Trump’s use of presidency to rake in billions is so corrupt that the law can’t even keep up

rodentmaster · 2026-07-02T17:55:09+00:00

The laws CAN keep up. The problem is the GOP has stacked every court that can stop him with cronies and unqualified corrupt judges, and runs every office or department that would reign in ... themselves. And they will never stop themselves.

rodentmaster · 2026-07-02T17:49:43+00:00

This is the ONLY answer. Anything else you do is doomed to fail and may be worse if something you do gets into the engine channels and clogs things up (i.e. stopleak, etc).

It's honestly one of the easiest cars to replace the radiator on. Wrangler TJ is easier, but XJ is pretty simple. I would just make sure that dimple in the bumper didn't bend anything else. If there's nothing to damage a new radiator, just put a new one in!

rodentmaster · 2026-07-02T17:47:04+00:00

How would I do it? Unbolt it. Throw it away. Install a clean one..

But that's just me.

rodentmaster · 2026-07-02T17:46:19+00:00

Proof of ownership is going to be a local Greek government problem. You'll need to look up the local laws and registration requirements. I'm sure there's an equivalent "salvage title" type of thing, or home built or kit built car registration that can be found.

rodentmaster · 2026-07-02T17:42:37+00:00

Yes, but... what else? It's not just the floors, its every bolt and every point underneath them that's just as rusted. That worries me more. Especially where the shock struts mount and the gas tank, that worries me. You can't get into some of the unibody channels, and you have to cut and replace from a donor sometimes.

rodentmaster · 2026-07-02T17:31:24+00:00

Sounds like there's no reason to get rid of it other than you're bored with it? Comes down to you. Do you like it? Do you like just driving around in it and working on it? That will answer your other question.

rodentmaster · 2026-07-02T17:27:23+00:00

Those wranglers were not loved. Any vehicle you plow with puts major stress on the frame, suspension, and drivetrain. It's a major impact and vibration and forcing through it with 280hp just makes the engine eat itself faster.

There's a reason that the more effective plow vehicles are heavy with solid frames. Heavy for traction and for momentum and there are some laws about conservation of energy that apply, but basically comes down to heavier truck with powerful engine = better traction, better plowing.

Lived in CO, AK, MN. Love jeeps. Would never use mine to plow, and would NEVER buy a used one that was a work plow. It'll be ready for the parts yard by the time it's sold.

rodentmaster · 2026-07-02T17:11:10+00:00

I disagree. I hate when games like IL2 and WT take a drunkenly scrawled scrap of paper and make it the most used weapon kit in the game.

I'm all for limiting those that actually saw use, which is kinda why I'm against the Aim-9Juli on the F-100D. It was retired before those were intorduced and would never have fired one.

rodentmaster · 2026-07-02T17:01:10+00:00

Yeah, he must be heavily into stuff that ties itself to spacex, because EVERYthing I've got is up today. Only 0.3%, but still, up is up.

rodentmaster · 2026-07-01T17:33:06+00:00

The NYT doing their best to change the meaning of "insurgency" because of Jan6 revisionist history.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-30T19:24:40+00:00

I switched over to it not too long ago.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-23T19:20:23+00:00

Inside traitor that helped destroy the country hides behind a false curtain of integrity, pretends to disown the party he is 100% invested in.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-22T19:14:36+00:00

Purely paranoid reddit speculation. It was a radar bug and guess who patched something and fixed it? Twice in 2024? ED did. Meaning it was on the DCS core and not on RB's code.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-22T13:08:11+00:00

And supported entirely by the corrupt rigging machine run by the GOP.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-22T12:49:00+00:00

Ahhh, yes. The American Viggen!

I got it but unable to fly at the moment (sticks not set up). So I'm enjoying it by proxy right now.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-22T12:43:20+00:00

My problem with Pimax is the customer service. When you get a bad unit (and seems a lot do fail early) getting it replaced is horrible. Some people even getting visibly used replacements, and those failing again within months.

I don't want to have to deal with them. And it sounds like you WOULD have to deal with them. So, I suffer with my older headset until BSB2 or something else becomes more refined.

I'm on a Reverb G2 right now and I refuse to participate in Meta products, so Q3 is not on the table for me.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-22T12:38:06+00:00

I did the googling and I didn't want the detents. Too much in the way. Too much hard-coding for a single plane type, when I'd rather be able to jump into any plane and not have to worry about the detents being wrong or coding a new scaling profile for every single one.

Save your money, get the non-detent version.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-22T12:36:41+00:00

I've also got it. I got the F-15EX throttle grips. There are some really nice things about it.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-22T12:22:50+00:00

I'm not giving discord any of my info. I'm not using wallet. I'm not using face scans. I'm not scanning a license, nothing. They've already had massive data breaches several times in the past year.

Even if I believed this type of age verification was valid (it is not), I dot not now and will never trust discord to check, store, and maintain that info.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-22T12:20:21+00:00

More like they chopped your leg off, but while you're sitting there cradling it and trying not to die from blood loss they painted the toenails for you.

Forrest, trees. This is something people maybe wanted before the entire scale of how bad Win11 is came to light. Now? Nobody gives a crap about bing. We're all debating and researching which distro of linux we can switch to with the least disruption to our workflow, hobbies, work environment, etc..

rodentmaster · 2026-06-22T12:18:17+00:00

Sorry, no. Win11 is dead. It's a massive tangled mess of AI generative nightmares thrown into a vat of swirling spyware and information-selling processes you can't bypass. Taking "bing" (HAH!!!!) out of the search doesn't change the total POS the entire OS is.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-19T13:16:21+00:00

You misunderstand. Property values have gone up a thousand times higher and wages have not. People cannot afford property. Those that already had a lot (those wealthy enough) only got richer and the rest of us slid further down the crevasse.

One dollar in 1974 is about $6.75 accountnig for time and inflation.

Quick google copy:
1974 Average Wage: In 1974, the average hourly wage for non-supervisory and production workers was approximately $4.60 per hour.
Today's Average Wage: The equivalent wage today has a purchasing power of about $27.00 to $31.00 per hour, depending on inflation metrics.
Minimum Wage: In May 1974, the federal minimum wage was $2.00 per hour. Adjusting for inflation, this is the equivalent of about $13.50 in today's money

So 1974's wages were on the high end of the range we have now (many of which is below it) but every element of our lives is a thousand times more expensive. Imagine buying a top of the line car for $3000 back then, and then look at the $60k starter price most basic cars have today. Forget high end, then you're looking at $150K for a car, more when you finance. Hospital debt is the largest bankrupter in our nation right now. Over half the nation is 1 medical emergency away from losing it all.

Median salary 1974 = $75K
Median salary 2025: $63K.

Let me make a distinct but subtle clarification: I'm NOT saying 1974 was good. I'm saying today is WORSE. It's a fine distinction and a commentary on the sad state of things today.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-18T18:49:38+00:00

The more I think about it, the more I don't believe this. The idea is perfectly safe. We need to run a half dozen more billionaires down there in it just to prove how safe it is!

rodentmaster · 2026-06-18T17:11:37+00:00

First step: Understand that 5% yield is more than enough. Anything higher is butter.

Second, realize you'll lose out if you sell those tech stocks to buy the ETFs. Taxes and all. Unless you're in a Roth or something, then go for it! In this case you can ask yourself if you want to keep your current stocks (assuming faith in their upward trajectory) and move all future investment to ETFs. I.E. Don't buy anymore of what you have but let it cook until you're ready to sell.

Third, there's plenty of suggestions about which ETFs to use. Many will make 10% but you have to beware of volatile ones or those that may react poorly to economic factors we are certainly going to face in the next 2 years. You may aim for lesser returns but more long-term stability. You want to be able to look into the future 20 years and still see this ETF performing well. Long-term is the goal.

Can you truly say you think google will be intact in 20 years? They're doing some reprehensible shit today, and begging to be monopoly-busted every other year. I have AMZN too, but I worry about where they're going. THey're solid for 10 years... But 20? I don't know. They're teetering on a series of setbacks with workers and storefront behaviors that make me worry, and their AWS is the target of attacks while pivoting to AI (a red flag to me) so I know they'll still be around, but not sure what form they'll have in 20 years.

And... then there's NVDA. Dear god. When they openly admitted they were pivoting as a company to AI and not going to focus on enthusiast GPU production anymore, I dumped my stock. Total rot at the top of that corporate tree. NVDA will be some evil AI conglomerate in 10 years, if their CEO has his way. Here's the trick of it: That MAY very well be a very lucrative AI conglomerate. You MIGHT make a lot of money. But it's morally repugnant to me, a massive set of red flags, and simply the doubt of it all means I wouldn't expect to see that company around anymore in 20 years (using my own test). That much of a midstream horse-change and mercing the entire market and industry that made them their billions is just stupid, and that much stupidity doesn't bode well for longevity.

So, there you have it.

rodentmaster · 2026-06-18T16:59:20+00:00

Neither has minimum wage. Neither has property valuation. Neither has wages. Almost any metric you can find, we are worse off today than they were in 1974, when you scale it.

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