Recent content by Swiffness

  1. Terror in Littleton: How a tragedy shaped a nation

    darkest timeline, worse than For All Time
  2. If you could change One event post 1900..?

    "With the 8th pick in the 1998 NBA Draft, The Philadelphia 76ers select Dirk Nowitzki from Würzburg, Germany." (Why not play it safe and pick something that would make you happy? You don't know the possible butterfly effects of stuff. Maybe if you save the Archduke it just gets delayed until...
  3. WI: Pop Culture in a world without 9/11?

    More than that. Jay-Z released Blueprint - his finest album - on 9/11 and tied the two together forever in a lot of people's minds, especially in NYC. He talked about this on Blueprint 2: also that Wu-Tang released Iron Flag in December 01 which opened with that song where Ghostface is yellin...
  4. WI: Toshiro Mifune accepted the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi?

    It would certainly be a little edgy for its time, but this is not In the Heat of the Night where the film was released in 1967 right after the Newark Race Riots and there were genuine fears that white audiences would go berserk if they saw Sidney Poitier slap a white man. Billy Dee was already...
  5. WI: Toshiro Mifune accepted the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi?

    iirc Lucas has said Han would probably be black if Toshiro got the role. Biggest difference tho? That lightsaber duel on the Death Star. Oh baby......
  6. Saddam successfully develops nuclear weapons

    Yeah, no. Points for creativity but you can't do a clandestine nuclear strike lol.
  7. Until Every Drop of Blood Is Paid: A More Radical American Civil War

    Last night I dreamed That you were here with me And we were in each others arms, it was oh so heavenly You held me close to you and whispered in my ear "Let's build a life together, share love beyond compare" As we danced to the melody We had so much to share (Then the music stopped) In a flash...
  8. The US is ruled by a Executive Council instead of a President. What would be the impacts on the country?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Council_(Switzerland) Wow. Okay. Today I Learned something. I am envious of the Swiss system. Why can't we have that? I can see The Swiss Plan being popular at the Second Constitutional Convention after a dictator tyrant President is overthrown.
  9. Why didn't US sports develop "clubs"?

    Yeah I forgot the other thing - college students invented American Football and a school PE instructor invented Basketball. Its in the DNA. butterfly the 1958 NFL Championship Game into a boring game and then butterfly away Pete Rozelle. He fixed their 1930s business model by introducing...
  10. Why didn't US sports develop "clubs"?

    Yes, but IIRC they aren't the main second tier of the sport that provides a pipeline to the pros. Soccer clubs run their own academies and sign the most gifted prodigies when they're 10 to 14 years old - this absolutely blew my mind when I played soccer management sims back in the day. That...
  11. WI: Post WW2 'Lost Cause' Narrative

    nuke Germany instead and you'll see it
  12. Could you plausibly claim that the US provoked Japan before Pearl Harbor

    Interesting. *googles more information* Before the end of their trial, a petition arrived at court containing around 110,000 signatures in blood, which had been signed by sympathizers around the country to plead for a lenient sentence. During the proceedings, the accused used the trial as a...
  13. Die Atombomben der Bundesrepublik: An Oral History of Germany's Nuclear Weapons Program

    TO PUT IT MILDLY LMAO this TL is absolutely nuts and i'm here for every bit of it
  14. 1906 San Francisco earthquake holds off until 2006

    San Francisco was bigger, richer, and more important than Los Angeles in 1906..... (Picard is up a ladder working on a gas lamp) DOCTOR: Just what are you doing with those lamps? PICARD: Replacing the burners. City ordinance. Makes it safer in case of earthquake. DOCTOR: There hasn't been an...
  15. WI the British absolutely flooded the WW1 battlefields with Indian troops?

    Mahatma who? "Non-violent resistance can work, it was used successfully in uhhhhh.....uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....wait stop come back" - ITTL MLK Jr. oh yeah lets see how see how much contention there is after a few Over The Top assaults in the Somme and Verdun 74,187 KIA indian...
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