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Here's one that I've been thinking about for a while, but didn't know where to post it. Mesos solar system Mesos Mesos is an average middle-aged, G spectral class star. It’s very similar to our own Sun. It has seven planets: Hermaphrodite A small, hot, tide-locked world [1]...

The Yiddish Policemen's Union?

Thinking outside the box here: what about Western Sahara? At a population of half a million, all you need is a half a million European (or possibly North American) immigrants to make it 51% White. Of course, it's mostly inhospitable desert, but it's not impossible given a span of decades.

What's the POD? If it's 1901, it becomes pretty easy. The later it gets, it's harder to accomplish. I'm probably not doing the histories of Hawaii and Alaska justice, but here are a few ideas: Make Alaska a tech hub. From what I've heard, computers operate more efficiently at cold temperatures...

The Prairies are less dry, if that's what you mean. While precipitation is about the same both north and south of the border (about 15 inches per year), the climate is cooler so there is less evaporation. It's really a sort of Goldilocks zone. To the north, it's too cold for agriculture (this is...

Possibly. I think Paul could have won the nomination by appealing to the same people that Trump did in 2016, especially white, working-class Democrats. If Republicans can hold the failure to win in Iran over Hillary, I think Paul in such a scenario could go on to win the election. In brief...

Due to the plausibility issues that Mike Snyder correctly points out, I'd advise that you move this to Writer's Forum. That's where a lot of the "thought-experiment" TLs are usually placed.

Hey, that's pretty good writing, especially for being only 12 years old! Having a timeline from 1861 to 2000 is ambitious, too. I look forward to the next chapter!

It would depend on a lot of factors, i.e. the country's relationship to the US (hostile would be more conducive to accepting draft dodgers), the country's extradition treaties, the country's immigration policies (preferably open). I don't know enough to say which countries might accept them...

Interesting concept. I'd like to see somebody do a TL of this on the ASB forum. Unless his family (for some reason) immigrates to the CSA and settle in Texas in this TL.

Are these metro populations or city? I'll assume the latter... 1.New York City: As OTL 2.Chicago: Already 3rd largest in OTL 2000, not hard to get bigger with annexation and/or increased immigration 3.San Francisco-Oakland: I found this interesting article about why Los Angeles grew to be...

Not so, England was only one of many. Present-day Belgium (Flanders), parts of the Netherlands, southern Germany, and Austria were all once part of the Roman Empire. Of course I'd imagine that, like Britain, most of the people living in these areas didn't speak Latin. Never mind the various...

This is pretty much what Martin Luther King day is in OTL. Of course, if King lives, perhaps another day would be chosen. That means we'd have 43 different holidays celebrating a president's birthday (we would have 44, except that James Polk and Warren Harding have the same birthday, November 2).

Even earlier than that, it seems. According to this article, the idea of anthropogenic global warming (that is, not only is the world warming, these changes are man-made) was discussed as early as 1956: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.2153-3490.1956.tb01206.x/abstract Here's a...

It's hard to say how Hamlin would perform in Commander-in-Chief, it's really a toss-up in my opinion. On the pro side, Hamlin had more military experience than Lincoln (he served as a major in the Aroostook War). Also, his desire to free and arm Black Americans would have strengthened the forces...

Maybe I missed something, but did the OP (pinkiepieisbehindyou) say that a hurricane hit New Orleans in 2004 (bear in mind that geological PODs are ASB)? Instead, the OP said this: Five years before 2010 is 2005, which means Katrina probably hit the city at the same time is OTL. I also don't...

Probably not, as the Atlases are in the latitudes where westerlies prevail. The Atlas mountains are pretty wet on the western/northern slopes, but dry on the southern/eastern slopes. They just don't get much moisture from the Mediterranean (despite being only a few hundred miles west), so a lake...

There probably won't be much effect on climate, unfortunately. Based on other desert seas (the Caspian Sea, Great Salt Lake), the effect of lakes on the local climate is minimal. Looking at the Red Sea (a good analogy, as it divides the Sahara and Arabian Deserts), there is some increased...

St Joseph was in a slave state, so I don't think it's a likely place for the new capital. Omaha might work, though. I realize that if Madison is chosen as the new U.S. capital, it means that the state capital has to move elsewhere in Wisconsin. But, I have another idea: How about moving the...

My two cents: No (if we assume the CSA somehow wins the war and includes all of AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, NC, SC, TN, TX, and VA) However, when I was doing my Hannibal Hamlin timeline I considered moving the US capital, but I thought that moving it would be admitting defeat (although a "shadow"...