History, Politics And Current Affairs

Probably ‘Mount’, on account of the horsies.

Coming in December 1976: - The destruction of the officer's club at Rhein-Main Air Base in Germany leads to a US-German investigation, and is the final straw which puts the camel into traction, leading to a presidential finding by Reagan on a more vigorous approach against international terrorism - ...

Utterly fascinating stuff, Micael. The idea of ancestral memory linking myth and history is tantalising.

Thanks Jem, but the real meat is in the previous few; this is more of a bit of laying cards on the table for the next few years. The things not happening flow in a lot of cases from the different world strategic environment post Vietnam, without the same drawback and introspection. The big bits of 1...

Looking at the 1977-1980 period, or the next US presidential term, what is and isn’t on the cards? - No Iranian Revolution, no oil shock and lack of a direct trigger for the late 70s/early 80s recession - Lack of the same drivers for a particularly American economic malaise/crisis of confidence - No...

Looking ahead, what won't be happening in December 1976? - The punk group called the Sex Pistols swearing on live television and ending Bill Grundy's career (No rock and roll means no punk, in addition to public language being held to the different earlier standard) - Angola being admitted to the UN...

His origins in the book make much more sense from a DE perspective, with an Air Force pilot needing a bit more work to turn into a bionic man with superhuman powers than a mere $6(.7) million can buy. As for the question of Haiti, as of the aftermath of the US invasion ordered by JFK, this one. Zomb...

Where Are They Now ? A Special 1976 Edition Chuck Norris World champion karate exponent, burgeoning Hollywood action star, a veteran of a highly secret special forces team, noted charity fundraiser and family man Norris is having a good middle of the 1970s, having broken through to mainstream succe...

My most sincere condolences.

Yay, Update! November 6 - The Russians had a bad stretch there. I wonder exactly what they needed to blow up in 1966.... November 8 - Christians in Action - I see what you did there..... November 11 - Did the worms deliquesce? That's an interesting thing to happen and a strong indicator of magical ...

November 1976 Notes - The informal warning delivered to Burundan military officers is motivated by rumblings about a possible coup in the works, and informed by the artificial concern about the potential for significant and horrific massacres in Ruanda-Burundi; there had historically been one in 19...

‘Tis a different kind of Homo Superior, with this coming more from the British tradition of 1930s sci fi novels and 1970s television shows, rather than the overpowered Marvel comic book nonsense or subsequent American television shows. Just as radiation can lead to Funny Looking Kids, the big splurg...

Prayers sent from here as well.

Jem, A.) It is based upon the Churchillism “But after all, when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.” The threat here is quite overt - behave and don’t break the no coups directive; any civilian massacres will lead to all those responsible being hunted down, excommunicated, burnt at...

November 1976 November 1: Amid mounting intelligence regarding a potential coup in Ruanda-Burundi, the British Resident summons a number of high ranking officers in the Burundan Army for a very frank interview without tea, setting out Her Majesty's Government's position towards any future contingen...

It was never a thing in Oz when I was young, and now, despite Americanisation of much of Australian culture, it still is not more than rare, scattered and half hearted. The notion of trick or treating is generally an alien one outside of some better off parts of some of the capital cities, with ther...

Very interesting.

As someone who hasn't watched really any Star Trek (I saw a bit of the Khan movie 15 years ago and recently saw the F-104 episode of the 1960s series), would it be better to start with the 1960s series or the movies first?

I had thought that the X-Files did the 'no resetting world' a bit earlier, and it is quite possible there were others before then. Interesting to find out in any case.

This fellow looked very much like that singer from The Monkeys when he was younger, by the look of it.

Perhaps the second sentence could be debated, but this is a thread about the passing of Mr. Koenig, rather than one on the icon status of a 60s children’s show. I guess it does depend on where you are coming from, in terms of time and geography. It does appear that it was a big thing for a lot of ch...

So was this fellow better known for the Star Trek or the Babylonian thing?

I should try and get around to watching ST at some point.