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@phendetta @misfitedbear_ The original design that the Minnesota flag was based on was great, but they oversimplified it.

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@uncle_deluge Here's a debunking of that idea. It didn't happen at Ellis Island; immigrants later chose to Anglicize their names to fit it.

https://t.co/AHU7I3VnT9

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@HarmonicLodge @TonyNashNerd Your parents' house is one data point, and probably not representative. Do they live in California?

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@ThrobinWilliam @mininghistory Most land has at least some people living there, though, not as desolate as Siberia.

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@tucktucktuck96 @rrroooiiirrr Which they could do, given they would be selling a $250K house where they own most of the equity.

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@Haggarded @LemieuxLGM We have lots of restrictions on sales of alcohol, but we know that it's dangerous but that complete prohibition didn't work.

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@lthlnkso @ellonico A state using its monopoly of violence is important for breaking cycles of violence and revenge. But prisons aren't the only way for the state to punish wrongdoing - I've seen arguments for using a combination of flogging and executions, without prisons, and that might work.

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@Haggarded @LemieuxLGM Making it harder to place bets seems like a good thing in the scheme of things. Tax revenue isn't worth it if collecting it harms the citizenry.

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@ChtinoisA @ApoStructura The original post claims that zero percent of savings would be passed on to customers, though.

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@Kuno_Age_17 @user84829272 I think it's up to $65 now. We just got our check back for $65 - spent the perfect amount.

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@hecubian_devil @TrueSlazac I understand the benefits of rent control to existing renters. But what's the justification for vacancy control? That seems like a terrible policy all around.

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@PuckFupett69 @medsnmimosas Many existing residents of NYC would say that's also a benefit.

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@tragic_endings_ @themostazezo Horror is different in that it's almost never justified or deserved, and usually committed by an element that's either non-human or sub-human.

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@MorlockP New York airports and DCA are actually already full and can't really fit more flights without building more runways, which is pretty unlikely. High speed rail would actually significantly increase overall transport capacity for NY and DC.

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@EnjoyerG3 @MorlockP That's just it's max speed. It's much slower than that most of the time.

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@PinyerdMatt @sephius1999 You're underestimating Susan Collins. Everyone thought Gideon would blow her out, but she won.

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@tipping_pitches Sounds like the Iron Law of Institutions:

"The people who control institutions care first and foremost about their power within the institution rather than the power of the institution itself."

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@headintheoffice @TradeUnionJake I had no trouble following her statement there.

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@Lib_Development Isn't this what Alpha School did?

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@Brien_Jackson Care to explain what makes this such a bad idea?