WI: United British Empire still existed?
	UBE instead of UK... All English Colonies still subject to Parliment, with a representitive in both the House of Lords by large expances, definately still a minority in the House of Commons. Would it be the United British Commonwealth instead? ATL assumes the Revolutionary War was Lost and a tendency to keep the Colonies, The... more » By Dragonkat  - 27 Nov - 2 new of 2 messages

	WI the Turkey was the National Bird
	Ben Franklin was against the Bold Eagle being picked as the national bird of the United States because he thought that the bold eagle had bad morals. He favored the turkey, which he thought was a courageous bird even if it could be vain and silly at times. WI Ben Franklin won the debate on the national bird of the United States and... more » By Lee Ratner  - 26 Nov - 8 new of 8 messages

	A note of interest concerning chewing gum
	I happened to read part of an old Guardian Weekly (published by the British newspaper, the Guardian). Specifically, about the partial revival of the chicle industry due to a market for organic chicle. Originally, all chewing gum was made from chicle. An exiled Mexican general living on Staten Island, NYC,... more » By Anthony Buckland  - 24 Nov - 5 new of 5 messages

	Not safed by the... Pickelhaube?
	Hallo, Wilhelm I, first Kaiser of the Second Empire, father of Friederich III (99 day Second Kaiser) and grandfather of Wilhelm II (third and last Kaiser) was during his lifetime the target of not less than four (count them!) assassination attempts. The most serious attempt was no. three. On June 2, 1878 one Eduard... more » By Ingo Siekmann  - 24 Nov - 5 new of 5 messages

	Khosrau II Triumphant
	I don't think we've had this one! POD: 610 AD An unexpected squall sinks the boat carrying Heraclius the Elder, Exarch of Africa, to Constantinople. Instead of overthrowing the unpopular, largely incompetent Emperor Phocas, Heraclius and his son drown in the Mediterranean. Without Heraclius' military genius,... more » By The Black Marvel  - 24 Nov - 4 new of 4 messages

	SPIRITUALITY IS NOT THE MORALITY
	SPIRITUALITY IS NOT THE MORALITY The morality, the ethics and the practices recommended by them are to regulate the behaviour of an individual towards others. These others may be the other members of the same society or the members of some others societies. Subsequently societies developed their political set ups also to... more » By rajni  - 24 Nov - 1 new of 1 message

What POD would yield this impossible result?

HECTOR TOBAR From east to west, steel rails pull L.A. together Building a web of rail lines will make the Eastside and Westside more accessible and our vast metropolis smaller. Hector Tobar November 24, 2009 You may not feel it yet, but one day you will. Los Angeles is shrinking. So much so that one day it will be possible to speed without the use... more » By Jack Linthicum  - 24 Nov - 2 new of 2 messages

	What-If America lost the Revolutionary War
	Specifically, if the 13 colonies lost their bid for independence, they would have remained part of Great Britain. But for how long? When Great Britain liberated Canada (was it in the 1860's?), would the American colonies also have been given their liberty at that time? -Rusty (Yardian) By Rusty Yardian  - 23 Nov - 12 new of 12 messages

	The Earth had Rings, like Saturn
	I guess you can imagine this idea with or without the moon. [link] By Jack Linthicum  - 23 Nov - 22 new of 22 messages

	DBWI: Sport hooliganism in UK/Europe, not US?
	I saw a good movie recently on the subject of sports hooliganism, with Charlie Hunnam, Elijah Wood and Carlos Estevez, and it's got an interesting WI spinning in my head. The film is called Clark Street Hooligans, and centers on Hunnam's character, a well- bred young Englishman who after being wrongly expelled from Oxford... more » By T.J. Swoboda  - 23 Nov - 22 new of 22 messages