A Canadian short film from 1987 lampooning the credit card industry; the title was inspired a 1968 British feature film.
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A Canadian short film from 1987 lampooning the credit card industry; the title was inspired a 1968 British feature film.
The Boybands Have Won
A sensationalistic name given by the press of the Republic of Manhattan and and the Great Lakes Republic to the revolutions that overthrew the governments of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Texas and the Mississippi. This was due to the severe impact that popular music had on the international public opinion. This was done by principally three boy bands. Their songs usually were used on protests and marches, the main ones were captured by the international media and thus the name was born.
Third Partition of France or Yellow Line of Shame of 1501
A sensationalistic name given by the press of the Republic of Manhattan and and the Great Lakes Republic to the revolutions that overthrew the governments of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Texas and the Mississippi. This was due to the severe impact that popular music had on the international public opinion. This was done by principally three boy bands. Their songs usually were used on protests and marches, the main ones were captured by the international media and thus the name was born.
Third Partition of France or Yellow Line of Shame of 1501
A British alternate history novel from 1975 by Anthony Wilkinson.
For Want of an Autocar
For Want of an Autocar
A comedy play written about the exile of the Russian royal family by the Tartar Revolution. The plot is about the struggle of the family for finding an Autocar in which they can escape to Prague, one of the only places in Russia free from Islamist rebels. This comedy was made famous for the social critique it carried and the denounce of monetary help by the Soviet Republic of Greater Tartaristania for the rebels.
The sultan's wife is on the Moon.
A comedy play written about the exile of the Russian royal family by the Tartar Revolution. The plot is about the struggle of the family for finding an Autocar in which they can escape to Prague, one of the only places in Russia free from Islamist rebels. This comedy was made famous for the social critique it carried and the denounce of monetary help by the Soviet Republic of Greater Tartaristania for the rebels.
The sultan's wife is on the Moon.
An absurdist novel written in the Ottoman empire after censorship rules where loosened about the Sultans pampered wife being recruited as an astronaut the the Ottoman space program, the novel is widely praised for it's incisive criticism of the degree of nepotism and political corruption which had taken root in the Ottoman government despite the fact it got it's writer arrested.
Hunt The Rich For Sport
Hunt The Rich For Sport
Hunt The Rich For Sport
An attraction of the amusement park built in New York to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the Communist revolution. Despite being critiqued for it's graphic violence the enormous open simulation video game gained millions of visits on the first week after the opening, so much that the waiting list made some to camp for two weeks, hoping to get a change to play it (the entry was free for all).
The dragon, the man and the fox.
An attraction of the amusement park built in New York to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the Communist revolution. Despite being critiqued for it's graphic violence the enormous open simulation video game gained millions of visits on the first week after the opening, so much that the waiting list made some to camp for two weeks, hoping to get a change to play it (the entry was free for all).
The dragon, the man and the fox.
The Dragon, the Man and the Fox
A novel concerning famed Celtic nationalist Drudwas Vaughn, who was instrumental in orchestrating the independence of Wales and the Isle of Man in 1951 and 1957 respectively. So called because of the rather obvious pun on the island's name, the national symbol of Wales, and the traditional role of a fox as a spiritual guide in Celtic folklore.
It Appears the Stairway Is Gone
A novel concerning famed Celtic nationalist Drudwas Vaughn, who was instrumental in orchestrating the independence of Wales and the Isle of Man in 1951 and 1957 respectively. So called because of the rather obvious pun on the island's name, the national symbol of Wales, and the traditional role of a fox as a spiritual guide in Celtic folklore.
It Appears the Stairway Is Gone
A famous philosophical lecture given by Alexandre Gauchin, 18th century French intellectual and one of the pioneers of Existentialism. In this lecture, he describes the difference between what is seen as real and what is seen as nonexistant. The lecture is named after a portion of the speech, where he posits the rhetorical question of if you thought you couldn't see a flight of stairs while everyone else could, does that mean it exists or does it not?
The Vow of Silence
Holy Shit, not at all what I thought and I totally want to read this alt-history novel,
The Vow of Silence
A chronicle about the trail held against John Felmer, a Swiss mercenary who was blamed on the murder of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, killed in the battle of Graz in 1551 by a hit of a war-hammer to the head during the Hapsburg campaign to take back the city from the Venetians.
It was established that Felmer indeed was the murderer of Charles. It's historic meaning lies that it resulted in just a vow of silence after death penalty was widely accepted and the trial was only considered by most to be a facade, nevertheless the bribery of everyone involved in the process by the Republic of Venice prevented it. For some it signals the first open indication that the meddling of the Republic would result in the dissolution of the Empire fifty years later.
The trail also signals the start of the War of Shame, where Ferdinand I would also perish defending the Spanish government in exile in the Americas.
Everything is green.
A chronicle about the trail held against John Felmer, a Swiss mercenary who was blamed on the murder of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, killed in the battle of Graz in 1551 by a hit of a war-hammer to the head during the Hapsburg campaign to take back the city from the Venetians.
It was established that Felmer indeed was the murderer of Charles. It's historic meaning lies that it resulted in just a vow of silence after death penalty was widely accepted and the trial was only considered by most to be a facade, nevertheless the bribery of everyone involved in the process by the Republic of Venice prevented it. For some it signals the first open indication that the meddling of the Republic would result in the dissolution of the Empire fifty years later.
The trail also signals the start of the War of Shame, where Ferdinand I would also perish defending the Spanish government in exile in the Americas.
Everything is green.
The English title of È tutto verde, a 1975 film starring Adolfo Celi as a jaded pentito who has left the mafia to collaborate with the justice system. Mafia death threats forced Celi to leave Italy and settle in California, where he became a staple of American television, usually playing mobsters.
A Night in Yokohama
A prix fixe tasting menu at Les Halles restaurant in Paris in the spring of 1923, at the height of the ultimately doomed Franco-Japanese alliance. The 12-course meal, created by chef Francois Le Pen, recreated staples of Yokohaman cuisine adapted for a French clientele. Very popular, the menu is thought to have had a significant influence on French cuisine, in particular the creation of the red-bean paste croissant (still found in every patisserie of Paris) and miso bouillabaisse.
Julianne's Dream
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Julianne's Dream
A cult indie film from Canada made in 1979, about a Quebecois woman in Assiniboia who takes a spiritual journey through her subconscious thru lucid dreaming.
Fight and be Right!
Theodore Roosevelt's 5 Volume Autobiography, published over a period of 20 years from 1924 to 1944. Covering his life from birth, his adventures in the Badlands, New York, the White House, and the various Overseas visits. Enjoyable for Roosevelt's signature action filled style, witty commentary, and primary source notings of things going on as they happened.
Power Rangers
A reality TV series (2008-2013) about the security guards who defend the US-Mexican electrified border fence against power-sappers, choqueros, and other delinquents. The show was canceled after Power Ranger Paul Babeu was arrested for soliciting sex in a San Antonio men's room.
Lincoln Cola
Lincoln Cola
A publicity device created by the high committee of the Great Plains Reich in order to link the legitimacy of Fascism in north America with the founding fathers, part of a larger campaign searching for the approval of the people in their planed invasion of Latin America. This resulted in an initial success for the group age between 12 and 15.
Parallel to this was the new Route taken by the Coca-Cola company in spirit of inspiring the spirit of the Atlantic States to resist the Fascism after New Amsterdam was vaporized by a Thermonuclear detonation from inside the city. This second Lincoln Cola was only one of the many that featured founding fathers and remains one of the most sold soft drinks in the world.
Operation Hammer-Storm.
A publicity device created by the high committee of the Great Plains Reich in order to link the legitimacy of Fascism in north America with the founding fathers, part of a larger campaign searching for the approval of the people in their planed invasion of Latin America. This resulted in an initial success for the group age between 12 and 15.
Parallel to this was the new Route taken by the Coca-Cola company in spirit of inspiring the spirit of the Atlantic States to resist the Fascism after New Amsterdam was vaporized by a Thermonuclear detonation from inside the city. This second Lincoln Cola was only one of the many that featured founding fathers and remains one of the most sold soft drinks in the world.
Operation Hammer-Storm.
Operation Hammer-Storm.
USA 1974, Dir.: R.Bakshi, United Artists
The much deplored and still controversial American remake of the German 1966 puppen classic 'Der Zorn des Schmiedegottes'. The UFA original was loosely based on the saga of Mime the Smith, though in the style of the genre it employed copious special effects and Wagnerian music to support the epic scope of a script that carries the action all the way to Ragnarok. It is widely considered a masterpiece of the genre and is often read as a commentary on the events leading up to the Great War. The American version, made purely in cell-layer animation, continues to divide fandom, some considering it an inspired parody, others puerile trash. In Germany, it is so commonly quoted as a critique of American culture as to be a topos in its own right.
'Hammer-Stoprm' is still regularly shown at sci-fi conventions throughout the world and has been dubbed in French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Swahili.
Mickey Mouse
USA 1974, Dir.: R.Bakshi, United Artists
The much deplored and still controversial American remake of the German 1966 puppen classic 'Der Zorn des Schmiedegottes'. The UFA original was loosely based on the saga of Mime the Smith, though in the style of the genre it employed copious special effects and Wagnerian music to support the epic scope of a script that carries the action all the way to Ragnarok. It is widely considered a masterpiece of the genre and is often read as a commentary on the events leading up to the Great War. The American version, made purely in cell-layer animation, continues to divide fandom, some considering it an inspired parody, others puerile trash. In Germany, it is so commonly quoted as a critique of American culture as to be a topos in its own right.
'Hammer-Stoprm' is still regularly shown at sci-fi conventions throughout the world and has been dubbed in French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Swahili.
Mickey Mouse
The mascot of a brand of powdered instant chocolate pudding. Invented in 1915 and sold as Michael McConnall's Chocolate Mousse the brand became popular in Allied countries during WWI and later with American troops who brought the treat back to the States. Shortened and distorted by American consumers to Mickey's Mouse in 1930 the name was officially changed and the mascot of Mickey Mouse a cute large-eared chocolate rodent was adopted.
The Flowerpot Road
Highway 88, stretching from Libertyville upon the Susquehanna, through the upper Midwest out to California was the most developed artery in the United Provinces of North America. During the War of the Strausbourg Conference, Coalition a Forces pushed along it. In the Province of Wisissippi, the UPNA a placed many Mobile Pillboxes, or Flowerpots to stall the advance. The highway was known from then on as Flowerpot Road.
USA
The United Syndicalist Alliance, a political party from within British politics seeking to bring about socialist revolution through massed union action.
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