In the stodgy era of 1915, dancing is illegal - even in international waters! Until one rebellious third-class passenger (Kevin Bacon) starts making waves. But the merciless submersible of the dance-hating Kaiser (John Lithgow) is just one step behind. Find out what happens, this summer in -...
In this scenario, who is King of Prussia? The government of the Empire and of the Kingdom of Prussia were closely intertwined, and Prussia covered 3/5 of the Empire’s territory and contained 2/3 of its population (before being reduced after the war). Assuming any of this could be pulled off (big...
“Nay let a man euery houre of the day, or as oft as many in this countrey vse to take Tobacco, let a man I say, but take as oft the best sorts of nourishments in meate and drinke that can bee deuised, hee shall with the continuall vse thereof weaken both his head and his stomacke: all his...
Paul would, at best, get to appoint two Justices, and that’s assuming they don’t decide to hang on to keep him from filling the vacancy. I would imagine Stevens at least would do so
There’s a big difference between Ron Paul stumbling his way into the White House vs. the Republican Party adopting his philosophy wholesale. I imagine he’d get next to nothing done - there are compromises he could make to whittle down Social Security or Medicare, but he is not a big compromise...
I can imagine a US where, for whatever reason, the concepts of 'black' and 'white' are codified into law earlier and more clearly. You can have this happen in the constitution, or in an early Dred Scott style case establishing the principle of the "perpetual and impassable barrier [...] erected...
William Seward is President instead of Lincoln and after secession institutes his dumbass plan to declare war on France and/or Spain to reunite the nation.
I feel like Texas's best bet is biding its time and getting its house in order, then striking during Mexico's next big freakout. If we assume there's a Mexican-American War, that's a good time to go after something, but obviously the US is going to take the bigger bite. If there's not a Mexican...
I’ve always found it hard to believe that the party regularly returning Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms to the Senate would have turned out enthusiastically for Powell, especially against a southerner.