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  1. Flight 93 hits the Capitol on 9/11

    About four hours or so after the twin towers were hit two F-16s went east over we were maybe 1000 feet up and under full afterburner. Apparently some airliner was approaching NYC and had not responded to radio. I can guess what their orders were.

  2. Flight 93 hits the Capitol on 9/11

    I wonder if that "successful' an attack would have prompted a Full Roman response involving a tactical nuclear strike on the valley Bin Laden was in. I saw the twin towers come down. The sentiment in New York that day would have supported it.

  3. House of Wessex: A Tale of an Alternate Battle of Hastings

    It's true about the Longbow not really being a thing at this point in time, but let the author tell his tale. The POD could have been as simple as William's horse stumbles while he was close enough to he shield wall that a Saxon housecarl kills him with his axe. The result would be the same.

  4. What if early colonial charters did include some provision for parliamentary representation?

    As per the OP. What happens if at some point after the initial settlement of the English North America, royal charters are modified to include a small number of representatives to Parliament, to improve commercial oversight of the colonies. I'm thinking perhaps during the post- Commonwealth...

  5. Can Humanity Stop the Chelyabink Meteor?

    Time and distance are the key factors. Even a large object could be deflected, if it is far enough out when detected. A few kiloton explosion suitably placed when the object is a million miles or so out will alter its trajectory enough for the object to harmlessly pass by, assuming that our...

  6. Any good Anglo-Saxon Victory At Hastings threads?

    I wonder if the Scots will establish the Auld Alliance ITTL. That would provide some potential for friction with France.

  7. Any good Anglo-Saxon Victory At Hastings threads?

    In subsequent generations, dynastic marriages with the Empire and Scandinavian nobility might further .integrate England with Northern Europe. This would make political sense as a counterbalance to French hostility and provide trade opportunities with the HRE and the Baltic states even as far...

  8. Revolutionary War doesn't succeed

    A very good ,analogy. It might even be extended to how the post war settlement of American political differences goes. In England, I don't think there was widespread political revenge taken after the Restoration, aside from those who had a direct hand in Charles I's execution. As for unrest in...

  9. Revolutionary War doesn't succeed

    For the winning side, perhaps the Loyalist party or the Royalist party. For those with a somewhat more liberal/free trade stance, perhaps the Whigs. In subsequent decades, perhaps an avowedly anti-slavery party, after the rise of Wilburforce in Britain. Party politics will be delayed for a while...

  10. Butternut Surge O'er Pennsylvania Hills [A Gettysburg ATL]

    Excellent writing sir. You've captured the style and language of the era so well. Please continue, I'm hooked.

  11. WI: Huguenot Louisiana

    I grew up in Staten Island NY, one of the five boroughs of New York City. One of the areas there is called Hugonot (originally a town.) To this day Hugonot decendants live there and family names like Manee, Seguine and LaForge can still be found. There were others, but those three families...

  12. WI - Byrd is FDR's Running Mate then VP-elect, then Zangara kills FDR, What is President Byrd like?

    With a repeal of ,Smoot-Hawley and a tax cut, the Great Depression would likely just wind up as a nasty recession with an economic recovery under way when Byrd runs for re-election. Who might he have picked as a VP?

  13. Consequences of a CSA victory at Shiloh

    Even with the survival of the injured Grant, a loss of the size of Chancellorsville or Bull Run might have influenced Washington to sideline or sack Grant, even in spite of his earlier victories.

  14. WI: Henry VII’s lifespan was as long as his mother’s

    With no European wars, I could see earlier and more intensive English exploration of the New World. of course eventually this will lead to potential conflict with Spain. and/or France in the 1500's.

  15. War makes for Strange Bedfellows – A Second World War timeline

    Glad you are getting a diagnosis, That's always the first step to health. Take your time and write when you feel up to it.

  16. The Man in the High Castle somewhat misses the mark

    I have to agree. The first two seasons were good, after that it started downhill and the final season was a mess. A successful rebellion against a genocidal, nuclear-armed state is highly unlikely to succeed, unless some other nuclear power constrains its actions. The Japanese Empire...

  17. War makes for Strange Bedfellows – A Second World War timeline

    Och Aye! And pass the Haggis.

  18. Bluegrass turned Red - A what may have been TL

    I hope Kentucky doesn't pin its hopes on the generalship of Polk. Grant will clean his clock.

  19. To the Victor, Go the Spoils (Redux): A Plausible Central Powers Victory

    Excellent update, as always. 1920 will be fascinating politically. On the GOP side, perhaps a run by Lodge or Coolidge or for the Progrssive wing maybe Hi Johnson. Harding would not be anybody;s first choice, and the outcome of the war eliminates Pershing as well. If there is a financial...

  20. To the Victor, Go the Spoils (Redux): A Plausible Central Powers Victory

    With regard to an alt-Depression , in this timeline. The world may be spared the full blown economic catastrophe that OTLsaw. Germany is not in the same economic straits that it was in 0TL , the Russian civil war may have a different outcome than OTLand its’s likely that different economic...
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