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==Background==

Jonbar hinges often refer to small non-descript events that had an important effect on history, but because of [[time travel]] the outcome of the choice or event was changed leading to a different future or an [[alternate history]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ask.metafilter.com/85629/The-weak-things-of-the-world-shall-confound-the-mighty |title=The weak things of the world shall confound the mighty |accessdate=6 December 2008 |author= |date=March 8, 2008 |work= |publisher=[[MetaFilter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/articles/books/2005/nz9645.php |title=Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds |accessdate=6 December 2008 |author=Pauline Morgan |date=November 28, 2005 |work= |publisher=SF Crowsnest}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> It can, however, refer to any kind of change in history without having to deal with time travel, as [[Paul Di Filippo]] used the term when reviewing [[S. M. Stirling]]'s ''[[In the Courts of the Crimson Kings]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/sfw18538.html |title=Review:In the Courts of the Crimson Kings |accessdate=6 December 2008 |author=[[Paul Di Filippo]] |date=March 17, 2008 |work= |publisher=[[Sci Fi Weekly]] |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080621081010/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/books/sfw18538.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 21 June 2008}}</ref> In [[Michael Chabon]]'s ''[[The Yiddish Policemen's Union]]'' the jonbar hinge was the death of the main opponent to the [[Slattery Report|King-Havenner Bill]], which if passed would have allowed Jewish refugees to settle in [[Alaska]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=49751 |title=''Yiddish'' Inspired By Phrasebook |accessdate=7 December 2008 |author=[[John Joseph Adams]] |date=March 05, 2008 |work= |publisher=[[Sci Fi Wire]]}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The term is also used when describing an important upcoming event or decision humanity will have to make in the future.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.groundzeromedia.org/invest/7day/7day.html |title=The Martian Chronicle for the 21st Century Apocalypse |accessdate=7 December 2008 |author=[[Clyde Lewis]] |date= |work= |publisher=Ground Zero}}</ref>

Jonbar Hinges are often the subject of professional, journalistic, and amateur speculation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120503154_2.html |title=Ripped Off From the Headlines|accessdate=6 December 2008 |date=December 6, 2008 |work= |publisher=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref>