Madam President: An ASB look at a flipped gender presidency
Part VII
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Madam President: An ASB look at a flipped gender presidency
Part VII
(from The World Of The Matriarchy)
The Joy of Cooking with Jonathan Frakes is a short-lived American television cooking show created by eccentric polymath Ben Griffin in partnership with Heath M. M. Bailey (née Edwards) Productions, produced and aired by the Food Network from 1998 to 2000. The show was hosted by Jonathan Frakes, and featured Frakes and a celebrity guest collaborating on the creation of one dish every episode while having an unscripted free-flowing conversation/interview. The show was noted for its surreal and absurdist humor/elements, most iconically with Jonathan Frakes greeting every guest with a bizarre non-sequitur question after their introduction.
The show was favorably received by audiences; critical reception was divided. Despite interest from the network, the show was not renewed for a third season after a deal failed to be reached with Griffin and Bailey (née Edwards), with Griffin declaring "I have told the story I wanted to tell." It went on to gain a cult following.
The show was favorably received by audiences; critical reception was divided. Despite interest from the network, the show was not renewed for a third season after a deal failed to be reached with Griffin and Bailey (née Edwards), with Griffin declaring "I have told the story I wanted to tell." It went on to gain a cult following.
he looks very uncomfortable, as if he doesn't want to be here
Madam President: An ASB look at a flipped gender presidency
Part VIII
(from The World Of The Matriarchy)
Part VIII
(from The World Of The Matriarchy)
The disastrous first battle of the United States Pacific Fleet in the opening conflict of the Pacific Theater of the Second World War...
1st attempt at a wikibox. Scenario as per @Nick Sumner 's Drakes Drum novel series.
1st attempt at a wikibox. Scenario as per @Nick Sumner 's Drakes Drum novel series.
Follow up to my "first white President Wallace" with the list of black presidents of an alternate United States. If there's any questions feel free to ask and I'll be more than happy to reply with answers.
First, here's some loose "it's similar to OTL" things that happen here in TL:
Yes, Slavery is a thing that's utilized upon the whites of the South (imported straight from Europe, the Russian Empire and from the Ottomans via the Caucus Region from 1788 until the ban of the Transatlantic Slave Trade by President Denmark Vessey in the Compromise of 1826.) until the Presidency of Fredrick Douglass.
Yes, there's a growing abolitionist movement that's opposed to the enslavement of whites that's lead by Jeff Davis and Edmund Ruffin.
Yes, there's a system of "Johnny Reb" segregation laws utilized throughout the South following international pressure to abolish the enslavement of whites. These are passed as punishment for their succession during the Civil War.
Yes, voting rights to whites in general are heavily restricted due to partial paranoia that the South would rebel again, leading to widespread Democratic-Freemason dominance for many years, with notable exceptions from the more progressive leaning but still racist Ako Vodo (Voodoo Alliance/Entente) that are mainly based in Dessalines (Louisiana).
First, here's some loose "it's similar to OTL" things that happen here in TL:
Yes, Slavery is a thing that's utilized upon the whites of the South (imported straight from Europe, the Russian Empire and from the Ottomans via the Caucus Region from 1788 until the ban of the Transatlantic Slave Trade by President Denmark Vessey in the Compromise of 1826.) until the Presidency of Fredrick Douglass.
Yes, there's a growing abolitionist movement that's opposed to the enslavement of whites that's lead by Jeff Davis and Edmund Ruffin.
Yes, there's a system of "Johnny Reb" segregation laws utilized throughout the South following international pressure to abolish the enslavement of whites. These are passed as punishment for their succession during the Civil War.
Yes, voting rights to whites in general are heavily restricted due to partial paranoia that the South would rebel again, leading to widespread Democratic-Freemason dominance for many years, with notable exceptions from the more progressive leaning but still racist Ako Vodo (Voodoo Alliance/Entente) that are mainly based in Dessalines (Louisiana).
Madam President: An ASB look at a flipped gender presidency
Part IX
(from The World Of The Matriarchy)
Part IX
(from The World Of The Matriarchy)
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O Allah, send your grace onto the Rashidun Caliphs; Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali, Zubayr and Hasan! And bestow your mercy on the Mother of the Believers and Calipha, Ayesha. We ask you to admit them into Paradise, O generous of the generous!
-Excerpt of Friday Khutbah (sermon) Duaa
The assassination of Caliph Uthman and ascension of Ali to his position sparked immediate controversy in the Ummah. Despite having opposed Uthman during his lifetime, a triumvirate comprising of Zubayr ibn Al-Awam, Talhah ibn Ubayd-Allah and the Prophet's widow Ayesha bint Abu Bakr set off from Mecca in order to demand vengeance for Uthman's death. Following their capture of Basra, Ali would respond by raising an army in Kufa and marching to confront the faction. Attempts to negotiate would fall apart, devolving into the infamous Battle of the Camel which proved to be a humiliating defeat for Ali and saw the death of Talhah on the battlefield.
Ali thus found himself in a deeply precarious situation. The threat of a Fitna had become a reality, as many prominent Quaryashis and Mu'wiya (the Ummayad Governor of Syria) had outright refused to pledge their allegiance towards him, alongside the open conflict with the forces of Zubayr and Ayesha. Although minor skirmishes had continue, there was little appetite to continue fighting amongst the combatants. While Zubayr was a strong contender for the position of Caliph, he had little interest in usurping Ali militarily. He and Ayesha had deeply regretted the start of hostilities. Following the pyric victory of Alid forces in the Battle of Umm Qasr, efforts to mediate between the two parties would begin. Spearheaded by Ayesha's half-brother Muhammed, Ayesha and Zubayr would reach a settlement with the Caliph, withdrawing back to Mecca. The successful arbitration would deeply anger radical contingents of Ali's supporters leading to the emergence and the initial wave of defections of the Kharijite sect.
Sensing Ali's vulnerability, Mu'awiya had spent much of the early stages of the civil war rapidly expanded his influence, rallying a secure base of supporters and allies. With the withdrawal of the Zubyrid-Ayesha faction confirmed, Ali set his sights on securing his authority in Syria. He had achieved the re-enlistment of many Kharijites through the promise of immediate punitive action against Mu'awiya for his rebellion. Alid and Ummayad forces would confront one another in multiple battles across the Euphrates, culminating in stalemate. Spurred on by rumours circulating that Ali was considering an arbitration, the Kharijites would revolt, assassinating both Ali and his son Husayn.
The assassination of Ali startled even his fiercest opponents. Zubayr was swiftly elected Caliph, immediately facing the crisis of the Kharijite uprising which would dominate his tenure. Multiple prominent figures, including Mu'awayia, would be assassinated by the Kharijites in a wave of terror. Meanwhile Ayesha had cultivated a base of loyal supporters and allies, dubbed (quite ironically) Shiat Ayesha, or the Partisans of Ayesha. Already reputable for her influence and leadership in jurisprudence, her role as a figure of leadership had only been further strengthened following the Fitna. She preached fiery Jumuah sermons in the Prophet's Masjid and had demonstrated competence in leading soldiers into battle. Increasingly as disturbing number of influential Qurayshis where killed during the Kharijite Revolt, Ayesha emerged all the more appealing, escaping multiple assassination attempts herself.
Following Zubayrs' death, debate raged over his successor. While Hasan Ibn Ali had appeared the most probable successor, the electoral council would shockingly back Ayesha. Totally unprecedented, the ascension of the first "Calipha" sent shock waves throughout the Muslim world. While Ayesha's tenure is often contemporarily praised as a watershed moment for the advancement of women's rights in Islam, the respect she commanded did not allow her to transcend her gender. In fact her election would spark the Second Fitna, with multiple factions emerging within the Caliphate, refusing to accept her authority.
Could someone make a wikibox out of this map? (For those wondering, I took the biggest landslides in history and had them face each other. Compared and contrasted the states via %'s, so that's why LBJ didn't win Texas and Reagan California. Compared where; Reagan '84, Johnson '64, FDR '36, and Nixon '72)
The latest wikibox from my Alt North America project
Carolina Dominion Series
The Fast Facts about the State of Chippewa!
Justice Bill Pryor
Carolina Dominion Series
The Fast Facts about the State of Chippewa!
Justice Bill Pryor
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Eparkhos
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In hindsight, the beginning of the Appalachian Conflict was remarkably small. The anti-government forces in the Smokies had been gaining size and strength for several years by the time People's First Citizen Horton was appointed over the Appalachian People's State, and with his aggressive policy against these movements it was only a matter of time until the conflict began in earnest. In May 1990, a tip-off was received about a non-existent moonshine still in an isolated part of Yancey County, and the extremely unpopular Political Captain Lee Atwater--Horton's chief lieutenant in the Cherokee District--was convinced by a sympathetic member of the state administration to investigate the lead personally. Of course, the whole thing was a trap set by an uneasy alliance between the People's Patriotic Movement of William Fesperman, a Christian Socialist group who wanted less government intervention in the region, and the New Blue Legion, a right-wing movement who wanted to overthrow the government completely. As soon as the armored car carrying Atwater and his men reached a narrow bend in the road, they were engulfed in a hail of gunfire that killed the Political Captain and three others instantly and forced the surviving driver to veer off the road. The militias then descended on the wreck and killed the other two fatalities, leaving one Red Guardsman for dead in a grim portent of the brutality that would characterize the conflict in later years....
My next animal infobox is for a large gray-colored cat with spots that lives in Africa. Introducing, the Mngwa!
The Mngwa (Lynx africana), also known rarely as the African Lynx is a large species of cat the lives in the savannas and jungles of Eastern Africa. It is the largest living member of the Lynx family.
Jackalope (Lepus tempermentalus)
Unicorn (Equus monoceros)
Chupacabra (Canis vampyrus)
Hodag (Canis hodag)
Hugag (Alces hugag)
Vampire (Homo vampyrus)
Agropelter (Pongo craniofractens)
Elf (Homo eldar)
Drop bear (Phascolarctos kindynos)
Bunyip (Hippopotamus australis)
Leprechaun (Homo luchorpản)
Nandi bear (Ursus africana)
Sasquatch (Gigantopithecus sasquatch)
Skunk ape (Gigantopithecus sasquatch floridensis)
Yeti (Gigantopithecus himalayans)
Yowie (Gigantopithecus yowie)
Mngwa (Lynx africana) (you are here)
Unicorn (Equus monoceros)
Chupacabra (Canis vampyrus)
Hodag (Canis hodag)
Hugag (Alces hugag)
Vampire (Homo vampyrus)
Agropelter (Pongo craniofractens)
Elf (Homo eldar)
Drop bear (Phascolarctos kindynos)
Bunyip (Hippopotamus australis)
Leprechaun (Homo luchorpản)
Nandi bear (Ursus africana)
Sasquatch (Gigantopithecus sasquatch)
Skunk ape (Gigantopithecus sasquatch floridensis)
Yeti (Gigantopithecus himalayans)
Yowie (Gigantopithecus yowie)
Mngwa (Lynx africana) (you are here)
The Mngwa (Lynx africana), also known rarely as the African Lynx is a large species of cat the lives in the savannas and jungles of Eastern Africa. It is the largest living member of the Lynx family.
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Tried to envision what it would have taken to get a Bloc plurality in 1993. Basic scenario in my mind is that I take the POD in @True Grit 's The Populist Problem of Preston Manning: An Infobox Timeline (which was the primary inspiration for this scenario), and from there the 1989 New Democratic party leadership election, the 1993 Progressive Conservative leadership election go the other way (and Sheila Copps somehow wins the 1990 Liberal party leadership election). Liberals screw up big compared to OTL, the NDP doesn't lose nearly as much ground, Charest helps the PCs in the East (particularly in Atlantic Canada), while Western alienation is more pronounced. Less tactical voting allows Bloc to clean up the remaining Francophone seats in Quebec, ending up with a single seat plurality.
Not very plausible, but fun to map nonetheless.
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