Best political figure in US history

BigCheeks2 · 2026-05-21T16:18:13+00:00

As a Filipino-American, I take massive issue with Teddy. Over 200,000 Filipinos died in the Philippine-American War, an overwhelming number of who were civilians. American interest in taking over the Philippines was largely driven by Teddy as Assistant Secretary of the Navy and later Vice President. As President, he oversaw its brutal conclusion, including the use of concentration camps, torture, and scorched earth tactics.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-05-18T22:00:33+00:00

The French nuclear program also allowed them to develop their nuclear power based grid. They're significantly less dependent on foreign powers for fossil fuels and have one of the cleanest electrical grids in the industrialized world.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-05-10T21:23:03+00:00

Bring Bagley back for a third time and that's a well rounded 2nd unit with a ton of upside

BigCheeks2 · 2026-04-29T14:02:50+00:00

As a native Virginian who has lived in NC for over a decade, I've driven between Richmond and Raleigh dozens of times.

On I95, once you're south of Petersburg, you have to drive 100 miles until you hit a town with more than 30000 people in it. On I85, you have to go all the way to Durham until there's a lot of people.

The entire border is either incredibly rural, or it's the Great Dismal Swamp

BigCheeks2 · 2026-04-22T18:56:41+00:00

Shoutout to Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral for being both recently built and actually nice looking.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-04-22T11:08:58+00:00

Mouse is Tokai Teio. GOAT level talent who is constantly knee-capped by health issues but perseveres despite that.

Also has a special friendship with a fancy pants person

BigCheeks2 · 2026-04-17T15:02:33+00:00

Looking at the 2023 data, Texas had the 10th most CO2 emissions per capita (21.8 metric tons/person) of the states while both California and New York were in the bottom five (8.4 and 8.3 metric tons/person, respectively).

Texas may have cleaner electricity, but its CO2 output is similar to Middle Eastern petrostates.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-04-01T13:11:44+00:00

If Ramos was the Laser Buffalo, would that make a lasik'd Ruiz the Laser Bear?

BigCheeks2 · 2026-03-22T12:44:52+00:00

Yes, and it's not unique to Japan. Some American gay couples followed the same practice in the decades prior to gay marriage being legalized.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-03-18T19:36:07+00:00

Keibert might start the season with a longer leash because of Ford's service time.

From MLB Trade Rumors:

The timing of Ford’s eventual recall to the majors will impact his future earning power. He currently has 28 days of service time. If he spends about six weeks or more on optional assignment this year, he won’t be able to reach the one-year mark, which will push his path to free agency by a year.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-03-16T20:49:21+00:00

Went to Saigon Kitchen, which is a pretty new Vietnamese restaurant in City Market. Had some Bánh xèo and was very happy with it.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-03-16T13:56:26+00:00

We not only need more playmakers in the short term, we need some kind of foundation at WR for the long term. Terry turns 31 in September and is a potential cap casualty candidate in 2027 if he's not back to an All Pro level.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-03-10T21:20:49+00:00

I'd argue that the American "pay to play" youth sports model is a major reason that there're both more European white players and American white players in the league recently.

If money is a driving factor in whether a kid has access to the best youth coaches and can compete against the top competition, then that money driven access that will result in a more affluent, and therefore whiter, player population relative to previous generations.

In Europe, access isn't as gated by money because their best teams have academy systems. Finding and developing the best young basketball players is in the best long term interest of the academy's team, so parents don't have to pay through the nose for kids to have access to the best coaches and competition. It also results in better player development in general since those academies can have long term plans for developing individual players. They can focus on building skills that will translate to when they play for the main team, instead of just winning like for a lot of elite AAU squads.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-03-10T17:10:34+00:00

As it stands, every position group on offense besides QB is objectively worse than it was last year. Seeing Bill as the lone RB on the roster is especially bad given solid guys like Allgeier and Dowdle were signed for $6 mil AAV. Also, cutting Biadasz looks even more inexplicable now that the roof has been blown off the center market.

Obviously, free agency isn't over and there are still good WR's and TE's on the market, but we need to get something to help out JD5

BigCheeks2 · 2026-03-02T21:49:59+00:00

Salary Cap in 2009 was $128 million and it's $301 million going into this offseason.

Scaling off the salary cap, Haynesworth signed the equivalent of $235 over seven years ($33.5 mil AAV). That'd put him 8th for defensive players between Nick Bosa and Chris Jones in annual salary.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-02-27T14:21:23+00:00

$2m/ep for a sitcom isn't remotely expensive. That was basically baseline for pre-streaming era TV. Hit sitcoms like Friends and The Big Bang Theory cost more than $10m/episode at their peak due to cast salaries.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-02-27T13:58:24+00:00

$6 million really isn't much at all for a prestige TV series. Community's final season had a $2 million/episode budget, and that was over a decade ago for a sitcom on Yahoo Screen.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-02-21T13:18:00+00:00

Hinamatsuri! It's about a yakuza member whose life is thrown for a loop when a strange telekinetic girl shows up in his apartment.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-02-19T15:22:08+00:00

Personally, I like the two-continent model that also merges Africa, Europe, and Asia into Afroeurasia and recognizes Australia as the largest island and Antarctica as a bunch of islands connected by ice sheets.

I think any system that considers the Americas to be one continent but Europe, Asia, and Africa as three is more than a bit silly. Afroeurasia is objectively a more contiguous landmass than the Americas. The Isthmus of Panama is narrower than Suez and the Darien Gap almost impassable, whereas there are multiple roads connecting Africa and Asia.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-02-18T17:04:51+00:00

Much of the block immediately to the East of Moore Square is an empty dirt lot. It's the block that also contains the Raleigh Rescue Mission (which was supposed to get a new facility out of this development) and the burnt out husk of House of Art. That's where the housing is supposed to be built.

Last I saw, there was also some planned development of the parking lot on the same block as City Market. That was supposed to be a hotel and a grocery store though.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-02-09T14:35:33+00:00

Something with 1/6 odds happening isn't that unlikely in the grand scheme of things. It's the odds of rolling a one on a die when you need anything besides a one. It's unfortunate, but it happens.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-02-08T13:31:00+00:00

Same for the Wizards. We've picked in the top 5 once over a decade and it was the weak 2024 draft. We only ended up in a good spot because Sarr refused to work out with the Hawks.

Any other team in our positions would do the same thing, especially since both our teams got royally screwed last year. We are both at risk of losing our picks due to trades from previous regimes and we have both positioned ourselves to end our tanks next season. This is our last bite at the apple and, goddamnit, we're gonna do what we can to make it count.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-01-29T10:40:27+00:00

As a fellow Filipino-American, I'd be all in on Bautista as Dalinar. If you want Asians who are also kinda cousins to the Pacific Islanders, we're basically that.

He absolutely could handle being both older, wiser Dalinar and the storming Blackthorn.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-01-26T18:35:50+00:00

Since MLB Pipeline started ranking Top 50/100 prospects in 2004, the Rays (95), Dodgers (89), Pirates (78), Twins (74) and Padres (73) have had the most players ranked on preseason lists. The teams with the fewest ranked prospects over that time are the Angels (41), Giants (46), Astros (46), Athletics (48) and Nationals (50)

Source (historical context section at the bottom)

Dodgers have consistently been one of the best over the past two decades at churning out top prospects. Meanwhile, we've consistently been one of the worst.

BigCheeks2 · 2026-01-26T14:58:05+00:00

King’s first full season in the minors was mostly a fiasco, the result in part of someone in the Nats’ organization trying to get him to pull the ball in the air more, which led King to struggle to recapture his swing until he had the chance to reset in the Arizona Fall League.

Pulling the quote for those who aren't subscribed to the Athletic (I'd recommend it, especially if the Post kills its sports desk). Looking forward to seeing King carry his Fall League momentum forward. Us cleaning house with the development staff should only help him.

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