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This is cool as hell, I love me some syncretic space religion.
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1968 presidential election
1972 Democratic primaries and presidential election
1972 Congress and contingent presidential election
1976 Democratic-Republican and American Independent conventions
1976 presidential election
That's awesome 😎 I assume Cosmism is where it's at in the USSR
What happened? Bogdanov led the Bolsheviks instead of Lenin and died around the same time?
Since I have nothing better to do these days, I decided to make the box I made back in January into a sort of full fledged story, starting from this one.
The Battle of Ponyville, designated as the Ponyville Strategic Operation by the United Earth Republic, and also known as the Fall of Ponyville, is one of the last major engagements in the Human - Equestrian War.
Following the Fall of Canterlot back in December 10 2031, the Human Army were temporarily stopped at the outskirts of the settlement to resupply. Only a few days before the battle on December 15, the Equestrian Army established its defense plan of the symbolic town under "Plan Acre", which began preparations the next day until the eve of the battle. The defenders were composed of the surviving forces from the Siege of Canterlot mixed with reservist formations, together comprising the last remaining elements of the Capitol Defense Legion, the Equestrian Army formation responsible for the defense of Canterlot and its encompassing lands. This battle also saw the emergence of the United Front, a secessionist group of Humans who defected to the Equestrians in protest of the numerous war crimes that the UNAF had committed. These defectors would play a key role in the late parts of the engagement, and would help the ponies to familiarize themselves with the much superior Human technology that was a key factor in their continued decline.
The UN offensive resumed on December 19, kick-starting the battle. The ground assault was preceded with an overwhelming artillery barrage supported by 3 consecutive bombing raids that killed many pony civilians and soldiers alike. Even with this massive success, the initial thrust against the defensive positions was driven back with combined guns and magic, with the Humans suffering massive casualties. This single costly failure would influence General Tony Jackson's decision to pummel the city into submission with their overwhelming artillery numbers and continuous bombing raids. These, combined with several follow up Human offensives that met success, officially broke the Equestrian defenses. The forces of the United Front under Lieutenant Colonel Harold Gilbertson made a notably heroic last stand to buy the Equestrians time to escape, which resulted in huge losses and their eventual surrender. Gilbertson would later be executed under orders from Governor of the UNARE[1] and General John Marsh Williams for collaboration with the enemy.
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[1] = UNARE stands for "United Nations Administrative Region of Equestria", the autonomous self governing body under the jurisdiction of the United Earth Republic responsible for the administration of the Human colony in the Pony world.
Following the Fall of Canterlot back in December 10 2031, the Human Army were temporarily stopped at the outskirts of the settlement to resupply. Only a few days before the battle on December 15, the Equestrian Army established its defense plan of the symbolic town under "Plan Acre", which began preparations the next day until the eve of the battle. The defenders were composed of the surviving forces from the Siege of Canterlot mixed with reservist formations, together comprising the last remaining elements of the Capitol Defense Legion, the Equestrian Army formation responsible for the defense of Canterlot and its encompassing lands. This battle also saw the emergence of the United Front, a secessionist group of Humans who defected to the Equestrians in protest of the numerous war crimes that the UNAF had committed. These defectors would play a key role in the late parts of the engagement, and would help the ponies to familiarize themselves with the much superior Human technology that was a key factor in their continued decline.
The UN offensive resumed on December 19, kick-starting the battle. The ground assault was preceded with an overwhelming artillery barrage supported by 3 consecutive bombing raids that killed many pony civilians and soldiers alike. Even with this massive success, the initial thrust against the defensive positions was driven back with combined guns and magic, with the Humans suffering massive casualties. This single costly failure would influence General Tony Jackson's decision to pummel the city into submission with their overwhelming artillery numbers and continuous bombing raids. These, combined with several follow up Human offensives that met success, officially broke the Equestrian defenses. The forces of the United Front under Lieutenant Colonel Harold Gilbertson made a notably heroic last stand to buy the Equestrians time to escape, which resulted in huge losses and their eventual surrender. Gilbertson would later be executed under orders from Governor of the UNARE[1] and General John Marsh Williams for collaboration with the enemy.
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[1] = UNARE stands for "United Nations Administrative Region of Equestria", the autonomous self governing body under the jurisdiction of the United Earth Republic responsible for the administration of the Human colony in the Pony world.
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Texan-Lib-Soc
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After the Contresvial Election of 2024 California Seceded starting the Second American Civil war which caused a massive amount of destruction and would last for decades killing millions
A Valéry Giscard d'Estaing successful 1981 reelection TL
In this world Edouard Philippe, a student close to Rocard in the 80s, ends up joining the now explicitly social democratic PS. The UDF remains the mainstream center-right party of France and would still be a member of the EPP while the Gaullists are marginalized and form a conservative and populist right-wing party instead of the FN which never rises, without being as radical
In this world Edouard Philippe, a student close to Rocard in the 80s, ends up joining the now explicitly social democratic PS. The UDF remains the mainstream center-right party of France and would still be a member of the EPP while the Gaullists are marginalized and form a conservative and populist right-wing party instead of the FN which never rises, without being as radical
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Something like that. I made the Kantorovich box first and then back-developed it with a conception of a revolution headed by the Vpered faction.
Hell yes.
One more wikiboxe from my Decembrist Victory TL
The main foreign policy event of the sleepy Alexey Orlov Era was start of the Russian colonisation of Japan, despite the First Japanese Expedition started as the as the last war of Mikhail Orlov.
In August 1847, after the execution of several Russian sailors, who were shipwrecked off the coast of Honshu, by the Japanese, Russia declared war on Japan. The Russian expeditionary force landed on the island of Ezo. The Mitraleses made it possible to cope with the samurai quickly enough, and by the summer of 1848 it became clear that Japan had lost the war. The shogun was forced to sign a humiliating peace, give up the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin and Ezo to the possession of Russia.
Defeat in the war released a long-overdue dissatisfaction with the Tokugawa rule. The southern daimyo, who had been in a subordinate position since the 17th century, revolted. By 1851, civil war was raging in Japan. And Russia did not fail to take advantage of this.
In June 1851, the Russian ambassador to Japan, Golovin, concluded an agreement with the shogun, and Russian troops landed on the territory of the island of Honshu. Now the Russians acted as allies of the Tokugawa, quickly enough for the shogunate to turn the tide of the war in their favor. In 1852 Russia, France and Great Britain formally conclude an agreement on the division of Japan. Most of the country remains under nominal Tokugawa rule and a Russian protectorate. On the island of Kyushu, a state emerged as a separate republic of Kyushu - the state of the southern daimyo under the protectorate of France. The islands of Okinawa passed under the protectorate of Great Britain. This is how Japan entered its colonial era.
The Russian authorities saw Japan as "our India" - a developed eastern colony, a military base and a sales market. President Annenkov decided to use Japan as a source of human resources for the development of Siberia and the Far East. First of all, the Ronins - samurai, who remained without a suzerain and without work after all the wars, were resettled on Amur. By 1860, the Japanese Cossacks were created on the Amur - 10 thousand ronins (in fact, not all of them were samurai) settled on the border with China, and 4 Cossack regiments were created from them under the command of Russian officers. Later, the export of workers from Japan to Siberia began.
By the beginning of the twentieth century, the Japanese diaspora spread throughout Russia up to Kazan (children of Japanese daimyo study at Kazan University), but most of all in Eastern Siberia - Irkutsk, Chita, Vladivostok. Zen Buddhism, opium and yakuza come to Russia along with the Japanese. By 1900, the yakuza are operating throughout Siberia. On the other hand, Christianity is coming to Japan. Since 1860, Saint Nikolai Kasatkin has been preaching in Japan, a man, who creates the Japanese alphabet based on the Cyrillic alphabet and the Japanese Orthodox Church.
The main foreign policy event of the sleepy Alexey Orlov Era was start of the Russian colonisation of Japan, despite the First Japanese Expedition started as the as the last war of Mikhail Orlov.
In August 1847, after the execution of several Russian sailors, who were shipwrecked off the coast of Honshu, by the Japanese, Russia declared war on Japan. The Russian expeditionary force landed on the island of Ezo. The Mitraleses made it possible to cope with the samurai quickly enough, and by the summer of 1848 it became clear that Japan had lost the war. The shogun was forced to sign a humiliating peace, give up the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin and Ezo to the possession of Russia.
Defeat in the war released a long-overdue dissatisfaction with the Tokugawa rule. The southern daimyo, who had been in a subordinate position since the 17th century, revolted. By 1851, civil war was raging in Japan. And Russia did not fail to take advantage of this.
In June 1851, the Russian ambassador to Japan, Golovin, concluded an agreement with the shogun, and Russian troops landed on the territory of the island of Honshu. Now the Russians acted as allies of the Tokugawa, quickly enough for the shogunate to turn the tide of the war in their favor. In 1852 Russia, France and Great Britain formally conclude an agreement on the division of Japan. Most of the country remains under nominal Tokugawa rule and a Russian protectorate. On the island of Kyushu, a state emerged as a separate republic of Kyushu - the state of the southern daimyo under the protectorate of France. The islands of Okinawa passed under the protectorate of Great Britain. This is how Japan entered its colonial era.
The Russian authorities saw Japan as "our India" - a developed eastern colony, a military base and a sales market. President Annenkov decided to use Japan as a source of human resources for the development of Siberia and the Far East. First of all, the Ronins - samurai, who remained without a suzerain and without work after all the wars, were resettled on Amur. By 1860, the Japanese Cossacks were created on the Amur - 10 thousand ronins (in fact, not all of them were samurai) settled on the border with China, and 4 Cossack regiments were created from them under the command of Russian officers. Later, the export of workers from Japan to Siberia began.
By the beginning of the twentieth century, the Japanese diaspora spread throughout Russia up to Kazan (children of Japanese daimyo study at Kazan University), but most of all in Eastern Siberia - Irkutsk, Chita, Vladivostok. Zen Buddhism, opium and yakuza come to Russia along with the Japanese. By 1900, the yakuza are operating throughout Siberia. On the other hand, Christianity is coming to Japan. Since 1860, Saint Nikolai Kasatkin has been preaching in Japan, a man, who creates the Japanese alphabet based on the Cyrillic alphabet and the Japanese Orthodox Church.
More film infoboxes: James Cameron
Cameron's early film career is similar to OTL as he gets a job with Roger Corman and works his way up the ladder. In OTL, Cameron's first directing job was Piranha II. In TTL, there's no sequel to direct because the original isn't made. Jaws wasn't a major hit in TTL. So instead, Joe Dante directed Deathsport. It's a much better picture than OTL. This is due to the script being written John Sayles. As such, the film remains as a sequel to Death Race 2000. So, what did Cameron direct in TTL? The film is titled Admantine after the title character. Think "postapocalyptic Shane". It does well for what it is and becomes a bit cult classic.
In 1883, Cameron is shopping a sci-fi script he wrote. He eventually gets a meeting with Gale Anne Hurd, whom he knew from when she was Roger Corman's assistant. At the time she was working at Brandywine Productions and they were having a problem with the film they were producing. The film had almost finished pre-production, when the director was hospitalized. It was apparent that he wouldn't be returning anytime soon. She convinced the Brandywine executives to hire Cameron to direct. As it was a sci-fi film, it was right up Cameron's alley. He agrees and is quickly brought up to speed. While the budget was larger than what he had previously worked with, it was still a modest budget by Hollywood standards. He completed the film on time and budget. Johnny Mnemonic was be released in 1984. Brandywine was expecting a modest box office. However, the film ended up being a big hit. Besides being a boon to Cameron's career, the film helped kick off the new cyberpunk film subgenre.
Due to the success of Johnny Mnemonic, Brandywine was quite receptive to the script that Cameron had pitched them years before. Think Rio Bravo meets Aliens with elements of The Abyss and a touch of The Terminator. Two years later, the film, Invictarx, was released to great success.
With two solid successes on his resume, Universal Pictures approached him about directing a big budget adaption of a the sci-fi classic Rendezvous with Rama. Cameron agreed on the condition that he could also produce it. Universal Pictures agreed. It would take three years to bring Clarke's novel to screen. The film was huge hit and cemented Cameron as the sci-fi golden boy.
Cameron's early film career is similar to OTL as he gets a job with Roger Corman and works his way up the ladder. In OTL, Cameron's first directing job was Piranha II. In TTL, there's no sequel to direct because the original isn't made. Jaws wasn't a major hit in TTL. So instead, Joe Dante directed Deathsport. It's a much better picture than OTL. This is due to the script being written John Sayles. As such, the film remains as a sequel to Death Race 2000. So, what did Cameron direct in TTL? The film is titled Admantine after the title character. Think "postapocalyptic Shane". It does well for what it is and becomes a bit cult classic.
In 1883, Cameron is shopping a sci-fi script he wrote. He eventually gets a meeting with Gale Anne Hurd, whom he knew from when she was Roger Corman's assistant. At the time she was working at Brandywine Productions and they were having a problem with the film they were producing. The film had almost finished pre-production, when the director was hospitalized. It was apparent that he wouldn't be returning anytime soon. She convinced the Brandywine executives to hire Cameron to direct. As it was a sci-fi film, it was right up Cameron's alley. He agrees and is quickly brought up to speed. While the budget was larger than what he had previously worked with, it was still a modest budget by Hollywood standards. He completed the film on time and budget. Johnny Mnemonic was be released in 1984. Brandywine was expecting a modest box office. However, the film ended up being a big hit. Besides being a boon to Cameron's career, the film helped kick off the new cyberpunk film subgenre.
Due to the success of Johnny Mnemonic, Brandywine was quite receptive to the script that Cameron had pitched them years before. Think Rio Bravo meets Aliens with elements of The Abyss and a touch of The Terminator. Two years later, the film, Invictarx, was released to great success.
With two solid successes on his resume, Universal Pictures approached him about directing a big budget adaption of a the sci-fi classic Rendezvous with Rama. Cameron agreed on the condition that he could also produce it. Universal Pictures agreed. It would take three years to bring Clarke's novel to screen. The film was huge hit and cemented Cameron as the sci-fi golden boy.
"James Bond in Film"
"Jaws" (1975)
"Flash Gordon" (1976) ~ "Buck Rogers" (1976)
"The Legend of King Kong" (1977)
"Superman: The Man of Steel" (1977) ~ "Damnation Alley" (1977)
"Apocalypse Now" (1971) ~ "Manhattan Murder Mystery" (1977) ~ "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977)
"Doc Savage: The Ring of Fire" (1978)
George Lazenby as James Bond: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) & Diamonds Are Forever" (1970)
Roger Moore as James Bond: "Live and Let Die" (1972) ~ "For Your Eyes Only" (1973) ~ "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1975) ~ "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) ~ "From a View to a Kill" (1979)
"The Wiz" (1976) ~ "A Star is Born" (1976) ~ "The Kentucky Fried Movie" (1976) ~ "Caddyshack" (1978)
"Tanked" (1978) ~ "National Lampoon's Class Reunion" (1979) ~ "Police Squad" (1980) ~ "Space: 1999" (1982)
"Rollerball" (1975) ~ "The Shape of Things to Come" (1975) ~ "Star Beast" (1978) ~ "Logan's Run" (1978)
"Tristan & Isolde" (1979) ~ "Dune World" (1984) ~ "The Prophet of Dune" (1985) ~ "Bladerunner" (1981)
"Jaws" (1975)
"Flash Gordon" (1976) ~ "Buck Rogers" (1976)
"The Legend of King Kong" (1977)
"Superman: The Man of Steel" (1977) ~ "Damnation Alley" (1977)
"Apocalypse Now" (1971) ~ "Manhattan Murder Mystery" (1977) ~ "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977)
"Doc Savage: The Ring of Fire" (1978)
George Lazenby as James Bond: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969) & Diamonds Are Forever" (1970)
Roger Moore as James Bond: "Live and Let Die" (1972) ~ "For Your Eyes Only" (1973) ~ "The Man with the Golden Gun" (1975) ~ "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) ~ "From a View to a Kill" (1979)
"The Wiz" (1976) ~ "A Star is Born" (1976) ~ "The Kentucky Fried Movie" (1976) ~ "Caddyshack" (1978)
"Tanked" (1978) ~ "National Lampoon's Class Reunion" (1979) ~ "Police Squad" (1980) ~ "Space: 1999" (1982)
"Rollerball" (1975) ~ "The Shape of Things to Come" (1975) ~ "Star Beast" (1978) ~ "Logan's Run" (1978)
"Tristan & Isolde" (1979) ~ "Dune World" (1984) ~ "The Prophet of Dune" (1985) ~ "Bladerunner" (1981)
I'd love to be able to slip over to ATL Youtube and see what kind of energy Michael Biehn put into the 'I WANT ROOM SERVICE' rant, @neamathla
Ever feel like the whole "President of Earth" angle in Doctor Who was criminally underused?
Anyway,
The president of Earth was, when activated by the Incursion Protocols Addendum to the Unified Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT) Charter, the head of government and commander-in-chief for all 193 United Nations member states (and the United Nations itself), as well as 16 non-UN member states, UNIT, and 20 rebel groups that controlled territory at the time of the signing of the Incursion Protocols in 2013. The office was, by that same document, invested in the person of the Gallifreyan extraterrestrial and long-time guardian of Earth known as "The Doctor". The existence of such an office was, while the Incursion Protocols were in force, highly secret.
The position of President of Earth was first proposed after the Year of the Slow Invasion, then the latest of a growing number of narrowly-thwarted alien invasions of the Earth. Discussions between all UN member states held by UNIT worked out a framework for a figurehead position that would gain full executive and military authority only in the event of another invasion. Discussions as to who the President of the entire human race should be, and the method of choosing such a person, were initially heated, but a proposal by UNIT Head of Scientific Research Kathrine Lethbridge-Stewart to invest the Earth Presidency in the Doctor was ultimately accepted. The reasons for picking the Doctor were stated to be his track record of defending Earth, his life experience far outranking any human's, his Gallifreyan physiology, his advanced technology and skills, and his known disinterest in politics. Ultimately, over a dozen states with limited recognition, UN observer states, and rebel groups holding territory (with the notable exceptions of Al-Quaeda and ISIS) were also invited to sign the Incursion Protocols, which they did by December 2013. The Doctor was inducted into the role on November 19, 2014, during the Second Cyberman Incursion.
As President of Earth, the Doctor wielded total military authority over all signatory armed forces in secret, but only while the Incursion Protocols were activated by one of the relevant authorities and the President was aboard the executive aircraft, Boat One. The Doctor is believed, according to anonymous sources, to have served in the role of President of Earth on a number of other occasions between 2014 and 2017. UNIT served as the presidential bodyguard and were responsible for construction and maintenance of the fleet of aircraft that could serve as Boat One.
In the aftermath of the 2018 UNIT funding disputes, the ability of the office to be activated became questionable, and with the repeal of the UNIT charter entirely in early 2020, the ability of the office of President of Earth to assume coherent command over the forces of mankind became entirely academic. Long-rumored among military personnel who had seen the President in the field, official confirmation of the office and its holder came in 2020, when the entire text of the UNIT charter was declassified.
In the aftermath of its publication, the Incursion Protocols have sparked some activity from pro-globalist activists for a similar office to be established, usually with the addendum of the officeholder being elected (and human).
Anyway,
The president of Earth was, when activated by the Incursion Protocols Addendum to the Unified Intelligence Taskforce (UNIT) Charter, the head of government and commander-in-chief for all 193 United Nations member states (and the United Nations itself), as well as 16 non-UN member states, UNIT, and 20 rebel groups that controlled territory at the time of the signing of the Incursion Protocols in 2013. The office was, by that same document, invested in the person of the Gallifreyan extraterrestrial and long-time guardian of Earth known as "The Doctor". The existence of such an office was, while the Incursion Protocols were in force, highly secret.
The position of President of Earth was first proposed after the Year of the Slow Invasion, then the latest of a growing number of narrowly-thwarted alien invasions of the Earth. Discussions between all UN member states held by UNIT worked out a framework for a figurehead position that would gain full executive and military authority only in the event of another invasion. Discussions as to who the President of the entire human race should be, and the method of choosing such a person, were initially heated, but a proposal by UNIT Head of Scientific Research Kathrine Lethbridge-Stewart to invest the Earth Presidency in the Doctor was ultimately accepted. The reasons for picking the Doctor were stated to be his track record of defending Earth, his life experience far outranking any human's, his Gallifreyan physiology, his advanced technology and skills, and his known disinterest in politics. Ultimately, over a dozen states with limited recognition, UN observer states, and rebel groups holding territory (with the notable exceptions of Al-Quaeda and ISIS) were also invited to sign the Incursion Protocols, which they did by December 2013. The Doctor was inducted into the role on November 19, 2014, during the Second Cyberman Incursion.
As President of Earth, the Doctor wielded total military authority over all signatory armed forces in secret, but only while the Incursion Protocols were activated by one of the relevant authorities and the President was aboard the executive aircraft, Boat One. The Doctor is believed, according to anonymous sources, to have served in the role of President of Earth on a number of other occasions between 2014 and 2017. UNIT served as the presidential bodyguard and were responsible for construction and maintenance of the fleet of aircraft that could serve as Boat One.
In the aftermath of the 2018 UNIT funding disputes, the ability of the office to be activated became questionable, and with the repeal of the UNIT charter entirely in early 2020, the ability of the office of President of Earth to assume coherent command over the forces of mankind became entirely academic. Long-rumored among military personnel who had seen the President in the field, official confirmation of the office and its holder came in 2020, when the entire text of the UNIT charter was declassified.
In the aftermath of its publication, the Incursion Protocols have sparked some activity from pro-globalist activists for a similar office to be established, usually with the addendum of the officeholder being elected (and human).
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Nagasaki can't be the residence of the Governor-General or the largest city in Russian Japan because Nagasaki isn't in Russian Japan, it is in (French) Kyushu.
so is russia still using the old pre-reform cyrillic? i noticed the letter i which iirc is only in that and belarusian and ukrainian
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