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  1. Post Apocalyptic timelines?

    I’ve recently reread Protect and Survive and have been playing some Fallout so I’ve been in the mood to read more timelines in a similar vein. Accuracy isn’t a big part of what I’m looking for (hence my reference to Fallout) but I’d like something that’s a tad optimistic despite setting. Can...

  2. The starship Enterprise built in…Vegas?

    Back in 1992 a group of Vegas businessmen and casino owners were looking for a way to shift the attention of tourists away from the Vegas strip and towards the more neglected downtown. They approached designer Gary Goddard for ideas and he certainly had an ambitious one: Build a fully exploreble...

  3. AHC: Spiritualism survives as a major religion

    In the antebellum United States the belief that the spirits of the dead could be contacted and could offer political and practical advice was shockingly common. Many early social reformers held to these beliefs and the nationwide grief after the Civil War just spread them. A US Senator even...

  4. Concorde slams into Chirac’s plane

    The crash of Air France flight 4590 was the death kneel of the Concorde and the 9/11 attacks a year later were the nail in the coffin. As horrific as the crash was it shockingly could’ve been much worse. To briefly quote the always excellent Admiral Cloudberg...

  5. Square success with “digital actress” idea

    The 2001 movie “Final Fantasy:The Spirits Within” is mostly remembered for being a flop and forcing Square to merge with rival Enix. At the time though it was noted for its “incredibly realistic” CGI. However, those behind the movie had the idea that the lead character “Aki Ross” would make...

  6. AHC: Barbados: Third Rome, Envy of the World.

    Given that one of the (alleged) last members of the Byzantine ruling family lived on Barbados as a plantation owner before leaving to become a privateer it might be a semi-ASB but amusing PoD to have an independent Barbados ruled by the Paleologus family claim to be a Roman successor state. I...

  7. Rommel goes to trial.

    After the July 20th plot implicated Erwin Rommel the Field Marshal was given a choice between suicide or a trial before the People’s Court in which he would of course be found guilty and executed- likely with his family. What would the effects on German morale and Rommel’s legacy if he had...

  8. WI: Patton slapping incident escalates

    So the second of the “slapping incidents” got very nasty very fast https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton_slapping_incidents So, let’s say Patton has less control of his temper and shoots the poor guy before they can be separated. Consequences? I can’t imagine it would be good for...

  9. WI Hitler porn plot goes through?

    Sometime during World War 2 a department of the OSS came up with the idea that Hitler could be driven insane by exposure to large amounts of hardcore pornography. It was believed that a "vast quantity" of pornographic pictures and books could be dropped by bomber around Berchtesgaden, where...

  10. The Philippine-American War avoided

    Pretty simple PoD. Instead of the attempt at annexation of the Philippines islands after the battle of Manila Bay the decision is made to place the islands under American protection (to deter foreign invaders) but otherwise the US government stays uninvolved and decides to let the country...

  11. AHC: Mt Athos, a hive of scum and villainy

    The Monastic Republic of Mount Athos is a self-governing region of Greece home to some of the oldest monasteries in Europe. The Monks there have lived a quiet existence through the years, avoiding persecution by most every regime from the Ottomans through the Nazi occupation (that might have...

  12. Reagan infected with AIDS due to blood transfusion?

    It’s often said that American society at large didn’t care about AIDS until actor Rock Hudson died of it. One of those who was ignorant about it was President Ronald Reagan. According to his doctor before Hudson’s death Reagan assumed AIDS was “like measles and just goes away”. Doctor Sutton...

  13. WI Air Canada Flight 759 crashes

    In 2017 an Air Canada flight came seconds away from smashing into two San Francisco departing airliners https://medium.com/@admiralcloudberg/the-near-crash-of-air-canada-flight-759-c61094867d45 This would have been the first fatal airline accident in the US since 2009. For it to be caused by...

  14. WI Alice Roosevelt marries an African American.

    In 1901 Teddy Roosevelt invited Booker T Washington to dine with him at the White House. This led to a flurry of criticism and outrage from the south including the refrain of “If you love blacks so much then why don’t you let your daughter marry one?” So, what if?: Alice was well known for her...

  15. 2000 election WI: Gore campaign ‘cheats’

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-crazy-inside-story-of-al-gores-trump-tower-moment What might have happened if Downey and other member of the campaign hadn’t done the right thing and reported the stolen Bush material to the FBI.

  16. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in water: Woodrow Wilson eaten by shark?

    The series of shark attacks along the cost of New Jersey from July 1st-12th 1916 terrorized the country and led to the deaths of 4 people by an unknown species of shark. The media frenzy changed the image of sharks from peaceful creatures too timid to attack humans to that of a ferocious man...

  17. Kaiser Wilhelm flees to...England!?

    Allegedly around May 10th 1940 the former Kaiser was privately sent a message from Churchill that if he wished to he was welcome to asylum in Britain if he wished to avoid the Nazis. Obviously Wilhelm did not accept the offer for various reasons... but what if he had?

  18. Nixon (and MLK) Go Hollywood

    Otto Preminger's 1962 thriller Advice & Consent is a political thriller detailing a Secretary of State nominee with a hidden past and the Senate's reaction to that. Most characters are thinly veiled versions of real politicians and there are several small cameos from serving ones, such as Scoop...

  19. Sleazy JFK letter leaked.

    So, imagine in 1939 if the contents of that letter were leaked to either one of Joe Kennedy’s many enemies or the press. Would relations between the US and UK be hit by a minor setback? Or what if it somehow leaked in 1960, would JFK be able to dismiss it as fake or youthful idiocy?

  20. WI: Colorado White House built?

    In the early 1910's auto-executive and editor of Cosmopolitanism magazine John Brisben Walker proposed building a permanent "Summer White House" for the President in the mountains of Colorado. Walker and his political backers felt that if the President were to spend a few weeks there each...
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