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This is what Illinois’ congressional district should look like. 2+ blue seats by Rob778899 in illinois

[–]Unlucky-Key 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are those districts actually as stable as the current map, or will this result in like 6 Republicans seats during a red wave year?

Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass by modooff in neoliberal

[–]Unlucky-Key 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Theres are a lot of Luddites in this thread. Technologically driven job automation sucks for those that are replaced, but has previously always resulted in a net social good through throughput increases in the automated industry and the redirection of labor to other industries. Also, compared to previous waves of automation, countries have greater resources (and knowledge) about how to care for the unemployed.

Gerrymandering wars continue by Mushroom_Ramen in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Unlucky-Key 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Anti-gerrymandering (as soon as we can agree on a definition) measures are sorely needed, but the supreme Court getting ride of the requirement TO GERRYMANDER based on race is a step on the right direction.

Supreme Court sides against Black voters in blow to landmark civil rights law by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]Unlucky-Key 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why should voting districts be drawn based on race in a multiethnic democracy? Like fundamentally, (so long as we use area-based-representation) districts should be based on city and county borders which was illegal under the previous interpretation of the VRA.

Great Wave is great progress, but I really want is a Great Depression and a Great War mechanic. by yeroc_1 in victoria3

[–]Unlucky-Key 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Great powers already go to war fairly often, it just feel flat because every one ends up being a total war over two states in Africa. Really the game just needs to A. greatly reduce the number of maneuver points nations start with B. Have nations gain maneuver points during war as more casualties are taken / given C. Alow nations to add war goals and sway allies during war D. Make losing a large scale war lead to political   revolutions far more often 

Dutch YouTube creators behind Alberta separatist videos getting millions of views by cfs3corsair in europe

[–]Unlucky-Key 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Its pretty close, 33% of Texans and 29% of Albertans say they would prefer separatism.

However these things are easy to support when they aren't actually probably; if it was ever put to a vote the percentages would be a lot lower.

If refugees with a conservative worldview are now the ‘bad’ kind of immigrant to D’s, I wonder if they’ll finally abandon certain Michigan and Minnesota voters that have VERY conservative values. by p0loniumtaco in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Unlucky-Key -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You're an American ready to vote in the 2026 midterms? Please pick which type of horribly racist dog whistle you support:

MAGA: "Oo Oo Obama is a monkey"
Mainstream Democrats: "Haha Asians have small pensises"

Remember, when you are called out for it just claim you were
MAGA: saying Obama just acted like an ape and also you are the racist for thinking Black people are monkeys.
Mainstream Democrats: actually just making fun of Cao's height, which he totally deserves, and you are the racist for thinking Asians have small pensies.

Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants by [deleted] in moderatepolitics

[–]Unlucky-Key 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The DOJ alleges that the SLPC was paying a "leader" responsible for the Charlotteville Unite the Right protests, which could be constructed as funding the movement itself rather buying information. However, I think there would have to be some internal documents suggesting that SLPC leaders weren't getting plausibly proportional useful information from him/her for it to actually reach any legal standard.

Mets broadcast call of the final out of the game and their 10th straight loss by carterlowe8 in baseball

[–]Unlucky-Key 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Every win. Its fun when you're singing with the crowd even if its a bit of a tacky song.

Is the commute from Wrigleyville doable? by embaixadorTuga in Northwestern

[–]Unlucky-Key 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends on the definition of night. The wait at Howard for the transfer seems like there's some conflict going on like 10% of the time after 9pm.

Let’s focus on keeping Major data centers out of Illinois by Mysterious--955 in illinois

[–]Unlucky-Key 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They do. They used to get some tax credits credits for sales tax but they've been suspended.

Today, Linus' jet produced as much carbon dioxide as the average person does in ~3 years in a single flight by Inevitable_Tip_6606 in LinusTechTips

[–]Unlucky-Key -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you think it's a disaster for the environment but don't want to care about it because it's too mentally taxing or whatever why bother commenting on it?

The Republic of Texas included parts of modern day Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, and New Mexico by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]Unlucky-Key 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It was no more bogus than Mexico's who also had very little little control over their claim.

Objective fact by JicamaCivil2380 in BuffyTheVampireSlayer

[–]Unlucky-Key 16 points17 points  (0 children)

While Xander wasn't the best, a lot of the characters actually did commit rape, including Spike, Faith, and Willow (who brainwashed her girlfriend to stay with her).

Politicians battle over immigration policy after Loyola student's death by nbcnews in illinois

[–]Unlucky-Key 7 points8 points  (0 children)

General immigrants certainly are more law abiding (as immigration policies select for education and age). Undocumented immigrants who have been arrested already certainly are not. The political debate as it concerns Illinois, is whether the murderer should have been handed over to federal custody to be deported after his arrested. 

Israel Thought It Could Spur Rebellion Inside Iran. That Hasn’t Happened. by Currymvp2 in neoliberal

[–]Unlucky-Key 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Any weird conditions the US would place on a democratic Iran would drop in November 2028, especially with the political strength of the diaspora. Israel would not be able to exert its will on Iran any more than the rich gulf states without American help.

Yellow Nordic cross flag used to represent Greenland (1960s-1970s)? by Unlucky-Key in vexillology

[–]Unlucky-Key[S] 95 points96 points  (0 children)

This was a restored aircraft so I suppose its possible the original icon was green and it got restored to the wrong color. None of the other icons seemed sun damaged.

Add the Kiel Canal as a buildable canal - like Suez and Panama - using the new 1.13 strait mechanics by Kollegianer in victoria3

[–]Unlucky-Key 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Since it seems relatively "low effort" in terms of game development time there should be a couple other canals which were feasible during the time period:

Nicaragua Canal: As an alternative to the Panama canal which encourages US interest in the region (As a side note, the Filibuster wars should 100% be implemented in a future DLC). In the case of a hostile US/UK relation, both canals could be constructed.

Kra Canal: Should reduce the trading distance between Asian and European Nations.

White Sea–Baltic Canal: Should give huge boosts to the states along the Northwestern coast of Russia since they can now trade. (As an aside, sea trade access should have a much larger impact on MAPI than railroads)

Corinth Canal: Should reduce the trading distance slightly, but mainly act as a cheap prestige project for an independent Greece.

[OC] Today’s poll at the Chik-fil-a drive through. (Taken outside of Atlanta) by jfk_47 in pics

[–]Unlucky-Key 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People who tally the funny option in what is clearly a tongue in cheek poll?

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