Recent content by JohnJacques

  1. McCain/Romney 08

    Lieberman was a Democrat. Its different, as Democrats do not rely much on churchgoers votes. Republicans do. One poll number brought up frequently was 24% of voters saying they would not vote for a Mormon. And Romney really hurts when it comes to his flip-flopping and his somewhat sleazy...
  2. Internet without porn (sort of)

    It would certainly slow down commercialization of the internet- porn was the first business to use the internet effectively and also, any way of restructuring the internet to prevent the rise of porn will require making the internet "unmarketable". While commercialization would be inevitable...
  3. Internet without porn (sort of)

    Yes. But note that those things occurred after the development of the internet as we know it. Lyzie's idea is not "remove porn from the modern internet". Its a change which simply makes it to where a porn industry wouldn't develop on the internet (and therefore, no commercial applications will...
  4. Internet without porn (sort of)

    But is the internet necessarily international? In its formative days it wasn't. As lyzie's proposed, the Internet would remain an academic resource, which means its commercial application might never bee seen. You have early newsgroups and email lists, but it never really kicks off as something...
  5. Alternate birtish political party names

    Court and Country.
  6. Slavery Enshrined?

    Interestingly, New England may not be as opposed in the beginning as you think. It was well known that the commercial class in New England supported the institution of slavery. This was because their shipping at the time relied on the "Triangle trade". That said, it may have a rougher time...
  7. Mississippi Rice (timeline)

    But that date for transmission is very close to the date of the bacterium's discovery- and its after a big culling of the buffalo population.
  8. The Red Blanket: A Little Nudge to the Left

    Well, you've already tied everyone else's hands there.... and given the US more than a nudge to the left (And BTW, no FDR would probably mean no change to the inauguration date till later. Especially not when combined with run-offs) Anyways, here goes...... December 11, 1936 Indianapolis...
  9. Mississippi Rice (timeline)

    What are the sweataches, exactly? Just a simple web search finds brucellosis, known as undulate fever, as a common disease in bison. People who have contact in the birthing of bison could be infected, as well as anyone drinking the milk (likely uncommon) Don't know the origins, although UWyo...
  10. Change Illinois Politics

    Not just cities have corruption, it should be noted. Back in the Gilded Age, Southern Illinois (rural) and Indiana (rural) were seen as the easiest places to buy votes (soap).
  11. And So This Is An Alternate Christmas

    It was before the harvest.
  12. Mississippi Rice (timeline)

    Wild rice is as plausible as teosinte- heck, there seem to be more barriers to teosinte domestication, looking back.
  13. President Blaine

    Yes, he did. He was one of the ones proposng a force act in the late 1880s, even.
  14. Which President was the greatest pre-1900

    Don't get into it with him, Norton. Ignore him......
  15. "No Foreign Entanglements" Written Into the Constitution

    No binding alliances. but thats all.
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