Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Cavern Club Closes

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February 28th, 2006

in 1123 Post-Creation, temptation visits Lucifer.

in 1608, Conquerors of the Speaker’s Line take control of the small kingdom of Andorra nestled between Spain and France. For the next few years, the Andorrans become the Conquerors’ testing ground for flying ships, and more horribly, for testing breathing apparatus. The Conspirators overthrow the Conquerors in 1612, and manage to erase all mention of that 4 year period from normal history.

in 1708, a slave revolt begins in Newton, Long Island, New York colony. The Africans at the heart of the revolt make contact with Algonquin in the area and convince them that every slave in the colony will come over to their side if they attack. This successful strategy drives the British from New York in the 7-year long Algonquin war.

in 1918, something springs the trap laid by the trio of Mikhail von Heflin, Velma Porter and Dr. Thaddeus McCaine. While Porter and von Heflin struggle with the creature, Dr. McCaine finds himself entranced by it – with his help, the creature taps into the ley line in Brigamere and thrusts von Heflin and Porter into a dimensional pocket. It then resumes the form of the young widow, and, with McCaine still in her power, leaves the inn and digs her way through the snow to the physical location of the ley line.

in 1931, Sir Oswald Mosley, disappointed by the two main parties in British politics, founds the New Party. Arguing for elections based on class lines rather than geographical location, the New Party is unpopular until the full effects of the Great Depression hit England. Mosley’s ranks swell with the unemployed, and he is elected Prime Minister in 1932. He makes common cause with continental fascists Mussolini of Italy, Franco of Spain and Hitler of Germany during his premiership, but where they are all gone by the end of the decade, Mosley’s rule of Britain has only begun.

in 1938, the German Underground appoints Hannah Reitsch head of the Luftwaffe, an air force they are building with assistance from their neo-Nazi comrades from the future. Her daring exploits turn the Luftwaffe into the most feared tool in the G.U.’s military arsenal.

in 1961, Comrade President Joel Rosenberg names Henry Kissinger, a refugee from the reactionary Kingdom of Germany, his Senior National Security Advisor. It is Kissinger’s advice that leads to the escalation of forces in North Chile, and the quagmire that the Soviet States of America was mired in there.

in 1966, Liverpool’s Cavern Club, where superstar Pete Best had gotten his start, closes for the final time. Best regretted the closing, saying, “I had some cool times in there,” but did little to help. Some think that he resented the club’s owner because he had continued booking Best’s old band, The Silver Beatles, and that’s why he refused to assist them in staying open.

in 1993, FBI agents and agents for the Texas Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms seize cult leader David Koresh as he jogs in Waco, Texas. He had been accused of stockpiling weapons and abusing the children of several of his cult members at his compound in Mt. Carmel, Texas. When his followers learn of this, they think that Armageddon has arrived and storm into Waco to retrieve their master; in the horrific gun battle, over 60 of the cult members, as well as 23 law enforcement agents and 17 bystanders, are killed in the Waco streets. Dozens more are wounded before order is restored.

in 1996, Air Force liaison Helen Rich proposes to President Ralph Shephard that he launch America’s nuclear arsenal at the troops invading them from occupied Canada, New England and Mexico. Shephard refuses; he is still unwilling to believe that the American heartland can be taken by foreign troops.

Timelines in today's post: the Fall, the Speaker, von Heflin, Pete Best, the Ralph Shephard timeline, Communist America, and the GZR.

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Monday, February 27, 2006

Throne Of The Most High; Wounded Knee

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February 27th, 2006

in 1123 Post-Creation, with Achazia's minions subdued, Lucifer sends Michael and several angels to inform the Creator and assist Him in repairing the firmament. When they leave, Lucifer begins reordering Heaven, and sits upon the Throne of the Most High. The exhilaration of his victory brings back dark thoughts, but he suppresses them in the company of others.

in 1033 AUC, Emperor Constantine of Rome was born in Naissus. While emperor, he flirted with the possibility of joining the cult of Christos, a Judean messianic religion that had gained a few converts in Rome, but felt that the restriction of worshiping only one god was too harsh. When the Christosians became troublesome in Rome, he banned the religion altogether.

in 1394, Henry Plantagenet seized the Papal Crown from his cousin, Pope Richard II and took the name of Pope Henry IV. This diversion of the Plantagenet line into a distaff branch has been blamed by many as the reason God cursed the Holy British Empire with the War of the Roses; others say it was Henry’s dark arts that encouraged evil to grow within God’s Realm.

in 1769, He’Que’Rana becomes the first Mlosh to speak in Parliament as a full member of the House of Lords. He had been among the first group of Mlosh that King George had ennobled, and enjoyed his membership in the peerage, although other lords often refused to be seen with him. Indeed, half of the House of Lords left the chamber when he stood to speak.

in 1181, Hindus unhappy with the rule of the Muslim Moghuls launch a series of arson attacks in the great city of Mumbai, India. With Hindus abandoning large, mostly Muslim, sections of the city to their fiery fate, Mumbai was almost completely destroyed. This attack leads to a small war over the next decade between Hindu nationalists and the Moghuls.

in 1917, Comrade John Connally was born in Floresville, Texas. Comrade Connally was elected governor of the Texas Soviet in 1958, and retained the office through 1967. His claim to fame, though, was the wound he suffered while riding as a passenger with Comrade President Joel Rosenberg when he was assassinated in Dallas.

in 1918, the snow storm in Brigamere finally ceases, but the town is still buried under snow. Mikhail von Heflin, Velma Porter and Dr. Thaddeus McCaine vow not to let whatever has killed 2 guests at the inn escape, and set a trap that only an extra-dimensional creature could fall into.

in 1925, after a disastrous first attempt to organize a military organization around Adolf Hitler’s ideas, his neo-Nazi benefactors from the future use him as a figurehead and create the German Undergound to combat the surprisingly successful Greater Zionist Resistance led by their comrade Astrid Pflaume.

in 12-17-19-10-18, allied Sioux and Ojibwa warriors occupy the small hamlet of Wounded Knee in the Dakota Territory, the far northern reaches of the Oueztecan Empire. Imperial soldiers massacred them after a week-long standoff, which caused a general uproar in the Dakotas.

in 1976, Ralph Shephard, still smarting from America’s loss in Vietnam and his brief stint in jail for contempt of court, reforms the Constitutionalist Party he had led prior to going to prison. Consisting of a few hundred hard right-wingers at first, Shephard’s charisma propels the young party to the highest reaches of American politics in a scant 8 years.

in 2005, Jeanne Lange and a small band of Save Earthers storm into the Claw headquarters outside of Tucson, Arizona. There, they see strange devices and many captives, but not Dave Lange and the rest of his group. Unfortunately, they have been expected – the transmission from Dave was actually a trap, and they are captured.

Timelines in today's post: the Fall, the Holy British Empire, the Roman timeline, the Mlosh, the Oueztecan timeline, von Heflin, Islam Ascendant, the Ralph Shephard timeline, Communist America, the GZR, and The Claw.

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Return To Glory

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February 24th, 2006

in 1123 Post-Creation, Lucifer, Michael, and their band of angelic creatures find the Creator in a distant corner of Creation; He is repairing a tear in the firmament that keeps the waters of Heaven from washing away Eden below. Lucifer is fairly certain that Achazia is responsible for the tear, and offers the service of his small band in the repair if the Creator will return to Heaven. The Creator looks at the bright one with a strange gleam in His eye, and says, “My child, I feel that it is you who should take a stand for Me in Heaven. Go now and do My will.”

in 682, Muhammed Ibn Battuta is born with Allah’s Grace in Tangier. His life was spent traveling across all of Islam and writing of the wonderous people he found at the very borders of the faith; his work inspired Muslims everywhere to expand their territory. Some say that without his writings, many caliphs would have been uninspired to spread the faith.

in 1607, Conspirators of the Speaker’s Line kill a young German baron who was under the tutelage of the Conquerors faction, replacing him with one of their own people. Werner von Haupt’s small barony in central Germany became the focal point of the Secret War for several years after.

in 1786, Wilhelm Karl Grimm was born in Hanau, Germany. Although the curse was hard to endure, the Brothers Grimm found a way to live happily ever after…

in 1825, bawdy author Thomas Bowdler dies in Swansea, Wales. His version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is widely considered the filthiest piece of writing to come out of the 18th century.

in 1904, a full session of the Congress of Nations in Cairo, Egypt meets to debate the Q’Bar problem. The Mlosh, blamed by many for the quakes of the 90’s and now for the creation of a powerful enemy, are vilified by Delegate Abdul Raizuli of Barbary. “For almost 2 centuries, we have lived alongside them as brothers,” Raizuli thundered, “and all they have brought to us is grief.” In his rage, Delegate Raizuli proposed the infamous Congressional Action 432 and opened debate on its scope.

in 1918, cabin fever apparently takes its toll on the inhabitants of the inn where Mikhail von Heflin, Velma Porter and Dr. Thaddeus McCaine are staying. One of the businessmen is found dead in his room, with all the blood drained from his body. The grisly sight makes the Baron and his bride even more suspicious of the strange woman who has taken a shine to Dr. McCaine, but he swears to her innocence and provides her with an alibi.

in 1975, guerilla fighter Nikolai Bulganin is finally caught and executed by Eurasian Union forces in Nizhny Novgorod, his home town. Bulganin, 79, had returned to his home because he felt too old to lead the struggle against the New Reich, and a cousin tipped the E.U. off to his presence.

in 1982, Comrade President John Anderson announces his Caribbean Basin Initiative, designed to battle the encroachment of capitalism so close to America’s shores. “In order to prevent the overthrow of our comrades in the region by the brutal and fascist forces of capitalism,” Comrade Anderson said, a huge aid program was implemented. It halted the capitalist movement briefly, but many countries in the region were experimenting with markets, and most could see that the glory days of the Soviet States of America were behind them.

in 1988, in a landmark case, the Supreme Court rules that parody is not protected speech, and allows preacher Jerry Falwell to claim a large amount of damages from Hustler magazine, which had printed a satirical piece about Falwell having incestuous sex with his mother. The ruling stifles humorous and political writing in America.

in 2005, the small demon that has taken Chelsea Perkins' place in this dimension is caught by the local sheriff, and promptly imprisoned in an iron cage. Alma May Watson feverishly works on a potion to transform the demon back into Perkins before too much publicity comes out about the demon.



February 25th, 2006

in 779, the Norse priestess Valborg died in Wurtemburg. Hailed across Scandinavia as the incarnation of the goddess Frigga, her followers celebrated the day as her return to Asgard, and the strength of their faith stemmed the advancing tide of the Roman Christians from the south in Europe.

in 1609, Conspirators of the Speaker’s Line placed one of their own, George Villiers, close to King James I. He uses the treasury of England to finance both their schemes and his faction of the Speaker’s Line against their enemies the Conquerors.

in 12-11-3-11-13, the Seminole people, having angered the Oueztecan Emperor, were driven from their ancestral home on the eastern coast to the central plains. This Trail of Tears decimated their numbers and almost wiped them out as a culture.

in 1870, Hiram Revels, an African-American minister from Mississippi, was sworn in as the first African-American senator in the nation’s history. Since freed slaves were granted the vote in the south after the Civil War, the huge numbers of African-Americans there made their presence known and sent scores of their number to Congress. This led to the phenomenon known as White Flight, when large numbers of former Confederates, unwilling to be governed by those who had been their slaves, moved into the country’s north and west.

in 1890, Charles Johnson, the Communist Party’s leading international revolutionary, was born in Clark County, Tennessee. Comrade Johnson was responsible for the successful people’s revolts in Columbia, Uruguay, Mexico and Namibia, and died attempting to foment a rebellion against the European monarchy of Spain in 1936.

in 1918, the innocence of the woman who has taken a shine to Dr. Thaddeus McCaine seems to be proven when her body is the next to turn up with all the blood drained. Mikhail von Heflin and Velma Porter, while sorry for the doctor's grief, are also sorry they were wrong about her. They turn their attention, and extraordinary senses, to the entire town of Brigamere to find the killer.

in 1957, Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded their first major hit, That’ll Be The Day. The Crickets became a small backup band during the 60’s, but Holly eclipsed Elvis as the biggest musical star in the world over the next three decades.

in 1964, Olympic gold-medal winner Cassius Clay won the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship against the heavily favored champion, Sonny Liston. The flamboyant young man lived a lifestyle to match his personality afterwards – he spent his large purses as soon as they were won. The Nation of Islam’s minister Malcolm X tried to recruit Clay into the religion, but Clay was having too much fun to join. It all came crashing to an end when he was drafted in 1967; he died during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam.

in 1985, the Constitutionalists in Congress pass the Alien Sedition Amendment and send it to the states for ratification. The amendment strips citizens of their rights if they are found guilty of treason; it also widens the definition of treason considerably, making virtually any action against the government punishable.

in 2005, while Jeanne Lange mourns for her husband, a radio message comes through on her ham set - “Jeanne, it's me, please answer – Jeanne, it's Dave, please answer, I need you...” Before she can pick up the set and respond, the signal dies. She quickly assembles the Save Earth members in her gun shop and organizes another mission to the Claw headquarters outside of Tucson.


February 26th, 2006

in 1123 Post-Creation, Lucifer, Michael, and their small band of loyalists storm into Heaven, with Lucifer's trident felling all who stand before him. The light of his face is terrible to behold, and his followers are untouched as he leads them to Achazia on the Creator's throne. When he at last stands before her, his trident raised to strike her down, she says, “Does your knee bend to His will again, Lucifer? Or, is this your will that is being done?” The bright one hesitates, and Achazia flees; although chased by the swiftest of angels, she escapes.

in 951 AUC, Centurion Gaius Regis of Rome led his small garrison in Hibernia against the men of darkness, a band of almost 50 men who fed on the blood of the living. After losing half his garrison, Gaius followed the advice of his Hibernian wife and beheaded the Dark Ones before burying them alive. Their leader, Kynat, had to be shackled after his head was cut off in order to bury him.

in 1361, Saint Wenceslas of Bohemia was born. He was canonized by Pope Edward IV in commemoration of his deliverance of Bohemia into the Holy British Empire. The requisite 3 miracles he was supposed to have performed consisted of that task, the healing of a blind girl, and a feast for his fellow Bohemians at which the food never seemed to disappear.

in 1866, composer P’Tag’Lo was born in Boston, North American Confederation. His fusion of Mlosh, Native American, African, Spanish and English music became known as Jazz, and this new form of music set the world on fire. Jazz has become the new folk music for virtually all people across the solar system.

in 4597, rebel Chi-Hsui dies in Manchuria. In his youth, he became ensnared by anti-Imperialist troublemakers and soon rose to lead their cause. He led the remnants of those who had resisted Emperor Min-Yuan in Hanoi, but never gained a large enough following to be more than a nuisance to the Chinese Empire.

in 1918, Velma Porter almost catches someone – or something - sneaking about outside the young widow's room at the inn in Brigamere. When Mikhail von Heflin and Dr. Thaddeus McCaine arrive, though, she is struggling with air. The trio are now convinced that they are dealing with something from outside the human realm of experience.

in 1962, Arthur Kopit’s macabre thriller Oh dad, poor dad, mom’s hung you in the closet and I’m feelin’ so sad… opened on Broadway. The surreal drama blurred the lines between comedy, horror, drama, reality and fantasy, and was a runaway hit, inspiring a generation of weird playwrights such as Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Joe Lansdale.

in 1970, Pete Best releases his Best, One More Time album, featuring the classic Little Jane, a song he wrote to help his niece through the breakup of her parent’s marriage.

in 1985, President Ralph Shephard places his old friend Harry Pierce in the position of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs at the Pentagon. General Pierce begins a huge mobilization, and makes plans to institute a general draft of the population to build up the armed forces.

in 2004, exploiting the technology they had adapted from the Martians after the invasion the summer before, the United Nations land an exploratory ship on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. The strange, cold world has seas of liquid methane and an atmosphere similar to earth’s, and scientists had been longing for a close up view for decades.

in 2005, Alma May Watson, her face reddened with embarrassment, uses her feminine wiles on Sheriff's Deputy Marlon Sands to get in to see the demon holding Chelsea Perkins' place in this dimension. Out of earshot of the young deputy, Miss Watson tells the demon, “Now, see here, my lad. You can stay in this little cage and live out your days as a curiosity, or you can take this potion and go home. Which shall it be?” The demon chooses the potion, and soon Chelsea is complaining of the rather cramped quarters she has been thrust into.

Timelines in today's post: the Fall, the Speaker, the Holy British Empire, the Roman timeline, the Mlosh, the Oueztecan timeline, von Heflin, Islam Ascendant, the Ralph Shephard timeline, Communist America, the GZR, Pete Best, the Chinese Empire, the Chelsea Perkins timeline and The Claw.

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Sunday, February 26, 2006

Always listen to your wife...

Sorry about the lack of posting, everyone, but I collapsed this morning and spent a large portion of my day being rehydrated with an IV drip. If I had listened to my wife and gone to the doctor yesterday, I could probably have avoided that experience.

So remember - our spouses love us. When they want us to go to the doctor before things get too bad, maybe we should take their advice.

I'm feeling much better now, so I'll try to get posting back on track tomorrow - just not too early tomorrow.

Friday, February 24, 2006

The Plague Continues...

I'm feeling a little better, but still can't sit up long enough to make a post - hopefully, we'll be back to regular posting tomorrow, and my Assistant Historian might make another appearance, if she has time :)

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Remember the Alamo!

Songbird, filling in for the Plague-ridden Alternate Historian...
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in 1997, Riots occurred when scientists announced they had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal, producing a lamb named "Dolly", despite laws prohibiting taking the works of God in vain. Enraged citizens converged on the location, and the scientists were summarily executed.

in 1455, An inventor named Johann Gutenberg who had re-invented a 'printing-press', originally from China, published his first book, a novel intended for the enjoyment of the lords. The novel was laughable, although the writing was good, there was none of the calligraphy, word spacing, or rich leathers expected by the lords, and the lessers had no need of such a volume. Gutenberg immediately went bankrupt, and his financier, Johann Fust, sold his equipment for a pittance.

in 1861, A Texas referendum was held to determine the legality of the proposed secession of Texas from the Union. It was determined that Secession was not to be Legal, and Texans stayed with the union, and assisted their northern brothers in the defeat of the south.

in 1836, Santa Anna reached the Alamo, a small mission in Texas, and besieged it. Knowing that reinforcements were unlikely to reach them on time, the men manning the mission surrendered to the general. Santa Anna had them all put to death, despite their surrender, and enslaved their women and children. This enraged the population of Texas, who declared independence from Mexico, and used the battle cry: "Remember the Alamo".

in 1836, Santa Anna reached the Alamo, a small mission in Texas. The mission had been razed to the ground by Sam Houston's order. El Camino Real had been left unguarded, and Santa Anna was able to attack the Texican settlements, and drive the insurgents across the Sabine, and Texas remained a Mexican State.

in 1836, Santa Anna reached the Alamo, a small mission in Texas, and besieged it. Knowing that reinforcements were unlikely to reach them on time, the men manning the mission surrendered to the general. Santa Anna released the youngest of the men, with the exhortation to spread the word of his generosity. The seeds of insurgency in Texas died without germination.

in 1836, Santa Anna reached the Alamo, a small mission in Texas, and besieged it. The defenders fought valiantly, but were slaughtered, all but 7 men. Seven men, under the protection of General Castrillón, were brought before General Santa Anna. Several of these men were American, among them Davy Crockett. General Castrillion had spared them in an attempt to avoid inciting war with the United States. Santa Anna was displeased by this, and summarily ordered the men's torture and execution. His officers were outraged by this order, and relieved him of command.

in 1896, Candy maker Leo Hirshfield released a candy he called the 'Tootsie Roll', which he had named after his daughter. Unlike his patrons from his homeland of Austria, New Yorkers did not appreciate the overly sweet and sticky candy.

in 1963, Peter Hicks was arrested for assault, after hooking up a cattle fence charger to his land rover in an effort to deter wardens from fining him for parking violations. Mr Hicks was given a £1,500 fine.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Washington's Birthday; The Long Telegram

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February 22nd, 2006

in 1732, rebel general George Washington was born in the Virginia colony. Despite serving with honor in His Majesty’s war against the French and Indians, Washington turned traitor to the Crown when the American colonies rebelled in 1774. Washington was captured in Yorktown when Lord Cornwallis defeated the rebels after the French failed to reinforce them.

in 1799, the Spanish province of Florida throws in its lot with the Mlosh, Iroquois, French and English possessions in North America merging to form the North American Confederation. With Florida joining them, the N.A.C. stretches across the entire eastern coast of the continent.

in 12-11-11-13-12, the Battle of Cochilo, north of the Imperial River, began between forces of the Oueztecan Empire and small bands of Caddo and Apache warriors. The tribal people of the plains, long tolerated by the empire, had decided to claim full independence, and this battle was their first strike.

in 1918, with the snowstorm showing no signs of abating, Mikhail von Helfin, Velma Porter and Dr. Thaddeus McCaine socialize with the other people trapped in their inn in Brigamere, Scotland. There are a couple of traveling businessmen, a young widow on holiday, and a rather unusual woman who seems to take a shine to Dr. McCaine. Both von Heflin and Porter get an odd feeling about her.

in 1946, Comrade Ambassador George Kennan sends his famous “Long Telegram” back to the Soviet States of America. In it, he details that the European monarchies cannot foresee “permanent peaceful coexistence” with the communist Americans. He said that the monarchies would “do all that they could to weaken the power and influence of the Western Powers on colonial, backward and dependent peoples.” This telegram provoked the S.S.A. into a long-running Cold War with the European powers.

in 1345, Sukarno, Caliph of the Sumatrans, is overthrown by his highest general, Suharto. For two years, Caliph Sukarno had been dependent on Suharto’s military prowess to defend himself from rebels within his nation, and had become too weak to resist Suharto when the general decided to seize power.

in 1980, the People’s Republic of Afghanistan declares martial law. Muslim jihadists supported by the United States and several Arab nations had been conducting a guerilla war against the Soviet-sponsored government for the last year, and Premier Kamal intended to wipe them out. Although the war sapped a huge portion of the Soviet Union’s military power, they were eventually victorious against the Afghan mujahadeen thanks, in large part, to their winning the battle of the people’s hearts and minds; the more western approach of the Soviets was preferred by more of the populace than the harsh Islamic rule promised by the mujahadeen.

in 1985, the Constitutionalist Party, under the leadership of President Ralph Shephard, begins placing its own people into state governorships and state legislatures across America. While many Democrats and Republicans resist, the national leadership of the two main opposition parties stands squarely behind President Shephard, saying, “We are one people, with one voice and one leader.”

in 4683, Tze-Chung Chen of Taipei won the Imperial Cup Championship in swordsmanship. The contest in Beijing pitted the empire’s finest swordsmen in a contest to first blood; Tze-Chung was the only contestant to emerge from 16 rounds of combat unscratched.

in 2005, Dave Lange and three other Save Earth members, using hostage “Claw” Daniel Evans, break into what looks to them like a Claw headquarters outside of Tucson, Arizona. Instead, it's a trap, and they are captured. Lange is able to make one last transmission to the main group before he is cut off - “Tell Jeanne that I love her...

in 2005, the demon that has traded places with Chelsea Perkins causes havoc in the small town of Hortense, while Alma May Watson tries to subdue and capture it. She manages to convince most people that see the demon that it is a rather unruly monkey, but this doesn't keep the local sheriff from being out. Miss Watson begins to curse the day she laid eyes on young Miss Perkins.

Timelines in today's post: the Mlosh, the Oueztecan timeline, von Heflin, Islam Ascendant, the Ralph Shephard timeline, Communist America, the Chinese Empire, the Chelsea Perkins timeline and The Claw.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

That Troublesome Priest; Moonchildren

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February 21st, 2006

in 1123 Post-Creation, Lucifer's host searches for the Creator in all the far-flung corners of Creation, but is unable to find Him. In desperation, Lucifer cries in prayer, “Creator, aid us in finding You!” In his mind, the bright one then hears the Voice of the Creator gently calling him, and he follows where the Voice leads him.

in 1173, Pope Henry II canonizes former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket. Ironically, Pope Henry probably had the Archbishop killed because of his independence from Henry’s dictates, although it was rumored during their lives that they were extremely close friends.

in 12-10-12-8-11, the Cherokee adopt the Micantlutlian script to print their language. This leads to the adoption of the Micantlutlian script across the entire continent, wherever the Oueztecan people trade, and helps the multitude of nations on the twin continents communicate with each other.

in 1851, Karl Marx and Henry David Thoreau publish their Communist Manifesto, asserting that “the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles”. With this document, the course of the United States of America is set, and the young nation takes its first steps towards Communism.

in 1904, long-range surveillance shows the Q’Bar fleet on its way back to the Mlosh homeworld. Many Mlosh begin pushing the Congress of Nations to invade the homeworld; they want to reclaim their heritage from its usurpers. There are humans in the solar system more than willing to go along with them, including Admiral Hamid, supreme commander of the Congress of Nations defensive fleet. Debate begins in the C.N. Chambers.

in 1918, Mikhail von Heflin, Velma Porter and Dr. Thaddeus McCaine arrive in the small town of Brigamere in northern Scotland. They have come to the town because it is close to a ley line that they hope to tap into to send Porter and von Heflin back to their own time. After finding lodging in the town, they find themselves trapped for the evening by a sudden large snowstorm.

in 1972, the Michael Weller comedy Moonchildren premieres on Broadway. It is so popular that it is made into a CBS TV series of the same name in 1973, bringing fame to young actors Harrison Ford, Suzanne Somers, Lindsay Wagner and Timothy Bottoms.

in 1975, Malcolm Little, leader of the militant wing of America’s Semitic-African Resistance, is assassinated in New York City. The murder was a joint operation between American Bundists and Nazis from the Eurasian New Reich. In retaliation, the S.A.R. manages to bring down Bundist leader George Rockwell.

in 1985, President Ralph Shephard addresses the United States Congress in the remains of the Capitol Building and said, “This is the beginning of the Communist revolt. They will start their attack now. There is not a moment to be lost.” He asked that Congress grant him emergency powers to deal with the drastic situation; the members of his Constitutionalist Party are completely behind him, but lack a 2/3 majority necessary to push through the necessary amendments. The remaining Democrats and Republicans in the Congress, frightened by the bombing, acquiesce, and President Shephard and his Constitutionalists assume almost total power in America.

in 2004, Jacob Sheridan and Livinia Nixon are married at their beach resort in Darwin, Australia. After saving the earth from the Martian invasion the previous summer, a grateful planet poured out its well-wishes on them, and the couple would never need to work again.

in 2005, Dave Lange volunteers to go on the mission to get into the Claw headquarters outside of Tucson, Arizona. When he does, his wife, Jeanne, also volunteers, but the Save Earth leadership feels that they can't lose the both of them at once, and only sends Dave and three others with their captive Claw, “Daniel Evans.”

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Monday, February 20, 2006

A Great Epoch

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in 1123 Post-Creation, the minions of Achazia take notice of Lucifer and Michael's activities in Eden, and send word to her in Heaven. She sends a host down to quell the disturbance, but by the time they arrive, Lucifer, Michael, and hundreds of others, are gone. They are seeking out the Creator, to restore Him to the throne in Heaven; Achazia realizes she must stop them at all costs.

in 1494, heretical bishop Johan Friis was born in Denmark. Bishop Friis converted to the Lutheran Church after Pope Henry VIII had Martin Luther executed. Friis was instrumental in spreading the outlawed faith across Denmark, against the laws of the Holy British Empire, and earned Pope Henry’s wrath for himself. He was executed for heresy in 1542.

in 1607, the Secret War begins between the two major factions of the Speaker’s Line; those who wish to take control of the world’s governments in order to fulfill the Speaker’s Dream, and those who wish to continue their work without letting those outside the Speaker’s Family know of their purpose.

in 12-10-19-10-7, Inca is hit by a huge earthquake, destroying the city of Talcahuano. Oueztecan Emperor Kanticli declares the great loss of life, numbering in the thousands, to be an imperial emergency, and aid from across the two continents of the empire pours in to help the citizens of Talcahuano.

in 1299, Riza Khan Pahlavi seizes control of Persia from the Sultan Khazal and crowns himself Shah according to the old customs. Shah Riza abandons the use of Sharia law and secularizes the nation, much to the outrage of the faithful within and without Persia’s borders.

in 1968, country singer Cheryl Ann Vernon is born in Texas. Discovered in her twenties by Bobby Earl Smith, she spent several years touring with him in small venues around the Lone Star State until her cover of These Boots Were Made For Walking hit the top of the country charts. From there, she rode the progressive country wave of the 90’s to her current stardom.

in 1974, Reg Murphy, the seditionist editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper, disappears. Comrade Murphy had written several articles criticizing the war in South Chile, and suggesting that the Soviet States of America had lost its way. Although some thought that the government might have been responsible, a disturbed young man named William Williams was found to have murdered the editor.

in 1985, President Ralph Shephard surveys the damage to the Capitol Building. To the reporters, congressman and ordinary citizens who have gathered at the bomb site, he says, “You are now witnessing the beginning of a great epoch in American history. This explosion is the beginning.” The hope of retribution promised by that statement lifts the president’s supporter’s spirits.

in 2004, fans of the film series The Lord of the Rings riot in Los Angeles after the film is snubbed by the Oscars, garnering only one nomination for a technical award. Control is restored in the city after the Motion Picture Academy takes the unprecedented step of declaring that The Lord of the Rings will be awarded a special Oscar for “Artistic Merit”.

in 2005, Patrolman Daniel Evans, a suspected “Claw”, proves to be tougher than the Save Earthers thought; he resists very strong interrogation, and claims to be merely a corrupt police officer. When they show him x-rays of his actual anatomy, he claims they are fakes. He finally breaks when they threaten to cut off one of his hands, and tells the group that he will get them into the secret hillside bunker of the Claws.

in 2005, the small demon that is currently taking Chelsea Perkins' place in this dimension escapes from the Great Tree and heads toward the local town. Alma May Watson is forced to go after it if she is to have any hope of turning it back into Miss Perkins. The Council of Wisdom sends a specialist to assist her.

Timelines in today's post: the Fall, the Holy British Empire, the Speaker, the Oueztecan timeline, the Ralph Shephard timeline, Communist America, the Chelsea Perkins timeline and The Claw.

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Sunday, February 19, 2006

Micantlutlian Script Devised; Emperor Deng Dies

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February 19th, 2006

in 1109 AUC, Emperor Constantinus II shuts down the temples belonging to the cult of Christos, a messianic figure from the province of Judea. The cult’s members had been attempting to destroy other religions within the empire, and Constantius felt that they would become a danger if allowed to grow unchecked.

in 1473, Mikolaj Kopernik, Polish mathematician, is born in Torun, Poland. Always obedient to the truth as he saw it, Kopernik published a treatise in 1530 detailing his argument that the sun, rather than the earth, was at the center of the universe. His own uncle, Bishop Lucas Watzenrode, denounced him for heresy and imprisoned him for the rest of his life.

in 11-17-7-12-1, Micantlutli of Teotihuacan devises the written language used by the Oueztecan Empire today. A more graceful and economical language than the Nahuatl script used for centuries, the Micantlutlian script, commonplace today, was considered a radical development in his time and was resisted by the priesthood for several decades as blasphemous.

in 1918, Dr. Thaddeus McCaine tells Velma Porter and Mikhail von Heflin of an area in northern Scotland which has the reputation of being the power point of a ley line, and it might provide them with a means to cut a rift into space/time. The three prepare themselves for a long train ride.

in 1985, the Coca-Cola Corporation discontinues the Cherry Coke brand, a favorite flavor of the carbonated beverage in the 1950’s. Sales of the drink had been declining for decades, so Coca-Cola finally made the decision to pull the plug on the flavor.

in 1985, an explosion rocks the Capitol Building, leveling most of the congressional offices. Fortunately, it happens late at night and no one is hurt. President Ralph Shephard and the Constitutionalist Party seize on the event to push their radical agenda to the forefront; in short order, President Shephard has most of the constitutional changes he had requested.

in 4693, former Emperor Deng Ziopeng dies at his home in Beijing. He extended China’s possessions outside our own solar system for the first time, establishing the fateful Yang Gao colony in the Tchou star system.

in 2003, the Soviet States of America declares victory over the People’s Republic of America, and the 2nd Civil War is over. Comrade President Cobb, in his statement to the nation, says, “Let each of us look to the former members of the People’s Republic as our comrades, returned back to the struggle after going astray.”

in 2005, Chelsea Perkins is transformed, as she had hoped to be, but not back to her true form. Instead, she finds herself transformed into a small demon. Alma May Watson, tired of mucking about with the old Perkins spell book, tells Chelsea that she is going to consult with the Council of Wisdom about this matter; unfortunately, the demon that has seized control of Chelsea has other ideas.

in 2005, when Patrolman Daniel Evans returns to the gun shop of “Mike and Edna Beauregard,” (Jeanne and Dave Lange), for another bribe, he is set upon by a large group of Save Earthers, and taken into the shop's hidden basement. The head of Save Earth, Chandler Winslow, has come to interrogate this suspected “Claw” himself.

Timelines in today's post: the Roman timeline, the Oueztecan timeline, von Heflin, the Ralph Shephard timeline, the Chinese Empire, Communist America, the Chelsea Perkins timeline and The Claw.

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Saturday, February 18, 2006

Mary, Pope Of Brits; Nude Descending A Staircase

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February 18th, 2006

in 1123 Post-Creation, in spite of the lack of order in Eden, many of the angels and partial-angels are willing to take up arms with Michael and Lucifer. Garael, guardian of Paradise's gates, joined them almost as soon as he saw them. Many others finally saw a hope where they had none before, and their ranks swelled.

in 1516, Sister Mary Tudor, first female Pope of the Holy British Empire, is born in Greenwich, England. Although her time in the shoes of the fisherman was short, she paved the way for her far more successful sister, Pope Elizabeth I.

in 1678, English satirist John Bunyan publishes his novel The Pilgrim’s Progress, a rollicking and often risqué tale of a young Christian facing sins aplenty for the first time. It was banned by many churches, but enjoyed brisk sales due to its titillating subject matter.

in 12-10-18-10-0, a laborer’s movement begins among the northeastern territories of the Oueztecan Empire. Although brutally suppressed at times, the Warriors of Toil grows across the entire empire until it is finally recognized in 12-13-2-10-10 as a sanctioned imperial organization, and allowed to help workers.

in 1904, the Congress of Nations tells Q’B’Ton’ra that his fleet will either leave the Oort cloud and return to the Mlosh homeworld, or it will be destroyed. The Q’Bar leader acquiesces, but warns the C.N., “You will not face as simple a battle should you choose to fight me in my home system; never return to my world.”

in 1913, French artists Marcel Duchamp unveiled the much-anticipated painting Nude Descending A Staircase at an exhibition in New York City. Moralist groups who had come prepared to protest took a look at the painting, utterly failed to see any nudity, and left, along with those expecting a somewhat more prurient display.

in 1918, Mikhail von Heflin, Velma Porter and Dr. Thaddeus McCaine put their heads together in McCaine's London home, attempting to figure out how to return Porter and von Heflin to their own time. McCaine has a few ideas that are very dangerous, which the Baron and his wife shelve; Porter tells McCaine, “We'll call those Plan B. Now, give us a Plan A.”

in 1930, astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, working at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona, notices something strange at the edges of the solar system. The hideous and non-Euclidean planet of Nemesis was making its way to earth, to feast upon the people teeming on its surface; all Tombaugh could do was shudder and pray.

in 1953, Gestapo, or state police, of the New Reich arrest a small band of pacifists known as the White Rose. They were non-Jewish allies of the old Greater Zionist Resistance who had been agitating for a return to the democratic rule the G.Z.R. had imposed on most of Europe. The capture, and subsequent execution, of most of their leadership in Bonn gave pause to many other peace movements in Eurasia.

in 1967, peace activist and physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer dies at his home in Princeton, New Jersey. During World War II, Oppenheimer had been charged with creating a so-called atomic bomb by the U.S. government, but the project he headed in Los Alamos, New Mexico never produced a working weapon. Some felt that Oppenheimer sabotaged the project, but there was never any evidence of this; the war ended with victory for the U.S. and its allies, anyway, in 1946.

in 2003, troops of the Soviet States of America capture Couer d’Alene, Idaho, in spite of heavy resistance from People’s Republic die-hards. The last few rebels disappear into the mountains of Idaho, effectively ending the brief civil war in the Pacific Northwest. Although they have made a few attacks on civilians since the end of the war, the People’s Republic of America officially dissolved on this day.

in 2005, after much searching and acquisition of Ingredients, Chelsea Perkins hopes to shed the form she has been in for the last two weeks, that of a 40-year old man, and return to her own 12-year old girl's body. She and her “teacher”, Alma May Watson, begin the spell at midnight; only when it is too late do they realize that one of the Ingredients is wrong.

in 2005, Save Earth members track suspected “Claw” Daniel Evans to a small hill outside of Tucson, Arizona. He presses his hand into a rock on the side of the hill, and a door opens; when he enters it, the door shuts. The SE members hurry back to the gun shop of Mike and Edna Beauregard, (Jeanne and Dave Lange in disguise), to report what they have learned.

Timelines in today's post: the Fall, the Holy British Empire, the Oueztecan timeline, the Mlosh, von Heflin, the GZR, Communist America, the Chelsea Perkins timeline and The Claw.

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Friday, February 17, 2006

Elizabeth's Holy British Crusade; Lack Of Compromise On Missouri

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February 17th, 2006

in 1123 Post-Creation, Michael assails the tower where Lucifer is being held, freeing him and fleeing back to the earth below. “We must find the Creator,” Lucifer tells Michael. “And, we must gather allies.” They both agree, and head for Eden to see if some of their old friends still bear any loyalty to them or to the Creator.

in 1568, Pope Elizabeth I, leader of the Holy British Empire and all of Christendom, launches a holy war by refusing to pay the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Suleyman II, a tribute to allow her ships to sail freely into the eastern Mediterranean. In the great clash between Christianity and Islam, the Ottomans are forced to retreat, and the Pope wins a great victory for her country and her faith.

in 1673, Jean Baptiste Poquelin, a French aristocrat who made a small name for himself as a peasant’s advocate to both King Louis XIII and Louis XIV, died in Paris. The gregarious Poquelin was a favorite of the people, and much mourned by the peasantry; thousands of them attended the funeral. The aristocracy remembered him mainly for a few plays that he had written under an assumed name, but none of these plays survived the French Revolution.

in 1801, the fledgling United States of America becomes decidedly less united as tensions over the close vote for the presidency break out into violence. The House of Representatives is unable to decide which candidate is the winner, and the supporters of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams take the matter into the street. Ultimately, the country breaks apart, with some states returning to British rule and others simply dissolving into anarchy.

in 1820, the incredibly contentious slavery issue becomes the melting point for the U.S. Senate as the Congress is unable to work out a compromise on admitting Missouri into the union. The territory had wanted to come in as a slave state, which outraged abolitionist northern senators, and they flatly refused to allow the further expansion of a practice they considered abhorrent. The southern senators who supported Missouri decided to back off of the issue at this time, and no new states were admitted to the union until the dissolution of slavery in 1871.

in 1896, Otto Lilienthal, with the assistance of Speaker's Child Todd Rosenfeld, finds a light engine that he is able to put on one of his working gliders, and powers a flight of several minutes, gaining an altitude of almost 70 feet. Rosenfeld immediately reports the results to his family, and Lilienthal's greatest achievement is overshadowed by his untimely death.

in 1918, Velma Porter and Mikhail von Heflin call on Dr. Thaddeus McCaine, an old friend of the Baron's. Dr. McCaine, who has not seen the Baron for some time, is glad to see him, but less glad to see the Baron's wife, Mrs. Porter. While Porter is willing to shrug off McCaine's behavior if he can help them get to their own time, von Heflin is less forgiving. He threatens McCaine with bodily harm, and McCaine apologizes to Porter for his rudeness.

in 1933, Temperance supporters in the U.S. Senate manage to defeat the Blaine Act, keeping alcohol prohibited in the country. In spite of prohibition’s obvious failure, the Temperance leaders preach that it would send the wrong message to America’s youth to legalize something so dangerous as alcohol.

in 1947, the Voice of America radio station begins broadcasting into the reactionary, counter-revolutionary monarchies of Europe. The Soviet States of America established the program to give their comrades trapped under the thumb of these oppressive dictatorships hope and strength in the struggle.

in 1972, President Richard Nixon, bowing to pressure from his conservative allies in Congress, cancels his planned trip to China. The insulting move pushes China closer to the U.S.S.R. and provokes a feeling of hostility towards the U.S. for a generation.

in 2005, Patrolman Daniel Evans, whom the Save Earth movement now suspects of being a “Claw,” pays another visit to the gun shop of Mike and Edna Beauregard, (Jeanne and Dave Lange), and demands the cash in their register. Although “Mike” is inclined to refuse, “Edna” convinces him to give the officer the money; unknown to Patrolman Evans, the money has a small RFID tag in it, placed there by Save Earth.

Timelines in today's post: the Fall, the Speaker, the Holy British Empire, von Heflin, Communist America and The Claw.

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Thursday, February 16, 2006

Lucifer Bound; Death In London

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February 16th, 2006

in 1123 Post-Creation, Lucifer tries to bring Achazia down to Eden to show her the loss of control among the angels and partial-angels, but she refuses to leave Heaven. He sees that she is reluctant to leave because of the power she now wields in Heaven, and regrets his own long exile. “It seems that you have bought with honeyed words what all my warfare could not,” he says to her, and she smiles as her band of angels lays hold of him and locks him into a tower.

in 301, Abu Dja'far Mohammed Djarir al-Tabari, historian of the early days of Islam, is called to the embrace of Allah at the age of 83. His powerful stories of Mohammed and the first faithful are credited with converting most of the pagan lands surrounding the holy land, and giving Islam its first great writer.

in 1000, millenialists capture the Vatican in Rome and assassinate Pope Silvester II. Their leader, Budo de Stella, crowns himself Pope and decrees that all who oppose him oppose Christ; he claims to be the risen savior. Over the next three decades, the Catholic Church is wracked by religious war as the millenialists fight those who consider de Stella the Anti-Christ.

in 1600, Giordano Bruno was released from the Inquisition’s custody after a long discussion with the Pope. Bruno’s work flirted with an almost atheistic view of the universe. Pope Clement VIII met with a mysterious end after this meeting, and Bruno fled Europe for the Americas to escape the reach of the Inquisition.

in 1778, John Adams leaves America behind forever and sails to France to appeal for their aid to the cause of Canadian independence. He never sets foot on his native soil again, although the cause he has pledged himself to, the freedom of Canada, does succeed.

in 1804, Lieutenant Stephen Decatur of the U.S. Navy attempts to convince his superiors that his daring plan to destroy the frigate Philadelphia being held by Tripolitanians will succeed. Although none of them doubt his courage, they do doubt the wisdom of his plan, and order him not to proceed. The Tripolitanians add the Philadelphia to their navy, but it is sunk in an engagement with American ships in 1805.

in 1904, a Q’Bar ship meets a prison ship from the Congress of Nations carrying the Q’Bar held prisoner by the C.N. After a tense docking, the Mlosh and humans aboard the Q’Bar ship head onto the C.N. ship while the Q’Bar rejoin their people. No apparently hostile moves are made by either side, and the exchange concludes peacefully.

in 1918, Velma Porter and Mikhail von Heflin disembark in London. It has been some time since the Baron has been in London, and he wishes they had been thrown back just a few years later, so that he could be sure that his friend had a telephone. Trusting to his memory, he flags down a cabbie, and the couple climb aboard, but the driver refuses to carry Porter. After a few threatening words from von Heflin, the driver thinks better of his position, and goes speeding off to the center of London.

in 1953, U.S. President Strom Thurmond declares the Eurasion Union is merely “a weapon of aggressive war” for the New Reich. It is hard to disagree with, and Fuehrer Adolf Hitler of the New Reich shoots back, “Of course it is a weapon. Our people face many obstacles in the world, and obstacles do not exist to be surrendered to, but only to be broken.”

in 2003, Washington soviet surrenders to the Soviet States of America, leaving Idaho as the sole remaining remnant of the People’s Republic of America. In desperation, the soviet’s leaders attempt to reconvene the peace talks with Washington, D.C., but they are rebuffed since the S.S.A. feels that victory is imminent.

in 2005, “Mike and Edna Beauregard”, (just-married Dave and Jeanne Lange), on their first day of business running a gun shop in Tucson, Arizona, are confronted by a police officer. They note that the officer, Patrolman Daniel Evans, seems to have some trouble using two fingers on each hand, and they let their fellow Save Earthers know about this officer.

Timelines in today's post: the Fall, Islam Ascendant, Canadian Independence, the Mlosh, von Heflin, the GZR, Communist America and The Claw.

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