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Weigh in... your opinion, that is

feiruz_al-bnefsagia — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:45:21 GMT

Discuss some interesting topics on CreateDebate like these:

http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Does_history_have_value_outside_of_academics

http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Should_religious_doctrine_be_required_reading_in_high_school

http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Would_you_go_back_in_time_and_assassinate_Hitler

http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Who_is_the_most_respectable_person_in_history

http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Was_muhammad_a_pedophile

http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/911_was_an_inside_job

http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Worst_President_Ever_2

http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Is_there_anything_better_than_capitalism

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Anyone seen "CSA: The Confederate States of America"?

lifechild — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:33:21 GMT

A couple of days ago as I was getting ready for work, I saw parts of this movie on the Independent Film Channel. Since I was doing my morning routine, I wasn't able to give it my full attention, but from what I did see it looked like a fairly well-done alternate history "mockumentary," with both narrative and commercials and bits of propaganda films. The clips of a cable shopping network selling slaves were chilling though.

Did anyone else here see it? What did you think?

Peace,
--Andy

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The American Insurrection

anglebender — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:03:07 GMT

Suppose that Thomas Jefferson and George Washington were hung from the neck in Philadelphia, along with the other masterminds of the colonial disturbance.

Discuss.

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Planet Mongolia

anglebender — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:07:35 GMT

Ghengis Khan passed away without naming an heir to his empire. If he had, the Golden Horde would have taken Europe, and things would be considerably different nowadays.

Discuss.

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A 20 percent chance that we're living in a matrix

Yul — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:04:41 GMT

http://youtube.com/watch?v=P43BarPAL5I

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American Dad time travel

Yul — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:36:46 GMT

One episode of American Dad has Stan going back in time and accidentally getting Martin Scorsese off of drugs. That leads to a complicated series of events that has the U.S. unconditionally surrender to the U.S.S.R. after Walter Mondale becomes president. Of course I'm dismayed at the politcal implications there. But at the same time, I will admit that it is one possibility. It's also possible that the Russian occupation of America would drain their military and economic resources to such an extent that it would cause the collapse of the Soviet Empire -- especially with all those Red Dawn-type resistance fighters running around. This, like with any and all events in history, is a matter of infinite possibilities.

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More Whiners pages

Yul — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:07:22 GMT

I just uploaded more Whiners pages.
http://www.comicspace.com/timelike01/comics.php?action=gallery&comic_id=7333
For those who don't know (and that's most of you), Whiners is a web comic miniseries I creatred that deals with a small group of whiny cats and their human friend as they travel to other universes in search of a world where cat persecution doesn't exist. After all, cat persecution is one of the most prominent and obscene cliches in history. Whiners represents a more creative view of the cat bashing cliche in that it regards that mess as the mess that it is. Very rare in today's modern dystopia.

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Is this the complete flower of life?

Sun, 06 May 2007 13:43:51 GMT

You find this on any Drunvalo site. I wonder why !? http://thecompletefloweroflife.blogspot.com/

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Alternate Histories in Literature

anglebender — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:05:06 GMT

There's been tons of stories dealing with this. Here's a few to get started:

"The Timeliner Trilogy" by Richard Meredith
"The Big Time" by Fritz Leiber
"All of an Instant" by Richard Garfinkle
"Changing Planes" by Ursula K. Le Guin
"The Timeships" by Stephen Baxter

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Talkin' 'bout regeneration!

Yul — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:27:27 GMT

The recent news of the regenerated bladder achievement has gotten me to think of something I briefly considered when the Terry Schaivo hoopla was going on: What if it were possible to regenerate Terry Schaivo's destroyed cerebral cortex? Of course it may be decades before regenrating cerebral matter can actually be done, but if it were possible now, Terry Schaivo might actually have been cured of her disability. At the same time, we have to remember that her previous knowledge and memories won't likely be retained within her new cerebral cortex. Thus, she'd have to gain new knowledge and memories. But then the question of the moment is would Terry Schaivo's new knowlwdge and memeories mean that she'd be a different person? Perhaps so. But since there'd be no way to get the old Terry Schaivo back, we might as well take what we can get.

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Alternate Histories in Movies and Television

anglebender — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 04:06:27 GMT

Mass media learned a decade ago that this brainy fare has an audience:

"Sliders" 1995 - 1998 on FOX
"Fatherland" on HBO, 1994 (much better than the book in my opinion)
"Groundhog Day", 1993
"A Sound of Thunder", 2005 (hasn't been released yet, hope it doesn't suck)

Can you name some more?

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