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*cough* Congressional Baseball Shooting *cough* Last I checked the FBI still had not classified it as a politically motivated event. That was an attempted mass political assassination that only failed due to good luck, amazing medical advancements, and the heroic efforts of the police who...

I still don't grok why they backed France getting rid of Gaddafi. It utterly destroyed American credibility when it came to making deals with some of these dictators to de-weaponize/militarize. Gaddafi had actually played ball when it came to getting rid of Islamic terrorists and reducing...

Firstly massive increase in government regulations would have shut down the American economy long before the crash and Great Recession. As would the lack of Bush tax cuts. Secondly, Bush got to appoint two Supreme Court justices: Alito and Roberts. While neither have been as stalwart...

<.< >.> You know, there was a Typhoon that would have passed right through where the American fleet would have been had Operation Downfall taken place as scheduled? The only reason we didn't have a third historical Kamikaze is that the US decided to cheat and used a superweapon...

What universe are you living in? Railroads were some of the most subsidized transport systems in US history, arguably moreso than normal roads ever have been. In the 19th century railroads were basically subsidized by the Federal government per mile of track they laid, rather than connections...

This is mostly true. There are a few industries that can result in natural monopolies where government regulation CAN be helpful to alleviate abuses, but outside of those very few areas (and many areas of natural monopoly can be argued to be areas where a government could take direct control as...

This is not entirely true. The Mongols followed the laws and customs of war as they believed them to be. However, these laws and customs were not universal. A major one that came up multiple times was how many more settled peoples had no compuncture about killing a messanger who bore demands...

Ahh yes, a worse timeline to be in. -.-