huey Made
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Duplessis fell from power in 1939 banking on opposition to entry in the Western War to win reelection. However, his star began to rise again following the end of the war, and was reelected as premier in 1944. As premier, he ruled with near absolute rule not unlike Huey Long over Louisiana. However, for all of their similarities, Duplessis was very much a man of the right. Being a son of the Church, Duplessis did much to expand its influence in schools and in other areas of public life, even to the extent of persecuting religious minorities such as Jehovah's Witnesses. It became clear that Duplessis was modeling his rule in part on the reactionary French State as he amassed more and more power for himself for the sake of implementing an ultramontanist policy.
By the time of the British monarchy's end, Duplessis saw the time had come for an independent Quebecois State. The Canadian government, being fairly week, could do little to stop the hemorrhaging of independence movements from the Maritimes to Borealia. Of all the post-Canadian states, the Quebecois State was certainly the most reactionary. Duplessis soon seized the title of chef d'État much like that of France's head of state. While he did not immediately end any semblance democracy, his successors would outlaw opposition parties and end free elections. Duplessis did not live long following Quebec's independence, ruling only six years. One of his final acts as chief of state was participating in a consecration of Quebec to the Virgin Mary, an appropriate cap to the life of a faithful son of the Church.
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Gone Fishin'
Well, that didn't end the way anyone expected. James M. Cox was the 29th President of the United States. He wouldn't be remembeered for much, as his presidency would come to a tragic end just ocver four months after it began. On a state trip to Weimar Germany, disgruntled white nationalist Fritz Kuhn shot him in the head, killing him instantly. He wouid be succeeded by Franklin D. Roosevelt. the longest serving President in history.
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