A Vanishing Situation

June 9th, 2007

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In 2003, in the darkness of Headquarters, the Corporation President looked at his non-functioning dark star Rolex. He also had gone through the Change; to match his eyes, he would need a yellow Watch.	Corp Pres.
~ variant from Steve Payne: extensive use of original content has been made to celebrate the author's genius.

In 2039, the food situation was easing on Earth with six billion people undernourished. Trillionnaire Buford Rogerson III indulged in the ultimate status symbol of the super-rich. Lipoinjection was performed by cosmetic surgeons at the world-renowned Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, enabling Rogerson to become fat – a lost condition for mid-century 21sts.

~ variant from Steve Payne: extensive use of original content has been made to celebrate the author's genius.

Arab Dhow	In 1760, at Zangi-bar (Zanzibar City) the Jumbe (chief) Majid Sayyid bin Said Al-Busaid observed a routine action which disguised a quite remarkable event. Only a week before the Lenape chief Koquethagechtonw had witnessed the very same event on the island of Manna-hata (Manhattan). The Jumbe was watching an Arab Dhow being ..
.. loaded with Spice. Cowering below desk and unbeknown to the Jumbe were three European stowaways, neither slaves nor commodity. Fleeing from the Crimson European Monarch Yersinia pestis, they also were fugitives from death itself.
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

In 2012, at Camp David US Vice President Richard Bruce Cheney spoke candidly with US President George W Bush. “Face facts, W old son”, he said, “ we used to favour a little regime change” pouring them both a vase of bourbon each. “That ain't so funny, Dick” says W, flicking the channel to watch the Super bowl. Its a re-run ..	Dick Cheney
.. of course, no one has played baseball or indeed any other sport since life was extirpated above ground by the nuclear confrontation which started with North Korea. His TV was wired to switch between VCRs in order to make him feel right at home. Trouble was, it created a sense of denial. And denial was what he was suffering right now. Condi meant the Presidency to be hers. What else was there to look forward to? Reading the next instalment of W's memoirs?
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

Mullah Elijah R..	In 1994, a startling discovery is made at Paddington Green Police Station in West Central London. Paddington Green is the most important high security police station in the United Kingdom. The 16 high security cells in the basement are used for High-profile terrorist suspects arrested and often taken there for interrogation. ..
.. Today security has failed though, as the cell holding the single passenger of empty Carriage 16A is found vacant. Video footage reveals the appearance of a man of similar appearance, yet older, and then both men simply vanish. A very difficult telephone call is made to the Home Office by the Commanding Officer of the Station. The Home Office have great difficulty in giving any credence at all to the story being told to them.
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

In 1994, at West Ruislip depot British Transport Police inspect London Underground train number AEJX57B. It would be inaccurate to report that the single catatonic passenger was the only mystery surrounding empty carriage 16A. There's this crazy gloop as well, you see. Forensic experts are puzzling over it and the Home Office ..	The Gloop
.. is already pressing hard for some early answers. Hundreds of people are missing from the rush hour journey, and the British Government just hates loose ends or unsolved mysteries. Everything must be accounted for, the universe needs to be kept in proper order.
~ entry by Steve Payne from Counter History in Context - You're the Judge!

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