It's the same reason that an increase from a 0.0001% chance of something happening to a 0.0002% chance is a 100% increased chance of the thing happening.
More relevantly, 0.0003477% is ~ 15% bigger a number than 0.0003000%. The overall numbers are still low, but the increase is significant.
The paragraph before the one you quoted says it:
Explosives ordinance disposal team members, who disable roadside bombs and routinely train and work around very large blasts, had the highest suicide rate — 34.77 deaths per 100,000 people per year — followed by infantry and special operations forces; armor crews; and artillery troops; whose rates are closer to 30 deaths per 100,000.
That's a 15% bump in suicide for the most blast exposed troops when compared to less blast exposed combat troops.
Obviously combat exposure vs not is going to have a large effect, but blast exposure seems to have a further effect on top the horrors of combat.
Also:
In the Air Force, where blast exposure is rare, there were no significant differences in suicide rates among different military occupations. But among Army and Marine Corps troops, the rates are elevated wherever blasts are part of daily work
The report presented the data, but made no attempt to grapple with the implications:
The report released on Wednesday does not mention blast exposure as a factor, and offers no insights into what may be contributing to the different suicide rates. Still, the correlation between deaths by suicide and levels of blast exposure is a common theme in the figures
shocking case, which has spurred national outrage across the nation and calls for better police training.
Ignoring the redundant clause (come on USA Today!), has this case really spurred calls for better police training?
Shooting a cowering, unarmed 911 caller in the head, in her home, for absolutely no reason ... that's just not a training issue.
I'm going to, but i'd also prefer if it just weren't here because I don't fully trust they're impartiality and I don't like the idea of giving more weight to the group by publishing it here. If people want to seek out their services, that's one thing. But I'd prefer if they weren't able to operate in public forums.
Can we get rid of the Mostly Bullshit Fact Checking bot?
I think the allusion is probably to clouds, given that project nimbus is amazon and google cloud updating the israeli government's cloud computing and nimbus is latin for cloud. The israeli government is generally not as big on christian metaphors as the US government is.
If I understand the supreme court correctly, Biden could just shoot Roberts, Alito and Thomas and call it court reform, right? That makes it an official act?
It would be nice to have a decent prez option.
It would also be nice not to live on a burning planet controlled by decrepit rich psychopaths but I don't think either of us will be getting what we want.
I'll still vote for whatever the democrats decide to run, of course, since minimizing or maximizing fascists' access to government is the only question on the ballot this election.
included sending a preserved fetal pig, a bloody pig Halloween mask and a book on surviving the loss of a spouse... Their home address also was posted online with announcements inviting strangers to yard sales and parties. Some of the defendants also sent private Twitter messages and public tweets criticizing the newsletter’s content and threatening to visit the victims ... The third phase of the campaign involved surveilling the victims in their home and community. The victims spotted the surveillance and notified the Natick Police, who began to investigate. ... also sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items to the couple’s home
Executives are involved in doing this, to silence the creators of an e-commerce newsletter.
This is part of Leonard Leo's plan to re-mccarthy-ize US society and purge anyone left of fascist, same way he orchestrated the right wing take over of our courts.
Yep, NP!