History Forum / General / What If / February 2007

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enjo_kosai
When and how would this system work in the West?

One gets only a minimal sense of John McBride's importance from such
online sources as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McBride  I got a much
fuller view when I came across an interesting article by Michael Pierce in
*Labor History,*  Feb 2000, v. 41, p. 5, entitled  "The Populist ...

http://www.doctoryourself.com/caffeine_allergy.html
" Mentioned in a 1936 article by Drs. McManamy and Schube, a young
woman, allergic to caffeine, presented with alternating states of
delirium and mania, resembling schizophrenia (1).

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
(إنكَ لا تهدي من أحببت ولكن الله يهدي من يشاء)
( ان الدين عن الله الاسلام )
( ومن يبتغى غير الاسلام دينا فلن يقبل منه وهو في الاخرة من الخاسرين )

What if David Bowie had decided to pattern the persona of Ziggy
Stardust after the reputed personas of Ozzy Osbourne and Ronny James
Dio of Black Sabbath? In other words, what if Ziggy Stardust  had been
a blood-drinking, satanic, warmongering "dark father" figure, like

Its a truism that the Monroe Doctrine was a policy proclaimed by the
US but only enforced by the Royal Navy.  And yes the UK traded with
Latin American republics and opposed reconquest by Spain or any
European coalition in the 1820s.

OTL, the age of stratosphere balloons was short -- even shorter than
the age of zeppelins.  Basically we're talking about a decade.  And
the whole thing is half forgotten today.
But 75 years ago, it was quite something.  Long quote follows, feel

    POD: Spiro Agnew is just a little more ruthless than in OTL
    It's the early 1970s and if you're a corrupt Vice President,
it's not the best of times to be in office. Various corrupt practices
are catching up with you and it seems like resignation and maybe even

What if the British government, seeing huge losses by late 1914, decided
to launch a massive draft/recruitment of colonial subjects to serve on
the Western Front?
Realizing that this woud require a major change in attitudes towards

Here's the challenge, a foreign power's military operation in the US
at any point after 1784 ends up freeing at least 500k slaves in the US.

Here's a small naval what if: On 23 February 1991 two HY-2 Silkworm
missiles were launched against USS Missouri, escorted by USS Jarret
and HMS Gloucester. One Silkworm missed and another was intercepted by
a Sea Dart missile fired by HMS Gloucester.

What would have happened if 700 years ago there was a genetic mutation
thru all African blacks compelling them to neither hold sell, or buy
slaves? Other than the execution of some POWS which certainly would
happen for a while at least. How different would the history of

Haven't You Heard?
http://theviewfromherenow.blogspot.com/2007/02/earth-is-not-moving.html

What would have happened if Orson Welles had made Batman?

What-if the Unitied States of America reversed the role of cities and
states? So mayors of large cities would be more like governors. How
would cities be different if city ordinances were instead just like
state law? How would other things be different?