2033: (War & pillage, Central America) The Nicaraguan government, formerly-controlled by the Pastafarianistas is toppled by a CIA-backed coup. All pirate paraphernalia is declared ‘treasonous’ and is banned by the new nationalist anti-piratist government.
2022: (Constitutional affairs, U.S.A.) Ronald Reagan state (formerly the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) is admitted to the Union as the 51st state.
2021: (Geography, Southern Atlantic) After a heavy storm, Newfoundland disappears for three days, and resurfaces three miles out to sea from Montevideo, Uruguay.
2019: (Social strife, France) French security forces struggle to put down rioters in Paris, after Goth protestors revolt against excessive colouring of the cityscape.
2014: (Economics, U.S.A.) The Federal Reserve reports that the U.S. dollar had been ‘misplaced, perhaps stolen.’ The Mexican Peso is immediately issued as an emergency back-up currency.
How do Goths keep reproducing? You'd think that the truly devoted Goths (and/or Emo) kids would off themselves. Of course, that does explain why Goth gets ever more lame with each passing generation.
Must have gotten hung up on the wreck of the Graf Spee...
Round and Round it Goes...
Must have gotten hung up on the wreck of the Dot-Com bust...
Round and Round it Goes...
The dot com bubble is inflated again. The double posts at NG are just a symptom.