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A Google Search of U.S. Presidents (Rogue Generals).
40: Ronald Reagan/George H.W. Bush - (1981-1989) [Republican]
41: Bob Dole/Paul Laxalt - (1989-1993) [Republican]
42: Jesse Jackson - Jerry Brown - (1993-1997) [Democrat]
43: Jack Kemp - Lamar Alexander - (1997-2005) [Republican]
44: Carol Moseley-Braun - Dick Gephardt - (2005-2008) [Democrat] [1]
45: Dick Gephardt - vacant - (2008-2009) [Democrat] [2]
46: John Edwards (P) - Jon Kerry (VP) - (2009-2017) [Democrat]
47: Tim Kaine (P) - Elizabeth Warren (VP) - (2017-2021) [Social Progressives] [3]
Notes:
[1] Moseley-Braun was assassinated in 2008. Dick Gephardt became the President as per the line-of-succession.
[2] Hands over the presidency to John Edwards as per the constitution on January 20, 2009.
[3] Due to the rise of the libertarian movements, third-party voting becomes prominent and this time, they win the White House in 2016.
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President of the Guatemalan Federal Republic Jacobo Árbenz being welcomed and saluted by his supporters after successfully expelling Castillo Armas forces and executing him and his collaborators.
This great victory secured the revolution in Guatemala for years to come and drove Árbenz into a more conciliatory stance with the Catholic Church, allowing it to own land and other property and giving her a saying in education.
He retired from presidency in 1960, allowing Colonel Diaz, a conservative member of his party to be elected in a special election.
Goals from Gareth Bale, Declan Rice and Thiago Alcântara saw them ease to a 3-0 win over newly promoted Watford, weeks after Marcus Rashford’s hatrick had seen them slay rivals Liverpool.
Keane’s first three years at Old Trafford as manager - following success at Sunderland, West Brom and Everton, would see two Premier League titles, an FA Cup and a Champions League runners up medal
Monument to Plato, located in front of the Platonic Academy in Athens.
The Platonic Academy is considered one of the oldest educational institutions. Nevertheless, throughout its history, its structure has constantly changed (and it did not exist continuously). The first Academy was essentially in a grove and was a circle of philosophers, grouped around the witcher. Focuses on politics, mathematics, and dialectics. Born under the shadow of Platonic doctrine, skepticism prevailed in her later. In 667 A.U.C. was destroyed by Cornelius Sulla.
In 929 the Academy was rebuilt by Emperor Marcus Aurelius as a traditional educational institution. 200 years later, Athens again became the center of Platonic philosophy. The peak of his philosophical activity fell on the leadership of Proclus Diadochus. Later, however, it loses its influence. In 1807, by order of Basilevs Constantine, the educational institutions of the Eastern Empire were reorganized, which contributes to the expansion of the Academy.
In 2343 (shortly after the revolution and the restoration of democracy in Hellas). The Athens Scientific Society is founded, teaching is increasingly secularized, and the Academy takes on a modern look.
Marshal Shaposhnikov in the Pacific Ocean east of Samar, Republic of the Philippines, November 20, 2013.
Soviet destroyer Bystry photographed from a Philippine Navy patrol vessel, November 20, 2013.
A Rapucha-class landing ship deploying BTRs with Soviet Naval Infantry for the relief and recovery of Samar following the onslaught of Typhoon Haiyan.
The Soviet Navy took part in Operation Damayan following Typhoon Haiyan's onslaught in the Philippines on November 8, 2013. The destroyer Bystry, the destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov, and the landing ships Oslaybya and Admiral Nevelskoy were deployed east of Samar. For a period of two weeks, the Soviet Navy assisted in delivering supplies, reconstruction, and evacuation of refugees. Naval infantry were present in clearing some roads, damaged structures, and treating the sick. During the operation, the Soviets worked hand-in-hand with their counterparts coming from the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand.
(This is from the timeline New Union which the USSR does not collapse and the New Union Treaty is signed. It becomes known as the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics and adapts a semi-constitution republic. So the USSR survives to modern day and assists more in the global stage).
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The portside city of Nova Lisboa (New Lisbon) in the Lecartan state of Misisipi. New Lisbon has a population of 1.24 million people as of 2021, and is described as the “most unique” city in the Federative Republic of Lecarto, owing to its massive blend of Spanish, Portuguese, English, French, and Caribbean cultures.
Notes:
Misisipi, like in OTL, is a corruption of the Anishinaabe word Misi-ziibi. It corresponds to Amapá in OTL Brazil.
Lecarto is a corruption of the Portuguese word lagarto (“lizard”). Much like how OTL Brazil was named for the abundance of brazilwood on its coast, the name for Lecarto originates from the prominence of alligators in Florida, where the first European expeditions to that area landed. Lecarto corresponds to OTL Brazil.
Nova Lisboa was inspired by OTL New Orleans, both named for a major city in the nation that ruled over them. Despite this, it actually corresponds to Macapá in the Brazilian state of Amapá.
Part of the North and South timeline.
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I'd hate to imagine the amount of deaths and injuries that occurred during that basketball game.News coverage of a terrorist attack at a basketball game.
Yeah I saw it on deviantart after see the Defenitive Edition and thought “What if they added LCS and VCS?” Even though those are mostly seen as spin-offs.
Street of one of the Spanish cities in Africa.
Since the 16th century, the Spaniards have actively conquered Africa. Tunisia and Algeria were conquered by 1539. In 1597, King Alfonso Thirteen took Egypt from the Turks.
A poster for Goldfinger, but it’s in the Craig era.
MI6 sends James Bond on a mission to infiltrate a Mexican drug laboratory, after which he vacations in Miami Beach. While he is there, Felix Leiter tells Bond that M has orders for him to spy on one particular man at the hotel he is staying at: the millionaire Auric Goldfinger (Ian McKellen). He finds Goldfinger cheating at a gin rummy game with the help of his assistant, Jill Masterson (Sasha Alexander). He interrupts the game before blackmailing Goldfinger into losing. Bond sleeps with Jill, just before Goldfinger’s bodyguard Oddjob (Sung Kang) barges into the room and knocks Bond out. Bond wakes up to find Jill dead from being covered with toxic gold paint all over.
The Governor of the Bank of England tells Bond that gold prices have been varying in recent years, allowing for someone to easily sell gold internationally. He suspects Goldfinger to be doing the same thing, and orders Bond to find out how Goldfinger is smuggling gold across international borders, so he goes off on a mission to find out. Q supplies him with an Aston Martin DB5 and 2 tracking devices.
Bond meets Goldfinger again at a country club in Kent, where they play some golf. Goldfinger tries to cheat but Bond catches him in the act. Goldfinger catches onto Bond and sternly warns him not to interfere, with Oddjob demonstrating his strength and a hat with a hidden blade in the rim. Before Goldfinger leaves, Bond attaches a tracking device to his car, and tracks him to Switzerland. There, he meets Tilly Masterson, sister of Jill, who is also trying to kill Goldfinger for what he did to her sister.
Bond sneaks into a refinery after seeing some of Goldfinger’s cars entering it. He overhears a conversation with Goldfinger telling Chinese nuclear physicist Ling that he adds gold to his Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph vehicles to smuggle it out of England and get it past authorities. He also hears Goldfinger mention something about an “Operation Grand Slam”. He sees Tilly, and chases after her to warn her about Goldfinger’s presence. In the process, he trips an alarm, and Oddjob chases them both. Ultimately, Tilly is killed by Oddjob’s hat, while Bond is captured and strapped to a table with a laser slowly moving towards him, to slice him in half.
Bond tells Goldfinger that he has reported to MI6 all about Grand Slam. Goldfinger decides to spare him, leaving him alive for MI6 to see and think he is safe.
Bond, still captive, is flown to Goldfinger’s estate by the pilot Pussy Galore (Gina Carano). He escapes his cell, and overhears more about Operation Grand Slam from a conversation with some conspirators. Goldfinger plans to breach the gold reserve at Fort Knox by releasing a poisonous gas which will kill the military personnel. The conspirators mock Goldfinger’s scheme, and one demands more payment. This conspirator manages to escape before the other conspirators are killed via the poisonous gas. Bond is recaptured by Galore, but slips a tracking device in the conspirator’s pockets to alert the CIA. Oddjob catches up to the conspirator, kills him, and crushes his body, along with the tracker, in a compactor.
Bond tells Goldfinger it would be impossible to move the gold away from Fort Knox before the military intervenes, at which point Goldfinger unveils his true plan: using a cobalt bomb, he will irradiate the gold reserve at Fort Knox, rendering it unusable and increasing the value of his own gold. He warns that there is another bomb in the Federal Reserve Bank in New York in case Bond tries to interfere.
The CIA catches wind of Operation Grand Slam after an anonymous tip from Goldfinger’s estate, and makes preparations for an ambush in case of an attack on Fort Knox. Just as they arrive, Galore uses her Flying Circus to spray the poisonous gas, “killing” everybody present, including Felix Leiter. Leiter then receives a call… from James Bond. A flashback reveals that Bond had managed to seduce Galore and persuaded her to alert the CIA using an anonymous tip. The ambush continues as both the US military and Goldfinger’s henchmen storm Fort Knox, engaging in a confrontation with each other. Bond tells Leiter about the bomb in the Federal Reserve, resulting in its de-activation concurrently with the events at Fort Knox. Bond enters the vault to personally stop Goldfinger, but he is handcuffed to the bomb by the henchman, Kisch. Goldfinger locks the vault and leaves in his private jet.
Bond, Oddjob, and Kisch are trapped within the vault. Kisch tries to defuse the bomb, but is killed by a still-loyal Oddjob. Bond frees himself, resulting in a duel with Oddjob. Bond manages to electrocute Oddjob using his metal hat, but is unable to defuse the bomb himself. US troops enter after killing all of Goldfinger’s henchmen outside. With only 7 seconds left on the clock, an atomic specialist manages to deactivate the cobalt bomb.
Days later, Bond is being flown to Washington, DC, to have lunch with the US President. Goldfinger’s private plane catches up to them, and Goldfinger is able to hijack Bond’s plane. A scuffle ensues, resulting in Goldfinger falling from the plane wing to his death. Bond manages to land the plane at a nearby US Army facility.
The movie ends with Bond and Galore on their way to Washington, DC via an armored military vehicle.
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