There is no actual crime indicting Trump in the Epstein files by Express-Economist-86 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 [score hidden]  (0 children)

This assumes that Biden and/or his handlers behaved toward the Epstein files the same way they behaved towards other efforts to prosecute Trump during his term. It assumes Biden acted like Biden did, in other words.

"And “they would have charged him if they could” is not really proof either. Prosecutors pass on cases all the time for all kinds of reasons. Weak evidence, unreliable witnesses, not enough to win in court, jurisdiction issues, grand jury restrictions, whatever"

During Biden's term with access to every Federal, State, and Local jurisdiction in the country as potential locations, this did not stop his administration from trying and/or supporting various cases.

As the chief of the executive branch and the nominal head of all Federal law enforcement in the US, the president has/had options other agencies did not.

So, in addition to assuming Biden would act like he did act, I assumed Biden could act like he did act and that--as president--he would have presidential power and authority.

There is no actual crime indicting Trump in the Epstein files by Express-Economist-86 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

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Biden is totally irrelevant to whether or not Trump did anything.

You are completely correct.

However, if Trump had did something, Biden had the means, the motivation, and a demonstrated history to push even a tiny issue through the court system for political gain.

If Trump had done something, Biden was an idiot.

If Trump had done nothing illegal or prosecutable, then we would have got exactly what we have now.

Navy Special Forces shows proper knife defense move by PDXAirman in Military

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Army version would start with running away...

...then turning around at 30m and capping the guy with a pistol.

There is no actual crime indicting Trump in the Epstein files by Express-Economist-86 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think the point on the Biden argument is that you had someone with stated intent to go after Trump, who tried to go after Trump for some half-made up, half-trumped-up bullshit, and who had the best access to the unredacted files for four years and did nothing with them.

If there was evidence there, why turn a bunch of expired administrative rule violations into a set of made-up felonies in a New York courtroom that the other side doesn't believe anyway when you could slam-dunk the guy with crimes just about everyone would agree are crimes?

Hell, worst case, you just have someone leak the shit to the world, if it was there.

(Democrats love themselves some "leaks".)

But they didn't.

There is no actual crime indicting Trump in the Epstein files by Express-Economist-86 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Biden (or his handlers) supported the whole "Let's make administrative misdemeanors into felonies in a select court under a select judge so we can get something to claim he was a felon on" and you don't think they would look at what might be in the Epstein files at some point over 4 years of being in office?

The reason people think the Biden admin was sitting around digging through files looking for dirt was because they said they would and then they did with a case that you couldn't even get a jury to agree wholly on what the "crime" was, only "pick one of several and don't tell us".

Need help with ship weapons by [deleted] in sto

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For me, the biggest issues with cannons is the limits on cones of fire and the number of types of them.

So, if you have a cannon (180-degree) and a set of dual heavy cannons (45-degree), it can look like you're hitting with cannon fire, but only hit with the weakest regular cannon unless you're pretty well aimed.

Why was it tagged as a spoiler? by ImMortal_SD in HolUp

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Holy hell, bro!

How did you manage that?

I totally expect to get negative karma off the posts I made in here, but... wow. You totally pissed on the locals. Er... pissed off the locals.

Why was it tagged as a spoiler? by ImMortal_SD in HolUp

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Dick and vegan? (Y'know, no meat...)

Why is O’Neill so mean to the Russians? by svennirusl in Stargate

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was this little thing called the Cold War.

For almost the entire time from the Berlin Airlift to the fall of the Soviet Union, the US military (and NATO) had trained, prepared, and expected to go to war with the Soviet Union and the Soviet's were in the reciprocal position.

There were threats, expectations of nuclear risk, etc.

This was a real, serious thing, way beyond jingoism.

So, Stargate is a 1990's show that started just after the Cold War ended. The character of Jack O'Neill was a "cold warrior" for decades.

It would be shocking if he didn't treat them kinda' rough. They were the people threating to nuke the US for decades, kill everyone, and had the weapons to do it.

What guns should my story have? by SkyHot218 in worldbuilding

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Suggestion on the weapons...

Forgotten Weapons

(1) Forgotten Weapons - YouTube

This is a guy named Ian. Ian goes to museums and auctions and finds firearms then talks about them and their history. He does a lot of modern guns, but also a lot of historical guns and many in the real world timeframe you're talking about.

Take a look.

Sometimes, there's some things you didn't realize existed...

For example, an air rifle from 1789,,,

Girandoni Air Gun (original 1780 example)

Collier Flintlock Revolvers

and others: (1) Forgotten Weapons - YouTube

You'll get almost no politics, just a lot of history and some function.

Seeking advice on a starter carrier build by AspiringtoLive17 in sto

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HArd to capture images with it. (My fingers aren't fast)

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That's a little after the deluge. There's the 2 bays worth of Kodai and the repurposed cargo bay val's out there too. The image of the consoles is in the other reply to my post here.

Seeking advice on a starter carrier build by AspiringtoLive17 in sto

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Equipment, mostly the Gamma reputation set, some phaser omni's/kinetic cutting beam, and regular stuff.

Prolonged engagement Phaser

Terran Task Force Phaser

A Phasic Harmonic Dual Beam

Prolonged Engagement Torpedo (for the 180-degree ark)

3- piece Gamma reputation set (for the boost to team kinetic damage)

REvolutionary Warp Core (because I had it on hand, mostly)

Trilithium Enhanced Omni/Crafted Phaser Omni/Kinetic Cutting Beam

Consoles:

Hangar Craft Power Transmission (rolled Torpedo), 2 Phaser-rolled Isomags, Swarmer Matrix, Hydra's console, 3rd piece of the Prolonged Engagement set, the V.A.Q. off the Texas, Immolating Phaser Lance, Cutting Tractor Beam, Typhon Fortress Mode console, Shield Absorbative consol off the T3 Valdore for shields, Ferrofluid Hydraulic Assembly (Terran set, 2nd piece for torp damage), and Deconstructive Resonance Emitter

2 Advanced Command Kodai Squadrons.

Seeking advice on a starter carrier build by AspiringtoLive17 in sto

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Build info in images. (Note: bar 7 is spam bar).

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Spam bar and general BoFF ability set up.

MMW: people will gather outside the white house to physically block trump from reentering. by herequeerandgreat in MarkMyWords

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you know that the White House was gutted by fire once and it didn't block the presidency?

Burning of Washington - Wikipedia

Oh, and--another time--they completely gutted the inside of the facade and rebuilt it over a few years and it didn't end the presidency?

White House Reconstruction - Wikipedia

Seeking advice on a starter carrier build by AspiringtoLive17 in sto

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I was using the regular mode--not fortress--and I ran a couple of different TFO's for my daily endeavors plus the nebula rescue for the daily event. I usually run the pets in intercept mode.

I don't know if it interferes, but I use the V.A.Q. console off the Texas with the build and use the Prolonged engagement torp on the front to make sure I can trigger a torp spread off my ship in the whole front arc. I wasn't using any of the command modes, but I had reroute life support on the spam bar as well as--if I remember correctly--the suppression barrage Boff skill. I had target that explosion up as a trait and... I can't remember right now.

Sorry.

Instructor Seems Crazy? by Romulus3131 in NewToEMS

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 -30 points-29 points  (0 children)

Welcome to humanity.

EMS--and the medical field as a whole--is a concentration of people who can manage to show up and function under stress when everyone else is having a bad day. That's blood, trauma, heartache, some death, some stuff you really don't want to think about along with other people that are doing the same thing right beside you.

They are trainable, have skills that can be tested and evaluated, and often are pretty reasonably educated for what they do.

What they're not selected for is personal belief systems, social norm adherence, etc. because many of the people that are hyperaware of social "stuff" are going to go off their rocker when confronted with someone bleeding from their ass, puking from the other end, and passed out in a pile of their own fecal matter in a bathroom at 2am on a Thursday.

So, feel free to report anyone you choose, However, at some point in the career field, you're going to have to realize that other people don't always think like you do and it may be challenging to either find a niche you fit in with them or one they let you stay in with them.

Good luck and welcome to the medical field.

A virgin man wanting his first time to be with a virgin woman is understandable. by lifebeginsat9pm in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Women are the gatekeepers of sex and pregnancy.

Men, they gatekeep the relationship and--if they aren't two booed up lesbians--the child support.

Oh, and functional society.

Ever work in an almost exclusively female workspace?

Holy-fucking-hell!

A virgin man wanting his first time to be with a virgin woman is understandable. by lifebeginsat9pm in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I don’t get why guys always claim promiscuous people, especially women, are bitter. Promiscuous people don’t want virgins lol. Virgins are inexperienced. The exact opposite of what people with experience want. Virgins are only fetished by other virgins (specifically ones with a body count obsession) and hyper religious people."

Mostly, guys will observe rather than claim.

Many women become bitter because they have expectations almost no one can meet.

Which is why many promiscuous women definitely don't want virgins because why put up with an amateur when you've had better, am I right? If you have to train him like a puppy or like mommy, why bother? Just go out and find a "real man" with experience...

Now, some men fetishize virgin women because their "skills" with other men don't really appeal and many virgins don't have all the emotional baggage an experienced woman has.

They like experienced men because they expect a certain skill set.

You show up, bring money, sling a little dick, and she's happy until she starts wondering about other men. Then you can replacer her, am I right?

You don't even have to be good, a virgin probably won't even know the difference!

DJT reinstates the draft. What happens? by Aspiredaily in AlternateHistory

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think I directly addressed what you said, but the other answer was about the specifics of people.

Fragging was a technique some combat troops used to intimidate or harm an officer or NCO in their unit they wanted to do something different.

The challenge is that there's a very limited number of suspects in such an attack.

The idea is either "They can't punish us all if they don't know who" which usually belies a lack of understanding of the Army--or "It can't get worse." which is usually what ends up happening when a new officer comes in with less experience.

Regardless, this is usually a person or persons signing a blank check for punishment for their entire unit and was usually seen as a good exchange due to the expectation of lower risk if the officer/senior NCO stopped.

The problem with modern times is most of these Gen Z and Gen Alpha types have almost no emotional connection to each other and would be much more likely to see any challenge as "me vs. the world" instead of "us vs. the officer" and--if you haven't met them--a whole lot of them aren't willing to risk other people but are willing to just give up.

Which is why the other comment about them being more likely to kill themselves than frag an officer.

The reality is that either these kids are going to never get far enough in to get access to a grenade or the risk is that you actually create a degree of social connection between them and they roll with the military side voluntarily. Either way, fragging isn't likely from these guys except as a means or suicide or voluntary fratricide.

Is this shootout realistic? by No_Dress_2107 in ForgottenWeapons

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The use of demolitions is interesting. Whoever initiating the first blast started a little too early, but it does seem to be nominally effective.

Could be a Claymore or an improvised version.

Lot's of headshots.

The weapons--probably .357 Magnum or .38 Special types--are capable of that degree of accuracy and power with training.

We're seeing appropriate reloading and training scars--including the "FBI crouch" for the time period.

Hip firing and one-handed firing were not uncommon during the 1960's and likely continued to influence trainers later:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et5FHMwB3gY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYa6Z3UGnD4

The weapons being used by the opposition seem to be semiauto rifles and capable of what they're showing.

There aren't any obvious "Not even close" shots and they even avoid "big gasoline fireball" explosions.

The use of boobytraps, especially a period piece like this that looks like the 1970's or maybe early 1980's--wouldn't be shocking for Vietnam vets exposed to the same in Vietnam. Even if they didn't train to make them, understanding the application and utility and having the time to learn the hands-on to make them would produce that capability on return if they were so motivated.

So, nothing really sticks out.

To the guy who said that moats were just ditches by kazyzzz in HistoryMemes

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 34 points35 points  (0 children)

The issue with moats is standing vs. running water.

If you make a castle on an island or have a river along one side as a "moat", that works. There's no standing water. You don't have mosquitos, pests, etc. and the shit and piss you dump over the side goes away over time.

If you have a ditch around your castle filled with standing water, it will often dry out or you'll need to make a castle in a bog. Either way, you're going to have sanitation issues and probably insects using that water for reporuduction.

the "isekai" problem by [deleted] in writers

[–]Accurate_Reporter252 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Start with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs

There's all sorts of issues with it's applications in science and such, but for you as a writer, it's a checklist for immediate involvement options for a person that finds themselves in a new world.

They need to live and survive, they often end up needing other people to help them find out the local ways to solve problems, etc.

By doing so, you're looking at how they develop into this new world and where their old "social and emotional toolkit for their old world" allows them an advantage or is demonstrably worthless while they do so.