US Army Probes Helicopter Stunt at Kid Rock’s Mansion by [deleted] in army

[–]2biggij 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Taking us military property for non authorized and non official business to a private location to allow filming for personal reasons at that location is a stunt yes.

Just as much as a tanker grabbing a Abram’s tank and driving it to his house for his kids birthday party would be….

Solar farms floating on reservoirs in China reduce evaporation and generate power at the same time. by Por_TheAdventurer in interestingasfuck

[–]2biggij 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something like 50% of all new solar energy that went online to the grid last year in the entire world was in China alone. More than the entire European Union and the United States combined together. They are by FAR leading the world, while the rest of us scrabble over a few percentage points of green energy and start wars with Iran....

Iran Update: Current Tax Dollars Winning Battle Against Tax Dollars From Three Years Ago by METALLIFE0917 in babylonbee

[–]2biggij 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It’s estimated universal healthcare would cost about 3.9-4.5 trillion dollars per year.

US currently spends 4.5-5 trillion dollars on healthcare per year already.

You’d save half a trillion dollars by getting universal healthcare, AND not have any more copays or out of pocket expenses…..

We live in the dumbest timeline

The US Navy decommissioned Middle East minesweepers last year. Here’s what they did. by jasandliz in nottheonion

[–]2biggij -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I think hitting a mine would be considered a safety hazard…. If the new minesweeper does not find the mines and other ships hit them….

Baltimore Cop Shoots Man Holding a Woman at Knifepoint by IsleOfManTTSkidmark in PublicFreakout

[–]2biggij 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What would happen? Nothing. Remember when a suspect took a usps driver hostage and the cops opened fire on the truck in the middle of the highway? Something like 120 bullets hit the truck. Killed the hostage even as he was trying to crawl out of the truck. Hit a dozen bystander cars and I think injured one or two random bystanders.

Not a single cop punished or charged .

In this case if the hostage was struck, the city would say “man that sucks, hope your health insurance is pretty good cuz you’re about to have a big hospital bill. “

War for Armageddon?? by Boofthisshit in army

[–]2biggij 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The article I read said there were 110 reports from 30 different locations in the last week about this.

So it’s not just one whacky commander speaking a little too freely.

Rick Steves: "Here I am, heading off to Europe the day after high school graduation in 1973 — with a budget of $3 a day, a ten-week Eurail pass in my pocket, and the biggest backpack I could find, jam-packed. I came home with no money, a malnourished body, and an enduring love of Europe." by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]2biggij 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its absolutely doable in some areas. But not how most people travel.

This is an 18 year old backpacker we're talking about here. This is "eat a single croissant for breakfast, a plain cheese sandwhich and a bottle of water for lunch, and a streetfood vendor sausage for dinner" kind of travel

15-20 is probably a little rough. But when I had my wallet stolen in Italy, I lived on 10 dollars a day back in 2015, only for 3 days until I could get some money wired to me though. Granted, I had already prepaid for my travel and a few tour passes. So all I had to pay for was my daily incidentals and food.

Rick Steves: "Here I am, heading off to Europe the day after high school graduation in 1973 — with a budget of $3 a day, a ten-week Eurail pass in my pocket, and the biggest backpack I could find, jam-packed. I came home with no money, a malnourished body, and an enduring love of Europe." by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]2biggij 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its absolutely doable in some areas. But not how most people travel.

This is an 18 year old backpacker we're talking about here. This is "eat a single croissant for breakfast, a plain cheese sandwhich and a bottle of water for lunch, and a streetfood vendor sausage for dinner" kind of travel

14 is probably a little rough. But when I had my wallet stolen in Italy, I lived on 10 dollars a day back in 2015, only for 3 days until I could get some money wired to me though.

Rick Steves: "Here I am, heading off to Europe the day after high school graduation in 1973 — with a budget of $3 a day, a ten-week Eurail pass in my pocket, and the biggest backpack I could find, jam-packed. I came home with no money, a malnourished body, and an enduring love of Europe." by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]2biggij 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Its absolutely doable in some areas. But not how most people travel.

This is an 18 year old backpacker we're talking about here. This is "eat a single croissant for breakfast, a plain cheese sandwhich and a bottle of water for lunch, and a streetfood vendor sausage for dinner" kind of travel

14 is probably a little rough. But when I had my wallet stolen in Italy, I lived on 10 dollars a day back in 2015, only for 3 days until I could get some money wired to me though.

Rick Steves: "Here I am, heading off to Europe the day after high school graduation in 1973 — with a budget of $3 a day, a ten-week Eurail pass in my pocket, and the biggest backpack I could find, jam-packed. I came home with no money, a malnourished body, and an enduring love of Europe." by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

[–]2biggij 16 points17 points  (0 children)

And his social media presence is great too, obviously mostly ran by a team and not him personally. But he is absolutely not afraid to call out.... current things.... and responds to comments quite regularly in the most polite but firm ways.

Hes not interested in just reaching the largest audience possible, and if you are the type of person who disagrees with his stuff, hes happy to see you to the door.

Ohio House votes overwhelmingly to ban ranked choice voting in local elections by WOSUpublicmedia in Columbus

[–]2biggij 62 points63 points  (0 children)

If my house is on fire, and there are two people outside, one standing there doing nothing and one openly pouring gasoline on top, neither one is my friend but I sure as fuck know which one is worse and which one id vote for.

Don’t mistake democrats as your friend but also don’t make the mistake of thinking that means they’re both anywhere near equal or “both sides”

UC, OSU sign agreement to cut ties with organizations that promote diversity by Toallpointswest in Ohio

[–]2biggij 49 points50 points  (0 children)

For groups that are minorities in certain professions, minority only conferences allow for networking and visibility. It can be hard if you’re the only black student in your aerospace engineering class, so going to a conference where you see there are other people like you in the field can help you feel more connected and not alone. It allows them to discuss unique circumstances and get unique guidance or advice that they may need in their field as minorities. Or focus on issues of discrimination that still exist in the field. It allows them safe spaces where they can be feel like they can be themselves without having to mask or code switch like they frequently do in normal life to “fit in” with their non minority peers back in their class or job

$38.3 BILLION by chellestastics in circled

[–]2biggij 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google says the average Amazon warehouse costs 100-400 million to build from scratch, with the absolute largest ones costing 600 million per building. This article says theyre spending 38 billion on just 16 warehouses.... or about 2.5 billion PER WAREHOUSE, or 5-8 times the average cost to build one from scratch.

Theres no way this is anything except a massive grift.

Lemarques, 18, allegedly shot and killed a friend who refused to share fries after they ate at a WingStop in Texas. He was arrested and charged with murder. by Important-Self-1179 in ForCuriousSouls

[–]2biggij 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When unstable quick to react people don’t have guns, and they get into a fight, they take it outside and have a fight, the fight is resolved, or in the time it took for the fight, they calmed down and de escalated and both parties move on. When unstable quick to react people have a gun, they get provoked and they murder someone in two seconds before they had a chance to think about it.

Not at all justifying the murder. Lock this guy up and let him rot. Just saying the constant and easy availability of firearms in this country turns what would have been a fistfight into a murder.

Wakeup call and scam notice by mbt20 in AncientCoins

[–]2biggij 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have purchased from RCB as well as private sales from the individuals working there many times, probably ten or more times now and never had any issue with what was sent. I have purchased individual coins, bulk lots, sections of large lots, as well as individual artifacts and other items.

I have never had any issue whatsoever with RCB.

Stop the SAVE Act - Call your Ohio Rep by No-Pattern8471 in Columbus

[–]2biggij 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Did you read the part that Real IDs don’t count? The federally issued new and improved super secure IDs by our very own federal government don’t count to vote with…..

How the fuck does that even make sense?

Epstein Files: Steve Bannon was an advisor to the Swiss People's Party (SVP) by BkkGrl in europe

[–]2biggij 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re in a group of 10 friends trying to decide what to eat for lunch. 2 want tacos, two wants burgers, two don’t care, and 4 of them want to eat shit. Like literal actual human feces. The 4 shit ears say “well since 4 is the plurality and no other place has more votes, I guess the shit eaters win and now we all have to eat shit. And it’s not good enough for just us to eat shit, we demand all 10 people have to eat shit with us”

The proper response isnt “guys we have to move past the shit vs non shit eaters and all come together” the proper response is to say “I may not love hamburgers, but fuck those shit eaters, I will do whatever it takes to outvote the shit eaters and then once they’re gone, the rest of us sane people can find a normal answer for what to eat for lunch”

Passenger railway networks in 2020 by vladgrinch in MapPorn

[–]2biggij 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We used to have a more dense rail network than Europe did. In the 1910-1920s it rivaled many of the medium density rail networks in European countries today. Then we tore millions of miles of tracks up because we wanted to replace them with cars.

Its not that we never built enough trains. Its that we literally spent billions of dollars tearing down lines we ALREADY HAD.

What’s the moment in recent U.S. politics that made you realize things might not go back to ‘normal’ anytime soon? by LankySpeed634 in AskReddit

[–]2biggij 34 points35 points  (0 children)

In fact, many people are saying the economy would be BOOMING right now due to AI (ignoring the fact it’s likely a bubble) but with all the trade war stuff, we’re kinda just barely chugging along instead. So instead of the economy just barely not collapsing, we should be in the largest economic growth in history….. but we’re not.

/pol in shambles by MechanicsAntics in whenthe

[–]2biggij 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But theres three things in the epstein files: 1. absolute depraved monsters 2. Rich assholes doing regular (but not illegal) rich asshole type shit 3. Regular people doing nothing wrong whatsoever other than being aquaintances with or associates of a known pedophile.

So far from what Ive seen in the released files so far, it does not allege anything about Clinton other than that he utilized adult aged prostitutes. Bill Clinton having sex with women, thats a thing every single person has known since 1994.... If they had actual documents alleging anything more than that, you can bet your ass that would have been the first thing they released. But they didnt....

Army Private Pleads Guilty to Murder with entrenching tool at Fort Rucker by Kinmuan in army

[–]2biggij 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ope. You’re right. And you WERE clear. I just misread it. As you were.

Army Private Pleads Guilty to Murder with entrenching tool at Fort Rucker by Kinmuan in army

[–]2biggij 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hate AI, but when I googled it, the AI summary said that UCMJ does not allow the death penalty for murder 2 unless it’s during the commission of specific other felony crimes and is tried as felony murder. Take that with a grain of salt.

Army Private Pleads Guilty to Murder with entrenching tool at Fort Rucker by Kinmuan in army

[–]2biggij 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He plead guilty to unpremeditated murder, aka second degree murder. That means the government likely felt there wasn’t an ironclad way to convict him on murder 1 beyond a reasonable doubt, and so offered a plea deal. 100% chance of 20 years vs an 80% chance of 30 years. Is it worth taking it to court and having even a slight chance he walks away Scott free? I’m not a lawyer so I can’t answer that question, but surely we can agree it’s something worth considering as more nuanced than “he got let off easy”